Time Out 8th Birthday Celebration!

 Hi friends!  I was humbled to be invited to join my ex Time Out teammates to celebrate Time Out's 8th birthday celebration!  I was on the team from it's inception until I resigned last June.  It's a great team and a great challenge.  So I was so happy to be asked to celebrate along with them for this challenge.

So, obviously, the theme is birthday.  I made this card using a stamp, stencil and die bundle from The Greetery.  I made this so long ago, I can't remember how I did it, but I think I stamped the first layers of flowers and stems and then used the stencil to add details.  After stamping and stenciling, I die cut the image.  I layered a black and white pattern paper on a black mat and added the wreath (which was given dimension by adding two other wreaths behind it) and the sentiment (also given dimension with more die cuts) which was stamped in black ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I added star dust stickles on the orange flowers and black crystals.  

Below are the sponsors for this challenge.  They have been very generous.

Alex Syberia  -$15 store credit

Altenew:  $20 store credit

CAS-ual Fridays:  $25 store credit

Lawn Fawn:  $25 store credit

Newton's Nook:  $25 store credit

Stamplorations:  $25 store credit

Birch Press: $20 store credit 

Poppystamps:  $20 store credit

We hope you'll join in the celebration!  Check out the Time Out blog for more from the Design Team and other former Design Team members.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Print Shop: Floral Frame (The Greetery), Perfect Sentiments (Pink Fresh)

Paper:  White, black, Cedar Lane (Pink Paislee)

Ink:  Versafine onyx black; sweet mustard, marigold, persimmon, fresh pear, olive (Pink Fresh)

Accessories: Print Shop: Floral Frame stencil & die (Greetery), Perfect Sentiments die (PF), stitched rectangle (MFT), clear embossing powder, star dust stickles, crystals

Time Out #190 - Photo Inspiration and a Farewell

Hi all!  It's time for a new Time Out challenge.  This week is our Photo Inspiration challenge and it's such a cool one!  Love those stripes!

 Those stripes and the plants are what I chose as inspiration for my card.  I started with the striped pattern paper from Waffle Flower.  Then I found this floral frame die and sentiment die in my "never been used" box and used them.  The frame die has a coordinating outline stamp that I stamped in black ink and colored it with copic markers.  The sentiment was die cut three times and stacked together for dimension.  I added shimmer to this die cut and crystals around the card.  It was a very fast and easy card to create and I love all the fun colors.

So this will be my last post as a design team member with Time Out.  I've been on this team since the very beginning and have thoroughly enjoyed my time here.  I just feel it's time to move on and do other things.  Sandie and the other girls have always made me feel so welcome.  It was so fun to meet Joyce in person when I was in San Diego two years ago.  She picked me up and took me to a great restaurant for breakfast.  We've done some Zoom meetings which were also so much fun to get to actually talk to the girls.  This is a wonderful team, and I know they will keep the challenge going strong as it has.  Thank you so much for everything, and I won't be a stranger...I'm sure you'll see me in the gallery from time to time!

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Thinking of You (Concord & 9th)

Paper:  Recollection white, JJ's Rainbows (Waffle Flower)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, copic markers

Accessories:  Thinking of  You die (C&9th), bubble bath baubles (Trinity), spectrum noir shimmer

Time Out #189 - Inspired by Words

 Hello!  The Time Out challenge is in its second week of its Inspired by Words challenge.  So much to take away from this quote.

I have had this stamp set from Hero Arts for a bit and thought it would be perfect.  I stamped the tree and boy reading a book (of poems!) and colored them with copic markers.  I added the grass to ground them.  There is some shimmer on some of the things in the tree and I added sequins for extra sparkle.  I love the sentiment!

We are sponsored by Alex Syberia Design for this challenge.  See the Time Out blog for details.

You can see more from the Time Out design team on the Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  My Monthly Hero Arts March kit (Hero Arts)

Paper:  Recollections white, black

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, copic markers

Accessories:  Stitched rectangle (MFT), sequins, shimmer

Time Out #188 - Inspiration Challenge

Hi there!  The new Time Out challenge this time is our Inspiration challenge.  We are challenged to be inspired from items inside our homes.  There's a twist of embossing too!

You know what I have a LOT of inside my home?  NEW STAMPS that have never been used!  LOL!  So I decided that was what I was inspired by.  Reverse Confetti and Hero Arts teamed up to create this graphic floral stamp set.  I loved the samples I saw with this set so I bought it.  I started by stamping and die cutting all the pieces and adhered them together.  Then I went to work on the background.  You can't see it in the photo, but I ran the white piece before stamping it through my die cut machine with a diagonal impression plate.  I then stamped it with the yellow ink.  Before I stamped it onto the cardstock, I stamped it off on a scrap piece.  I wanted a subtle background in that color.  For the yellow mat and sentiment piece, I used the same yellow ink and did the ink to paper technique.  I didn't have a yellow in this color cardstock, so I created my own with the ink.  The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and embossed in white.  I added yellow crystals and shimmer.

You can see more from the Time Out design team on the Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Better Together (Reverse Confetti and Hero Arts)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Versamark, catching rays, do-si-do, rouge, lime rickey, eucalyptus (C. Pooler)

Accessories:  Better Together dies, stitched rectangle (MFT), sentiment labels die (SSS), impression plate (PTI), white embossing powder, crystals, shimmer, dimensionals

 

Time Out #187 - Move

Hi all!  The new Time Out challenge is challenging us to MOVE.  Something I need to do more of!  It can mean anything...walking, running, bicycling, moving to a new home, or even a card that moves.

That's what I chose...a moving card.  I have many interactive dies and chose this sliding window die to create my card.  I have to admit I've never made one of these before, and this finished card isn't my first try!  It was kind of confusing until it wasn't, you know what I mean?  I started by cutting the main part from this green polka dot paper.  Then I did all the stamping and copic coloring and die cut the lovebirds.

When you pull on the twine, a panel comes up revealing a message on top and another bird on the bottom.  These are really cute and fun to make (once you know what you are doing!).

Here they are together.

So now I have some sad news to share.  Our Time Out administrator and founder, Sandie Monro, is leaving.  You can read about her reasons for leaving on the Time Out blog, but I just want to say that I am so grateful for having been on this team with her for what I think has been seven years.  She is the nicest person I have had the pleasure to know in this crafting world.  She sends you the nicest messages, checks up on you, sends birthday and holiday cards, and works harder than any blog administrator I know.  She will definitely be missed!  My best wishes go out to you Sandie, and I'm sure we will see you around blogland in the future!

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, Milla, on the

Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Birds of Paradise and Troplical Tweets (Honey Bee)

Paper:  Recollection white, Polka Dot Parade (Sunny Studios)

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx black, copic markers

Accessories:  Sliding window dies (Sunny Studios), Birds of Paradise dies (Honey Bee), mini cloud stencil (MFT), twine, star dust stickles

Time Out #186 - Theme Challenge

 Hello!  The Theme Challenge over at Time Out this time is PETS. 

I love my dog Martha.  She's a black and white English Springer Spaniel and she's adorable (IMHO!).  So, I had to use this cute dog in black for this challenge.  I stamped it using black ink and die cut it several times to stack it for dimension.  I used the same black ink and embossed the sentiment with clear embossing powder.  I knew I had some old Basic Grey paper with a pet theme and had to dig it out.  I chose this pattern and cut a piece and a black piece of cardstock to mat it.  I added three black hearts to fill out the white space.  I'm sending this to our neighbor's son who comes in the evening to take Martha for a walk.  He rings the back doorbell and Martha runs to the door jumping up and down because she's so excited to go for that walk with him!

Here she is when she was just a puppy of about six months old.  She is 2 1/2 years old now and so furry!  She was sitting by me in my craft room when I took this picture.

You can see more from the Time Out design team on the Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Hero Arts April Geometric kit

Paper:  Recollections white, black, Max & Whispers (Basic Grey)

Ink:  Versafine onyx black

Accessories:  Dog die (Hero Arts), stitched rectangle (MFT), clear embossing powder, clay hearts, shimmer

Time Out #185 - Photo Inspiration

Hello everyone!  The new challenge at Time Out is our Photo Inspiration challenge.  I'm am so in love with this photo and wish I could be sitting in one of those chairs! 

We are sponsored by Kitchen Sink Stamps for this challenge.

I have had this Berries stamp set for a while and this is the first time I'm using it.  It includes images for blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries.  I chose the raspberries because they are close to the color of the flowers in the photo.  I chose a color close to the chairs for the stem also.  The diagonal die is reminiscent of the blue bead board on the ceiling of the porch.  I masked off the edges and larger diagonal stripe and blended blue ink on the smaller diagonal pieces.   I stamped the raspberries in three different inks and the stem in two inks and then stamped the sentiment in black.  I die cut the diagonal cover up piece several times to make it more dimensional.  I added the crystals but it looked so bare.  I had some butterflies that were on my desk from another project and colored them with blue ink.  Lastly, I spritzed the panel with shimmer spray.

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, Claire, on the

Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping buy!

Recipe

Stamps:  Berries (Kitchen Sink Stamps)

Paper:  White

Ink:  Versafine onyx black; tumbled glass oxide; honeysuckle, poppy, cranberry (C&9th); mint to be, in the park, cummerbund (C. Pooler)

Accessories:  Diagonal sentiment strip (MFT), crystals, shimmer spritz

Time Out #184 - Inspired by Words

Happy Spring!  I'm so happy we are in the "better weather" part of the year.  We are getting some warmer weather here in Western New York and today it is sunny and in the 60s.  It's so refreshing!

We have a new Inspired by Words challenge over at the Time Out blog, and the quote is so reminiscent of Sping!

We are sponsored by Altenew for this challenge.  

I have so many Altenew stamp sets.  I love their floral layering sets.  I chose this Hyacinth stamp and die set for this challenge because hyacinths remind me so much of Spring.  I have several in my garden and they smell delightful.  I started by cutting 1/4" and 1/2" strips of yellow, green, and purple cardstock and adhered them to the bottom corner of a white panel.  I die cut the images and then stamped them using Altenew inks.  I chose three shades of purple for the flowers and two shades of green for the stems and leaves.  I used yellow for the flower centers.  The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink stamp set.  I mounted that white panel onto a purple panel (that panel is a lot lighter than it looks here!) and spritzed it with shimmer spray.  I added that to a white base and added purple and yellow crystals.

You can see more from our Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, Helen, on the

Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Hyacinth (Altenew), Spring Hills (PTI)

Paper:  white, yellow, green, purple

Ink: Versafine onyx black; lavender fields, deep iris, midnight violet, maple yellow, bamboo, olive

Accessories:  Hyacinth dies (Altenew), crystals, shimmer spritz

 

Time Out #183 - Be Different

 Hi friends!  The new Time Out challenge this time around is challenging us to be "different".  Hmmm...

Our sponsor for this challenge is Funky Fossil Designs.

So I gave this some thought and decided to go with a coffee theme because (and don't hate me!) I do not like coffee!  I know what you all are thinking!  What???  My parents were huge coffee drinkers.  There was always a pot on the stove and they drank so much of it, but I never acquired a taste for it.  Love the smell, but the taste not so much.  Funny thing is my hubby doesn't drink it either.  He can tolerate it, but not on a regular basis.  His father was a huge coffee drinker too!  So that is what is different.  As I was making this, I wanted to find a way to make it fun.  I guess that is what is different about this card as well, that there are colorful coffee beans on it!  

I started by using the Coffee Cup stencil and blended violet ink through it.  Then I laid the Harlequin stencil over that stencil and used a darker purple ink to create that pattern on it.  The Coffee Cup stencil also includes the coffee cup piece.  I placed that over the inked coffee cup and placed the Lotsa Beans stencil over that and stenciled them using rainbow colors.  So that piece is actually one layer, although it looks like the cup is a die cut.  I die cut that panel with a stitched rectangle die and matted it with a black mat.  The sentiment was die cut three times from black cardstock for dimension.  I added crystals and shimmer spritz for that extra umph.

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, Lisa, on the 

Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Paper:  Recollections white, black

Ink:  worn lipstick, carved pumpkin, mustard seed, twisted citron, mermaid lagoon, wilted violet, dusty concord

Accessories:  Lotsa Beans, Coffee Cup, Harlequin stencils (Funky Fossil), stitched rectangle dies (MFT), for you die (Lawn Fawn), crystals, shimmer spritz

Time Out #182 - 7th Birthday Celebration!

 Hello everyone!  We are celebrating the 7th birthday of the Time Out challenge blog!  It's hard to believe we are 7 years old!

To celebrate with us, STAMPlorations is our sponsor for this challenge.

I used a set from STAMPlorations that appears to be retired.  It's called Pocket Blooms and I also used the pocket die that goes along with it.  I die cut the pocket from navy cardstock and stamped the flowers on another piece of cardstock.  I colored it with copic markers and fussy cut it.  Then I stenciled the background with scattered straw ink.  The sentiment was stamped in navy ink right on the panel and the die cut was cut from yellow and navy cardstocks.  I added the pocket with craft foam for dimension and the flowers behind it.  Shimmer and crystals were also added.

I've been on this team since its inception, and I must say the ladies on this team are very talented and wonderful group that I am so happy to know.   You can see more from them on the Time Out blog along with our guest for this challenge, Karen.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Pocket Blooms (Stamplorations)

Paper:  Recollections white, navy, yellow

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, scattered straw distress oxide, juniper (C. Pooler), copic markers

Accessories:  Pocket Blooms die, stitched rectangles (MFT), HB die (Creek Bank Creations), Just Plaid stencil (C. Pooler), crystals, shimmer, craft foam

Time Out #181 - Photo Inspiration Challenge

 Hi friends!  The new Time Out challenge is live and it's our Photo Inspiration challenge.  Lovely photo of heart cookies!

We are sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps for this challenge.

I was inspired by that one heart cookie with the light pink stripes and floral spray.  I pulled out this die (which I believe is retired because I cannot find it anymore).  I die cut the heart from the panel and the floral spray from another piece of cardstock.  The floral spray was colored with copic markers and adhered to the heart.  I added a piece of pink cardstock behind the heart as well as the stacked happy die cut.  I used one of the preprinted sentiments from SSS to finish the sentiment.  Crystals and shimmer were added to complete the look.

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, Nancy, on the

Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Paper:  Recollections white, pretty in pink

Ink:  Copic markers

Accessories:  Layers of Love die (C&9th), happy die (The Greetery), stitched rectangle dies (MFT0, Nuvo drops, crystals, shimmer, craft foam

Time Out #180 - Inspired by Words

 Hello there!  The new Time Out challenge is our Inspired by Words challenge.  What a great quote for this time of year.

We are sponsored by Newton's Nook for this challenge.

I didn't have the cute stamp set from Newton's Nook of this cute kitty sleeping on top of a stack of books, but I did find this one in my collection.  I don't know about you, but I'm always finding books I'd like to read from friends or suggestions sent to me online.  I thought instead of making a card, I'd decorate a Moleskine notelbook dedicated to recommended books to read.  I started by stamping the image and sentiment in black ink and colored it with copic markers in rainbow colors.  I added shimmer to parts of the images.  I then adhered kraft colored polka dotted pattern paper to the front of the notebook, adhered the image to the center, and added the twine.  I'm hoping to fill up this notebook and read as many books as I can.  

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, my friend Bobby,

on the Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  Book & Film (C. Pooler)

Paper:  Recollections white, MFT pattern paper

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, copic markers

Accessories:  Lawn Fawn shimmer, twine

Time Out #179 - You

 Hello!  It's time for a new Time Out challenge.  This week we challenge you to be YOU.  Tell us about yourself through your card.  See the Time Out blog for more information.

I made this card to tell you about how I love to use layering stencils and die cutting.  I find these two things to be so gratifying.  I love to color, but I've been finding this more to my liking and I just love the results.  My last few posts have been cards made with layering stencils and some sort of dies.  This is a Pink Fresh Studio stencil and die set called Daisy Wreath.  The last one I made was in the pink color family, so I chose to use the orange color family for this one.  I used five different distress oxide inks for this one and used the die to cut it out.  I also die cut it two or three more times from white cardstock to stack them together for dimension.  I don't know if you can see the main panel, but it has been embossed with a Dainy Diamonds embossing folder from SU that my friend Cheryl gave me for Christmas.  It's so pretty in person.  The thanks die (this was a freebie I got with an order...maybe from Taylored Expressions?  Not sure.) was die cut from orange and white cardstock and stacked for dimension as well.  I added shimmer to the word and flower centers.  Yellow crystals finished off the design.   I'm having a hard time with photos lately...this card is really very pretty in person!

You can see more from the Time Out design team and our guest for this challenge, Anila, on the 

Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Paper:  Recollections white, only orange

Ink:  Mustard seed, spiced marmalade, ripe persimmon, shabby shutters, mowed lawn distress oxide

Accessories:  Daisy Wreath stencil and die (PFS), Dainty Diamonds embossing folder (SU), stitched rectangle (MFT), shimmer, crystals

Time Out #178 Reminder - Theme Challenge

 Hello everyone!  I'm here with a reminder post and card for the current Time Out challenge.  It's a theme challenge:  Life in the City

I totally cased a card I found on the Papertrey Ink site, however I used some different supplies.  I thought it was so pretty and simple.  I die cut the NY skyline and stars from gray cardstock and adhered them to a black panel.  Then I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and embossed it in white.  I added shimmer to the stars and mounted the sentiment strip on craft foam for dimension.  It was so simple and easy to create!

You can see more from the Time Out design teams and our guest for this challenge, Joy, on the

Time Out blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Stamps:  City Scene and City Scene Sentiments (PTI)

Paper:  gray and black 

Ink:  Versamark

Accessories:  Stitched rectangle and NY skyline dies (MFT), white embossing powder, shimmer craft foam