Challenge #55

Hello Friday!
Thank you all so much for joining in on our cartoon character challenge, we loves seeing our favorite icons - from Strawberry Shortcake to the Simpsons, you all are so creative!
Before I introduce our new theme, we here at Raise The Bar are looking for a few more employees. heehee! That's right - we'd like to add to our Design Team and want you to apply! All you have to do for the next couple of challenges is add {DT} to your name. We'll pay you a visit, and will announce the new members on the 11th of March.
And now on to the following entries who make up our winners round for the week:

Marilyn

Renee

Juelmarie

Congratulations ladies!
Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's assignment.

And now for this week's theme:
As we say goodbye to cold weather, we want to see your

MUG SHOTS!

No no, not as in criminal lineups! heehee! Let's pull out any image we have of hot drinks - lattes, cocoa, and coffees. To start you off with some awesome inspiration, here are this week's Guest Bar-Tenders, uh I mean Bar-istas:

Nela

Cec

Sheila

Hanna

Oooh! I love love love their gallery today! I think I'll celebrate and use my Keurig as they've got me in the mug mood right now. Thank you ladies for serving up some hot inspiration!
And now to our full time always so talented Bar-istas:

Thanh

Anita

Julie

Joni

Come on and join in on the fun! Click the happy blue frog below to participate and don't forget to add {DT} next to your name if you'd like to apply to be a Bar-Tender.

Thank you for coming by, have a wonderful week everyone!

1. Sarah T	2. Carolyn	3. LISA V
4. Hazel	5. Christi Bryant	6. Sheena B
7. julye	8. Wicked Witch	9. Scatty Jan DT
10. Dori	11. Wanda DT	12. Pauline C
13. Sally	14. Cecelia B	15. Lisa aka Myran
16. simplyshaz	17. Heather D	18. Heather D2
19. Bananastamper	20. Renee M

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Challenge #54

It's another beautiful Friday and a new challenge here at Raise The Bar!
I hope this post finds everyone doing well and ready to enjoy the weekend? Thank you all for your beautiful Valentine creations without the reds and pinks, I know you all raised your own bar as the entries were just breathtaking in every other color! As always, it is such a difficult decision to narrow down a top 3:

CEC

Nina

Sheila Ho

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's assignment as Guest Bar-Tenders. And speaking of, since I was so tardy in announcing last week's winners with our overwhelming Hearts entries, they will be joining in on the fun next week as we say 'goodbye' to winter. (hint hint) I hope this has your wheels turning! heehee!
This week we are paying tribute to something that we love no matter what our age is:

Children's Cartoon Characters

Yes! Let's celebrate our youth by creating a card inspired by a much loved character. It can be from a book, a movie, a tv show, let your imagination soar!
Here are some adorable designs by our Bar-Tenders:

Anita's inspiration:

and her adorable card:

Thanh's sweet tribute:

(my daughter will go crazy for this picture!)

and rainbow-licious card:

Julie's little blue muse:

and card that would make Gargamel swoon:

And here's my rootin'est tootin'est hero:

and the card that Woody inspired:

So come on and join in on the fun! We would love to see a little picture of your cartoon character inspired card. Link up below by clicking on the happy blue froggy and we will fly, flutter, ride our horses, and magically appear at your blog.

Have a beautiful week everyone, we'll see you next Friday!

1. Veronica Z	2. Hege	3. Sharette
4. Renee M.	5. Shubhra	6. juelmarie
7. juelmarie	8. Janeen	9. Marilyn W.
10. Tany Sol	11. Lori	12. Rhonda Miller
13. Hazel	14. Charli	15. chris v - easily amused
16. Scatty Jan

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Challenge winners!

Wow! You all are making our jobs SO hard to decide!
Thank you to all who entered our hearts challenge, my apologies that this post is up so late. Congratulations to the following crafters with their sweet designs:

Alice R

Gale

Hannapanna

Nela

Ladies please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for your upcoming assignment. Thank you all so much for being patient with me, I just love it when the Bar gets so busy! :)
Have a beautiful Tuesday everyone!

Challenge #53

Happyyyyyy Friday everyone! Are you ready for a beautiful weekend?
If you are stopping in to check out the winners' round, please check back for an edited post - with 170+ entries we want to be sure that everyone was visited with their adorable hearts entries. Thank you all for your participation and support!
Today's challenge will give you something to ponder over as it is a bit unconventional. heehee! So get ready to put on your thinking caps for:

A Valentine's Day card 

with NO pink or red

We have a fun lineup this week with adorable samples, first up from the Guest Bar-Tenders:

Katlyn

Peggy

Cassie

Eeek! I love it! Puppies, little girl with flowers, and monsters - what fun images! Thank you ladies!
And now for the full timers and their concoctions:

Julie's
elegant love card

Thanh's
blue and brown beauty

Anita's
purple yummy creation

Joni's
old school love
{inside says "to my sweetie pie"}

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Come along and join in on the fun, just click on the happy blue frog below.

Thank you for joining in on our challenge this week! Have a great 7 days, we'll see you soon. :)

1. Gramma Carma	2. Joynana	3. juelmarie
4. Nina I.	5. Gro Tjeltveit	6. Juliet A
7. Cassie K	8. Cec	9. Naush~Doodlebuddies
10. Renata	11. Shir Benovich	12. Nela
13. Lovely Linda	14. grace o	15. Lena Løken
16. Lisa C	17. Hazel	18. Sheila
19. Croms	20. Teri Sherman	21. Lisa C
22. Kathleen Mc	23. Nance S.	24. Donna
25. Chrissie	26. Made By Mandy	27. Jo Price
28. Heidi

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Challenge #52

It's a wonderful Friday!
Happy beautiful day everyone, the weekend is finally here. :)
Oh those beautiful entries from last week's challenges were so wonderful! Thank you for the purple/blue/yellow combos, all the original ideas were so creative.
Here are the picks of the week:

Cassie

Lisette

K Joy

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's fun challenge.

And now on to this week's theme:

HEARTS

 To celebrate all the love in this month, we want to see cards - BUT it must have a heart image somewhere on it. As you can see, we have a fun little lineup below to get you inspired:

From our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Irene

Wanda

And joining in on the fun with a sweet little cupid from Inktegrity:

 Jacki

Tammy

 Jacquie

Sheri

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Anita

Julie

Thanh

Joni

Thank you so much for coming by, we'll see you all next week!

1.	Angella Crockett	58.	Lovely Linda	115.	Sandie
2.	Georgia S	59.	Natascha	116.	Fuzzy Slippers
3.	Sarah T	60.	Georgia E.	117.	Made By Mandy
4.	Rhonda Miller	61.	Carol Ann	118.	Susie xx
5.	Veronica Z	62.	Lorraine	119.	Helen
6.	Jessica Fitzgerald	63.	chris v - easily amused	120.	Artesania
7.	Tammylee Newberry	64.	Marion E	121.	The Navy Wife
8.	jenjoy	65.	Katie Tate	122.	Gro Tjeltveit
9.	keeley	66.	Zoe (Aus)	123.	chris v - easily amused
10.	Gry-Beate	67.	Debra B	124.	Sammibug
11.	Jaqi van Jaarsveld	68.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	125.	Margo S.
12.	juelmarie	69.	Julie B.x	126.	Carla Creates
13.	Sally K	70.	purple crazy	127.	Mary J
14.	Joynana	71.	Ellen Bakker	128.	Renata
15.	Linda B	72.	Nancy in Iowa	129.	Andrea W.
16.	TracieB xx	73.	Scrappy	130.	Maria Patrizia
17.	0rit	74.	Denimo	131.	cherie
18.	Helen	75.	Renkata	132.	Ira
19.	Jo Nevill	76.	Tammy Miller	133.	Jo Price
20.	Jenni	77.	Tammy Miller	134.	Crystal
21.	CraftyC	78.	Hazel	135.	Lena Løken
22.	Pauline C	79.	RoseZ	136.	Silke Ledlow
23.	Sheena B	80.	Kleeblatt	137.	Archana
24.	Grace O	81.	carla	138.	Lori
25.	Grace O	82.	Ali (Aqualeiga)	139.	Lisa aka Myran
26.	Katie Oakley	83.	Janice	140.	Katie Tate
27.	Deirdre	84.	cindy groh	141.	Darlene (akronstamperdpk)
28.	Sandie	85.	Edna	142.	Lila Castro
29.	Kristi S	86.	Gemma	143.	Rustyflange
30.	*Vicki*	87.	Barbara	144.	Theresa W.
31.	Kendra	88.	Gemma	145.	Lisa C
32.	Tara W	89.	Melissa Sackman	146.	Rhonda Miller
33.	Beth aka BR-T	90.	Tammy L	147.	Scrappy
34.	Peggy McCurry	91.	Jude	148.	Rhonda Miller
35.	CassieT	92.	Pattie Goldman	149.	Scrappy
36.	Kendra S.	93.	Karen	150.	Chris Olsen
37.	Yenni Natalia	94.	Shelly Schmidt	151.	patty
38.	Janey	95.	Rachana	152.	Shelley
39.	Ginny	96.	Emma	153.	Eiglas
40.	Glo	97.	Lisa s	154.	Hazel
41.	Leanne	98.	Dori	155.	gail K
42.	Scatty Jan	99.	Samantha :0)	156.	Laurel S
43.	Claire C	100.	Jo Davies	157.	*Chrissie*
44.	Melisa Waldorf	101.	Bananastamper	158.	Hege
45.	Sheryl	102.	chris olsen	159.	Debra James
46.	Dragonlady	103.	Ginny	160.	Jo
47.	Debbie B	104.	Marilyn W.	161.	Grace N
48.	irina	105.	Sammibug	162.	Nanda
49.	Hazel	106.	Joyce	163.	Granny Goodwitch
50.	Hilde	107.	Vixykins	164.	Made By Mandy
51.	Kimberly S	108.	michelle	165.	Gemma
52.	Gale Varland	109.	Alice R	166.	Hannapanna
53.	The Navy Wife	110.	Pattie Goldman	167.	Gemma
54.	Liz Marsden	111.	The Crafty Den	168.	Kerry
55.	Monica-LaPaperaGialla	112.	Nela	169.	Pat Sgt
56.	padster	113.	Stargroves (Anne)	170.	Lisa s
57.	Hazel	114.	Cabio	171.	Claudia

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