Pawsitively Fun!

Time Out Challenges #262 has just begun, and this time it is a photo challenge. This handmade bag in the photo is both our inspiration & our prize.

Here's an enlargement of the photo for viewing the marvelous detail within. Do note that you do not need to use a dog image to play along - you can, for example only be inspired by the colors, patterns or shapes you see in the photo, including other animals. We look forward seeing your creative takes!

We are welcome Cornelia Wenokor of Stempel-Spass and winner of Time Out #258 as our Guest Designer. Cornelia is such a talented card artist with a wicked sense of humor and a great eye for design and color. Please treat your self to a visit to her blog. You are in for a real treat and a good belly laugh!

This card morphed many times to get to the final product. I wanted to use Funky Fossil stamps and stencil to showcase these funky pups. In the end I made a collage of sorts framing them in this Pretty Pink Posh die cut. The twine is in homage to Julie Ebersole with her signature knots. Where is Julie these days? I found the perfect patterned paper in my stash to go with the colors with which I stamped and stenciled. I was quite pleased in the end, even though it took me forever to finish this one!

Please head over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see what Cornelia and the Design Team have created to inspire you. Think about the photo, and see how it inspires you. Then grab some supplies and start creating. I can't wait to see your project in the gallery.

Remember, we allow links to a total of 5 challenges including ours. We also need you to tell us in your post, how you were inspired by the quote. Check out the rules in "how to play" on the sidebar of the challenge blog. See you in the gallery!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Funky Fossil Furry Friends Stamp Set Funky Fossil Pawsome Heart Stencil Pretty Pink Posh Storybook 1 Die
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb Neeneh Desert Storm Essentila by Ellen Ebony Black BasicGrey Max & WhiskersPaper Pad
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers Distress Oxide Speckled Egg, Iced Spruce VersaMark
Embellishments	Lawn Fawn Twine
Other	WOW Clear Embossing Powder WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Waffle Flower Sticky Mat My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press SU Dimensionals

I'm also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday CHallenge - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks #713 - All Occasions

Together

 

It's time for a new and very special challenge at Time Out. October is typically Breast Cancer awareness month, at least here in the US, where there are pink ribbons everywhere... and pink everything else from socks to pasta to blenders and dishes... you name it. While as a breast cancer survivor myself I am very grateful for the fundraising for research, there are so many other cancers and illnesses that need attention, awareness and research as well. Our challenge is to create cards of encouragement, friendship and support for those we know and love who are dealing with any illness.

We are sponsored by Jane Beljo of Jane's Doodles who created a digital image for our Design Team and our challenge participants to use for their projects if they so wish. This is not mandatory by any means. 

To use Jane's digi, all you have to do is click, save and resize as you wish for your creation. It would be wonderful to see how our players use Jane's wonderful image. Please feel free to share your story as it relates to our challenge as well.

Challenge winner will have a choice of 3 digital images from Jane's website.

We are so pleased to welcome Jaydee of Stampin! with Jaydee as our Guest Designer. Like most of us, Jaydee has several loved ones who have been affected by cancer, and her card for this challenge reflects them. Please stop by Jaydee's blog and see the wonderful card she created with Jane's digi for this challenge. Her story is so beautifully expressed as well.

My card is in honor and memory of my mother, father, two sisters, a niece three aunts and several close friends, and in support of another sister and friends who are still here. Together, we have endured breast, ovarian, lung, pancreatic, colon, brain cancer and lymphoma in addition to fibromyalgia, epilepsy and mental illness.  There are not enough colors in the rainbow for all the health issues that people struggle with. For me and for those I have walked beside, cards of friendship, encouragement, love and support are welcome - not words of advice, or assurances like "everything will be OK" because it isn't always. Less is more when it comes to that.

I hope you will consider playing with Jane's digi, and if not, that you will take Time Out to play with us and help to fill our gallery with love.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Jane's Beljo's Custom Digi Image for Time Out Essentials By Ellen You Should Know stamp set Simon Says Stamp Chunky A2 Scalloped Rectangles
Cardstock	80# Neenah Solar Crest Gina K Ocean Mist base weight card stock
Ink	VersaFine Onyx Black Mowed Lawn and Salty Ocean DO Inks Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	A  Colorful Life Design Cloud Edger Stencil My Favorite Things Drifts & Hills Stencil Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Adhesive-backed Fun Foam

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #683 - All Occasions

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Stencil Fun Challenge - Optional Theme of Fall

MIUCB #67 - AG + Optional Make Your Own Background

Have a PAR-fect Day

Today is the start of CAS Week at Just Us Girls. It is also my last week to be with The JUGs Design Team as Guest Designer. What a wonderful group of crafters to work with! They have been so warm and welcoming and I have really enjoyed my time with them. Thank you all from the bottom of my art for having me!!

With regard to my card, though my stash seems as deep as the deep blue sea, it does not contain anything sports-oriented... well, that is not entirely true. There's that fabulous swimmer/diver die. Hmmmm - I forgot about her. Anyway, one of my sons has recently fallen in love with golf and his birthday is coming, so I decided to make my sports-themed card for him. Since I now know how to use them, I went in search of a golf-themed digital stamp. I found this little Golf Gnomie on Etsy at PinkGemDesigns, printed him out, colored him with Copics, then set him in a CAS design with a strip of Tartan Plaid paper. I made my  sentiment strip on my computer and popped up on the right side... and it's a wrap! Thanks so much for coming by today!

Now please head over the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see what the DT has created for your inspiration. Get sportive and creative and play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #682

Inkspirational #299

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Golf Gnome Digital stamp by PinkGemDesigns
Cardstock	110# and 80# Neenah Solar Crest Night of Navy BasicGrey june bug 6x6 patterned paper
Ink	Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass DO Inks Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	A Colorful Life Designs Cloud Edger Stencil My Favorite Things Drifts & Hills Stencil My Favorite Things Wonky Stitched Circle Stax Die Various Blending Brushes Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Bearly Art Precision Glue Waffle Flower Double Sided 1/16" Foam Strips Black adhesive backed fun foam

I Like The Way You Roll

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. This time we are challenged to be COLORFUL! How fun is that?? There are a gazillion different directions you can go I with this one!

We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn. Winner will receive a $25.00 gift voucher to spend at the Lawn Fawn Store. 

Our Guest Designer is Fran Wing of FranMadeInOregon. Fran is a wonderfully talented paper crafter. Treat yourself to a visit to her blog. You are sure to be inspired by her work. 

I love Lawn Fawn's Let's Roll set, and I wanted to use Lawn Fawn product on my card, so that decision was the first step in the process of my creation. Then I Googled Rainbow Sushi and got this great photo of a plate of sushi with all of these wonderful colors. I grabbed my Stampwheel, and my card was born!

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Fran and our Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

Color Throwdown #756

Cupcake Inspiration #575

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Lawn Fawn Let's Roll Stamps Lawn Fawn Scalloped Rectangle Lawn Cuts MFT Wonky stitched circles
Cardstock	80# & 110# Neenah Solar Crest Sunny Studios Dots & Stripes Patterned Paper
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers
Embellishments	Twine
Other	Altenew Stampwheel Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" White Fun Foam

Aficiona-dough

My niece's husband treated us to a most fabulous evening featuring his home made pizza last Friday. When he gets into something, he does it with his entire being. He ordered sourdough starter from Italy to make this pizza. It was like eating clouds but crispy and oh so heavenly. Oh my, it was so good. So I had to make him a card. I used Lawn Fawn's Pizza My Heart stamps and dies, and then I fashioned a punny sentiment and printed it from my computer. The background is made with Spellbinders Plaid Company EF. There is a little leftover ink from a prior use that reminded me of crisp pizza crust, so I went with it.

Freshly Made Sketches #594 provided a perfect layout for my card.

I love the way this turned out. I can't wait to be the taste tester for more of Gareth's pizza experiments.

Neverland

 

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out! For the next fortnight we challenge you to be Inspired by these words: "If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales." ~ Albert Einstein.

We are generously sponsored by AALL & Create with a $20 Store Credit for the winner, and an offer to Guest Design with The Time Out Design Team for a future challenge.

We welcome Kim Heggins of Cupcakes, Cards and Kim as our Guest Designer. Kim is a former member of the Time Out Design Team, and we are thrilled to have her designing with us for this challenge.

I went with our sponsor's Peter Pan Stamp Set.  My idea was to fashion a hiding place for the lost boys using  a domed die cut and a woodgrain stamp.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Claire and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us! 

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	AALL & Create Peter Pan Concord & 9th Barnwood Background SSS Nested Dome Arches
Cardstock	110# Neenah Solar Crest 80# Neenah Solar White SU Creamy Caramel
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Distress Oxide Tea Dye  Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Waffle Flower 1/16" Foam Strips

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #671 - Stamp Act

You're My Soy Mate

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. For Challenge #241 iwe challenge you to be FUNNY. There are so many possibilities with this one. What tickles your funny bone??

We are sponsored by Lawn Fawn with a $25.00 store credit for the Challenge Winner. Lawn Fawn is a great source of funny card making supplies. I used their "Let's Roll" stamps and dies for my DT creation.

We are joined by the lovely and talented Claire Apostoloff of Life on the Scrap Heap as our Guest Designer. Check out her wonderfully funny card on the Time Out Blog.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that Claire and the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us! 

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Lawn Fawn Let's Roll MFT Fish Tail Flags
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest Bazzill solid color cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic markers Salty Ocean DOX
Embellishments
Other	Sentiment found on humorliving.com, printed & die cut Picket Fence Studios Mermaid Scales EF Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #669 - All Occasions

The Crafter's Cafe #298 - Humorous

Daring Cardmakers - Make It Masculine

Believe In Yourself

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #238 is an Inspired By Words challenge where the words are "Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends."

We are generously sponsored by Varada Sharma. We will have 2 winners - one chosen by the Design Team, and one chosen at random. Winners will receive a $15.00 store credit to shop at Varada's store.

This time we welcome Greta Hess of GG Creations, and winner of Time Out #235, as our Guest Designer. Greta really captured the essence of our quote so beautifully. Do take a stroll through Greta's blog and treat yourself to some wonderful inspiration.

I used Varada's 12 Point Mandala image, and Copic colored it in rainbow colors. The sentiment is from a stamp set that was a collaboration between Hero Arts and Honey bee called You Are Amazing. I thought it went perfectly with the quote. I heat embossed it in gold (though it looks black in the picture), gave it a black mat, mounted that on a white card base, and my card was complete.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Varada Sharma 12 point Mandala Background Hero Arts & Honey Bee You Are Amazing
Cardstock	Neenah Solar White 80 lb. cardstock Neenah Solar White 110 lb. cardstock Recollections 110 lb. Black cardstock
Ink	VersaMark Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Sookwang 1" scor-Tape WOW! Dual Speed Heat Tool Silly Winks sticky back foam sheets Wink Of Stella Gold Embossing Powder

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

I'm also Playing at:

Colorful Options - Rainbow-Inspired

Color My Heart Color Dare #547 - Rainbow Colors

Inspiration Station #49 - Photo Inspiration

My card is inspired by the rainbow colors in the photo.

Hope Your Birthday Is A Splash!

 

I have been very busy trying to get my stash weeded, inventoried and cataloged. I have not been creating very much as I am trying to get this enormous project behind me, but today I was checking out my favorite challenges. I just had to drop everything and play at Just Us Girls where the current challenge is to CASE one of the designers. ALL of the cards are fabulous, but when I saw Carol Mc's card, I knew right where I had to go. 

This is Carol's card. I absolutely LOVE it!

I was inspired by her multicultural women on floats in fashionable bathing suits and hats. What a fabulous take on Time Out's Fashionable Challenge too! I used Avery Elle's Splash stamps and dies to float my women friends on their donut tubes in a lovely pool with water compliments of MFT's Perfect Pool Water Stencil. I used Pretty Pink Posh's Grid Stencil to create a patio around the pool. I had a blast making this, and I just love the way Carol inspired me with her creation.

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Avery Elle Splash stamps & dies Photoplay A2 Round Rectangle dies
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 80lb Neenah PTI Soft Stone
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black Copic Markers VersaMark PTI Soft Stone
Embellishments	Little Things Raindrops by Lucy's Cards
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool Pretty Pink Posh Grid Stencil MFT Perfect Pool Water Stencil

I'm also playing at:

 Seize The Birthday #260 (no twist)

The Paper Players #638 - Tic Tac Toe

Bottom left to top right - sparkle (on donut floats), die cuts, dry embossing

Allsorts Challenge #726 - One For The Girls

Too Glam To Give A Damn

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #237 challenges us to be FASHIONABLE. Think clothing, design, color trends - even food fashion. Let your imagination run free!

We are generously sponsored by AALL & Create.

Challenge Winner will receive a $20.00 store credit and an invitation to Guest Design with the Time Out Design Team for a future challenge.

We welcome Arlene Rose of Sunday Stamper Papercrafts and Winner of Time Out #234 as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Arlene is a very talented crafter with a style that is often CAS. She has awesome coloring skills. Please visit her blog for some great inspiration. She would welcome your comments on her creations!

I stepped waaaaaay out of my comfort zone on this one when I decided to go with a mixed media creation to showcase AALL & Create's Fashionable Miss Dee. She just cracks me up and was the perfect image for our challenge. I used powdered inks, stencils, Lunar Paste and white ink to create my gel print background. I die cut and foam mounted the background on 110lb cardstock. I stamped, colored and popped up Miss Dee and the sentiment, and my card was complete.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	AALL & Create Miss Dee Waffle Flower A2 Layers Dies Pretty Pink Posh Wonky Stitched Rectangles
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest 90lb. Neenah Cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black VersaFine Onyx Black VersaMark Brushos & Ken Oliver Color Burst inks Inkon3 Atelier Shark Tooth White ~ Artist Grade Fusion Ink
Embellishments	Recollections Gold Pearl Stickers Ranger Ink Simon Hurley Silver Lining
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool WOW Heat Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" Waffle Flower 1/16" Foam Strips WOW Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool A Colorful Life Designs Groovy Flowers Stencil AALL & Create Stencil Bursts #13 UNIMEIX Ink Blending Brush Gel Press 5x7 Gel Printing Plate

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #661 - All Occasions

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Make Your Mark

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

The Dream Factory - Miami Vice and/or Freaky Friday

Masculine and/or Feminine

Happy Birthday Time Out!

Time for a new challenge at Time Out! Challenge #232 starts today and runs through March 1st. It is a special celebration of Time Out's 9th Birthday!  We are joined by our co-founder Sandie of London Days who was the glue who kept us going for many years. We love you and we are so happy to have you designing with us for this very special occasion!  I have been part of the Time Out Design Team since October 2016, and I am so blessed and privileged to be part of this incredibly talented group of crafters who are as wonderful people as they are artists. 

We welcome Hannelie Bester of Desert Diva and winner of Time Out #230, as our Guest Designer. Hannelie is well known and admired in the card making world. Her creations are consistently stunning and inspiring. Do treat yourself to a visit to her blog. You are sure to be glad that you did.

My card is simply stamped with Newton's Nook Zoo Party image and sentiments and colored with Copics The sentiments are heat embossed. The tropical background is a gel print made with Pretty Pink Posh's Jungle Background stencil.

We are generously sponsored by Newton's Nook. Challenge winner will receive a t

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Newton's Nook Zoo Party
Cardstock	80 lb. Neenah Solar Crest Cardstock Recollections Black 110 lb. Cardstock
Ink	Memento Tuxedo Black VersaFine Onyx Black Copic markers
Embellishments
Other	Wow Clear Embossing Powder Pretty Pink Posh Jungle Background Stencil Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape

I'm also playing at:

Shopping Our Stash #490 - Anything starting with the letter B

Birthday

Make My Monday #194 - All Creatures Great & Small

We Love Stamping February Challenge

Anything stamped with the option to add a stencil