Challenge #13 - Let's Spring For It!

Hello dear friends and a very happy Friday to you!
I just love doing posts here because I know it's the end of the week, and I also know that we are about to see the most amazing creations from you all. :D
Thank you so much for joining us last week for our April Showers challenge. The entries were all amazing! Here are the top 3:

Claire

 Lynn

 Piali

Congratulations ladies! Please email me for next week's assignment. ;)

Now on to this week's challenge:

Let's Spring For It!

We want to see your happy flowers, Spring images, outdoorsy colors, everything to do with Spring!  

And here are the samples by the Design Team:

Suzi

Audrey

Darlene

Anita

Sparkle

Joni

Thank you DT for your weekly inspiration! Now it's your turn to join us! Click on our happy Spring Frog and we'll pay you a visit. Have a beautiful Friday and an even more amazing week!

Challenge #12 - April showers!

Happy Friday everyone! Once again, thank you so much for fooling us last week! ;) Your 'new' style was so wonderful to visit. It was a hard week to decide, but congratulations to the following entries:

Jennifer of The Happy Yappy Scrapper

{a sympathy card in purples}

Carol of Carol's Crafty Corner

{a template card}

Davi of Alstomeria's Artistry

{a masculine card for her son-in-law}

I loved seeing everyone push themselves to try something different, way to Raise The Bar ladies!
And now on to this week's challenge:

April Showers! {or not}

Create a card or project that has a weather based theme: rain, snow, sunshine, you name it! It doesn't have to be a stamped image, you could use papers or ribbon that evoke weather. Here is some fabulous inspiration by the Design Team and Guest Bar-Tenders this week:

Laurel {Guest Bar-Tender}

Stephanie {Guest Bar-Tender}

Peri {Guest Bar-Tender}

and from the Design Team:

Sparkle

Anita

Suzi

Darlene

Audrey

Joni

Now it's your turn! Click on the happy frog below to join in on the fun. Remember - any type of weather is just fine with us. :D Have a wonderful week everyone!

Challenge #11 - April Fool!

Hello everyone and happy Friday to you!
Before I explain this week's challenge, I would like to thank you all for joining in on the fruity fun! Your entries were so sweet, and I love that the new link system we have showcases everyone's work. Thank you again!
And now on to congratulate the top 3 winners of Fruits Of Labor challenge:

Congratulations Peri!

This card was so cool with the retro/vintage vibe, yet it had all the cool paper piecing and fun DP to accent it. The patterns mix so well together!

Congratulations Stephanie!

What a fun and whimsical card, and a sweet story to go with it. Stephanie made this for her mom who loves tea. And check out that cherry embellishment!

Congratulations Laurel!

This was such a fun entry! I love the clever way she did the apple tree, and all the added details makes me smile!

Ladies please email me so you can join us in debuting next week's challenge. :D

And now for this week's assignment:     

APRIL FOOL!

Show us a style that you normally don't do! Ack! A challenge indeed! ;) 

Here are some wonderful samples by the design team:

Vix - Guest Designer

(hates doing male cards)

Suzi 

(usually does cute TGF style images)

Audrey 

(never does blonde hair, use stickles, nor black cardstock)

 Anita

(never does punch art)

Darlene

(usually vintage, but did clean and simple)

Sparkle
(usually does cutesy)

Joni

(Victorian - sooo not me!)

 

Soooo...did we convince you? heehee! Show us your April Fool card and join in on the fun! Click on the blue frog so we can all see your wonderful work. Have a beautiful week everyone, take care!

Challenge #10

Happy Friday friends!
Thank you all for that overwhelming response to Go Green last week. I saw that it was quite popular and was so happy with all the entries! It was hard to choose so there is a top 3 this week:

Congratulations to the following crafters:

Vixykins

Rachel

Lena Loken

Congratulations ladies! Such a wonderful array of talent everywhere. Ladies, please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com so I can send off next week's assignment. :D

And now on to this week's challenge:

FRUITS OF LABOR

Yes! We are sweetening up the week with any card or project using fruit (yup, tomatoes too! heehee!). Here are some ripe and ready samples for you to enjoy from the design team:

Guest Bar-Tender

Lori Padberg

Audrey

Anita

Suzi

Sparkle

Darlene

Joni

Thank you ladies! And now it's your turn to show us your Fruits of Labor. We are using a new system now, so simply follow the instructions below and we will come by and pay you a visit. Thank you for your continued support every week here at Raise The Bar, we love having you!
Have a wonderful week friends!

Challenge #9

Happy Friday and welcome back everyone!
Thank you all so much for joining us last week with our book challenge. We loved seeing the variety of images from all these wonderful companies!
Congratulations to Lori from Lori's Purple Giraffes with this adorable fairy card:

The colors of this card is amazing with this sweet fairy! Please contact me so you can join us for the new challenge next Friday.
And now on to this week's challenge:

GO GREEN!

Interpret this as you desire - either a recycled item on your card, all green hues, a St. Patrick's Day image, the choice is yours! For some wonderful ideas, here is a sweet lineup from our 3 Guest Designers:

  Fiona

Kimberly

Irit (all recycled products)

as well as our Design Team:

Audrey

Sparkle

Suzi

 Darlene

Joni

Oh I have a feeling that this is going to be a fun week!
Be sure to leave your direct link in Mr. Linky so we can come and pay you a visit. And we love to read comments so you are welcome to leave one! Have a wonderful and happy week everyone, we will see you soon!