Start Each Day with A Song

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #298 opens today and runs through October 8th. This time it is a Pick Two challenge, The idea of this challenge is very simple: we give you 6 word prompts and you pick at least 2 for your project!  To be clear, you can pick more than 2 if you like - you can include all 6 if you really want to challenge yourself but just make sure to pick at least 2!

We are joined by the wonderful, lovely, talented and witty Jaydee of Stampin! with Jaydee. We are so excited to have her as our Guest Designer for this challenge. You can check out her fabulous card On the Time Out Challenges BLOG. 

We are sponsored by Lawn Fawn. Challenge Winner as chosen byt the Design Team will receive a $25.00 Store Credit and an invitation to join the Time Out Design Team as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

I have chosen Music, Spatter, Metallic and Edge. You can't see it in the photo, but the bird cage is heat embossed with silver EP (metallic).

 Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can see what Jaydee and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Come play with us and share your Pick 2 creation in the gallery! 

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Pinkfresh Studio Aviary Stamps & Dies The Greetery Nordic Frames
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest
Ink	VersaMark Versafine Onyx Black PTI Blueberry Sky, Melon Berry, Mint Julep, Smokey Shadow
Embellishments
Other	WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool WOW Clear EP SU Silver EP Twinkling H2O Blue Ice Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Spellbinders Foam Squares

I'm Also playing at:

NBUS Challenge #78

PFS Aviary Stamps & Dies

Triple B Challenges - September

A Cut Above September - AG With A Die Cut

Neglected Stuff 

PFS Aviary Stamps & Dies

Congrats On Your New Digs

I made this card for my son who just moved in to his own apartment in Philadelphia last week. I remember how excited I was when I finally had my own living space all to myself. The red building in the window looks very much like the building he is in. Supplies are from the July 2025 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit. I followed THIS tutorial by Tina Smith of Cards & Coffee Time. She added some extra detail that I did not, but I really love the way mine turned out.

This card stock from La-La Land Crafts is fabulous. It's double sided with different city scenes on both the front and back of the window. This is what you see when you open the card from right to left.

This is what you have when you open the card completely. There's plenty of room to write your message to the recipient here. I can't wait 'til Greg gets this. He will love it and he will get all the love that went into making it.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	SSS Through The Window Stamp Set SSS Windows Trio Dies
Cardstock	La-La Land Crafts In the City 6x6"  patterned paper sheets  Neenah Solar White 80# Card Taylored Expressions Choice Buttercream Card
Ink	Scorched Timber Distress ink cube
Embellishments	SSS Stellar Embellishment Mix
Other	Acetate Sheet Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press SSS Pawsitively Perfect Craft Glue SSS White Adhesive Foam Strips

I'm playing at:

Try It On Tuesday - Pretty Papers

Die Cut Divas September Challenge - Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers - September 2025

MIUCB #79 - AG + Optional Fancy Folds

The Season Of Color

 

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #297 opens today and runs through September 24th. We are looking for cards that reflect your favorite season.

We are joined by the wonderful, lovely, talented and witty Darnell Knauss of djkardkreations and of NBUS - never Before Used Schtuff fame. We are so excited to have her as our Guest Designer for this challenge.

We are sponsored by Waffle Flower Crafts. Challenge Winner as chosen byt the Design Team will receive a $25.00 Store Credit and an invitation to join the Time Out Design Team as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

I have been struggling with a creative slump lately and waited until the last minute to create my challenge card. Fall is by far my favorite season. I love the warm days and cool nights. I love the beach at this time of year - "local summer" as we call it here in NJ. I was looking through my autumn themed stamps for inspiration, and ran across these wonderful Penpattern Leaves. One thing led to another and I dug out my alcohol inks, created a panel using fall colors, and used Alcohol Lift Ink to create the pattern from the stamp on the leaf die cuts. In the end, I love the way the leaves came out. It was so much fun playing with the Alcohol Inks. I really should dust them off more often.

 Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can see what Darnell and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. What is your favorite season?? Come play with us and share your favorite season creation in the gallery!  

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Stampendous Cling Penpattern Leaves Paper Smooches Fall Sampler Pinkfresh Studio Basic Label Frames The Greetery Nordic Frames
Cardstock	Gina K Pure Luxury Chocolate Brown & Ivory Heavyweight Card Stock Ranger Alcohol Ink White Yupo
Ink	Various Alcohol Inks Ranger Alcohol Lift Ink Versafine Vintage Sepia
Embellishments
Other	WOW Clear Embossing Powder WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Spellbinders Foam Squares

I'm also Playing at:

Hand Stamped Sentiments #471

Tic Tac Toe Challenge - TTTC279

Top left to bottom right - Rectangle, Three or More Colors, Embossing 

(the sentiment is heat embossed)

The Four Seasons Challenge September 2025

The Paper Funday ChallengE #80 - AG With Optional Twist: Changing Seasons

Always Lifting You Up

 

Time Out #296 opens today at Time Out and runs through September 10th. It's a theme challenge where the theme is Friend/Encouragement/Support.

Our sponsor is Claire Brennan of Claire Brennan Art & Design and former owner of Waltzingmouse Stamps. The prize is this wonderful clear stamp set which is so perfect for cards of friendship!

We are joined by LeeAnne Pugliese of weeinklings as Guest Designer for this challenge. LeAnne is such a lovely person and talented paper crafter. You can check out her card on the Time Out Challenges Blog where the link to all of the details of her creation.

For my card, I used some of the fuchsia flowers that I had stamped for another card and saved for a future creation. I love these flowers and decided to put them on a gray background for a dramatic effect.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Hero Arts Color Layering Fuchsia Stamps 7 Dies PinkFresh Studio Always Uplifting Stamps Spellbinders Hemstitch Rectangles
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest SU Basic Gray
Ink	DO Spun Sugar, Abandoned Coral, Villanous Poison, Wilted Violet VersaMark
Embellishments
Other	Filigree Fine Art Embossing Powder Windsor & Newton Gouache Permanent White Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

I'm also playing at:

The Sisterhood of Crafters (8/13/25) - Cards of Encouragement

Fuchsia Happy Birthday

 I dug out this Hero Arts stamp set to make a birthday card for a dear friend and found myself making many, many of these flowers today. I stink at getting layering stamps right in less than 100 tries, especially older ones. It took me a long time to get them right. I used a regular and Mini MISTI and made a little assembly line to make multiple images of these flowers in 4 stampings to die cut and tuck away in the storage envelope for future use. I love this plant, and it has special meaning for my birthday friend and me.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Hero Arts Fuchsia
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest SU Melon Mambo LCI Cotton Paper for BetterPress
Ink	BetterPress Black DO Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral PTI Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, Pine Feather
Embellishments
Other	BetterPress System and A Little Message Sentiments Press Plates & Dies Sizzix Honeycomb 3D EF  Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tools My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape-3/4" Waffle Flower Foam Strips

I am playing at:

Just Us Girls #788 - Word Week

Color Throwdown # 838

sitting here, thinking of you

 

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Time Out #295 is a photo inspiration challenge that opens today and runs through August 13. 

You can see the details better with this enlargement of the photo.

Photo credit: Jenny Martin,  Queenscliff Harbour, Victoria, Australia - July 2024

The photo was taken by Time Out Design Team Member, Jenny Martin. I would love to be there, sipping on that lovely coffee drink and nibbling on that pastry! Wouldn't you?

We are generously sponsored by lawn fawn with a $25.00 Store Credit for our Challenge winner as chosen by the Design Team.

Our awesome Guest Designer is Kathy Schweinfurth of Stamps at Play. Check out her fabulous project on the Time Out Challenge Blog. Her take on the photo is absolutely fantastic! Kathy's blog is also chock full of wonderful inspiration. You can check it out HERE. Get ready to be inspired!

When I saw Jenny's photo, the Greetery's Cozy Cup Stamps and Dies immediately came to mind and I knew I would build my card around them. I kept it very simple. I used Altenew's From Land to Sea Embossing Folder to mimic the water and sky in the photo, though I left it white for simplicity. The sentiments in the stamp set are all rounded, but I straightened the one I used by sticking it to my MISTI so I could create the sentiment strip. I am very happy with the way it turned out.

 Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can see what Kathy and the Design Team have cleverly created for your inspiration. Come play with us! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	The Greetery Cozy Cup stamps and Dies, Cozy  Cup Coaster Dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest SU Bordering Blue
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black Altenew Sand Dunes, Mocha & Espresso PTI Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse & Berry Sorbet Distress Oxide Lost Shadow & Hickory Smoke
Embellishments
Other	Altenew From Land to Sea EF WOW Clear Embossing Powder WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape-1/4" Waffle Flower Adhesive Foam Strips

I'm also playing at:

Freshly Made Sketches #699

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #276

Top left to bottom right diagonal - friendship, free, embossing

First Cup Challenge #5 - Anything Drinks Related

Goodbye, Columbus

 Inside sentiment:

with heartfelt sympathy for the loss of your beloved companion

I chose Torn, Rainbow, and maybe Transport if you are of the belief that all cats go to heaven... 😊

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. For Time Out #294, We have a new challenge for you that opens today and runs through August 13. This time it is a Pick Two challenge. The idea of this challenge is very simple: we give you 6 word prompts and you pick at least 2 for your project!  To be clear, you can pick more than 2 if you like - you can include all 6 if you really want to challenge yourself but just make sure to pick at least 2! Be sure to tell us in your post which prompt you have chosen.

The words for Challenge #294 are:

Torn, Transport, Star, Stripes, Rainbow, Book

We are generously sponsored by lawn fawn with a $25.00 Store Credit for our Challenge winner as chosen by the Design Team.

Our awesome Guest Designer is Bonnie Klass. Bonnie is an incredibly talented and prolific crafter, and we are so pleased to have her with us. Please treat yourself to a stroll through her blog for a delightful experience. You are sure to be inspired.

I have a dear friend who just lost her beloved cat. I zeroed in on the rainbow (bridge) and went from there. Columbus will surely be missed. He was a sweet and gentle guy. He will be missed.

 Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can see what Bonnie and the Design Team have cleverly created for your inspiration. Come play with us! PLEASE mention the Pick 2 prompts that you used on your project. I can't wait to see what you came up with!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/Stencils	My Favorite Things Critter Condolences A Colorful Life Designs Heart Hug Stencils Funky Fossil Pawsome Heart
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest SU Basic Gray
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black DO Inks: Tattered Rose, Tea Die, Lumberjack Plaid, Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron,   Squeezed Lemonade,Wilted Violet, Spiced Marmalade
Embellishments
Other	American Crafts Stitched Love Spun EF Spellbinders Platinum Plus Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape-1/4" Spellbinders Foam Squares

I am also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #779 - AG

Can You Handle The Pressure - AG w/a twist of Birthday or Anniversary

No twist on my card

Favorite: Cats or Dogs and why

I grew up with cats and have always loved them. They can be snuggly and independent at the same time.  They are wonderful company.

Stencil Fun July 2025