Challenge #326

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 November 25. This time it is a "Inspired By" challenge. We are looking for want projects that are inspired by GRATITUDE. Gratitude changes how we look at the world. It is the mental act of zooming in on a tiny, beautiful detail that others might walk right past, or zooming out to see the bigger picture during a tough time.

Our wonderful sponsor, Poppystamps, is generously offering a $20.00 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 are joined by Stef Perry of Perry Papercrafts, and winner of Time Out #321 as Guest Designer. She is a frequent player at Time Out. Stef is an incredibly talented crafter with a keen eye for design and color, and her coloring skills are stellar. Here is a little bit about Stef in her own words: 

"Hi there, it's Stef and I am thrilled to be a guest designer for this challenge. I've been cardmaking for nearly 20 years and love to create all types of cards. I learned to use Copic markers 10 years ago and they are the medium that I love to use most. However, I've come to greatly enjoy using dies for making cards, as you'll see with my card today. I'm currently on two design teams and I love all the wonderful people I've met and the friends I've gained since I started crafting. What can be better than being creative and meeting wonderful people along the way?"

This is Stef's fabulous challenge card. Check out all the details HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Stephanie

Coming soon

Bobby

Deepti

Carol Mc

 

Helen 

using Poppystamps - Clara Corner

Jaydee

Jenny

Kate

using Poppystamps Nordic Swirl Mushrooms and Poppystamps Nordic Birds of a Feather

Nancy

 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 (See full list of rules on challenge blog sidebar):

• Upload your project using the Inlinkz below by 5:00 GMT (London), 12:00 Noon EDT (New York) on Wednesday, November 25th.
• Be sure your link is a direct link to your NEW project, not just a generic link to your blog. No back linking.
• Be sure you are actually following the challenge theme and explain in your post how your project fits the challenge. 
• Per our challenge rules, combining of challenges is limited to a total of 5, including ours.

Thank you and happy crafting!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #324

 Welcome back. If you are new to Time Out, we are delighted to have you join us!

We are here to announce the winners of Time Out Challenge #324 which was a Photo Inspiration Challenge with a beautiful pumpkin, coffee and pastry theme.

We had a nice turnout in the gallery and there were many wonderful entries. It's so fun to see all the different directions like the actual photo, the colors, the theme...   We thank all who participated! As always, we greatly appreciate your taking time out to craft and join us!

STAMPlorations is our generous sponsor offering a $25.00 Store credit as the prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Huge thanks to Shery, owner of STAMPlorations, for her continued support of Time Out Challenges!

It was hard to choose among all of the creative entries, but choose we must.

Our winner is...

#2 Angelnorth

Congratulations on your win, Joanne. The result of the "penny pushing technique" you used is quite intriguing. Interesting background story there too. Thanks for sharing and for including the video. Love that the wonky grid put you in mind of the off square pastries in our inspiration photo. Your application of color is wonderful as are the white leaves for your sunflower. 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, and let her know if you are interested in joining us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

And now for the Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers in the order they appeared in the gallery:

#1 Birgit

This is a wonderful take on our photo, Birgit. The citrus slices work fabulously on your fall themed project, which looks do delicious and warm. We can smell the pumpkin spice and cinnamon! 

#10 Christy

Love your pumpkin latte a latte, especially the marshmallows. That background paper is wonderful as is your overall design. We loved it.

#24 Heather

This is such  great design, Heather. It is so easy to understand why you love this paper so much. Love the addition of the cut out pumpkin and gourd. The colors go so well with our photo. 

Such creative and beautiful projects 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 have a wonderful photo to inspire your creativity. 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 #325

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 November 11. This time it is a Theme challenge:

Friendship, support, encouragement.

In earlier years of our challenge, we had a Breast Cancer Support theme for one of our October challenges, as October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As time went on, we wanted to expand it to include support for any struggle that our friends and other loved ones are going through and how handmade kindness can be such a powerful aid to anyone going through a tough time for any reason. We continue that theme with this challenge.

Our wonderful sponsor, Birch Press Designs, is generously offering a $20.00 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 are joined by Rita Wright of Cards By Rita (blog) and cardsbyrita (Instagram), and winner of 

Time Out #320 as Guest Designer.

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

"Howdy from Texas! I'm Rita and I love crafting, but I am not always a consistent crafter. There's a lot of gaps in my journey, but I keep coming back thanks to great challenges like this one. I became interested in paper crafts when I wanted to make a scrapbook of my wedding way back in 2004. That led to card making and now I have a lot of 12x12 paper that I have to chop up because I don't scrapbook anymore. Oops! I homeschool my daughter who is on the autism spectrum, so crafting gives me a break from that. I love FaceTiming with friends to stamp and chat. I'm also a master naturalist and put in a lot of volunteer hours at local parks and schools. I am a bug nerd and am always on the lookout for cool stamps with bugs. Be sure to look for the cute bitty bug on my card for this challenge. "

This is Rita's wonderful Challenge Card. Check out all the details (including the bug)  HERE. 

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Bobby

Deepti

Carol Mc

 

Helen 

Ishani

Jaydee

Jenny

Kate

Nancy

~taking a break~

Stephanie 

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 (See full list of rules on challenge blog sidebar):

• Upload your project using the Inlinkz below by 5:00 GMT (London), 12:00 Noon EDT (New York) on Wednesday, November 11th.
• Be sure your link is a direct link to your NEW project, not just a generic link to your blog. No back linking.
• Be sure you are actually following the challenge theme and explain in your post how your project fits the challenge. 
• Per our challenge rules, combining of challenges is limited to a total of 5, including ours.

Thank you and happy crafting!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #323

Welcome back. If you are new to Time Out, we are delighted to have you join us!

We are here to announce the winners of Time Out Challenge #323 which was a Pick 2 challenge. To play, we give our participants 6 word prompts from which they must include at least 2 in their projects. This time, the prompts were: harvest, basket, gingham, circle, baking and apple.

We had a great turnout in the gallery and there were many wonderful entries. Pumpkins, pies and baskets seem to be much fancied. We thank all who participated! As always, we greatly appreciate your taking time out to craft and join us!

Lawn Fawn is our generous sponsor offering a $25.00 Store credit as the prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Huge thanks to Huge thanks to Lawn Fawn for their continued support of Time Out Challenges!

It was hard to choose among all of the creative entries, but choose we must.

Our winner is...

Trina

Congratulations on your win, Trina. Your rocker card is so fun and full of Autumn colors and elements. As usual, your coloring is fantastic. 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, and let her know if you are interested in joining us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

And now for the Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers in the order they appeared in the gallery:

Michele

Your card is just wonderful with its perfectly browned crust sitting on the cooling rack while apples and cinnamon fill the air. Such a cozy and homey make with fabulous details.

Inkami

Love the design of you card and all the wonderful details. Love that basket weave background, the gingham - and you used all 6 of the prompts! 

Heather

Your post provided a giggle about finding the gap in your catalog and needing a harvest set. You certainly made up for it with your wonderful card. The colors are wonderful together in your lovely design. 

Such creative and beautiful projects 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 have a wonderful photo to inspire your creativity. 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 #324

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 October 28. This time it is a Photo Inspiration Challenge. We are looking for projects inspired by the photo below

Look at the photo and pull design cues rather than copying it literally. You might draw inspiration from the color palette, mood or theme, motifs and shapes... whatever you see in the photo that sparks your imagination and creativity.

This enlargement will help you to see some detail:

Photo Inspiration: Photo credit: Kateryna Hliznitsova - Ukraine

https://unsplash.com/photos/a-table-topped-with-plates-of-food-and-a-cup-of-coffee-rSspoWKoJCU

Stamplorations is our wonderful sponsor, generously offering a $25.00 store credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We are joined by Ashwini Rao of Experiments With Card Making Etc, and winner of Time Out #319 as Guest Designer.

The following is a bit about Ashwini And her crafting journey in her own words:

"Hi! I am Ashwini, a software engineer by profession based in India and a crafter by hobby. I have loved crafts since I was a little girl. I stumbled upon card making when I was surfing on Pinterest. I began card making late 2013, started this blog in May 2014, when I thought of sharing my little talents with the world. And my love for paper and inks has only increased in the last few years.

I have a mixed style of card making, from CAS to mixed media, but I love water coloring and am polishing my pencil coloring skill nowadays. I am super delighted today to be participating with Time Out challenge team."

This is Ashwini's gorgeous Challenge Card. Check out all the details HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

 

Deepti

using STAMPlorations 'Two of us' stamp set

Carol Mc

Helen

 

Ishani

Jaydee

Jenny

Kate

using STAMPlorations Quick Cards #3

Stephanie 

Using STAMPlorations Parisian Cafe Artistic Crafter's Collage Paper

Bobby

Using STAMPlorations Framed Cups

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 (See full list of rules on challenge blog sidebar):

• Upload your project using the Inlinkz below by 5:00 GMT (London), 12:00 Noon EDT (New York) on Wednesday, October 28th.
• Be sure your link is a direct link to your NEW project, not just a generic link to your blog. No back linking.
• Be sure you are actually following the challenge theme and explain in your post how your project fits the challenge. 
• Per our challenge rules, combining of challenges is limited to a total of 5, including ours.

Thank you and happy crafting!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #322

Welcome back. If you are new to Time Out, we are delighted to have you join us!

We are here to announce the winners of Time Out Challenge #322 where the challenge was to create something inspired by seasonal colors where we live. We are a global Challenge. So in the Northern Hemisphere we are in the beginning of Autumn, and in The southern Hemisphere Spring is just beginning. The colors we see in nature, in our gardens, home deocr, our fashion, and all around us are in transition. The challenge is to have our projects to reflect that.

We had a great turnout in the gallery and there were many fabulous entries. It was so fun to read descriptions of how seasonal colors influenced projects. There was also some photo sharing of the things that inspired projects which was so much fun to see. We thank all who participated! As always, we greatly appreciate your taking time out to craft and join us!

Gina K Designs is our generous sponsor offering a $25.00 Store credit as the prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

Huge thanks to Huge thanks to Gina K. Designs for their continued support of Time Out Challenges!

It was hard to choose among all of the creative entries, but choose we must.
Our winner is...

Barbara

Congratulations on your win, Barbara. Your card is absolutely gorgeous. It was wonderful to read your post about how this beauty came to be. Your color choices are spot on and your design is fantastic. Love the top left corner treatment and the sequins are the perfect finish.

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, and let her know if you are interested in joining us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

The Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers in the order they appeared in the gallery:

Alice

Everything about this card says Autumn has arrived with its oranges, deep greens, pale grass browns and bright pinks. Love the way you grounded your focal image and the way the stems and leaves spill over the edges. Fabulous make for our challenge.

Birgit

Nothing says goodbye Summer, hello Autumn Like Sunflowers. The bright yellow petals mirror the sun, bringing warm and positive energy. We loved your card featuring these iconic flowers.

Julia

Your gorgeous Autumn scene is so wonderful and so special. Your color choices are perfect as is your choice of sentiments. Fabulous card.

Such creative and beautiful projects 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 Mother Nature. 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!