Old, New, Borrowed, COOL with Kelly Goree and a giveaway!

Thank you for stopping by today and letting me share this month’s edition of OLD NEW BORROWED COOL! I am positively giddy that today is the first day of MARCH! I have to admit to a bit of seasonal blues so year my attitude does a complete 360 because the beginning of March means the coming of SPRING!

And with the beginning of Spring and the desire to remove the remaining “funk” of winter has come a massive de-cluttering/purging at my house. Things are being eliminated mercilessly here there and everywhere. You should SEE the bags of boys’ toys, clothes and whatnot that has made its way out of my home. There are so many benefits to this purge I can hardly list them all but let’s start by saying, Mama’s sanity has improved, the house looks better, we can find things….and perhaps my favorite – rediscovering old treasures! Yes! My favorite find has been old photograph cds from when the boys were small. I have spent quite a bit of time the past couple of weeks completely getting lost in these old photographs. They made me laugh, cry, smile. But above all, it reminded me yet again why I love doing what I do and re-committed me to making sure that I get all the memories I can down on paper. I had missed so many and this month’s ONBC layout was just the start to capturing them.

Now before I share my project, please let me once again recap the premise for this blog series. Each month I'll bring you a new post that incorporates something OLD from my stash, something NEW that I might have just picked up and something BORROWED from wherever I can get it to create something COOL to share with you! It's just that easy.

This month’s final selections were:

OLD: The Jenni Bowlin Studio Bingo card (Oh, how old that is!) as well as these precious photos of my boys taken almost five years ago! FIVE! I know. I can’t believe it either. They were some of those that I was “saving for just the right layout” and then they never got put on paper. So glad to fix that now!

NEW: Yummy BasicGrey – Hey Boy!, Fact, and Fiction! I am totally loving the colors and patterns in these BasicGrey lines and I’ve been itching to use them since I got them! The added punch of orange to the green was just what I needed/wanted to make this layout sing.

BORROWED: I have to admit, after over a year of “borrowing” things, I’m starting to get more desperate…er – CREATIVE…in my choices. Ha! This time it was the sweet little Irish Blessing I found on the internet that started my journaling and set the tone for the page.

COOL: A full-color, super fun layout five years in the making that celebrates my little leprechauns!

 

Supply List: BasicGrey patterned paper (Hey Boy!, Fact, Fiction), brads and alpha stickers; Bazzill cardstock; Jenni Bowlin Studio Bingo card; Queen & Co. twine; Zig pen; Colorbox (Clearsnap) chalk ink; Stampin’ Up! scalloped border punch; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L adhesive; Century Gothic & Loki-Cola fonts (dafont.com); Silhouette Cameo Electronic cutting machine.

Okay, so you know what time it is now – CHALLENGE TIME! Jump up right now and grab your stack of “I’vebeensavinguntiltherighttime” photos from your stash regardless of how old they are and start putting them on paper! If that doesn’t motivate you, how about scrapping something seasonally inspired? Let spring or St. Patty’s Day be your guide like it was for me here. And as always, link me up so I can see the masterpieces that you create! Happy Scrapping!!

Thank you Kelly!  Love those photos and LOVE this challenge!  C'mon SCT friends...rise to Kelly's great Old, New, Borrowed, COOL challenge!  We're sure you have something old hanging around your scrap space.  In fact, why don't you share what the oldest thing in your scraproom is  :)  

 

Remember to join us TONIGHT at 9:00 p.m. EST here for the full reveal of our Crop & Create: Delivered kit!  We have only a very limited quantity available so be sure to join us.  We have a few fun surprises too!

AND since you know it's Friday and we love to celebrate Friday's...we have a fabulous giveaway from our amazing friends at amazing Xyron!

The 5" Creative Station makes papercrafting a dream!  Beth Kingston used it on the projects show showed this week and knew one lucky SCT reader had to have one!  Leave a comment below by March 7th to win it!  Please also be sure to stop by Xyron's facebook page and thank Beth too!  She will love hearing from you! 

Enjoy your Friday SCT friends!  We are busy wrapping up the final details for the spring issue and for CardMaps Vol. 3 (order here)!!!  Lots to do today!

~ Catherine 

 

Comments

[Angela a]

This would be awesome to win! I love xyron!

[Lisa Federspiel]

This LO is so stinking cute!! Love the pop of orange!!
Thanks!

[Tracey]

Everthing Xyron does is great! Thanks for the chance to win - whoo, hoo.

[Gina]

LOVE this layout!

[Ann Edwards]

Such an adorable layout! It would love to win the xyron!

[Jennifer Scull]

love your layout and all of it's fun green! cool concept with your old, new, borrowed, and cool!

my oldest thing would probably be some SU! stamps from one of the first workshops I attended. they are still some of my fave stamps! other than that I still have eyelets clanking around in the bottom of drawers that I really need to get rid of.

enjoy your weekend!

[Valorie]

I really love this layout, so bright and and cheery. Your boys are so cute here!!!!I do really love this colors together!!! Thanks for the opportunity to witn this Xyron-Love my little one, just used it yesterday on a July 4th LO!!!

[Debby]

Adorable, thanks for the Irish blessing!

[Amber M.]

I LOVE your layout, Kelly! It's so colourful - really enjoy the orange and green combo. Your boys are so cute :) I cherish my Xyron products and would truly LOVE to have the big sticker maker ... thanks for the chance to win!

[Chris Baker Cox]

I love that layout!!! Thanks for the great giveaway!

[Becky Fleck]

What a terrific ONBC, Kelly! Goodness but those boys have grown. :)

[louise johnson]

hope the luck of the Irish help me win this!!

[Sandy Bayles]

Thanks for a chance to win...............Good Luck to everyone!

[Charlotte]

Super, super cute layout! Thanks for the chance at this awesome prize!

[Jeniff Sthory]

Beautiful layout. Thanks for the chance to win!!

[Alina Igna]

The layout is beautiful! I love it! Thanks for a chance to win!

[Tammy Lever]

I am loving this page! Green is my fave color so St. Patrick's day is one of my favorite holidays. I am excited for that new BG line....I'm such a fan of theirs.
Thanks for the chance to win a great prize.

[Marion S]

Love Xyron! Thanks for the chance to win!

[Bevb]

Would love to win this Xyron prize, I have not had the chance to use this product but what it does would sure make my projects turn into 'works of art'. Thank you for this generous opportunity.

[Tara Wiley]

Thanks for the chance to win! Love Xyron!!!! Happy Friday everyone!

[Betty-Ann]

Great Layout Kelly! Happy weekend!

[Tami B]

I love St. Patty's Day projects. Thanks for the chance for this great prize.

[Debbie Z.]

I just love this layout. The colors are so bright and festive! Green is one of my "go-to" colors year round. The 5" Creative Station would be a perfect addition to my crafting..and it's GREEN!! Thanks for a chance to win!

[Michelle]

Awww... Kel!!! This is so fun! Yes the pop of orange is great. Those BG papers are fab! Can see those being added to my stash. And look how little they were!! Look at those baby faces!! It's fun to get lost in old photos. ;) I have lots and plan on getting them to pages. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Lisa P]

Love this and love the layered shamrocks. Such a great page.