Time Out Challenges #106

Hi There,

Ready for a new challenge at Time Out Challenges?

I hope so as it is our photo challenge and you know I always love these.

Here is my card:

And our photo that inspired my card:

Gorgeous Spring photo!

I went with the flowers, leaves, yellows and greens but there is so much here that you could use...and I know you will spot plenty I missed!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Altenew.

 All the stamps and dies are from Altenew-Floral Frame and I also used the Floral Frame Die set was used to cut these stamps out.

I stamped and heat embossed the flower and leaves onto some water colour card. I had previously made it and found it in my stash but thought it was perfect for this challenge.

The die frame is from STAMPlorations

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is a previous DT member at Time Out, Sarah and we are so happy she is joining us today. Her blog Funky Fossil Designs is a delight to visit. I urge you to pop on over there and I guarantee you will be inspired!

Our Design Team have all made amazing cards inspired by this photo-check them out here and then get inky!

Enjoy x

I will enter this into:

Sisterhood of Crafters-Spring Flowers

A Spring Day!

Hi There,

My card today was inspired by a few challenges.

It really doesn't feel like Spring here in London but I hope this card makes it feel like Spring for you!

I have been wanting to join in the 'green' inspiration' challenge at Verve since I saw it. I love my Verve stamps and the photo really helped me finish off this card. I had the lay out that I used from the sketch at CAS Colour and Sketches but there just seemed to be something missing. The wood in the photo gave me the idea of using this twine. And once I added this, to me, it all came together!

The sentiment is New Beginnings from Verve and was stamped on this tag I cut from some card I had previously water coloured. The washi is actually a stamp from Uniko.

I have embossed the white card with linen but it is hard to see in the photo and there is a lot of dimension as the base card and tag are all popped up.

This is sat on my craft desk to remind me a few kind words eveyday to someone is like a Spring Day-so I send Happy Thoughts to you all and hope that makes it feel like Spring to you xx

I will also enter this into:

Uniko Challenge-using the green-who are celebrating their 6th Birthday-congrats!

        

Inkspirational #157

Hi All

We have our Designer's challenge today. This time it is the amazingly talented and creative Carol's choice and she went with:

Mythical

I have no fairy, unicorn etc stamps so had to turn to my trusty thesaurus for a helping hand! And in there I found 'mythical' described as 'Imagination'. I knew I had a sentiment stamp that fitted this (a pressie from my dear friend and teamie Nonni). So went with this:

A quick and easy all stamping card-my fav!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Mimi. Check out her amazing blog here and then go over to Inkspirational and see what the DT have created to inspire you.

Enjoy x

I will enter this into:

AAA Cards Challenge-use a third.

Time Out 4th Birthday Challenge Reminder!

Hi There,

Have you joined in our 4th Birthday celebrations yet?

If not, then I am here to remind you with this card:

Inspired by our quote:

You can use any of these words to inspire you or more than one, or perhaps the whole quote!

Our sponsors for this challenge are the amazing Concord and 9th

Here I have used their Concord and 9th-Shine Brighter Dies and Stamps.

I cut the light bulb die from some scrap card I had water coloured previously. The hanger, element and sentiment are just stamped.

Our Guest Designer-the wonderfully creative Claire-is joining us again this week. Check out what Claire and the DT have made to inspire you here and then get inky.

You have until 5pm BST to play

Enjoy x

I will enter this into:

The Card Comcept-inspired by colours and the light. My card is CAS with a tiny touch of layering!!

Addicted to Stamps and More-CAS

     

Lips and Love!

Happy Monday!

Still stuck at home not feeling so good so what better way to spend my time than to have a little crafty play.

Those that follow me know I love to make one layer cards but also know I don't so stencils or sponging! But today I have had had a play at trying both of these! I got a few stencils as a  lovely pressie from crafty buddy Sarah. She sells here-check them out, they are fab!

Here is what I made using her fun 'lip' stencils.

I just matched it up with a sentiment from The Ton Stamps

I was inspired to make this by the following challenges:

Less is More-one layer stencils

AAA Cards-use only a thrid

  

Have a fun day x

Calling All Sistahs Challenge #11

Hi All

I am here with our monthly Calling All Sistahs Encouragement challenge from CAS-ual Fridays. Our little bunch of Sistahs are all about raising awareness for Breast Cancer and would love you to join our monthly challenge.

 What do we mean by an 'Encouragement' card? Well anything that would brighten someone's day. I am sure you have plenty of ideas of how to do this and make cards like this every time you sit down you craft. So why not share them with us?

We have a photo and some colours to inspire you. Use either the photo or the colours-you don't need to use both but can if you want.

Here is my card:

And our inspiration:

I went mainly with the colours but added a little flower as a hint to the photo!

The sentiment is from Word Ribbon and the background is Heart to Heart. I heat embossed the heart stamp and then did some water colouring using all the colours in our inspiration. I die cut the flower from the same water colouring sheet. 

Here is how you play along:

1. Make a card that will brighten someone's day inspired by the photo or colours or both.

2. Link up here by 12am EST on the 13th

3. Share with your friends and followers so we can get the word out about our challenge.

One person will win a $25 gift code to use on anything in the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps store.  All products are welcome, but if you use CAS-ual Fridays stamps or dies on your card, Michele will DOUBLE your prize!!!

My fellow Sistahs have all made amazing cards-check them out here and then get inky!

Make someone happy today with a very special card from you!

Can't wait to see your cards!

Enjoy xx

I will enter this into:

Water Cooler Challenge-All Occassions

Calling All Sistahs March Reminder

Hello There,

I am here today as part of the Calling All Sistahs design team, to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer and the importance of doing that monthly self breast exam. It takes 5 mins-check out how to do that here.

Michele, owner and designer of CAS-ual Friday Stamps designed a special line of stamps and dies to help raise awareness of Breast Cancer-you can check them out here. Michele donates 50% of the profit from these to National Breast Cancer Awareness.

Here I have used the CAS-ual Friday Calling All Sistahs stamp sets Supercalifragilistic and Word Ribbon and Sisterhood Sparkle sequins

All our Design Team have made amazing cards-check them out here.

We would love you to go shopping from this range to help us raise awareness of Breast Cancer and if you do and use the code 'cas comfort' you get a discount!

Come back tomorrow as I will be here with our monthly 'Calling All Sistahs' challenge!!

Have a super day and don't forget to put 5 mins aside to do that self exam!

Have a fun day x