TIME OUT #135 - Funny

We have a great TIME OUT challenge for you this fortnight - we want you to be funny :)

We have the perfect sponsor for this challenge - CAS-ual Friday Stamps has a great selection of funny stamps - and they are offering the winner of the challenge a $25 gift voucher :)

I could not resist using CAS-ual Friday Stamps Tag You're It stamp set - the sentiments are so funny. I thought they would be absolutely perfect paired with some Echo Park Emoji die cuts. I couldn't choose which sentiment and emoji I wanted to use - so I ended up making 6 funny tags!

I die cut the emoji shapes from several different colours of cardstock and I sponged some ink around the edges - I think this makes a big difference to the overall look. I inlaid die cut all the features so that the emojis would be a single layer. The tags were die cut from some SSS Smoke card stock using a Winnie & Walter die. I did do some partial die cutting to create the longer ones. I white heat embossed the sentiments onto the tags, adhered the emojis and added some red and white twine to finish them off.  

Our guest designer for this challenge is the incredibly talented Milla - her blog Mustesormi is a smorgasbord of inspiration :)

Make sure you take some TIME OUT to be funny!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #137 - Nature

We have a wonderful challenge at TIME OUT this fortnight - we want to see your nature inspired projects:

Our sponsor for this challenge is Uniko Stamps - the prize they are offering (a free stamp set!) will be given to a randomly drawn entry that creates a one-layer card.

I used a beautiful Uniko stamp for my card - English Country Garden Butterflies. I stamped the large butterfly three times across the bottom of the card panel - masking as the centre one. I did a some Copic colouring and stamped a sentiment from the Ton before mounting the panel on an orange card base.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Lise Mariann - make sure to check out her wonderful designs.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #136 - Photo Inspiration

Our TIME OUT challenge this fortnight is my favourite type of challenge - photo inspiration :)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamplorations who are generously offering the winner a $25 gift voucher - thanks so much Shery!

I used Stamplorations Blossom Sprays #2 as the focal point of my card; I stamped it in black and Copic coloured the flowers in red (inspired by the photo). I also wanted to mimic the pretty background wall so I used a Neat & Tangled cover plate die to create a tone on tone look. I added some ink blending and splatters to it to add some depth. The flowers and the Mama Elephant greeting were both mounted with foam tape - and a splattering of clear sequins to finish the design.

Our wonderful guest designer for this challenge is Greta from GG Creations - make sure you check out her creative designs!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Jill

TIME OUT #135 - Inspired BY Words

We have another fun challenge for you this week at TIME OUT - we are asking you to be inspired by the following words:

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

For my card, I chose to focus on the "stars" part of the quote - and I used the Starlit Breeze die from Memory Box for my project.

I started out by watercolouring the panel with a few different colours of Cosmic Shimmer water colours before die cutting it several times with the die. I then backed the die cut panel with an adhesive sheet and addign silver glitter into the die cut openings. 

For extra dimension, I then took the negative die cuts and glued them randomly across the card front tone on tone. The sentiment is a PTI Birthday die cut from a texture silver patterned paper (stacked) and a white embossed wishes.

Here is a close up of the shimmery watercolours and the sparkly glitter:

Our wonderful guest designer for the week is Michele from I Card everything. Her creativity is boundless and we are so happy that is joining us :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #134 - Playful

We have a really fun challenge for you this week at TIME OUT - we want you to be playful!

Our sponsor for this challenge is one of my favourite companies, Winnie & Walter; they are offering the winner a $25 gift voucher :)

For my playful card, I used one of my favourite Winnie & Walter sets: Winter Wishes. I stamped an Copic coloured the two puffins before adding the panel behind a shaker window using Stampendous shaved ice (love that stuff!). I silver embossed the greeting on the light grey card front; the greeting is also from Winnie & Walter - this time the Sentimental: Winter set. I curved the stamp to run along the shaker window.

We are very lucky to have the very talented Nancy (Made by Nananas) with us as a Guest Designer this week - so make sure to check out her playful creation :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Jill

Twofer Challenge - Zoo Animals

I made a couple of cards on the weekend for the Twofer challenge of zoo animals - and am just getting them posted before the challenge closes. For both cards, I used an older My Monthly Hero kit:

The first card was created by ink blending a sunset across a section of the card panel. I used the die from the kit to create a mask for the setting sun. Once the strip was ink blended, I stamped the silhouette animals in black to create a scene – separating the lion from the herbivores, of course! After it was stamped, I did spritz the scene with some shimmer spray (which doesn’t show in the picture) and added the greeting from the set just above the scene. Hakuna Matata means “no worries” in Swahili 😊 I added the card panel to an orange card base – I saw someone do this on Instagram and I loved how it looked.

For my second card, I started by stamping the same animals from the first cards randomly in some light ink colours to cover the entire panel. I then die cut a heart from the panel and the baby blue card base to create a peak through card with some blue vellum BUT as I was making it, I decided it might look fun as a shaker so I added some foam and some sequins as well. 

Here is a look at the shaker from the inside:

I added the silver glitter stacked die cut baby (from Studio Calico) to the front of the card to finish it off.

I will enter these cards into:

• Twofer Challenge - Zoo Animals
• CASology - Africa
• SimonSays Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill

TIME OUT #133

A quick post today for the latest TIME OUT challenge - we are challenging you to use at least two embellishments on your project:

There is also an optional twist for this challenge - to create a one layer card - a one layer card with two embellishments will definitely take some creativity :) Our sponsor for this challenge is Birch Press Design - they are offering a random entry who does the one-layer twist a $20 gift voucher!!!

Here is my card (definitely NOT one layer!):

I created a wreath using this die from our sponsor. I did cut apart the individual leaves and mist them with a few colours of spray. I actually added three embellishments: twine, gold sequins, and small blue pearls.

Our guest designer for this challenge is Andrea from KandA Creative Moments - she is a regular TIME OUT player who has guest designed with us in the past, and we are thrilled to have her join us again.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jill