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

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

Happy Birthday, James!

 

Time for a new challenge at Just Us Girls. It's Anythig Goes Stencil week. I CASEd myself with this one. I recently made an A2 card for an 8 year old which you can see HERE. I loved it so much, that I made it again, changing it to a slimline design and using a different sentiment that I heat embossed with silver EP. This one was made for my 13 year old nephew who is such a wonderful kid. I will put some cash inside and he will be thrilled because he is learning about investing, and that is what he will do with his gift. That just makes me smile. Me? I would spend it immediately on craft supplies!

Please head on over to the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog to see what our fabulous Guest Designer, Stef Perry, and the rest of the Design Team have made to spark your creativity. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps, Dies, Stencils, Embossing Folders	Winnie & Walter Avery Elle Neat & Tangled Pinkfresh Studio
Cardstock	110lb. Neenah Solar Crest SU Night of Navy Mirror Cardstock
Ink	Memento Lindon Fog VersaMark Various Blue Distress Oxide Inks
Embellishments
Other	SU Silver 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 My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press Scor-Pal Score Tape-3/4" Waffle Flower 1/16" Foam Strips

I'm also playing at:

Stencil Fun January Challenge

The Sisterhood Of Crafters - Winter Blues

Wish I Was There With You

Color Hues Challenge #69

NBUS #53

The Color Hues #69 colors immediately brought these Waffle Flower (Orchid dies & stencils) NBUS supplies to mind, so I pulled them out and got to work. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

I'm also playing at:

Inkspirational #295

Triple B August Challenge - Blooms

Little Red Wagon #716 Multi-Purpose

Stencil Fun - August

No Theme

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	Waffle Flower Orchid dies  Photoplay A2 Round Rectangle Etched Dies
Cardstock	110# & 80# Neenah Solar Crest
Ink	Distress Oxide inks:Spiced Marmalade, Dried Marigold, Carved Pumpkin, Evergreen Bough, Salvaged Patina,' Cracked Pistachio, Antique Linen Copic markers: BG18, YR07, YR14
Embellishments
Other	Waffle Flower Layered Orchid Duo Stencil Waffle Flower Stencil Mat Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Sizzix Sidekick Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape

Merry & Bright

 

Time Out Challenge #228 begins today. This time we have a theme - Winter Holiday. 

Our sponsor for this challenge is Newton's Nook Designs. Challenge winner will receive a $25.00 voucher to use at the Newton's Nook Store.

We welcome Sue Symens of Sentimentally Sue as our Guest Designer. Sue is a very talented card maker with a (most often) CAS style. Her blog and Instagram are chock full of wonderful inspiration. Treat yourself to a look and your creativity is sure to be sparked!

To create my card, I used the Holly Botanical Background Layering Stencil Set from Pinkfresh Studio and various SU inks for my border. I added the CZ Designs Merry & Bright die cut in red foil card stock backed with vellum and three SSS snowflakes cut from glitter card stock. This was an easy, quick and very festive card.

SSS Bliss Snowflake Die, SSS CZD Merry & Bright, Pinkfresh Studio Holiday Botanical Background

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:

Just Us Girls #660 - Photo

Focus on the garland on the mantle

Sunday Stamps #297 - Holiday Greetings

Red, Green & White

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - 52CCT22-44

Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge #28

Friends Are The Family That We Choose

 

I'm working on some Thanksgiving cards today. Thanksgiving is by far, my favorite holiday. I wanted to use my NBUS SSS Eucalyptus Dies, and I also wanted to play at Color Throwdown #718. I am screaming in on the last day, but I love the colors and they work for my Thanksgiving theme today. While looking for some inspiration, I ran across a card in THIS post (the first card)  and I decided to CASE it. 

Supplies Used:

Stamps - Reverse Confetti Autumn Sentiments 

Paper - SU Riding Hood Red; More Mustard and Tangerine Tango Card Stock; PTI Soft Stone Card Stock; Gina K. Pure Ivory Pure Luxury heavy weight card Stock. 

Ink - VersaFine Onyx Black; PTI Soft Stone

Other - SSS Eucalyptus Leaves Die; Avery Elle Wonky Stitches Die; SSS Floating Leaves Stencil; Twine, WOW Clear Gloss EP, Fun foam, 

I'm also playing at:

Die Cut Divas November Challenge - AG

NBUS #44 - November

Dies, stencil and sentiment is all NBUS!

The Four Seasons Challenge - AG Fall

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Thinking of You

November Stencil Fun Challenge - Anything Goes with a Stencil

Optional Twist Fall Colors

Joyous Wishes

 

I just got this beautiful Altenew Mistletoe Wreath stamp, die, and stencil sets and the matching embossing folder. I made this card using the colors for Just Add Ink Challenge #628

and lo and behold, I missed the deadline! Oh well...

I really love the way it turned out using 2 shades of pink, 2 shades of turquoise and a dark purple. I foiled a greeting from Spellbinders in rose gold, and I also used the Detail Ringlet Plate from SSS to give the background a little texture.

 I'm playing at:

Die Cut Divas - November - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon #679 - Winter

NBUS #44 - November

Wreath stamp, stencils and die are all NBUS

Happy Birthday, Jon

My twin boys just celebrated their 23rd birthday. My goodness, time surely flies. I made this for Jon, and when he opened it, he said "this is so me". I loved that. He is such a wonderful guy trying to make his way in the college lacrosse coaching world. He is very tenacious, passionate, and boy, can he work a room! I am so very proud of this guy, and I like him very much too! 

Jon loves lacrosse and he loves coffee, so I combined them for his card using Bear (Ellen Hutson). I bought a digital image of crossed lacrosse sticks, edited one out of the images, resized it for bear, and colored the head red. Jon is working with the Rutgers University Lacrosse Team at present.  RU colors are red and black. Bear's coffee cup has a red band to match. The background stenciling is inked with Faded Jeans. I love the way this turned out. Love ya, kid.

I'm playing at:

Seize The Birthday #250 - Anything Goes

Krafty Chicks #635 - All Occasions

Allsorts Challenge Week #700 - Any occasion

SimonSaysStamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

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.

LIM BLOG

LIM FACEBOOK PAGE

LIM INSTAGRAM

I'm also playing at:

Krafty Chicks #634 - CAS

I Hope You Know

Less Is More #470 starts today. We are challenged to create a CAS card with a butterfly theme.

To create my card, I used one of the Polka Dot stencil from 

SSS Simple Patterns Trio Stencils with DO ink to create my background. I added 2 hot foiled butterflies from PinkFresh Studio Small Butterflies hot foil plate. As I so often do, I forgot to put the card stock in foiling sandwich, so the beautiful butterflies were foiled to the plate. Oh no, not again! But never fear - PinkFresh Solid Hot Foil plate to the rescue! I just used the piece of foil that I used for the butterflies with the solid plate and got these beautiful butterflies in reverse. I added a SSS Reverse Sentiment Strip 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.

LIM BLOG

LIM FACEBOOK PAGE

LIM INSTAGRAM

I'm also playing at:

Tic Tac Toe #172 - Butterfly, Die Cuts, Any Sentiment.

Allsorts Challenge #687 - Butterflies/Bugs

The Daring Cardmakers - Stencil It!

Try It On Tuesday - Make It Feminine