
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!
Timout Challenge 234 has just gone live and it's an Inspired By Words Challenge with this quote by Charles Dickens from Great Expectations…
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade”
You can use just one, some, or all of these words as inspiration … we can't wait to see how you interpret them! You might like check out the inspiration from my fellow DT members and we're being joined this fortnight by Greta of GG Creations! Why not drop by and say hi!
Many of these words gave me ideas but in the end I decided on "Sun" and "Wind"! The "Sun" part was easy but how do you capture something invisible like "Wind"? And then the idea of a movement caused by the wind popped into my head and then a tumbling umbrella! So that's where I went with my card!
When I saw Color Challenge PP631 at Paper Players I immediately thought of sun, grass, sky and clouds and that gave me inspiration for setting my blustery scene! My yellow flowers (cut using Tim Holtz's Funky Foliage) have a slight curve to the left but I've exaggerated the tilt so they too appear to be blowin' in the wind!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments always brighten my day and if you do leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and where to find you so we can get to know each other a bit better!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments are always a joy and always appreciated! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!
A good choir friend of mine turns 60 later this month and she's also retiring. She's having a big party and the whole choir is invited so I've made up this A5 sized card so everyone can sign! She's Irish, and despite living in Luxembourg for many decades now and speaking multiple languages, her Irish heritage is still very much part of her identity, so shamrocks seemed an obvious starting point - especially with St Patrick's Day approaching and the plethora of challenges at the moment from which to draw inspiration.
I originally had a cleaner card in mind and cut a shamrock cut from this paper which I was going to use as a spinner element but I was daunted by so much white space - it's an A5 card front so none of my background dies or embossing folders were large enough. So I changed it to a patterned background and my plan was to cut a golden shamrock but honestly it looked a little too gimmicky for such an important birthday celebration!
So I thought I'd use a butterfly as the spinner element - she loves butterflies! The first butterfly I cut was a Tim Holtz Brushstroke Butterfly - an NBUS item I'd been dying (excuse the pun) to use! It looked lovely but it had an awkward centre of gravity and didn't spin very well! It will have to wait for another day - another St Patrick's Day perhaps because it was cut in green and gold! Instead, I used this old favourite Tattered Lace Oriental Butterfly die.
Since I didn't have any gold card stock strong enough to cut it from, I went with green. A spinning element really needs to be sturdy but I didn't relish the idea of layering a die cut this intricate (and big)! This green card stock is quite thick, so sturdy enough to withstand the rigours of spinning backwards and forwards across a card front. I then added gilding wax to the butterfly! Previous attempts with gilding wax were unsuccessful - I had underestimated how light your touch needs to be! Watching a recent Chrissie Stokes video I realized where I was going wrong and was much happier with this effort!
I did look like a Bond villain afterwards through, with my gold finger! 🤣
Then it was just a matter of sorting out where to put Happy Birthday, her name and a "60" using dies from my stash (the shamrock I used in place of the 0 was a really old punch). I added a "sweet" (Deco Time) before the 60 - she is after all pretty excited about her upcoming retirement! I added gilding wax to all these and then glossy accents - I love how the gilding wax has highlighted the embossing on the letters in her name.
The inside is an A4 sheet folded attached to the right side of the card base. I've added a good luck sentiment and a potted plant - for luck! I might also add another folded sheet on the other side (with perhaps some school items because she's retiring from teaching) - there will need to be space for 20 + people to sign!
Here's a video of the butterfly in flight
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Challenge #135 has just gone live at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge and here is my DT card! As usual my team mates have created some wonderfully inspiring Christmas cards so be sure to pop over and check them out! And of course we love to be inspired by your creations as well!
This one was a lot of fun! I cut and stacked up a few cookie jar die cuts from Kraft card stock, stamped "Gingerbread" on the front and then "glazed" it with glossy accents. I then wrapped a piece of red and white bakers twine around the top and added a few holly leaves. Even though it's actually a candy jar die, I think it looks like an old fashioned cookie jar and a darned festive one at that!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments always brighten my day! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments always brighten my day! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!
Challenge #134 has just gone live at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge and here is my DT card! It's never too early to make a start on next Christmas - you will be so glad when you have all your cards ready well before December rather than a last minute scramble! If you're running out of ideas, my team mates have created some wonderfully inspiring Christmas cards so be sure to pop over and check them out! And we love to be inspired by your creations as well so I look forward to seeing your Christmas cards in our gallery!
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments always brighten my day! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!
This challenge is being sponsored by Newton's Nook Designs.
There's a very generous $25 Store Credit being offered to our winner as voted by the DT plus an invitation to guest design with us in a future challenge!
How will you our 9th Birthday Celebration theme inspire you - I'm looking forward to viewing your lovely creations in the gallery - you have until March 1st to come play cards with us! Pop over to Time Out where my team mates and two special guests have some lovely designs waiting to inspire you!
I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges (the link is under each of the photos)!
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NBUS Challenge #47 |
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Snippets Playground Challenge #447 |
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Flower Challenge #77 |
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Seize the Birthday Challenge #255 My initials are K and L Keys (Piano) and Leaves |
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments always brighten my day! And if you leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!
This challenge is sponsored by Gina K. Designs who are offering our winner as voted by the Design Team, a generous $25 Store Credit. So I hope you can take some Time Out and join us this fortnight. You have until the 15th February to link up your entries and we can't wait to see how Gina's card will inspire you!
I'd like to enter NBUS Challenge #47 because the Altenew Mixed Leaf Die set was a Christmas present to myself and the Slimline Stitched Die was a belated birthday present!
I'd also like to enter my Rainbow coloured card into the Colorful Options Challenge for February 2023.
I'm so grateful you stopped by, I hope you go away a little inspired! Your visits and comments always brighten my day! If you do leave a comment, I’ll know you were here and how to find you!