Challenge #132

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
I hope you are looking forward to a nice weekend. :)
Thank you all to entering in on our "Free at last" challenge (aka Anything Goes)!
It's always so nice to see the numbers up this week.
Congratulations to the following crafters:

Valou
Lena Loken
Bettina
Chris V
Danni

Yay ladies! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com
with the subject GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line. Thank you everyone for your beautiful entries every week here at Raise The Bar!

And now on to this week's challenge, in honor of February 26th, also known as:

 National Carnival Day 

 (I know, fun, right?)

Of course we want you all to play along so any image with carnival/circus vibes will be perfect!
Here with some fun inspiration are our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Judy

Anna

Yolanda

And our Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

Joni

Peggy

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Thank you so much for playing along with us this week! We love and appreciate all your support here at Raise The Bar. Have a great day everyone, we'll see you back here next Friday!

1.	Jennifer Swandells	4.	beebeebabs	7.	sherryn
2.	Cat Spicer	5.	Melissa SunshineHoneyBee
3.	Linda	6.	Adrienne

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Challenge #131

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
It's time for a new challenge here at Raise The Bar but first...
Our top picks for last week's Couples Challenge!

Pauline

Mian

Linda

Anna

Sarah

CONGRATULATIONS ladies!
Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line to be a guest designer!

And now on for this week's challenge, inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech,
and in honor of Black History Month:

FREE AT LAST

In other words - Anything Goes! YAY!

Go ahead, express yourself. ;)

PLEASE NOTE:
With this open challenge only ONE entry per person is allowed. 
THANK YOU!!

From our guest designers:

Billie Anderson

Pinky

Lesley Kollinsky

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Peggy

Thanh

Joni

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Thank you for celebrating Black History Month with us with our ANYTHING GOES challenge! Have a wonderful day, we'll see you back here on Friday morning.

1.	Rachel Taylor	56.	Laila aka Koneko	111.	Monika Reeck
2.	Alyce	57.	Rachelle	112.	Julie J
3.	Fiona	58.	Katie Tate	113.	Mixamatoasties
4.	Mary Marsh	59.	Lorraine A	114.	Lexie
5.	Ane Lene	60.	Dawn Frost	115.	keeley
6.	Kym's Crafty Cards	61.	Helen	116.	P3
7.	Kelly Lloyd	62.	Monika Reeck	117.	J. Atterbury Creations
8.	Melissa SunshineHoneyBee	63.	Danielle C	118.	Kim B
9.	Siina	64.	Avril B	119.	Kimberly C
10.	~DEANNE~	65.	Uma	120.	lalkygirl
11.	Kelly Leese	66.	♥ ♥Jacki ♥ ♥	121.	Louise
12.	Gibmiss	67.	R Meyers	122.	Helen
13.	divinity	68.	Mimi	123.	nnalorac
14.	Debbie B	69.	Deonna B	124.	Droxie
15.	LaDiva	70.	Rebecca	125.	teresa kline
16.	Caroline T	71.	Erica J-W	126.	Claire Day
17.	sherryn	72.	Meighan Wheller	127.	*Vicki*
18.	Mimi	73.	Jennifer Scull	128.	Sharon Gurnhill
19.	Cat Spicer	74.	Karen Can.	129.	Lisa
20.	Martina	75.	Yogi	130.	Beate
21.	Norma	76.	Lisa Watkins	131.	Kelly S
22.	aNNie♥	77.	Emma H	132.	Stacey Schafer
23.	Mervi	78.	Lovely Linda	133.	sidan
24.	Mandy	79.	Gale	134.	Ann Whitfield
25.	Skye	80.	chris v - easily amused	135.	Kristyn K
26.	NanaConnie	81.	Julie Temple	136.	Jennyfer L
27.	Hazel	82.	Heidi Koontz	137.	Gerda
28.	Trollkatta	83.	Tanya	138.	Beacarona
29.	Mian Hahne	84.	Salma	139.	Bettina
30.	Mian Hahne	85.	Jenn Z	140.	Barb Thompson
31.	SOMA	86.	Wicked Witch	141.	Evelyn
32.	K8	87.	Desire Fourie	142.	DLR
33.	Bunny	88.	Abbie	143.	Sanja Grdinić
34.	Faith A	89.	Lisa s	144.	Gerda
35.	DLR	90.	alethea	145.	Carissa
36.	Lena Løken	91.	Anna	146.	Desire Fourie
37.	clare	92.	Ardilla	147.	Julie P
38.	artwolf2009	93.	Crafting Vicky	148.	Lisa aka Myran
39.	chris v - easily amused	94.	Teri Sherman	149.	lalkygirl
40.	Marsha D	95.	beebeebabs	150.	Janiel Corley
41.	Hilde	96.	Fiona	151.	Mian Hahne
42.	Danni	97.	Cheryl (Shestamps)	152.	Janice Ayers
43.	Marja	98.	Dee	153.	Anita M
44.	Craftin' Suzie	99.	Janis	154.	Lesley
45.	Zora	100.	kali	155.	lalkygirl
46.	Wenche P	101.	An	156.	Sonia
47.	Angelique	102.	Crafty and Green	157.	Lucia
48.	Tamara	103.	Mian Hahne	158.	Dragonlady
49.	Wenche	104.	Nicola	159.	Sue B
50.	anne bodil	105.	Rhonda Miller	160.	Valou250809
51.	Cris	106.	michelle	161.	Polished Moxie
52.	Leeann	107.	Glenda Atkins	162.	Hilde
53.	Hazel L	108.	Debs	163.	Mason Jar Cards
54.	Athina	109.	Gloria Shirr
55.	elizabeth h.	110.	Shirley

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Challenge #130

Happy Friday everyone!

WOW - what a wonderful response to last week's challenge of Animal Attraction.

Oh the adorable images that popped up on your creations were just so so cute!

And a huge THANK YOU to Eureka Stamps for being our sponsor,

if you love animals, be sure to check out their wonderful line of digis here at their store.

For the random draw, this lucky winner will receive 5 digital images of their choice from Eureka:

#14: Pinky!

Yay Pinky! Please email me so I can put you in contact with Eureka's people. :)

Now since we had so many entries, we were relieved to pick more than just 3 to showcase.

So here is our top 6:

Jen Leeflang

Rina

Tammy

Suzette

Judy

Yolanda

Thank you ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com

for your opportunity to be a Guest Bar-Tender with us.

And now on to this week's challenge:

A 'COUPLE' of things...

We want to see you using a PAIR of images on your creations.

Whether it be 2 animals, 2 people, etc. - let's celebrate Valentine's with lots of love and friendship. ;)

Here with some fabulous inspiration:

Guest Designer Cristina Valenzuela

Guest Designer Helen Brammer

Thanh

Peggy

Joni

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Thank you for joining us in our challenge this week! We can't wait to see the couples that you create. Have a wonderful day, we'll see you here next Friday!

1.	Rachel Taylor	16.	Helen	31.	Lisa aka Myran
2.	Debbie B	17.	Elizabeth H.	32.	Helen
3.	Darlene Pavlick	18.	DLR	33.	Gopi
4.	Andrew Llewelyn-Brinsley	19.	Archana	34.	Mian Hahne
5.	Lisa s	20.	Jane's Journal	35.	Scrappy
6.	ivi	21.	Marja	36.	sherryn
7.	SOMA	22.	Desire Fourie	37.	Melissa SunshineHoneyBee
8.	Sonya	23.	Lisa s	38.	Marina
9.	Anna	24.	Karen Can.	39.	Julie J
10.	Dee	25.	Tracey Boley	40.	Melissa SunshineHoneyBee
11.	Mervi	26.	Mian Hahne	41.	Seafield Jo
12.	Linda V	27.	linda	42.	Pauline C
13.	Leeann	28.	Gloria Shirr	43.	R Meyers
14.	Gopi	29.	Kimberly C	44.	sidan
15.	Sarah Fewings	30.	Norma

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Challenge #129

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
I hope your week is going well and that you're ready for the weekend.
Thank you all who participated in this week's challenge of Message Me!
Your cards were all so beautiful and creative. :)
Congratulations to the following crafters:

Billie

Cris

Lesley

Gro Tjeltveit

Yay! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com to join in as a future Guest Bar-Tender. Please use the subject line GUEST BAR-TENDER so I can find it easier in my inbox. ;)

And now on to this week's challenge which is being sponsored:

 Eureka Stamps has an amazing line of both digital and rubber stamps.

Their image are SO cute and one lucky winner will be drawn randomly

to receive this week's prize from them.

This week's theme showcases their adorable images with our theme of:

ANIMAL ATTRACTION

All you have to do is use an animal on your card or creation!

Joining us this week are two Guest Bar-Tenders:

Shell

using Baby Animals

 Kerttu

using Giraffe and Baby

Thank you ladies! Your cards are so sweet!
And now from the Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

using Sidney the Snake

Peggy

using Peguin on Ice

Joni

using Gorilla with Hearts

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Thank you for joining in on our sponsored challenge! We know you'll love Eureka stamps as much as we do. We can't wait to see what you create using animals. Have a wonderful day, we'll see you back here next Friday!

1.	Glenda Atkins	24.	Kimberly C	47.	MichelleL
2.	Janis	25.	Valou250809	48.	Gale
3.	abusybee	26.	Marja	49.	Jennifer Scull
4.	Tammy A	27.	Shelagh	50.	Dee's Cards
5.	ribbon dreams	28.	Tip Top	51.	Yvonne Morentin
6.	Leeann	29.	Jen Leeflang	52.	Papersniffer
7.	Katie Tate	30.	Brenda Brown	53.	Claire Day
8.	Hazel	31.	Judy T	54.	Michelle
9.	Margreet	32.	Emma H	55.	J. Atterbury Creations
10.	Elizabeth H.	33.	Desire Fourie	56.	michelle
11.	Sarah T	34.	Dawn Lancaster	57.	chanelle
12.	Yolanda R.	35.	Carla	58.	~DEANNE~
13.	LaDiva	36.	Gale	59.	Pauline
14.	Desire Fourie	37.	Lawren F	60.	♥♥ Susie Little ♥♥
15.	pinky	38.	michelle	61.	SOMA
16.	Brenda	39.	Deonna B	62.	DLR
17.	Bonnie Irvine	40.	Mian Hahne	63.	Karen S.
18.	R Meyers	41.	Gloria Shirr	64.	Kym's Crafty Cards
19.	Julie J	42.	Seafield Jo	65.	Katelyn
20.	Ellie	43.	Laura	66.	Melissa SunshineHoneyBee
21.	Suzette	44.	Mei	67.	sidan
22.	Valou250809	45.	Kym's Crafty Cards
23.	Katie Tate	46.	kathleen barrett

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