Challenge #92

Ahhh, another Friday has arrived to introduce the weekend. And how wonderful that some have Monday off as well. :)
Thank you for your beautiful Chocolate & Roses entries this week - what a nice way to celebrate Valentine's Day with such yummy and fat free concoctions!
Congratulations to the following friends:

Kathy

Liz

Hilda

Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line Guest Bar-Tender so it doesn't get lost in my junk box. Thank you everyone for your Chocolates & Roses cards!
Now for this week we have a fun little challenge which we have dubbed:

A Side of 'Chips'

Let's see chipboard on your cards and projects!
This fun embellishment brings great dimension as a side accent or as a focal point.
Joining us this week is the wonderful Audrey Gonzales as our Guest Bar-Tender:

Audrey

Thank you Audrey - I love the #2 chipboard and card!
And now some inspiration from the design team:

Wanda's beautiful chipboard butterfly

Joni's Valentine's Day mailboxes

Thanh's awesome Rockstar framed Creeper

Peggy's adorable retro chipboard phone

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Challenge #91

Happy Friday everyone!
I hope your week went well and that you're looking forward to the weekend?
Thank you all for your wonderful entries for our Whimsie Doodles' challenge, Melyssa's sketch was so much fun to play with! Congratulations to the following friends:

Meg

 Mary

Arielle

Congratulations ladies!
Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line: Guest Bar-Tender for your opportunity to help us debut a new challenge theme.
And now on to the random. org winner of Melyssa's gift certificate:

KATHY CURRY

Yay Kathy! Please contact me so I can put you in touch with Melyssa.
Please note that the first Friday of every month will feature a sponsor - be sure to join in on all the fun!

And now on to this week's fun challenge:

CHOCOLATE AND ROSES

We want to see BROWN and RED on your cards or projects!
With Valentine's Day creeping up next week, let's celebrate with these colors. You can use any shade or hue, as long as we can see the browns and reds in it.
For some amazing inspiration, here are our wonderful Guest Bar-Tenders:

Yogi

Joann

Bonnie

Carly

 Thank you ladies! Beautiful work celebrating Valentine's Day!

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Julie

Peggy

Thanh

Wanda

Joni

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Challenge #90

Happy 1st Friday of February everyone! (Try saying that fast 5 times - heehee!)
Thank you so much for all your beautiful creations for our recipe challenge of pink, silver, tag and ribbon. Congratulations to the following entries:

Bonnie

Yogi

12 year old Carly

Congratulations ladies (and little lady!)! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with Guest Bar-Tender in the subject line. You will be joining us in debuting a new challenge theme next week!

Well the first Friday also means that this week's challenge is SPONSORED by a wonderful company that is near and dear to my heart:

Melyssa Connolly, owner and illustrator for this company is so amazingly talented! I was privileged to be on her debut design team where I also met the awesome Thanh Vo. Thanks so much Melyssa! :) You can see all the amazing inspiration here on the Whimsie Doodles blog, and all of her wonderful images and cutting files here in the store.

Joining us for the first time is our new Design Team member Peggy McCurry of Arfull Journey:

We are SO excited for her to be a part of our team! Welcome Peggy!

This week Melyssa has drawn up a wonderful sketch for us to use:

And here our the designers showcasing their stuff:

Peggy (using Great Catch)

Julie

 Wanda (using Paws I Care)

Thanh (using Dragon New Year)

Joni (using Lollipop Girl)

Come on and join in on the fun! Use the sketch any way you choose, flip it, rotate it, as long as we see all the elements to it. Melyssa offers some adorable freebies here on her store site, so there's no excuse not to play along! (Please note: Whimsie Doodles image is not required to join in on the challenge this week so feel free to use any company's image of your choice!)

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Challenge #89

Happy wonderful Friday everyone!
I cannot believe we are in the last week of January. Ack! Why do I have the feeling that this year is going to fly by? Oh yes, because I made resolutions, that's why. heehee!
Before I move on to the top picks of our current challenge, I wanted to post the lucky winner of a $10 gc to By LORi Designs from the first of the month (my apologies!):

Congratulations to Melissa Waldorf! 

Please email me so I can forward your information to LORi Boyd!

And now, thank you all for your beautiful cards ringing in the New Year! All those circles were just so yummy. Here are our top picks of this past week:

Amy

Micki

Jo

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject Guest Bar-Tender so it doesn't get lost in my inbox.

And now on to this week's recipe challenge:

PINK, SILVER, RIBBON, and a TAG

Interpret this any way your heart desires, as long as we see all 4 elements on your card or project! :)
Joining us this week are 2 of our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Melissa

Susie

Thank you so much ladies!!
And our designers with their gorgeous samples:

Wanda


Joni

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Challenge #88

Happy beautiful Friday everyone! I hope the weather is cooperating with your plans today. I know some areas are getting snowed in, but here on the East Coast, we are getting nuthin'! ;) But all is well, because any weather is good weather for crafting. Thank you all so much for joining in on our Banner challenge last week! Without further ado, here are our top picks:

Audrey

Melisa Waldorf

Katie

Thank you so much ladies! Please contact me whenever you are ready to be a Guest Bar-Tender at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject title Guest Bar-Tender in the subject line (just in case it goes to the spam folder).

And now on to this week's challenge, continuing on in to celebrating 2012:

"Ring" in the New Year!

We want to see CIRCLES (aka 'rings') everywhere on your cards and projects! Fun challenge right? We can't wait to see what you create! For some eye candy, here are our Guest Bar-Tenders Julie and Melissa (thanks ladies!):

Julie Elak

Melissa De Monic

And from our Design Team:

Wanda

Thanh

Julie

Joni

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Challenge #87

Happy beautiful 2o12 everyone!
We are so happy to be back, after a nice little hiatus to enjoy the holidays. I hope yours went well? We'd love to hear about it!
With a new year also comes some fun new challenges as well as some new faces on the Design Team! BUT more on that next week...
Today we wanted to let you know of a wee little change here at the Bar - our challenges will now be posted 8am EST instead of midnight. This way it will be waiting for you when you rise and shine!
On to our top 5 of last month's "It's Begining to Look a lot Like Christmas" challenge:

Julie Elak

Mary

Tanya

Sunshine Honey Bee

Janiel

Congratulations ladies! Everyone's work was SO beautiful, thank you all for making our December so full of love and inspiration! Please contact me if your card was showcased above at jonjinko@hotmail.com with RAISE THE BAR as the subject. This way if it ends up in my junk folder I can easily sift through it.

And now on to this week's challenge which is our first of the month and SPONSORED!
A big hug and thanks goes out to LORi BOYD for being our sponsor with By LORi Designs:

This week our challenge is:

A Banner of a New Year!

We want to see banners of all types on your card. Here is our wonderful Design Team:

Thanh using Ainsley's Heart

Wanda using Lollipop Saylor

Joni using Puddle Jumper Cole

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