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It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. Challenge #235 is a Photo Challenge as seen above. I chose to zero in on the twig wreath in the top left of the photo. I am thrilled with the way it came out.

We are generously sponsored by Doodle Bugs. Challenge Winner will receive a $25.00 store credit to use at the Doodle Bugs store and an invitation to Guest Design with the Time Out Design Team for a future challenge.

We welcome Toni Maddox as our Guest Designer. Toni's work is so inspiring. Head over to her blog and have a look!

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see the wonderful creations that the Design Team came up with to inspire you. Come play with us!

Project Details
Stamps/Dies	SU Sanded, Hero Arts Branch Wreath Poppystamps Grand Madison Window Heffy Doodle Hello Everyone
Cardstock	80 lb. Neenah Solar Crest Kraft & wood grain card stock SU Chocolate Chip & Early Espresso
Ink	VersaMark
Embellishments	Pinkfresh Studio English Garden Washi
Other	Spellbinders Platinum Plus Die Cutting & Embossing Machine Scor-Pal Score Board Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer MISTI Stamping Tool Bearly Art Precision Glue Scor-Pal Score Tape-1" 3M foam tape

I'm also playing at:

Triple B - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

You must use at least 1 B

Krafty Chicks #657 - Anything Goes

SSS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

My Time To Craft - Springtime

It's Your Birthday

I am thrilled to be here with my first DT creation for Festive Friday where every challenge is an inspiration list based on a selected holiday/festivity from the traditional to the unusual. Challenge projects must include at least three items from the festivity inspiration list. 

Since the Inspiration List is a mix of elements related to the festivity, the creator has the choice to make something for that actual festivity, or to ignore the festivity all together and create something using just the elements selected.

For example, an Inspiration List for the festivity “Talk Like A Pirate Day” could include pirates, birds, water, boats, black, etc... A more literal submission would probably use pirates and maybe a parrot with a fun pirate pun sentiment. But, a project with a sailboat on the water with birds in the sky and a “happy birthday, husband” sentiment would also qualify for the challenge. It is important to note that, though the list is based on a holiday or festivity, the final creation does not need to reflect that holiday.

I love the concept and format of this challenge, and I am pleased and proud to be joining this wonderful team of designers.

My project includes red, black, baker's twine, stripes. heart, dog and embossing. My skateboarding birthday dog is from Julie Ebersole's Clever Sausage (Essentials By Ellen). Balloon heart dies are from Poppystamps.

FF0065 is a celebration of National Dog Day. See the Inspiration List above. Lots of fun things to choose from! You can visit the Festive Friday blog to see the "pawsome" inspiration that the Design Team has created to spark your imagination, or you can link to their blogs here by clicking each designer's name:

Sharon Burkert

Melanie Hungerford

Helen Jennings

Beth McCullough

Melva Peters

Judy Rozema

Ann Wilcox Schach

Come play with us!

I'm also playing at:

The  Card Concept #138c - The Dog Days Of Summer

I was inspired by the adorable dog having fun! My Dachshund is having fun as well in this Clean and Layered design.

Watercooler Wednesday #283 - Anything Goes with a Feminine Twist

Little Red Wagon #561 - Happy Days

Seize The Birthday- Anything Goes #196

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Use Your Favorite Tool - My good old Cuttlebug

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Birthday

Love You More

Time Out Challenge #135 is up and running. This time, it's Inspired By Words.

Our challenge is sponsored by Poppystamps. Winner will receive a $20.00 gift voucher for the Poppystamps Store. Awesome! 

Jeanne-from the Design Team over at the Poppy Stamps Blog is joining us by posting a card on her blog: A Kept Life. Please visit her and give her a little blog love.

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is Michele Ferguson of I Card Everyone. Michele's designs are consistently jaw-dropping, and she is the queen of wit and humor. Please visit her blog and leave her some love. We are over the moon that she is Guest Designer for this challenge.

For my card, I used the August 2017 My Monthly Hero Kit to create this starry night scene.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenges Blog to see what Michele and the rest of the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Play with us to share your creation, and to have a chance to win a prize from Poppy Stamps. I can't wait to see what you come up with!

I Look At You

The first challenge of the new year is up and running at Time Out where we are challenged to be Loving.

Our wonderful sponsor is Birch Press Design. The winner of this challenge will get a $20 gift voucher to spend in their amazing store here.

Our Wonderful and talented Guest Designer is Jane Taylor of Purple Jet Loves Crafts. Jane is an incredibly talented designer with a CAS style. Pay her a visit. You will be so glad you did.

I just love this sentiment from Stamper's Anonymous Heartfelt Cling Stamp set. I paired it with this wonderful Capri Heart die from Poppystamps. It reminds me of a sand dollar, which is one of my favorite sea shells to find. I put the two together on a white linen scalloped rectangle die cut mounted on Neenah Solar White 110# card stock. It is very simple, but speaks volumes.

Please head over to the Time Out Challenge Blog to see what the Design Team has created to inspire you. Play with us for a chance to win a prize from Birch Press Design.

I'm also playing at:

Just Us Girls #469 - Leftovers.

Diecut heart made from a piece of watercolor paper from my bits and pieces box, that had been watercolored with Distress Oxide ink.

City Crafter Challenge Blog - You Mean The World To Me

PDCC156

The aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and PDCC156 inspired this creation.  I have so much to be thankful for.  I have a warm house, plenty of food, family and friends who are close and safe even though many still do not have power after Sandy.  My heart is breaking over the devastation of the (my beloved) Jersey Shoreline. Heard news this morning that there is a large stretch on the barrier island where Seaside Heights is, from which people are being evacuated today because of a huge break in a sewer line.  The area is toxic and there are fires and all kinds of other devastation.  They are estimating that in some of those towns, people will not be able to go back to their homes for 8 months.  Many have no home to go back to at all. The stories and the pictures and the reports are almost too much to bear.  And these areas are relatively near to where I sit in my warm home crafting. Gratitude. There is so much to be done here. So many prayers needed. So much money needed to restore the shore and many otherea of the beautiful Garden State and and surrounding states to make their residents whole.  I am overwhelmed with gratitude and sadness today.  Please keep a good thought for New Jersey and the other places that were hit by this devastating storm.  Thanks for visiting and reading on.

Friendship and Sunshine

This creation is for the LIM challenge this week which is masking.  Well, I have been swooning over the inking styles of Chrissie Stokes, Heather Telford and Theresa Momber for a while.  They often involve masking and sponging, brayering or dusting.  The incredible talent of the aforementioned inkers has been a little daunting to me. Recently, my dear friend Jenny sent me a wonderful gift of Ink Dusters from the UK.  Chrissie had mentioned them in a couple of her fabulous inky posts, and I really wanted to try them.  When I saw this week's LIM challenge, I decided to jump in head first.  Out came my Ink Dusters and some distress inks, some masking paper, and then I went over to THIS tutorial from Theresa Momber for a little help and confidence boost.  This card is the result.  Hey! I can do this! I really like the way this turned out, and now I am hooked.

Supplies:

Stamps~Penny Black Winter Sky, PTI Lovely Leaves.

Ink~Ranger Distress Inks : Barn Door,Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed; Memento Tuxedo Black; PTI Chamomile tea dye.

Paper~Taylored Expressions Buttercream, textured cream

Accessories~inkylicious Ink Dusters, Poppystamps Grand Window and Grand Flower Box dies,

self adhesive rhinestones, Dimensionals.

Thanks so much for coming by today.  Spring has really sprung here in northeastern US.  I hope we don't get a freeze now since the flowering trees are all in bloom!  Have a lovely day.