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