Time Out Challenge #263

Hello and welcome

It’s time for our new challenge over at Time Out! It’s a “Theme Challenge”! So there are lots of chances of fun with “Alphabet Magnet Day” !

Our wonderful sponsor is Altnew They’re generously offering a $15.00 store credit.

My background features Altnew -Enchanting Vines embossing folder, using the debossed side.

The sentiment die is SSS – Paper Hugs.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Use a Die

Die Cut Divas May Challenge – Monochromatic

Wednesday Inspiration Challenge – Feminine

Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday – May Challenge Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes – Weeks #647-648

Time Out #262

I would like to thank the team over at Newton’s Nook for selecting my card as Winner of their colour challenge. They have a wonderful range of amazing ‘goodies” to play with.

Hello and welcome

It’s time for another fun “Photo Inspiration” challenge over at Time Out!

 This is a very special photo of a handmade bag made by our wonderful sponsor, Kim Heggins of Running Stitch Design. Kim is a friend, supporter and former DT Member of Time Out. She has a variety of handmade bags in different sizes, shapes and fabric in her ETSY Shop. This is one of her fabulous handmade bags as both the inspiration AND the prize for this challenge. How cute?

Looking through my dog images I fell in love with this new Newton’s Nook image from the “Sky High Celebrations” set. It was copic coloured and fussy cut. Wink of Stella added some shine to the balloons.

The background features Mama Elephant Tri Window Cover die.

I created the background with ink blending and some watercolouring for bushes along the horizon.

The sentiments are from Newton’s Nook sets: Cocktail Mixer and Birdhouse Greetings .

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create for this fun photo inspiration.  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Inky Paws Challenge – Colour Challenge

Cut it Up Challenge #302 – Starts with a ‘B’

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

PIP Challenge 2416

Time Out #260

Hello and welcome

It’s time for our new challenge over at Time Out!

Our wonderful sponsor is Lawn Fawn They’re generously offering a $25.00 store credit.

My card uses a stamp from our Sponsor – Lawn Fawn. It is Birthday Before and After – just perfect to match some pretty striped paper.

I used MFT – Stitch Triple Peek-a-boo die for the main panel and used a smaller circle die for the 3 circles so I could place them where I wanted.

The images were stamped, Distress watercoloured and added back into the panel, except for the present chick that was fussy cut! I added a little glitter to the images too.

To add to the fun, I made the middle circle into a shaker! I do love a shaker card and it works so well with a fun birthday card!

I’m entering in Lawn Fawn’s challenge as I always think “Happy Birthday” is one the happiest and most well known song ever!! Little ones learn it very early in some form! 🙂

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create using stripes. Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Die Cut Divas – Anything Goes

We Love Stamping Challenge – Feminine inspiration / Anything Goes

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Cut it Up Challenge #300 ~ Happy Birthday!

LAWN FAWNATICS CHALLENGE 169 – INSPIRED BY A BOOK, MOVIE OR SONG ( Happy Birthday!!)

Allsorts Challenge – Weeks 773/4 – Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #259

Hello and welcome

Our new challenge is Birds of a Feather.  It is a special collaboration challenge with Just Us Girls Challenge Blog!

By entering the linky tool below you will automatically also join Just Us Girls Challenge! 

Your project will gain twice the visibility… You will double your chances to be chosen as a design team favorite and your project may be showcased in one of the challenge blogs. Whether you join from Time Out or from Just Us Girls, you have a chance to win $25.00 store credit to Waffle Flower Crafts. 

When I saw the theme “Birds of a Feather”, I thought of the old proverb: “Birds of a feather flock together!” It made me think of long lasting friendships between those who tend to share similar interests, personalities, views or tastes.

So my card features this fun Art Impressions stamp – Crazy Friends!! (It has been sitting unused till today! ) These girls certainly look like they enjoy time together!! For that reason I decided to make a shaker – one of my favourite cards!! The image was copic coloured and fussy cut.

The card front was cut with MFT stitched frame and MFT Stacked Star die.

The sentiments were from some of my very old favourites from There She Goes stamp company.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create when you think of “Birds of a Feather!”  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

We Love Stamping March Challenge – Feminine

Die Cut Divas March Challenge – Anything Goes

PIP Challenge 2410

Wednesday Creative Inspiration Challenge March – Anything Goes

NBUS Challenge #60

Time Out Challenge #258

Hello and welcome

We are back with an Inspiration Photo for Challenge #258. It’s Leap Year, and our new challenge opens on Leap Day! We thought it fitting to have some leaping inspiration in the form of a frog!

We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn. Our challenge winner will receive a $25.00 Lawn Fawn store credit and an offer to Guest Design at Time Out for a future challenge.

After loooking through my stash, I found a frog stamp set from Katzelkraft. It hadn’t been used before.

After stamping the frog and watercolouring with Distress inks, it was fussy cut and covered with Glossy Accents to give him some shine.

I also found a pretty Lilly Pad stencil from Artistcellar. I inked a piece of green card with Evergreen Bough ink, then brushed some ink over the lilly pads with some greens. Finally the panel was sprayed with Glimmer Mist.

The panel was then added behind a MFT stitched rectangle frame made from the back of a coffee box. Love that kraft colour. The ‘Hello” die is from Avery Elle was added along with the frog.

The sentiment is from MFT- Sunshine & Friendship stamp set.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas – Anything Goes

Pixie’s Snippets Playground Challenge #474

Time Out Challenge #257

I was thrilled to have my card chosen as Winner of Newton’s Nook, Inky Paws Sketch Challenge. Thank you so much to everyone at Newton’s Nook. I love playing with their fun images.

Hello and welcome

Wow!!! Today we begin a new and special challenge with which we celebrate Time Out’s 10^th Birthday!!!

For this challenge we have so many great sponsors:

So I hope you'll join the fun!!

For my card I decided to use a new set from our sponsor -Newton’s Nook – Birdhouse Greetings. Such a cute set I won recently!

After cutting 2 Stitched Banner Dies from Paper Rose, I stamped and Distress watercoloured the images before adding them to the panel. 

The senetiments are from the same set.

The cloud stencil is fromMFT.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Time Out Challenge #256

I would like to say a huge thank you to the team over at Stay Crafty with Hero for selecting my card as Winner of their  Stay Crafty with Hero – January 2024 Challenge – everything old is new again! I am thrilled!

Hello and welcome

Here is the new challenge over at Time Out Challenges! – Inspired by Words.

CASE The Designer Sarah Gray – former Time Out DT Member and owner of Funky Fossil Designs.

Our wonderful sponsor is Funky Fossil Designs.   They’re generously offering a £25.00 store credit which must be used within 90 days.

I had lots of ideas around with this fun design and I finally decided on some butterflies.

After adding some ink smooches and adding a little light stamping with HA – Friends text stamp and some circcles form HA – Mixed Design Borders to complete my corner background.

The butterflies from HA – Antique Engraving stamp set were black heat embossed and watercoloured before being fussy cut.

The sentiment stamp and die came from HA – Flowers and Bees set.

I was happy with the way it turned out. A great CASE challenge. 

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

 Stay Crafty with Hero – January 2024 Challenge – everything old is new again!

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Time Out Challenge #255

Hello and welcome

Here is the new challenge over at Time Out Challenges! – Inspired by Words.

Our wonderful sponser this time is Stamp Simply.  They’re generously offering a $25.00 store credit.

I decided to work with the white theme for my card.

It features HA – Elegant Window Fancy Die layered up to make a shaker card.

HA – Accessories Fancy Dies for the florals outside the window. These were behind the first window die cut, followed by the acetate and finally the layered up window die cuts.

The sentiment is from HA – A Special Note of Thanks.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

Cut it Up Challenge #295 ~ A New Year (use a NEW tool, product, idea, design, etc.)

The Sisterhood of Crafters – ICY COLD

Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge- Everthing Old is New again

Double D Challenges – Sparkle and/or Shine

PIP Challenge 2402

Time Out Challenge #254

Hello and welcome

I am thrilled to be invited to join the amazing team over at Time Out Challenges!

Here is our first challenge for 2024 – New!

“NEW” is the perfect word for my post today. I’m new with Time Out, first with this new stamp set and first of the new year!

It features Colorado Craft Company – Happy New Yeat stamp set. Such a fun image.

After stamping I watercoloured with Distress Markers and added lots of Wink of Stella.

Please head over to our blog to  check out the wonderfully inspirational work by the rest of the Design Team!  I hope you will find the time to join our challenge this month.

I look forward to seeing what you create!  Good luck!

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.  I love to read your comments and will be sure to check out your blog.

I hope you all have a chance to enjoy some crafting time.

Here’s to a good 2024!

Cheers

Helen

Challenges:

SSS Wednesday Challenge – Something New