Time Out #23 Reminder

Hi friends!  Have your seen our Time Out Challenge?  We still have another week to go on this one.  The challenge is to make a Valentine's Day card with the option of using hearts.

 

I made another card for this challenge.  I did some watercoloring (sort of) for my background.  All I did was put some distress inks on my clear block, spritzed it with water, and smooshed my water color paper into it.  Once I dried it, I sprinkled some water droplets on it to remove some color.  I rounded the corners then cut it almost in half.  The sentiments were stamped then added the cup on dimensionals.  I added some little white hearts that were die cut from a larger die that I thought I was going to use, but didn't (these were the left over pieces from the die cut).  The larger red heart was put on dimensionals too.



 

The sketch was from last week's Freshly Made Sketches (I missed the deadline but this card was made before this challenge was over!). 

 

We have STAMPlorations sponsoring us this week, so there are prizes involved in playing our challenge this week.  Here's the deets:

1. Twist with us (use hearts) and we will do a random draw.  The winner will get a $15 voucher for the store.
2. Comment on Shery's post at STAMPlorations for this challenge and we will do a random draw .  The winner will get a stencil pack from STAMPlorations.

 

We also have a guest joining us this week...Valentyna (perfect name for our challenge too!).

 

You can see more from the design team on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Cup of Wishes (Mama Elephant)

Paper:  Real red, Tim Holtz watercolor paper, SU dp

Ink:  Versamark onyx black; spun sugar, picked raspberry, and festive berries distress inks

Accessories:  Cup of Wishes dies (ME), Falling Hearts die (SSS), dimensionals

 

Christmas Card Challenge #8 - Anything Goes

Hi everyone!  This week over at Christmas Card Challenge is our Anything Goes challenge (as long as it's holiday related!).   

 

I was once again at my favorite stamp store in Buffalo, NY...Buffalo Stamps & Stuff.  The owner, Sharon, has the most amazing store!  She has all the most popular products on her shelves and then some!   I had last Monday off so I popped in for a peek.  I saw a card there made with this die and had to re-create it.  Luckily this week is Anything Goes, so I was happy!  I die cut this Cottage Cuts die from what I believe is pool cardstock from SU...or maybe aqua mist from PTI.  It's one of the cardstocks I DON'T have labeled.  I backed it with some white glitter paper from Hobby Lobby.  The base of the card was run through a PTI impression plate and done!  I toyed with the idea of adding a die cut word, but this was just so pretty on its own and the word interfered with the design.  Super simple card to create!

 

You can see more great designs from the design team on these blogs.

 

                       Alanna    Carol    Donna     Gail    Heather     Jessica     JoAnn     Lisa  
                                     Margo     Marsha     Monica     Shirley Anne     Tenia

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe

Paper:  Recollections white, glitter white (Hobby Lobby), pool (SU) or aqua mist(PTI)

Accessories:  Winter cottage scene(Cottage Cuts), canvas impression plate (PTI) 

 



Just Us Girls #277 - Photo Week

It's getting close to Valentine's Day and we have a great photo inspiration for you over at Just Us Girls.

 

I just got some new goodies from Simon Says Stamp.  They arrived in the mail today just in time for this challenge.  I die cut this heart die from early espresso cardstock.  I love brown with pink or red (or any other color for that matter!).  The inside heart was cut from some pattern paper to get a design like the cookies in the photo.  The heart background was created with another new goodie...the tiny hearts stencil. I used red ink and a dauber to get these little cuties on there.  The tiny hearts were cut using a die from the MFT Blueprints #11 set.  Wink of Stella shimmer was used on the little hearts and the die cut word. Something was missing on this card, so I rounded the bottom two corners and distressed the edges with distress ink. 

 

You can see more on the design team blogs below.

 

JUGs blog

Cheryl Rowley

Chris Dring

Ina Grehan

Maria Levine

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher

Judy Woodland, guest designer

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Paper:  Vintage cream, early espresso, real red, Crazy for Love dp (Bo Bunny)

Ink:  Real red, brushed corduroy

Accessories:  Surely Stitched Heart die (SSS), tiny hearts stencil (SSS), wet paint cuts die (PTI), blueprints #11 die (MFT), Wink of Stella shimmer, corner rounder

 



Time Out Challenge #23 - Theme Week: Valentine's Day

Hello friends!  It's time for another Time Out challenge.  This week is our theme challenge.  The theme is Valentine's Day with a twist to use hearts.  Not too difficult to do with Valentine's Day!

I just purchased this Taylored Expressions die from my LSS this weekend.  I just love the partial heart with the border.  I cut it from some retired SU paper and used a polka dot piece from the same paper pack.  I aligned everything to the right just like the heart in the die.  You can't tell, but I added some Wink of Stella shimmer to some of the dots.  I also added some gold hearts.  The word die was cut five times and stacked.  I covered it with more Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents.

 

We have STAMPlorations sponsoring us this week, so there are prizes involved in playing our challenge this week.  Here's the deets:

1. Twist with us (use hearts) and we will do a random draw.  The winner will get a $15 voucher for the store.
2. Comment on Shery's post at STAMPlorations for this challenge and we will do a random draw .  The winner will get a stencil pack from STAMPlorations.

 

We also have a guest joining us this week...Valentyna (perfect name for our challenge too!).

 

You can see more from the design team on the Time Out blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Paper:  Love Letter (SU retired), real red, black

Accessories:  Part of My Heart (Taylored Expressions), Wet Paint Cuts (PTI), gold hearts, Glossy Accents, Wink of Stella



Christmas Card Challenge #7 - Inspiration Photo: Santa Hats

Hi everyone!  The Christmas Card Challenge this week is an inspiration photo. 

Here's a close up of the photo!  Don't those cupcakes look delicious?

 

I decided to make a tag this week (I just love them!), and I knew exactly the stamp set that would be perfect for this challenge.  This set is from My Time Made Easy.  I stamped and colored the Santa hat then cut it out.  For the furry parts, I used a Versamark pen and sticky embossing powder then added the Star Dust Stickles glitter.  It's really sparkly!  The sentiment and snowflakes were stamped in red and I added silver pearls to the center of the flakes.  I matted it offset on another tag in red cardstock.  Gingham ribbon and a snowflake button finished off the tag. 



 

You can see more from the design team on these blogs.

 

Alanna  

  Carol  

Donna  

 Gail  

 Heather   

 Jessica  

 JoAnn  

 Margo    

Marsha  

Monica  

Shirley Anne   

Tenia

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Secret Santa (MTME)

Paper:  Recollections white, real red

Ink:  Real red

Accessories:  Tag Sale #3 die (PTI), sticky embossing powder, Stickles star dust glitter, silver pearls, snowflake button, gingham ribbon

 



Just Us Girls #276 - Color Challenge

Hi friends!  This week over at Just Us Girls is color week.  Maria chose three great colors...green, orange, and blue!

 

I have a friend who recently had her gall bladder removed and I needed to send a card to her.  I thought this friend die was a perfect choice.  The decorative paper that immediately came to mind when I saw the colors Maria chose was SU's retired Jersey Shore.  I've always loved this paper!  I die cut the friend die from navy cardstock and the dotted paper was die cut with the stitched scallop border die.  The sentiment border and sentiment are from a Tim Holtz set.  I added some Wink of Stella shimmer to the friend die and some candy dots.

 

You can see more from the design team and our guest on these blogs.

 

JUGs blog

Cheryl Rowley

Chris Dring

Ina Grehan

Maria Levine

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher

Judy Woodland, guest designer

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Just Sayings (Tim Holtz)

Paper:  Recollections white, night of navy, Jersey Shore dp (retired SU)

Ink:  Nautical blue (Memento Luxe), wild wasabi

Accessories:  Friend die and stitched scallop die (MFT), Wink of Stella, candy dots, dimensionals

 



Time Out #22 Reminder - Home Sweet Home

Have you seen the current Time Out Challenge?  This is the beginning of the second week, so you still have time to play.

This is the photo we are using for our Home Sweet Home photo inspiration challenge.



I went a little literal with the photo.  I stamped the couch and pillows on pattern papers and fussy cut them out and added the pillows to the couch.  The "wallpaper" was stamped as was the rug.  I stamped the "hello" like in the photo and added the sentiment on the bottom.  The background was embossed with a woodgrain impression plate.  I added a panel of decorative paper that matches on of the pillows.

 

You can see more inspiration on the Time Out Challenge blog.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  On My Couch, On My Couch Additions, Background Basics: Retro, and Mat Stack 3 (PTI)

Paper:  Vintage cream, sahara sand, riding hood red, Boxer dp (BG)

Ink:  Memento rich cocoa, riding hood red, sahara sand

Accessories:  Ribbon, button, dimensionals





Christmas Card Challenge #6- CASE a DT Member's Card

Happy Sunday!  Today I have another Christmas Card!  I'm so happy to be continuing to make them so I don't freak out in December!  Over at Christmas Card Challenges, we are case-ing a DT member's card from their blog. 

 

I cased this pretty card by Alanna.  You can find her post here.

 

 

I loved the layout and the die cut.  For the background, I used this embossing folder that I saw recently and had to have!  The circle was die cut with a stitched circle.  I stamped the sentiment and added the die cut.  It was cut four times and stacked together.  I added clear sequins for more interest.

 

You can see more cased cards from our design team on these blogs!

Alanna  

  Carol  

Donna  

 Gail  

 Heather   

 Jessica  

 JoAnn  

 Margo    

Marsha  

Monica  

Shirley Anne   

Tenia

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Communique Curves (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, cherry cobbler

Ink:  Riding hood red

Accessories:  Stitched circle and Christmas Blessings dies (SSS), Lifestyle Crafts embossing folder, sequins, dimensionals

 



Just Us Girls #275 - Trend Week

Hi all!  I hope you are all keeping warm in the deep freeze!  It seems most of the USA is cold!  We had a short snowstorm yesterday morning, so everything was closed...snow day!

 

This week over at Just Us Girls, Sue chose using a stencil for our trend week.  I couldn't be happier because I love stencils!

 

I went through my many stencils and came across this one from Ranger's Dylusions collections.  It's called Luscious Leaves because the other part of the stencil is a vine with leaves.  Kind of a weird pair up with this one!  I used a rainbow of Distress inks to get this look.  I had to find something to fill in the outer edges and took out the Grunge Me set from PTI and some gray ink and went to town stamping.  The sentiment is from the same set.  I die cut some banners and embossed the sentiments.  This is a different style than I normally do, but I love the variety of stamping styles and I really like the way this came out!

 

You can see more from our design team and guest on these blogs.

 

JUGs blog

Cheryl Rowley

Chris Dring

Ina Grehan

Maria Levine

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher

Judy Woodland, Guest Designer

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Grunge Me (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, basic gray

Ink:  Barn door, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, mowed lawn, and salty ocean distress inks; smoky slate (SU); Versamark

Accessories:  Luscious leaves stencil (Dylusions), white embossing powder, trio banner dies (WPlus9)

 



Time Out #22 - Home Sweet Home

Hi everyone!  I'm back to designing for the Time Out Challenge.  I took a couple of months break to sort of regroup, but I love this challenge so much so I knew I had to only take a break.

 

 This week is our "Home Sweet Home" challenge where we provide a photo of a room and you use it as inspiration.  Don't you just love this photo?

 

 I of course had to use the hello and the wood background.  I found this paper in a paper pack and it did a lot of the work for me.  I die cut the word three times from coral paper and stacked it.  I added some Wink of Stella so it sparkled and added some enamel dots.  Easy peasy when the paper does the work for you!

 

This challenge is a joint challenge with Uniko.  The Uniko design team is participating in this challenge as well, and there are two ways to win a £15 Gift Voucher from Uniko:
-either enter our challenge-a random winner will be drawn or,
-leave a comment on the Uniko main blog for a chance to win £15 GV.

 We will also have our regular Time Out winner.  That winner will be a Guest Designer for a future Time Out Challenge!

 

Also please welcome our guest designer joining us this week...Chrissie!

 

I hope you stop by the Time Out Challenge blog and play along.  You'll see lots of inspiration from the design team.  What will inspire you?

 

Thanks for stopping by?

 

Recipe

Paper:  Recollections white, Dolled Up (MME)

Accessories:  Wonderful words: Hello (PTI), enamel dots, corner rounder





New York City Birthday Wish

Hi everyone!  Well, vacation is over for me and it's back to work today!  Sigh...it was such a nice break for me!

 

Anyway, I made this card over the weekend for my friend Sharon.  We went to NYC together the weekend after Thanksgiving and we had so much fun!  I made a photo book of the pictures I took and I liked the way it came out so I made one for Sharon too.  Her birthday was New Year's Day so I thought it would be a nice gift for her.  And of course I had to make a card to go with it.  The City Scene stamp set from Papertrey Ink was perfect for the card!  I totally cased a card that Laura Bassen did.  While I was looking through the gallery for this set, I came across her card and just loved it.  I don't have the dies for this set, so I had to fussy cut the car and trees.  I'm still waiting for them to come back into stock.

 

This is a picture I took of the Chrysler Building when we were there and Sharon really liked it.  I was so happy to see that this building was in the stamp set!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  City Scene and Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white

Ink:  Memento tuxedo black, garden green, crushed curry, real red, smoky slate (SU); soft pool (HA)

Accessories:  Wink of Stella shimmer, dimensionals



Christmas Card Challenge #5 - Winter Wool Colors

Happy Sunday!  I'm here with the first Christmas Card Challenge for 2015!  This week is a color challenge and we have some calm neutral colors for you.

 

Here's a close up of the colors.

I love these colors!  I started by creating the background with the MFT Plaid Background Builder.  First time using it and so fun!  But the stamping in the middle was a little light, so I knew I had to cover it up somehow.  So I took out this Phrase Play die and cut it in vanilla and kraft cardstock.  I inserted the kraft snowflake and banners back into the die cut.  The vanilla letters were inserted into the banner as well.  To cover up another bad spot, I added the ribbon.  I mounted these two panels onto some soft suede cardstock. The brown glitter dot was added last.

 

You can see more from the design teams on these blogs.

 Alanna  

  Carol  

Donna  

 Gail  

 Heather   

 Jessica  

 JoAnn  

 Margo    

Marsha  

Monica  

Shirley Anne   

Tenia

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Background Plaid Builder (MFT), Phrase Play #9 (PTI)

Paper:  Vintage cream, kraft, soft suede

Ink:  Kraft, soft suede

Accessories: Phrase Play #9 die (PTI), glitter dot, ribbon

 





Just Us Girls #274 - Word Week

Happy 2015!  Are you ready for more great challenges from Just Us Girls this year?  We'll have them for sure!  This week is our Word Week, and Sharyn has chosen the word "winter". 

 

I broke out this lovely set from WPlus9 for this challenge.  I stamped the tree and snowflakes in Versamark then embossed them with white embossing powder.  The birds and deer were stamped and die cut with the coordinating dies.  I thought the sentiment was perfect for this scene and challenge.

 

You can see more from the JUGs design team and our guest for this month.

 

JUGs blog

Cheryl Rowley

Chris Dring

Ina Grehan

Maria Levine

Nancy Leppek

Sharyn Polesel

Sue VanDeVusse

Vicki Dutcher

 Judy Woodland, Guest Designer
 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Recipe

Stamps:  Winter Wonderland (WP9), On Ice (PTI)

Paper:  Recollections white, real red, night of navy

Ink:  Versamark, real red, baked brown sugar

Accessories:  Winter wonderland and Banner trio dies (WP9), white embossing powder, star dust stickles, dimensionals