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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Guest Designer Time Out #239...Thank You

 





Hello and welcome to my sadly ignored blog.  I have been doing lots of crafting lately, posting occasionally on Instagram, and not doing much with this dear old blog.  Happily, I am here today because I have the honor of being the Guest Designer at Time Out this week.  I get to play along with my friends and colleagues on the Design Team plus all the talented new DT members who joined after I left.  

We are challenged to make a card inspired by this photo:



Here is a bigger picture:





I was inspired by the bottles on the tray, and pulled out a Greetery set I haven't used in a long time called Bottled Up.  I stamped and cut out each of the two bottles in various colors, added texture to two different card fronts, and then played around with them until I had two cards I liked.

Color scheme one...





And color scheme two...




And, here they are together.  






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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Time Out #228...Winter/Holiday Season







On a personal note, this will be my last post as a member of the Design Team at Time Out.  I have been on the team since 2015--I started on Challenge #58, and am ending on Challenge #228.  I cannot believe it has been 8 years.  I would like to say a big thank you to Sandie and Nonni for bringing me on to the team all those years ago.  I am grateful to my teammates at Time Out, our sponsors, as well as all the talented card makers that have played with us over the years.  You are all a constant source of inspiration.  I'll see you all around blogland (and perhaps even Instagram), and hope to become a regular participant here at Time Out, my favorite challenge.


It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  This time it is a theme challenge, and our theme is:

Winter/Holiday Season

I used this very fun Main Street Christmas stamp set from our sponsor, Newton's Nook.  





Where will this challenge take you?  We would love to see you make a card inspired by our theme.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Sue Symens and the Time Out Design Team.  Newton's Nook is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Time Out #227...Running Stitch Design

 








It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  This may be my most favorite challenge of the year because take a look at our inspiration!  This adorable bag is both our inspiration and our prize, and it is hand made by our own Time Out DT member, Kim Heggins.  Check out Kim's Etsy Shop, RunningStitchDesign.  It is full of beautiful, hand made gift items.





The inspiration for my card came from those adorable dogs in their fall sweaters.  It doesn't get any cuter than dogs in sweaters.  Take a look at my dog in his sweater.







Where will this challenge take you?  We would love to see how you are inspired by Kim's adorable prize.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer and the Time Out Design Team.  RunningStitchDesign is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Time Out #226...A Good Head

 






It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.   We have a quote to inspire you today:


"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination." by Nelson Mandela



I was inspired by the word 'heart' in our quote, and decided to make an encouragement card.  I just love this sentiment, and find it is so very wise.  I used stamps and a stencil from our sponsor, Stamplorations, called All Your Heart and Old Rose Prints.

After doing my stenciling and then stamping, I decided my card needed a bit more interest.  I die cut a square from the center of the front panel, layered it up, and then inlaid it back into the card front.






Where will this challenge take you?  We would love to see how you are inspired by Nelson Mandela's inspiring words.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, and the Time Out Design Team.  Stamplorations is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Time Out #225...Thankful

 





It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  This is a theme challenge, and our theme is:


THANKFUL



I used a stamp set from our sponsor, Lawn Fawn called Simply Celebrate Critters, and created this row of bunnies looking over a brick wall.  They are all saying thank you in some form, and all the little sentiments fit perfectly into the speech bubbles.

I added a bit of grass in front of the brick wall to add some color and interest.




Where will this challenge take you?  We would love to see how you interpret the word 'thankful'.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Deepti Aggarwal, and the Time Out Design Team. Lawn Fawn is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Time Out #224...Cancer Awareness/Encouragement/Friendship








It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  This time it is a theme challenge:


Cancer Awareness/Encouragement/Friendship


We challenge you to create an encouragement and/or friendship card! This is our cancer awareness challenge and we want to recognize all those who have struggled and fought through a cancer battle, and to pay homage to those whose journey has led them out of this world. 
 
We want to give a special shout out to our friend Shery at STAMPlorations. She has been fighting a cancer battle this year and she has been heavy on our hearts here at Time Out. Thank you Shery for all the years of support and creativity.  We stand with you as you walk through this journey.

Unfortunately, the CAS-ual Fridays online store has closed down. However, we still have a prize package from CAS-ual Fridays that will be sent to the winner of this challenge!
 
We want to take a moment and thank Michele, owner and designer of CAS-ual Fridays, for all of the creativity that she has brought to so many over the years. We also want to thank her for the strong support of Time Out. Your shop and journey has been an inspiration to us!

Now, on to my card:

I decided to focus on the Encouragement/Friendship portion of the challenge.  I pulled out the Cup Refills set from our sponsor, CAS-ual Fridays stamp to create this clean and simple card.   It is almost completely one layered, as the only thing I did to the card front was cut out and pop up the lid on the coffee cup.






Where will this challenge take you?  We would love to see how you are inspired by this challenge.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Elizabeth Stewart , and the Time Out Design Team.  CAS-ual Fridays is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

Time Out #223...A Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year








It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by the photo on our badge.  Here is a larger version of the photo:





I think it is pretty easy to see how I was inspired by this photo.  I was inspired by that beautiful green Christmas tree.  I colored the star on top in silver, inspired by the silver star in the photo. 






Where will this challenge take you?  We would love to see you make your own card inspired by this photo.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from  the Time Out Design Team.  Newton's Nook is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Time Out #222...Rainbow






It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by this quote:

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud"

--Maya Angelou



I was inspired by the 'rainbow' in this quote.  I wanted to combine the rainbow with some adorable dogs I recently bought from Lawn Fawn.  I used Simply Celebrate Critters to create this card, and a Mama Elephant rainbow die as the backdrop.








Where will this quote take you?  Will you think of rainbows, clouds, a general encouragement card, or something else.  We'd love to see your interpretation.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Fran Wing, and the Time Out Design Team.  Lawn Fawn is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Time Out #221...Cheers

 





It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by the word:

FESTIVE


I decided a trio of friends having some fun cocktails was the festive scene I wanted to create.  Perhaps it is telling me that I am overdue for a festive celebration with friends.  I used dies from the MFT Cheers to Your Birthday card kit.  There was a lot of die cutting involved in making this card--and no stamping!






Where will this word take you?  We'd love to see your project in our gallery.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from the Time Out Design Team.  Birch Press is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Time Out #220...Happy Birthday

 







It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make your own background.

I used a stencil from our sponsor called Stamplorations Almost Shattered, and blended a rainbow of DO colors across my card front.  When that was all done, I sprayed the entire thing with shimmer spray.  Making my own background using blending and stencils is one of my most favorite ways to quickly create a beautiful card background.  

I added a happy birthday sentiment using Stamplorations Birthday Word Die and the stamped word 'happy' from a random birthday stamp set.  This card was so quick and easy to make.






Where will this challenge take you?  We would love to see you make your own background for your card.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Hannelie, and the Time Out Design Team.  Stamplorations is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Time Out #219...With Sympathy

 






It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by this photo:





Fun fact about this beautiful sunset photo is that it is a picture of the beach near my house.  (I did not take this photo--but found it online)

I was inspired by the beautiful colors of this sunset, and the silhouette of the plants in front.





How will this photo inspire you?  

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Deepti, and the Time Out Design Team.  Varada Sharma  is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Time Out #218...RBG







It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by this quote:


"Reading is the key that opens doors to many good things in life.  Reading shaped my dreams and more reading helped me make my dreams cone true."

--Ruth Bader Ginsburg



I was inspired by this quote to make a card featuring books and reading.  I used Newton's Nook Sips & Stories stamps for my card.  I am always needing book and reading themed cards for my book club friends.  I especially like the sentiment I chose, as it has the word 'judge' in it--fitting for a quote from a Supreme Court Justice.





There are so many ways to be inspired by this quote.  Will you focus on books and reading?  How about dreams?  Doors?  Or maybe an encouragement card.  We'd love to see how you are inspired.


Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from the Time Out Design Team.  Newton's Nook is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Thursday, June 30, 2022

Time Out #217...Be Kind






It's time for a new challenge at Time Out.  This week, we challenge you to:  

Be Kind

The world could use a little more kindness, don't you think?

I paired up this pretty flower from PTI Beautiful Brushstrokes with a little sentiment set to create my CAS card.  I really do agree with this sentiment.





Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Arlene Rose, and the Time Out Design Team. CAS-ual Fridays is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Time Out #216...Tropical

 







It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  This is a THEME week at Time Out, and our theme this week is:

TROPICAL


I have a little secret for you....I made this post and scheduled it in advance because right now (if you are reading this on the first few days of the challenge) I am in Maui, and it looks exactly like this where I am.  Wish you were here.

I created this little tropical scene by combining stamps from Mama Elephant (Beach Chickies) and Clearly Besotted (Scene it More).  It is such fun when I can take my stamps out from different companies and they play so well together.  My sky is blended distress ink, and I created that sandy beach with copic markers using a technique I learned somewhere but now cannot remember.




Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, , and the Time Out Design Team.   Topflight Stamps is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  



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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

CASology Week #404...Ride

 








On a personal note, this will be my last challenge as a member of the Design Team at CASology.  I have been on the team since 2014, and I cannot believe how the time has flown by.  CASology was the first DT I was ever on, and I would like to say a big thank you to Melissa for taking a chance on me and welcoming me to her team.  I am grateful to my teammates at CASology and well as all the talented card makers that have played with us over the years.  You are a constant source of inspiration.  I'll see you all around blogland, and probably at CASology as well, where I plan to play along as often as I can.


Now, back to my typical CASology post...

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is RIDE. I just love this little scooter with its festive balloon message.  To keep the card CAS I used white on white texture behind my main focal image.






Now it's your turn.  How does RIDE inspire you?


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:
  1. One main image
  2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
  3. Limited layers & embellishments
  4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.


Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from our Guest Designer Marieke, and our design team.  



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