Challenge #303

  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 December 17.  This is our last challenge for 2025 and then we'll of course be back in January 2026! The first challenge goes live on January 8th. 

In our new challenge we have an inspiration photo to spark your imagination and creativity. In the photo you'll see one of our DT members, Ishani, with her relatives in their festive outfits. There are plenty of colors, textures, patterns and other details in the dresses for you to draw inspiration from! Scroll down below the challenge badge to see an enlargement of the Inspiration Photo for closer inspection. 

Photo Credit: Ishani. Dharamsala, India. Date 16 Apr 2024

Our wonderful sponsor is Birch Press Design with a generous offer of a $20 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 Trina Pham of Phamtastic Design, and winner of Time Out #298 as Guest Designer. Trina is a very talented designer and we are thrilled to have her with us for this challenge. Here are a few words from Trina abut her crafting journey:

"Hello, my name is Trina and I live in Vancouver, Canada.  A happy accident and over two decades later, card making remains a passion.   I love learning and being creative.  Playing in challenges, like Time Out (TO), really helps with that.  I am honoured to be back as a guest and thank the TO team for the opportunity."

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

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Carol Mc 

Helen 

Ishani

Jenny

Kate

Nancy

Stephanie 

Bobby

Deepti

Fantastic inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out to Craft! Before linking up below, please read How to Play from the sidebar. Please note that at Time Out, we only allow linking five 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 #301 - Your Favorite Holiday To Celebrate

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 Challenge #301 where we were challenged to create a project representing our favorite holiday to celebrate. We are global participants and we have so many holidays among us to celebrate. This was our opportunity to choose one of our own culture to highlight. 

Our wonderful sponsor, Angie Blom Digital Designs, has generously offered a $20 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 winner is:

Jenn

Congratulations on your win, Jenn! We absolutely loved your Halloween tag with all the fun details and creative design. 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. We'd love to have you!

The Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers:

Tracy

Fran

Verena

Such wonderful and inspiring work 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 one week. We are looking for projects where you are Inspired by Your Favorite Holiday. 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.

Challenge #302

 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 for you that opens today and runs through December 3. This time it is a Pick Two 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 but just make sure to pick at least 2!

The words for Challenge #302 are:

Emboss, Movie, Nature, Corner, White, Sparkle

Some words may have a double meaning; for example 'Movie' could mean a cinema theme or a specific move title or theme!  In your post, please mention which words you have chosen and how they inspired you.

Challenge #302

Our wonderful sponsor is Poppy Stamps with a generous offer of a $20 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 Margreet Burger of Margreet's scrapcards, and winner of Time Out #297 as Guest Designer.

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

"My name is Margreet and I live in the Netherlands.

I have been crafting and cardmaking as long as I can remember. Since 2009 I have my blog Margreet's scrapcards.  I love blogland as it has brought me blogfriends from all over the world.

I am retired since 2016 and you can find me daily in my craftroom. I love playing along with challenges and I have been a member of various Design Teams.

At the moment I am a big fan of Tracy Evans, as you can see at my card. I love making Christmas cards, so I have plenty of them at the end of the year (I also make them for my mother, my daughter and my best friend).

Enjoy this challenge!

Warm thoughts from Margreet"

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

Margreet picked Nature, White, Corner and Sparkle to use in her design.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Ishani

Picked - Nature, White, Sparkle and Emboss

Jenny

Picked - Emboss, Nature, Corner, Sparkle

Kate

Picked Emboss (wet and dry), Movie (You've Got Mail), Nature (flower), Corner (stamp), White, Sparkle

Nancy

Picked Emboss, White, Sparkle, Nature, Corner

Stephanie

Picked Emboss, White, Nature and Sparkle

Bobby

Picked White, Sparkle, and Nature

Carol Mc 

Picked White and Sparkle.

Fantastic inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out to Craft! Before linking up below, please read How to Play from the sidebar. Please note that at Time Out, we  linking allow five 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 #300 "Autumn Celebrations Around the World"

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 Challenge #300 where we focused on Autumn Celebrations Around the World. There were lots of beautiful projects in the gallery and we loved seeing all the different celebrations! Thanks so much to everyone who joined in the fun with your wonderful projects.

Our wonderful sponsor, Doodlebugs, has offered a prize of a $25.00 store credit to our Challenge Winner, who will also get an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge. 

The winner is:

Papierelle

Congratulations on your win! We absolutely loved your Halloween card with all the fun details and creative design. 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. We'd love to have you!

The Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers:

Heather

Verena

Julia

Such wonderful and inspiring work 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 one week. We are looking for projects where you are Inspired by Your Favorite Holiday. 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.

Challenge #301

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 November 19. This time it is an Inspired by challenge and it is... Inspired by

Your Favorite Holiday to Celebrate!

Our wonderful sponsor, Angie Blom Digital Designs, is generously offering a  $20 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 Stef Perry of Perry Papercrafts, and winner of Time Out #296 as Guest Designer.

Stef is a wonderfully talented crafter who is a frequent player at Time Out. Her creations are always guaranteed to be delightful! We are so pleased to have her with us as Guest Designer once again. Do yourself a favor and take a stroll through her blog. You are sure to be inspired by her work.

Here is what Stef has to say about her paper crafting 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 Challenge Card. Check out all the details HERE.

And now for some inspiration from our design team!

Ishani

Kate

Nancy

Stephanie

Bobby

Deepti

Carol Mc 

Jenny

Helen

Fantastic inspiration from everyone, I'm sure you'll agree! Now it's your turn to Take Time Out to Craft! Before linking up below, please read How to Play from the sidebar. Please note that at Time Out, we  linking allow five 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 Challenge #299 - 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 Challenge #299 which was a Photo Inspiration Challenge. Photo Inspiration challenges are particularly fun because of the endless ways the photos or pieces of them, are interpreted. There were lots of creative and imaginative interpretations of this very interesting photo in the gallery and as is so often the case, it was hard to pick the winner! Thanks so much to everyone who joined in the fun with your wonderful projects! 

Our wonderful sponsor, Lawn Fawn, has offered a prize of a $25.00 store credit to our Challenge Winner, who will also get an invitation to join us as Guest Designer for a future challenge. 

... and our winner is:

Heather 

Congratulations on your win, Heather! We absolutely loved your wonderful take on the photo inspiration. The way you turned it into a Halloween card is so fun and fabulous. 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. We'd love to have you!

The Honorable Mentions go to these talented card makers:

Arlene

Erin T

Denise

Such wonderful and inspiring work 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 Theme Challenge is still running for about one week. We are looking for cards depicting Autumn Celebrations Around The World. 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.