Time out Challenges #297 Favorite Season + Inkspirational #350 Trees

Hi friends!

This week I'm combining two design team cards as one fun card project. :) Time out Challenges #297 Favorite Season and Inkspirational #350 Trees are both newly out from the card challenge oven and running for about two weeks! I hope to see you joining both challenges with your projects... And as you can see here, with a little planning you can join both with the same project! 

Do click on the links above, they take you to the challenge blogs with all the challenge details and lots of DT inspiration. 

I chose summer as my favorite season (fall comes as close second but nothing beats summer!) and played with two scene making products from Hero Arts:

Coastal Blooms Heroscape Stamp & Cut

Color Layering Harbor Stencils

I'm aware that the blooms of the stamp are supposed to be flower blooms or some sort of bushes... But by stamping some of the layers brown I turned them into hazelnut trees that I have in my garden, they really reminded me of them! The frame die is from Honey Bees Lovely Layouts: Posted and sentiment comes from Altenew. I used various inks from Hero Arts, Memento and Altenew to create the colorful scene. 

I'd like to join: 

Allsorts Challenge: Trees, Leaves and Plants

Crafty Calendar: Lots of Layers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Lots of Layers

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us at Time Out and Inkspirational! 

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New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here today to share my DT card for our new challenge at Time Out, where we are inspired by this beautiful beachcombing art by Alyson*Romantheocean. You can be inspired by many things in this art photo: the seashells, the colors, the heart, the various shapes... There's lots of possibilities. If your inspiration is less than obvious, please let us know how you were inspired, thank you! 

I was inspired by the overall colors, the beach theme and the seashells. I played with a bunch of Honey Bee Stamps dies... It's been too many months since I used my Honey Bee stash and playing with those products always makes my heart happy! There's just something exciting about them! I layered lots of die cuts for a sort of collage look. I'm not sure if it's a bit strange or nice, but at least I had lots of fun making it lol! 

I'd like to join these challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge: Maritime

Allsorts Challenge: What makes you happy/AG: 

Holiday on the beach certainly would make me happy!!

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Splatter

I hope to see you joining us at Time Out!

 

Current Challenget at Time Out... Your Favorite Winged Thing!

Hi friends!

I'm a couple of days late with my post for Time Out Challenges... But better late than never! :)

Our current challenge is "Inspired by Your Favorite Winged Thing" and it was an easy choice for me... Definitely butterflies! 

I played with some sparkly and shiny water color backgrounds I had made with water color and shimmer powders. I embossed one of them with an Altenew folder and then swiped white pigment ink on top of the embossing to make it stand out even more. I cut the Honey Bee butterfly from a different water color panel. The sentiment, also by Honey Bee, is simply white heat embossed on black and cut out. I love how moody and "dark academia" with a pop of color this turned out! :) 

I hope to see you joining our challenge. There's lot's of more DT inspiration and all the challenge details available HERE. 

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

At Time Out Challenges we have a unique photo challenge for you... In the photo you'll see a purse by Running Stitch Design... And the winner of the challenge will receive this purse as a prize! Make sure to click HERE for all the challenge details and lots of DT inspiration. 

In my card I focused on the black background and white snowflakes... Along with red accents. I used mainly products by Honey Bee Stamps, apart from the sentiment die that comes from STAMPlorations. I dry embossed the Snowflakes 3d embossing folder for the background on black card and swiped white pigment ink on the raised areas to make the snowflakes pop. I then cut some flowers and branches from Mini Holiday Florals and placed them on top of a vellum oval, created with a die from Lovely Layers: Posted. The white frame is also cut with a die from the Posted set. 

I hope you like and thank you for popping by! 

 

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have the first challenge of 2025 for you at Inkspirational and it's a super fun one!! Our team mate Julia has chosen "Pretty Quilt" and there's tons of inspiration for the theme in the challenge blog, as well as a link to tutorials. Don't miss any of the fun, click HERE.

I decided to be very literal with Julia's theme and created something that very much looks like an actual bed spread (or at least that's how I intended it!). I formed the quilt pattern from white card and patterned paper and then die cut it with an Altenew cover plate that gave it a sort of "stitched" feel. The white dry embossed snowflake background is made with a  Honey Bee folder and I found just the perfect sentiment from a stamp set from Three Room Studio. Making the quilt was so fun and I'm in love with the outcome. Thank you Julia for choosing this theme! xxx

I hope to see you joining us at Inkspirational!  

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

It's the first challenge of the year at Time Out and we are starting with a theme challenge of 'Beginnings'. We also have some fun news: we have a new DT member, Carol McFarland!! We look forward creating alongside Carol and are thankful that she could join us. Our challenge rota is also changing a little bit this year. Do head on over to our post with lots of information and all the challenge details HERE.

I made a card for the  beginning of a New Year using products from Honey Bee Stamps (patterned paper, embossing folder and flower dies) and sentiment from Hero Arts. I'm so into cards with slight vintage feel but still quite clean and not overly "shabby chic" if that makes sense!

I'd like to join:

Snippets #496 Anything Goes with Snippets (lots of paper scraps used for the roses)

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Something New (New Year)

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you playing along at Time Out!

 

Time Out Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here today to remind you of our challenge at Time Out, where we have a wonderful inspirational quote for you:

 "There is truly not an occasion that is not improved by wearing something festive." 

These are the instructions:

You can use the whole quote or parts of it to inspire your creation. For example, you can use the word "festive"; or "occasion"; or the words "wearing something festive", etc. You must use something in the quote as your inspiration. In your post, please tell us how the quote inspired you.

I'm pretty much inspired by the whole quote... A festive dress to wear on a special occasion day. :) The dress die is by Honey Bee Stamps, the sentiment stamp comes from Penny Black... The oval die is from a Marianne design set and the mini slimline die comes from Crealies. I have added extra shading to the dress with Copic markers.

There's plenty of design team inspiration -and also inspiration in the players gallery- along with all challenge details HERE. If you haven't played along yet, now is the perfect time! Thanks for popping by!

 

 

 

Inkspirational Challenges Reminder!

Hi friends!

I'm here with a quick post to remind you of our current mood board challenge at Inkspirational! The challenge is still running for about one week and there's lots of inspiration for you in the DT cards as well as in the player's gallery. Don't miss the beautiful cards or any of the challenge details, click HERE! 

I loved the ombre blue blanks in the photo on right in the top row and wanted to replicate that. I had some grey patterned paper that looked almost identical and I inked it with blue inks to make it match the moodboard. I then used a Marianne Design background stamp for adding texture that we see in the mood board photo planks too. I stamped the texture images with light brown distress ink first and with gold Delicata ink second. Love how that turned out! 

I then cut some leaves from alcohol ink and watercolor panel scraps that I had. The dies are by Memory Box and Honey Bee. I loved the brown in the sand and pop of white in the waves in the moodboard and brought these colors to my card as well by using a washi tape in the left edge and heat embossing the sentiment with white on brown card. 

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us! 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

We have a very fun and unique challenge for you at Inkspirational for the next fortnight: Headwear! Here's what our fabulous Ink boss lady Carol says about the challenge:

"Ideas galore for this challenge: fashionable toppers, seasonal necessities, sports requirements, ceremonial headdresses, costume decoration - and so much more. If it goes on your head, it goes in our gallery."

I look forward seeing what you'll create!

I made my card with Honey Bee Stamps hat die and combined it with a sentiment from Altenew. I'm pretty happy about the CAS design but keep wondering if the amount of hats should have been more or less lol! I just couldn't decide and went with 6 hats in the end... But how about 7 hats and a sentiment in the place of an eight hat?!? Or 5 hats and a sentiment in the place of an sixth hat?!? Hmm!! Let me know what you think!

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hello friends!

I'm back with a DT card for Time Out Challenges where we have one of our Inspired by Words challenges this week. The quote is:

"It's always summer somewhere"

In our Inspired by Words challenges you can be inspired of the whole quote or just pick one word/some words as your starting point. For example this time some less obvious interpretations could be "I'll always love you"-theme or "Somewhere over the rainbow". Simply let us know how you were inspired if it's less than obvious! 

Along with the sponsor prize, our winner gets to guest design in a future challenge. This time our GD is the talented Betty Keefe with a stunning floral creation. Don't miss Betty's card, all the challenge details and DT inspiration, click HERE.

In my card I've used dies and stamps from Honey Bee Stamps for a beachy, tropical sunset card! The background is made with masking and inking. I created the mask with torn washi tape for giving torn edges to my sort of rectangle. Got this tip from a fab youtube channel, NB Cards! The palm trees I've cut from colored card stock an added some ink for extra detail. Hammock and pillows are cut from patterned paper. I hope you like this card and thanks for popping by! 

I'd like to join:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge : Season's Delightss/AG

Papercraft Challenges: Holiday Time

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Time Out where we challenge you to be "On Vacation"! As you can see from the badge this can go to many, many directions... And our challenge blog is filled with beautiful DT samples from our regular DT members and our very talented guest Claire. Our sponsor this time is Varada Sharma with a generous $25 coupon to her store! 

Don't miss any of the inspiration or challenge details, click HERE.

I used dies and sentiment stamp from Honey Bee Stamps with scraps of patterned paper. I even found pretty good paper for sand and sea in my stash! I tore the sea paper edge to look like foamy waves touching the sand. 

This was a quick make so I didn't ink any of the die cut edges this time. I do like how sharp this looks but I can't wait to see how the die cuts will look a bit more shaded next time!

I'd like to join:

Die Cut Divas for July: Add some glitter (glittery Sticles in the sunglasses)

Snippets Playground: All dies are cut from snippets of paper

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Lots of Layers

I hope to see you joining us at Time Out! Thank you for popping by! xxx

 

New Challenge at Time Out!

Hi friends!

At Time Out Challenges we are back with another fun challenge! For the next fortnight we challenge you to be "Striped".

I wish I would have had a zebra stamp or die, that would have been perfect!! I opted for some striped patterned paper instead and made a summery card with Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Strawberry dies as the main star of my card. They were fun to cut out and ink up with various Altenew inks. The photo is a bit washed out, but I added some purple to the strawberries and leaves and it made them look a lot more realistic and beautiful. Love these dies!

I hope to see you playing along. Our winner recieves a $25 coupon to our fab sponsor Lawn Fawn... And also gets called to guest design in a future challenge. This time our talented GD is Karen Rodgers. Do not miss her wonderful card or any of the DT inspiration and challenge details... Click HERE!

I'd like to join:

Die Cut Divas: Anything Goes

The Crafter's Cafe: Food

Buzzworthy Challenges March Challenge (This is a Honey Bee challenge in Faccebook) 

 

New Challenge at Inkspirational!

Hi friends!

Our new challenge at Inkspirational is "emboss your background". You can use embossing folders or heat embossing, both will do! Thank you my DT buddy Julia for choosing this fun topic!

I used a striped embossing folder for my background. After embossing it I masked the raised arias one by one as I went and inked the "valleys". The dies I'm using come from Honey Bee Stamps and I LOVE them -this is my first time using them. Also sentiment is by Honey Bee Stamps. We don't have possibility to buy Honey Bee here in Finland and when visiting US in May I did order these dies, a beautiful floral stamp set and orchid dies from them. Can't wait to try the other products too! 

I began with die cutting the pieces from white Neenah and sponged ink to them with Altenew dye inks. I guess I could have used colored card stock and shade that but decided go the hard way lol. :) Love the soft look though! The "basket" is a half circle die by MFT -I stamped a little checker pattern to it to make it more basket looking and also used some ink sponging and shading to add to the more textured look. Not a perfect basket but good enough! I'll confess this card took ages to make with all the masking, sponging, inking, shading, stamping... All the works. But I'm very happy with it!  

Thank you for popping by and I hope to see you joining us!