June Spent Smart/Stash Bust Challenge
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2024 12:26 pm
Hey Cherries! Welcome back to another month of spending smart and busting stash!
If you're new to the challenge, here's a link to May’s :
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=277314
Thanks for joining me here again! How is everyone doing with their goals? Any new goals? Successes? Disasters? Lol I want to talk about them all!
I'll start us off!
Well in May my only spending goal was a small gift for myself during NSD sales- and adhesive if needed! I used gift cards and points and spent NO MONEY out of pocket! I got a traveler's notebook for less than $3, and I LOVE it! I'm NOT even sure what else I bought haha! It was JUST a few items- but sometimes that's ALL we NEED, right?
As for stash busting, well… I used a LOT and am STILL at an abundance! Blessedly, I receive gifts at times, and I was delighted to receive a nice box of goodies from a dear Cherry Friend! Soooooo, everything I busted has kinda been replaced! Haha! This JUST means MORE to bash, right?!
Believe me, between NSD and all the challenges I do one a regular basis, plus my regular art stuff - I STILL have PLENTY of stash to go around!
June's goals:
I'm doing a complete NO SPEND this month… I have several friends who do this too, amd encourage you to follow along, if that's something that suits you this month. It's not always easy, but that's part of what makes it a challenge, right?
I've learned a LOT of tips and tricks along the way to help with this- the biggest AND best tip is to JUST dive into your stash! Maybe you make kits, maybe you rotate items, maybe you spend an afternoon stamping, coloring and fussy cutting - maybe you take all the little bags of leftovers and create cards. Maybe you use markers to change the color of your stickers so they match some papers.
Whatever works for YOU, to get you re-acquainted with your stash, to make it feel fresh again - do that!
I AM!
I'm out of my regular adhesive, but since I've overstocked the last time I bought, I ACTUALLY have enough for another month - easily! That's it! I have plenty of everything else for right now!
Which brings me to: Stash Busting!
I could play with my stash all day, every day, for probably another year, and STILL have plenty! I say, we keep working at it! It's fun, we're SO creative, AND we HAVE these things! We might as well use them!
In addition to layouts, I'm also working on other projects: art journals, altered playing cards/ATCs, mixed media art and other journals. I've also been periodically pulling out unfinished projects and finishing them!
I have an iris container stuffed full and hope to see be at LEAST easier to shut by the end of the month!
If you're new to the challenge, here's a link to May’s :
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=277314
Thanks for joining me here again! How is everyone doing with their goals? Any new goals? Successes? Disasters? Lol I want to talk about them all!
I'll start us off!
Well in May my only spending goal was a small gift for myself during NSD sales- and adhesive if needed! I used gift cards and points and spent NO MONEY out of pocket! I got a traveler's notebook for less than $3, and I LOVE it! I'm NOT even sure what else I bought haha! It was JUST a few items- but sometimes that's ALL we NEED, right?
As for stash busting, well… I used a LOT and am STILL at an abundance! Blessedly, I receive gifts at times, and I was delighted to receive a nice box of goodies from a dear Cherry Friend! Soooooo, everything I busted has kinda been replaced! Haha! This JUST means MORE to bash, right?!
Believe me, between NSD and all the challenges I do one a regular basis, plus my regular art stuff - I STILL have PLENTY of stash to go around!
June's goals:
I'm doing a complete NO SPEND this month… I have several friends who do this too, amd encourage you to follow along, if that's something that suits you this month. It's not always easy, but that's part of what makes it a challenge, right?
I've learned a LOT of tips and tricks along the way to help with this- the biggest AND best tip is to JUST dive into your stash! Maybe you make kits, maybe you rotate items, maybe you spend an afternoon stamping, coloring and fussy cutting - maybe you take all the little bags of leftovers and create cards. Maybe you use markers to change the color of your stickers so they match some papers.
Whatever works for YOU, to get you re-acquainted with your stash, to make it feel fresh again - do that!
I AM!
I'm out of my regular adhesive, but since I've overstocked the last time I bought, I ACTUALLY have enough for another month - easily! That's it! I have plenty of everything else for right now!
Which brings me to: Stash Busting!
I could play with my stash all day, every day, for probably another year, and STILL have plenty! I say, we keep working at it! It's fun, we're SO creative, AND we HAVE these things! We might as well use them!
In addition to layouts, I'm also working on other projects: art journals, altered playing cards/ATCs, mixed media art and other journals. I've also been periodically pulling out unfinished projects and finishing them!
I have an iris container stuffed full and hope to see be at LEAST easier to shut by the end of the month!