Challenge #316

 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 July 8. This time it is a Photo Challenge. This fabulous photo was take by our own Design Team Member, Carol McFarland. There are many fun elements to choose from!

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Photo Credit - Carol McFarland - 7/2025 - Florida

Lawn Fawn is generously sponsoring us with an offer of a $25.00 store credit as a prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also receive an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

For your project, 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 stripes or the glass of iced tea, the pool or make it about summer, or focus on the trees and sky... Use your imagination. Whatever your choice, please tell us in your post, how you were inspired by the photo.

We do not have a Guest Designer this week.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Stephanie

Bobby

Deepti

Using Lawn Fawn - Critters in the sea

Carol Mc

Helen

 

Ishani

Jaydee

Jenny

Kate

using Lawn Fawn Scripty Aloha

Nancy

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, July 8th.
• 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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #314 - A Favorite Beverage

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 #314 which was an "Inspired By..." Challenge where we were challenged to include a favorite beverage on our project. Our gallery was full of wonderful drink-inspired cards that included coffee, tea, cocktails, lemonade and the list goes on... Thanks to all for sharing your wonderful creations! As always, we greatly appreciate your participation.

Our generous sponsor is our own DT Member, Carol McFarland, who donated this very fun beverage bag that she made by hand as the prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge!

Now it is time to announce our winner! It was hard to choose among all of the creative entries, but choose we must.

Our winner is...

#21 Heather Heroldt

Congratulations, Heather. We absolutely loved your fabulous wine-themed card with its wonderful design, great color scheme and varietals. Love the scalloped and deckled edges on the top and middle panels too. 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. A huge thanks to them for sponsoring our challenge!

The Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers in the order they appeared in the gallery:

#17 Jane Taylor

We loved your signature CAS design and the tropical feel of your ink blending, setting the stage for that fabulous cocktail image!

#20 Monika Skinner

Love that cup of coffee surrounded by beautiful flowers, fabulous sentiment and your fun scribbled edges.

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 our "Pick 2" Prompts. 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!

Challenge #315

 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 June 24. This time it is a Pick 2 challenge where we are challenged to  pick at least 2 of the six given cues and incorporate them into our projects. You may pick more than 2 but you must pick at least 2. Our cues this time are: Vacation, Summer, Camping, Sun, Water and Ice Cream.

Our wonderful sponsor, Newton's Nook Designs, is generously offering a $25 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 Sherri Schmidt, winner of Time Out #310, as Guest Designer. Sherri is a talented card maker and a frequent player at Time Out. She posts her work on Flickr as Sherrisonline. Even if you are not a Flickr member, you can still view her gallery. Sherri's designs are fun and her style is eclectic. Do treat yourself to a stroll through her gallery for some great inspiration. 

Here are a few words from Sherri with regard to her crafting journey:

"Hi! I’m so happy to be Time Out’s guest designer again. From originally making Christmas cards with little more than cardstock, an X-Acto knife, and glue sticks, I am now totally obsessed with die cutting and all the things I can easily cut out. Thanks to the online card making community, though, I have learned to do so much more—and my tools and supplies have consequently increased, exponentially! I love Time Out challenges because they help me use my supplies in new ways and create cards I never would come up with otherwise."

This is Sherri's wonderful Challenge Card. She picked sun and water for her creation. Check out all the details HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Bobby

Summer, Beach, Water

Carol Mc 

Vacation, Water, Sun

Helen 

Ice-cream, Summer, Sun

Ishani

Summer, Water, Sun (screen)

Jaydee

Summer, Sun, Water

Jenny

Summer, Sun, Ice Cream

Kate

Nancy

Water, Summer, Sun

Stephanie 

Summer, Water

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, June 24th.
• 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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #313 - Playing Music

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 #313 where the theme was "Playing Music". Our gallery was full of wonderfully music-inspired cards that included musical instruments, caroling, specific songs, artists, records, tapes... Thank you to all for sharing your wonderful creations! As always, we really appreciate your participation.

Our generous sponsor, Gina K. Designs is 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.

It was hard to choose among all of the creative entries, but choose we must.

Our winner is...

 #1 Pam

Congratulations, Pam. We absolutely loved your fabulous music themed graduation card with its CAS design, black & white color and little dashes of red and the silver. 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. 

The Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers in the order they appeared in the gallery:

#7 Helen

These little critters are so adorable especially the little one hanging from the trombone! What a fun birthday celebration they are having!

#4 Arlene

Love the variety of instruments here and the texture of the ink on watercolor paper. The pink card base is perfect. Your sentiment is wonderful and your card is sure to encourage your musical granddaughter.

Such detailed 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 "a favorite beverage". 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!

Challenge #314

 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 June 10. This time it is an "Inspired By" challenge where are to be inspired to create a project... Inspired by A Favourite Beverage. This is a fun one with many possibilities. Think coffee, tea, chocolate milk, hot chocolate, champagne, cocktail, mocktail, water... the list goes on and on. If you don't have a particular favorite, choose any beverage you wish. As long as you can drink it, it belongs here. If it is not obvious, please be sure to let us know what beverage you chose to inspire your project in your post.

Challenge #314

We are sponsored by our own Design Team Member, Carol McFarland. Carol has donated this very fun beverage bag that she made by hand as the prize for our Challenge Winner, who will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge! 

We are joined by Joanne James of The Crafty Owl, and winner of Time Out #309 as Guest Designer.  Joanne is a very talented crafter and a frequent player at Time Out. We are very excited to have her with us as Guest Designer for this challenge.

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

"Hi, I'm Joanne James also known by my blog alter ego, The Crafty Owl. I live in Northampton in the UK. I love chocolate, running, traveling and all things Disney (not necessarily in that order!). Whilst I've always been creative enjoying drawing, calligraphy and cross stitch since I was young, I discovered rubber stamping and card making about 15 years ago and haven't looked back. I became a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator as a means to fund my new hobby and share my passion and creativity with others. I've run many classes, retreats and events over the years and now I craft for my own enjoyment and pleasure. I am thrilled to have been asked to guest with the talented team at Time Out for this challenge - thank you!"

This is Joanne's wonderful Challenge Card. Love the gold detail on her tea cup and the way the die cut flowers match the patterned paper. What a great card for a tea lover! You can check out all the details HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Deepti

Carol Mc

Helen 

Jaydee

Jenny

Kate

Stephanie 

Bobby

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, June 10th.
• 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. A total of 5 entries per challenge is allowed.

Thank you and happy crafting!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Winners #312 - Photo Inspiration

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 #312, a Photo Inspiration. Our gallery was full of beautifully inspired cards based on our sunrise/sunset photo. Thank you to all who played for your beautiful work! We really appreciate your participation.

Our wonderful sponsor, DoodlebugsWA, 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.

The blending of colors in your cards was both beautiful and unique. There were lots of silhouette designs that we enjoyed.

Our winner is...

Kathy

This beautifully blended scene with the silhouette of a simple meadow and the beaming sun really caught the team's eye. The butterfly adds the meaning of new life to the card. Congratulations on your win Kathy! 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 from Doodlebugs! A huge thanks to them for sponsoring our challenge!

And now we have some Honorable Mentions for these wonderful cards, shown in the order they appeared in the gallery.

Stef

What a lovely sunrise Stef created! The pretty garden and butterflies silhouette is showcased in front of her beautiful colors.

Jolanda

This pretty CAS silhouette with pastel colors is a sweet hello card for someone to enjoy. 

Heather

The beautiful silhouette of the city on this card is backed by this gorgeous sky, mountains and bright moon. Great sentiment too!

Our current challenge is still running for about another week. We are looking for projects inspired by "playing music." 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!