Challenge #39

Happy Friday everyone! 

Another week and a new challenge - this one with a very special surprise! Thank you all so very much for the beautiful entries last week. We loved seeing the recipes on everyone's cards, you all are so creative! In no particular order, here are the winners of our F.A.L.L. Acrostic challenge:

Deb

 Shannon

Tracy

Congratulations ladies! Please email me for next week's assignment as Guest Bar-Tender at jonjinko@hotmail.com

And now are you ready for this week's challenge?
For the FIRST TIME in Raise The Bar history, we have a PRIZE! And a very special one to go with our theme:

RAISE THE BAR BRA

Yes ladies, it is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we want to show our support in every way that we can. Use pink in your cards as well as a female image OR any cancer awareness image as the wonderful lineup below shows. Here is the adorable prize this week:

These are handmade buttons by my friend Kristy Ketterlin, owner of  Buttons & Bows blogspot as well as THIS wonderful button shop on Etsy! Thank you so much Kristy!

Since this a first time for a prize, there will be the top 3 winners as usual, but this set of buttons will go to a RANDOM winner! Woohoo! Please come on over to follow the Buttons & Bows blog HERE as well, where her newest buttons debut.

And now on to the Raise The Bra cards this week from our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Nina

Jude

Debra

And our Full Time employees, including Dana Christiansen, our new Bar-Tender:

Julie

Carla

Anita

Joni

Thank you for joining us with this important cause.

Challenge #38

Woohoo! It's finally Friday! I love every day of the week, but this one always has me smiling. ;)
Thank you so much for bundling up with us last week - all of your entries were so creative and snuggly cute. Congratulations to the following cards:

Debra Shaw

*Jude*

Nina

Please contact me for next week's challenge so you can debut it with us!
Before I announce the new theme, we want to bid a loving adieu to the one and only uber creative Erika Taylor. Thank you so much Erika for gracing us with your amazing work!
And now for our new theme an acrostic challenge of the word FALL:

Flower, At least 2 ribbons/fibers

Lots of Leaves

Fun stuff! Here are our Guest Bar-Tenders from last week showing off their stuff:

Julia Moss

Debbie Moore

Thank you so much ladies!! I love all the warm colors you've used in your cards. :)

And now on to the Bar-Tenders' samples:

The fabulous Erika's last Bar-Tender card:

Carla

Anita

Julie

Joni

Come and celebrate October with us, click on the blue happy frog below to add your link and card.
Thank you so much for joining us, we love your company!

Challenge #37

It's a wonderful Friday and time for a new challenge here at Raise The Bar! But first, THANK YOU for all your yummy submissions for last week's challenge! I think I gained 10 pounds just looking at all you cards. ;)
Congratulations to the following ladies:

Keeley

Julia

Debbie

Yay ladies! Please contact me for next week's assignment for the beginning of October.
This week we have a fun challenge that embraces the change in weather (hopefully soon):

Bundle Up!

Create a card or project with an image that depicts cooler weather - a jacket, a scarf, or be inspired by any of these wonderful cards.
First up from our Guest Bar-Tender:

Edith

And our Bar-Tenders:

Julie

Thanh

Erika

Carla

Joni

Brrrr! Just looking at these cards makes me warm and cozy! :)
Click on to our blue happy frog below to enter your card and we'll stop in and pay you a visit. Have a wonderful week everyone!

Challenge #36

It's Aloha Friday (heehee) and time for another fun challenge here at Raise The Bar! Thank you all soooo much for your beautiful color combo cards last year. We loved seeing all the different hues of greens, oranges, and browns. There was such a wonderful range of cards! I assumed I'd see Autumn and Fall themes, you all are SO creative! Without further ado...

Anne Harada

Edith
 

Leanne

CONGRATULATIONS ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's fun challenge assignment.
And now get your forks and napkins out (put away the calorie counters, please), because we want you to make:

SOMETHING YUMMY!

Sweetly named after Thanh's "Yummy Creations" blog, we want you to interpret this as you wish. Here are some delicious samples by our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Felicity Goodwin

Linda Coughlin

 

Chrissie

Thank you so much ladies! And now for our full time Bar-Tenders:

Julie

Carla

Anita

Joni

Thanh

Come on over and join us in our dessert fest! Create any card with this interpretation and we'll be happy to come by with our appetites. ;)

Challenge #35

It's another wonderful Friday and a new challenge! Happy day everyone, thank you so much for coming by every week to visit us. If you are new to our challenges, WELCOME! Here at Raise The Bar, we challenge you to push yourself a little further to create something new. There are no prizes, but the opportunity to be a Guest Bar-Tender the following week and helping debut the newest challenge.
And speaking of, here are this week's top 3 from our URLooking Good challenge (please click on to their names to see their coordinating blogs!):

Fliss of The Stampers Chef

Wendy of Sugar Pea Designs

Chrissie of Simply One Of A Kind

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me for next week's assignment so you can be a Guest Bar-Tender.
And now on to this week's challenge, a bit obvious but definitely fun:

ORANGE  BROWN  GREEN

Come on and celebrate the season!

Our Guest Bar-Tender Irit

Erika

Carla

Julie

Anita

Joni

Thanh

Beautiful samples by the Design Team. These girls are so AWESOME! I love seeing the different interpretations of this color combo. Now come on and show us your Fall colors! Click on the happy blue frog below to link up your work. Thank you for coming by everyone. :)