Challenge #273 - IBW "As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see"

Hello friends of Time Out!

Welcome back, and if you are a newcomer to Time Out, we extend a very warm welcome to you. 

For the next fortnight we have one of our Inspired by Words challenges for you. The quote for your inspiration is:

'As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, 

canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see'

Vincent Van Gogh

You could be inspired by the whole quote or just use one word or some words as your starting point. Using only words like "hands" or "canvas" can take your card to a very different direction than making an autumn inspired card! 

Our wonderful sponsor is Poppy Stamps. They're generously offering a $20 store credit to our challenge winner, chosen by the DT. Our winner also gets called to guest design in a future challenge and this time we are joined by Deborah Wheeler of Deborah's Crafty Blog, and winner of Time Out #268 as Guest Designer. Deborah is a prolific crafter and a frequent player at Time Out.

Here is Deborah's wonderful card! 

You can get all the details on her blog HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Nancy

Nonni

Stephanie 

Bobby

Deepti

(Using sponsor's dies - Leafy background (2252), Playful Thank you (2405), Whittle papa hedgehog ( 2378)

Greta

Helen 

Ishani

Jenny

Kate

Wonderful 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 GMT Wed 9th of October. 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 # 271 - Friendship/Encouragement/Support

Hello friends of Time Out. Welcome back. If you are new to Time Out, we extend a very warm welcome to you.

We are here to announce the winners of our previous challenge where the theme was Friendship/encouragement/support. Huge thanks to everyone who played along! We love seeing how you interpret the challenges and seeing them in the gallery.  

Our Challenge Winner will receive $25 store credit from Uniko. Thank you so much for your support and generosity, Bev!

 

And now, without further ado, we announce our Challenge Winner:

#27 - Kerry

 

Congratulations on your win, Kerry! We loved your gorgeous card. The mushroom scene you created is wonderful and your stellar coloring brings it to life!

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:

#15 - Rosi

#35 - Lilly B

#43 - Teresa S

Thank you for your wonderful contributions to the gallery Rosi, Lilly and Teresa. 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 "Snarky" challenge is still running for about one week. If you haven't played along yet, this is your reminder to Take Time Out and Craft... And join us HERE! 

Challenge #272 - Snarky

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 at Time Out. With #272 we are challenged to be "snarky".  What does that mean?? In one Snarky originally meant "cranky or bad-tempered." By the end of the 20th century, it took on the additional meaning of "irreverent or contemptuous." When you say something snarky, you're probably trying to be funny, but in a biting or sarcastic way. You can certainly interpret this per any definition you choose. Our Design Team has a wide variety of examples of snark. Have fun with it. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Our wonderful sponsor is Funky Fossil Designs with a generously offering of a $25 store credit to our Challenge Winner as chosen by the Design Team!!

We are joined by Susan Sudbury of Eden Land Designs, and winner of Time Out #267 as Guest Designer. Susan's work is full of wonderful inspiration. Treat yourself to a stroll through her blog where you are sure to be moved to head right for your craft space!

Here are some crafty musings from Susan's a little bit about Susan in her own words: 

"I'm from Saskatchewan, Canada, and have always enjoyed almost any kind of crafting - and have dabbled in most - something I inherited from my late mom. I discovered card making about 20 years ago when I was involved with online swapping. I made a New Years resolution at that time to never purchase another card, and it's been the ONLY resolution I've ever kept!!! I've decided that I'll never be able to quit, given the amount of craft supplies I have. Years ago, when I used to travel to the city (where I now live) to visit, I would go on a craft supply binge. When I got home, I would have most of my purchases in the trunk of my car, and just go in the house with one or 2 bags (nobody would believe I would come home empty handed) - then get the rest out of the trunk the next morning when my kids had left for school!! Most people hide their "habit" from husbands, I hid from my kids, particularly my son, with his "Is that really necessary?" comment. My secret is well out of the bag now, as anyone that walks into my craft room says OMG!! (My son only rolls his eyes when he comes to visit)."

And here is Susan's wonderfully snarky card! 

You can get all the details on Susan's blog HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Kate 

using Funky Fossil Comic Words Stamps and Dies

Nancy

Stephanie 

Bobby

Deepti

Greta

Ishani

Jenny

Helen

Beautiful work from Susan and the Design Team, 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 25th 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 #270 Photo Inspiration

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 had a wonderfully fruity photo inspiration for you. Thank you everyone who played along!  

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

Our winner is:

Claire

Congratulations on your win Claire! We loved your clever CAS card, the pieces of fruit look very yummy!

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: 

Donna

Toni

Imke

Beautiful work from everyone, I'm sure you agree! Donna, Toni and Imke, 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 Friendship/Encouragement/Support challenge is still running for about one week. If you haven't played along yet, this is your reminder to Take Time Out and Craft... And join us HERE!