Challenge #124

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
A quick note before I continue on with today's post:
This fun challenge will be the last of 2012 -
the Bar-Tenders and I have some shopping and cleaning to do,
so we will be taking a bit of a hiatus until January 4th.
This means you have plenty of time to join in on the fun,
and with a NEW sponsor joining us in January, it will be worth the wait!
Before I announce our new theme, congratulations to the following random winner
of a $5 gift certificate to By LORi Designs store:

 YOGI of Art With Yogi 

Yay Yogi! Please contact me for your prize!
And for our top 3 picks of our blue and white challenge:

Kertu

Diane

Kathy B.

Yay! Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line
GUEST BAR-TENDER for your assignment.

And now for our NEW challenge which will run from today until January 3, 2013:

LET IT SNOW

Chances are, we won't be getting any here in Virginia, but wishful thinking never hurts.

Let's see snow on your cards - snowflakes, snow fall, snow snow snow!

Here are the amazing Bar-Tenders with their samples:

Peggy's sweet Frosty guy

 Wanda's Winter Cutie

Thanh's Fabulous Flurry Wreath

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Thank you for joining in on our last challenge of 2012! Have a safe and wonderful holiday season everyone, we will see you back here on January 4, 2013. Blessings!

1.	Laila aka Koneko	31.	Marsha D	61.	Gloria Shirr
2.	michelle	32.	Anna	62.	kali
3.	Melissa SunshineHoneyBee	33.	Carla	63.	LaDiva
4.	Evelyn	34.	Meggi	64.	Karen @ Simply Frenzied
5.	Rhonda Miller	35.	Julie B.x	65.	Marsha D
6.	Mary Marsh	36.	Athina	66.	Barbetka
7.	Marja	37.	alica	67.	Helen
8.	Debbie B	38.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	68.	Large Paper Snowflake
9.	Cheryl F	39.	abusybee	69.	Berit Synnøve
10.	Elizabeth H.	40.	Gem	70.	Laila aka Koneko
11.	Three Trees	41.	DIANA L.	71.	Tracey Boley
12.	Marsha D	42.	Sonia	72.	Angela P.
13.	Nancy in Iowa	43.	lalkygirl	73.	Pauline
14.	Julia Aston	44.	Sara I.	74.	Hazel
15.	Janice	45.	Tanya	75.	Kim L.
16.	Elizabeth H.	46.	lalkygirl	76.	Bettyirene
17.	Jane's Journal	47.	DLR	77.	Crafty Teacher
18.	valou250809	48.	Rachelle	78.	Betty CH
19.	Christine Garner	49.	Sarah T	79.	Ardilla
20.	chris v - easily amused	50.	Lisa s	80.	Elaine
21.	Carol C	51.	Sylvia Blum	81.	Archana
22.	Barb D.	52.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	82.	Nancy in Iowa
23.	Audrey E.	53.	Jacki	83.	Diane Noble
24.	Ardilla	54.	Papersniffer	84.	Athina
25.	Ardilla	55.	Kathya	85.	Cris
26.	Tami G	56.	Bettina	86.	Erica J-W
27.	~DEANNE~	57.	Claire C	87.	NanaConnie
28.	Lisa s	58.	Liz	88.	Mian Hahne
29.	Gloria Shirr	59.	sidan
30.	Ani	60.	Susan Kennedy

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Challenge #123

Happy Friday everyone!
Thank you so much for joining us on this chilly morning.

Here in the NEast, the weather cannot decide what it would like to do - 

earlier in the week we hit a 70* high, and yet the other morning it was *26

as the kids headed out to school. Yikes!

It definitely makes waking up hard to do. ;)
And speaking of chilly weather...
Congratulations to the following entries for last week's BUNDLED UP challenge:

Sue

Kim

 Laila aka Koneko

Yay! Ladies please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line as
GUEST BAR-TENDER whenever you are ready to help debute the newest challenge!

And now for this week's theme sponsored by the adorable and talented LORi Boyd:

If you haven't been to LORi's shop, you need to stop in! Her designs are so adorable,
and her selection is too hard to choose from (just thought I'd warn you). ;)

With the wintry weather upon us, we'd like to see your cards created in:

BLUES AND WHITES

 Here with some fabulous samples are two of our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Archana

Billie Anderson

Thank you ladies! I love the Spring theme for Archana's card, and Mr. Snowman is adorable on Billie's Washi tape card!

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Wanda (using Candy Cane Jane)

Thanh

Peggy

Joni (using Simon Stockingheimer)

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Thank you for joining us with this color combination this week! One random winner will receive a gift certificate from the wonderful LORi Boyd of By LORi Designs. Have a wonderful week! We'll see you next Friday.

1.	Marja	19.	Bettina	37.	kathleen barrett
2.	Dee	20.	Marina	38.	Asha
3.	Yogi	21.	Merkkari	39.	sidan
4.	Nataliya	22.	Trudie Howard	40.	Diane W
5.	0rit	23.	NanaConnie	41.	Annette
6.	Evelyn	24.	Elizabeth H.	42.	Karen-Simply Frenzied
7.	Scrappellen	25.	valou250809	43.	R Meyers
8.	Dewi Lestari	26.	Renee B.	44.	Shanna
9.	Mervi	27.	Alyce	45.	*Vicki*
10.	ivi	28.	sherryn	46.	Lesley at Grenouille
11.	Mark	29.	Laura	47.	Jenn Zeeb
12.	Gill M	30.	Melissa SunshineHoneyBee	48.	Twisted Witch - Lin
13.	Marsha D	31.	Meggi	49.	Sonia Kertznus
14.	Caroline E	32.	Kate	50.	Kathy Curry
15.	Kerttu	33.	Laila aka Koneko	51.	Julie J
16.	Darlene Pavlick	34.	Emily L.	52.	pinky
17.	Bettina	35.	Berit Synnøve	53.	Skye
18.	Cheryl F	36.	Bettina	54.	NanaConnie

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Challenge #122

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
I cannot believe it is the last day of November.  Wowza, where has the time gone?
Nevertheless, we are here for you every Friday in December up until the 14th, then we'll be taking a break until January 4th. By that time I'll be running around for last minute holiday shopping. ;)

Thank you all for taking the time to participate in our challenge last week!
We loved visiting your blogs to see all of your Thankful cards.

Without further ado, congratulations to the following entries:

Archana

Billie

Karen

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject as 

GUEST BAR-TENDER for your chance to debut a challenge with us!

And now on to this week's theme as we approach winter:

BUNDLE UP!

Let's see those cards made with realllly bundled up images! Not just jeans and a long tee, we're talking serious winter gear here. ;)

To play along please respect the following criteria:

*Only ONE entry per person please!

*All entries must adhere to the challenge of really bundled up images.

*Feel free to combine our challenge with other sites.

With some fabulous inspiration, here are our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Leslie

Bettina

Thank you so much ladies! Your Mo Manning cards are beautiful!!

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

Wanda

Peggy

Joni

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Thank you so much for joining in on our challenge this week! Have a great day and we'll see you back here on Friday for our sponsored challenge.

1.	Crissy Armstrong	10.	Janina	19.	Michelle
2.	Kym's Crafty Cards	11.	Helen	20.	Kendra S.
3.	SOMA	12.	Kimberly C	21.	Rhonda Miller
4.	Cristina	13.	Marina	22.	~DEANNE~
5.	Marja	14.	CG	23.	Mian Hahne
6.	Sara Iadanza	15.	Dee	24.	Made By Mandy
7.	Chitra	16.	Karal S	25.	blackdragon
8.	Hilde	17.	Hannapanna	26.	R Meyers
9.	sue w	18.	Laila aka Koneko

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Challenge #121

Happy Friday everyone!
Here in the US we celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday. I do believe all the yummy foods caused me to sleep in, thus the late post. ;) 

I hope you all are off to a great start to your weekend? I know that the holiday buzz is in the air, there are so many people out shopping already! I will spend today in my pajamas and fuzzy socks, online shopping is calling my name. heehee!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Teddy Bear challenge last week! Oh my cuteness, the entries that poured in were so adorable. I had no idea there were so many cute Teddy images out there in the crafting world!

As always it is so hard to whittle down to top picks, congratulations to the following entries:

Leslie

Pinky

Pauline

Bettina

Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line as Guest Bar-Tender to become a future guest designer!
And now on to this week's challenge.
Even though yesterday was Thanksgiving, it's always a great time to be thankful throughout the year. This week we want to see your:

 THANK YOU, THANKFUL or GRATITUDE cards

{Please note that we ask you only enter ONCE in our challenges, thank you!}

Here with some wonderful samples are the Bar-Tenders and our Guest Designer for the week:

Julie (Guest Bar-Tender)

Thanh

Peggy

Wanda

Joni

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Thank you for joining in on our challenges and supporting us here at Raise The Bar! Have a wonderful week everyone, we will see you on Friday!

1.	Archana	8.	Kym's Crafty Cards	15.	~DEANNE~
2.	Yogi	9.	Nancy in Iowa	16.	abusybee
3.	Marja	10.	Sandy's Stamping Scene	17.	Tracey Boley
4.	Billie A	11.	Audrey E.	18.	Kimberly C
5.	Sarah	12.	Helen	19.	Karen L
6.	Lisa s	13.	Joynana	20.	kali
7.	Bettina	14.	cindy groh	21.	J. Atterbury Creations

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Challenge #120

It's another beautiful Friday everyone!
Thank you for joining us again this week here at Raise The Bar.  We love your visits, your entries, and all of your support. Your amazing birthday card links were such a joy to visit!

Last week we were graciously sponsored by Krista Smith of Saturated Canary...
have I mentioned how much I love her blog and her store?!?

Congratulations to BANANA STAMPER for winning Krista's prize!
Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for further instructions. :)

And here are our top picks of the week (which was SO hard to choose from!):

Lisa

Cheryl

 

Ellen

Julie

Michaela

Congratulations ladies! My hotmail account is being a bit temperamental lately, but please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line so I can weed through in case it gets into the other folder.

And now on to this week's theme, a fun one indeed! Did you know that November 16th is

HAVE A PARTY WITH YOUR BEAR DAY

So what better way to celebrate than with a BEAR theme? 

Use any sweet fuzzy Teddys on your card like the fabulous designers did below:

Thanh



Wanda

Joni

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Thank you for joining in on our challenge this week! Have a beautiful day, we'll see you on Friday. :)

1.	michelle	12.	Hilde	23.	Bettina
2.	pinky	13.	Pauline	24.	Bettina
3.	Judy T	14.	Tracey Boley	25.	Jenny B
4.	Denise	15.	Holly G	26.	Julie J
5.	Caroline E	16.	Katie Tate	27.	Georgina b
6.	Dreamlaine	17.	Pat P	28.	Katie Tate
7.	Holly G	18.	Marja	29.	sherryn
8.	Helen	19.	Archana	30.	lalkygirl
9.	Debbie D	20.	HeidiD	31.	Papersniffer
10.	Holly G	21.	Dwie lewe rączki	32.	Lesley at Grenouille
11.	Danni	22.	Kevin	33.	Nanda

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Challenge #119

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
We have quite a long post today so I will cut through the extra chit chat. ;)
First off, thank you thank you thank you so much for your beautiful entries in our Anything Goes challenge!
Here are our top picks from this past week as well as the week before:

Grace

Tip Top

Sherryn

Gloria Shirr

Monami

JoAnn

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line of
GUEST BAR-TENDER so it doesn't get lost. :)

And now on to this week's
SPONSORED CHALLENGE! Yay!
We normally have our first challenge of the month sponsored,
but with the hurricane and inclement weather on the East Coast,
we saved this New Jersey designer for this week:

YAY! It's Krista of Saturated Canary helping us celebrate our

BIRTHDAY THEME!

To be eligible for this week's challenge prize from Krista, here are the following requirements:

*Only ONE entry per person please
*Use a birthday theme
*Any vendor image/papers/embellishments will be perfect!
*Feel free to combine our challenge with any others, linking back to us
*Please post a direct link to your entry, and not just your blog
*HAVE FUN!

Here are our  Bar-Tender's beautiful creations using her images:

Wanda using Thank You

Peggy using Up, Up, Away


Thanh using Zombie Niamh

Joni using Cinders

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Thank you for joining in on our sponsored challenge this week by Saturated Canary! We will see you back here on Friday, until then, have a wonderful day.

1.	Syaz	20.	Dawn Lancaster	39.	Angie
2.	Hazel	21.	Scrappellen	40.	Denise
3.	laila aka koneko	22.	Craftyanny	41.	Dawn Frost
4.	Tami G	23.	Tracey V	42.	~DEANNE~
5.	Liz	24.	Maggie S	43.	Helen
6.	0rit	25.	Janine	44.	Joanie
7.	Kate	26.	Marja	45.	Helen
8.	Pauline C	27.	Janet T	46.	Tracey Boley
9.	SOMA	28.	Julie B.x	47.	Claire Day
10.	Deonna B	29.	chris v - easily amused	48.	Bananastamper
11.	Anna	30.	Christine Garner	49.	Margreet
12.	Yogi	31.	Hilde	50.	Ardilla
13.	Lesley at Grenouillel	32.	lalkygirl	51.	Ardilla
14.	sassy	33.	Karen O	52.	Wishcraft
15.	Sharon h	34.	sue w	53.	Evelyn
16.	Tip Top	35.	Lisa s	54.	Cheryl (Shestamps)
17.	Michaela	36.	Archana	55.	Annette
18.	ShelleyD	37.	0rit	56.	Elaine
19.	Vicky p-r	38.	Sylvia Blum

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Challenge #118

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
While we recover from the week of Frankenstorm and Hurricane Sandy, please get a jump start on our theme for this week:

ANYTHING GOES!

*Please note: for this week we request one entry only per person, thank you!

I will be back later to update this post with the top 3 from last week,
but for now here are our lovely Bar-Tenders' creations:

Wanda

Thanh

Peggy

Joni 

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Happy November everyone, thank you for joining in on our open challenge. Please only one entry per person, thank you! We'll see you on Friday!

1.	keeley	58.	chris v - easily amused	115.	Cris
2.	Jen Leeflang	59.	Berit Synnøve	116.	michelle
3.	Debs	60.	Yogi	117.	Sassy Raggedy
4.	*Vicki*	61.	Ane Lene	118.	Arty Andrea
5.	Jenee Todd	62.	Linda	119.	sue law
6.	ivi	63.	Andrew Llewelyn-Brinsley	120.	Helen
7.	laila aka koneko	64.	Anda	121.	Sheryl Hare
8.	Marina	65.	Lorianna	122.	Gloria Shirr
9.	Penni	66.	ellapu	123.	clare
10.	Sathya Kala	67.	Mian Hahne	124.	Shelley
11.	Laurian	68.	Hilde	125.	Rachelle
12.	Frea	69.	Kimberly C	126.	Bettina
13.	chris v - easily amused	70.	Hannelie	127.	Crafty and Green
14.	Gloria Shirr	71.	lena katrine	128.	laney
15.	Shelly Schmidt	72.	Leesa aka The Navy Wife	129.	Carole Robb
16.	Ursula Uphof	73.	Margy (DS4J)	130.	Cat Spicer
17.	Susan Hogan	74.	Mervi	131.	Athina
18.	Miss Syaz	75.	Lovely Linda	132.	Tami G
19.	Debbie D	76.	Shirley	133.	Mei
20.	mimimira	77.	Tracey V	134.	Marsha D
21.	0rit	78.	Glo	135.	Yamuna
22.	Lesley at Grenouille	79.	Dewi Lestari	136.	Chris CS Designs
23.	SOMA	80.	Fliss	137.	pinky
24.	Hazel	81.	suzie q	138.	Tip Top
25.	Caz W	82.	Liv Solveig	139.	Cheryl (Shestamps)
26.	An	83.	Tip Top	140.	Jacki
27.	Caroline E	84.	Susan Martin	141.	Wenche P
28.	Melissa SunshineHoneyBee	85.	Kendra S.	142.	odskocznia jutki
29.	Judie	86.	GRACE O.	143.	ShelleyD
30.	Dreamlaine	87.	Josephine	144.	Gerda
31.	NikkiByrne	88.	Katelyn	145.	craftygrannyb
32.	Euphoria	89.	NikkiByrne	146.	Linda
33.	Sarah's Little Snippets	90.	Katie Tate	147.	Anna
34.	Fiona	91.	Elizabeth H.	148.	Scrappin'withZ
35.	Steph	92.	NIkki C	149.	Scrappin'withZ
36.	Bananastamper	93.	Hazel L	150.	Kjellaug
37.	HeidiD	94.	Sally J	151.	NanaConnie
38.	Karen Can.	95.	sue w	152.	Pat K.
39.	Deonna B	96.	Deonna B	153.	Gro Tjeltveit
40.	♥♥ Susie Little ♥♥	97.	Daniele	154.	Cheryl (Shestamps)
41.	Mixamatoasties	98.	mONAmi	155.	Tamara
42.	jane w.	99.	Pauline C	156.	Seafield Jo
43.	♥♥ Susie Little ♥♥	100.	MamaBeate	157.	Dee
44.	Jennie	101.	emma oliver	158.	Tine
45.	Holly G	102.	Julie J	159.	J. Atterbury Creations
46.	~Jenn J~	103.	Vivi Casale	160.	Fiona
47.	Lisa s	104.	sherryn	161.	Helen
48.	Pat (mspfd)	105.	lalkygirl	162.	Cinzia C.
49.	Crafty and Green	106.	Desire Fourie	163.	Laura
50.	Karin	107.	Dawn Lancaster	164.	Brenda Frame
51.	Billie A	108.	Denise	165.	TROSSETS- Glòria
52.	Helen	109.	Lorianna	166.	Lis-M
53.	trisha too	110.	Vicky p-r	167.	Liz
54.	julie Woodward (paperpathway)	111.	Diane Ahlers	168.	Linda Therrien
55.	Bettina	112.	Crafting Vicky	169.	sidan
56.	Gro Tjeltveit	113.	Debra M	170.	Patti Ross
57.	Bettina	114.	Ardilla

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