Hello there!! We have a lovely challenge up for you at Time Out Challenge - where we challenge you to be Inspired by The Red Carpet Picket Fence Studios is our wonderful sponsor, generously offering a $25.00 Newton's Nook Store Credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner.  This challenge came at a time when I have been watching Love is Blind and reached the weddings episode and the pictures coming out from Oscars 2025 and as i was scrolling Instagram I happened to come across - Elle Fanning in this gorgeous dress. oooh lala ..read more

 Hello Friends, It's Time Out Challenge's 11th Birthday - where we challenge you to CASE the Designer and we have amongst us the very talented Donna Mikasa of 3 umbrellas .  She has been an inspiration for so many of us, for so many years and  CASEing her gorgeous card - is such a great way to learn from the best. We are grateful to GinaK Designs, for generously offering $25.00 store credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also get an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge. I was in ..read more

Hello Friends, We have a lovely challenge up for you at Time Out Challenge - where we challenge you to be Inspired by this photo Here's a close up The photo inspiration is a handmade bag by Kim Heggins. Kim is a former Time Out DT Member and owner of Running Stitch Design, Kim's ETSY Store from which she sells her marvelous handmade bags. For this special yearly challenge, Kim's handmade bag is both the inspiration AND the prize. I took inspiration from the heart and the colors of the bag for my Anniversary card in which I let the diecutting shin ..read more

Hi friends, I was very fortunate to join Liz Ortiz for her AECP level 3 workshop where she taught us two amazing Pop up cards. I am scared of maths and I avoid numbers, entirely atleast for my cards... but Liz - the mathematician in her, made her students understand the maths of cardmaking - so well ?I am a proud student !!! Here's the first card with the Envelope Pop up design and I was amazed at the genius of hers, for using banner die for the envelope!! I didn't have the banner die so I gave some sweet scissor love to the paper and created my own banners. For the liner I have used an embo ..read more

 Hello my dear friends, Since Sept 2023, I have been on a beautiful journey of learning, giving up inhibitions and becoming better than what I was, through Altenew Educator Certification Programme . Today I am submitting my last assignment which required me to host a workshop - virtual or physical. Planning I chose to do a virtual workshop and conducted it on 1st Feb 2025. For this workshop I had to teach 4 to 10 students and devise the lesson plan in which I could showcase - not just what I learnt in the AECP but also include - a little me.  I love when I can use my supplies for ..read more

Hello everyone, Today, I have a watercolor piece to share with you, inspired by the colors of the Altenew January challenge. The colors reminded me of the Autumn Festival Brush marker and I had to get them out! The way I colored is inspired by Erum's coloring and who is not a fan of her style!? I chose Build a flower - Giant Bellflower and stamped the outlines stamp for the layout. I hope you like it :) Thank you for stopping by! Joining in at Altenew - January inspiration challenge ..read more

Hello everyone, Last saturday I attended AECP Level 3 Workshop by Carrianne Banul, where she shared with us two cards with creative stenciling techniques. For the first card I used Beveled squares stencil for the background and Wild rose layering stamp & die set for the flower and for the leaves I chose Layered rose die set. The colors I chose are for the ongoing Altenew January challenge. For the second card I chose a stencil from my stash - the frame was cut from Mix and match frame die set and for the sentiment I chose Way to go die set&nbs ..read more

 Hello dear friends, We have a new challenge that opens today and this time it is a Pick Two challenge in which - You'll pick two (or more) words from the 6 words provided and use them in your project in some way. Some words can have a double meaning; for example this time 'Warm' could inspire you to use warm colors or to create a scenic beach card. We hope you'll find our Pick Two challenge very inspiring!  The words that you are picking from this time are: Stitch, Layer, Heart, Food, Love, Warm Newton's Nook is our wonderful sponsor, generously offering a $25.00 N ..read more

 Hello sweet friends, We have a new challenge that opens today at Time Out challenges and runs through December 4th. This time it is an "Inspired By - YOUR FAVOURITE THING TO DO in January" Challenge. My card is inspired by Spending time in Kitchen - the only month I don't mind being in the kitchen. We are generously sponsored by Lawn Fawn with a $25.00 store credit for our challenge winner. Winters in North India get cold and our homes are not made to be warm (unless you are in the room with a heater on). So with the stoves and the steam - the kitchen is the warmest ..read more

  Hello sweet friends, Happy New year ✨ We have the first challenge of 2025 up for you at Time Out Challenge and we have a Theme for you for this fortnight and the theme is "BEGINNINGS".  We are generously sponsored by Doodlebugs with a $25.00 store credit for our challenge winner. I decided to make a baby card for the theme and took the most adorable Baby stamp set by Crafty Meraki - Oh Baby. I colored the baby with Copics and paired him with a Pale Teal pattern paper and tucked under him a pillow of clouds to let him have a comfy nap ..read more