Happy 10th Birthday, Time Out!

 

Time Out #257 opens today and we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of this wonderful challenge! 

Woo Hoo!!! You can read all the details about where we started, how we grew, and where we are now on the Time Out Challenge Blog.

We have 10 wonderful sponsors with 11 prizes to be had by our Challenge Winner as chosen by the Design Team, and 11 additional winners chosen at random.

We are graced by the presence of Sandie Munro, Co-Founder of Time Out Challenges, as our Guest Designer. Please join us in welcoming Sandie back to the team for this challenge to celebrate our birthday! (Can you hear the round of applause??)

My birthday card features a stencil by one of our sponsors, Picket Fence Studios. It has been inked with 5 shades of purple Distress Oxide Inks. I laid them down in ombre style from lightest to darkest with the intention of having a portrait layout, but the large sentiment die cut did not fit that orientation, so I turned it. The purples pay homage to our dear Sandie, as purple is one of her favorite colors and always brings her to mind when I see it.

I added some bling, which is not my special power. I spend way more time placing the bling, moving the bling, removing the bling, putting it back and repeating that process many times, than I do making the card itself! I could not get my camera to to it justice, but this bling changes color from silver to blue to purple depending on the light. Bling is another signature of Sandie's style, so it had to be added.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog, get all the wonderful details of this special challenge, and see what Sandie and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Please join us in our celebration. We love our players and the more, the merrier!

The challenge runs through February 28th. Put on your party hat and come join us!!! Remember that in order to qualify for the win, you may link your project up to a total of five challenge, including ours. Check the details of 'how to play" on our sidebar. Happy crafting! 

Project Details
Stamps/Dies/Stencils	Picket Fence Studios Fancy Flourish Stencil Avery Elle Scalloped Pierced Rectangles Essentials By Ellen Big Scripty Happy Birthday
Cardstock	110# & 80# Neenah Solar Crest SU Elegant Eggplant Tonic Mirror Glossy Black Bazzil 40# Vellum
Ink	5 Purple Shades of Distress Oxide Inks
Embellishments	A Colorful Life Designs Card Bling
Other	Stencil Brush Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Waffle Flower Grid Mat My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape .75"

I am also playing at:

Seize the Birthday #277 - AG Birthday/Spatter Option

Word Power #2

Stencil Fun February Challenge

AG with stencils, optional teost of love/hearts

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

An Ocean Apart

Less Is More #476 starts today and ends on November 3rd. We are challenged to create a Clean & Simple

card using a stencil.

I used the mid sized Tropical Angelfish stencil from Picket Fence Studios and lightly inked around it with Salty Ocean DO ink. I applied Blueprint Sketch DO ink with a small dauber to the inner portions of the fish. I created a mask for the fish, then stamped some images from Picket Fence Studios Things On The Sea Floor stamp set. I added a sentiment from MFT's Fish You Were Here stamp set. I popped up the stamped/stenciled panel onto a white card base, and my card was complete.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #634 - CAS

You, Me and the Sea

Less Is More #475 starts today and ends on October 21st. We are challenged to create a Clean & Simple card with a hand drawn frame.

So truth be told, I really do not like this card at all. The fact of the matter is, I don't always score a win with my creations. I am sure that is not uncommon. We all have bloopers, yes? Well most of us, anyway. I can think of some who probably don't ever. This one drove me crazy. Drawing my own frame was a very unattractive task to me. I actually cheated I think, because I ended up tracing the inner and outer circle of a Pinkfresh Studio die. My hand is not steady and my hand drawn frame attempts were just sad. I needed an anniversary card for DH, and this had to be it. Time was running out. We are beach people, hence the ocean theme. As I kept trying to make it wonderful within the parameters of the challenge, I searched more and more for the old mojo. Clearly, I did not find it. In the end DH loved it, or said he did, so mission accomplished.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

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My Heart Can Always Be Found By The Sea

Time Out #219 begins today. This time it's a Photo Challenge.

The challenge runs from Thursday, July 28th  to Wednesday, August 10th. We are generously sponsored by Varada Sharma who sells digital stamps and cut files in her shop HERE. She is offering a prize of two $15.00 gift vouchers: one randomly drawn prize and one for the winner chosen by the Design Team.

My card was created with supplies from various companies.I started by blending a variety of Distress Oxide Inks to create the water and sky. I splattered the sea portion with water and dabbed it with a paper towel. I stamped one of the images from Chocolate Baroque's Seaside Dreams with Versa Claire Nocturne Ink on the bottom (in the water), and the sailboat and flock of birds from the Hero Arts June 2018 My Monthly Hero Kit on the horizon and in the sky. The scalloped frame is from Pretty Pink Posh's Stitched Scalloped Frames, and the sentiment is from Picket Fence Studio's Mermaids of the Sea, heat embossed with white EP.

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:

Kraty Chicks #622 - All Occasions

Little Red Wagon #664 - Stitching Sensations

Simon Say Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

If The Broom Fits

Less Is More Challenge #454 begins today. We are challenged to create a ONE LAYER (no layers) CAS card with an autumnal theme. 

I used Funky Fossil Designs Scribbbles stencil for my background and stamped the flying witch image from Picket Fence Studios If The Broom Fits stamp set on top of it. I then embossed with clear EP. The sentiment is from the same set, also clear embossed. 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple which we define as designs that include large areas of CLEAR AND CLEAN space with NO PATTERN, NO INK and NO TEXTURE See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

LIM BLOG

LIM FACEBOOK PAGE

LIM INSTAGRAM

I'm also playing at:

Two Old bats Halloween Challenge - October Anything Halloween

Tic Tac Toe #135

I used column #3 - purple, witch and (heat) embossing.

AAA Cards #200 - Celebrate

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

Fall Mood Board Inspiration

Celebrate New Beginnings

Less Is More Challenge #445 begins today. We are challenged to make a Clean and Simple card that features the colors pale blue and yellow.

I love this color combination, and immediately know that I wanted to use this floral image. I channeled my inner Izzy Scrap, and decided to make my card square. I stamped and clear embossed the floral image, colored it with Zigs, and die cut it. I lightly stenciled the left side of the card, stamped and clear embossed the sentiment, and popped the die cut floral piece with foam tape. I will use it as a retirement card for a dear friend who is starting a new chapter. I wish her every happiness, good health  and great adventures.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple. See challenge guidelines on the Less Is More Blog.

Supplies:
Stamps ~ Pinkfresh Studio Heart & Soul; Pinkfresh Studio - Mt Favorite Things To Say
Ink ~ VersaFine Onyx Black; Catherine Pooler It's A Boy

Accessories ~ Pinkfresh Studio Heart & Soul Die; Funky Fossil Knitted Background Stencil; Wow clear embossing powder

I am also playing at:

CAS On Friday #207 - Flowers

Little Red Wagon #605 - Make It CAS

The Flower Challenge #57 - CAS

As You Like It - Show Us Your Style: CAS or Fully Fancy and Why

My favorite style is CAS, but I have grown into it. I used to love lots of layers and embellishments, but now I appreciate the "less is more" mentality. It's a big challenge to me to make a big artistic statement with a clean and simple design.

I Was A Mermaid

This card is a CASE of Kristina Werner's Mermaid card in THIS Video. I used completely different products than Kristina did, but I mimicked her design and coloring of the mermaid tail. I do think this sentiment is perfect for me because I believe it to be true. LOL.

Supplies:

Stamps~Inner Mermaid by Julie Ebersole, Sentiment by Impression Obsession.

Ink~VersaFine Onyx Black; VersaMark.

Accessories~PTI White Filigree Detail Embossing Powder; Wow Under The Sea Embossing Glitter; Nuvo Ocean Sparkle Embossing Powder; Stampendous Kaleidoscope Sparkly Embossing Powder;  Picket Fence Mermaid Scales Stencil; Ranger Round Ink Blending Tool; Purple Tape, Embossing Buddy; Fun Foam Sheets; Pinkfresh Studio Stitched Banner Dies.

I'm playing at:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Ocean Or Beachy

Double D Challenges - Let's Go To The Beach

Moving Along With The Times #120 - At The Beach

Life After Chaos

I have been on a stencil kick lately. I have so many wonderful stencils that have been sitting patiently waiting some love. Today I created an underwater scene using one of the components of Honey Bee Stamps Ocean Scene Builder stencil set with Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink. On top of that I placed Funky Fossil Designs magnificent Turtle stencil with Gina K's Grass Green Glitz Glitter Gel. I added a sentiment from Picket Fence Studios Swim In The Sea stamp set, and my card was complete.

I am playing at:

Stamping Sensations July 2020 Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small

Alphabet Challenge - G is for Glitter and Gems

Salt Water

A new challenge is up at Less Is More where the challenge is Going Dotty. 

A one layer card with anything with dots e.g. images, sentiments, backgrounds...

To create my card, I used Picket Fence Studios A Bottomless Sea stamp for my dotty image and sentiment. After stamping the background with Catherine Pooler It's A Boy Ink I heat embossed it with glitter embossing powder to give it sparkle. I stamped the sentiment over the bubbles with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, and heat embossed I with clear embossing powder.

Our Guest Designer is Jen Mitchell of I Create. Jen is one of my favorite crafters. Her work is wonderful and always inspiring to me. Give yourself a treat and stroll through her blog. You will be so glad you did.

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what Jen and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I am also playing at:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #508 - Clean and Simple

Addicted To Stamps and More #390 - Photo Inspiration

I Miss You

A new challenge is up at Less Is More where the challenge is White and Cream.

To create my card, I used Simon Says Stamp Circular Lace Stencil with Vintage Cream Ink from PTI. I then used the I Miss You Word Die from Picket Fence Studios. I die cut the background in vellum, then die cut the words with vanilla cardstock, glued them together, and placed the words over the lacy stenciling. 

Please head over to the Less Is More Blog and see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration. I hope you'll play along with us to share your creations and for a chance to win. Remember to keep your design Clean And Simple.

To be eligible for showCASe and PRIZE WINNER choices you will need to carefully follow the guidance on our GLOSSARY OF TERMS and our HOW TO PLAY pages. Your design should feature lots of clean / white / blank / non patterned / non textured space. All challenge details are on the Less Is More blog. Good Luck!

I am also playing at:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Dies and/or Punches

Watercooler Wednesday #270 - Anything Goes With A Feminine Twist

Always Fun Challenges #161 - Female or Mom