Time Out #63

Time for a new challenge at Time Out Challenges and this time we have:

Holidays with the optional twist of no stamping (stamped sentiments allowed)

Here is my card using the twist:

I basically used an embossed Christmas panel and stamped a sentiment from Uniko to finish off my card.

You can use any holidays for this challenge. I went for Christmas as I am so behind on making my Xmas cards.

Our Sponsors for this challenge are Uniko. If you twist by using no stamps-stamped sentiments allowed, you could be in for a chance of winning a £15 Uniko gift voucher.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Aileen. Her blog is a delight to visit. Take a look at it here and you will come back inspired!

Aileen and our amazing DT have come up with some inspiring projects. Check them out here.

You deserve some TIME OUT, so take it and join in the fun

Time Out #62

Time for our 'Home Sweet Home' challenge at Time Out

Here is the card I made:

Here is our photo:

There is so much to be inspired by-the colours, the clocks, the patterns, lamp shades-well you can see it! Actually when I look at the photo again as I write this, it has a vintage feel mixed with modern style-now there is another idea for you!

The heat embossing of the sentiment is not great and I have used a few sequins to hide up how bad it really is. But I loved how bright and cheery this card is and couldn't face throwing it away.

Sometimes I think it is o.k to share our 'not so perfect cards'-I hope you forgive me! 

I used a background stamp that Nonni gave me. I just stamped various neon inks on this-inspired by the watercolour picture on the wall of our photo. The turquoise embossed sentiment was inspired by the trays in the picture.

Our Guest Designer this week is my very talented Stephanie, one of my teamies at AAA Cards. Her creativity really is outstanding. Take a look at her blog My Ink Well and you will see what I mean. 

Stephanie and our DT have made amazing cards for you all inspired by this photo. Take a look at Time Out Challenges to see them.

Then take some TIME OUT to craft and play along with us.

Enjoy x

Time Out #61

Hi All,

It is time for our 'Inspired by words' challenge at Time Out Challenges.

Our words are:

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine." 

(Anthony J. D'Angelo)

You can use any of these words or the whole phrase to create your project. I went with 'sunshine'.

I used a die cut sun with the middle of the sun popped up. I actually coloured the sun with copics. This die was a pressie from my lovely blogging friend Sarah-thank you Sarah. The sun ray stamp is actually a Christmas stamp that so far I have used as snowflakes, fireworks and now sun rays-such a useful stamp!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative Sue. I am sure many of you will have seen her blog foleysfriend. It is full of inspiring and fun projects. Take a few minutes to have a browse.

Our DT have all made some amazing cards-take a look here.

Now time to take some TIME OUT and get inky.

Time Out Challenges #60

Hi All,

I am at this very minute on the way to Greece for my holiday and so for the next 2 weeks I have only my scheduled DT posts going out. I am hoping looking forward to some sun and pure relaxation. I am hoping the wifi will work where we are going so I can still come visit you now and then but if I am quiet you know why!

Time for a new challenge at Time Out.

It is our CASE (copy and share everything) challenge. This time we are very happy that we are CASEing the very talented and inspiring Therese. Her blog, Lost in Paper, is known by many of you but if not pop on over there and you will come back full of creativity.

Here is the card I made CASEing Therese's card.

I took my main inspiration from her subtle use of vellum. I liked the pattern on her vellum strip and used a score line very similar to this. I then used her flowers and colours as my next inspiration but again used vellum for these, colouring the backside of the vellum. This flower and sentiment is from the Doodled Flower set-Happy Little Stampers

Here is Therese's wonderful card:

Plenty here for you to allow your creativity bloom.

Our Guest Designer this week is the very talented Birgit. Her blog is a delight to visit-pop on over to Crafting While I Wait, and you will see what I mean.

This challenge is for one week only and closes at next Wed 6th July at 5pm BST-so get crafting my friends. I can't wait to see what you create.

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

Happy Little Stampers-Anything Goes

Time Out #59

Hello All

Time for our 'Theme with a twist challenge' at Time Out. And our theme is:

Masculine with optional twist of mixed media

I didn't twist this week. However there is an extra prize if you twist-see Time Out for details

The sentiment is from STAMPlorations-who are sponsoring this challenge. I heat embossed it in white and just added this funky sticker. I love how CAS this turned out. It was sent off to my cousin who is graduating very soon. This is my first graduation card and I hope it is appropriate.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Patti. I have been following Patti for some time now and her creativity is amazing. Check out her blog, Stationery Styles, and you will what I mean.I couldn't be happier that she is joining us for this challenge.

Our DT have all made amazing cards-some twisting, some not-take a look here, and then take some TIME OUT and join in the fun xx

I will enter this into:

STAMPlorations-Anything Goes

CASology-Masculine

STAMPlorations Theme and Sketch Challenge-I have used the theme 'celebration' for my Graduation card.

STAMPlorations CAS Challenge

Creative With Stamps-Masculine

    

    

Time Out #58

Hi there,

At Time Out Challenges we are starting our 'Home Sweet Home' challenge today.

We have a fun photo for you. Here is the card I created:

And our photo:

I went with the colours and the layout of the squares-adding an extra line. This card really went in a different direction than the idea in my head. I wanted to make a graphic card then saw this shoe stamp set on my desk and this card just happened! It was such fun to make.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Karren. Her blog, Stamping Stuff, is well worth a visit. She is so creative. I am sure you will love what you see.

Pop over to Time Out and see what Karren and the DT have created to inspire you.

Then why not take some TIME OUT and join in the fun x

Time Out #57

Hello All,

Ready for a new challenge at Time Out Challenges? This week is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge and our words are:

'May All your weeds be wild flowers'

You can be inspired by just one of these words or by the whole phrase. I went with 'flowers' and created this card:



I do love the summery feel to this card.

This challenge is sponsored by Clearly Besotted Stamps. The winner of this challenge will get a £15 evoucher to spend in their fabulous store.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Julia. Her blog is so inspiring, take a look here-you will see what I mean!

Hope to see you play along and enjoy!

I will enter this into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Happy Little Stampers-use dies

Work it Wednesday-flowers

   

Time Out #56 Reminder

Hi There,

Have you joined us at Time Out Challenges?

We are CASEing the super talented Kay Miller.

This week I used the same design as I did last week but decided how just by adding some texture how different the card can look. 

I just dry embossed all the die cuts and used white and cream. I am not sure which card I like best-here is the one I made last week:

Which one do you like best?

And here is Kay's card that inspired me so very much:

The very talented Marlena is joining us again this week as our Guest Designer. Check out what Marlena and the DT have created to inspire you this week here

Then take some TIME OUT and play with us x

I will enter this into:

Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies

Simon Says Monday Challenge-Emboss it

     

Time Out Challenge #56

Hello All,

Time to take some TIME OUT and play along at our CASE challenge at Time Out.

For this challenge we have an amazing card for you to CASE by Kay Miller. Her blog My Joyful Moments is full of creative and inspiring cards. I urge you to visit it and I know you will come away ready to take some Time Out to get inky!

CASE means 'copy and share everything'. Basically have a look at Kay's card and see what it inspires you to make and get straight to it!

Here is my CASE:

I loved everything about Kay's card and have almost just repeated it! I stamped the splashes behind the frame. Cut flowers and leaf dies and just arranged them slightly differently. I liked the grey Kay used but decided to use more pinks and purples and to keep to just a touch of grey. This quite a different card for me-layers and dies, but I have to say I loved making it and really like how it turned out.

Here is Kay's card:

The very talented Marlena is our Guest Designer for this challenge. Marlena plays in nearly all our challenges and every entry is a delight to see. Her creativity is amazing. Take a look at her blog here and you will see what I mean!

O.K your turn now. Take some TIME OUT and get crafty!

II will enter this into:

Mod Squad Challenge-April Showers brings May Flowers

Time Out Reminder #55

Hello there,

Time to remind you to play along at Time Out Challenges. It is our theme challenge and that is:

Celebrations with optional twist of die cutting/fussy cutting

We are sponsored by CAS-UAL Friday Stamps. There will be a random draw from all those who twist with us. The winner will get a $25 gift voucher for CAS-UAL Friday stamps

This week I did twist with some fussy cutting.

My celebration this week is 'Christmas'

All these stamps are from CAS-UAL Fridays. The top mistletoe has been stamped and then fussy cut out and popped up on foam pads.

Our fabulous Guest Designer Elizabeth is joining us again this week. Check out what Elizabeth and the DT have created to inspire you here

Take some TIME OUT and play along x

Time Out #55

Ready to take some TIME OUT and play are latest challenge at Time Out?

Celebrations with optional twist of die cutting/fussy cutting

Sponsored by CAS-UAL Fridays Stamps. We will do a random draw from all those who twist with us and we have a $25 CAS-ual Friday gift voucher for the winner of this draw!

Your card can be any celebration you want-Birthday, Christmas, Anniversary...the list goes on.

This card was sent a while ago to celebrate just how wonderful someone is. Celebrating a person has to be one of the best celebrations there can be!

This week I chose not to twist (but come back next week and see me twisting away!)

All these sentiment stamps are from CAS-ual Fridays stamps. The firework stamp is from Visable Image Stamps

Our Guest Designer this week is Elizabeth Stewart and we are so pleased she is joining us. Many of you will have seen her cards in galleries and on Flickr but she has recently started a blog called Paper Sweetness. Why not get a cuppa, kick back and have a browse around her blog. I have subscribed and can tell you her creativity blooms with every post.

As always our DT have all made some wonderful CASE cards. Take some Time Out and have a look at them here

Looking forward to seeing what you are celebrating...go on take that TIME OUT and play with us x

I will enter this into:

One Layer Simplicity Challenge-As you wish April

Less is More-use 3 stamps-I used my 3 firework stamps

CASology-Mom

Time Out #54 Reminder

Hi All

Time to remind you of our latest Challenge at Time Out. It is our photo challenge.
This week I went for a one layer card:

If you look closely at the patterns on the cupboard one of them is exactly the same at the stamp I have used from Happy Little Stampers. This is from the set Mix Mash. I picked out some of the colours and just stamped away.

This is our photo:

So much here to inspire-flowers, colours, patterns, tiles.

If you want more ideas why not take a look at what our fabulous Guest Designers-Kylie and Elisabeth plus our DT have created here

We are very happy to say that this challenge is being sponsored by Happy Little Stampers

The winner of this challenge will get a $15 gift voucher for their store.

I will enter this into:

One Layer Simplicity Challenge-As you wish April

Have fun x

Time Out #54

Hello All,

Time for a new challenge at Time Out Challenges. It is our 'Home Sweet Home' photo challenge. We have a really fabulous photo for you and here is what I created:

Here I have used the new Doodles Flowers stamp set from Happy Little Stampers. I stamped the flowers then used zig pens. Nonni's pen that I played with when I stayed with her a few weeks ago! I fussy cut the flowers then layered them up using foam pads.

Here is our photo:

Look at that amazing mix of patterns and colours. Then you have the brick floor and so much more. What will inspire you?

We are very happy to say that this challenge is being sponsored by Happy Little Stampers

The winner of this challenge will get a $15 gift voucher for their store.

Kylie the owner and designer of Happy Little Stampers is joining us today with a card to inspire you to play along.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative Elisabeth.I have recently started following Elisabeth's blog and her cards are a delight. If you haven't seen her blog then I urge you to go for a visit here. I know you will love what you see.

Kylie, Elisabeth and all the DT have made inspiring cards, take a look here.

We are back to our normal 2 week schedule for this challenge. So you have until Wed 5pm BST to take some TIME OUT and join in the fun x

I will enter this into the Anything Goes Challenge at Happy Little Stampers

Time Out #53

Hello All

At Time Out Challenges we have our 'Inspired by Words' challenge. We have a great quote this week:

'A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water' by Eleanor Roosevelt

I created this card:

I hope you can see the quote-it has been heat embossed with bronze embossing powder. I decided to just focus on the idea of the 'strength' of a woman and thought this quote said it all.

Our Guest Designer this week is the very talented Elaine Take a look at her inspiring blog Craft-E-Place. I have followed Elaine for a long time now and she is so very creative. Her blog is a joy to visit.

Then pop over to Time Out and see how are DT have been inspired by this quote and I hope this gives you plenty of ideas to join in.

This challenge is only for one week and closes next Wed 6th April 5pm GMT

That means you need to get crafty pretty quickly...but you need some TIME OUT!

I will enter this into the sketch challenge at Sovushka Slavia

Before I go I wanted to share with you a couple of photos of my trip to Finland to see Nonni.

First off, Nonni, Callum (my hubby) me and Rafa (Nonni's dog)

Next up, Nonni, Rafa and me:

Time Out #52 Reminder

Hi All,

First off, I am sorry I have not been visiting you all as much as I normally try to and have not posted for a week. However, I do have a good excuse. I have been to Finland to visit Nonni my very good friend and co-owner of Time Out. We met in blogland but are now very close friends and have met IRL a number of times. We had a fabulous time-thank you Nonni!

Time to remind you that there is still time to play at Time Out Challenges. We are CASEing Marjan's fabulous card.

This time I went with the flowers again but also the colours and the stitched die that I have popped up. 

Here is Marjan's card:

We have some fabulous cards here to inspire you. Take a look and then take some TIME OUT to play.

I will enter this into:

Uniko-Spring/Easter challenge.

Enjoy xx

Time Out #52

Are you ready to take some TIME OUT and join in our new challenge at Time Out?

We are CASEing the amazing designer Marjan. Her blog is full of inspiring and creative projects. Have a look around it here. You can also find out a little more about Marjan on the Time Out Challenge main blog here

I decided to go with the floral theme from Marjan's card and created this:

And here is Marjan's card:




Pretty inspiring right! I can't wait to see what inspires you.


Take a look at what our DT have created to inspire you here

Now take some TIME OUT and get crafting!

Time Out #51 Reminder

Have you joined our latest challenge at Time Out Challenges?.

We are celebrating our 2nd Birthday with a theme challenge and that is:

Easter and/or Spring with the optional twist of masking

STAMPlorations are sponsoring this challenge. I have used their 'Boxed Bloom' stamp set for my card.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is TaeEun. She is amazing crafter. Her blog Rainbow in November is full of inspiring projects. Take some time to have a browse.

Need some more inspiration-take a look here to see what our DT have created for you.

Then get inky!

I will enter this into:

Color Throwdown-orange, yellow, green and white

Less is More-citrus

Just Us Girls-flowers

STAMPlorations CAS challenge-using option of yellow

STAMPlorations-Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More-CAS

      

     

Time Out Challenge #51

I am very excited today as it is the 2nd Birthday at Time Out.

Nonni and I started this challenge 2 years ago and we had no idea if it would work. We are over joyed that we are still here 2 years on and thank you all for supporting us. A huge thank you must also go to our fabulous Design Team-both past and present.

To celebrate our Birthday we have our theme challenge and it is a nice and easy challenge so we are hoping you will join the party.

The theme is:

Easter and/or Spring  with the optional twist of Masking

I didn't twist-here is my card:

I actually made this card after seeing a card on pinterest designer by the very talented Vicki. She was kind enough to let me CASE her card.

I have used Uniko stamps and the flower is from STAMPlorations our sponsors for this challenge.

The winner of this challenge will get a $20 gift voucher plus we will do a random draw for those who twist with us by using masking on their projects.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is TaeEun. She is amazing crafter. Her blog Rainbow in November is full of inspiring projects. Take some time to have a browse.

You can check out what  TeaEun and our amazing DT have created to inspire you here

We really hope you take some TIME OUT and celebrate our 2nd Birthday xx

I will enter this into the STAMPlorations CAS Challenge-using the option of yellow and their Anything Goes Challenge