Here at RTB we are so excited to kick off a new year of crafting!
We encourage you to challenge yourself, raise your own level of crafting, and keep your resolution to use those new stamping items. And yes, we will even use those supplies that you just had to have in your collection. ;)

Friday, November 30, 2012

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:

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:

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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Friday, November 23, 2012

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

Pauline

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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Friday, November 16, 2012

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!):

 
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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Friday, November 9, 2012

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:
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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Friday, November 2, 2012

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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