TIME OUT #154 - Affectionate

Our challenge this fortnight at TIME OUT is a perfect one to get into the mood for Valentine's Day - we are challenging you to be affectionate:

Our sponsor for this challenge is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps - they are generously offering the winner of the challenge a $25 gift voucher to their store :)  

I decided to use some CAS-ual Fridays products for my card this week - I just adore the new Ever After sentiment set and wanted to use the big scripty sentiment as the focal point of my card. To make it stand out a little bit more, I heat embossed it using some HA purple sparkle embossing powder (close up shown below the card pic). I wanted to add something to the background but not distract too much from the sentiment so I used one of my favourite techniques: tone-on-tone die cuts. I die cut some white hearts using the Heart Board Fri-Die and adhered them to frame the sentiment. I then mounted the card panel on a shimmery purple card base for fun.

Apologies for the lighting in the pics - it is that time of year that seems to be very challenging to get it just right.

Our guest designer for this challenge is Mugda from Craftomania - we are so happy to have her join us!

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jill

TIME OUT #153 - Wardrobe Inspiration

We have such a fun challenge for you at TIME OUT - we are asking to create a project based on an item from your wardrobe :)

This challenge is sponsored by Poppystamps - they are offering a random entry a $20 gift voucher - how great is that?!

Despite the inspiring challenge theme, I wasn't feeling super creative but I ended up focusing on my winter toques (what can I say - I am Canadian and it is winter!) - I have two that I wear; one is a white and grey Icelandic style and the other is a pink and white one with a big pompom. This stamp set from W Plus 9 let me create a mash-up of my two toques :)

I did a blue water colour wash for the background and then heat embossed (optional twist) the large MFT greeting. I die cut the hat and mittens and popped them up - along with a few snowflake embellishments from Hero Arts.

I can't wait to see how the rest of the DT was inspired - along with our wonderful GD, Lise Mariann who is joining us for this challenge.

Make sure you take some TIME OUT to join us!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #152 - Photo Inspiration

Our first TIME OUT challenge of the year is my favourite type of challenge- a photo inspiration :) Check Out this wonderful picture to see how you are inspired:

Our incredible sponsor for this challenge is Funky Fossil Designs - I just love all her stencils and now she has added stamps to the collection so if you haven’t checked out her products,you should definitely take a look.

I was inspired by the vertical striped plate in the photo and Funky Fossil’s Four Hearts Stencil was perfect to recreate it on my card. I die cut a white rectangle panel and sponged some light red ink through the solid heart stencil. I then created my own red glitter paste using clear embossing paste and a lot of red glitter. I lined up the vertical striped heart stencil over the solid image and applied the paste.

I wanted to keep the focus on the big heart so I kept the rest of the card simple with a grey stamped Simon Says sentiment and a few small red hearts cut from some glitter card that I had in my stash. The panel was mounted on a grey card base. I created a matching red envelope with a white glitter embossing paste heart as well.

We can’t wait to see how you will be inspired by this challenge so take some TIME OUT to join us :)

Thanks so much for stoppihng by!

Jill

TIME OUT #151 - Inspired By Words

It is our last TIME OUT challenge of the year and we are asking you to be inspired by the following words:

Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamplorations who are generously offering the winner of the challenge a $25 gift voucher to their store :)

I decided to focus on the encouragement feel of the quote to create an encouragement card. I started by sponging some distress inks onto the card panel before repeatedly stamping an older Stamplorations stamp (Subway Art Builder) across the background in Versamark ink. To make it a little bit more special, I brushed some Perfect Pearls on the wet Versamark ink to add some shimmer - I love the way it catches the light. I finished off the card by adhering the panel to a SSS Doll Pink card base and adding a stacked SSS "you" die cut paired with a white embossed sentiment on black card stock.

Our amazing guest designer for this challenge is Helen from Moments Of Crafting - we are thrilled to have her join us for this challenge :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #150 - Merry & Cheerful

We have a great seasonal challenge for you this week at TIME OUT - we are challenging you to create Merry & Cheerful projects.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is Uniko who are offering the winner a free in-stock stamp of their choice :)

For my card, I used the Let It Snow stencil to create a resist background which I then inked in a few shade of blue. I die cut the background using a Your Next Stamp die. I heat embossed the Big & Bold Merry stamp in silver embossing powder on vellum and fussy cut it out. Both the panel and the greeting were adhered with foam tape for dimension and I added some sparkly gems to the centres of the snowflakes for a finishing touch.

While I was playing with the stencil, I also decided to create another background using DecoFoil paste and teal coloured foil. I sponged a few shades of distress ink and finished off with an Ellen Hutson die cut greeting cut from white glitter paper.

We are lucky to have Angie from Cimbacreativefun joining us as our Guest Designer this week so make sure you stop by her blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #149 - Celebrations

Our TIME OUT Challenge this week is all about celebrations:

We would love to see your projects focused on this theme - and we would really love to see projects that use the "One Layer" optional twist. Our sponsor for this challenge is Altenew - they are offering the challenge winner a $20 gift voucher :)

For this challenge, we will be joined by Christine from Experiments in Craft so make sure you stop by to see her take on our Celebrations theme. 

For my cards, I decided to play around with the Altenew Festive Poinsettia stamp set. The fist card I created is a one layer card. I stamped the poinsettia image and then coloured it with Copics and added a little shimmery Wink of Stella. I then added a greeting from the Altenew Build A Flower Poinsettia stamp set before masking of the flower and the top of the card to stamp a border across the bottom using an MFT background stamp. Here it is:

For my second card, I decided to do some layers so I fussy cut the flower out leaving a small white border. I die cut a frame using the Altenew Frilly Frame Die and backed it with some iridescent glitter for some sparkle. I used a SSS Fog card base and stamped a tone on tone pattern from Hero Arts onto it. I assemble the pieces using foam tape and finished it off with a Hero Arts white embossed sentiment and a piece of black and white bakers twine.

Here are the two cards side by side:

I am continuing to play around with this stamp set - I have some watercoloured projects using it on my desk right now :) 

I will be entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Twofer Card Challenge - Holiday Greenery
• Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #148 - Photo Inspiration

This fortnight we are hosting my favourite type of challenge at TIME OUT, a photo inspiration challenge :)  And now that Halloween is fully in the rear view mirror, we are focusing on Christmas (it is never to early to start on those cards right?!).

I think that it is pretty obvious where I took my inspiration from the photo ;) I started out by stamping a tone on tone woodgrain background (MFT) onto some SSS Schoolhouse Red card stock (incidentally, this is my favourite Christmas red card stock!). I lined up all the greeting from the Winnie & Walter In A Word: Grand Merry stamp set in my MIST and then white embossed them on the panel. I stamped the Ellen Hutson Modern Christmas Holly tone one tone onto some green cardstock and made some red berries with  sparkly Nuvo drops. I added them to the panel along with a sparkly gold strip down the side and finished off the card with a little bit of rustic twine.  

We are lucky to have the talented Angie from Cimba Creative Fun joining us a Guest Designer for this challenge so make sure you check out her designs :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jill