New Design Team Members

Happy Friday Eve to all,

At the end of January we had our first Design Team call and we had entries from all over the world. The standard was very high and we had a hard time choosing. We think we have chosen a group of very talented designers and are very excited to introduce you to them. Please give our new Design Team a very warm welcome!

Bev from Uniko Studios 

Hi, I’m Beverley, the owner & designer of Uniko Studio clear stamps & designer dies. I live in the North East of England with my husband and fluffy black & white cat AKA Mr Cat! I have been paper crafting and making cards for over 10 years now and my style has changed considerably over the years, I would say my style now is Clean & Simple (CAS). I am honoured to be part of the TO Challenge team & look forward to seeing everyone’s wonderful creations”.

Dawn from LilyPinkScraps

I have been an enthusiastic crafter for many years and love to have a go at most things-papercrafting, scrapbooking, mixed media, painting ans playing with clay! I am also a keen photographer and gardener and cook, I really do prefer to work with my hands.

I am on the Copics DT for Outlawz and the DT for Eclectic Ellapu-I also design digis for my Etsy shop, along with my super talented hubby who does some super amazing digis and full colour renditions of cars and bikes (yes I am highly biased!).

I love to re-do and upcyle furniture using paint and we are both keen junkers and love to head at weekends and trawl for treasure.

Lisa from Kind Creations

I'm so happy to have been chosen to be on this new team!  I'm a 5th grade teacher, so that keeps me pretty busy.  I live outside of Buffalo, NY with my husband Kevin and our Springer Spaniel Lizzie.  We love to travel and spend time at our cabin in the woods.  I've been stamping for over 10 years now and while I don't spend every day stamping, I enjoy it when I can.  I love trying new techniques I learn from other stampers.  I also love stalking other crafters' blogs for new ideas!  I've been on many design teams and have met some fabulous people.  I thing that is my most favourite thing about this craft!

Gerrina from Gerrina's Creatieve Wereld

Hi, I am Gerrina and did a happy dance when I heard I was asked for the Designers Team of this great new challenge blog! With my hubby and daughter I live in the Netherlands near Eindhoven. I have been crafting since I was a little girl, not so strange since my mother was a crafts/needlework teacher and started her own wool and needleworkshop that grew so much that even my father was working there till they retired … I started photography at eight and put the photos in books in a way that I found out in 2000 that it was called scrapbooking. From buying a few stamps to stamp some quotes in my books, now I am addicted to stamps! I like to use them on cards, in books, on canvas, Aj´s and whatever I can think of… So you can imagine that I think it is great to show a card every two weeks!

We are very excited to have such fabulous designers joining our team. Do come back next week to meet the rest of the team and then it is time for us to get started!!

Remember to take TIME OUT today to craft!!

Last reminder for Time Out DT call

Time is running out to enter out DT call. You have until midnight tomorrow (GMT) to enter.

We are a friendly but small team and need a few more creative people to join us.

As part of our team you will be required to make a DT project for our fortnightly challenges and be available for commenting on challenge entries.

To enter the DT call, simply make a project following the theme of  "Love and/or Friendship" and link up here before midnight (GMT) tomorrow.

You know what to do.....take some TIME OUT to craft and enter our DT call and good luck!

Time Out DT Call Reminder

Hi all friends and followers of TIME OUT Challenges!

This is a short reminder about our DT Call! The DT Call is still running for one week only. If you fancy joining our team it's now time to take some TIME OUT, make a project with Love/Friendship theme and enter it 

 here

Check out what a beautiful, feminine card our DT member Shery has created to inspire your projects with Love/Friendship theme!

In our Design Team you are expected to create a card/project to our fortnightly challenges and to be available for commenting on challenge entries. All the details are here. We are looking forward seeing what you'll create for the DT Call!  Now... Take some TIME OUT and craft!

Time Out Challenge DT Call reminder.

Hello crafting friends,

Have you been taking TIME OUT to craft this week? If not we are here to remind you that our DT call is still running. You have until the 20th January to join in. All you need to do is make a paper crafting project following the theme of:

Love and/or Friendship

Just click here to find out more details and to link up your project. I can think of no better excuse to take some TIME OUT of your busy day and craft!

And before we go DT member Lynn has created this fabulous CAS card to inspire you:

We just love this card and hope it inspires you to join in our DT call. Please visit Lynn's blog here to check out details of this card and to show her some love.

Now, go and take some TIME OUT and get stamping.....you deserve it!

Time Out Challenge, Sneak Peek 4 and DT Call!

Today is the exciting day when we begin our DT Call! First it's time to introduce our 4th and final round of challenges

CASE... With Your Own Twist. 

For this challenge we will be showcasing a card from one of our favourite designers. The challenge will be to use this card as inspiration for your project adding your own unique twist. Shery, our fourth DT member, is here to show us how it is done!
Shery has a very recognizable style with funky, grungy and stylish edge. For introducing our CASE challenge round she was inspired by this card  by 

Shirley-Bee who is a very cool, fun, on trend card maker! You can read all about Shery's twist to Shirley's card in her blog. Here's what she made:

The theme Shery has chosen for her card leads us smoothly to our 

DT CALL

"Love and/or Friendship"

We’re looking for a couple more creative paper crafters to join the TIME OUT design team! The DT term lasts a minimum of 6 months from March to August and you may continue for another term if you wish. You are required to create a DT project for our fortnightly challenges and to be available for commenting on challenge entries.  

To enter the DT Call, simply make a project following the theme of "Love and/or Friendship" and link up below.  Please also provide a link to our challenge blog in your blog post. The DT Call runs until the 20th of February and the new Design Team is announced on the 27th. The winners will be contacted by email. Take some TIME OUT to craft... And good luck!

Time Out Sneak Peek 3

Hi everyone,

time for the 3rd sneak peek here at TIME OUT Challenges! 

The 3rd challenge in our rota will be...

Theme... With an Optional Twist.

In these challenges we have simple, general themes like "Summer" or "Stamping" but there's always an optional twist -for example "Summer with Flowers" or "Stamping with Monochrome colour scheme". 

Those who follow the optional twist have a chance to win a prize -one randomly selected optional twister gets a fabulous prize from one of our sponsors! 

Challenge co-owner Nonni is here with some inspiration cards for you... 

The first card follows the theme "Love and Friendship" 

The second card follows the optional twist "Love and Friendship with no coloured in images"

The second card is created with stamps from Avocado Arts -one of our amazing sponsors.

For details of these cards, check out Nonni's blog Korttikarkuri - Runaway Cards. You'll find out she is a card maker who loves various styles and can't decide what's her favorite! 

Only 3 days now until we begin our DT Call... Come back on Thursday to read about our 4th challenge type and the DT Call details. In the meantime, remember to take TIME OUT of your busy day and craft!

Time Out Challenge, Sneak Peek 2!

Its time for our second sneak peek here at Time Out Challenges. 

The second challenge in our rota will be....

Home Sweet Home Challenge.

For this challenge we combined two things that we love......Photo Inspiration challenges and Home decor! Each Home Sweet Home Challenge will feature a photo based on home interiors. If you are like us and love to dream of your ideal home and you love to create, then this challenge will be perfect for you!

Today, we are joined by our DT member Lynn to show you just how this will work.

First off our Home Sweet Home photo:

Isn't this a gorgeous? There is so much that could inspire you here-the brickwork, the black framed mirror, the colours. What do you think inspired Lynn???

Have you guessed it? To find out you will need to visit Lynn's blog The Mango Boys and Me.

We are very honoured to have Lynn joining us. Many of you will know her from other Design Teams and I am sure will agree with me, she is the Queen of CAS!!

We hope you are enjoying our sneak peeks and do come back on Monday to find out what will be the third challenge in our rota of 4. It is only a week now to our DT call, so watch this space!

Remember to take Time Out of your busy day to craft!!