Thursday 26 November 2015

Time Out Challenge # 45

Only four more weeks till Christmas......eeeekk!! I am no where near prepared and certainly haven't made enough Christmas cards yet, so our new challenge theme this week at TIME OUT  will certainly help me! We want you to be inspired by the words:


                           SNOWFLAKES ARE WINTER'S BUTTERFLIES


Its such a pretty way to look at them, and not that I've seen any snowflakes in real life but the one's I've seen in movies seem to sometimes have a mind of their own as they float down to earth. But you can also be inspired by any of these words or the sentence itself, its totally up to you!!

Our Guest Designer for this challenge is the always creative Ashwini from Experiments with Card Making Etc. I'm sure you will have seen her around blogland, her designs are incredible and she is often the winner of many challenges, so its lovely to have her with us!!

I had all sorts of ideas on how to use some snowflakes on my card but each one of them failed. So I got back to basics and created my design around one beautiful snowflake:
 

I die-cut the snowflake twice, glued them together and then glued it to a circle, also die-cut from white CS. I used a slightly larger circle die to cut from a piece of mint glitter CS and adhered it to the card front. The snowflake was then popped up on foam tape and the sentiment stamped in black. Simple and clean!

The glitter CS is from DCWV 'Glitzy Pastels'. The snowflake die is from CAS-ual Fridays, as well as the sentiment stamp from the set 'Must Love Snow'. The circle dies are from Couture Creations.

I have four challenges I would like to enter:

The Challenge # 52 


AAA Cards Challenge # 53 (Anything Goes)


Simply Create Too Challenge # 99  (Snow/Use Mostly White)

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge (Anything Goes)

You have two weeks to enter your projects to the TIME OUT Challenge. The rest of the Design Team have some beautiful cards on the blog to inspire you. I hope you have the time to join us and I can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Take care
Shona

  

21 comments:

  1. This is so perfect. The dimension, the touch of coloured glitter, the crisp and clean look. Your cards always amaze me, they are just stunning!

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  2. Simply stunning! You are a Queen of CAS and I do like the sparkle behind the snowflake. I think this chalenge is such fun and your card is perfect!

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  3. Shona this is so pretty - I just love the white on white and the dimension of that snowflake - perfectly accented with the glittery silver cardstock! Love! Thanks for linking up at AAA too! Jill

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  4. Clean, simple and stunning! Such a great way to showcase the pretty snowflake, looking festive as ever surrounded by some bling! So glad that you stopped by and shared your card with us at 'the challenge' :)

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  5. Love your sweet and simple card, Shona! The snowflake looks so pretty with the glitter! DCWV Glitter cs is always a great choice, isn't it! :D
    Also thanks for your kind words on my blog, Shona!

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  6. Gorgeous CAS card. Love it! Thanks for playing at AAA Cards.

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  7. It looks so crisp; fits totally with the beautiful snowflake and winter-theme. Love the circkle-design! Enjoy your weekend!

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  8. A gorgeous CAS card Shona, I love the sparkling circular panel with a the beautiful snowflake and lovely fun sentiment!!

    hugs
    Heather xx
    Thanks so much for joining us with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

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  9. After seeing this masterpiece,everyone knows why you're the Time Out Guest Designer. Many, well-deserved, congrats.

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  10. What a gorgeous design, Shona! Love the touch of mint and your beautiful use of white. So serene :)

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  11. I LOve this, Shona ... mint glitter? gorgeous! Love having this beauty in The Challenge gallery this week!
    =] Michele

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  12. That mint glitter background is stunning, Shona ... really makes that beautiful snowflake the star of the show! Hugs, Anita :)

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  13. Simply beautiful and I love that sentiment!

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  14. Love the pretty simplicity of this card. You highlighted your snowflake perfectly.

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  15. Beautiful CAS design. Love how the sparkly circle draws your eye to the snowflake. Thanks for joining us at The Challenge!

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  16. Stunning card, Shona! This is CAS perfection! Hugs!

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  17. The basics worked. :) Very stylish and elegant, great card! xxx

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  18. What a beautiful CAS card!!! Thanks for joining us at “Simply Create Too”, hope to see you next time again.

    DT-Member SCT
    Gerda
    http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

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  19. Just wow. Thanks for sharing with us at AAA Cards - Jenny :)

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