Challenge 250 - Inspired by Words

Hello friends of Time Out!

Thank you everyone who played along in our previous 'Vintage' challenge... It's time for a new challenge for the next fortnight! 

In our new challenge we are Inspired by Words:

"When we focus on our gratitude, 

the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes on"

Kristin Armstrong

You can use the whole quote as your starting point or just be inspired by one word or some words like "tide", "gratitude" or "love". Plenty of possibilities here! 

This challenge is sponsored by Poppy Stamps with a $20 store credit to our winner, chosen by our DT. Our winner also gets called to guest design in a future challenge. Thank you Poppy Stamps for being our generous sponsor!

This time we welcome Deb Horst, frequent player at Time Out and winner of #247, as our Guest Designer.  You can check out Deb's awesome creative work on her blog, Sendable Sentiments. Treat yourself to a visit to her blog and leave her some love. You are sure to be inspired by her wonderful work.

Here is a little bit about Deb in her own words:

"I am married to a wonderful man (next July makes 35 years) and we have 2 adult children--a son who lives on Long Island, NY and a daughter who lives in Chicago. We live in Florida, which feels so very far away from our kids, especially since we have two grandkids (granddaughter who is 3 & grandson who is 1) living in Chicago!! For over 20 years I was a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, but in 2021 I let go of my demonstratorship after our move to FL. I still love scrapbooking & creating cards and have enough Stampin' Up products to last me through eternity...so I will keep on creating!!  Since crafting doesn't pay the bills (it only creates them) I work as a para-professional in our local middle school."

And now for a look at Deb's fabulous card which you can also link to HERE:

Here's some inspiration from our design team!

Nonni

Gerrina

Stephanie

Ishani

Using Sponsor - Orchard leaves and Thanks outline dies

Deepti

Using Poppy Stamps - Wavy Heart, Whittle Happy Hippo, Whittle Floating Hippo & Playful Thank You

Bobby

Jenny

Using Poppy Stamps 2519 Flower Field Frame 

Kate 

Using Poppy Stamps Whittle Dolphin, Wavy Heart, Word Balloons and Whittle Sea Life Sentiments

Elizabeth

Nancy

Stunning inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you agree. It's now your turn to take Time Out and craft! This challenge runs until 5 pm GMT Wed 8th of November. Before linking up below, please have a quick look at 'How to Play' in the sidebar. At Time Out we only allow five challenges combined, one of them being ours. Thank you for your consideration and happy crafting! 

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Winners Cancer Awareness/Encouragement/Friendship Theme #248

Hello, friends of Time Out!

It's time to announce the winners of Challenge #248, our Theme Challenge focusing on cancer awareness, encouragement and friendship for those impacted by illness.

Our very generous sponsor is Jane Beljo of Jane's Doodles.

Jane designed a a wonderful digi for our design team and our challenge participants to use for this challenge. You will find it HERE. Huge thanks to Jane for doing this for us.

The challenge winner as chosen by the Design Team will have the choice of 3 digital stamps from Jane's website, and will also be invited to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

Thanks to all who participated in this challenge that is so near and dear to our hearts for so many reasons.

And now it is time to reveal our Challenge Winner and Honorable Mentions.

Our winner is:

Ashwini Rao

of Experiments With Card Making Etc

Congratulations, Ashwini! Your card is absolutely wonderful and so fitting for our theme. 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 a Guest Designer for a future challenge. When contacting Stephanie, please let her know if you are interested.

Our Honorable Mentions are awarded to:

Deborah Wheeler

of Deborah's Crafty Blog

Arlene Rose

of Sundaystamper Papercrafts

Cynthia

of Stampin' in Alaska

Thank you for playing with us Deborah, Cynthia and Arlene, and for sharing your wonderful creations! 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 one week HERE. If you haven't played along yet, now is the time to take Time Out and craft!

Challenge 249 - Vintage

Hello friends of Time Out!

It's time for a new challenge, and we have another great one for you.

This time, we challenge you to be: VINTAGE.

Now you can go in many different directions with his one. The majority of experts have agreed that items over 50 years old but less than 100 years old can be called "vintage" - old, but not that old. It can also mean the year or place in which wine, especially of high quality, was produced.

Have fun with this one! Think vintage cars, clocks, dishes, typewriters, holiday deco, art, fashion, original Barbies... if you go to Google Images and type "vintage" you will get a plethora of ideas.

We are generously sponsored by Doodlebugs. Challenge winner as chosen by our Design Team will receive a $25.00 store credit to spend at the Doodlebugs store. Our winner will also be invited to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge.

We welcome Cynthia Olheiser of Stampin' In Alaska and winner of Time Out #246, as our Guest Designer. Cynthia is a very talented card maker who has a great eye for design and color. 

Here is a little bit about Cynthia in her own words:

"Hi! My name is Cynthia and I live in Anchorage, Alaska. I have been crafting since I was young to include knitting, sewing and macramé. I started my paper crafting journey with scrapbooking then turned to cards. I enjoy trying different stamping techniques but I would say my style is mostly clean and simple.

Thank you to Time Out for the opportunity to share my inspiration with you this week."

This is Cynthia's fabulous vintage creation. Click HERE to link to it on her blog.

And now for some inspiration from our Design Team that so well illustrates the many faces of "vintage":

Nancy

Nonni

Gerrina

Stephanie

Ishani

Deepti

Bobby

Kate

Elizabeth

Such wonderful, eclectic inspiration from Cynthia and the Design Team. Now it's your turn to take Time Out to craft. This challenge runs until 5 pm GMT on Wednesday, the 25th of October. Before linking up below, please do check out "How to Play" from the sidebar. Also, if it is not obvious how you were inspired by our challenge prompt, please tell us about it in your post. Please note that in order to be considered for the win, we allow linking of your project to 5 challenges in total, including ours. Thank you for playing by our rules, and happy crafting!

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Winners Photo Inspiration #247

Hello, friends of Time Out!

We are here to announce the winners of our previous challenge, where we were  inspired by a beautiful fall photo. Lawn Fawn sponsored this challenge with a generous $25 gift voucher for our winner!

Without further due, our winner is:

Deb Horst

Congratulations Deb, Your CAS card captured the essence of the photo super well! 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 a Guest Designer for a future challenge. When contacting Stephanie, please let her know if you are interested.

Now onto the Honourable Mentions!

Milla

Hannelie

Heather

Well done ladies! Please grab your Honours 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 one week HERE. If you haven't played along yet, now is your turn to take Time Out and craft! There's even a free digi for grabs, don't miss it! 

Challenge 248 - Cancer Awareness/Friendship/Encouragement - Optional Free Digi!

Hello, friends of Time Out.

It's time for a new challenge, and this is an extra special one. In years past, we had a breast cancer awareness themed challenge at this time of year. More recently, we expanded our challenge to acknowledge all kinds of cancers, chronic illnesses and other diseases that affect us and/or our loved ones and for which greetings of friendship, encouragement and support are so important to share.

This year, we have been gifted a digital stamp created by Jane Beljo of Jane's Doodles and currently designing for Creative Expressions. The image below is available to our Design Team and to YOU to use for our challenge. It is NOT mandatory for participation, but please feel free to use it if the spirit moves you. Just right click on the image, download, resize and print. We would love to see your creations with it!

Notice that each of the adorable animals in the trio has a ribbon on their clothing. You can color those ribbons as you choose for a loved one who is dealing with a cancer or chronic illness, or in honor of one who has lost their battle. Your card can also be a card of friendship, support and/or encouragement for someone who needs it for any reason.

We are sponsored by Jane's Doodles. We are very grateful to Jane for her donation of this image for our Design Team and participants to use for this special challenge and their personal use if they so desire.

The challenge winner as chosen by the Design Team will have the choice of 3 digital stamps from Jane's website, and will also be invited to Guest Design with us for a future challenge.

We warmly welcome Jaydee of Stampin! with Jaydee as our Guest Designer. Jaydee is a very talented card maker who is passionate about many things - some of which are art, literature, cooking and travel. We are especially happy to have her designing with us, as this challenge theme is near and dear to her heart. The following is a little about Jaydee in her own words:

"Hi. My name is Jaydee and I have been crafting and card making for over a decade.  It's one of the things that helps me relax and unwind after a long day at the office.  Playing along with challenges and being a member of design teams is one of the ways I find inspiration.  I just love being a part of this positive, supportive and creative community and am so happy that I got to participate with Time Out for this specific challenge.  Today's card was created for all my loved ones that have been affected by cancer.  I named my post for this card - Not All Heroes Wear Capes.  Huge thanks to Time Out for giving me the opportunity to participate."

This is Jaydee's wonderful card using Jane's digi. You can link to it on her blog HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Elizabeth

Nonni

Gerrina

Stephanie

Ishani

Using Sponsor's - Plumeria Digi Stamp set

Deepti

Bobby

Kate

Such inspiring cards for the important cause from everyone, I'm sure you all agree. Now it's your turn to take Time out and join us! This challenge runs until 5 pm on Wednesday 11th of October. Before linking up below, please read "How to Play" from our sidebar. At Time Out we only allow five challenges combined, one of them being ours. 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter