TIME OUT #211- Photo Inspiration

 We have a beautiful phto to inspire you this fortnight at TIME OUT Challenges:

We are very lucky to have Poppystamps as our sponsor for this challenge - they are generously offering the challenge winner a $15 gift voucher for their store :)

I took my inspiration from the trees in the photo and used the "Through the Trees" stamp from Pinkfresh Studios. Stamp once in light green onto light blue cardstock, then rotated 180 degrees and stamped again in dark green. I wanted to see whether I could apply hot foil to an image stamped on coloured cardstock and it worked well. Bothe the frame and the greeting are from Spellbinders and were hotfoiled onto the image using copper foil. Really pretty in real life :) 

We are very lucky to be joined by Lisa from My Paper Tales as a guest designer :)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #208 - it's Our Birthday!!!!!

 It's our TIME OUT Birthday - come and celebrate with us!!!! 

We have a bunch of our favourite former teammies joing us for this challenge - as well as a whole bunch of amazing sponsors:

Alex Syberia  -$15 store credit

Altenew:  $20 store credit

CAS-ual Fridays:  $25 store credit

Lawn Fawn:  $25 store credit

Newton's Nook:  $25 store credit

Stamplorations:  $25 store credit

Birch Press: $20 store credit 

Poppystamps:  $20 store credit

Since it is our birthday, I dedcided to make two cards to celebrate :) I used our products from one of our sponsors - Altenew Polish Paper Cuts to create these two fun birthday cards:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #207 CASE CHallenge

I was so excited for this TIME OUT challenge - it is the first CASE challenge we have done in a few years - and the card we are CASE-ing was created by the incredibly talented, Michele Ferguson from I Card Everyone :) Isn't it a beauty!

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

For my CASE, I used the same card design and colours but I added the colours to the inside of the heart instead of behind it. I used Altenew's All The Hearts to stamp the hearts and the corresponding die to create the panel onto which I had already glued some rays.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Ashwini from Experimenting with Cardmaking. Ashwini is a regular TIME OUT player - we love seeing her creative designs in our gallery and are thrilled to have her join us for this challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #205 - In Love

Our challenge this fortnight at TIME OUT is perfect for anyone making their Valentine's Day cards - or anyone who just wants to celebrate love :)

Our challenge is sponsored by Alex Syberia Design - the winner gets a $15 gift voucher to her store and when you see her amazing designs, you will definitely want to win :)

For my card this challenge I used the Alex Syberia Love U digi - so adorable. I flipped the image on my computer (love that you can do this with digital images!) before printing it and colouring it with Copics. I used some Christmas Red Stickles on the glasses for some fun sparkle. The greeting was stamped - it is from MFT - and soooo perfect for this image!

We are thrilled to have Milla from Mustesormi joining us again for this challenge as our guest designer. Milla is a regular TIME OUT player and her gorgeous cards have been selected as the winner on several occasions.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

Waffle Flower December 2021 Challenge

Just popping in really quickly to share this card I created for the Waffle Flower December challenge of winter birthdays.

The lighting is not great for the photo :(  I used the Warm Hands stamps and dies to create the background and the Label Maker Sentiments for the greeting:

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #204 - New!

 Our final TIME OUT challenge for 2021 is the perfect one to welcome in the new year - we challenge you to be NEW!

It is a perfect challenge for us to introduce our two new design team members as well :)  We are so happy to have Nancy and Aarthi join our team.

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

I decided to make a New Year's card for the challenge - but that is where the "new" theme ends for me - the supplies I used are all older ones. I clear embossed Hero Arts Artistic Circles onto a piece of white cardstock. I used the infinity circle dies to create stencils that I used to sponge different colours of Distress Inks over the various circles. I cut a strip from the panel before foam mounting it onto a purple card base. I white heat embossed the sentiment directly onto the card base - this is also from an older Hero Arts set. 

We are thrilled to have Chrissie from Simply One of a Kind joining us as our guest designer for this challenge - her clean and simple designs are always so inspiring :)

I will also be entering this card in the current Hero Arts Stay Craft Challenge - circles

And Simon Says wednesday Challenge - It's Time to Party!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

Pinkfresh Studio December 2021 Challenge

 

Just popping in to share a couple of very last minute entries for the Pinkfresh December challenge...

My first card uses the Ornate Poinsettia die - inlaid die cutting with some watercoloured pieces - splattered with gold. The Holiday Vibes is also from Pinkfresh.

The second card uses the Lush Vines cover plate hot foiled in gold and Copic coloured. The gold die cut sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill