Challenge #63

Happy Friday everyone! Thank you all so much for your Tree-Mendous entries - they were SO beautiful and such a wonderful sight for those of us longing for spring. :0)
Without further adieu, congratulations to the following entries:

Monica's dimensional Fall tree

Lisa's beautiful scrapbook page

(and wonderful title!!)

Joyce's gilded framed beauty

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's assignment.
And now on to this week's fun theme:

NAUTICAL RECIPE:

blue, white, stripes

I am SO excited this week as we have a handful of Guest Bar-Tenders joining in on the fun. These ladies have won previous challenges and had the opportunity to play along:

Veronica

Trisha

Linda

Maxine

Chris

What a GREAT lineup from the guest designers, thank you so much for joining us, ladies!
And now from our full time Bar-Tenders:

Anita

Julie

Wanda

Thanh

Jan


Joni

Now it's YOUR turn! Click on the happy blue frog below to link up your work.

Challenge #62

Hey Chicks! WOW! You all are so amazing, thank you for the wonderful entries in last week's challenge. Of course plenty of entries means plenty of beautiful creations! Congratulations to the following crafters:

Cammi's sweet chick candle

Linda's Maya Angelou inspired card

Trisha's sweet chicakdees

Chris' Happy Bird-day (heehee!)

Ladies please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's assignment. :0)
And now are you ready for this week's theme? Thanks to a wonderful suggestion from our Bar-Tender Wanda, we are celebrating Earth Day (April 22nd) called:

TREE-MENDOUS

We can't wait to see lovely trees (any type will do!) on your card. It can be the focal point, in the background, as an embellishment, BUT it does have to be visibly obvious. Here are some amazing samples by the Guest Bar-Tenders of the week:

Devlin

Donna

Thank you ladies for joining us this week!
And from our amazing Bar-Tenders:

Anita's tiki party

Julie's beautiful bloomer

Wanda's heartfelt sympathy card

Thanh's paper pieced perfection

Jan's blossoming creation

Joni's ode to Twilight's forest

We can't wait to see your Tree-Mendous creations! Click on the happy blue frog below to link up your work.

Challenge #61

Happy wonderful Friday everyone! Thank you for your beautiful weather cards last week, I loved seeing the April showers, dusting of snow, and the promise of warmer weather as well! Congratulations to the following designers:

Nana Donna

Susan

Devlin

Congratulations, ladies! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's assignment.
And now for this week's fun challenge:

HEY CHICK!

We want to see cute little chicks on your cards or projects (or any type of baby bird or duck will do!). Need some inspiration? Because our Guest Bar-Tenders are ready to wow you:

Amy Duff

Margo Smith

Sarah-Louise

Thank you so much for your tweet cards ladies! heehee! (Sorry...I couldn't help it.)

And now from our awesome Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

Wanda

Julie

Jan

 

Anita

Joni

Now it's your turn to show us your feathered friends, click on the happy blue frog below to link up your work.

Challenge #60

60 weeks of challenges already? WOW! Thank you to all who have played along with us, I am honored that you come by to visit! Last week's challenge seemed to prove a bit daunting, perhaps with the high cost of travel we should stay closer to home? haha! Thank you who all played along, here are the top 3 picks of the week:

Margo's Hawaii card  

(love the hibiscus accents!)

Tiggertastic's Finland inspired hottie

(wowza!)

Marie's Paris inspired collage

(the monochromaticity is amazing!)

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's fun assignment.
And now on to this week's challenge:

APRIL SHOWERS 

(or any kind of weather)

Which of course, will bring May flowers, right? :) If you don't have any rainy day cards then we welcome sunshine, storms, rainbows, etc.

Joining us this week are a couple of guest Bar-Tenders:

Henrikke

Chris

Thanks ladies for the Spring-y cards!
And now from our full time Bar-Tenders, a sweet lineup of April Showers:

Julie

Thanh

Wanda

Jan

Anita

Joni

Come grab your umbrellas, sunglasses, or galoshes and join in on the fun! Click the happy blue frog below to link up your card, we'll come by to pay you a visit.

Pardon the delay...

But we will be back in the morning to announce our winners and new challenge! Thank you for your understanding! :)

Challenge #59

Happy wonderful Friday everyone! I know many of you have awesome and amazing plans for this weekend so I will keep this short and happy. First off, thank you for your fun interpretations of last week's little fairy picture! All of the entries were so well done, we look forward to seeing your creativity every week. Without further waiting, congratulations to the following cards:

Cabio

Veronica

Chris

Ladies please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for next week's assignment!
And now please get your passports ready for this week's theme:

NOW BOARDING!

In honor of our beautiful world and all of its great countries, let's see a card inspired by a foreign land. Our guest Bar-Tenders have done a wonderful job paying homage to Japan, first with Maya's card using Japan's colors and a fund raiser image from Mo Manning:

And Cassie's card using an adorable image by My Cute Stamps called Konnichiwa:

Our full time Bar-Tenders also created an amazing lineup as well!

First with Thanh's tribute to Japan, using a fund raiser image by Sparkle's Creations:

Thanh

Anita's adorable tribute to Down Under:

Anita

Jan's beautiful tribute to Japan also using a Mo Manning image:

Jan

Wanda's beautiful scene of Paris:

Wanda

My Belle Du jour traveler:

Joni

Grab your suitcases and join us on our flight! Show us which country inspired you, we would love to come and visit. :)