Oh so grateful for being 
a guest designer at the Time Out Challenge, what an HONOUR! …and recognition! The two week theme is ” Black + White + 1 Colour” with the Optional Twist of being One Layer. This last concept is still a big challenge for me but I did it, YAY! For this card I used Liquitex Inks in gold and black. I placed 2 drops of each colour on Bristol paper and lightly spritzed with a small water bottle. I patiently allowed this to air dry completely. Then I made a stencil using one of IO’s deer trio. I added Liquitex flexible embossing paste and, before it dried, I added some WOW white puff embossing powder and zapped that with my heat gun, giving some volume and texture. Finally, I stamped “Joyeux Noël” (Merry Christmas), from Kesi’Art, with Versafine Ink and heat embossed with black EP.
Can’t wait to see you in the T-O gallery, thanks so much for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna
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Goodness, it feels as though I could just reach out and touch that texture-y deer, Jo … it’s fantastic … and so cool against the stylish, unstructured, spritzed black and gold background! Thanks so much for inspiring our players as our Guest Designer at Time Out! Anita 🙂
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Congratulations on Guest Designing, Jo! Your card is sensational! I can only imagine how much more stunning it is in real life!! Hugs, Darnell
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This is such a beautiful card! I love the background and the deer is fabulous! Thanks for guesting with Time Out!
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Love the artsy use of the black and gold for the background and what a fun idea to add the puffy effect to the paste and heat it. Gorgeous CAS card, which is so unique and contemporary for Christmas x Congratulations on guesting x.
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Such a gorgeous card. Love how you used dimension to take this card to the next level. Very inspiring. Thanks so much for being our Guest Designer at Time Out.
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Your card is absolutely stunning, Joanna. That background is amazing, and the texture and dimension you added with that deer is fantastic. Thank you so much for joining us as Gues Designer, and for sharing this beauty for our challenge!
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Jaw dropping gorgeous when I saw your card on the TO post. Amazing texture. Beautiful background and choice if colours. x
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Congrats on being GD, too. 🎉🎉🎉
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Love the way that paint blended and the puff white ep looks great. I have some puff white somewhere – from another company – may try it out soon!
Great design. And the one layer card isn’t easy for me, either – I like borders to add to the design, so I find it really tough!
Cath x
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Jo Congratulations on being GD at TO, that’s an amazing card. I’ve never tried the puff embossing powder, it gives so much dimension. I also love your background, great way to use your liquitex acrylic inks 🙂
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WOW again! There is so much creativity in this. Love the ink splatter with your textured deer from a homemade stencil. It’s always delightful to see what you’ve created. I did like reading about “patiently letting it air dry.” I have such a problem doing that but it was worth the wait!
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Love the way you stenciled the deer – the white puff embossing powder is amazing. I just bought some but haven’t tried it yet. The background is beautiful – love the black and gold!
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Congratulations, Jo! Your card is AMAZING! I love the texture of the deer and the spritzed background! Being patient to let it dry paid off That’s so hard to do!
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We are honoured to have you as GD and wow you rocked the one layer! This card is amazing, I adore that background and to get the dimension here with the reindeer is so creative. This will enspire so many of our players-thank you so much x
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