to keep using my stash despite the fact that CHA Winter sneaks are popping up all around...before I even spend $ 20, I've promised myself that I HAVE to actively use TONS of my stash!  So one way for me to really commit to that promise (before late February  when the new Crate Paper, Echo Park, My Mind's Eye and LYB start calling my name) is to join in on some challenge blogs.

So, the first challenge for 2013 that I jumped into was over at 2Peas in a Bucket.  The Chatty Scrappers Group challenge for January was:   BOOKMARKS CHALLENGE: scraplift a LO off your first page of bookmarks!  I don't have that many LOs bookmarked since I normally Pin things, so it was easy to chose the uber talented Allison Waken's  "I Love Us" layout: