Wednesday, April 9, 2025

TIME OUT CHALLENGES


WHEEEEE! I get to be Guest Designer over at Time Out Challenges this next two weeks - I feel blessed! The new challenge is one of their "Pick 2" selections. You can see the choices on the badge here: 


This challenge is sponsored by Gina K. Designs and there's a wonderful prize for the winning card! Visit the challenge website to see what is being offered and to take a look at the Design Team's inspirational cards.

I decided on "water" and "spots", and challenged myself to create some water made from various scraps of papers printed with spots, in a CAS style.


I started with a stitched rectangle of navy/aqua spotted cardstock. Then I die cut the same rectangle in three other papers and die cut an upside-down scallop on each of these and glued all but the top layer together. On the top aqua layer I white heat embossed the sentiment and the school of fishes from Penny Black's "Birthday Fishes" stamp set. I attached the top layer with dimensional foam to give the final image a bit more interest. This glued rectangle then got attached to a slightly larger white die cut stitched rectangle, and this in turn was attached to a 5-1/2" square white card base. My final step was to add some spots to the fishes with a white gel pen where their eyes would be.

I found an aqua square envelope in my envelope stash and lined it with the navy/aqua printed paper.

I started second-guessing myself after I finished this card - I chose "spots", but used papers with "dots". I went to my dictionary to double-check if there is a difference between a spot and a dot. A dot is a round spot, so technically these are still spots. I suspect that "spots" might be a bit more randomly-placed than dots, but I'm sticking with what I did!

ON A PERSONAL NOTE: We were surrounded for a week by men painting the outside of our house, which was last done 30 years ago, I'm embarrassed to say! They finished up yesterday and I'm trying to get everything pulled back together. The garden is roaring back and I can hardly wait until the California poppies explode. By the looks of things, that should be soon. By this time next week the covered patio will be ready for use and I think we'll celebrate with friends and wine. I'll take some photos and show off the place!


on

7 comments:

  1. CarolApril 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM

    Fran, welcome! And this card is so creative! I love those patterned waves and the fish swimming along beneath them!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lisa EltonApril 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM

    Oh, I LIKE this! What a fabulous card, Fran!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Stephanie LanzalottoApril 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM

    I really love this card, Fran. The waves have so much movement. Great choice of papers, and your birthday fishes are fabulous. We are so happy to have you Guest Designing with us! Thanks of joining us and for your support of Time Out.!

    ReplyDelete
  4. HelenApril 11, 2025 at 3:15 AM

    Great card Fran. It certainly captures the feel of the ocean. Wonderful to have you join us as Guest Designer this challenge. I look forward to seeing lots more of your clever creations in future challenges. I hope you have a lovely weekend. :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. KateApril 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM

    Love the clean lines of your card Fran and in one of my favourite colour duos! Great sentiment too! Thanks for being such an awesome guest at Time Out! Hugs, Kate!

    ReplyDelete
  6. QuillishApril 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM

    Wow.. I love your take! The layered waves are soo cool and the school of fish, so creatively added. What a great inspiration. Thank you for being our guest :) Hugs ~ Ishani

    ReplyDelete
  7. BobbyApril 16, 2025 at 8:19 AM

    Your layers of wavy dots/spots are so creative, Fran, and give your birthday fishes a wonderful place to swim. Thanks for being our guest designer for this challenge.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)