Challenge #54

It's another beautiful Friday and a new challenge here at Raise The Bar!
I hope this post finds everyone doing well and ready to enjoy the weekend? Thank you all for your beautiful Valentine creations without the reds and pinks, I know you all raised your own bar as the entries were just breathtaking in every other color! As always, it is such a difficult decision to narrow down a top 3:

CEC

Nina

Sheila Ho

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's assignment as Guest Bar-Tenders. And speaking of, since I was so tardy in announcing last week's winners with our overwhelming Hearts entries, they will be joining in on the fun next week as we say 'goodbye' to winter. (hint hint) I hope this has your wheels turning! heehee!
This week we are paying tribute to something that we love no matter what our age is:

Children's Cartoon Characters

Yes! Let's celebrate our youth by creating a card inspired by a much loved character. It can be from a book, a movie, a tv show, let your imagination soar!
Here are some adorable designs by our Bar-Tenders:

Anita's inspiration:

and her adorable card:

Thanh's sweet tribute:

(my daughter will go crazy for this picture!)

and rainbow-licious card:

Julie's little blue muse:

and card that would make Gargamel swoon:

And here's my rootin'est tootin'est hero:

and the card that Woody inspired:

So come on and join in on the fun! We would love to see a little picture of your cartoon character inspired card. Link up below by clicking on the happy blue froggy and we will fly, flutter, ride our horses, and magically appear at your blog.

Challenge winners!

Wow! You all are making our jobs SO hard to decide!
Thank you to all who entered our hearts challenge, my apologies that this post is up so late. Congratulations to the following crafters with their sweet designs:

Alice R

Gale

Hannapanna

Nela

Ladies please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for your upcoming assignment. Thank you all so much for being patient with me, I just love it when the Bar gets so busy! :)
Have a beautiful Tuesday everyone!

Challenge #53

Happyyyyyy Friday everyone! Are you ready for a beautiful weekend?
If you are stopping in to check out the winners' round, please check back for an edited post - with 170+ entries we want to be sure that everyone was visited with their adorable hearts entries. Thank you all for your participation and support!
Today's challenge will give you something to ponder over as it is a bit unconventional. heehee! So get ready to put on your thinking caps for:

A Valentine's Day card 

with NO pink or red

We have a fun lineup this week with adorable samples, first up from the Guest Bar-Tenders:

Katlyn

Peggy

Cassie

Eeek! I love it! Puppies, little girl with flowers, and monsters - what fun images! Thank you ladies!
And now for the full timers and their concoctions:

Julie's
elegant love card

Thanh's
blue and brown beauty

Anita's
purple yummy creation

Joni's
old school love
{inside says "to my sweetie pie"}

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Come along and join in on the fun, just click on the happy blue frog below.

Challenge #52

It's a wonderful Friday!
Happy beautiful day everyone, the weekend is finally here. :)
Oh those beautiful entries from last week's challenges were so wonderful! Thank you for the purple/blue/yellow combos, all the original ideas were so creative.
Here are the picks of the week:

Cassie

Lisette

K Joy

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's fun challenge.

And now on to this week's theme:

HEARTS

 To celebrate all the love in this month, we want to see cards - BUT it must have a heart image somewhere on it. As you can see, we have a fun little lineup below to get you inspired:

From our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Irene

Wanda

And joining in on the fun with a sweet little cupid from Inktegrity:

 Jacki

Tammy

 Jacquie

Sheri

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Anita

Julie

Thanh

Joni

Challenge #51

Happy wonderful Friday everyone!
It snowed her in the Northeast so we are on day 3 of no school. YAY! I feel like one of the kids every time I see the cancellation scroll across the tv. ;)
Whatever the weather may be in your neck of the woods, I do hope you join in on the fun this week!
But first, thank you for all your wonderful N.E.W. entries, they were all SOO beautiful, many of those nesties are now on my wish list. heehee!
Congratulations to the following entries:

Sarah Taylor

Peggy R

Irene M

Tracy Payne

 Wanda Cullen

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me for next week's assignment.

And now for our latest challenge - a color combo that celebrates Spring:

Purple Yellow Blue

Here are some lovely samples by the Guest Bar-Tenders:

Nicki

Bettina

Lori

and now from our Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

Julie

Anita

Joni

It is a fun combo, use any hue/shade that you want, as long as we see the three colors on your creation please. And as if you need any more inspiration, here is the picture that inspired this color trio:

{this photo serves as a color palette possibility, not a required photo inspiration}

Click on the blue happy frog below to link up your work.

To be a kid again - Winners!

Wow - you all make every week SO difficult to choose from!
Thank you for your understanding the delay in this post, without further ado, congratulations to the following entries:

Bettina

Nicki

Annika

Karen 

 

Lori

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com so I can send you this week's new challenge. Thank you everyone, I hope you enjoy this week's them found in the post below. Enjoy the rest of your week, we'll see you here on Friday!