Challenge #124

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
A quick note before I continue on with today's post:
This fun challenge will be the last of 2012 -
the Bar-Tenders and I have some shopping and cleaning to do,
so we will be taking a bit of a hiatus until January 4th.
This means you have plenty of time to join in on the fun,
and with a NEW sponsor joining us in January, it will be worth the wait!
Before I announce our new theme, congratulations to the following random winner
of a $5 gift certificate to By LORi Designs store:

 YOGI of Art With Yogi 

Yay Yogi! Please contact me for your prize!
And for our top 3 picks of our blue and white challenge:

Kertu

Diane

Kathy B.

Yay! Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line
GUEST BAR-TENDER for your assignment.

And now for our NEW challenge which will run from today until January 3, 2013:

LET IT SNOW

Chances are, we won't be getting any here in Virginia, but wishful thinking never hurts.

Let's see snow on your cards - snowflakes, snow fall, snow snow snow!

Here are the amazing Bar-Tenders with their samples:

Peggy's sweet Frosty guy

 Wanda's Winter Cutie

Thanh's Fabulous Flurry Wreath

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Challenge #123

Happy Friday everyone!
Thank you so much for joining us on this chilly morning.

Here in the NEast, the weather cannot decide what it would like to do - 

earlier in the week we hit a 70* high, and yet the other morning it was *26

as the kids headed out to school. Yikes!

It definitely makes waking up hard to do. ;)
And speaking of chilly weather...
Congratulations to the following entries for last week's BUNDLED UP challenge:

Sue

Kim

 Laila aka Koneko

Yay! Ladies please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line as
GUEST BAR-TENDER whenever you are ready to help debute the newest challenge!

And now for this week's theme sponsored by the adorable and talented LORi Boyd:

If you haven't been to LORi's shop, you need to stop in! Her designs are so adorable,
and her selection is too hard to choose from (just thought I'd warn you). ;)

With the wintry weather upon us, we'd like to see your cards created in:

BLUES AND WHITES

 Here with some fabulous samples are two of our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Archana

Billie Anderson

Thank you ladies! I love the Spring theme for Archana's card, and Mr. Snowman is adorable on Billie's Washi tape card!

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Wanda (using Candy Cane Jane)

Thanh

Peggy

Joni (using Simon Stockingheimer)

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Challenge #122

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
I cannot believe it is the last day of November.  Wowza, where has the time gone?
Nevertheless, we are here for you every Friday in December up until the 14th, then we'll be taking a break until January 4th. By that time I'll be running around for last minute holiday shopping. ;)

Thank you all for taking the time to participate in our challenge last week!
We loved visiting your blogs to see all of your Thankful cards.

Without further ado, congratulations to the following entries:

Archana

Billie

Karen

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject as 

GUEST BAR-TENDER for your chance to debut a challenge with us!

And now on to this week's theme as we approach winter:

BUNDLE UP!

Let's see those cards made with realllly bundled up images! Not just jeans and a long tee, we're talking serious winter gear here. ;)

To play along please respect the following criteria:

*Only ONE entry per person please!

*All entries must adhere to the challenge of really bundled up images.

*Feel free to combine our challenge with other sites.

With some fabulous inspiration, here are our Guest Bar-Tenders:

Leslie

Bettina

Thank you so much ladies! Your Mo Manning cards are beautiful!!

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

Wanda

Peggy

Joni

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Challenge #121

Happy Friday everyone!
Here in the US we celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday. I do believe all the yummy foods caused me to sleep in, thus the late post. ;) 

I hope you all are off to a great start to your weekend? I know that the holiday buzz is in the air, there are so many people out shopping already! I will spend today in my pajamas and fuzzy socks, online shopping is calling my name. heehee!
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Teddy Bear challenge last week! Oh my cuteness, the entries that poured in were so adorable. I had no idea there were so many cute Teddy images out there in the crafting world!

As always it is so hard to whittle down to top picks, congratulations to the following entries:

Leslie

Pinky

Pauline

Bettina

Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line as Guest Bar-Tender to become a future guest designer!
And now on to this week's challenge.
Even though yesterday was Thanksgiving, it's always a great time to be thankful throughout the year. This week we want to see your:

 THANK YOU, THANKFUL or GRATITUDE cards

{Please note that we ask you only enter ONCE in our challenges, thank you!}

Here with some wonderful samples are the Bar-Tenders and our Guest Designer for the week:

Julie (Guest Bar-Tender)

Thanh

Peggy

Wanda

Joni

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Challenge #120

It's another beautiful Friday everyone!
Thank you for joining us again this week here at Raise The Bar.  We love your visits, your entries, and all of your support. Your amazing birthday card links were such a joy to visit!

Last week we were graciously sponsored by Krista Smith of Saturated Canary...
have I mentioned how much I love her blog and her store?!?

Congratulations to BANANA STAMPER for winning Krista's prize!
Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for further instructions. :)

And here are our top picks of the week (which was SO hard to choose from!):

Lisa

Cheryl

 

Ellen

Julie

Michaela

Congratulations ladies! My hotmail account is being a bit temperamental lately, but please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line so I can weed through in case it gets into the other folder.

And now on to this week's theme, a fun one indeed! Did you know that November 16th is

HAVE A PARTY WITH YOUR BEAR DAY

So what better way to celebrate than with a BEAR theme? 

Use any sweet fuzzy Teddys on your card like the fabulous designers did below:

Thanh



Wanda

Joni

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Challenge #119

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
We have quite a long post today so I will cut through the extra chit chat. ;)
First off, thank you thank you thank you so much for your beautiful entries in our Anything Goes challenge!
Here are our top picks from this past week as well as the week before:

Grace

Tip Top

Sherryn

Gloria Shirr

Monami

JoAnn

Congratulations ladies! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line of
GUEST BAR-TENDER so it doesn't get lost. :)

And now on to this week's
SPONSORED CHALLENGE! Yay!
We normally have our first challenge of the month sponsored,
but with the hurricane and inclement weather on the East Coast,
we saved this New Jersey designer for this week:

YAY! It's Krista of Saturated Canary helping us celebrate our

BIRTHDAY THEME!

To be eligible for this week's challenge prize from Krista, here are the following requirements:

*Only ONE entry per person please
*Use a birthday theme
*Any vendor image/papers/embellishments will be perfect!
*Feel free to combine our challenge with any others, linking back to us
*Please post a direct link to your entry, and not just your blog
*HAVE FUN!

Here are our  Bar-Tender's beautiful creations using her images:

Wanda using Thank You

Peggy using Up, Up, Away


Thanh using Zombie Niamh

Joni using Cinders

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Challenge #118

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
While we recover from the week of Frankenstorm and Hurricane Sandy, please get a jump start on our theme for this week:

ANYTHING GOES!

*Please note: for this week we request one entry only per person, thank you!

I will be back later to update this post with the top 3 from last week,
but for now here are our lovely Bar-Tenders' creations:

Wanda

Thanh

Peggy

Joni 

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