Challenge #17

Happy Friday everyone! I love this day, and I especially love your visits here to our challenge site. Thank you so much for your participation every week, we had a wonderful time visiting all your blogs and seeing the inspirational rooms behind your cards! Without further ado, here are the top 3 of the week:

Congratulations to: 

#20 Dawn of My Stamping Thyme - card inspired by her daughter's room

#7 Lisa C. of Stamped Art by Lisa - card inspired by her daughter's room

#21 Lynn of Lynn's Designer Creations - card inspired by her amazing red Japanese room (go see the picture!)

Ladies please contact me and I will send you the recipe for next week's concoction. heehee! ;)

This week I do believe we will have an overwhelming amount of participants as it is a fun and appropriate challenge for this beautiful weekend:

For Mom

Yes! Let's see those beautiful cards you've made for Mother's Day, whether it's for mom, a grandmother, aunt, sister, friend - show it off here!

As always, I begin with awesome inspiration by a Guest Bar-Tenders:

Susie of Sassy Designs by Susie

Charlotte of Designs from Within

Thank you guest Bar-Tenders!!
And from our Design Team:

Sparkle's adorable happy creation

Suzi
(Mum loves anything oriental and lilac)

Audrey
(Mom loves shabby chic/vintage, this coordinates with her gift)

Darlene's beautiful vintage card

Joni
(coordinates with a scrapbooking page for mom)

See how fun this week is? We can't wait to see all your beautiful cards and projects. 

Thank you so much for coming by, Happy Mother's Day weekend everyone!

Challenge #16

Happy Friday everyone! Oh how I look forward to saying that and posting to this site. ;)
We are so blown away by the amount of entries in last week's challenge of your favorite color! All the cards and projects were so amazing, thank goodness I wasn't the one deciding on the top 3 this week. lol!
Without further ado, congratulations to the following friends:

#6 Suzanne K for her beautiful baby boy carousel

#63Marina for her pretty in purple butterfly Anya

#86 Charlotte's amazing aqua card

Congratulations ladies! Please email me so I can send you the information as Guest Bar-Tender!

And now are you ready for this week's challenge?

My Retreat

Be inspired by your bedroom colors, or if you prefer, any other room in your home!

Guest Bar-Tender Denise's retreat

(red,cream, light brown)

Guest Bar-Tender Angela's kitchen and project:

And from the designers:

Audrey's comforter and card:

Suzi's dream room:

Anita's bedroom and card:

Darlene's quilt and card:

Joni's bedroom pillow and card:

We would love to see your retreat! And if you could also show us a snippet of what inspired you, we'd love to see that as well on your blog. ;)

Have a wonderful Friday everyone, and a beautiful week too!

Challenge #15

Yeahhh! It's Friday and time for a new challenge here at Raise The Bar!
Thank you all so much for your weekly participation, seeing all the movie inspired cards was so much fun. The variety was incredible, we went through so much popcorn going through all the entries. :)
Congratulations to the top 3 participants:

Susie Sugar's Carry On Nurse:

Denise's Confession of a Shopaholic:

Debbie's Movie Night Out:

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me for next week's assignment for your Guest Bar-Tender's concoction. ;)
Are you ready for this week's challenge?
Then get ready to...

COLOR ME HAPPY!

Very fun, show us your favorite color on a card or project! I would love to see your favorite color shown in different hues, you may pair it with neutrals, and if you really really want to add on a complimentary color then it's okay. ;)

Here are some wonderful samples, first from the Guest Bar-Tenders:

Katie

Sarah

And from the Design Team:

Sparkle's sweet kiwi kiss Chibi

 Suzi's pink cutie

Darlene's purple perfection

Anita's singing the blues

Audrey's pink sweetie

And my orange sampler

Now it's your turn to show us your favorite color! Click on the happy blue frog to link up and we'll come and pay you a visit. Have a safe and wonderful week everyone!

Raise the Movie Bar!

Happy Fridayyyyyy everyone!

I hope your week went well and that you are ready for the weekend!

It's time for another challenge here, but first I would like to THANK YOU all for participating in last week's challenge! Spring is definitely in the air, and so beautiful on all of your cards and projects. It really was soooo difficult narrowing it down, but without further ado, here are the winners of last week's challenge:

Angela of Angelwood's Crafting Corner

Katie

Sarah

Congratulations ladies on your happy Spring creations! Please contact me for your next assignment. :D

And now on to this week's theme:

MOVIE MANIA!

Create a card or project around your favorite movie - any era, any genre, as long as it is family friendly. ;)

To begin, here are 4 guest designers from the past couple of weeks:

Carol's

Wizard of Oz

Jennifer's

Memoir of a Geisha

Lynn's

The Wizard of Oz

Claire's
Pirates of the Carribbean

Thank you GDs! I love the variety of movies that you've chosen. :D
And now from the Design Team:

Anita's
{check her blog HERE for a fun guessing game
as to what this movie is!}

Sparkle's

New Moon

Darlene's tribute 

to the old classics and memorable actresses

Audrey's

Wizard of Oz

Suzi's

The Little Mermaid

Joni's

Mulan

Now it's your turn to show us your movie card! Click on the blug frog and link up, we'll bring some popcorn when we come visit you. ;)
Happy Week everyone!

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!