THE CHALLENGE
- Use the paper I have without buying more until 2021
- Limit my paper craft purchases to $50 – $100 over the next four months
- Create. Create. and Create some more
Want to join us? Post a photo of your stash on your Facebook page, and use the hashtag #StashBashChallenge. Challenge a crafty friend, too, by tagging them in your challenge!
What About Stamps?
The other day, I wanted a chicken stamp. Surely, I thought, I have one. Well, it turned out I had at least four chicken stamps! They were all styles, shapes, and sizes. It gave me a quick stamp slap in the face – check out my stamp stash first when I see a cute card I want to CAS(E).
Currently…
Currently, I’m seeing all sorts of beautiful projects with leaves, and I am so tempted to buy a new set of leaf stamps, stencils, and dies, but the peck, peck, peck, went the chicken memory. Off to see what I had, and turns out, I had quite a few leaves. I found leaf sets, but also some very nice leaves in other stamp sets. GOLD!
Gotta game for you
Play a game of LEAFO!
Check your stash and see if you can get 5 across, 3 down, or maybe a black-out! Play with your friends, here’s how:
Make or print the chart (one for every player).
Decide the round’s goal of the game (3 in a row, 5 in a row, blackout)
Make or print the chart, cut the 15 leaf stamp types out to be drawn for the game.
When someone has that stamp, they get to “X” out that square.
Continue until the round’s goal is reached.
| L | E | A | F | O |
| 1. small solid stamp | 2. medium solid leaf | 3. wood leaves | 4. large leaves | 5. leaves on trees |
| 6. leaves with flowers | 7. two-step leaf stamp | 8. flower stem with leaves | 9. leaf with a die cut | 10. leaves in a wreath |
| 11. any leaves | 12. exotic foliage leaves | 13. fruit tree leaves | 14. sketchy leaves | 15. die cut of a leaf |
This game can be played with friends, at crops, during team meetings, or just for FUNN.
Possible prizes could be a set of leaf tags or cards.
#StashBashChallenge Week 2 Numbers
| date | Layouts/week | total* | cards/week | total** |
| week 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 23 |
| week 2 | 2 | 3 | 60 | 83 |
| week 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 106 |
#StashBashChallenge
*total of layouts made since the beginning of the #StashBashChallenge on 09/01/2020; **total of cards made since the beginning of the #StashBashChallenge on 09/01/2020.
Budget
No expenses this week.
My Take Away So Far
Stash: Didn’t make a dent in my supplies
Limiting Purchases: loved looking through my stamps & finding new ways to use them.
Using What I Have: I loved the instant gratification of using what I had.
This is FUNN! Thanks for visiting, and I hope you will try some strip cards like these and give them to some friends you don’t know.
Mary Gunn is the Founder and Head Professor of FUNN University. She has 20+ years experience in direct sales. She has 25+ years experience in teaching. She has combined her love for teaching and paper crafting in FUNN University. Please visit our online campus and take advantage of your first month as a gift.