Raise The Bar

Friday, October 15, 2010

Challenge #40

Happy Friday everyone!

Wow, what a beautiful week full of wonderful pink cards! You all are so awesome, thank you for the sweet entries in last week's challenge. I do hope you consider sending that one off to some special friend in your life, just to let her know she was on your mind. :)
Before we begin the announcement of our Guest Bar-Tenders for next week, the random winner of Kristy's beautiful buttons goes to:

#5 Katie Tate

Congratulations Katie! Please email me so I can get your address off to Kristy.

And now for our Pink picks of last week (ohhh it was sooo hard):

Susie

Juanita

Berenice

Congratulations ladies! Please email me for more information about next week's challenge. And now for the theme of the week:

GET A HOBBY!

We want to see a hobby/sport/interest on your card or project.Come on, you know how multi-talented you are! To start us off, here are some adorable cards by our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Deborah is in her garden

Shannon is baking up a yummy dessert

Eeek! So cute - I love that Deborah's fun embellishments go with her image, and Shannon's cutie pie holding a sweet pie! Thank you ladies for joining us this week.
And from our full time employees:

Anita is tending to her flowers

Julie is reading a few good books

Carla is stitching up a storm

Thanh is golfing away!

Dana is stamping in her pretty apron

Joni is should be working out

Come on and join in on the fun! Click on the blue frog below to add your name and card picture. We will be by to visit, until then have a wonderful week everyone.

Friday, October 8, 2010

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.

Friday, October 1, 2010

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:

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!

Friday, September 24, 2010

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:

And our Bar-Tenders:

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!

Friday, September 17, 2010

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