Time Out #262 - Photo Inspiration

Kim Heggins used to be a design team member at Time Out and is an incredible seamstress.  She made the inspiration for our challenge.  

Kim has an Etsy shop called Running Stitch Design and is offering the winner of our challenge a $25 credit to her shop.

I took my cue from the brown checked fabric on the bottom of the bag and the dogs in the print fabric.  I have always loved this dog from Gerda Steiner, stamped him on a panel cut with MFT's wonky rectangles and colored him with Zigs.  The checked background is a stamp from Concord and 9th.  The sentiment from the GS set was stamped and cut with an Altenew speech bubble. 

Need inspiration other than that fabulous bag?  The Design Team has plenty to show you.  

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Just Us Girls #724 - Anything Goes Stencil Week

It's time for Stencil Week again at Just Us Girls.  Carol M is our host.

When I saw the beautiful foil hot plate called Golden Days from Altenew I knew I had to have it. 

Isn't she lovely?  The flower is so large I made a 5 by 7 card so I didn't have to trim any of her away.  It's foiled in gold and stenciled with the Martian Terrain set of Altenew inks.  I did trim the panel a tad to mount in on some Melon Berry cardstock from PTI that was almost perfect match.  The gold foiled sentiment is from Spellbinders.

There are so many ways to use a stencil on your card.  For inspiration, please check out what the Design Team and our guest Colleen have made.   We'd love to see your stenciled card in our gallery.

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Color Hues #85

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I was channeling my inner Jaycee when I made a card for Color Hues using his signature "Perfect Pairings with Altenew".

The Garden Treasure set is colored in yellows and Beautiful Day in pinks.  Then what?  I'm trying to branch out more with my backgrounds so to give more interest to my card, the corner was cut with a TH die and a smooshed panel made to go behind it.  A sentiment from MFT finishes it off. 

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Peace on Earth #61 and NBUS #61

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This will be a quick post because the deadline for posting to Peace on Earth is nearing fast.  I was inspired by the photo with the poinsettia.

I love Honey Bee's Lovely Layers and this poinsettia is one I got at the end of the year.  It's cut from red, inked for shading with Fired Brick (doesn't show much) and edged with Foundry Wax.  I thought it would look nice on a background I made a while ago using Altenew's Luxurious Motifs inked with Honey Bee's gold.  

Both the embossing folder and the poinsettia are new so I'm also sending my card to Darnell's NBUS gallery. 

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Just Us Girls #723 - Mood Board Week

Vicki has a lovely mood board for us this week at Just Us Girls.

I couldn't resist that beautiful sunflower, especially since I had recently purchased one from Altenew.

It comes with a stencil that was used with Altenew Pastel Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Frayed Leaf and Forest Glades ink.  The sentiment is from EbyE.

I made a different card first using the second layer of the stencil.  I don't often like the way the second layer looks and choose to shade the flowers myself like the one above. 

This sunflower was die cut, added to some DSP from Honey Bee and run through their burlap embossing folder.  This sentiment is part of the Dancing Sunflowers set.  Totally different look.  

What peeks your interest in that mood board?  What do you think the Design Team and our guest Colleen were inspired by?  Head on over to Just Us Girls, check them out and see a larger version of the mood board.  

This is the first outing of the Dancing Sunflowers so I'm sending my card to NBUS #61.

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The Flower Challenge #90 - Reminder

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There is still time for you to make a layered card for The Flower Challenge.

For my card I used the two layer plaid cover plate from Concord and 9th.

It was cut in white and mounted on a dark gray card base.  The flower are from Altenew's Golden Days, stamped in pinks and greens. 

There is more inspiration for you from the Design Team over on the blog.  Be sure to check them out.

  

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