Time Out #191...Congrats on your new home!

 

It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by MOVIES.  It can be a particular movie or a genre of movies, or any other way that you are inspired by movies.

I was in need of a new home card, and have also recently watched (for the umptheenth time) Home Alone, so I decided to use the Breville Houses dies from our sponsor, Poppystamps, for this card.  (It looks like this die is now retired.)  I created three rows of colorful houses and stacked them up on my card.  

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer,  and the Time Out Design Team.  Poppystamps is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  

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Flamingos and Ice Cream

 

Hello and happy Tuesday.  I fell in love with these sweet die cut flamingos from PTI, and used them to create a card for the Great Cover Up Challenge to create a card with added layers.  The flamingos are made by layering different die cut bits on the die cut bird base.  I layered the flamingos on top of each other, and then put them atop a die cut from the Waves Cover Plate die.  I am also entering this card at the Cupcake Inspirations #522: Oh Birdie and Shopping Our Stash #448: Tropical Delights.

What is more summery than ice cream?  I was inspired by the Summer Theme Challenge at Inky Paws #151.  How about a giant chocolate sundae?  I stenciled a very pale purple bit of basket weave to ground my image and sentiment.  I am also entering this card at Retro Rubber #161: Summer Treats (stamps are 3 years old), and Addicted to Stamps and More #408: Birthdays.

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Back to My Craft Room

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  I am back in my craft room and have three cards to share today.  First up is my last entry into the Sugar Pea June Mix it Up challenge.  This time, I am playing along with the sketch, using the London Scape die.  I was also inspired by the night sky in this photo inspiration from Just Us Girls #590.  To make this sky, I blended several different blue Distress Oxide inks together, and then sponged white pigment ink around the center.  I drew the 3 stars in using a gel pen.

Next up, I pulled out some sea horses from PTI Salt Air Fauna and set them against a watery background using PTI Text & Texture Ocean.  My design was inspired by the sketch at AAA Cards #193, and the sea horses are my optional critters.  I am entering this card at PTI What Do I Do With This challenge to use rainstones and Inkspirational #242: Maritime.

Last up is this colorful card that I made with my newest PTI stamps called Walk with Me.  This set has so many fun types of shoes, and lots of layering options.  I used just one type of shoe and just one layer, and stamped a colorful background using colors inspired by Color Throwdown #648.  I am also entering this card at the PTI Video Challenge to create a bright and vibrant summer card, Addicted to Stamps and More #408: Birthdays, Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: We Can See Clearly (vellum behind my die cut), and WWC318: Occasions.

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Time Out #190...Reminder...Bloom Where You Are Planted

 

There is still time to play along with the current challenge at Time Out.  We challenge you to make a card inspired by this photo.

Here is a closer look at the photo:

I was inspired by the plants in the lower left side of the photo and the bright colors of the stripes on the wall.  I used stamps from our wonderful and generous sponsor, Uniko to create my card.  I used Originally Organic stamps primarily for the greenery, and added some blooms in my favorite of all the colored stripes on the wall.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, Cornelia and the Time Out Design Team.  Uniko is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.

This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.  

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4 Cards for Thursday

Hello and happy Thursday.  I am popping in quickly to share a few cards I've made this week.  I used some stencils I got from The Greetery that create an entire card front's worth of plaid.  It decided to cut it into strips, and used 2 of those strips for my first two cards.

I paired my first plaid strip with some MFT martini glasses, stamped using the same ink as one of the plaid stripes.  I was inspired by Festive Friday #86 (Clean and Simple, Blue, Plaid), Freshly Made Sketches #490 and WWC318: Occasions (birthday).

I used another strip of that plaid for my next card.  I also used the same sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #490 , and am also playing along with this card at The Male Room #151: Dads & Grandads, Stay Crafty with Hero Arts #24: For the Guys, WWC318: Occasions (Father's Day), and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Animal Antics (that sneaky little kitty taking a nap on dad's feet).

My next card uses the Peek-A-Boo Books cover plate die from Hero Arts and the Literary Quotes stamps to create a tone on tone monochrome card inspired by A Blog Named Hero June Challenge.  I was also inspired by the challenge at Festive Friday #86 (Clean and Simple, Blue, Books) and Stay Crafty with Hero Arts #24: For the Guys.

And, one more take on that same design, this one using a rainbow of colors sponged upon the books.  I'll enter this card at Stay Crafty with Hero Arts #24: For the Guys as well as The Rainbow Challenge #30: Radically Rainbow.

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Pride

 

Hello and happy Sunday.  June is Pride month, and I decided to focus my crafting on rainbows, including some color schemes that have special meaning in the LGBTQ+ community.  First up is this rainbow colored book case using a cling stamp from Hero Arts called Book Stacks and a sentiment from Literary Quotes.  I am entering this card at Stay Crafty With Hero #24: For the Guys, Rainbow Challenge #30: Radically Rainbow, and Use Your Stuff #424: Rainbows.

Next up is a traditionally colored rainbow using dies from Mama Elephant Offset Rainbow.  I colored each of the rainbow stripes with Copic markers, and I am entering this card at the same rainbow challenges above.  I am also entering this card as well as several others on this post to Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies.

These next two cards both use die cuts from Lil Inkers Clouds & Rainbow, and I am entering both of them at AAA Cards #192: One Corner.  I am also entering this first card at The Paper Players #545--these are some of my favorite colors to use together.

This next card is inspired by those rainbow challenges as well as the sketch at Inspired by #178.

And, while I had those stamps out, I made this rainbow card.  

Last up are two cards inspired by the challenge at Just Us Girls #588: No Stamping, and this first card follows the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #489.

With die cut sentiments, it is actually pretty easy to make a card without stamping.  These cards were so easy to make because I used Mama Elephant Quick Stripes dies, which allowed me to quickly die cut lots of stripes without having to worry about making them all the same size.

Both of these cards use the colors representing the transgender community.

Both of these cards use the colors representing the lesbian community.

And, here are all my rainbows together. 

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