Time Out #58 - Home Sweet Home Challenge

Hi everyone!  The new challenge over at Time Out is our Home Sweet Home challenge.  We give you a photo from a home and you use it as inspiration.

This is the photo chosen for this challenge.  Pretty cool window, huh?

 

I hope you can see what my inspiration was...that arch!  I found a sketch (you can see it below) that I wanted to use and thought it would be perfect for this challenge.  I have a first birthday to go to in a couple of weeks, so I thought I'd make a little birthday boy card.  I've had this stamp set from WPlus9 for quite a while and have never used it yet.  I die cut a circle and, using a stencil, smooshed Versamark ink though it.  I then embossed the dots with white embossing powder.  After that, I sponged two distress inks over the dots.  That circle border was also sponged with distress ink to match the bottom piece.  I used Zig markers on the elephant, balloon, and hat.  I couldn't find cardstock for a mat to match the distress ink colors, so I sponged the mat and added the main panel on top.  That was all adhered to the base with fun foam for dimension.  There's Wink of Stella on the balloon and the elephant's hat.

 

This is the sketch from The Challenge that I followed. 

 

You can see more from the Time Out DT and our guest, Karren, on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Unforgettable (WP9), It's a Celebration (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Zig markers, Archival jet black, Versafine onyx black, Versamark, cracked pistachio, peacock feathers distress inks

Accessories:  Unforgettable dies (WP9), Western star border duo die (MFT), Spellbinder circle die, white embossing powder, baker's twine, Wink of Stella, dimensional tape, fun foam





Time Out #41 - Reminder

Hi all!  This is a reminder that our current challenge over at Time Out is still going on for another week.  We are being inspired by these words:

Autumn...the year's last, loveliest smile.

I purchased this Harvest Mouse stamp set last week from my LSS.  My friend Cheryl and I were there for an amazing technique class taught by Tammy Tutterow.  More on those techniques in another post!  So one night I stamped and colored three of the five mouse images from the stamp set while I was watching TV.  (I got my color inspiration from Jennifer McGuire who colored these in one of her fabulous videos.)  Coloring them was half the battle!  Then I die cut the circles to place him on, added the striped dp to a base that was embossed with a wood impression plate, and added a twine bow and sequins for sparkle.  The circle is popped up on fun foam.

 

The layout I used is from The Challenge.

 

 

I'm also entering this in the 30 Day Color Challenge.  I haven't colored in a really long time.  I forgot how fun it is!

 

You can see more from the designers on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Harvest Mouse (MFT), Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)

Paper:  X-Press It Blending Card, Cajun craze, Thankful dp (Authentique)

Ink:  Versamark, copic markers

Accessories:  Harvest Mouse and Jumbo Peek-a-boo circles dies (MFT), Spellbinders circle dies, white ep, sequins, fun foam, twine