It's DEBUT DAY!

Hello everyone and welcome to the Bar! It's an exciting day for us as we get to reveal our first challenge, appropriately called "Debut Day!" Yes, you know you have something in your stash that hasn't been opened yet so it's time to unwrap it and use it in a card. Whether it be a spool of ribbon, a new gadget, accessory, stamp, DP, a gift from the holidays, DEBUT it!

Here with some wonderful samples and their 'new' goodies:

Suzi's Gorjuss Introduction:

Anita's Sweet Debut:

Darlene's Twinkle Tots Reveal:

My Stamping Bella Tribute:

Audrey's Digital Pencil Too Appearance:

Presenting Sparkle's Brigitta:

Now it's your turn to debut something. :D Have tons of fun with this challenge and spread the word! Don't forget that we also have a sweet little Candy bar giveaway HERE on this post to kickoff our first challenge month. We can't wait to see what you premiere, who will be our first Guest Bar-Tender?
Cheers!

Raise the CANDY Bar!

Hello friends and thank you for coming by on this beautiful Monday! As part of a double promotion for my blogaversary AND the kickoff for Raise The Bar's first challenge, I am offering some candy.

This is just a snippet of what I am giving away:
The Greeting Farm's Showtime set
Martha Stewart New Baby set

American Crafts Spring rub-ons
JoAnn's thank you embellishment tags
MM vintage ribbon charms
Fresh Paint felt floral embellishments
CK light pink flowers
American Crafts Spools of ribbon
$10 gc to Inktegrity

I will be updating this post when I add more to the box, after all, it's an all month celebration!
Leave your comment here on this post, you can also double your chances of winning this candy by leaving a comment on my own personal blog HERE. All entries will be combined, then I will randomly draw one lucky winner on January 31st.
Have a wonderful day, are you ready for Friday's first challenge? :D
xoxox

Meet the Bar-Tenders!

Hello everyone and thank you for coming by on this beautiful Friday!
Next week begins our first challenge on our big Debut Day.  I do hope you come along and play because I know that you have something that qualifies...Trust me...you do. lol!

Today I wanted to introduce you to the wonderful and talented Design Team, thank you to all who applied!

Meet the Bar-Tenders:
Anita Hovey of Hovey Hut
Sparkle Smith of Sparkle Creations
Suzi Mckenzie of The Manic World of  Mrs. Weyremaster
Darlene Pavlick of Dar's Crafty Creations
Audrey Gonzales of Country Mouse

I'm so excited to begin this venture and help you keep that resolution to use your crafting supplies. We'll see you all here next week with the first challenge! Have a wonderful Friday and an even better weekend everyone. :D

Welcome to Raise The Bar!

Thank you for coming by! This is a new challenge site that will encourage you to use your crafting tools, stamps, hoarded goodies, must-haves-but-still-in-the-box supplies to its fullest potential.
We will "Raise The Bar" each week, offering fun challenges that will encourage you to try something new, re-visit an old favorite technique, or just step out of your box! Let's unleash all that talent of yours, and most importantly, dust off those supplies that we promised ourselves we would use (was that a New Year's resolution of yours too?).
I will also be linking up some tutorials for the week's challenge for you to see the many ways that our crafting supplies can be used. Each week a selected participant who has tried something new and felt over the top with it will win the coveted badge of being the featured "Bar-Tender"! (wink wink)
Thank you for coming by, I look forward to playing along with you every week!
And btw, I am on the hunt for 2 more friends to be on the Design Team. ;)
~*Joni