December 03, 2025

Guest Designer for Time Out Challenge #303 - Photo Inspiratiin: Festive


Hello everyone.  I’m delighted to be back guest designing (GD) at Time Out (TO) for their final challenge if the year!  Sponsored by Birch Press Designs with a $20 prizet to the winner, challenge #303 is a photo inspiration.


Here’s a close up.


I drew inspiration from the colours and overall sparkly vibe of the scen.


I used products from Whimsy Stamps (WS) .  Stretched a couple of die sets to create the baubles from gold foil paper. The baubles are balloons from Happy Day Balloons (currently on sale) and the attachttachjent pieces are from Inverted Scallop Rectangles.   The decorative gold foil paper strips were created by inking VersaMark through a Twinkle stencil then heat embossing with white embossing powder.  The loops are gold cording. 
 

For the background, Bristol paper was ink blended with Sapphire dye ink 3/4” of the way down.  Made sure it was completely dry before heat embossing the sentiment and sparkle images from Cue the Confetti with white then clear glitter embossing powders.  I see a lot f stock photos where ornaments fade into a soft white.  I re-created that look by adhering cotton with double-sided tape.      bedAssembled the card onto a white card base to finish. 


A big tTHANK YOU to the TO team for this GD opportunity.. and to you for stopping by.  WS prod used for my card are linked below. Please note affiliate have been used in this post; therefore, if you click on any of them and make a purchase, I will receive a small compensation at no extra cost to you!  Your support is greatly appreciated. 

4 comments:

Kate said...

So clever Trina and so many lovely details! Thanks for being an awesome guest this fortnight at Time Out! Hugs Kate!

Brenda in IN said...

The shine is awesome and the blue background is perfect with the gold.

Quillish said...

Absolutely stunning and Genius Trina at work !! What an amazing card this is. The Golden Baubles behind that clever snow and the Glow in the blue.. oooh lala.. you have created an amazing Inspiration for our players and am amazed at your ideas. No one could have done it better! Thank you so much for being our Guest, Trina. Merry Christmas wishes in advance 🤗

Stephanie Lanzalotto said...

I love the way you were inspired by the photo, Trina. Your card is wonderful. I love the design, and what a fabulous idea to use the cotton on double sided tape to create the fade-to-white. Absolutely marvelous! Thanks so very much for being our Guest Designer for this challenge. Wishing you a happy holiday season full of warmth and cheer.