Time Out #226...A Good Head

 

It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.   We have a quote to inspire you today:

"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination." by Nelson Mandela

I was inspired by the word 'heart' in our quote, and decided to make an encouragement card.  I just love this sentiment, and find it is so very wise.  I used stamps and a stencil from our sponsor, Stamplorations, called All Your Heart and Old Rose Prints.

After doing my stenciling and then stamping, I decided my card needed a bit more interest.  I die cut a square from the center of the front panel, layered it up, and then inlaid it back into the card front.

Where will this challenge take you?  We would love to see how you are inspired by Nelson Mandela's inspiring words.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our fabulous Guest Designer, and the Time Out Design Team.  Stamplorations 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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Empowering Women

 

I was so inspired by all the beautiful cards I saw on the International Women's Day blog hop yesterday that I decided to play along today.  I used some beautiful new stamps from Ink to Paper called She Blooms--I just love the look of this gorgeous dress, and it was kind of a treat not to have to color, as there were various layering stamps that created the entire image.  There are some wonderful and inspiring quotes in this set..not sure who this quote is from, but I really like it.

I am also entering this card at CAS on Friday #200: Spring, Rainbow Challenge #27: Judiciously Jade, The Paper Players #531: Spring, and Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Add Some Green.

The starting point for my next card is an inspiring quote from Simon Says Stamp Hand Lettered Encouragement.  I really love this quote.  I used the Old Rose stencil from STAMPlorations to create a background for my card, sponging the roses first in Distress Oxide Spun Sugar and adding Abandoned Coral to the flower centers.

I am also entering this card at Addicted to Stamps and More #400: Die Cuts and Stencil, Happy Little Stampers Stencil March Anything Goes, Stamplorations Stencil Anything Goes, Stamplorations Never Ending Anything Goes, and Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Beautiful Blossoms.

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5 Cards for Thursday

I am squeaking in at the last moment with a card for WPlus9's Throwback Thursday challenge.  I used WPlus9 inks and Pretty Little Peonies and Pretty Peonies along with a sentiment from one of the Strictly Sentiment sets for my card.  I followed the basic sketch of one of Maureen's inspiration cards.

My next card is inspired by the sketch at Sweet Sunday Sketch #272 and uses the Stamping With Neutrals technique shown in Make it Monday #214.  You can see that I rotated the sketch counter clockwise 90 degrees.  

It was my first time using Brushed Blooms and Background Basics Random Stripes and I don't know why I waited so long.  My focal point is on a panel cut with MFT Pinking Edge rectangle dies, and I only had them for a couple of hours before using them on two cards, so I feel pretty good about that purchase already.  I am also entering this card at Simon Says Monday For the Love of Plants.

I used the Old Rose Prints stencil from Stamplorations on my next card.  I sprayed a ton of Heidi Swapp pink color shine through the stencil and then let it dry.  IRL, it is very shimmery.  I am liking the look of pink, gold and black lately, so I paired that panel with some gold striped washi tape and a PTI die cut frame stamped with a gold border.

I am entering this card at Stamplorations June challenge:  Stamps and Washi and Stamplorations Anything Goes.

I have been really enjoying playing in the Retro Rubber challenges, as it encourages me to pull out some of my older stamps that I still love.  The challenge at A Blog Named Hero is Favorite, so I pulled out one of my very favorite Hero Arts Stamps--Birthday Gift, and used it in one of my favorite ways--stamping it multiple times in different colors, cutting them apart and then stacking them back together.

I used the same WPlus9 inks that were still out on my desk from the first card.  I sponged Little Piggy ink on the edges of my pinked layer to match the 2nd layer of my Birthday Gift image.  

The challenge at Retro Rubber #16 is tie it on, and so I cut off the stamped bow from the very top layer of the stack and replaced it with a tiny twine bow.  The stamp I used for this challenge is one of the very first wood stamps I bought when I started stamping about 5 years ago.

Last up is a very quick card I made as soon as I saw the latest CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.  I took a pretty literal interpretation of the sketch, and used a butterfly from Hero Arts Antique Engravings, embossed in white and water colored with Distress Inks.   I masked off a square on my card front and stamped it with the PTI Crackle stamp using WPlus9 Fairy Dust ink.

I am entering this card at Addicted to CAS #65 Butterfly and the Hero Arts Tic Tac Toe Challenge, where I used the diagonal 'watercolor-birthday theme-heat embossing.

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