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Thursday 28 March 2024

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



 

Saturday 23 March 2024

New Challenge at Inkspirational!


Hi friends!

We have a new challenge for you at Inkspirational! This time our DT member Julia has chosen the theme and it's White on White. 


I decided to make a Christmas card, first one of 2024 I think! :) The background stamp (by Catherine Pooler) was heat embossed with white pearl powder and I absolutely love how it turned out... I had never used this powder on white card and was very surprised on the end result. The die cut bird and sentiment are magazine freebies. 

I'd like to join:
ABC Christmas Card Challenge: E is for Embossing

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




 

Thursday 21 March 2024

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway ($200 in Total Prizes!)


Hello friends!

Today I have the great joy to join Altenew's Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop

Before we go more into the Blog Hop details I'll let you know that with this hop we want to celebrate and to draw your attention to Celebrating Parents Card Drive that is running HERE

You can join the Card Drive by sending your handmade cards to Altenew. The cards will be sent to the the elderly living in nursing homes or shelters to brighten their day and to let them know they’re not forgotten. 

You can join the Card Drive by sending out your cards by April 19th and there's also prizes on offer for those who send out cards. All the Card Drive details HERE. Make sure to check it out and join in sharing joy during this season with Mother's and Father's Day approaching! 

Altenew is also donating $1 with every order from the Alcohol Markers collection from 2/26/2024 until 4/30/2024 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.



Now onto the Blog Hop Details!

In the end of this post you'll see a link tool with all the blogs joining this hop. Visit the blogs, leave comments to the designers and you can win one of the 7 prizes: 

There's $200 in total prizes!  Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by March 27, 2024 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on March 29, 202403/18/.

My project for the Blog Hop: 


I decided to play with Craft Your Life Project Kit Meadow Breeze... This was my first card with it and I can tell you it won't be the last!! I absolutely love the cute background stamp image combined with the stunning large floral cluster... Such an unique look! I gold heat embossed the background on matt gold card and I also gold heat embossed the main image. I used the coloring stencils for coloring the image. The sentiment is from another CYLPK, Zero Waste Flowery Pattern. I heat embosssed it with white on the same gold matt card that I used for the background. I'm in love with this card and I hope you like it too! :)

Happy Hopping friends and don't forget to check out and join the Card Drive by sending out your handmade cards to Altenew for them to be distributed forward... You could totally brighten someone's day! 

A quick recap:

Click HERE to view the Card Drive post at Altenew Blog. 

Click HERE to view the Blog Hop post at Altenew Blog. 

And below are all the blogs joining in the hop, waiting for your comments! :) 



 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday 14 March 2024

New Challenge at Time Out!


Hi friends!
I'm here with my DT card for the new challenge at Time Out! Our challenge this fortnight is a very special one, it is a collaboration challenge with Just Us Girls Challenge BlogBy entering our challenge you will automatically also join Just Us Girls Challenge. That means 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 or both of the challenge blogs. Whether you join from Time Out or from Just Us Girls, you also have a chance to win $25.00 store credit to Waffle Flower Crafts. The theme of the challenge is 

Birds of Feather


In my card I've used products from our fabulous sponsor Waffle Flower Crafts. The stunning parrot and the leave dies come from Tropical Kit die set. The background is made with Pop Up Tropical Leaves Texture die and matching Duo-Tone Tropical Leaves stencil set. The white heat embossed and die cut sentiment comes from a flower stamp set Sunflower Love. Waffle Flower Crafts truly is one of my favorite companies -I'm ready to say I've never made a card with their products that I've not loved loved loved! This one is no exception!! 

For the background and die cut leaves I used grey card stock and some greyish Altenew inks. I love the contrast between the parrot and the grey die cuts -I didn't use any inking for the parrot but he is cut from solid card stock pieces. I'm almost certain my parrot is a he! The sassy hair has a manly vibe to me! :) I hope that's ok for our "Birds of Feather" challenge lol. :)

I'd like to join: 
Stencil fun for March: Anything Goes option
Die Cut Divas Challenge for March: Anything Goes




 

Saturday 9 March 2024

New Post at Inkspirational!


Hi friends!
I'm here with my DT card for our new CAS challenge at Inkspirational! There's an option to be inspired by balloons in your design. 


I decided to make a monochromatic CAS card with Hero Arts Looking Glass Birthday Party and Looking Glass Square Frame dies and sentiment by Stampendous. 

To add interest to my monochrome design I made my own glitter card stock by heat embossing sparkly clear embossing powder on black card stock... Apparently the powder had many greenish and blueish particles because you can hardly see the black base anymore! Love how it turned out though although the outcome wasn't "clear glitter" lol!

Please head on over to our challenge blog for all the challenge details and lots of more DT inspiration.

I'd like to enter:

(DIY glitter card with sparkly embossing powder)


All the layers in my die cut window were cut from small pieces of leftover paper






 



 

Thursday 29 February 2024

New Post at Time Out!


Hello friends!
Our new challenge at Time Out is a very fun one. Because we go live on a Leap Day, we have chosen a fun photo with a frog for your inspiration! Do note though that you do not need to use a frog for the challenge -you can be inspired by the colors, shapes, patterns of the photo or just see where the photo leads you! We look forward seeing your creative takes! Lots of DT inspiration and all the challenge details HERE. This time Vicki joins us as guest designer and you do not want to miss her fun and playful card! 


The butterfly dies in my card come from our sponsor Lawn Fawn. I used sparkly, mirror type speciality card for cutting the details for the wings, thinking about the colors and textures of the photo. The background was inspired by "bubbles" on the the black platform the frog is sitting on -I used a Jane's Doodles stencil and clear sparkly embossing powder for creating it. The sentiment is a ready made sentiment strip from a local store.

Before I go I unfortunately need to let you all know that this is the last challenge where Gerrina will be part of our design team. Gerrina has created inspiration for Time Out for all of our existence, for 10 years... Which is quite an achievement and not something many crafters have done for one design team. We are truly grateful for Gerrina for all of her hard work and dedication. Thank you for the 10 years together, Gerrina! We'd love you to head on over to Gerrina's blog and let her know how much her artsy work has been appreciated over the years. 


I'd like to join:
Little Red Wagon: Stencil Power 
Simon Says Wednesday: Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge: Things That Fly
(all of my die cutting for the butterfly was made out of snippets. The pieces of mirror card were left overs from holiday card making in 2022!) 



 

Saturday 24 February 2024

New Post at Inkspirational!


Hi friends!
We have a beautiful pastel colored moodboard for you at Inkspirational for the next two weeks. Make sure to check out all the DT inspiration and challenge details HERE and then play along! 



I decided to work with the peonies of the first photo and also the "frilly edge" of the cake plate in the second photo. My background stamping is also inspired by the pattern in the first photo -I didn't have any swirl stamps to play with so I chose something else but I did want to make a subtle background like in the photo! 

The peony stamp is by Newton's Nook. "Frilly edge" die by Marianne design. Sentiment is by Spellbinders and background stamp is by the Ton. I used white pearl embossing powder for the background, love the look! It's beautifully shiny and shimmery IRL. The peonies are colored with Altenew Woodless coloring pencils. 

I hope to see you joining us!

I'm playing along at:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything floral goes
We Love Stamping UK: Anything goes