Time Out Challenge #240 Sportive

 Hi there Crafty Friends. Welcome back Crafty Friends. It's time for a new Time Out Challenge. This week we challenge you to be 'SPORTIVE'. 

You can have some fun with this word. Read the definition below as it means more than simply being sporty. I leant towards 'being playful' and there's nothing cuter than a playful Panda, except maybe 5 Pandas!

I've used an old stamp set from The Ton Stamps for the Pandas, adding a touch of shading and detail with Copic Markers and then fussy cut.  In the background I stencilled some leaves (SSS stencil)in matching ink and splattered some Nuvo shimmer. The tree frame die is from Hello Bluebird. 

spor·tive¹

/ˈspôrdiv/

adjective

1. 1.

   playful; lighthearted.

   "Sir John was in sportive mood"

   Similar:

   playful

   lively

   full of fun

   fun-loving

   high-spirited

   spirited

   in high spirits

   jolly

   merry

   lighthearted

   blithe

   gleeful

   frisky

   exuberant

   perky

   skittish

   sprightly

   coltish

   jaunty

   prankish

   frolicking

   romping

   capering

   full of beans

   frolicky

   frolicsome

   gamesome

   blithesome

   frolic

   wanton

   ludic

   Opposite:

   solemn

   staid
2. 2.

   relating to, interested in, or good at sport.

   "Britain's architectural and sportive heritage"

This winner of our challenge will win a $25 credit from our generous sponsor - NEWTON'S NOOK and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

We have the very talented Carol McFarland of Saw it. Had to Make It.  as our Guest Designer this week. You can see Carol's wonderful 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.

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A is for Automobile.

 This is the theme for the current Less is More Challenge. I thought it would be fun to make a couple of Masculine birthday cards...

It was a great opportunity to use Spellbinders Open Road die set for the first time. Thedie cuts were coloured with Copic Markers. I kept it super CAS. 

I found this VW Camper stamp in my old and rarely used stamps box and paired it with The Ton Stamps Wave stamp set. 

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TIME OUT CHALLENGE #237 Fashionable

 Welcome back Crafty Friends. It's time for a new Time Out Challenge. This week we challenge you to be FASHIONABLE!

I used some wonderful stamps from The Ton Stamps and Kaiserkraft Designer Paper to create my 'Fashionable' card. I did a bit of Paper-piecing with the books to add more definition and inked the edges of all the paper. 

The white paper has a lace embossed pattern which adds even more glamour!

This winner of our challenge will win a $20 credit from our generous sponsor - AALL Creates and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

You can see more inspiration from our  fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

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Happy Little Stampers Challenge Feb 22

 It's time for a newt HLS Watercolour Challenge. The theme is always 'ANYTHING GOES'.

The background and butterfly were coloured with a combination of Cosmic and Nuvo Shimmer Powders. 

This is one of my fave colour combos! 

Die: The Ton Stamps Swallowtail Butterfly Coverplate

Stamps: Uniquely Creative

You can see more inspiration from the design team over at our HLS Challenge Blog It's always Anything Goes so we look forward to seeing all your watercolour creations in the gallery.

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Bear in the City

 My Daughter asked me to make a Bear themed card for her Boyfriend's birthday. 

I stamped the cityscape off the edge on both sides of the panel using Karin Markers and spritzer.  Then I painted the road with watered down Karin Markers. 

The Bear was coloured with Zig Markers. 

To finish I stamped the sentiment and coloured the balloon with Karin Markers. 

Can you tell I love my markers? They're so versatile!

Stamps: Penny Black Skyline; The Ton Stamps Honey Bears; W&W sentiment

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Theme: Animals

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