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! 

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