Weekly Challenge | penny

This week, our member Penny (Penny), wants you to create a project combining old and new. Our members are so talented and we love seeing your work in the gallery! Check back each week as we ask one of our members to inspire you with a challenge based on one of their projects from our member gallery. Be sure to visit Penny to see more of her work and keep up with her.


Hi there, friends! My name is Penny, and I am addicted to challenges. I rarely miss a week of participating in the blog challenges, and I try to do all the monthly Layout-a-Week challenges, too. It's a great way to find inspiration, and there are drawings for gift cards. Win/win! Last week, I combined a weekly challenge and sketch challenge and ended up with this anniversary card. I also combined some of my newest products and some old ones. The "celebrate" die came in my last box from Studio Calico. Love this script! And I mainly used the Pop Art card kit - one of my newer favorites. I wanted some pastel ink colors and reached to the bottom of my basket and found two of the oldest ones I own. I couldn't believe they still work! I also pulled older scraps of paper from my scrap file for the light blue, grid paper, and hot pink circle.

So my challenge for you is to combine the old and the new. Use some of your new stuff, but look back in your stash to see what you can repurpose to make it work. Obviously, we all have different stuff, and what seems "old" to you might be from last June. Or your newest purchase might be from April! No worries. (Between you and me, my pink ink pad was at least 8 years old!) I can't wait to see what you create and what your old and new choices are!

Now it’s your turn to create a project based on Penny's challenge! Share your new project for the challenge in the Studio Calico gallery (add the hashtag #SCchallenge to make it easier to find!), then link up your project in the comments of this post by December 14th to be entered to win a $5 gift card to the Studio Calico Shop! This week's challenge winner will be announced in the December 19th Layout of the Week post.

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  1. cmsplitt says…
    12/07/2015

    @Penny, I love your introduction! :) Sounds like we all need an intervention - Challenges Anon? ;) Not that I really want to be cured! I love these challenges, as it's such a great way to get some simple inspiration and guidance. Thanks for sharing this idea....of course my OLDEST items will be from Brimfield...and the newest will be from Lollipop. Sounds like fun to me!

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  2. Bellaa75 says…
    12/07/2015

    Great challenge Penny! I'll try to take part as I want to use up some old stuff :)

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  3. TerryB says…
    12/07/2015

    Great challenge Penny! I used the large chipboard letters from Lisse St., and the leaf from Canyonlands.
    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/179515-holiday-valley

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  4. amyscalze says…
    12/08/2015

    I always love a challenge to use old products! I used the DD kit from last year and combined it with products from the new Goldie collection by Ashley Goldberg. http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/179529-bring-on-the-joy
    Thanks for the challenge Penny!

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  5. flora11 says…
    12/08/2015

    I used my fresh christmas collection and old chipboards for my layout: http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/179500-first-kiss-under-the-mistletoe
    Thanks for the great challenge. :-)

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  6. CristinaC says…
    12/08/2015

    Speaking of LOAW... what's going up with those this month?

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  7. art944 says…
    12/08/2015

    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/179575-good-times
    I used Odyssey SB kit and the Pop Art PL kit and Hockney Add-on kit. They might seem new to lots of people, but I'm also new to scrapbook! :D

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  8. Carson says…
    12/08/2015

    Here is my entry! A mix of Lisse St. Canyonlands, and a bit of Elliot. I love Lisse St!
    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/179576-darling-boy

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  9. CeliseMcL says…
    12/08/2015

    I used some new Christmas cardstock left over from my card making frenzy and dug out gem stones from my stash. When I first started making cards I bought a lot of gems.
    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/179589-almost-december

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  10. cmsplitt says…
    12/12/2015

    I used this challenge in my Mini album workshop project.
    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/179872-blessings-album-part-3
    The oldest thing I had is Brimfield planner kit!

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  11. juliee says…
    12/13/2015
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  12. CristinaC says…
    12/14/2015

    I used some of the stamps I picked up at the BF sale along with the snowman/ornament set from last year:
    http://www.studiocalico.com/galleries/179980-december-daily-2015-day-7

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