Thursday, December 4, 2025

We Wish You A Merry Christmas


It's time for a new challenge at Time Out, our last challenge of 2025. The Design Team is taking a well deserved break for the Holidays, and we will back with our first challenge of 2026 on January 4. Our winners post for Challenge #302 will be on December 18th, and for #303 will be on December 25th. We wish you a Merry Christmas, Holiday Blessings for whatever you celebrate, and a Happy New Year. 


We have a Photo Inspiration this time around with a festive photo from India to stimulate your creativity. The enlargement below will make it easier to see the detail in the photo.

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

We are sponsored by Birch Press Design with a Store Credit of $20.00 for our Challenge Winner as chosen by the Design Team.


We are joined by Trina Pham of Phamtastic Design, and winner of Time Out #298 as Guest Designer. You can see Trina's fantastic card on the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can link to her nlog and leave her some love.

This photo is so festive and it was fun to come up with a project inspired by it. For my card, I focused on the ethnic wear worn by the woman on the far left. I used the colors of mauve, sage, cream and gold for my project with the supplies shown below.

Please head on over to the Time Out Challenge Blog where you can see what Trina and the Design Team have created for your inspiration. Come play with us! We would be so happy to see your project in our gallery. Please be sure to mention how the photo inspired your your design in your post. I can't wait to see what you create!

Project Details
Stamps/DiesMFT Blueprints 27 Dies, Waffle Flower
Wonderful Christmas Stamps & Dies, Pink Fresh
Studio Winter Berry Stamps, Stencils & Dies
Cardstock    Gina K Pure Ivory, DCWV Textured Card Stock
 Ink Versa Mark, SU Sage Shadow, PTI Scarlet 
Jewel & Autumn Rose
Embellishments
Other Ranger Queen's Gold EP
WOW Dual Speed Heat Tool
Spellbinders Platinum Plus
Scor-Pal Score Board
Fiskars 12" SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer
MISTI Stamping Tool
My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press
Scor-Pal Score Tape-3/4"
SSS Foam Squares

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15 comments:

I Card Everyone said...

Stephanie, you've so beautifully captured the colors and textures of her gorgeous dress!
Such a lovely way to welcome the holidays and close out the year!
=]

Kerry Parkinson said...

Beautiful colours on this gorgeously rich card. Thanks so much for sharing it at Just Add Ink.

Marcia Hill said...

Beautiful card Stephanie and I love the colors you drew from the photo...so rich and warm looking! Lovely, lovely card my friend!! Hugs. :0)

Lisa Elton said...

I love the way you were inspired! This is just beautiful, Stephanie!

Angelnorth said...

Those berry stamps are just lovely and they look very festive arranged around the sentiment like that — great card!

Tristan said...

Fab card Stephanie. Love your colouring on the holly boughs, they really pop off your background. Thanks for joining ua at Just Add Ink. Trisan - DT

Cindy C. said...

It's beautiful, love the color palette! Thanks for playing along our December challenge at Die Cut Divas.

Michelle N. said...

Wow, what a great photo for inspiration! I love the colors you chose, and you picked the right stamp-this is gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Die Cut Divas!

Trina P. said...

Beautiful! Wonderful take away from the photo for your card. This would makes a great masculine card, too. .

Helen said...

A gorgeous card Stephanie! I love the elements from the phhoto you incorporated! Such a clever take on the photo! Love it! :)

Narelle Farrugia said...

Such a pretty festive-y card! I love the colours you've used and the arrangement of your holly/berry leaves. Thanks for joining us at Just Add Ink this week!

Arlene said...

The colors are great and the card is so joyful. So glad you joined us at Die Cut Divas, Arlene with Die Cut Divas.

Dotty Jo said...

Oh, Stephanie, this is so lovely! Thanks for playing at The Christmas Kickstart Challenge, Jo x

Bobby said...

It seems that the dress on the left captured a lot of our attention. The colors worked wonderfully for your Christmas berries. Beautiful card, Stephanie.

Deepti Aggarwal said...

Wow, this is such a Gorgeous card, Stephanie. I really love how you got inspired by the beautiful dress. A great card... Hugsxx