Challenge #19

Happy Friday everyone!
It was so nice to see all the wonderful yellow, gray and white combos last week, thank you all so much for playing along with us every week. We LOVE your company here!
Without further ado here are the three that were selected, as well as a special extra designer. ;)

Tara

Davi

Peri

and 12 year old Hollyanne

Congratulations ladies (and little lady!). Please contact me for next week's assignment and your Guest Bar-Tender badge. :D

And now on to this week's challenge:

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BAG!

Create a card inspired by your favorite bag: handbag, gift bag, shopping bag, one that you saw on the internet - your choice! As always our DT has some wonderful samples to get you inspired:

Rachel Hope's summery bag

(Guest Bar-Tender)

and her beautiful card:

Sparkle's beautiful bag:

and adorable Anya interpretation:

Audrey's sweet handmade bag

(she made it herself!):

and sweet Earth Love card inspired by it:

Darlene's fun Kohl's purse:

Dar took a picture of the bag, 

then used it as her DP!! Brilliant:

And here's my summer tote:

And my card:

Now it's your turn to play along! Click on the blue frog below and add your card, we will be by to pay you a visit. Until then, have a wonderful day and an even happier week everyone!

Challenge #18

Happy Friday friends! Some important announcements to make before we continue on to our weekly posting. First off, we are saying aloha to Suzi, one of our wonderful design team members who started with us when Raise The Bar debuted! Suzi is an amazing crafter, so much that she has been asked to be on different design teams and has stepped down from Raise The Bar. We love you Suzi!! Thank you so much for being a part of this venture with us!!

My second announcement is a huge GOOF. Last week's Guest Bar-Tender's card didn't make it to the post and I truly apologize to Debbie of Passion For Crafts!! So I wanted to feature it here in a bit of spotlight before we get to the top 3 winners of  Mom's Day challenge. Here is Debbie's incredible card:

Thank you so much Debbie! This creation is beautiful and surpasses just a mom's day card!!
And now to our top 3 of our Mom's Day week:

paperfan

Rachel

Laurel

Congratulations ladies!! Please email me so I can give you next week's challenge in advance.
This week we have a COLOR COMBO:

YELLOW, GRAY and WHITE

Feel free to use these colors in any hue!
Here are some amazing samples by the Design Team:

Guest Bar-Tender Lynn:

Guest Bar-Tender Lisa

Anita

Audrey

Darlene

Joni

Let's see your color combo card! Click on the happy blue frog that we just love and we'll stop by to visit you. Thank you so much everyone for joining in our weekly challenges!

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!