Haven's Haven

I had some time at the high school state chess tournament that I was chaperoning and I got creative with the March sketch from Creative Scra...

Welcome to the March sketches for Stick it Down I'm designing with the double-page sketch.  I had a couple ideas rolling around in my he...

  LM #690  - Be inspired by the famous couple Barbie and Ken by using an item for every letter of their names. Welcome to my last guest Dt p...

LM #689   Stick two or more items together by using fasteners: brads, ribbons, twine, staples, etc. Welcome to my third week as a guest desi...

   I'm back for my second guest design post for Lasting Memories .   This time we are creating a layout and a card using the same produc...

LM #687  Use complementary colors (colors opposite each other on the color wheel). Other colors are fine to include but focus primarily on y...

Welcome to the February sketch reveal for Stick it Down .  I have a double-page layout to share but you'll have to stop back by on the 1...

  Lasting Memories has another sketch with a twist challenge for January. For this one use the sketch and the scrappy twist is to use heart...

 I've been on a creative roll and it feels amazing.   This time I'm back with inspiration from the throwback sketch from the Scrapro...

  At Lasting Memories for January they are doing Sketches but with a Scrappy Twist. This week is the sketch below from  Page Maps , and the...

 F or the entire month of January Lasting Memories will be doing Sketches with a Scrappy Twist.    Challenge #683 is to use this sketch fro...

Even though I'm on the double-page layout team  I couldn't resist creating a layout with this month's sketch. I was going to sav...

  Welcome to my first layout for the Stick It Down Double page team. Every month I will be sharing my take on the double-page sketch and wil...

 Welcome to 2024 and my first layout playing along with Lasting memories newest challenge. The first challenge of the year is to use this s...

Now that December is almost over I finally have some time to play along with a couple of challenges.  Right now Lasting Memories is revisiti...

  Winding down the year with a throwback sketch from the scrap room. I rotated the sketch and made the photos a little bigger as well as swa...

  Wow, it's been a hot minute since I've had a chance to sit and create.  Got a few Christmas cards made today with the leftover CM ...

Welcome to our very last challenge here at Use Your Stuff.    We decided to go out with a bang and so we are doing a   Collaboration with Do...

 Let's start with the sad:  Use Your Stuff will be closing the blog as of December 31st, 2023. We thank you so very much for being with ...

I'm back with inspiration for the  Shine Bright challenge at Use Your Stuff where we are using bling or something that gives off light ...