Time Out Challenge #280 Be Inspired by

Hi there Crafty Friends. We have a really fun challenge for you tat Time Out. We want you to be Inspired By: Your favourite thing to do in January. 

It's Summer where I live, so that means lots of entertaining and drinking lots of G&T's on those barmy evenings!

I used a gorgeous(NBUS) stamp set from Visible Image to create my artsy card.

I used my new sets of Zig Markers to do the colouring. I love all of their new (to me) colours.

(activity where you live - sport, drink, hobby, place to go, book genre... This allows our southern hemisphere players to think summer, and our northern hemisphere players to think winter or whatever season they enjoy in January)

This winner of our challenge will win a $25 credit from our wonderful sponsor - Lawn Fawn and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer this week is Verena Shapiro of Simple_Stamper on Instagram.

You can see Verena's card and more inspiration from our  fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

                    Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)

                                                                

THE CARD CONCEPT #213 WINTER SOLACE

 Hello Crafty Friends! Welcome to a Wonderful New Year of challenges at The Card Concept. 

We have a beautiful photo, with a very serene scene, to spark your creativity.

I used patterned paper and a sentiment stamp to create this monochrome Vintage style collage.

Remember, an inspiration photo is exactly that- a starting point for inspiration. Will it be the colours, the overall theme, the texture, the actual items and/or something else that will inspire your card? 

I hope you'll visit The Card Concept Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the team has created and will be inspired to play along in the challenge with us. 

Choose a design style (or combine styles), create a card, and in your blog post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, what style and/or styles you chose and don't forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)

                                            

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Jan'25

   Hey there! Welcome to the first Penny Black Saturday Challenge for 2025. 

Our theme this month is 'ANYTHING GOES or the optional twist 'SOMETHING NEW'.

I actually made something new from an rejected panel. I didn't like the colouring of the whole stamped image, so I fussy cut the bits I liked and made 2 tags. 

The stamp is called Penny Black Alluring Arrangement.

I used Zig and Karin Markers 

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor

Prize - $20 voucher!

If you'd like to be considered for a guest designer spot for a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name on the link-up...and remember to check back to see if you've been chosen!

 You can see more inspiration from our talented Guest,  Greta from GG Creations and the rest of the DT at our blog. I hope you have the opportunity to join us.

                   Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)

                                                                

TIME OUT CHALLENGE #279 THEME: BEGINNINGS

 And just like that, a New Year has begun!!! I hope you all had a enjoyable Holiday Season with family and friends, with lots of yummy food and drink and maybe found some time to create.

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out and the theme is 'Beginnings'.

This was a really simple card to make, using just dies and designer paper. 

You can see more inspiration from our talented Guest Designer, Ellen Coats of georgia_jayhawk (Instagram) and the rest of our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

   Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)

                                                                

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE DEC'24 Reminder

 It's the 3rd Saturday of the month, so it's time to remind you about  Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  This month our theme is 'ANYTHING GOES' or Optional: 'WINTER WONDERLAND'.

I used a cute image Penny Black  stamp called 'Sweet Sledder',

and PB 'Dressed in Snow' for the background. The sentiment die is also from Penny Black. 

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor

Prize - $20 voucher!

If you'd like to be considered for a guest designer spot for a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name on the link-up...and remember to check back to see if you've been chosen!

 You can see more inspiration from our talented Design Team at our blog. 

I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

                               Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)

                                                                

Case Me a Christmas Card with Michelle

 I am so happy to be joining my friend Michelle Lupton again this year in her Christmas Card series. 

This is the how it works this year;  Michelle  will CASE one of her guest's cards, and we will CASE one of hers! CASE stands for Copy And Share Everything - but it's not about just copying a card. It's about getting inspiration from cardmaking friends and making a new card with our own twist.  And, of course, the card has to be a Christmas card!

The card I chose to CASE, stood out to me because of the gorgeous background and also the layout ...

I used Simon Says Stamp Holiday Sprig Coordinating Stamp/stencil and die set.

The background was made using an old stencil and Delicata Gold ink.

This is Michelle's card...

It's always fun seeing which of my cards Michelle has CASE-d. I hope you'll pop over to Michelle's blog or Instagram a/c to see and also check out her other creations as she is so talented!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)

The Card Concept #212 Christmas Wreath (Dec '24)

 Hi there Crafty Friends! It's the last challenge of 2024 for The Card Concept. 

I took my inspiration from bothe the colours and the photo. I used one of my favourite SSS coordinating stamp/stencil/dies sets set - Holiday Sprigs and Dies and Hotfoil plates from Spellbinders. I went bold using bright red shimmer card!

I was inspired by the photo and colours to make a Clean & Layered Card. I loved the traditional look of the photo.

Remember, an inspiration photo is exactly that- a starting point for inspiration. Will it be the colours, the overall theme, the texture, the actual items and/or something else that will inspire your card? 

I hope you'll visit The Card Concept Challenge Blog to see what the rest of the team has created and will be inspired to play along in the challenge with us. 

Choose a design style (or combine styles), create a card, and in your blog post, let us know what inspired you from the photo, what style and/or styles you chose and don't forget to display our inspiration photo and link back to our challenge :-)

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog! I love to read your comments:)