Challenge #26

Okay everyone, before I wish you all a happy Friday and announce the usuals, I just wanted to let you all know how MAD I am!! heehee! I'm MAD because you all are making our jobs SO difficult with each passing week. Oh my word, with all the wonderful entries honoring the colors of our flags, it was so hard to choose. Thank you so much for your participation, and congratulations to the following entries:

Annika representing Ireland

 Brenda

Dawn

 Sally

Sarah

Ladies please contact me so I can send you next week's challenge and have you be a Guest Bar-Tender!

And now for this week's challenge...do you know what day it is today? It's National Sugar Cookie Day! lol! So today's challenge is:

Baked Goodies

It need not be a cookie on your card, but anything baked and yummy. Come on and enjoy the calories! Here are some wonderful samples from the oven of our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Peggy

Stephanie

Yogi

Mmmm...thank you for the treats ladies!
And from our Bar-Tenders:

Erika

 Dar

Audrey

Anita

Thanh

Joni

Come and join us in the kitchen! Click on the happy blue frog and we will pop in to see you. Until then, have a wonderful week everyone!

Challenge #25

Happy beautiful Friday everyone! Thank you so much for coming by to visit us. We truly appreciate all of our participants and those who stop in to browse. Your entries last week were so much fun to visit! The evening/Eclipse theme made me smile as there were so many references to the actual movie. Here are our 3 picks this week:

Stephanie of Crafty Teacher

Yogi of Art With Yogi

bellenoche

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me so we can set you up for next week's guest spot. :D
And now on to this week's challenge, one that I know you all will hold near and dear to your hearts (and no, it's not Eclipse related - lol!).

COLORS OF YOUR FLAG

Yesterday was Canada Day and this weekend the US celebrates 4th of July. Show your patriotism with the colors of your flag! Here to start it off are the designers, starting with the Guest Bar-Tenders:

Cheryl of She Stamps

Sheri of Paper Crafty's Creations

Thank you so much guest Bar-Tenders, your cards are so stunning!
And from the lovely designers:

Audrey

Thanh

Darlene

Erika

Joni

Fun patriotic cards ladies! Join us this week and show us the colors of your flag, we'll come in to celebrate with you! Click on the blue frog below to link up your work. Until soon, have a beautiful week everyone.

Challenge #24

Oh my goodness! What an AWESOME turnout we had last week! Thank you all so very much joining in our Special Guy challenge. The entries were amazing, ranging from your special little guy (sons, nephews) to father figures. Wonderful job everyone! Congratulations to the following ladies:

Lenas (please visit her blog to see the rest of this card!!)

Dawn

Sheri

Wendy

Cheryl

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me for next week's bar-tender's concoction. :)
This week I proudly introduce our newest Bar-Tender here at RTB. Please welcome Thanh Vo from Yummy Creations! Yay Thanh!
And now we present our newest challenge:

An Evening Theme

Say what? Yes! You read that right! In celebration of a certain movie coming out this week, we want to see evening inspired cards, or creations based on Eclipse. heehee...

Here are some samples by the Design Team for you to enjoy:

Thanh's handsome debut

Erika's homage to the Twilight series
(click here to see her amazing Clip It Up!!)

Audrey's ode to Odette {aka Rosalee}

Anita's adorable evening fairy with sparklers

My Eclipse novel cover :)

Thank you Design Team! You all are amazing. ;) {Note: Dar will be back next week to join in on the fun!}
See how easy? It need not be anything to do with Twilight, just an evening based card. Come on over and join us! Click on the happy frog below to link up your card.We'll see you soon!

Challenge #23

Happy Friday everyone!! I do hope that your summer is going well, or at least about to begin soon? More time for crafting!!
Before I begin the lineup, I just wanted to wish Sparkle all the best! After starting with us from the beginning, she is on to other exciting ventures. You can keep up with her and her wonderful work HERE on her blog. Hugs Sparkle!
Thank you so much for entering your beautiful cards with sweet music last week. Soooo fun to see new friends as well as visit all the familiar blogs that we love! Congratulations to the following that really did represent all different styles:

Rachet of Craftwork Orange

 Deena of A Deena Card

Olga of craftieodamae

As you can see, we LOVE all varieties of cards! Thank you so much ladies, please contact me for next week's assignment so you can be featured here. :D
And now on to this week's familiar challenge. With dad's day coming up, we want to see:

What A Special Guy!

I know, we're asking for trouble with TONS of entries this week. heehee!

Here are some wonderful samples by the designers:

 Danika (6 year old Guest Designer!)

Patty

Lori

Linda

Thank you so much Guest Bar-Tenders!
And from the Design Team:

 Darlene

Erika

Anita

Sparkle

Joni

Thank you so much to all the designers for their awesome samples! Now it's your turn, just click the happy frog below to link up your work and we will come by to visit. Until then, have a wonderful week everyone!

Challenge #22

Hello friends! Happy beautiful Friday to you all. With all the sweet entries from last week, I can already tell how wonderful the summer will be. ;)

Thank you to everyone who entered, it is getting so difficult trying to narrow down the top cards every week as everyone has indeed Raised the Bar! 

Without further ado, here are the top picks, including a stunning card from an elementary school aged crafter:

6 year old Danika of Heidi's Crafts (her big sister's blog)

Lori of Just Ducky

Linda the Funkie Junkie

Patty of Pattys Kreativ Seite

Aren't these all so amazing? Everyone did such a wonderful job that I had to ask my DT for their opinions, otherwise we would have had 97 Guest Designers next week. ;) Thank you ladies - please email me for next week's concoction!
This week we challenge you to create:

Sweet Music

Interpret this as your heart desires! Here are some wonderful samples by the designers, starting with our 3 Guest Bar-Tenders this week:

Thanh of Yummy Creations

Marcia of White with One

Laurel of Want 2 Craft

Julie

Thank you sooo much GDs! Your cards are so amazing!
And now for the awesome DT:

Erika

Anita

Darlene

Sparkle

Audrey

Joni

Take the music theme and sing with it! We can't wait to see what you come up with. :D Click on the blue frog below to enter your card and we'll be sure to stop by and visit you!

Enjoy your week friends, and thank you for raising the bar with us.