Time Out: With Sympathy

Happy Friday Eve my friends! Stopping in to remind you that we have a gorgeous inspiration photo for you for our current challenge over at Time Out!  Altenew is our sponsor and I have used the Beautiful Day stamp set for this sympathy card. Their stamps have the most amazing detail and stamped with Fresh Inks I think they are absolutely beautiful!

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Be sure to pop on over to Time Out and play along...our designers and our amazing guest designer, Sarah (whose designs I love love love!) are sure not to disappoint!

Time Out: Happy Birthday

So I am late, late, late!  It has been a crazy week...and I'll just leave it at that!  We have a super fun challenge for you and a few days left to play along over at Time Out!

Our sponsors are Concord and 9th with a $25 gift voucher for the winner.  If you haven't checked out their stamps...please do they are amazing and my card is made with their fabulous goodies.

Our guest designer for this challenge and reminder is Claire.  Be sure to check out her amazing designs and that of the Time Out team!  We hope to see you play along!

Time Out: Happy Birthday to You

Happy Friday eve!  It's been way too long since I have posted but the good news is I have been out of town for a fabulous crafty weekend so I'll have lots to share coming up!  But today it is time for a fabulous challenge at Time Out Challenges; our challenge is for you to be:

I went for a nice big bold sentiment!  

Our sponsors for this challenge is Poppystamps

Poppy Stamps have a great store and it is a delight to visit and is packed with top quality goodies-take a look here. They also have a fab blog. Take a look at it here and sign up so you don't miss out on all the fun!

They are running a 'Clean and Simple' challenge. So if you have some of their products and make a clean and simple card for our challenge...then link it up to their challenge for a chance to win more prizes!!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Marieke. Please be sure to stop by her blog and you'll definitely be inspired.  Pop on over to Time Out to play along!

    

Time Out: Crafty Time

I'm back!   It's time for a reminder about the challenge over at Time Out!  We'd love for you to come play along with us. The challenge theme is: Hobbies. I saw this sentiment when I was away at my crafty weekend last year and knew I had to use it for this challenge. It made me laugh so hard!

And we have a sponsor for our challenge. CAS-ual Friday Stamps will be offering a $20 gift certificate to the winner of the challenge.  Feel free to play along too with the random twist of creating a single layer card!  Please pop on over to the Time Out challenge - we'd love for you to play along with us!

Time Out: Keep Calm and Make Cards

Hello, hello!  It's time for a new challenge over at Time Out!  We'd love for you to come play along with us. The challenge theme is: Hobbies. Imagine where that idea can take you.  I went straight to my favorite for the challenge: making cards. Nothing relaxes me more than making cards.

And we have a sponsor for our challenge. CAS-ual Friday Stamps will be offering a $20 gift certificate to the winner of the challenge.  Feel free to play along too with the random twist of creating a single layer card!  Please pop on over to the Time Out challenge - we'd love for you to play along with us!  And also don't forget to check out our amazing guest designer:  Ashwini. You won't be disappointed by her beautiful cards!

Time Out: Thinking of You

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Valentine's is fast approaching and I love these colors for a non-traditional valentine.  Will you come play along with us over at Time Out?  You can see how I was inspired and made this quick and easy card from some patterned paper I have. 

 

The winner of our Time Out Challenge will get a $15 gift certificate from our fabulous sponsor Stamplorations!

I'm looking forward to seeing how you were inspired!

Time Out: Happy Birthday

We're back with challenge #101 over at Time Out!   Birch Press is our sponsor with a random winner winning a $20 gift certificate.  I am lucky enough to own some of their gorgeous dies and to have played along with several others when I'm together with my friend, Tracey, on our stamping weekends.

For my card, I used the Calligraphy Pop Birthday  and Peony Bloom Layer Set. You could have so much fun with both by choosing different colors to use or sticking with a tone on tone design. Both would be amazing.

Michele is our guest designer and if you have not stopped by her blog I guarantee you will not be disappointed!

Be sure to pop on over to Time Out to play along with us!

Time Out: And So the Adventure Begins...

It's our last challenge at Time Out! Our theme for the challenge is New Beginnings (New Year, New Home, New Baby, etc.) with the optional twist to use your Christmas stamps to use create a non-Christmas themed challenge.  I decided not to go for the optional twist and used more goodies from by friend Erin to make this card for my niece Elizabeth who moved to San Francisco earlier this year.  

Our challenge is sponsored by Happy Little Stampers with a $15 gift certificate to someone who uses the optional twist.  I hope you have time to come play with us at Time Out!  Please also be sure to check our awesome guest designer, Patty-PJ!

Time Out: Peace & Love to You and Yours

It's almost Christmas time!  And we have the perfect inspiration for you at Time Out below to help you finish up your Christmas cards or a tag to decorate a gift!

Our sponsor for the challenge is Uniko-£15 voucher for winner.  So please come play along with us at Time Out!

Time Out: A Very Merry Christmas

Happy Friday Eve my friends!  It's time fora new challenge for you over at Time Out!  We have a fun challenge below...and it's time to finish up those Christmas cards or get your thank you notes ready for the Christmas presents!  My card is a case of this gorgeous card from Amy. Don't you love it!  I also made several thank you notes with this design too.  I love a simply layout that is easy to case!

Our sponsor for the challenge is Uniko-£15 voucher for winner.  So please come play along with us at Time Out! Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the lovely Sarah.. Be sure to stop on over to Sarah's blog and see her beautiful cards.

Please come on over to Time Out and play along with us!  

Time Out: Gratitude

Welcome back to another challenge at Time Out!  As we have just had Thanksgiving, we thought it would be great to have a challenge inspired by these fabulous words!  My friend Erin sent me these flowers already colored and the die cut. I added a sentiment and was ready to go!

For this challenge, we're sponsored by STAMPlorations - The winner of the challenge will win a gift certificate to their store.  We'd love for you to come on over to Time Out and play with us!

Time Out: Happy Birthday

We're back with another challenge at Time Out!  We are so lucky to have Michele, from I Card Everyone, with us for this challenge.  She is a genuine sweetheart whom I am so lucky to have met in person.  Her gorgeous CAS style never disappoints and she gave us a beautiful card to to CASE.  I love how crisp and clean the die cut thanks looks against her beautiful stamping.  I think you can see how I was inspired.  I inked up the bottom of my card and then stamped the flowers on in Versamark and embossed them before adding a bit more ink. I layered my die cut with black behind it.  You can see I'm not great at making the sentiment line up super well but am pleased with the end result!

I hope that you can come play along with us.  We're sponsored by Happy Little Stampers

And the winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to their store. 

Time Out: With Deepest Sympathy

We're back with another challenge at Time Out!  THEME Sympathy with the optional twist of distressing (using Distress Inks, distress edges, paper tearing etc).  I went along with the optional twist and used distress inks to ink up a sheet of paper and sprinkled some water on it before die cutting them with these fabulous Lawn Fawn leaf die cuts.  I have had these for about three years and love pulling them out each fall.  Used a little twine to finish this off. 

I hope that you can come play along with us. We're sponsored by Happy Little Stampers.  And the winner (who optionally twist) is eligible for a $15 gift certificate to their store.  Sue is also our guest designer and you will love her gorgeous designs.  Be sure to pop on over to her blog too!

Time Out: Believe in Yourself

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We're back with another challenge at Time Out!  This time we're inspired the fun inspiration photo below. I went with one of my favorite color orange and the branch reminded me of the leaves on this patterned paper.  This fabulous sentiment is from Stamplorations...don't you just love it!  We all need to be reminded of this!

The winner of our challenge will receive a $10 gift certificate to Stamplorations so pop on over to Time Out and play along with us!

Time Out: You are terrific!

We're back with a reminder post for Time Out!  Our challenge in a Special Breast Cancer Awareness or Friendship Challenge. We're sponsor by CAS-ual Friday Stamps and the winner will receive a $25 gift certificate plus a special prize for those who use pink as the twist challenge!  The winner will be chosen randomly.

Each time I make a card I'm trying to make two so that I can build up my stash of cards a bit...so you can decide which one you like better - the pink/orange background or the green!  I have had my Zig markers out in ages so I loved embossing the flowers and leaves (from CAS-ual Fridays Pretty Posies) and then inking them up with my zigs.  Love the end result!

We'd love for you to join us over at Time Out!  Please come play along! And be sure to check out our fabulous guest designer, Yulia!  We're so happy to have us playing along with us.

Time Out: Create!

We're back with another challenge at Time Out!  This time we're inspired by words:  
“Paint the flying spirit of the bird rather than its feathers.” ~Robert Henri

These words instantly made be think of creating...and the 15th (the day the challenge started is also 'International World Dot' day-which is a day that celebrates the power and potential that creativity can inspire so it was a dual inspiration. This link gives more info International Dot Day if you are interested in taking a peek.  

The winner of our challenge will receive a $15 gift certificate to Happy Little Stampers so pop on over to Time Out and play along with us!

Time Out: Super Fun Birthday

Hello and happy Friday eve!  I'm back with a fabulous card inspired by Beverley Brown's from Uniko Studio. She designs fabulous stamps and gorgeous CAS cards. Love, love, love her style and am happy to be able to case her for our challenge over at Time Out!  I think you can see easily how I was inspired.  Uniko is our sponsor too...so we'd love for you to play along for a chance to win!

Pop on over to Time Out!  We have a week's left in our current challenge!