Challenge #27

Happppy Friday everyone! We are so happy you joined us today, thank you for all the sweet concoctions from your ovens last week! Thank goodness I surrendered the judging this week, otherwise we would have been in calorie overload with everyone's cards featured. ;)
Congratulations to the following ladies:

Julia

Renata

Melanie

Anna

Woohoo! Thank you ladies, please contact me for next week's challenge so that you can be a Guest Bar-Tender.
Now on to this week's challenge which is a wedding recipe:

Something Old

Something New

Something Borrowed {gifted/recycled}

Something Blue

From our Guest Bar-Tenders of the week:

Sarah

Brenda

Thank you ladies!
And from our resident Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

Old - SU Paper

New - Lace ribbon

Borrowed - Stick pins that she 'borrowed' from her roommate

Blue

Erika

Old: the onion netting on the handmade rose

New: Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage paper

Borrowed: the bow on the favors box {an old plastic hair barette}

Velvet rose cut out on favor box { Gauche Alchemy kit element}

Blue

Darlene

 Old & Borrowed: SU Toile Blossom set

{which she first borrowed from a friend then spent weeks trying to buy on Ebay}

 New: Martha Stewart Floral Vine border punch

Blue

Audrey

Something old: this House Mouse stamp

Something New: The Cuttlebug Folder

Something Borrowed {recycled}: This ribbon was tied around a gift from Christmas.

Blue

Anita

Gifted DP papers

Joni

Old: Designer Papers

New: Teen Anya rubber stamp

Borrowed: DD's yellow prima (we traded - heehee!)

Blue

See how fun a trip down the aisle can be? :D Click on the blue frog below to link up your work and we will come and pay you a visit. Enjoy this beautiful week dear friends!

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!