New Challenge t Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a DT card for our new challenge at Time Out. For the next fortnight we have a photo challenge for you and this time it's an extra special one: we are inspired by a purse by Running Stitch Design and this purse will also be the prize for our winner! How fun is that! Running Stitch Design is owned by one of our former DT members Kim and we are very happy to collaborate with her in this challenge.  Our winner also gets called to guest design in a future challenge and this time it's the super talented Cornelia -do visit her amazing blog! 

My card might look very different from the purse with a quick glance, but I was actually inspired by the blue dots in the fabric (I used LOADS of them lol) and of the stripes of the brown fabric (have a look at my background paper, lots of stripes there!). 

The flower stamps and coordinating coloring stencils are by Altenew and so is the sentiment. 

The dot stencil for the background comes from Hero Arts. 

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes

We Love Stamping: Spring/Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations: Anything Goes

Stencil Fun for April: Spring/Anything Goes

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

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at INKspirational!  This time we want you to be inspired by a very fun moodboard, here it is:

Here's my card:

I was inspired by "You are Cool" text and also of the flowers in the middle of the moodboard. I had received this patterned paper and card topper as a freebie with a crafty supplies order from a Finnish web shop... And I think they go perfectly with the moodboard! The flowers are Sunburst Azalea dies by Altenew. I chose the leaves from another Altenew flower set, Belllower, I like the shape of them better. :) The arched rectangle die is a new product for me, by Spellbinders... I've seen so much of this arches everywhere that I had to jump in and by a die for myself too. Love it!!

I'd like to join:

Snippets Playground Challenge #478: use scraps 

(flowers all all cut from scrap pieces of card stock)

Die Cut Divas: Spring

(spring is all about flowers, right!) 

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

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

At Time Out Challenges we are back with another fun challenge! For the next fortnight we challenge you to be "Striped".

I wish I would have had a zebra stamp or die, that would have been perfect!! I opted for some striped patterned paper instead and made a summery card with Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Strawberry dies as the main star of my card. They were fun to cut out and ink up with various Altenew inks. The photo is a bit washed out, but I added some purple to the strawberries and leaves and it made them look a lot more realistic and beautiful. Love these dies!

I hope to see you playing along. Our winner recieves a $25 coupon to our fab sponsor Lawn Fawn... And also gets called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our talented GD is Karen Rodgers. Do not miss her wonderful card or any of the DT inspiration and challenge details... Click HERE!

I'd like to join:

Die Cut Divas: Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe: Food

Buzzworthy Challenges March Challenge (This is a Honey Bee challenge in Faccebook) 

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Inkspirational! This time our DT member Julia has chosen the theme and it's White on White. 

I decided to make a Christmas card, first one of 2024 I think! :) The background stamp (by Catherine Pooler) was heat embossed with white pearl powder and I absolutely love how it turned out... I had never used this powder on white card and was very surprised on the end result. The die cut bird and sentiment are magazine freebies. 

I'd like to join:

ABC Christmas Card Challenge: E is for Embossing

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

 

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes!)

Hello friends!

Today I have the great joy to join Altenew's Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop! 

Before we go more into the Blog Hop details I'll let you know that with this hop we want to celebrate and to draw your attention to Celebrating Parents Card Drive that is running HERE. 

You can join the Card Drive by sending your handmade cards to Altenew. The cards will be sent to the the elderly living in nursing homes or shelters to brighten their day and to let them know they’re not forgotten. 

You can join the Card Drive by sending out your cards by April 19th and there's also prizes on offer for those who send out cards. All the Card Drive details HERE. Make sure to check it out and join in sharing joy during this season with Mother's and Father's Day approaching! 

Altenew is also donating $1 with every order from the Alcohol Markers collection from 2/26/2024 until 4/30/2024 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.

Now onto the Blog Hop Details!

In the end of this post you'll see a link tool with all the blogs joining this hop. Visit the blogs, leave comments to the designers and you can win one of the 7 prizes: 

There's $200 in total prizes!  Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by March 27, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on March 29, 202403/18/.

My project for the Blog Hop: 

I decided to play with Craft Your Life Project Kit Meadow Breeze... This was my first card with it and I can tell you it won't be the last!! I absolutely love the cute background stamp image combined with the stunning large floral cluster... Such an unique look! I gold heat embossed the background on matt gold card and I also gold heat embossed the main image. I used the coloring stencils for coloring the image. The sentiment is from another CYLPK, Zero Waste Flowery Pattern. I heat embosssed it with white on the same gold matt card that I used for the background. I'm in love with this card and I hope you like it too! :)

Happy Hopping friends and don't forget to check out and join the Card Drive by sending out your handmade cards to Altenew for them to be distributed forward... You could totally brighten someone's day! 

A quick recap:

Click HERE to view the Card Drive post at Altenew Blog. 

Click HERE to view the Blog Hop post at Altenew Blog. 

And below are all the blogs joining in the hop, waiting for your comments! :) 

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Time Out! Our challenge this fortnight is a very special one, it is a collaboration challenge with Just Us Girls Challenge Blog! By entering our challenge you will automatically also join Just Us Girls Challenge. That means your project will gain twice the visibility... You will double your chances to be chosen as a design team favorite and your project may be showcased in one or both of the challenge blogs. Whether you join from Time Out or from Just Us Girls, you also have a chance to win $25.00 store credit to Waffle Flower Crafts. The theme of the challenge is 

Birds of Feather

In my card I've used products from our fabulous sponsor Waffle Flower Crafts. The stunning parrot and the leave dies come from Tropical Kit die set. The background is made with Pop Up Tropical Leaves Texture die and matching Duo-Tone Tropical Leaves stencil set. The white heat embossed and die cut sentiment comes from a flower stamp set Sunflower Love. Waffle Flower Crafts truly is one of my favorite companies -I'm ready to say I've never made a card with their products that I've not loved loved loved! This one is no exception!! 

For the background and die cut leaves I used grey card stock and some greyish Altenew inks. I love the contrast between the parrot and the grey die cuts -I didn't use any inking for the parrot but he is cut from solid card stock pieces. I'm almost certain my parrot is a he! The sassy hair has a manly vibe to me! :) I hope that's ok for our "Birds of Feather" challenge lol. :)

I'd like to join: 

Stencil fun for March: Anything Goes option

Die Cut Divas Challenge for March: Anything Goes

 

New Post at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for our new CAS challenge at Inkspirational! There's an option to be inspired by balloons in your design. 

I decided to make a monochromatic CAS card with Hero Arts Looking Glass Birthday Party and Looking Glass Square Frame dies and sentiment by Stampendous. 

To add interest to my monochrome design I made my own glitter card stock by heat embossing sparkly clear embossing powder on black card stock... Apparently the powder had many greenish and blueish particles because you can hardly see the black base anymore! Love how it turned out though although the outcome wasn't "clear glitter" lol!

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

I'd like to enter:

Stay Crafty With a Blog Named Hero March: Heat Embossing

(DIY glitter card with sparkly embossing powder)

Snippets Playground Challenge #475

All the layers in my die cut window were cut from small pieces of leftover paper

 

 

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 Post at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a beautiful pastel colored moodboard for you at Inkspirational for the next two weeks. Make sure to check out all the DT inspiration and challenge details HERE and then play along! 

I decided to work with the peonies of the first photo and also the "frilly edge" of the cake plate in the second photo. My background stamping is also inspired by the pattern in the first photo -I didn't have any swirl stamps to play with so I chose something else but I did want to make a subtle background like in the photo! 

The peony stamp is by Newton's Nook. "Frilly edge" die by Marianne design. Sentiment is by Spellbinders and background stamp is by the Ton. I used white pearl embossing powder for the background, love the look! It's beautifully shiny and shimmery IRL. The peonies are colored with Altenew Woodless coloring pencils. 

I hope to see you joining us!

I'm playing along at:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything floral goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Beautiful Blooms

We Love Stamping UK: Anything goes

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

At Time Out Challenges we have a very special post for you today. We are celebrating our 10th birthday. Yes, 10th!! We therefore have 10 sponsor prizes for grabs... And also as a special treat Time Out co-founder Sandie is joining us in the fun. Head on over to Time Out Challenges for all the challenge details and lots of inspiration!

I wanted to play with an Altenew image (they are one of our sponsors) and I decided to choose one from my stash that I hadn't ever colored in yet. I've made several cards with this stamp but always using the coloring stencils. Coloring in your images of course makes more time... But it is so relaxing for me and always makes me feel very creative. My plan for 2024 is to find more time for coloring in! 

For the sunflowers, their leaves and tulip leaves I used my new Altenew watercolor brush markers -love love love them. I have the winter- and spring sets. Such a beautiful product!! For the tulips and small flowers I had to grab some other mediums to have suitable colors for Altenew February Inspiration challenge color palette -this obviously means I need more of those water color brush markers, right?!? :) 

I hope to see you playing along at Time Out. 

I'm playing along:

Altenew February Inspiration Challenge

Seize The Birthday: Splatter

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a new challenge "Hearts" at Inkspirational Challenges. I decided to use my SSS hearts die and made a sort of 3d design with it (unfortunately one can't really see the dimension in the photo). There's 3 layers of the pink flowers so they pop up beautifully from the centre. I covered them with Stickles too to make them very shiny. Small pink gems add to the shine as well. Sentiment is simply stamped and by Penny Black. Please head on over to our challenge blog for lots of more DT inspiration and all the challenge details!

I'd like to join: 

CAS on Friday: Valentine

Cut It Up Challenge: Have a Heart

Simply Clean And Simple: Anything Goes with Optional Theme of Pink

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Love/Valentine

Just Us Girls: Love

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

At Time Out we have a special challenge for you: We are CASEing a card by Sarah Gray, owner of Funky Fossil Designs (also the sponsor of this challenge). Sarah card is super inspiring with a wonderful artsy theme -make sure to head on over to our challenge blog for more DT inspiration and more ideas on how to CASE Sarah's card. All the prize and challenge details are to be found there too. Our talented GD this time is Carol McFarland and you do not want to miss her fun card! 

I chose to CASE the layout of Sarah card and also used a splatter stencil in a similar way she did. The outline stamp is by Funky Fossil Designs and is called Lotus Reflections -isn't it gorgeous? The stamp set has a large stamp and a separate lotus flower -both are used here. I did some minor masking for the design in the top left corner. The splatter stencil I used is super old  and I have forgotten the maker of it. Love the style of the splatters in this stencil!

I hope to see you playing along. 

xxx

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Anything Goes

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for Inkspirational! We have a very fun new challenge for you: Paper Piecing. Our DT member Marina chose the theme and she is the queen of paper piecing -she uses this technique often with stunning results! 

Please head on over to our challenge blog with lots of more DT inspiration and all the challenge details!

In my card I've used an Avery Elle stamp that I think I've never inked before, yaikes... I've had it for years though!! I knew I wanted to paper piece some sort of flower bouquet from my stamps but it turned out to be hard... This is my third attempt, all attempts with different stamps lol! Luckily this stamp looks great paper pieced I think. I should ask Marina for advice because for me this is a new technique! I know I've done it sometimes... But it's been years and years. So I'll call this a new technique for me! 

I'd like to join:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Floral Goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: 1st Birthday Challenge Happy Birthday!

We Love Stamping UK: New/Anything Goes (trying new to me things: first time using this stamp and first time paper piecing in years and years!) 

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

 

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 Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for Inkspirational, where we want you to use stencils... With an optional twist of two or more stencils/layering stencils. 

I played with two Hero Arts stencils. 

I begun with the Daisy Mosaic stencil and inked dark blue and black inks on navy card stock. I let it dry overnight (without removing the stencil) and then placed another Hero Arts stencil, Large Sprinkled Dots, on top and inked the circles with white HA pigment ink (the best white pigment ink if you ask me!). This looks kind of crazy and kind of cool I think! It looks almost glowy although all the inks are matt. A fun experimental project! 

The Altenew sentiment is heat embossed with white HA powder and then die cut and popped up with 3d foam stickers. 

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us! Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of DT inspiration. 

I'd like to join:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: New (new stencil)

Moving Along With Times: New Craft Item (new stencil)

Stay Crafty With a Bog Named Hero: Everything old is new again 

-I used the Daisy Mosaic stencil that I've had for a while already together with Large Sprinkled Dots which I used for the first time here... And together this new and old stencil created a "new" third stenciled image! :) 

 

Reminder for Time Out Challenges

Hi friends!

I'm popping in with a quick post to remind you of our challenge at Time Out! We normally post winners every other Thursday, but due to our little Christmas break we had no winners to announce today... So we decided to remind you of the current challenge! 

So, the challenge is NEW. You could use new products, play with a new technique, work around the theme New (like New baby or New Year)... Many possibilities here! 

I decided to play with a new stamp. This image was designed for Creative Expressions by the talented Jane Beljo of Jane's Doodles. I love her work and can't wait to use all of the stamps I bought from this new line of hers! 

I recently watched some old videos from Online Card Classes and there was a card that inspired this one -it also had a background made out of snippets and with some white embossed houses. This was quick and fun to make! I added a die cut sentiment by STAMPlorations. 

I'd like to join:

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday: Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs: New

We Love Stamping: Something New

Color Hues Challenge: light blue and navy

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

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out... and very appropriately for new year we are challenging you to be NEW. :)

This is a special challenge because we are also introducing two new DT members, Greta and Helen! Please head on over or our challenge blog for all the news, challenge information and lots of DT inspiration! 

I tried two new (to me) things in this card:

-double embossing with glitter embossing powder for the Gina K feather die cut

-black on black raised die cut background

I wanted to use a WOW embossing glitter I had purchased and never tried (oh so that was new too!) and I wanted to make this very sturdy and thickly embossed die cut with it... So I embossed the die cut with the powder twice.  A simple technique many of you have probably done many many times but for me this was a first try lol! The photo doesn't do justice to the color and shine of the feather.

I pretty often cut white cover plate backgrounds, glue them on another piece of white card and then use those as backgrounds... So I wanted to see how that would look with black card. Very cool I think! I definitely want to try this with other colors too -no idea why I have only done this with white card this far! This cover plate die is by Winnie and Walter, sadly no longer running. The sentiment is by Altenew. 

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

I'd like to join:

Pearly Sparkles Challenge: CAS 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Something New

Little Red Wagon: What's New

Paper Minutes: Something New