Time Out Challenges #102

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Time Out Challenges.

It is our photo challenge.

My card:

Inspired by the colours, the hearts and the gold glitter in this stunning photo:

Both the panel and heart die are from our fabulous sponsor STAMPlorations Bracket Label dies and Clustered Heart Dies. I die cut it first in gold glitter card and then in silver fun foam. I just used the little hearts of the fun foam carefully filling up these areas in the gold glitter. The sentiment is one I have had for a whIle but use a lot-Uniko

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Trina. Trina is an amazing crafter and I am so pleased she has joined us for this challenge. Her blog is full of inspiring projects-check them out here

I really loved creating using this photo as inspiration and I hope you do too!

Our DT have all made such stunning cards-check them out here.

Then take some Time Out and craft with us!

I will enter this into:

Freshly Made Sketches-flipping the sketch

Uniko-Challenge-something old (sentiment), something new (dies) and I went with the twist of love.

CASology-Swoon

      

Turn Back Time!

Hi All

I saw the challenge 'Late' at CASology this week and had no ideas for it. I tend to be a planner and knew I would hardly ever need a 'belated' Birthday card and this was all I could think off. Then I remembered a sentiment I had from Visible Images and thought it would be perfect-see what you think and where my thinking was going!

Got it??

This is for my husband. We met late quite late in life. I was heading towards 40 (he is a little younger-yes, my toy boy!!). And I think this sentiment sums us up. I wish we hadn't met so late so I could love him longer.

I have used this sentiment with this image before-usually one layer- so struggled to design it differently than before but played around a bit and managed to get a lot of dimension and instead of stamping the image I heat embossed it onto kraft. Usually I use a white card base and brighter colours for this image and sentiment combo. I feel I did end up stretching my design skills a bit...I so wanted to just 'stamp and go' but I preserved!

I was helped along by the sketch at CAS Colour and Sketches-I had intended to add a little heart where there is a small banner in the sketch but decided I liked it just the way it is.

Have a good day x

      

Inkspirational #153

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Inkspirational. It is our word prompt challenge and the word is:

Attachment. 

I made a Christmas decoration that was attached to my Christmas Tree last year.

Yes, it is not the best but I wanted to make a decoration myself-I had a go and yes I did hang it!!

I die cut this Uniko snowflake from glitter card and stuck it to a die cut circle and just added some ribbon.

Here it is on my tree:

It was fun to make this. Although not my best work, I thought it suited our word and sometimes, why not share our 'not so good' projects!

I am sure the DT have done a better job than me-check them out here and then get inky!

My CAS loving Heart!

Hi There,

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Popping in to show you a card I made inspired by a few challenges.

Here it is:

I based the lay out on the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. I knew I wanted to use this sketch and had the idea for this card in my head for a while. I have a few heart stamps and wasn't sure what one to use until I saw the pretty picture at Inspired by All The Little Things-I liked the soft pink and green and the patterns on the cookies. So I went with this heart as I thought the pattern suited the picture. I added the 2 different pinks and a green enamel dot to reflect the colours in the picture.

I will also enter this into:

Paper Players-CAS Love Notes
CAS on Friday-Love

       

Love!

Hi All

Quick pop in to share a card I made yesterday.

I wanted to make a card for the Viva La Verve Sketch Challenge. These I find a real challenge as they are quite layered. But I wanted to give it a go as best I could making my, kinda, CAS version! When I saw the amazing photo at Addicted to Stamps and More and idea popped into my head. This card took me ages to make but I quite like the finishing touches.

This gorgeous sentiment is from Verve. I used a sriped border stamp from Winnie and Walter gold embossing it on the black card. I then used the same stamp inky it onto white card and die cut it with stitched dies from Lil'Inkers. Tag is from CAS-ual Fridays

I think you can see how the photo inspired me!

I will also enter this into AAA Card Challenge-Quote-gotta love this quote-hopefully hubby will too!! (thanks 

      

Calling All Sistahs Encouragement January Challenge

Hi There,

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.

  On the 18th of each month we will start a new challenge with a new inspiration photo.

We all need a little encouragement now and then. Wouldn't it be great to have a stash of cards to send to a friend when they needed that encouragement from us?

Well that is what this challenge is all about-making those kind of cards for our friends near and far!

Before I go into how you join in this challenge, here is my card:

In this card I used the CAS-ual Fridays stamp and die set Mon Ami.

And the photo and colours that inspired it:

Here is how you play along:

1. Make an encouragement card 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!

I will enter this into:

CAS Watercolour Challenge-Birthday-I think this makes for a good Birthday card as well as an encouragement card
AAA-quote-new DT and all new stamps

     

Time Out Challenge #101

Hello There,

Time for a new challenge at Time Out Challenges. It is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge.

First up my card:

And here are the words-use any of these words or the whole phrase:

I decided to focus on 'Celebrate'.

Using dies and sentiment stamp from My Favourite Things.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the fun and creative Michele. I have been a fan of Michele for a long time. Her cards are an inspiration to me. Check out her blog I Card Everyone and you will see why!

This challenge is sponsored by the amazing Birch Press Design with the winner getting a $20 gift voucher for their store.

Our DT and Michele have made some fabulous cards to inspire you-check them out here.

Your turn to take some TIME OUT and craft with us.

Enjoy x

I will enter this into:

Watercooler Wednesday-Masculine-this is off to a guy who has a Feb B'day