Challenge #307

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.

Time Out Challenge #307 opens today and runs through March 4th. It is a special Photo Challenge. We are generously sponsored by Kim Heggins, a former Time Out Design Team Member and owner of Running Stitch Designs. For the past several years, Kim has donated one of her marvelous handmade bags for this special yearly challenge as both the inspiration AND the prize. 

Running Stitch Designs Logo

Time Out Challenge #307

We are challenged to create something inspired by this bag handmade by Kim Heggins. The enlarged  photo will help you to see some detail for your project. How does this photo inspire you? The colors, stripes, polka dots, the shape...? Please let us know in your post how your project was inspired. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Our Challenge Winner, as chosen by our Design Team, will receive Kim's Handmade Bag as a prize, and will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We are joined by the Marvelous Michele Ferguson of I Card Everyone, and winner of Time Out #302 as Guest Designer.  Michele is an incredibly talented designer with a keen eye for design and color, and a  sense of humor equally as keen.  Be forewarned that a stroll through Michele's BLOG may cause a little swooning and is sure to leave you inspired and heading toward your craft space.

Here is a little bit about Michele and her crafting journey in her own words:

 "I'm just a girl, standing before a mountain of supplies, looking for inspiration through many card- making challenges!  Lol I've been making cards for years and years - in fact I just posted my 3000^th card on Christmas day 2025 and still love every moment in my studio!  Thanks for the invitation to play cards with your wonderful team at Time Out!"

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

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Nancy

Stephanie

Bobby

Deepti

Carol Mc 

Helen 

Ishani

Jaydee

Jenny

Kate

Fantastic inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out to Craft!

Here are some details to keep in mind:

You have until 5:00 GMT (London), 12:00 Noon EDT (New York) on Wednesday, March 4th to upload your project using the Inlinkz below.  Make sure your link is a direct link to your NEW project, not just a generic link to your blog.

Please make sure you are actually following the challenge theme and be sure to add a bit of explanation how your project fits with the challenge. Per our challenge rules which you can find on the sidebar, please limit your combining of challenges to 5 total including ours. Thank you and happy crafting!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #305 - Use A Favorite Technique

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 Challenge #305 where we were challenged to use a "favorite technique" on our projects. We are sponsored by Top Flight Stamps with a generous offer of a $25 Store Credit to the Top Flight Store for our winner as chosen by the Design Team. Our Challenge Winner will also receive an invitation to join the Time Out Design Team as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

There were many wonderful projects in the Gallery. It was so much fun to see all the different techniques that our players love to use from embossing to die cutting to mixed media to alcohol inks and many more. Thanks to all who took Time Out to play with us. 

 Just a reminder regarding playing at Time Out - we always ask that you mention how your project was inspired by our challenge in your post. Also, linking to no more than 5 challenges including ours is in our guidelines. In order to qualify for the win, please follow our guidelines on the sidebar. Thank you most sincerely.

And now for our winner...

#8 - Dawn Turley

3D Embossing and Homemade dots

Congratulations on your win, Dawn! We absolutely loved your gorgeous card featuring 3D Embossing with the bonus of your homemade dots. Love your design. The single flower in that lovely pitcher is striking. 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. We'd love to have you!

The Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers:

#17 - Fran

CAS and constructing tiny landscapes using layers of dies and paper scraps

#31 - Dhruvikaa Raj

Water colouring and adding details with dry embossing

#58 - Karen

Gel Plate Printing

Such wonderful and inspiring work from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Crafters, 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 is still running for about another week. We are looking for projects inspired by at least 2 of 6 word prompts. All the details are HERE. If you haven't already played, we encourage you to take some Time Out to craft and play with us. We look forward seeing your projects in the gallery! You can read all challenge details, check out the inspiration from the Time Out Design Team and link your project HERE. Happy Crafting!

Challenge #306

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 February 18th. This time it is a "Pick 2" challenge. The idea of this challenge is very simple: we give you 6 word prompts and you pick at least 2 for your project!  To be clear, you can pick more than 2 or all 6 if you really want to stretch yourself, but you only must choose 2!

The prompts for Challenge #306 are:

Sparkle, Red, Heart, Pink, Aperture, Twine

In your post, please mention which words you have chosen and how they inspired you!

Our wonderful sponsor, Lawn Fawn, is generously offering 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 Jenn Borjeson of StampinAngelJenn and winner of Time Out #301, as our Guest Designer. This is Jenn's first Guest Designer gig with us. We introduce her with a few words from her about her crafting journey:

"My name is Jenn, I live in central Massachusetts with my husband of 33 years, Jeremy. We have 2 adult children, a cat, and 3 of the most adorable granddaughters in the universe. ;)  I have been crafting/making cards for almost 25 years now. I started crafting around 2002, I love making cards and tags and ATC's for the most part."

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

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Stephanie 

Picked red, pink, heart, sparkle

Bobby

Picked red, pink, heart, aperture

Deepti

Picked red, pink, heart

Carol Mc

Picked sparkle, red, heart, aperture

Helen 

Picked sparkle, pink and twine

Ishani

Picked pink and aperture

Jaydee

Picked pink, aperture and sparkle

Jenny

Picked red, pink, aperture and heart

Kate

Picked sparkle, red, heart, pink, aperture

Nancy

Picked pink, red, sparkle & heart

Fantastic inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out to Craft! Before linking up below, please read How to Play from the sidebar. Please note that at Time Out, we only allow linking five challenges combined, one of them being ours. Thank you and Happy Crafting!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #304 - All That Glitters

  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 Challenge #304, our first challenge of 2026 that had the theme of "All That Glitters". We are sponsored by Gina K. Designs with a generous offer of a $25 Store Credit to the Gina K. Designs store for our winner as chosen by the Design Team. Our Challenge Winner will also receive an invitation to join the Time Out Design Team as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

There were many wonderful projects in the Gallery. It was so much fun to see how our participants incorporated glitter, sparkle and shine in their designs. Thanks to all who took Time Out to play with us. 

And now for our winner...

#33 - Verena

Congratulations on your win Verena! We absolutely loved your fabulously artistic creation and the way you incorporated that wonderful metallic element your design. 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. We'd love to have you!

The Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers:

#29 - Greta

#27 - Stef

Such wonderful and inspiring work from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Crafters, 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 is still running for about one week. We are looking for projects inspired by a favorite card making technique. If you haven't already played, we encourage you to take some Time Out to craft and play with us. We look forward seeing your projects in the gallery! You can read all challenge details, including our challenge guidelines. Check out the inspiration from the Time Out Design Team and link your project HERE. Happy Crafting! 

Challenge #305

 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 February 4th. This time it is an Inspired By challenge and it is... A favourite card making technique

Card making techniques involve various methods to add texture, dimension, and unique looks, including stamping techniques (heat embossing, two-step, rolling, stamping off), coloring methods (watercolor, blending brushes, marker techniques, crayon resist), texture additions (dry embossing, paper kintsugi, faux finishes like silk/metal), interactive elements (gate folds, easel cards, card spinners), and background effects (Gelli printing, tissue paper, ink smooshing) for creative papercrafts. The list goes on and on...

Please choose one or more of your favorites for your project, and BE SURE TO NAME IT/THEM IN 

YOUR POST.

Our wonderful sponsor, Top Flight Stamps, is generously offering a $25.00 store credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner as chosen by the design team, who will also get an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We are joined by Gundi of Papierelle, and winner of Time Out #300 as Guest Designer.  Gundi is a very talented crafter and a frequent player at Time Out. It is a joy to have her with us as Guest Designer.

"Hello I'm Gundi (papierelle) from Germany. Even as a small child, I was very creative and loved crafting, painting, and trying my hand at many other handicraft techniques, but my passion is card making. I still love painting too, especially watercolor painting. I'm very pleased to be able to support the Time Out team as a Guest Designer for this challenge."

This is Gundi's wonderful Challenge Card. Gundi chose Mixed Media as her favorite technique. Isn't her card gorgeous? Check out all the details HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Bobby

Ink Smooshing

Deepti

Stenciling

Carol Mc

Using Coordinating Stamping/Stenciling/Die Cutting Sets

 

Helen 

Colouring / Dimension

Ishani

3 D Embossing and Die cutting

Jaydee

Ink Blending

Jenny

Colouring with Prismacolor Pencils

Kate

Interactive

Nancy

Clean & Simple and Rainbow Colours

Stephanie 

3D Embossing with Vellum

Fantastic inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out to Craft! Before linking up below, please read How to Play from the sidebar. Please note that at Time Out, we only allow linking five challenges combined, one of them being ours. Thank you and Happy Crafting!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter