I made a card!!

Hi All

It has been a while since I made a card but the idea for this card has been in my head all week after seeing the latest 'Earth' challenge at CASology. 

I really wanted to use this Globe image and sentiment and the 'Twilight' ink from Catherine Pooler.

A few other challenges gave me some extra ideas and the card came together finally!!

I cut out a die and stamped the image in this 'twilight' ink-I finally have found a grey ink I love-thanks Jenny for the tip on getting this ink!

I coloured in 3 flowers yellow and 3 grey with copics-even did some shading!!

Both if these so I could enter:

Less is More-3 of something

AAA Challenge-one plus 3 friends-my friends being-stamped image, copics and stitched die-oh and a matted layer-the top die is on foam pads!

I will also enter:

WaterCooler Wednesday-All Occassions

       

Time Out's 5th Birthday!!

Hello crafty friends!

I am here with a new challenge at Time Out Challenges and it is a very special one as we are celebrating our 5th Birthday!!

We are celebrating with an 'Inspired by Words' challenge-where you can use any of the words or the whole phrase to inspire you-here they are:

And I made a Birthday card:

The fabulous sponsor for our Birthday is Stamplorations, who are offering a $50 gift voucher for our winner! Thank you to Shery, owner and designer of STAMPlorations, plus a DT member for us at Time Out since we began, 5 years ago!!

Here I have used their stamps sets Trendy Butterflies 2 and Noteworthy 2

As it is our Birthday, I thought I would celebrate myself by making my favourite kind of card and in my favourite colour..CAS, one layer and purple.....did I really need to tell you!

I used my gorgeous Flirty Fuchsia Catherine Pooler ink for the butterfly....love, love this ink!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative Kara. Her blog is full of crafty delights-check it out here. We are over the moon she is joining in our special Birthday celebration.

On a personal note I would like to thank all our fabulous players at Time Out, our past and present Design Team Members and our Sponsors for all your support. Without this we would not be here and I am grateful to you all.

Now....you know what to do.....take some Time Out and celebrate but first pop on over here, to see what our Deign Team and Kara have made to inspire you!

Celebrate!!

Inkspirational #182

Hi There,

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational-my fav challenges-a photo challenge!

First up my card:

And now the photo that inspired my card:

There is so much here to inspire you!

I picked out the pink and blue in this card and then I based my card on the pattern of the gorgeous fun headboard-it just reminded me of medallion stamps. I used the Medallion mix set. This idea came to me after I remembered Lynn's card here on Instagram. I loved the way she combined the medallions and used the different colours-she very kindly said I could CASE her card-thank you Lynn.

I kept the base card and the label in grey to match the wallpaper grey base.

Our fabulous team made some stunning cards based on this photo-take a look here and then get crafting away!

Let's Bounce Some ideas!

Hi All

The 'Bounce' challenge at CASology got me thinking this week. I have no images of footballs etc, so I kept thinking how else could I approach this 'bounce' word?

Then pop....a light bulb moment!. I thought about when you 'Brainstorm' ideas with others-what is it you are doing....bouncing ideas until you get what you want...or just so many ideas you have bounced too much!!

Here is what I made:

It took me a while to think of a card that I would actually use until I came up with doing some stamp surgery....so inside the card I stamped 'of you'......now I can send it!!

The design comes from the 'Theme and Sketch' Challenge at STAMPlorations.

Plus I am entering to into AAA Card Challenge-3 plus one-no twist for me-I went with a die cut, 3 embellishments and one matted layer-my panel is popped up from the base and my middle speech bubble is popped up-although hard to see from photo!

And entering Simon Says Wednesday Challenge-AG-my speech bubbles are from Simon Says.

Have a fun day xx

         

Celebrate!

Hi All

This was mean't to be a super quick card as my mojo has disappeared this week. 

I thought making a 'one layer, stamp and go' card might get it back for me.

Well no...this turned out taking ages...getting the stamps in the right place, turning into a 2 layer card-due to huge smudges everywhere on my one layer!

Still I got there in the end-slightly irritated but card made!

I made this for the Winnie and Walter 5th Birthday Bash-this is for Shay's challenge-use 5. I have used the same stamp 5 times and in 5 colours and 5 enamel dots.The stamp is-Dotty About You-from Winnie and Walter. The sentiment is also from Winnie and Walter-The Big, the Bold and Party

I used the colours from the latest challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More-all new Carherine Pooler Inks

I liked these combo of colours as they can be used for a make or female card but I had more male cards in mind as I have a few male friends who will be celebration soon.

Have a fun Friday.

I will also enter this into:

Watercooler Challenge-All Occassions

The Male Room-using twist of no designer paper

  

     

Time Out #130

Hi All,

Time for a new challenge at Time Out.

Here it is:

How 'Unique' can you be??

There are lots of ways you could go with this challenge and I went with telling someone else how 'unique' they are!

We are over the moon as this challenge is sponsored by Catherine Pooler-our winner will get a fabulous goodie bag from their store-check out the store here

Here I have used our fabulous sponsor Catherine Pooler-Amber's World Stamp Set and their inks Sweet Sixteen and Flirty Fuchsia

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Elizabeth. I have been a fan of Elizabeth's cards for a long time now and am delighted she is joining us. Check out her blog Paper Sweetness. You will come back inspired to get inky and play!

Our Design Team are all 'unique' and very special to me and their cards show how true this is-check them out here and then get join in with us!

Inkspirational #181

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational.

Our super teamie Carol has asked us to:

USE OUR STASH

After a hunt through my stash box, here is what I made:

When I first began I had no idea what I was going to make. A hunt through and play around with some gorgeous stash goodies that had been sent to me from my teamies at Time Out....I came up with this.

I got the cluster of flowers from Stephnanie and the wooden centre dot and small card base from Jenny-you know these are stash that my Time Out teamies sent me 2 Birthdays ago...they all sent me so much I still have it and use it regularly-how fab is that!

So not strictly 'my stash' but kept in 'my stash' box and I consider it mine!!

We have the fabulous Lindsey joining us for this challenge and she has made an amazing card. Her blog Bashful Blogging is well worth a visit, it is full of inspiring projects.

Then pop on over to Inkspirational and see what the DT have made to inspire you.

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:
The Card Concept-look at those background flowers, the colours and fan shapes-these are inspiration (my card is CAS and layered)