Challenge #271 - Friendship/Encouragement/Support

Hello friends of Time Out and welcome back!

If you are new to Time Out Challenges, we extend a very warm welcome to you. We are glad you are here!

It's time for our annual Friendship/Encouragement/Support challenge. At Time Out we love to show appreciation to the people around us... and a handmade card or other paper crafts project is always so heart warming to both give and to receive. We look forward seeing how you'll show appreciation and encouragement!

Our wonderful sponsor is Uniko with a generous $25 store credit to our winner chosen by our design team. Our winner will also be invited to guest design in a future challenge. Exciting!

This time we are joined by Nancy Leppek of Scrapper at Heart, and winner of Time Out #266 as our Guest Designer. Here is a little bit about Nancy in her own words:

Hi, I'm Nancy. I live in the Sunshine State.  I started making cards around 2004 and started blogging in 2008, and at this point in my life I can’t think of a better hobby.  I own two Card Challenges: Color Hues and Seize the Birthday.  I feel very fortunate to also be a Designer for Spellbinders. The friendships I have made both online and in person are the greatest reward of this hobby. Thanks for having me Time Out Team!

This is Nancy's gorgeous card. You can link to her blog to see all the details HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Jenny

Kate

Nancy

Nonni

Stephanie 

Bobby

Deepti

Greta

Using Sponsor stamp Beautiful Blooms III

Helen 

Using Sponsor stamp Uniko Framed Floral Vines clear stamp

Ishani

Using Sponsor stamp Uniko Style clear stamps

Beautiful work from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your time to Take Time Out and Craft. This challenge runs until 5 pm GMT on Wed 11th of September. Before linking up below, please read "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!

Click here to enter

Winners - Time Out #269 - IBW "It's always summer somewhere"

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 Time Out Challenge #269 where we were challenged to be inspired by the words in this quote: "It's always summer somewhere". Thank you everyone who played along!  

Our winner will receive $25 store credit from Gracielie Design. 

Our winner is:

Heidi

 Congratulations on your win Heidi! We loved your summery slimline card. Your design is fantastic, and your color scheme and inking are just gorgeous!

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 talented card makers: 

Jane

 

Sue

Stef

Karen

Congrats, everyone! 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.

Before we go, we'd like to remind you that our current Photo Inspiration Challenge is still running for about a week HERE. Do check out the challenge post with lots of wonderful inspiration from our Design Team and all of the stunning entries in the gallery! 

We'd love to see you taking Time Out and joining us. Happy Crafting!

Challenge #270 - Photo Inspiration

Hello friends of Time Out and welcome back. If you are new to Time Out Challenges, we extend a very warm welcome to you. We are glad you are here!

It's time for a new challenge, and this time it is a photo inspiration challenge. 

Time out #270:

Here is an enlargement of the photo that allows you to see it in more detail:

Photo Credit: "https://www.vecteezy.com/free-photos">Free Stock photos by Vecteezy

With our photo Inspiration challenges you can take inspiration from the entire picture, or just pick one or a few things as your starting point. For example you can pick "fruit" or "hearts" for your inspiration, or "grapes" and make it about grapes and cheese or wine, or choose an "apple" and make it about going back to school... Whatever your choice, please tell us in your post, how you were inspired by the photo.

Our wonderful sponsor is Graciellie Design with a generous prize of a $25.00 store credit for our challenge winner.

We extend a very warm welcome to Stef Perry of Perry Papercrafts and winner of Time Out #265, as Guest Designer for this challenge. Stef is such a talented paper crafter with mad coloring skills, and a delightful person too. We are so happy to have her with us for this challenge. Check out Stef's blog for some sheer delight and serious inspiration.

This is what Stef has to say about her crafty journey:

"What started as a part-time hobby making cards back in 2007 has become a full-time obsession! My style has morphed from shabby chic back in the early years to more clean and layered, with a smattering of CAS and also Mixed Media, because sometimes I just love to get inky and messy.  I'm currently on three design teams and am very grateful for how the card/crafting community brings us together.  Thank you for asking me to be a Guest Designer! "

This is Stef's wonderful card. Love those critters munching on their berries! You can check out all the details on Stef's blog HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team to get your creative juices flowing!

Ishani

Jenny

Kate

Nancy

Nonni

Stephanie 

Bobby

Deepti

Greta

Helen 

Such fabulous work from Stef and the Design Team, wouldn't you agree??! 

Now it's your turn to Take Time Out to Craft! This challenge runs until 5 pm (GMT) on Wed 14th of August. Before linking up below, make sure to check out "how to play" from our sidebar for our entry guidelines. 

Please 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

Winners #268 On Vacation

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 we  challenged you to be "On Vacation". That's what many of us are in July and this was a popular challenge with gorgeous entries. Thank you everyone who played along!  

Our winner will receive $25 store credit from Varada Sharma. Thank you for your support and generosity, Varada! 

Our winner is:

Deborah

 Congratulations on your win Deborah! We loved your clever CAS card. Who would not want to have such a sunny view in their sun glasses on a holiday?!?

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 Honourable Mentions go to these fabulous card makers: 

Nance

Carol

Nora

Congrats, everyone! 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.

Before we go, we'd like to remind you that our current Insipired by Words challenge "It's Always Summer Somewhere" is still running for about a week HERE. Do check out the challenge post with lots of  DT inspiration and all of the stunning entries in the gallery! 

We'd love to see you Taking Time Out and Joining Us. Happy Crafting!

Challenge #269 - IBW "It's always summer somewhere"

Hello friends of Time Out. Welcome back, and we extend a very warm welcome to newcomers to

Time Out Challenges!

We are back with another challenge for you and this time it's one of our Inspired by Words challenges. The quote is:

"It's always summer somewhere"

In our Inspired by Words challenges you can be inspired of the whole quote or just pick one word/some words as your starting point. For example this time some less obvious interpretations could be "I'll always love you"-theme or "Somewhere over the rainbow". Simply let us know how you were inspired if it's less than obvious! 

Our wonderful sponsor is Varada Sharma. She is generously offering a $25 store credit to our challenge winner as chosen by the Design Team.

We are joined by Betty Keefe of created by bjk, and Honorable Mention Recipient for Time Out #265 as Guest Designer. 

"I have been a card designer since the late 90’s - through the years I have enjoyed doing many crafts but creating cards is the one I’ve stuck with the longest.  My style is mostly CAS and nearly always something with florals or foliage.  I enjoy using different mediums on my cards - especially watercolor, alcohol inks and ink blending.  I have been on several design teams and am currently on the TicTacToe Challenge DT.  Several years ago I moved from Nebraska to the Dallas area to live near my daughter.  Before I retired, I was an educator and library media specialist.  My blog is createdbybjk.blogspot.com and I am on IG as bjkne0519."

This is Betty's wonderful card. You can Check out all the details on Betty's Blog HERE

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Helen 

Ishani

Jenny

Kate

  

Nancy

Nonni

Stephanie 

Bobby

Deepti

Greta

Fabulous work from everyone, I'm sure you agree! 

Now it's your turn to Take Time Out and Craft! This challenge runs until 5 pm on Wed 14th of August. Before linking up below, make sure to check out "how to play" from our 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!

Click here to enter