Happy New Year!

 We are so glad you've joined us for another round of fun challenges here at 

The Sisterhood of Crafter's 2014!!

 Terri here and I am so excited to be back with the "sistahs" and, I am thrilled to be the  hostess for the 1st challenge of the New Year!

 

But, before I tell you about our challenge, I'd like to welcome our  

JANUARY STEP SISTER
Olga Bester (Elephant Fairies).   

You'll want to pop over to Olga's blog, be inspired and leave her some love!

Now ... our 1st challenge of 2014 is:

"Out with the Old, In with the New" 

 (For this challenge, we are asking you to use a new product on your creation.) 

Terri

For my creation, the flower embellishments were made with my new product, 
the Flourish Flox dies by Memory Box.

Darlene
My new items are:  Stampendous 'sweater' stamp and
the Cottage Cuts 'Winter Wonderland Border' die.

My papers, charm and digi is new and the arch die is old. 

JANUARY STEP SISTER

Olga Bester (Elephant Fairies)

Lisa
My used some old designer paper, twine and a chipboard tag that I have had for literally 5-6 years! I just bought the Envelope Punch board from We R memory keepers and used that for the first time. I love it! I made this matchbox little gift box with it.

Micki

I used some new stamps.  The ink splashs and the inside Happy Birthday greeting is from Neat & Tangled and the Keep Calm greeting is from Technique Tuesday. 

Now it's your turn to show us your Out with the Old, In with the New ideas.  

We can't wait to see what you come up with!
*** Would you like to become a Step Sister?  Just place an 'SS' behind your name when entering our challenges and YOUR name might be drawn to become our next Step Sister! ... Good Luck! ***

Deadline to enter:
You have until Sunday, January 19th - 8:00 P.M. (EST).

Winner will be announced Tuesday, January 21st.

Please remember to follow these few simple rules: 

• No backlinking
• Three (3) entry limit
• Must follow challenge theme to qualify for prize (when one is available)
• Direct link to your challenge entry ... not your entire blog.
• We would really appreciate you turning OFF the word verification.

HAVE FUN!