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

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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:

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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

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Freshly Made Sketches #699

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #276

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

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