Time Out #276

Can you believe it's November already?  Today is the day for a new challenge at Time Out and the word of the day is COZY.

I don't have much in the way of stamps that I thought said 'cozy' but I always think of quilts that way so that's what I made -  paper quilts.

 

The die is from MFT and I used scraps and sheets from several paper packs, attaching them to lightweight cardstock with Altenew double sided adhesive sheets.  Before adding it to the card base I ran it through with the Starburst debossing plate from Altenew.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  

Dies like this means there are always leftovers so I made a second card.

The quilting on this one is an embossing folder from WeRMemory Keepers. 

Newton's Nook is the sponsor for this challenge and will award our winner a $25 store credit. For design inspiration check out what the Design Team and our guests have made.  We hope to see your card in our gallery.

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Time Out #275 - Theme Challenge

Do you like to bake?  Here's your chance to show off your skills on paper with the challenge at Time Out. 

Our sponsor this fortnight is Lawn Fawn who will be awarding our winner a $25 store credit.  The Design Team has lots of inspiration for you over on the blog.  Here's mine.

The little girl is from MFT  and is colored with Altenew artist markers.  I cut the panel with a scalloped die also MFT and a larger one from some paper that matched the frosting.  I thought it needed something else so I embossed the background with Cross My Heart from Spellbinders.  

I hope we see your sweet treats in our gallery.

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Time Out #274 - Photo Inspiration

We have a fun photo for you today at the Time Out Challenge.

A lot of people will probably go with the coffee theme but since I'm not a coffee drinker I went with the sign board instead.

The sentiment is an ancient one from My Craft Spot (out of business), stamped in white on black and framed with a die from Waffle Flower.  The background is patterned paper.  EZPZ

The Design Team has some great cards to inspire you so check them out and then make a card for our gallery.  The winner will receive $25 store credit from our sponsor Newton's Nook. 

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Time Out #273 - Inspired by Words

It's time for another challenge at Time Out and this one is so appropriate for this time of year in the US.  It's our Inspired by Words challenge.

I love the colors of autumn and went with that for my card, and didn't use any leaves at all. ;)

The bouquet of 'weeds' is from Honey Bee's Lovely Layers Autumn Bouquet,  cut from white cardstock and colored with Distress Inks.  They are arranged in their Rattan Basket that was cut from Desert Storm and gently inked around the edges.  The background is some of Altenew's Yogurt cardstock embossed with their Woven Basket folder.  I love all the color and texture.  

Now it's your turn.  How do those words speak to you?  You can use any or all of them to inspire your card.  Take a peek at what the Design Team has done.  The winner of the challenge will receive a $20 store credit from our sponsor Poppy Stamps.

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Time Out #272 - Snarky

It's time for another Time Out challenge and this time we are to be Snarky.

Snarky is not my thing at all but I did find something I thought was cute.

The lures are from Honey Bee and the net embossing folder is from Spellbinders.  The sentiment is also from Honey Bee's Hooked on You set. 

Funky Fossil is our sponsor and they have a $25 store credit for the winner of the challenge so we hope you make a card for our gallery.

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Time Out #271 -

It's our theme challenge at Time Out and we'd like to see cards that offer friendship, encouragement and/or support.

 

The Rustic Floral stencil from PinkFresh Studio was colored with Altenew inks.  The panel was cut with Spellbinders Notched Corner Frames and added to a yellow card base.  The sentiment is from CASual Fridays (nlib).

Our sponsor for this challenge is Uniko and they are offering a $25 store credit to our winner.   I hope we will see your card in our gallery. 

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Time Out #270 - Photo Challenge

What a delicious photo we have for you at Time Out for this next challenge.

You may remember my card from the last challenge.  Strawberries.  Ring a bell?  Well I have another fruit for you today.

Look at my lovely basket of blackberries.  The stamp is from PTI.  For the basket I cut the Honey Bee picnic basket and embossed it with Wicker Texture from Altenew, inking one side to give a little more definition and dimension.  I found some ancient PTI polka dot paper that was the same color as the leaves and added it as a border.  

Graciellie Designs is out sponsor and will award the challenge winner a $25 store credit.  Some see what fruit the Design Team has chosen.  I hope they inspire you to make a card for the challenge.

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Time Out #269 - Inspired By Words

It's August already and Time Out has an appropriate Inspired by Words challenge.

I went an unexpected way with my card for this challenge.

One of the things I love about summer is strawberry shortcake.  Not that you can't get strawberries year round but they seem better in the summer somehow, especially when they are locally grown.  The berries are from Honey Bee and are growing in a barrel from TH that was covered with Mica Spray.  The background is a PFS coverplate that was foiled with pewter.  Yes it is true you can foil with a coverplate. 

This challenge is sponsored by Varada Sharma who is awarding our winner a $25 store credit. 

There is plenty of inspiration from the Design Team and our guests so be sure to check out their cards on the blog.

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Time Out #268 and Inkspirational #320

 This time at Time Out we challenge you to be

This conjures up all sorts of images for me but since I'm retired and live by a lake in the summer, I'm always on vacation.  But I don't have this scene.

Beautiful sunsets shining through the palm trees.  The panel was colored with Distress Inks and cut with Honey Bee's Deckle Edge.  The palm silhouettes are from MFT and the sentiment is from STAMPlorations.  

Our sponsor is Varada Sharma - giving our winner a $25 store credit.

The Design Team is dreaming of vacations and making cards to show off those dreams.  Check them out for inspiration and make a card for the gallery.  You may have a chance to be a guest designer.

Edited to add:  Thanks to Nonni, I'm sending my card to Inkspirational where they want you to feature products from two or more stamps companies.  I used three - Honey Bee, MFT and STAMPlorations. 

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Time Out #267 - Theme Challenge

 It's time for our next challenge at Time Out and this is a theme challenge.

We are being sponsored by Picket Fence Studio who will award a $25 store credit to our winner so get making those cards.

The stars are from Pinkfresh Studio foiled in gold, cut out and arranged on navy cardstock.  The sentiment is from MFT and embossed with Gold Sparkle powder. 

Here's a close up so you can see the shine and sparkle better. 

The Design Team has been seeing stars and have plenty to inspire you.  We'd love to see your card in our gallery. 

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Time Out #266 - Photo Challenge

Welcome to the challenge at Time Out.  This week it's a photo inspiration.

I'm glad it says 'inspiration' because I have nothing in the way of stamps that look like the photo.  I was inspired by the color of the sky and clouds.

My 'clouds' are actually dogwood from Honey Bee.  I got the soft background by using my long neglected Clarity brushes with Broken China Distress Ink.  Since I seem to have a heavy hand using regular blending brushes those have come in handy lately. The flowers are done in Altenew Pastel Sunrise and the embossed frame is SSS's Blossom Field.  

Lawn Fawn is the sponsor of this challenge and they will award the winner a $25 store credit.  We're being joined by Joyce Mehrberg as the winner of challenge #262.  Please check out what she and the rest of the Design Team have made for your inspiration.

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Time Out Challenge #265 - Inspired by Words

The thing about the Inspired by Words challenges at Time Out is that you can use any or all of the words to inspire your card.  "There are always flowers for those who want to see them."  Henri Matisse

Altenew is our sponsor so I had to use one of their flowers for my card.  They will be giving the winner of this challenge a $15 credit to their store.

I used Altenew's Delicate Garden, taking two of the images in the set and putting them together after stenciling and die cutting.  The flowery background is from Stampin' Up and the sentiment is from Honey Bee. 

Arlene Rose is our guest for this challenge and she and the Design Team have wonderful cards to inspire you.  Be sure to take a look and make a card for this challenge.  If you are the winner, you will not only receive the Altenew prize but a chance to guest design for a future challenge. 

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Time Out #264

This week at Time Out we challenge you to be Magical.

I thought of a lot of different things that can be Magical but I don't have a lot of stamps in those categories.  I did come up with an idea though that looks pretty magical to me.

I started with mushrooms from The Greetery, coloring them with Distress Inks.  Then I went on a hunt for the right gnome and decided on this one from Sugar Pea Designs, coloring him with Altenew artist markers.  Then it was time for scene building.  An inked background, a grass die from Gina Marie and some  'ferns' from MFT  were all I needed to finish off my magical place. 

Picket Fence is our sponsor for this challenge and they are giving the winner a $25 store credit.  The Design Team has made some wonderful cards for your inspiration.  Please check them out and then pull out your magical stamps and enter a card in our gallery. 

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Time Out #263

Did you know that there was an Alphabet Magnet Day?  Well there is and it's today.  That is also the theme for the Time Out challenge.

This one started out a little difficult for me.  Since our sponsor is Altenew and I have so many of their stamps I wanted to use one.  But how do I work the occasion into it?  I think I came up with a decent idea.

I stamped flowers from Altenew's Hello Sunshine, colored them with artist markers and cut them into circles to represent refrigerator magnets.  Then I cut letters from MFT, stacked them three high and covered them with Pico Embellishment to give them a shine.  They're not as large as the genuine Alphabet magnets but those wouldn't fit anyway.  You can obviously see the major sentiment but can you find two other words using the letters?   The flowers were popped up and everything placed on my stainless steel refrigerator door. 😉

Altenew is giving our winner a $15 store credit.  There is plenty of wonderful inspiration from the Design Team on the blog.  Take a look and make a card for our gallery for your chance to win. 

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Time Out #262 - Photo Inspiration

Kim Heggins used to be a design team member at Time Out and is an incredible seamstress.  She made the inspiration for our challenge.  

Kim has an Etsy shop called Running Stitch Design and is offering the winner of our challenge a $25 credit to her shop.

I took my cue from the brown checked fabric on the bottom of the bag and the dogs in the print fabric.  I have always loved this dog from Gerda Steiner, stamped him on a panel cut with MFT's wonky rectangles and colored him with Zigs.  The checked background is a stamp from Concord and 9th.  The sentiment from the GS set was stamped and cut with an Altenew speech bubble. 

Need inspiration other than that fabulous bag?  The Design Team has plenty to show you.  

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Time Out #261 - Inspired By Words

Here are the words to inspire you to make a card for Time Out.  "I'm a romantic! I live for long, dreamy walks down the craft aisle."  

Fun huh?  You can take any of the words, or all of them, to make your card.  I took them all.

 

I don't know what possessed me to get this Hero Arts Monthly Kit five years ago but I have used it a few times.  It was perfect for today's challenge, especially since it even has hearts to go with the romantic theme. 😉  A lot of the images from the kit, including two of the sentiments, were stamped and colored with Altenew artist markers.

We are being sponsored by DoodlebugsWA and the winner of the challenge will receive a $25 store credit.  

We'd love to see your card in our gallery.  If you need inspiration, please check out the Design Team's cards.  

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