New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for Time Out Challenges, where our last challenge of 2024 is a fun photo inspiration! We are celebrating holidays of all kinds and hope to see you playing along. 

I was inspired by the peppermint stripes of the letter "p" in the photo... And dark blue background and some greenery. I used a large Joy-die from Altenew and used the stencils that go with it for creating the stripes. The greenery and bow are Hero Arts dies. Background embossing folder is by Altenew. This was very fun to make! Some simple die cutting, inking and copic coloring (for the greenery) and of course lots of paint splatters. :)

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration from our DT members and talented guest designer Verena. Then it's your turn to Take Time Out and Craft! 

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here today with my DT card for the new challenge at Inkspirational where we have a very cool moodboard for your inspiration. I'm sure you'll find something that inspires you from the photos of the it!

I was inspired by only one photo this time -the top right photo with black and white wreath and Christmas text. I pretty much tried to replicate the photo with my own supplies. I stamped a wreath style of image from Pinkfresh Studio with white ink on black card stock and after that was dry, I heat embossed a Colorado Craft Company sentiment with white powder. I really love how this turned out and if I'll be short on Christmas cards I think I'll re-make this design -it would work in other colors too I think... Stamping the florals tone on tone on pink for example and with a black sentiment, that could be fun! 

Do head on over to our challenge blog where we have lots of more inspiration for you along with all the challenge details and linky for your projects. Thank you for popping by! 

 

 

Time Out Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here today to remind you of our challenge at Time Out, where we have a wonderful inspirational quote for you:

 "There is truly not an occasion that is not improved by wearing something festive." 

These are the instructions:

You can use the whole quote or parts of it to inspire your creation. For example, you can use the word "festive"; or "occasion"; or the words "wearing something festive", etc. You must use something in the quote as your inspiration. In your post, please tell us how the quote inspired you.

I'm pretty much inspired by the whole quote... A festive dress to wear on a special occasion day. :) The dress die is by Honey Bee Stamps, the sentiment stamp comes from Penny Black... The oval die is from a Marianne design set and the mini slimline die comes from Crealies. I have added extra shading to the dress with Copic markers.

There's plenty of design team inspiration -and also inspiration in the players gallery- along with all challenge details HERE. If you haven't played along yet, now is the perfect time! Thanks for popping by!

 

 

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post for Inkspirational, where our new challenge is "Santa". I had very fun creating this card with various dies and other products! The Merry die is by Sizzix/Tim Holtz and the Santa die comes from Simon Says Stamp. I created the post stamps with Marianne Design dies and patterned paper from Dear Santa paper pack from memory-place. I gave a vintage look to the background with some 49 and Market rub ons and finished my postage stamps by adding detail with Waffle Flower Crafts postage collage stamps. All and all this card needed lots of die cutting, glueing and fiddling with things but it was very fun! 

I hope to see you joining us! Lots of more DT inspiration and all of the challenge details HERE. 

I'd like to join:

Snippets Playground #493

Lots and lots of paper scraps where used for die cutting the Santa, the stamps and the Merry-sentiment

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for Inkspirational where we this time want to see some layers! 

I chose to play with one of my Altenew CYL  kits, Meadow Breeze, and used the floral stamp, coordinating die + matching embossing folder in my card. I've colored the images with Karin markers. The sentiment is from another Altenew CYL kit, Sunshine Flowers. My card has several layers and I've created also extra dimension by popping up the floral images with foam. I quite love how this turned out although I'm just learning with my Karin markers! Such beautiful color hues though. 

Please head on over to our challenge blog HERE for all the challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration. I look forward seeing you joining us! 

I'm joining:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Inkspirational Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post to remind you of our current mood board challenge at Inkspirational! The challenge is still running for about one week and there's lots of inspiration for you in the DT cards as well as in the player's gallery. Don't miss the beautiful cards or any of the challenge details, click HERE! 

I loved the ombre blue blanks in the photo on right in the top row and wanted to replicate that. I had some grey patterned paper that looked almost identical and I inked it with blue inks to make it match the moodboard. I then used a Marianne Design background stamp for adding texture that we see in the mood board photo planks too. I stamped the texture images with light brown distress ink first and with gold Delicata ink second. Love how that turned out! 

I then cut some leaves from alcohol ink and watercolor panel scraps that I had. The dies are by Memory Box and Honey Bee. I loved the brown in the sand and pop of white in the waves in the moodboard and brought these colors to my card as well by using a washi tape in the left edge and heat embossing the sentiment with white on brown card. 

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us! 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

We have a new fun challenge for you at Time Out; it's a photo inspiration challenge, but you can also use it simply as a coffee themed challenge. You could also be inspired by some elements in the photo AND coffee, which is what I have done with my card!

This card is actually taken by me on my work trip to New York on spring 2023. I was fortunate enough to meet my good friend and our Time Out general manager Stephanie during my trip! We where together when we bumped into this sign outside a cafe and thought it would be a perfect coffee themed photo inspiration! I hope you'll agree and join us! 

Our winner receives a prize from Newton's Nook and also gets called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our GD is the talented Heidi Kunkel and she has made a wonderfully colorful card for us. Don't miss her inspiration or any of the challenge details, click HERE. 

I used a stamp set by Simon Says Stamp in my card. I've stamped everything with white Hero Arts pigment ink on black card for sort of a chalkboard look. My only embellishment is a die cut, red heart. I quite like how this simple card came together!

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us!