Challenge #102

Happy beautiful day everyone! It's time to, once again, thank you all for your awesome participation in our Cloudy Skies challenge. Every week we are so excited to see our usual customers at the Bar as well as some new friends joining in on the fun!
Congratulations to the top picks of the week (you all make it so hard to do!!):

Peggy

Annette

Danni

SVIT

Ladies please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line of GUEST BAR-TENDER. Thank you so much! :)
Here is our newest challenge that celebrates this beautiful Aloha Friday.
In Hawaii, May 1st is also called...

 "Lei" Day 

 (lei noun: a wreath of flowers for the neck or head)

So to honor this sweet smelling tradition, we want to see flowers, tropical images, and anything that makes you dream about paradise!

For our lineup today, we begin with our wonderful guest bar-tender CG:

CG

and from our designers:

Julie

Peggy

Wanda

Thanh

Joni

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Challenge #101

Happy Friday everyone...and well, we did it! We made it to the next 'century' of challenges. haha! Thank you so much for playing along with our 100th challenge last week. Wasn't that a fun sketch? All the adorable entries were so fun to look at, we just loved the different interpretations.
Without further ado, congratulations to the following entries for making our top 3:

Evie

CG of CG Says something Loudly

Paula

Ladies please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line GUEST BAR-TENDER so that I can sift through it if it ends up in my junk mail. :)

And our winner of The Greeting Farm's sponsored prize is:

#12 Marsha D. of Gramma's room

Marsha, please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com for TGF details!

Now on to our new challenge, and when I first proposed this, I meant it as a literal weather inspired card. However, I have had some friends go through some rough spots these past few weeks and hope that their cloudy skies will soon clear up for sunshine and rainbows soon!
This week's challenge is called:

CLOUDY SKIES

We want to see those clouds in your cards, whether as an embellishment, on your patterned papers, or if you've drawn them yourself. Cloudy skies means happy flowers next month! :)

Here is a lineup from our fabulous DT, including Zulma, our recent Guest Bar-Tender:

Zulma

Julie

Wanda

Peggy

Thanh

Joni

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Challenge #100

Can you believe that number? Yes indeed friends, we have hit a hundred challenges! :)
Happy Friday everyone! I hope this week went well for you and that you're ready for Saturday and Sunday?
We have a fun little theme this week, but before we reveal it, a big Thank You to all who entered in on our fun Hoppy Easter challenge. Congratulations to the following entries:

Paula

An

Zulma

Bella

Please click on the links to their blogs for more details on their projects. :)

Bella created a whole table full of yellow happiness!

Congratulations ladies!
Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line.

And now on to this week's challenge, which is SPONSORED by the one and only:

Eek! Yes indeed! Thank you Marie and Jess!

One lucky winner will receive a single of their choice in stock. Woohoo!
They have also invited you to tune into Splitcoast Stampers tonight at 7pm CST
for The Greeting Farm's Customer Challenge & Chit Chat Night.
You can read about it here on the TGF Blog.
We'll see you there!

For our 100th challenge, our sweet Wanda Cullen created this sketch,
which happens to look like the #100:

Brilliant, right?
Here is our Guest Bar-Tender joining in on the fun, with a literal and adorable card:

Julia Aston

And now from our Bar-Tenders:

Peggy (using Laundry - rubber)

Julie (using Country Anya digi)

Wanda (using Kissy Kissy digi)

Thanh (using Sitting Cute - rubber)

(and Sitting Casual - rubber)

Joni (using Boho Anya - rubber)

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Challenge #99

Good Friday Morning everyone!
I hope your week went well? I know some of us are on spring break, as we head into this beautiful Easter weekend. Thank you all for your beautiful religious cards last week! Before we announce the top picks, I just had a couple of things to share. First off, our first Friday of the month challenge is normally sponsored. However, we will be holding off on the sponsorship until next week for our fun 100th challenge! Woohoo! I cannot believe we've been doing this so long, thank you all so much for your continued support week after week. :)
So there will be some fun prizes up for grab next week, be sure to check back in!
And now for our top picks:

Hazel

Evie

Julia

Congratulations ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line so I can keep it out of the junk file. ;)
And now on to our theme of the week:

Cutesy Easter/Spring Cards
(bunnies, fairies, chicks)

Here is the fabulous design team with their adorable samples:

Peggy

Thanh

Julie

Wanda

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Challenge #98

Happy beautiful Friday everyone! I hope this post finds everyone well and ready for the weekend. Our pollen count is off the chart so if we can get through all the sneezing and sniffling, we will be planting flowers and laying down mulch as much as possible. ;)
And speaking of "In the Garden" thank you all for your beautiful cards last week! It was so nice seeing butterflies, garden tools, flowers, critters, and oh all those Tildas! I have forgotten how many wonderful Magnolia images are outdoorsy and adorable.
Congratulations to the following entries:

Terry's beautifully embellished fairy

Leanne's gorgeous patterned card

Wendy's sweet birds in a hand card

 Lena's wonderful gardening project

Gale's magic creation - one of my favorite techniques

Thank you all so much ladies! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line:
GUEST BARTENDER so that it does not get lost in my inbox.

And now on to this week's challenge:

the promise of EASTER (religious aspect)

{If you don't have any religious Easter image, any scripture or quote as a sentiment will be fine as well.}
Starting us off is our Guest Bar-Tender from last week's challenge:

Asha

Thank you so much Asha!
And from our designers:

Thanh

Wanda

Joni

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challenge #97

YAYY! It's Friday, and it's supposed to be another warm day here in VA. I am so excited this time of year, all the pretty birds are competing with their shrills and song, and the kids voices echo through our cul de sac with longer afternoons. I hope you all have wonderful plans for the weekend? 

Thank you all so much for your wonderful entries into our 4s challenge last week - I have to tell you that we have the most creative participants here on our blog. Your work is always so adorable which makes it hard to choose on a weekly basis!

Before introducing our new challenge, here are our top picks of the week:

Asha Berit 

(so many wonderful groupings of four)

 Teresa Kline

(4 patterned papers - amazingly beautiful)

-Anne-

(Altered Godiva box - her blog has all the sweet details that is a must-see!)

Such beautiful creations, congratulations ladies! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with the subject line as GUEST BAR-TENDER for your opportunity to debut next week's challenge. :)

And now for our current theme which most of you may already be working on in reality:

IN THE GARDEN

We want to see the outdoors - flowers, picket fences, butterflies - of your gardens. I keep hearing lawn mowers every afternoon, which gets me excited for springtime!
Here are our amazing Guest Bar-Tenders with their stunning samples:

Darlene

Joann

 Tammy

Thank you SO much ladies, for your beautiful work!

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Julie

Peggy

Wanda

Joni

Thanh

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