Time Out #127

Hello my crafting friends,

Time for a new challenge at Time Out

This time we have our 'Inspired by Words' challenge and you need to get a little more lively for this one!

Here are our words:

You can use any, a few or the whole phrase to inspire you.

I went with 'friends' and to 'dance'...you need music!

Using CAS-ual Fridays Big Treble stamp set

This challenge is sponsored by our long term supporters CASual Fridays Stamps

The winner of this challenge will get $25 gift voucher to their amazing store here

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Claire. Her blog String Bows is full of stunning cards and creativity blooms with everyone. We are so pleased Claire is joining us.

Claire and our fabulous Design Team have really used these words in so many different ways-pop over to our blog here and you will get plenty of ideas!

Then take some TIME OUT and play along with us.

You have until 5pm Jan 30th

Enjoy!

Time Out Challenge #126

Hi All


Our first challenge for the year at Time Out Challenges

First off my card:




All dies are from Winnie and Walter and the sentiment is from Uniko

I made this as at Time Out we are challenging you to be:

What could be more loving than hearts and glitter!

This challenge is sponsored by Birch Press Designs

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative Jane. I am a huge fan of Jane. Her CAS designs are an inspiration! Check out her blog Purplejet Loves Crafts and you will see what I mean!

Jane and the Design Team are all in the 'loving' mood-check their cards out here.

Then time to take TIME OUT and join us-you have until 5pm GMT 16th Jan to play.

Enjoy!

Time Out #125 Reminder

Hi All

I hope you are all having a wonderful time.

I am here to remind you there is still time to join in our challenge at Time Out Challenges

Here is my card:

Here I used or fabulous sponsor, STAMPlorations, die Brilliant and their stamp set Trendy Butterflies 2

It is our inspired by words challenge where you can use just one, a few or all these words to inspire you:

Our superstar Guest Designer is Michele and she has made another super card for us. Have a look here where you will also see the amazing designs by our Design Team.

Come celebrate with us!

Enjoy!

Time Out #125

Hi All

Our last challenge of 2018 at Time Out.
Thank you all for supporting us this year. I have loved seeing all you amazing designs and visiting your blogs has been a joy.

It is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge and here are the words:



You can use any, a few or all the words to inspire you.

Here is what I created:

I went with all the words! Don't all our Families, Friends and Life deserve love!!

Using our fabulous sponsor for this challenge is STAMPlorations and I have used their stamp All the Love in the World

The heart stamps are from The Ton Stamps

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Michele. I have followed Michele for a long time and adore her style of card making. Check out her blog here and I just know you will become a fan too! I am over the moon she is joining us as our Guest Designer.

Michele and our super Design Team have all made fab cards to inspire you. Take a look here

I hope you all have a wonderful time over the next few weeks and can manage to sneak in some crafting along the way to join us!

Enjoy!

Time Out Challenge #124

Hi All

Ready for a new challenge at Time Out

Here is my card:

And our challenge is:

Many of you may have finished your Christmas cards and if so......how else can you interpret 'Joy'.....so many ways....a new Birthday, a new baby, an Anniversary...just the joy of today!! I can't wait to see what you come up with!

This challenge is sponsored by Uniko, who are a huge supporter of Time Out and we thank you for this.

Here I have used their stamp Background Blocks Halftone. I stamped it in delicata gold ink.

I then used the Joy die from Concord and 9th.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Chrissie. I have followed Chrissie for many years and here designs are outstanding. She is an inspiration. Check out her blog-Simply One of a Kind-and you will see why I say this!

Then pop back over to Time Out and see what a 'JOYFUL' bunch of cards from Chrissie and the Design Team have for you.

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

Uniko Challenge-Celebrate and I have used optional twist of gold

Time Out Challenge #123

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Time Out

Here is my card:

And our challenge:

This is the challenge where we have an optional 'one layer twist'. If you use this twist you have a chance of winning a $20 gift voucher from our fabulous sponsor Happy Little Stampers-we choose this winner randomly. I used their stamp set Born to be Wild for this and just added a few stripes of red on my zebra to match up with the enamel dots.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the creative Joanna. We are thrilled to have Joanna join us. Her designs are outstanding and wait to see the amazing card she has for us today!

Pop on over to Time Out to see Joanna's card and the super cards the Design Team have made for you today!

Enjoy!

Time Out Challenge #122 Reminder

Hi All

Here to remind you that there is still time to join in our challenge at Time Out-check out our new look whilst you are there!

Inspired by the wreath above the bed in our photo for this challenge:

This is one of my fav Christmas stamps and last year only got used a few times. This year I wanted to use it again and was inspired to use it by Karen when I saw her card here. She was explaining how using a sentiment in a different way changes the whole look of the card. I hadn't used the sentiment tag on this wreath before so gave it a go and just like that I got to use this stamp again but in a new design! Thanks Karen for the inspiration.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is one of my favourite designer's, Mugdha. Her creativity blooms with every card she makes. I am so pleased she is joining us for our challenge. Take a look around her blog Craftomania-you will love what you see!

Pop over to Time Out and see what amazing cards Mugdha and the DT have for us this week.

Then take some Time Out with us and craft-Enjoy x

All the details of the challenge are here on our badge:

I will enter this into:

Addicted to Stamps and More-Holiday

Time Out #122 and our New Look Time Out!

Hi All

At Time Out, we are very excited to be launching a New Look! We love it and hope you do too. Pop on over and have a look and pick up some of our new badges!

I wanted to make a card to not only fit our challenge but also to celebrate our New Look-check out how close the font here is to our own! 

Inspired by our photo.

I didn't go Christmas but went with the shape on the cushions which is almost the same as the dies I have used from STAMPlorations. Popping each die up with foam pads to give the card plenty of dimension. Being inspired also by the grey of the cushions and throw plus the bright shiny lights!

Doesn't the 'Be Bright' font look so much like our challenge font....I couldn't resist using it and in purple to match....so I got to celebrate our new look by being inspired by our photo!

Thanks to Cornelia for this stamp set she gave me when we met in London in September.

This card went to by amazing Sister who does brighten every room she walks into....just needs to be reminded of it sometimes!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is one of my favourite designer's, Mugdha. Her creativity blooms with every card she makes. I am so pleased she is joining us for our challenge. Take a look around her blog Craftomania-you will love what you see!

Check out what Mughda and the Design Team have made at our 'New Look, Time Out'!!

I will enter this into:

Less is More-dimension

CAS on Friday-make a card to brightens someone's day

CASology-Compliment-sent to my Sister-see above why!

       

Time Out #121

Hi All

Before I tell you about our new challenge at Time Out, I want to apologise for not visiting your blogs much recently-you know I love to come around and support you as much as I can. But at the moment there is a lot of stressful situations I am dealing with IRL! I am trying to visit IG and say hello there and hopefully will soon be back showing you all the support you deserve!

Time for another challenge at Time Out.
This time we are asking you to be 'Inspired by Word'

Here is my card:

and these are the words that inspired this:



You can use any of these words or the whole phrase.
I went with the whole phrase as my dear friend, Nonni and teamie at Time Out, has recently moved to a new flat. You are always a little scared and apprehensive about moving somewhere new but in the end, you overcome this and are usually really grateful you took that step and have a new cosy new home!

The die cut here is from Poppy Stamps and was a pressie from my lovely teamie here at Time Out, Joyce-thank you Joyce, I love it. The die is simply topped onto some Autumn inspired water coloured card

This challenge is sponsored by the wonderful STAMPlorations.

Who have some great prizes on offer-check them out and our Design Team's cards over at Time Out.

Can't wait to see what these words inspire you to make.

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

CAS on Friday-Fall or Halloween-Fall inspired colours.

CASology-Scary-I don't have any Halloween or scary images but thought this was a different take on this challenge-I have a few other ideas of things that make us scared and am really hoping I get to craft sometime soon!

   

Time Out #120

Hi All

A new challenge starts today at Time Out.

For this challenge we are challenging you to be:

Colourful

Here is what I made for a very dear friend who is having a hard time. She has is already and I am pleased to say, it did make her smile!

Our amazing sponsors are Winnie and Walter

I have used their following products to make my card:

In A Word-Friend Cutaway

The Big, the Bold and Party stamp set

Essentials:Katherine Cutaways

Our winner gets a $25 gift voucher to their store.....need any other reason to get colourful with us!

The Design Team are a colourful bunch-check them out here and then get inky.

You have until 5pm BST Oct 24th to play along!

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

Winnie and Walter Number Cruncher-using 3 colours, 5 Dies from Winnie and Walter and 3 enamel dots!

Winnie and Walter-dress up your dies-not only hss my friend die from Winnie and Walter been cut from previous water colour card, so has the star. Also the tag dies from Winnie and Walter have been dressed up with their other cutaways!!

Challenge #119

Hi All

Time for you to take some Time Out and play in our Theme Challenge at Time Out



Many of you will know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we do a challenge each year to help to raise awareness.We hope you will do the same and join in with us.

If you don't want to make a Breast Cancer Awareness card specifically then you can make a friendship card-we all need hugs.

And don't forget you have the option of making this a one layer card! 

I went for our optional One Layer:

This challenge is sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays

For my card I used their following stamps:

Word Ribbon

Sassy Smiles

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Marieke. Her blog is a delight to visit, full of inspiring projects-take a look here-you will see what I mean. We are so happy to have you join us Marieke.

Marieke and the Design Team have all made super cards-check them out here

I am also on a Design Team that is purely about raising awareness of Breast Cancer-Calling All Sistahs-pop on over there and see what we are all about. We have a challenge each month (one going on now!) and lots of info on how to do self breast exams etc.

For our Time Out Challenge you have until 10th October 5pm to join us

Enjoy!

Time Out Challenges #118

Hi All,

A new challenge starts today at Time Out Challenges and it is our 'Home Sweet Home' photo challenge.

Here is the card I created:

Inspired by the colours in the photo below:

This challenge is sponsored by Poppy Stamps and I have used their Embossed Heart Butterfly Die

The fish tail tags are from My Favorite Things and the sentiment from Happy Little Stampers

We are so excited that the Design Team of Poppy Stamps are joining in with us for this challenge. Check out what they have created on their blog here



Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative designer Angie. Her blog is a delight to visit-check it out here, you will love what you see!

Lets see what inspiration there is over at Time Out and The Poppy Stamps blog!

Time for you to get crafty and take some TIME OUT to join us.
You have until 5pm BST 29th September to join us.

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

Poppy Stamps Anything Goes Challenge

Time Out #117

Hi All

Time for another challenge at Time Out Challenges.
It is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge and the words are:



You can use any of these words, and there are plenty there to play with! Or perhaps the whole phrase means something to you-and if so-use them all!

I just went with 'grateful' and made this card:

My flower is from our super Sponsors Uniko and it is from the set Just Because. The sentiment is from their set Paradise-Humming Bird

The amazing Design Team have all used different words and you can check them out here

You have until 5pm BST on 12th September to play along.

Enjoy!

Time Out #116

Hi There,

Time for a new challenge at Time Out.

We are challenging you to be:

BRIGHT

I thought this would be a great oppotunity to get some Christmas cards done and created this 'one layer' card:



I went with brightly coloured snowflakes and the perfect sentiment for this challenge!

Here I have used the stamp set Let it Snow from our sponsor Happy Little Stampers

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is one of my favourite card designer's who I have got to know recently, Anila ,I just love her cards and I have enjoyed getting to know the wonderful person behind the cards! Check out her stunning blog here.

The Design Team and Anila had all made superb cards-challenging themselves to go all 'Bright' for you! Take a look here.

Then take some TIME OUT and join in the fun.

You have until 29th August 5pm BST to join us x

Time Out Challenge #115

Hi All

A new challenge starts today at Time Out Challenges.

It is our 'Theme' challenge with have the optional twist of making a 'one layer' card!

Our sponsors for this challenge are the wonderful Birch Press Designs

They are offering a $20 gift voucher to their store. We will do a random draw from all those who use of twist of making a 'one layer' card-the winner of this will get the this voucher!

Our Design Team will also choose a winner and we will invite this winner to be a Guest Designer for us in one of our future challenges.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Susie Moore. Her blog is a delight to visit-check it out here-you will love what you see!

I went with the optional twist of making a one layer card and created this:

This is actually a CASE of this card by Jane. As soon as I saw it I knew what I wanted to make. I didn't want to copy it straight out so used some different grunge stamps and sentiment-thanks for the inspiration Jane!

The sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays and the grunge set was a pressie from my crafty buddy Shauna. Shauna sent it to me saying she thought it would be a great set for making one layer cards-you were right Shauna-thank you so much x

Our Design Team and Susie have all created amazing cards-take a look here and then get crafty!

Enjoy!!

Time Out Reminder #115

Hi There,

I am here to remind you that there is still time to join in our 'photo' challenge at Time Out Challenge

Here is my card:

I have used the sentiment stamp Sunny Side-Say it Big from our wonderful sponsors STAMPlorations  My sun rays are water splashes from a stamp set by Papertrey Ink

Here is the photo that inspired my card:

I mainly went with the idea of this looking to me like a beach house and it is always sunny by the beach! My sun rays were inspired by the watercolour painting.

I loved making my this card. I had the idea in my head and it worked straight away and it was my fav kind of card-simply stamp and go!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Heather and she has made another fabulous card this week. Check it out here. Plus you will see all the cards our amazing Design Team have made!

You have until 5pm BST 1st Aug to join in the fun.

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

The Library Challenge-HollyWood Wives-inspired by the cover-she is chilling by the pool and enjoying the 'sunny side' of life!!

Less is More-one layer card-stripes

Addicted to CAS-Summertime

Watercooler challenges-all about holidays

Patti-she needs to have a smile and laugh!