Thursday 28 January 2021

TIME OUT #180 - Inspired By Words

 Our TIME OUT challenge this fortnight is a very seasonally-appropriate one (it was -13 here today!) - we are asking you to create a project inspired by these words:



For my card, I focused on "winter" and "book" - and created a window scene using my Spelbinders December small die kit. The card base was ink blended with Distress Oxide inks and then I white heat embossed a few Simon Says snowflakes to create the winter feel.I die cut and coloured the cat and the plants - and I created my own books using some scrap strips. I originally had the "wall" part of the panel in plain white but I decided that it looked too stark so I used a Simon Says background stamp and some pale yellow paint to create some "wallpaper" and make it feel a little bit more cozy. The greeting is from Winnie & Walter.



I love a cute cat sitting on a window sill - this is a common scene at our house - and one of the cutest cats in the crating world is Newton who  is our sponsor for this challenge. Newton's Nook is offering the winner of the challenge a $25 gist voucher to their store :)




Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Bobby from Bits and Pieces - she is a regular TIME OUT player and we are so happy to have her join us. Make sure you check out her fun and creative take on the challenge quote.

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jill













Sunday 24 January 2021

My Monthly Hero Jan 2021

I was so happy to receive the Janury Hero Arts kit this month - it might just be my favourite one ever :)

I thought the flowers in the set would be great to use for the Twofer Challenge this month:



I wanted to create two very different cards - for the first one, I stamped the image in black on the card panel (masking the edges). I coloured the flowers in Copics using single, vibrant colours to create a graphic look. I added a black striped border around the panel before adhering it to the card base. I used the honeycomb die to create an aperture in the top panel which was adhered with foam tape to the coloured panel. The sentiment is gold foil press (Spellbinders) and I finished it off with a few black gems.

 


Here is a closer look at the first card:



For the sceond card, I started with Lawn Fawn Speckled Egg card stock (a rustic ivory colour) and I stamped the flowers a couple of times along the edge of the slimline panel (masking where necessary). I coloured the blooms using my prismacolour pencil crayons and finished off the card with a Hero Arts sentiment die cut from some of the gold paper from the kit.

Here is a closer look at the card:





For my next card, I decided to use the bees and play along with CAS(E) this sketch:





The bees were coloured with Copics and die cut. I stamped the hexagon pattern from the kit repeatedly on one side of the card base, and I also stamped the sentiment. I used Delicata pigment ink so that I could add some mica powder to it to give that foiled look when the light catches the stamping. I love the way it looks in real life (hard to capture in a photo). The bees were popped up with foam tape.





For my last card (for now - this kit is sure to get much more use!), I decided to play along with the Hero Arts Stay Crafty challenge:



I ised the negative die cuts from the hexagon aperture die to create a tone-on-tone honeycomb background. I then cut some more hexagons from the gold paper from the kit and adhered them to some of the white hexagons to create a heart. I added two Copic coloured bees, a white embossed sentiment from the kit and a few little hearts as embellishments.



Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jill







Thursday 14 January 2021

TIME OUT #179 - You!

Our first TIME OUT challenge for 2021 is all about you - we want you to create a project that says something about yourself. What a fun way to start the new year!!!



Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamplorations - they are offering th echallenge winner a generous $25 gift voucher to their store :)



One of the things that makes this challenge so great is that we tend to buy products that we like - I had purchased the Stamplorations A Girl and her Shoes stamp set a while back because I love nice shoes and I have accumulated quite the collection (Carrie Bradshaw might be jealous!). I also love the sentiment that is a Marilyn Monroe quote - so perfect! I did add some gem stones in matching colours to each pair of shoes because I also love adding sparkle to my cards :)



Our guest designer for this challenge is Anila from Novel- ideas - we are so happy to have her join us.

We can't wait to see your projects and learn a bit more about YOU!

Thanks for stopping by!
Jill