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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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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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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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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Challenge #128

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!
Wow - is it already the weekend? Yippee!

Well either we're a bit busy with our 2013 Resolutions,

or Thanh's amazing card was too intimidating to CASE? ;)

So a HUGE thank you to our solo entry for last week's challenge:

TRINA!!

Yay Trina! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for more info!

And now on to this week's theme that I know you all are familiar with.
Since social media has taken over, I want you to

MESSAGE ME!

All you have to do is use patterned paper with text on it.
Script, words, messages, you name it.
There are so many awesome companies who design them.

Here with the wonderful samples are our Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

Peggy

Joni

Just a few guidelines:

*Please post a direct link to your entry, not just your blog

*Please feel free to enter in with other challenges

*Have fun!

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Challenge #127

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
I cannot believe we're already past the halfway mark of January. Yikes!
And to think I've already broken my resolutions. (heehee! Just kidding...)
Thank you all for joining us in our 1-1-1 challenge last week!
Here are our top 3:

Annette

 Helen

Jill

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com
with GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line so I can spot it easily. ;)
And now for this week's challenge.
She's from Canada, she just got back from CHA (lucky girl!), she's a friend of mine, and a longtime Bar-Tender...

CASE Thanh's card:

(copy and selectively edit)

Isn't this a beauty? I just love all the patterns, the layout, and the sweet design.

You can CASE any part of this: the layout, the theme, the colors, just have fun!

From our Guest Bar Tenders:

Laila

(CASE-ing the layout)

Sidan
(CASE-ing the theme and layout)

Deanne

(CASE-ing the layout, rotated)

Thank you ladies, you did a wonderful job being inspired by Thanh!

And now from our Bar-Tenders:

Thanh 

(CASE-ing herself - lol!)

Peggy

(CASE-ing the colors, theme, and layout rotated)

Joni

(CASE-ing the layout)

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Challenge #126

Happy Friday everyone!
Thank you so much for your patience - whew!
Now that everything is packed up and we are back into the swing of school,
I think I am back on schedule again. ;)
I think...teehee!

Thank you for your beautiful samples using last week's sketch!
The winner of Rick St. Dennis' images is...

SARAH T. of Aunt Bee's Pickles

Yay Sarah! Congratulations! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com so I can put you in touch with the illustrator himself for your prize.

And now for our top 3 picks of the week (so difficult!!):

Shell Shearer

Paula

Craftin' Suzie

Thank you so much ladies!

Please contact me for more info about being a future Guest Bar-Tender.

And now on to this week's challenge, please only ONE entry per person - thank you!:

Honor Today's Date: 1/1-1

Explanation: Use only ONE of something on your card - for a total of three

(i.e. one button with one patterned paper and one ribbon, etc.)

Thanh is out at CHA and we are still currently looking for a couple more designers to have fun with us here at Raise The Bar!

Peggy's beauty:
using one patterned paper, one ribbon flower, and one button:

Joni's creation:

using one patterned paper, one flower, one ribbon:

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