TIME OUT #178 - Life in the CIty

Our final TIME OUT challenge for 2020 is a fun one - we want to see projects focused on Life in the City using an optional twist of blending or sponging.

Our sponor for this challenge is Birch Press Designs - they are offering the winner of a random draw a $20 gift voucher to their store :)

We have gone into another lockdown so we definitely won't be ringing in the new year in the city - it will be sushi and champagne at home to celebrate leaving 2020 behind us :)

For my card, I decided to use the (older) Mama Elephant Sightseeing stamp set since it makes me think of the city. I also decided to make it into a slider card - I think this might be the first slider card that I have made so it took some time to figure it all out. I did do the optional twist of sponging a cloudy background behind the bridge (hard to see in the light of the photo) using the MFT mini cloud stencil and some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. The road was created using some border stamps from my stash.

And the slider reveal....

Our guest designer for this challenge is the fabulous Joy from Handcrafted By Joy - we are thrilled to have her join us :)

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy new year!

Jill

TIME OUT #177 - Photo Inspiration

I can't believe that we have reached our (almost) last TIME OUT challenge of 2020! This fortnight, we are challenging you to create a project inspired by this lovely festive photo:

Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamplorations :)  - they are generously offering the winner of the challenge a $25 gist voucher!

I took my inspiration from the colour scheme and the crystal snowflakes on the bak of the chairs in the photo. I used a mandala (not quite a snowflake) die to cut the design from a panel of taffy cardstock and then backed it with a double sided adhesive sheet so I could inlay some sparkly glitter. I added a couple of Winnie & Walter greetings, a few die cut pine needles, and some crystals to complete the desing. 

Our guest designer for this challenge is the talented Vicky from Crafting Clare - we are thrilled to have her join us :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #176 - Inspired By Words

For our TIME OUT challenge this fortnight, we are asking you to be inspired by the following (possibly seasonal!) words: 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Newton's Nook Designs who are offering the winner of the challenge a $25 gift voucher to their store :)

I have to admit that I had a hard time with this challenge - I am on a holiday card roll and I don't have any holiday supplies that really fit those words. I finally dug into my stash and came up with this older Clearly Bessotted phone stamp to play on the words "rings" and "bell". I stamped the phones in a few different colours. I added some enamel dots to the centres of the phones as a fun accent. I finished the card with a big Hero Arts die cut in a silver foil.

Our guest designer for this challenge is Jenny from My Paper Epiphany - she is a regular TIME OUT player and we are thrilled to have her joing us for this challenge so make sure you stop by and check out her amazing design.

Thanks fo stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #175 - Quick

There is still time to play along with our current TIME OUT challenge - we want to see how you are inspired by "Quick".

Our generous sponsor, Catherine Pooler Designs, is offering the winner a $25 gift voucher :)

I am not a quick card maker - so a timed challenge was not an option for me. I decided, instead, to feature a "quick" theme in my design. I settled on this polaroid camera stamp and die set from COncord & 9th - becuase you cant get much quicker then instant! 

I created the background by adhering white on white die cut "smile"s on a diagonalacross the panel. I then stamped and Copic coloured the camera and the photo. The slot die made it really easy to put this interactive card together.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #174 - Festivals

Our TIME OUT theme challenge this fortnight is a fun one - Festivals :) and to make it even more fun we are also challenging you to add shimmer and/or glitter to your project... spoiler alert - I used both on mine!

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is CraftTangles - they have some fabulous Diwali stamp sets that would be perfect for this theme. They are offering a $20 gift voucher to a rnadom entry that incorporates the optional shimmer/glitter twist.

When I think of festivals, I think of music so that is what I decided to focus on. I used an older MFT stamp and die set. I stamped the little mice and coloured them with Copics before die cutting them.I then die cut some frames from glitter (twist!!) paper and sponged some Crackling Campfire ink behind each frame.The frames and th emice were popped up on foam and I stamped the greeting in black ink. I also drew a border around the edge using a ruler and a Copic fineliner. Finally, I stamped some music notes  in silver ink and added some silver Perfect Pearls on top for extra shimmer (twist!!)  

I hope you are inspired by our challenge and take some TIME OUT to play along with us :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #173 - Photo Inspiration

This fortnight at TIME OUT, we have my favourite type of challenge - photo inspiration :) Check out the pretty inspiration photo below: 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Altenew - they are offering the challenge winner a $20 gift voucher :)

I took a pretty litteral take on the inspiration photo for my project. I started with a piece of kraft card stock and used a die cut (Altenew - Delicate Mandala) as a mask before sponging some brown ink over the panel and then stamping a woodgrain (Altenew - A Walk In The Woods) over it in the same brown ink. I trimmed the panel and mounted it onto a white card base. I added some layered die cut leaves (Altenew - Garden Picks) with different heights of foam tape and then finished off with a white embossed greeting on a black carstock strip.

Our fabulous guest designer for this challenge is Rhamat from Cards and Cooking Corner - so stop by her blog to see how she was inspired by this photo.

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jill

TIME OUT #172 - Breast Cancer Awareness

This fortnight, we have our annual Breast Cancer Awareness challenge at TIME OUT - we want to see your projects that give support, show encouragement, and maybe include a little bit of pink :)

Our sponsor for this challenge is CAS-ual Friday Stamps - who have an amazing selection of both breast cancer awareness and encouragement stamps - they are offering the winner a $25 gift voucher to their store :)

I decided to use a couple of CAS-ual Friday stamp sets for my card - I used the Peaceful Garden set to stamp the layered blooms (the centre layer is heat embossed in light pink sparkle powder) and I used  the Mon Ami set for the greeting. The one layer panel was mounted on a dark pink card base for an extra touch of pink.

Our wonderful guest designer for this challenge is Cardogram - you should definitely check out her project for this challenge - it is gorgeous!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill