Time Out Celebrate their 10th Birthday!

 

Hello my crafty friends,

Time Out is having a Birthday Bash for it's 10th Birthday!!

They kindly asked me to join them and I am honoured!

Myself and Nonni started planning this blog about 10 and a half years ago!

And since then it has grown and grown and that is due to you wonderful players, the past and present Design Teams and all our sponsors-so a thank you to all.

Sadly due to my health I had to leave about 3 years ago now and have rarely crafted over the last year-this card I made last year for a Birthday and thought it was a very 'me' card-one layer, CAS, skyline and my beloved linen embossing plate!

Time Out have some fun going on over on their blog with some super sponsors-go and check it out here and see all the amazing DT cards for inspiration.

Enjoy!

 

Time Out 9th's Birthday Celebration!

 Hi All

Time Out is celebrating it's 9th Birthday!

How Fabulous. As the co-founder with Nonni I am so happy that this challenge is still going strong.

I have not been on the DT for a while now but they very kindly asked me to join in he celebrations with them.

I went with my super CAS style and made this:

I actually decided to go with these colours inspired by the latest challenge at AAA Cards

and it was Maaike's card that gave me the idea for the design-thanks Maaike!

The Guest Designer for this challenge is Hannelie, one of my fav card designer's-do pop on over to her blog!

This celebration is sponsored by Newton's Nook and there is a $25 credit store voucher for the winner!

The DT have all made super cards, so go on over to Time Out and check them out!!

Enjoy!!

And entering AAA Cards teal and Gold

Time Out Birthday 8th Celebrations!

 Hi All

I am very excited to be joining in Time Out's 8th Birthday!

As a co-founder of Time Out with Nonni 8 year's ago Time Out has a special place in my heart.

Due to poor health I had to leave last year but they very kindly asked me and some other Guest Designers to join in their celebrations.

There is so much going on and lots of sponsors and prizes-check all this out here and graphic below shows all the sponsors invloved!

Here is my card:

These fab images wine glasses are from Visible Images

I made this card in the style I love as I thought it was another way to celebrate the Birthday and the wonderful DT of Time Out and all the fabulous players.

I have made so many friendships over the years running Time Out and I cherish that so much.

Now pop on over to Time Out and Celebrate!

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

Less is More-Birthdays-welcome back guys and happy 11th Birthday!

Seize The Birthday-Dichromatic option taken-using 2 colours.

Time Out Guest Designer!

 Hi All

I have the honour of being the Guest Designer of my previous challenge Time Out.

And I am super excited to be joining the amazing team because this is a special challenge sponsored by our very own Kim. Kim is not only a card maker but so very creative in so many ways. And one of these is her amazing skill of sewing and she has her own Etsy store RunningStitchDesign-pop on over there and you will see a delight of goodies-I have quite a few!!

 And today, Kim and her store are our super sponsors!!

We have a photo of one of her gorgeous bags she made as our inspiration and here it is:

How wonderful is this-and this bag could be your's if you win!

You can be inspired by anything in the photo-the bag, the colours, the stitching (like me!), the mug, pencil, 'imagine'....anything!

So I went with a 'Kim' focused card-taking in all she loves in making her bags, the colours-the photo is quite dark but I wanted you to see the stitched white card as I thought this went with the theme!

This really was out of my comfort zone-using tiny images, fussy cutting and colouring but I quite liked the end result. And actually all these images and the stitched background are from team member Joyce who sent me them a while ago to help me with this challenge-thank you Joyce!

The other very Guest Designer for this challenge is Nathalie and you can find her on Instagram here. Nathalie is so very creative and you can find out more about her over on Time Out. I recommend visiting her Instagram account as you will love what you see!

Now pop on over to Time Out and see what the super Design Team have made to inspire you and then take some Time Out and play along!!

Challenge #187

Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Time Out but before I tell you about that I have some news for you that I am telling you with a very heavy heart.

 I have been running Time Out for over 7 years now but as most of you know I struggle with my health. Over the last year my health has deteriorated and I can no longer run Time Out to standard I would like and although I have been trying to, it is my health that has suffered.

So now it is time to take Time Out and step down completely.

I will no longer be running Time Out or be on the DT.

BUT Time Out will continue with a group of the DT taking on various roles, of which they will share with you over the next few weeks.

Before I go I wanted to thank you all for playing with us with so much enthusiasm and I have loved visiting your blogs which have always inspired me.

And a huge thank you to my wonderful DT, both past and present, who have not only made superb cards but also many have helped so much behind the scenes and supported me-thank you guys x

And finally a thank you to all our wonderful Sponsors, your generosity and support have been appreciated so much.

This will be my last challenge but I have already planned the rest of the year so I would love to see you all still play!

And my final card for this challenge is:

And the challenge is:

Our Sponsors are Topflight Stamps and they have many brand in there store and one of my favourite-Visible Images-and I have used their Tomorrow Doesn't Exist stamp set here. I watercoloured onto the actual stamp before stamping to give the image an even more feel of movement than her jumping. And followed this through with adding a few splashes of paint.

I am very excited that our Guest Designer for this challenge is a friend and one amazing crafter Milla. Milla has to be one of the best designers I know at colouring-truly outstanding-pop on over to her blog here and you will see what I mean!

Now pop on back to Time Out and see what Milla and our amazing DT have made.

I will still be visiting your blogs for this challenge and also will be seeing you in blogland as much as I can xx

I will enter this into:

AAA Birthday Challenge-who are celebrating their 2nd Birthday-this card went to my Aunt for her Birthday-she is a painter and I thought she might like an arty card!

Time Out #186

 Hi All,

Time for a new challenge at Time Out and it is our theme challenge and the theme is 'Pets' with the optional twist of colouring in any medium.

I went with the twist and used copics and promarkers:

This challenge is sponsored by the amazing Newton's Nook and here I have used the stamp set Sips and Stories

If you do twist and use colouring you get the change to win a voucher to spend in Newton Nook's Designs

Our DT have all made super cards-pop on over here to have a look!

Enjoy!

Time Out #185

 Hi All,

Time for a new challenge at Time Out and my fav-the photo challenge.

Here is my card:

And the photo that inspired this:

I went with the colours and the flowers heat embossing this Altenew flower on the blue card and using these Penny Black Antique Frames

This challenge is sponsored by a new sponsor to us this year-Kitchen Sink Stamps-we are so excited to have this amazing store join us and you will see at Time Out that some of our Design Team have used their products and also next week you will see more. I would urge you to pop on over to their store here and get shopping!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented and a regular at Time Out, Claire. I am a long term fan of Claire and I think Claire has played along with us since we first started and every card has been a delight. Pop on over to her blog here and you will see how telented she is!

Welcome Claire x

Then pop back to Time Out and and have a look at what Claire and the DT have made to inspire you.

Enjoy x

I will enter:

The Flower Challenge-Patel colours

Altenew-photo-baby blue of eggs

Time Out #184

 Hi Friends

Time for a new challenge at Time Out

It is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge and the words are:

You can use any of these words or the whole phrase to inspire you.

I went with 'garden'....my flower was picked from my garden today!

This challenge is sponsored by Altenew and I have used the stamp set Floral Frame

I actually got the idea of this card from my teamie at CASology-Milka. I loved the card she made here and she was kind enough to let me CASE it-thank you Milka for the inspiration!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Helen. I am sure many of you know Helen and I am a long term fan, but if not pop on over to her blog here and you will just love what you see!

Welcome Helen, so pleased you are joining us x

What do these words inspire you to create?

Need more inspiration?

Pop on over to Time Out and see what Helen and the Design Team have made to give you lots of ideas!

Enjoy!

I will enter this into:

Watercooler Wednesday-All occasions

Sisterhood of cratfers-Spring/Easter

Time Out #183 Reminder

 Hi All

Here to remind you that there is still time to join in the challenge at Time Out.

In both of these cards I have used the Ornamental stencil from our amazing sponsor Funky Fossil Designs. I also used the paste that you can purchase at Funky Fossil- light textured paste

So why is this different as it looks very much like a CAS card??

Well when I made this back in October I did make it for this challenge as I wanted to try something I hadn't before-using paste with a shaped stencil. 

Goodness I found it quite easy with this paste. I just left it to dry over night and then the next morning I fussy cut it out and made these cards. Also quite different for me to use twine and fussy cut but it has been seen before but not the paste.

As I write this I realise I may be making more cards with paste-who knows-but I assure you when these were made, this was really different for me!! (nope I haven't done it again!!)

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Lisa. Lisa plays often at Time Out and we are honoured she joined us for this challenge-you can check out what she made on last weeks post-she tried a new technique and wow what is great. Plus pop on over to her blog here and she what a delight her cards are!

Check out what the Design Team have made here and then get crafting!

Enjoy!

Time Out #183

 Hi All

Time for a new challenge at Time Out-and a bug thank you for all of you who helped celebrate our 7th Birthday!

This time we challenge you to be:

And here is what I made:

O.K I know you are all thinking....why is this different for Sandie???....it is a very Sandie CAS card!!

Well I looked at 'different' in the terms of what I really can't do and that is play the guitar!

I had lessons when I was young and well I was really bad...so this is my 'different'

This challenge is sponsored by the wonderful Funky Fossil Designs and I have used the stamp set Guitar Hero

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Lisa who we often see playing along with us and every card is a delight to see. Take a pop on over to her blog here and she how very creative she is!

Welcome Lisa!

Now time to see what the rest of the Design Team have made....how 'Different' have they been?

Take a look here

Then get crafty and enjoy!

I will enter this into:

Cardz 4 Guys-who want cards for a teenager-think this fits the bill!

Time Out's 7th Birthday!! #182

 Hello crafty friends,

I am very excited as today our challenge at Time Out is to celebrate our 7th Birthday!!

I can't believe we are so old!!

Over the years we have grown more and more and that is thanks to you all and all the support you give us-I appreciate this so much and am happy you like to craft with us.

Also our past and present Design Teams are totally amazing. Inspiring every week and working so hard behind the scenes helping me keep the challenge fun and working smoothly so you can all enjoy it!

And a huge, huge thank you to our sponsors, past and present and our new ones this year! Your support has been amazing and I thank you for your generosity.

This challenge is sponsored by STAMPlorations who have been with us from day 1!-thank you Shery!

All we want to see is a celebration card-time for us all to party.

I went with card I think is really my style and in fact on looking at it as I write this I may have made one very similar before!

We love, what we love!

I have used-STAMPlorations stamp set Trendy Butterflies 2 and the dies Birthday Word dies and Crazy Stitched Dies

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative Karen. I am sure many of you know Karen but if not pop on over to her blog here and you will be inspired and come back ready to craft!

Go on over to Time Out and you will see what Karen and the super Design Team have made to celebrate us being 7!!

Party time xx

Time Out Reminder #181

 Hi All

I am here to remind you there is still time to join in our photo challenge at Time Out

With Valentine's over I wanted to make a card that had no hearts on it but focused more on the colours, patterns and the flowers.

Here is the photo-look out for the flowers:

This challenge is sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays and I have used a stamp and die that is retired now but their are similar ones here.

You can check out the card from our Guest Designer Nancy on her blog here

All our Desgin Team have made amazing cards-check them out here

I used the sketch at Fab Friday for my lay out.

Time Out #181

 Hi All

Time for a new challenge 'photo' challenge at Time Out sponsored by CAS-ual Fridays

Here is my card:

And here is the photo that inspired it:

As you can see I went for the red, the hearts, stripes and that tiny black and white heart at the bottom.

The sentiment and heart are from CAS-ual Fridays but it seems this set is retired but you can find similar sets here

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very talented Nancy. I love her CAS style and pop on over to her blog here and I am sure you will come back a fan and be ready to craft!

Welcome Nancy x

Our Design Team have all made amazing cards for this challenge, check them out here and then kick back and take some time out with us and play along!

Enjoy!

I will enter:

Inkspitational-hearts

The Card Concept-CAS and layered-hearts and red

Time Out #180

Hi Crafty Friends,

Time for a new challenge at Time Out and it is our 'Inspired by Words' challenge and the words are:

What a great quote...especially for now when most of us are stuck in doors!

Remember you can use any of these words or the whole quote to inspire you to create.

Here is my take using the whole phrase:

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Newton Nook's Designs and here I have used the stamp set Sips and Stories.

And the inside of the card has a wonderful sentiment from this set:

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the very creative Bobby. Bobby has supported Time Out since day 1 and we always love every card she enters and we are honoured she is joining us for this challenge. Check out here amazing blog here-you will come back inspired!

Welcome Bobby.

Our amazing Design Team have all made super cards inspired by these words-pop on over to Time Out to have a look and then get crafting.

Enjoy!

Time Out #179

Hi All

Welcome to the first challenge of 2021 at Time Out and this year we thought we would have some fun and get to know you all better! And we can't think of a better way to do this than for you to make a card to show us. So we challenge you to be:

You can interpret this in whatever way you want.....perhaps you want to be 'You' by showing favourite style of card making. Or perhaps you have another hobby that you can show us on your card-gardening, cooking, sports and the list goes on!! How about your job? Your favourite books, movies....'you' can mean just anything that tells us something about you in card form.

We are excited to get to know you better!

I went for a CAS card and just stamping-as we all know that is my love. But I also wanted to show that I love nature and walking in it and seeing the seasons change-so that is why on my card the leaves change colour

Our sponsors for this challenge are the amazing STAMPloration and here I have used these products Crazy Stitched rectangle nesting dies and Trendy Leaves stamp set

So you know I love CAS and stamping and nature.

Now tell me something about 'You'

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the amazing designer Anila. I am a long time fan of Anila. Her creativity blooms with every card she makes. Pop on over to her blog here and you will see what I mean!

Our Design Team and Anila have all made amazing cards-check them out here

Then time for you to take some TIME OUT and craft with us!

Enjoy!

Time Out #178

Hello Crafty Friends,

Time for our last challenge of 2020 at Time Out and today it is our Theme Challenge with the optional twist of blending or sponging,

The Theme is:

What does 'Lift in the City' mean to you?

Perhaps some shopping, lunch or coffee with Friends?

We know you will have many ideas.

I went basic really and just showed my fav city-London!

Stamped the skyline and then added some patterned paper!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the amazing Joy. Her cards are so creative and her blog a delight to visit-pop on over here and you will see what I mean!

Welcome Joy.

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Birch Press Design and their store is fab-take a look here

Out Design team and Joy have all made super inspirational cards for you.

Go to Time Out and you will see them!

Now time to get crafty and join in and a very Happy New Year to you all x

Time Out #177

Hi All

Time for our photo challenge at Time Out

Here is our wonderful photo, full of inspiration!

And my card:

I picked out the overall whites and the wood colour from the legs of the chairs and the tree.

Our sponsor for this challenge is STAMPlorations and I have used Crazy Double Stitch Nesting Die and Oh Christmas Tree and Holiday Artsy-retired. The tree is heat embossed.

 

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the amazing Vicky. I just  love Vicky's creativity and her blog is a delight to visit-check it out here. Welcome Vicky!

Vicky and our Design Team have made some wonderful cards to inspire you-pop over to Time Out and you will be inspired!

Enjoy!!