TIME OUT Challenges: August 2026

Thursday, 27 August 2026

Winners #319 - Pick 2

Welcome back, and 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 #319 which was a Pick 2 Challenge where we were given 6 word prompts and we had to pick at least 2 for our projects! The prompts were:

Monochrome, Geometric, Floral, Stitching (faux or real), Birthday and CAS.

Participation was high, and the gallery was loaded with wonderful creations inspired by a combination of 2 or more of the word prompts. We thank all who participated! As always, we greatly appreciate your taking time out to craft and join us in the gallery!

Our generous sponsor, Newton's Nook offered 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 Newton's Nook 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...

#15 - Ashwini Rao - Birthday & CAS

Congratulations, Ashwini. Your experiment with your Faber Castell Polychromos pencils on colored card stock yielded fabulous results. The images you used are adorable, your punny sentiment is purr-fect, and your coloring is nothing short of amazing. 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:

#7 - Milla - Floral & CAS

Your CAS design and incredible coloring are just wonderful. The die cut set on the circle of blue looks fabulous. The matching blue base frames your design beautifully.

#26 - Deborah - Monochrome & CAS

We loved your monochromatic CAS design. Love the circular frame, multi-directional swimmers and fabulous sentiments. What a fun card, despite your fish aversion!

#29 - Trina - CAS, Floral & Birthday

Your card is beautifully designed and colored, Trina. Those purples are marvelous and the splatters are a wonderful embellishment.

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!

Thursday, 20 August 2026

Challenge #320

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 September 2nd. This time it is a Photo challenge. We have a gorgeous photo taken by our Design Team Member, Kate Lesh, to inspire your creativity.

This enlargement shows some detail of this beautiful set of cathedral windows.

Photo Credit: Katherine Lesh - Inside Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia -

Barcelona, Spain - September 15, 2025

Our wonderful sponsor is Top Flight Stamps, generously offering a $25 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 Jane Taylor of Purplejet and winner of Time Out #315 as Guest Designer for this challenge.

Jane is a frequent player at Time Out and very well known in the card making community for her wonderful CAS designs. We are so pleased to have her designing with us as. Do treat yourself to her Instagram Gallery for tons of inspiration and creative ideas.

Here is what Jane had to say about her crafting journey:

"Hi everyone! I'm super delighted to be guesting at Time Out for this challenge. I've been playing along with their challenges for a few years now. You may know me from the AAA challenges. I run two of them and am on the DT for the third and a couple of other challenges too. My go to style is CAS, but I dabble with all genres and enjoy trying new ideas.

I'm a 'been doing it all my life' kind of crafter and have tried most things over the years. I still get very excited when I rediscover or find something new and always try to adapt it to use my stash - well that's the plan anyway! Huge thanks to Time Out for this opportunity. I was totally inspired by the colours of the photo and I really hope you like my card!"

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

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

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 sidebar):

Upload your project using the Inlinkz below by 5:00 GMT (London), 12:00 Noon EDT (New York) on Wednesday, September 2nd.
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!

Thursday, 13 August 2026

Winners #318 - Mother Nature

Welcome back, and 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 #318 which was a Theme Challenge: Mother Nature. Participation was high, and the gallery was loaded with wonderful nature inspired creations and we thank all who participated! As always, we greatly appreciate your taking time out to craft and join us in the gallery!

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 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...

#52 - Cathy

Congratulations, Cathy. We absolutely loved your wonderful, fun, clever and colorful under-the-sea card with its great design, textures and many fabulous details. 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 whether 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:

#15 - Helen

Your card is so simple, serene and soothing, a perfect card for expressing sympathy, encouragement and other comforting thoughts.

#65 - Deb

We love your pastel, stripy background behind the beautiful silhouettes. What a wonderful way to showcase those beautiful images and to celebrate Mother Nature.

Thursday, 6 August 2026

Challenge #319

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 August 19th. 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 #319 are:

Monochrome, Geometric, Floral, Stitching (faux or real), Birthday and CAS

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

Our wonderful sponsor, Newton's Nook, 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 are joined by Heather Heroldt of Handmade by Heather, and winner of Time Out #314 as Guest Designer. Heather is a very talented designer and a frequent and loyal Time Out participant. We always love to see her work in the gallery, and we greatly appreciate her support. Treat yourself to a stroll through her BLOG for some wonderful inspiration!

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

"Hi, I’m Heather from sunny Scottsdale, Arizona! I first got the stampin’ bug about 15 years ago, and haven’t looked back, lol. I love to make cards the most, and to teach others how to let their creativity shine! I’m so honored to guest at Time Out Challenges this round!"

This is Heather's wonderful Challenge Card. She picked CAS and Stitching. Check out all the details HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Jenny

Monochrome, Floral, Birthday and Stitching (faux)

Kate

Monochrome, Geometric, Floral, Stitching (faux), Birthday and CAS

Nancy

Floal, CAS, Birthday and Stitching

Stephanie

Floral and CAS

Bobby

CAS, Monochrome, Floral and Birthday

Deepti

CAS and Birthday