TIME OUT CHALLENGE #303 PHOTO INSPIRATION

 Hi there Crafty Friends! It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. This is our last challenge for the year. 

I hope you like the photo for this challenge. It was taken by our lovely teamie, Ishani at a wedding. Remember you can be inspired by any element or colour, so have some fun! 

I zoomed in on the photo and saw the gorgeous henna decoration on the hands and arms and I thought this old coveted paper from Basic Grey would emulate that. The flower was inspired by the gorgeous trim on Ishani's dress. 

I coloured the Penny Black flower with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss Pen. 

Here's a closer look at the photo. 

Photo Credit: Ishani. Dharamsala, India. Date 16 Apr 2024

Our wonderful sponsor, Birch  Press Design, is generously offering a $20 store credit as a prize to our Challenge Winner as chosen by the Design Team.  Our winner will also get invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We are joined by  Trina Pham of Phamtastic Design, as Guest Designer. You can see her gorgeous card 

and more inspiration from our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGE blog. 

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Time Out Challenge - Pick Two

Hi there Crafty Friends! It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. We've changed up our challenge themes this year and for this challenge we want you to Pick (at least) Two from the following:-

Emboss, Movie, Nature, Corner, White, Sparkle

Emboss/Nature/Corner/Sparkle

The tulips were 'stamped' and cut with a Spellbinders Hotfoil Plate and co-ordinating die. I coloured the image with Karin Markers. 

The embossing folder is an oldie. 

Poppystamps is our wonderful sponsor, generously offering a $20.00 Store Credit as a prize to our Challenge Winner.  The winner will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer this week is the lovely  Margreet Burger of Margreet's scrapcards.

You can see Margreet's fabulous card and more inspiration from our  wonderful DT at the Time Out Challenge blog. 

Now it's your turn - I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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TIME OUT CHALLENGE #301 Inspired by ...

 Hi there Crafty Friends!  It's time for a new Time Out Challenge and this week we want you to be Inspired by: Your Favourite Holiday. 

This was an easy decision for me, because we don't celebrate many holidays now the 'kids' have grown up and left home. So Christmas is a wonderful time for getting together with friends and family.  I also love all the festive food and  decorations. 

I love navy and gold and made this card with Spellbinders Hot foil Plates and dies.

The card is shimmery and the gold foil sparkles. 

Our wonderful sponsor, Angie Blom Digital Designs, is generously offering a  $20 store credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also get an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge

You can see more inspiration from Stef Perry of Perry Papercrafts, our talented Guest Designer and the rest of our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGE blog. 

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

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Time Out Challenge #299 Photo Inspiration

 Hey there Friends. The last 2 weeks have flown by and it's time for another Time Out Challenge. It's a Photo Inspiration and it's another one of my pics. I took it last year at a favourite Vintage shop. I was amused by the quote, but love all the frames too. 

I immediately  zeroed in on the bust of the lady and the frames and it reminded me of a cameo, so I used these gorgeous dies from Spellbinders to create my card. The oval dies are from MFT. 

Our wonderful sponsor, Lawn Fawn, is generously offering $25.00 Store Credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also get an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We have the very talented Verena Shapiro of Simple Stamper  (Instagram), as our Guest Designer. 

You can see her gorgeous card and more inspiration from our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGE blog. 

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

                                                                

Time Out Challenge #298 Pick Two

  Hi there Crafty Friends! It's time for a new challenge at Time Out.

 We've changed up our challenge themes this year and for this challenge we want you to Pick (at least) Two from the following:- Spatter, Music, Season, Edge, Monochrome, Metallic.

Splatter, Music, Edge and Season (Spring)

It's been a long time since I've used Rub-ons, but when I got this pretty freebie 49th & Market set from Scrapbook.com, I was very excited to use them. 
I combined them with some stamping and splatter. 

Lawnfawn is our wonderful sponsor, generously offering a $25.00  Store Credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner.  Our winner will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Our Guest Designer this week is the lovely  Jaydee of Stampin! with Jaydee

You can see Jaydee's fabulous card and more inspiration from our  wonderful DT at the Time Out Challenge blog.  Now it's your turn - I hope you have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

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Time Out Challenge #297 inspired by ... Your Favourite Season

 Hi there Crafty Friends. It's time for another  Time Out Challenge.  We want you to make a card Inspired By ... Your Favourite Season. 

It was a difficult choice, but Autumn won my vote, although I do love Spring too.

I used a gorgeous Embossing folder from Honey Bee Stamps and coloured with Altenew Metallic Watercolour paints. 

I used glitter paper for the border and sentiment. 

This Challenge we are kindly sponsored by   .

We are thrilled to have the incredibly talented Darnell Knauss of djkardcreations,  joining us as Guest Designer for this challenge. You can see Darnells’s gorgeous card and more inspiration from our  fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGES blog. 

I hope you'll  have the opportunity to join in the fun and enter our challenge.

I'm also sharing my card at the following challenges:-

Inspiration Station Challenge

Four Seasons Challenge

Rectangle, 3 or more colours, Embossing

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Time Out Challenge #295 Photo Inspiration

 Hi there Crafty Friends! It's time for a new challenge at Time Out. I hope you like the photo chosen for this challenge. I took it at my 'Happy Place' - Queenscliff Harbour, where we have a Beach House. I love walking my dogs in the morning and enjoying a Cafe Latte with this view. 

I used dies from Penny Black, Distress Inks and Karin Markers to create this framed scene.

Our wonderful sponsor, lawn fawn, is generously offering a $25 store credit as a prize to our Challenge Winner as chosen by the Design Team.  Our winner will also get invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We are joined by Kathy Schweinfurth of Stamps at Play, as Guest Designer. You can see her gorgeous card 

and more inspiration from our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGE blog. 

Here's a closer look...

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TIME OUT CHALLENGE #293 INSPIRED BY ....

 Hi there Crafty Friends!  It's time for a new Time Out Challenge and this week we want you to be Inspired by: Your Favourite Song.

Two of my favourite Australian Singer/Song Writers are Missy Higgins and Nick Cave, so I've made a card inspired by a song from each artist.

Missy Higgins - Sound of White

Nick Cave - Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow

The only times I've experienced falling snow, it seemed to be almost silent, but when I looked for videos, it sounded like heavy rain. Maybe my Northern friends can enlighten me.

Anyway these songs inspired me to make a White on White card.

I've used an Embossing Folders from Stampin Up and Simon Says Stamp. The dies are from Memory Box Co, Papertrey Ink and Alexandra Renke.  I can't remember the origin of the sentiment. 

The winner of our challenge will win a $25 credit from our wonderful sponsor -Lawn Fawn and 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 CHALLENGE 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:)

                                                                

  

TIME OUT CHALLENGE #292 TRAVEL

 Welcome back Crafty Friends. It's time for a new Time Out Challenge and this week we have a THEME challenge - the prompt is TRAVEL.

I have used a fun aeroplane patterned Embossing Folder, a background stamp  and sentiment stamp from Kaisercraft. The globe stamp is from Impression Obsession.  The watercolour background was made with my favourite Cosmic Shimmer Pixie Dust.

This winner of our challenge will win a $20 credit from our wonderful sponsor - Angie Blom Digital Designs, and will also have the chance to be Guest Designer in a future challenge.

We are joined by Sherri Schmidt, as Guest Designer. You can see her gorgeous card 

and more inspiration from our fabulous DT at the TIME OUT CHALLENGE blog. 

Sherri posts her work on Flickr as Sherrisonline.

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

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TIME OUT CHALLENGE #282 PHOTO INSPIRATION

 Hi there Crafty Friends!  It's time for a new Time Out Challenge and this week we want you to be inspired by a photo.

The photo prompt in this challenge is also the prize - a beautiful handmade bag, made by our old Teamie Kim Heggins. Kim not only makes beautiful cards, she is also very handy with needle and thread! Check out her other beautiful creations at Running Stitch Designs.

I was inspired by the colours and knitting stitch pattern. I also incorporated the snowflakes with the pinpoint coverplate. 

Stencil: The Greetery Knit Wits

Stamps: Inspired by Stamping

Die: Memory Box Pinpoint Snowflake

As mentioned above, our sponsor for this challenge is one of our very past designers, Kim, at RunningStitchDesign! 

This challenge prize is open to only US residents, thank you for understanding.

We are joined by  Arlene Rose of Sundaystamper Papercrafts,  as Guest Designer. 

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

I hope you'll be inspired by this gorgeous bag and have the opportunity to join in our challenge.

                             

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