Challenge #281 - Pick Two: Stitch, Layer, Heart, Food, Love, Warm

 Hello, friends of Time Out. Welcome back! If you are a newcomer to Time Out Challenges, we extend a very warm welcome to you. We're glad you are here.

We have a new challenge for you that that opens today and runs through February 12. This time it is a Pick Two challenge, a new type of challenge in our rota! 

The idea of this challenge is very simple: 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

    

If the way you are using the two (or more) words as your inspiration is less than obvious, please let us know how you were inspired!  

Newton's Nook is our wonderful sponsor, generously offering a $25.00 Newton's Nook Store Credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner. Our winner will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We are joined by Marcia Hill of Marcia's Stampin' Pad, and winner of Time Out #276 as Guest Designer. Marcia is a super talented cardmaker with mad design and coloring skills. We are so happy to have her with us for our first "Pick Two" Challenge. It requires that 2 of the 6 inspiration prompts be chosen for the entries, but Marcia included five out of six of the choices. How fun!

Here is a little bit about Marcia in her own words:

"Marcia here. I've been a card making enthusiast since 1999 when I was first introduced to Stampin' Up!.  My style has evolved over the years from as many layers as I could fit on a card and still be able to mail it, to CAS and recently a big love of stenciling. My craft room is my happy place and that's where you'll find me most days, unless I'm with my grands.  We have 5 now (5th born Dec. 17th) and we love every minute we get to spend with them!  Happy crafting, friends!!"

This is Marcia's wonderful Challenge Card. Check out all the details HERE.

Picked Heart, Stitch, Layer, Warm and Love

Thank you Marcia, for joining us as Guest Designer with your wonderful project!

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Jenny

Picked Stitch, Layer, Heart and Love

Kate

Picked Stitch, Layer, Heart, Food, Love and Warm

Nancy

Picked Stitch, Layer, Heart and Love

Nonni

Picked Stitch, Layer, Heart and Love

Stephanie 

Picked Stitch, Layer, Heart and Love

Bobby

Picked Stitch, Heart and Love

Deepti

Picked Layer, Heart and Love

Carol Mc

Picked Stitch, Heart and Layer

Helen 

Picked Layers and Food

Ishani 

Picked Stitch, Layer and Heart 

Wonderful inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to take Time out and Craft. This challenge runs until 5 pm GMT on Wed the 12th of February. Before linking up below, please check out "How to Play" from the sidebar. 

Do note that at Time Out we only allow 5 challenges combined, one of them being ours! Thank you and happy crafting! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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Winners Challenge #279 - Theme: Beginnings

Hello friends of Time Out. 

Welcome back, and we extend a very warm welcome to newcomers to Time Out Challenges!

We are here to announce the winners of our previous challenge where our theme was Beginnings for our first challenge of the new year. It was so fun to see how the theme inspired the projects in the gallery from new craft supplies, to new babies, to trying over again, to new adventures and more. Thanks to everyone who played along! 

Our winner receives $25 store credit to spend at the DoodlebusgWA Store and an invitation to Guest Design with us for a future challenge. Huge thanks to DoodlebugsWA for your generosity and continued support of Time Out Challenges! 

And now we'd like to introduce our winner for our first challenge of 2025...

 #5 Carol

Congratulations on your win, Carol! We loved your very classy New Year's card. Gold & black is so great for a celebration. Your background is fabulous as is the way you placed the numbers on the diagonal and added the diecut sentiment as the perfect finishing touch. 

Please grab your Winner's Badge from the tab beneath our Blog Header and and display it proudly on your blog and/or other social media.

Please contact Stephanie at slan(dot)zal(at)verizon(dot)net within one week with "TO WINNER" in the subject field for details on how to claim your prize. With your win, you are also invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge. When contacting Stephanie, please let her know if you are interested.

The Honorable Mentions go to these fabulous card makers:

#12 Milla

#18 Jennifer

#8 Greta

Such wonderful and inspiring work from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Milla, Jennifer and Greta, please grab your Honors Badge from the tab beneath our Blog Header and and display it proudly on your blog and/or other social media.

Our current challenge where we are to be inspired by our favorite thing(s) to do in January is still running for about one week. If you haven't played along yet, this is your reminder to Take Time Out to craft... and join us HERE! See you in the gallery!

Challenge #280 - Inspired By: Your favorite things to do in January

Hello, friends of Time Out. Welcome back! If you are a newcomer to Time Out Challenges, we extend a very warm welcome to you. We're glad you are here.

We have a new challenge that opens today and runs through January 29. It is an "Inspired By" challenge which is a new challenge in our rotation. With each of our "Inspired By" challenges this year, the challenge title will be "Inspired by your favorite...". This time we want you to be inspired by one or more of your favorite things to do in January and to reflect it in your project. 

Think about an activity you enjoy where you live: a sport, beverage, hobby, place to go, things to read, music to play... It can also be someplace you like to travel to for something you can't do where you live... For example, our southern hemisphere players might wish to go skiing in the Alps and our northern hemisphere players may want to go lie on a beach in the Caribbean... you get the picture. Please be sure to explain your choice in your post.

Challenge #280

Our wonderful sponsor, Lawn Fawn, is generously offering a $25 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.

We are joined by Verena Shapiro of simple_stamper on Instagram, and winner of Time Out #275 as Guest Designer. Verena's cards are wonderful, simple and clever. Treat yourself to a stroll through her Instagram for some fabulous inspiration.

Here is a little bit about Verena in her own words:

"Hi! My name is Verena, and I live in Ottawa, Canada. I originally started papercrafting about 20 years ago, but as a mom of three life got too busy, and I never fully got into it. During Covid I suddenly had all this spare time available, so I decided to give cardmaking another try. Well, I haven't been able to stop since! I tend to lean towards clean and simple cards. My life can be pretty chaotic, and there's just something incredibly calming about clean lines and white space. I absolutely love card challenges. They push me out of my comfort zone and make me look at my stash differently. Thank you everyone at 

Time Out for the wonderful inspiration you all always provide!"

THIS is Verena's fabulous make for our challenge. She loves to start the new year with a bang and good intentions. Please visit her on Instagram for details.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Ishani

Jenny

Kate

Nancy

Nonni

Stephanie

Bobby

Deepti

Carol Mc 

Helen 

Wonderful work from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out and Craft! This challenge runs until 5 PM GMT on Wed 29th of January. Before linking up below, do check out "How to Play" from the sidebar. 

Please make note that at Time Out we only allow linking to 5 challenges combined, one of them being ours! Thank you and Happy Crafting! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Challenge #279 - Theme: Beginnings

Hello, friends of Time Out. Welcome back! If you are a newcomer to Time Out Challenges, we extend a very warm welcome to you. We're glad you are here.

Before we begin with our first challenge of 2025, we have a new Design Team Member to introduce... 

...drum roll please...

Welcome to the Time Out Family, our frequent player, Carol McFarland! 

I'm sure Carol's blog Saw it. Had to Make It is familiar to many of you from card challenges. She is such a wonderful source of inspiration for us all. If you however are new to Carol's blog, make sure to visit Saw it. Had to Make It and leave her some love. We are excited that Carol was able to join us and can't wait to see her creative DT projects. Thank you and welcome, Carol! 

A couple of words about the upcoming year. 2025 marks the beginning of 12th year of Time Out Challenges and to celebrate we have made a couple of exciting changes to our challenge rota! We are saying goodbye to 'Inspired by Words' and 'We Challenge You to Be' and welcoming 'Pick Two' and 'Inspired by'. 

The new rota will be: 

Theme

Inspired by

Pick Two

Photo

We'll introduce the new challenge types as they come along. We hope you'll love the changes! We are very happy with them and can't wait to create new projects alongside you, our wonderful players.

Now finally onto our first challenge of 2025 which opens today and runs through January 15th. It is a Theme challenge in which the theme is "BEGINNINGS". 

Our sponsor is Doodlebugs with a generous offer of a $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.

We welcome Ellen Coats of georgia_jayhawk on Instagram, Stamping Sans Souci blog, and winner of Time Out #274 as Guest Designer.

Here are a few words from Ellen about her crafting journey:

"My name is Ellen and I live in Georgia (USA). I've been papercrafting for about two decades, starting with scrapbooking. Once I was introduced to card making (specifically heat embossing), my scrapbooks soon fell behind.  I work full time to support my habit, and I appreciate Time Out challenges that spark my creativity and encourage a starting off point when I am otherwise uninspired! I am honored to guest design for the first Time Out challenge of the year. Thanks!"

Ellen's challenge card reflects a new year as an opportunity to begin a new chapter. The critters on her card are cozily reading together while New Year's fireworks welcome in 2025. Check out all the details HERE. 

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Helen 

Ishani

Jenny

Kate

Nancy

Nonni

Stephanie 

Bobby

Carol Mc 

Deepti

Wonderful work from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out and Craft! This challenge runs until 5 PM GMT on Wed 15th of Jan. Before linking up below, do check out How to Play from the sidebar. 

Do make note that at Time Out we only allow linking to 5 challenges combined, one of them being ours! Thank you and Happy Crafting! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter