Time Out Challenges + JUGS Collaboration Challenge

 

Blogging friend Michele directed me to a collaborative challenge between

Time Out Challenges and (new to me) JUGS, the acronym for Just Us Girls.

 

And the cue word for both challenges is BIRDS.  I'm a huge fan of birds and I feel that I was 

destined to enter the challenge. Here's my rather busy entry.

I just received Papertrey Ink's Into the Blooms Spring Nest Die and quickly put one together. 

I have several of their Feathered Friends cut, colored, and assembled in a "bird box" and chose

 a blue one that matched the eggs.

 

I unsuccessfully researched birds' egg colors and I believe blue colored birds don't lay 

blue eggs. I don't even know what species of bird this is but I was short on time to color 

a beige/brown bird. 

The nest and eggs were assembled and flowers and leaves were added, together with

the bird and a white embossed sentiment. Yes, it's the same sentiment that I used a 

few cards back that's a fave.

Ok, off to link this up! Thanks so much for stopping by and to Michele for

introducing me to the challenge.

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Edited to add: I've just returned from an overseas trip a few days ago and feeling a bit 

jet lagged when I read in some comments that I won the collaborative challenge!

 Many thanks to the gals at Time Out Challenges and JUGS for the honor!

 

 

Inspired by Challenge #262 -- GNOMES

When I saw that this week's Inspired by Challenge #262 was all about GNOMES, I was in.

And just look at the adorable inspiration!

 

There's even a sketch by Laurel.

 Here's how I was inspired.

I assembled two gnomes with (retired) Photoplay papers and added a red heart

 on each of their hats. A woodgrain embossing folder was used on the background 

panel and the gnomes were adhered over it. The card was finished off with a red 

die cut sentiment. 

I don't know why but gnomes always make me smile. Supposedly they're not the

cleanest in terms of hygiene, and have grumpy personalities. I guess they become

as cute as we can make 'em!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Edited to add: My card was chosen as the winner of the challenge!

Thank you, Laurel!

 

Inspired by GILDED LEAVES

This week's challenge theme at Inspired by Challenge is GILDED LEAVES.

 Here's the challenge graphic and Laurel's sketch.

 

 

And here's my card which was inspired by both the photo and the sketch.

Since the challenge was posted on National Old Stuff Day, we were challenged to use 

an item that is older than a year. Leaf Fragment Dies by Tim Holtz fit the bill as they

made their debut in August 2021. 

 

I cut them out from light green card stock then added more color with Distress Oxide

inks. Gold paint was added to the tips and spattered on top. After they were completely

dried, I crushed them for a bit of dimension.

I used a really old tree trunk embossing folder by We R Memory Keepers. And that 

foiled sentiment is from The Stamp Market. For those of us who don't own a foiling 

machine but love the shine 😁

I'd better link this up--I'm a little early for once! Thanks for stopping by.