TIME OUT #119 - Friendship & Breast Cancer Awareness

It is time for our annual Breast Cancer Awareness and friendship challenge at TIME OUT.

We have been running this challenge for a few years now with our wonderful sponsor- CAS-ual Fridays. They are offering a $25 gift voucher to the winner :)  CAS-ual Fridays have a fabulous line of breast cancer related stamps and dies that I highly recommend checking out here.

I used one of these wonderful stamp sets, called Be, for my one-layer card:

I masked off three stripes with some masking paper strips and ink blended with three different shades of pink Altenew inks. I then white heat-embossed the three greetings in white embossing powder. I accented the card with a few simple pink gems.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Marieke - you can check out her wonderful designs here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT#118 - Photo Inspiration

We have a photo inspiration challenge for you this week at TIME OUT - full of pretty Autumn colours:

Our sponsor for this challenge is Poppy Stamps - who are generously offering the winner a $20 gift voucher :D

Their Design Team is also joining in this challenge - so make sure to check them out here

I was lucky enough to pick a stamp set from Poppy Stamps - I chose Peony Stems and Blossoms and came up with this:

Who says peonies can't be an Autumn flower? Not me! I stamped them on Burnt Orange card stock and coloured the with Prismacolour coloured pencils. I kept the greeting simple with a stacked die cut (in glitter, of course!).  

Here is a close up of some of the colouring:

Our Guest Designer this week is Angie from Cimba Creative Fun so make sure to check out her work!

This is such a great challenge to get you in the Autumn mood - so make sure you take some TIME OUT to join us!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill 

TIME OUT #117 - Inspired By Words

Our TIME OUT inspired by words challenge this week is a good one:

Lots of words to be inspired by :)  - I decided to focus on the "toes in the sand" part and this is what I created (excuse the bad photography - I was having lighting issues):

I really wanted to create sandy footprints with the special sand embossing powder from the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero kit. They are hard to see in the photo but I love how they look in real life :)  The rest of the scene was also created with stamps from the same set - I love the layered water stamps. A simple frame and sentiment to finish the card.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Uniko - they are offering the winner an in-stock stamp set of their choice :)

We can't wait to see how you will be inspired by these words - so make sure you take some TIME OUT to play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by!
Jill

TIME OUT #116 - Be Bright

We have a really fun TIME OUT challenge this fortnight - we are challenging you to be bright:

Here is my take on bright:

I really wanted to use this light bulb stamp from SSS Watts Up? stamp set - so I stamped it repeatedly across a panel of watercolour paper in Versafine ink. I then coloured them using a variety of shimery water colours  - I love the subtle shimmer whn they hit the light. I trimmed the panel and mounted it on a black card base heat embossed with a sentiment from SSS Seeing Stars. A little strip of Tim Holtz silver glitter tape to finish off the card.

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

Our guest designer for this challenge is Anila from Novel Ideas - she has some great designs so make sure to check out her blog.

So take some TIME OUT to be bright with us :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jill

TIME OUT #115 - Food and Drink

We have a fun challenge at TIME OUT this week:

I always find one layer cards challenging (I love dimension) but I decided to give it a go this time - here is my card:

I kept it pretty simple - both the image and the greeting are from an older MFT stamp set. I coloured the image with Copics and then added lots of glitter with Stickles and Nuvo drops.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Susie from Created 4 Creativity - her cards are amazing so make to check out her blog. 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Birch Press Designs - they are offering a $20 gift voucher to a random entry that incorporates the optional twist.

We hope you can take some TIME OUT to join us for this challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT#114 - Photo Inspiration

For our TIME OUT challenge this week, we are asking you to create projects inspired by this picture:

So much inspiration in this picture - I thought about using that beautiful rattan texture but decided to focus on the picture above the sofa and came up with this card:

A really simple design - I used a bird from Stamplorations Trendy Birds and an embossing pen to draw the line before heat embossing in clear EP. I then used shimmery watercolours to paint the background. I ironed off the melted EP to make a smooth finish. 

Stamplorations is our sponsor for this challenge - generously providing a $15 gift voucher for the winner and a gift bag of goodies for a random entry!

Our wonderful Guest Designer this challenge is Heather from Wire Wrapture so make sure you stop by to see her designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT#113 - Inspired By Words

The challenge this fortnight at TIME OUT is to be inspired by the following words:

There are a lot of ways to be inspired by these words but I chose to focus on the first one: smile:

To make this card, I used one of my favourite techniques - adhering die cuts to the card base to create a background. I usually do this tone on tone - but I decided to change it up this time by using four different colours of cardstock to create an ombre effect. I think that I may have seen this done before by someone with this die but I couldn't find where - so I couldn`t reference it. The die is from Simon Says Stamp.

The greeting is from MFT - white embossed on a black die cut (also MFT) and popped up with some foam. I found a few different shades of pink sequins in my stash and added them to the card front to finish it off.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Funky Fossil Designs - Sarah is a former TO DT and she has started designing some amazing stencils - check them out here. She is offering the winner 3 stencils from her store. She is also going to be joining us as a special guest designer - so make sure to check out her inspiring designs here.

Our Guest designer for this challenge is Amanda from Diamond Lane Designs - so make sure you take a few minutes to check out her work.

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill