New Post at Time Out!

Hello friends!

Our new challenge at Time Out is a very fun one. Because we go live on a Leap Day, we have chosen a fun photo with a frog for your inspiration! Do note though that you do not need to use a frog for the challenge -you can be inspired by the colors, shapes, patterns of the photo or just see where the photo leads you! We look forward seeing your creative takes! Lots of DT inspiration and all the challenge details HERE. This time Vicki joins us as guest designer and you do not want to miss her fun and playful card! 

The butterfly dies in my card come from our sponsor Lawn Fawn. I used sparkly, mirror type speciality card for cutting the details for the wings, thinking about the colors and textures of the photo. The background was inspired by "bubbles" on the the black platform the frog is sitting on -I used a Jane's Doodles stencil and clear sparkly embossing powder for creating it. The sentiment is a ready made sentiment strip from a local store.

Before I go I unfortunately need to let you all know that this is the last challenge where Gerrina will be part of our design team. Gerrina has created inspiration for Time Out for all of our existence, for 10 years... Which is quite an achievement and not something many crafters have done for one design team. We are truly grateful for Gerrina for all of her hard work and dedication. Thank you for the 10 years together, Gerrina! We'd love you to head on over to Gerrina's blog and let her know how much her artsy work has been appreciated over the years. 

I'd like to join:

Little Red Wagon: Stencil Power 

Simon Says Wednesday: Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge: Things That Fly

Snippets Playground #474: Use Snippets

(all of my die cutting for the butterfly was made out of snippets. The pieces of mirror card were left overs from holiday card making in 2022!) 

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Time Out, where we are Inspired by Words this time. What we have for you is a little haiku!

   “Winter solitude-

in a world of one colour

the sound of the wind.”

 -Matsuo Basho- 

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details, prize information and lots of more DT inspiration. This time our inspiring GD is Fran Wing and you do not want to miss the elegant, beautiful card that she made!

I decided to make a one color birthday card with wintry feel... An almost white on white design with just a grey card base and sentiment on  grey card stock. Grey is a neutral so I'm thinking this can still count as a white on white/ one color card! At least almost lol! 

The cute bird dies come from Lawn Fawn, the poinsettia circle is a Memory Box die. One of my absolutely favorite crafting materials is white glitter card stock so making this card made me very happy! A lot of white glitter card was used. :) 

I'm joining:

Snippets Playground: Celebration theme 

Happy 12th birthday to Snippets Playground under the leadership of Di!  

Apart from the grey base card, everything else is cut from snippets. :)

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Sparkle and Shine

Beautiful Blossoms: Anything Floral Goes

Beautiful Blossoms: Happy Birthday Special challenge

Happy 1st birthday! 

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for our new challenge at Time Out, 'Colorful'.

This challenge is sponsored by Lawn Fawn and our winner receives an amazing $25 voucher to their store! Our winner also gets called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our guest is the very talented Fran. To see her card, all the DT inspiration along with challenge details, click HERE!

I made a colorful background with ink blending. I begun with one of those faux watercolor patterned papers (in yellow hues) and blended on that -I got my results way faster than if I would have used white card stock. I also did a little tone on tone stenciling but it's hardly noticeable and even less so in the photo! 

The butterflies are by Lawn Fawn, sentiment by Altenew. I die cut a bunch of butterflies and randomly adhered them to my background. Very simple but love how this turned out! 

I hope to see you playing along. xxx

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Use your Favorite Technique (ink blending on colored card)

 

Card for Time Out Challenges!

Hi friends!

I'm sorry to be a couple of days late with my DT card for Time Out... I was away from home and couldn't upload my card before leaving. Anyway -now I'm back and here's what I made! :) 

For the next fortnight we are inspired by this photo:

I was inspired by several things in the photo:

-color scheme

-font style in in the sentiments

-a golden bird

-"holes" in the storage wall

Can you spot all the that in my card? :)

I've used dies from Lawn Fawn and Simon Says (for the sentiment) 

Do head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration. 

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for Time Out Challenges. The next fortnight our challenge is Funny!

Lawn Fawn is the sponsor of this challenge. I had the most fun playing with their apple barrel builder dies and sentiment stamp and die combo from Ready, Set, Snow stamp and die set. I knew I wanted to play with the apple dies so I googled for a funny sentiment related to apples... And found this joke. I thought it was hilarious! :) I dig out some Christmas tree paper but then realized I had no pineapple stamps in my stash (I know, can you believe it?!?) so I bought some very affordable digital fruit images from Etsy for making my pineapple paper. I colored the pineapples with Copics. I printed out the joke and put all the elements together for a very fruity Christmas card! :) 

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration! Play along and you could be invited to join us as guest designer -this time one of our regular players, the amazingly talented Claire joins us as guest. 

Now it's your turn to take Time Out and craft! xx

 

Card for Challenges

 Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post to share a card I made some challenges in mind. I was inspired by the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches  and the new challenge at  The Flower Challenge is to use your latest stash. This is my first time using the amazing Spellbinder dies I eyed for months before buying them before Christmas... And now it's the first time they saw some card stock! Therefore sharing also at NBUS Challenge #47. The blue color palette is inspired by Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge. Also sharing at Simon Says Wednesday Challenge with the love theme. Allsorts challenge is an AG challenge with an "I love..."-option. This is an "I love you"-type of card! :) 

The sentiment stamp is by SSS and the plaid paper is by Lawn Fawn. Hope you like and thank you for popping by! 

Christmas Card for Challenges!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post with a card for challenges. This was inspired by THIS POST  by Dotty Jo. I found a new to me challenge blog through her post and also her little fox card gave me the idea for this card although the overall look is pretty different. :) Thank you Dotty Jo for the inspiration! The fox is by Lawn Fawn, the sentiment is by Winnie and Walter and the gorgeous snowlake frame is by Penny Black. The tiny snowflake die has come to me as a magazine freebie. 

I'd like to enter:

The Christmas Kickstart Challenge: Woodland Creatures

ABC Christmas Challenges: U is for Upcycle (I've upcycled an old piece of cardboad that has been treated with inks and salt for a rough finish background) 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here to show you my DT card for the new challenge at Inkspirational Challenges. Sorry this post is one day late but here I am now! The next fortnight we are inspired by this photo:

I chose to color in sun flowers due to the sun in the photo... And also the orange circle I used for my background is inspired by the photo. The background is created with brushos and white paint and the leaves are created with ink sprays -I had leftovers of both of these self made sheets in my "scraps" box. The flowers are colored in with Copics. I also added details with white gel pen and black fine liner. Hope you like and thanks for popping by! Don't forget to check out what the rest of the DT made, click HERE. Happy crafting! 

I'd like to join: 

Lawn Fanatics Challenge: Flowers + foliage 

TIME OUT Challenges Reminder

HI friends!

I'm here to remind you of our last TIME OUT Challenge for 2017:

You still have about one week to play along! We will do a random draw between all those who use the optional twist. The winner of this will get a $15 gift voucher to use in Happy Little Stampers store, woo hoo!

I have pretty much twisted when making my card: I've used snowflake stamps by CAS-ual Fridays and a deer from Lawn Fawn Toboggan Together which is a Christmas set. The sentiment is also by Lawn Fawn. I've colored my deer with Copics and made a super simple (and slightly unrealistic, the snowflakes are a lot bigger than the deer!) scene. 

Now it's your turn to take TIME OUT and craft! Don't forget to check out all DT inspiration HERE and visit our talented guest designer Patty! She had some Lawn Fawn fun too! :)

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes 

CASology: Kindness

(a card for a "deer" friend is a kind gesture isn't it!) :)

New Challenge at Inspirational

Hi friends!

When this challenge goes live I'm enjoying London with my wonderful friend Sandie from London Days! We two have met several times IRL already and I'm always so happy to meet my favorite crafty girl! If you don't know Sandie (probably impossible!), do pop by her blog and have a look at her CAS cards. You'll be inspired! I came to London already on Wednesday and also spent one day with Inkspirational "boss" Marina from My Perfect Life. Her card making style is so admirable also... She does magic with her Silhouette and is a master in combining different styles of stamps and styles! How lucky I am to have such blogging buddies! Do go and visit both of their blogs! 

Anyway, I'm here today with my DT card for the new Inkspirational challenge, chosen by our wonderful Carol:

My original idea was to attach the darker, die cut panel to the other half of the card base and let the Copic colored Lawn Fawn flowers "hang" on top of a cut out window. Well... It seemed like a good idea until I realized my Copic coloring had naturally bled to the other side of the card I used and the card looked hideous! I had to ditch my plan and in lay the cut out window... So actually I don't even have a window. Not a very good DT card I'm afraid! Do forgive me! I do love how the coloring turned out and the natural colors of this card look quite pleasing for the eye too... So I hope this will distract you from the fact that I don't have a real window. ;) I finished the card with a white heat embossed sentiment (magazine freebie) and clear sequins. Hope you like! Do head on over to Inspirational blog to have a look of the other DT cards. Our guest designer this time is the very talented Pam Sparks. Play along and one day you could be guest designer for us too! Happy crafting!

TIME OUT Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here to remind you of our current theme challenge at TIME OUT:

Winter 

with the Optional Twist of

White on White

If you twist along with us you could win a 15 £ voucher from Uniko. Do not hesitate to play along! More DT inspiration in our challenge blog! This time our GD is the fabulous Claire whose style is just wonderful and varies from CAS to more detailed makes with great coloring. 

I decided not to twist this time because of my new STAMPlorations CUTplorations tag dies that I wanted to use... I did some ombre sponging with my fave DI colors and after that stamped some "snow" to the tag with white pigment ink and a Marianne Design bg stamp as well. The white card base is dry embossed with a snowflake-folder and I've also used my die cut machine for the MFT thanks-word. Love this die! The Lawn Fawn snowman, colored in with Copics and white gel pen and die cut, finishes of this simple card. 

It always makes me happy when I end up with a simple looking card that needed quite a lot of effort... I'm funny that way! :) It's hard to define CAS sometimes and this definitely is on the edge of not CAS... But I think the overall look is still clean and simple and nothing is really super busy when you look at the card. To my eye at least. ;)

I hope to see you playing along at TIME OUT!

I'm entering:

1) STAMPlorations January Theme&Sketch Challenge

(stamping, sponging, die cutting, Copic coloring, dry embossing)

2) STAMPlorations January CAS card challenge (no twist)

3) Less Is More Color Challenge: Ombre 

4) Mix It Up Challenge #27 Anything Goes

5) http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.fi New (new tag die)

New Challenge at Inkspirational

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Inkspirational and this time Sandie has chosen the theme:

Fun theme and perfect for quick and easy Christmas cards! Our guest designer this time is Tracy and she made a wonderfully sparkly butterfly-card, don't miss it or any cards from the DT, click HERE! 

I took the cue sparkle very seriously... Both my sentiment and my image are sparkly! I've heat embossed the sentiment (Penny Black) with sparkly, silver embossing powder. The penguin (Lawn Fawn) is stamped and colored in with Copics, but after that I covered all areas of the penguin with different colored Stickles and the results were pretty fantastic if you ask me -the penguin looks like a sticker IRL, not like something I've stamped by hand! Such a cool effect. I'm a bit fussy with my Stickles and always use a small paint brush for applying it but it's worth it because you can really control the coverage you get. The die is by MFT. Hope you like!

I'd like to enter:

http://addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.fi Make Your Mark (my 2nd entry)

http://stampinroyalty.blogspot.fi Clean and Simple
http://asyoulikeitchallenge.blogspot.fi Use your favorite silver/gold. Mine is silver... I just looooove this sparkly silver embossing powder. It's especially perfect for Christmas cards!
http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.fi Anything Goes + sentiment
Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday (use dies)
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Anything Goes (my 2nd entry)
http://cleanandsimpleonsunday.blogspot.fi (my 2nd entry)

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi guys!

Welcome to a new challenge at Inkspirational! Our challenge this time is "chill" -such  a fun word for this time of year and very appropriate for those Christmas cards many of us are in need of!

I went with "chill-cold-cool" kind of thinking process and made a simple card with Lawn Fawn stamps. I masked the snowbank and sponged the sky and then stamped some snow with white pigment ink and a background stamp by Marianne Design. I colored in my arctic critter with Copics, die cut it and added a sentiment. Love my frame dies by MFT too! A couple of die cut snowflakes finish off this little card.

Please head on over to our challenge blog for inspiration from our DT and guest designer Teresa. Loved her winter scene, so pretty! Thanks for popping by and I hope to see you joining us! 

I'd like to join:

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ Christmas critters

http://sevenhillscrafts.blogspot.fi/p/blog-page.html Inspired by Christmas song (Baby it's cold outside) 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends! We have a new fun challenge for you at Inkspirational. 

The directions for this challenge are:

Use one, two or all three of the primary colours.(Red, Yellow, Blue) .

You may also use black, white or cream and realistic colours for skin, fur and hair.

Now you might think... Well what is that reddish brown background doing in Nonni's card then?!? I know! My DT card is faulty! :) I've colored the mice by the book but then thought I need to ground them somehow... And used grey ink for stamping a "dotty ground". I was thinking I would still get away with that because grey is a neutral. Sort of. About neutral. It's black and white mixed so it's allowed,  right? :) Then I thought I would use the same grey ink for stenciling my background... But I might have wanted to check first if my stencil brush (= old make up brush) had red ink on it or not! As you can see from the result... yes, it did. However, the stenciled background looked very pretty and made all the difference to the card (plain white looked a bit boring...) so I decided I will be naughty and just use it. Apologizes to my fellow DT members! I'm sitting on a naughty step here. I also thought I might get away with my mistake because these mice are so cute!! Aren't they the cutest mice that ever lived and gave Christmas presents to each other? It's such a pity Whiff of Joy does not exist anymore... Henry the mouse is my favorite cute stamp character. He truly has a personality. The stamped sentiment comes from Lawn Fawn. So, here you go, my faulty DT card for you. Do better than me when you enter our challenge! :)

We are very happy to have Shona joining us as guest designer. Please play along and you could win a GD spot as well! Happy crafting! 

Reminder of TIME OUT Challenge CASEing Julia

Hi friends!

Here's my reminder card for the current TIME OUT Challenge where we are CASEing the fabulous Julia Altermann! She made a wonderful shaker card for us to CASE and for my reminder I decided to make a shaker as well. I'm not loving all my color choices here but I do absolutely love this Lawn Fawn set! I've colored my images with Copics. I hope you like and I hope to see you playing along at TIME OUT! 

Snowmen for Challenges

Hi friends!

I have a fun, cute card for today. I created it with Lawn Fawn stamps and am entering the current Lawnscaping Challenge: Patterns

My patterns are dots and stripes (in the background).

I'm also finally entering Milka's I love Math Challenge #2. The idea behind this challenge is

TWO

Two is an even number and first prime number. 

An even number is a number that can be divided evenly with 2.

A prime number can be divided, without a remainder, only by itself and by 1.

So, my card:

I started with TWO masks.

I used TWO DI colors for sponging the masked half circle.

I colored in TWO snowmen with Copics and die cut them.

I also added TWO patterns to my card design: dots with white gel pen and stripes that are found in the background paper. I finished the card with the stamped sentiment, stamped snowbank and TWO die cut snowflakes with TWO rhinestones.

By the way: I totally stamped 4 things to this card: the snowmen, the snowbank and the sentiment. 2+2=4. ;)

The colors I chose come from the inspiration photo of Addicted to Stamps and More. I also used water splashes for the bg + I definitely love Lawn Fawn images! :)

The final challenge I'm entering is new to me: Double D Challenges. The theme is polka dots. 

Thanks for popping by and I hope you like my card! Have a fun, crafty weekend everyone! 

New Challenge at Inspirational

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Inspirational and here's our theme:

I used a lot of masking in creating this cute card with Lawn Fawn critters. All stamps are individual so the masking did take some time but I love the way this turned out! My coloring is done with Copics and the bg is sponged with DI:s. This went for my godson for for 2nd birthday. :)

I hope you'll head on over to the challenge blog now and have a look what the other design team members made! Our guest designer this time is Lisa with a very vivid card, don't miss it!

Sparkly Dragonflies!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post with a quick card I made. :) The cute dragonflies come from a Lawn Fawn set Critters of the Woods. I'm happy I found use for this tiny stamp -so often I neglect the small stamps from the sets I have and it's a shame! The bg is made with a Marianne Design stamp. Sentiment also by Lawn Fawn. I colored the dragonflies super simply and quickly with Copics and added Sakura Stardust pen and Wink of Stella for shine. Tiny rhinestones finish up this card. This was such a quick make that I'm not sure yet if I like or not but you tell me what you think! :) Thanks for popping by! 

I'd like to enter the current Lawnscaping Challenge: Sparkle it up