Thursday 25 May 2023

Challenge 239 - Photo Inspiration

Hello, all friends of Time Out!

We are back with another fun challenge for you and for the next fortnight it's a photo inspiration! This photo has plenty to offer -you could be inspired by the colors, by the "'drinks' theme, there's also fruit, books, wood, metal, flowers... A lot going on! You could also use techniques like mirror technique or play with alcohol inks... We can't wait to see what aspect of the photo inspires you the most! 



We are very proud to have Picket Fence Studios sponsoring us in this challenge. They offer an amazing $25 gift voucher to their store for our winner chosen by our DT. This is the first time Picket Fence Studios is sponsoring us and we are so so thrilled! 




We welcome the wonderfully talented Joyce Mehrberg of Cards-by-the-Sea and joycemehrberg on Instagram as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Joyce was Winner of Time Out Challenge #236.  She  is a former long time Design Team Member at Time Out.  She is a good friend and supporter of Time Out, and we are thrilled to have her designing with us once again.  

THIS is her fantastic creation:




Here's some inspiration from the design team!
































Stunning inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out and join us! This challenge runs until 5 pm BST Wed 7th of June. Before linking up below, please have a look at 'How to Play' in the sidebar. At Time Out we only allow five challenges combined, one of them being ours. Happy crafting, we look forward seeing you join us! 


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday 18 May 2023

Winners #237 - Fashionable

Hello friends of Time Out!

Current challenge HERE

We are here to announce the winners of Challenge #237 where we were challenged to be fashionable. There were so many fabulous fashionable entires. We thank you for taking Time Out to play with us!

Our Challenge was generously sponsored by AALL & Create.
Our lucky challenge winner will receive a $20 store credit and an invitation to join our Design Team as a Guest Designer for a future challenge.

So now, the moment we've all been waiting for. Ladies and gentlemen!
Our Challenge Winner is:


Woo Hoo! Congratulations Carol! We loved your oh-so-fashionable card with all of those floating fashionista  friends! Please contact Stephanie at slan(dot)zal(at)verizon(dot)net within one week with the title "TO WINNER" for details on how to claim your prize. With your win, you are also invited to join us as a Guest Designer for a future challenge. When contacting Stephanie, please let her know if you are interested. Please take our Winners Badge and proudly display it on your blog!


And now for our Honorable Mentions:

#36 - Deb Horst





Thank you for your wonderful entries! Please take our Honours Badge and display it proudly on your blog and/or other social media.


Big congratulations to all of our winners, and we thank all of our participants for for playing with us and for supporting our challenge! We love to see your wonderful work in our gallery!

If you haven't already, how about taking some time out and playing along in our current 'Inspired By Words' challenge. This challenge is still running for about one week and you can get all the details and enter your projects HERE. Happy crafting!

Thursday 11 May 2023

Challenge 238 - Inspired by Words

Hello friends of Time Out!

It's time for a new challenge at Time Out! We challenge you to be inspired by these words: "Dare to love yourself as if you were a rainbow with gold at both ends." 

There is so much room for interpretation here. You can use rainbow images and/or colors, you can go with the message of the quote and be free with the design... maybe a message of encouragement with a touch of gold... these are just some ideas to get your creative juices flowing.


We are generously sponsored by Varada Sharma. We will have 2 winners - one chosen by the Design Team, and one chosen at random. Winners will receive a $15.00 store credit to shop at Varada's store.


This time we welcome Greta Hess of GG Creations, and winner of Time Out #235, as our Guest Designer. Greta really captured the essence of our quote so beautifully. Do take a stroll through Greta's blog and treat yourself to some wonderful inspiration. We love to hear about our Guest Designers in their own words so we can get to know them a bit. Here is what Greta had to say:

"What an honor to be a Time Out Challenges winner and to be guest designing with this talented team.  I’m a wife, doggy momma and retired nurse living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, USA.  About twenty-five years ago I discovered stamping at my local stamp store.  I'm pretty sure I kept them in business for the next year!  It was such a joy to find an artistic outlet that didn't require the ability to draw or color.  I like a variety of styles & techniques.  I'd have to say my favorite style is simple elegance.  Dry embossing, emboss resist & heat embossing have been around a long time and are still some of my favorite techniques.  Thanks to my paper crafting hobby, I now have friends all over the world.  One of hubby's retirement jobs is mailing all the cards I send!  I hope you'll find some inspiration in my card for this Inspired by Words Challenge."

HERE is Greta's fabulous card:


And now for some inspiration from our Design Team!







Using sponsor's digital stamps Bold Blooms and You are Stronger 



Using Sponsor digital stamp 12 Point Mandala Background



Using Sponsor digital stamp Cascading Florals - Slimline


















Fabulous inspiration from our talented designers! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out and Craft! This challenge runs until May 24th. Before linking up below, please read How to Play from the sidebar. 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!

Click here to enter

Thursday 4 May 2023

Winners of #236 World Book Day

Hi friends of Time Out!

Current challenge HERE

We are here to announce the winners of challenge #236 where we celebrated World Book Day. Newton's Nook was our generous sponsor of this challenge and our winner receives a $25 gift voucher to their store, woot woot!  


Without further due, our winner is



Congratulations Joyce, we loved your die cut cards! Please contact Stephanie at slan(dot)zal(at)verizon(dot)net within one week with the title "TO WINNER" for details on how to claim your prize. With your win, you are also invited to join us as a Guest Designer for a future challenge. When contacting Stephanie, please let her know if you are interested. Here's our badge for your blog! We are very glad to see our former DT members playing along! 



The honourable mentions go to these wonderful cards:







Fantastic cards, I'm sure you all agree! Here's our badge for our honourable mentions:


Congratulations again to all our winners. Now it's time to take time out and play along in our current 'Fashionable' challenge if you haven't already. This challenge is still running for about one week and you can enter your projects HERE. Happy crafting!