Here at RTB we are so excited to kick off a new year of crafting!
We encourage you to challenge yourself, raise your own level of crafting, and keep your resolution to use those new stamping items. And yes, we will even use those supplies that you just had to have in your collection. ;)

Friday, August 26, 2011

Challenge #72

Happy wonderful Friday everyone! Thank you for beating the heat last week with all those yummy creations. I got to drool over every one of them - and not worry about all the calories! ;)
Congratulations to the following entries:


Ladies please contact me for your opportunity to be a Guest Bar-Tender next week!
Now this week pays homage to all the kids going back to school.We want to see you use:

PRIMARY COLORS
{Red, Blue, Green}

It doesn't even have to be a school related image, just show us this color palette on your work! Here to inspire you are some wonderful cards by the Design Team:

Jan

Anita

Wanda
 

Joni

Thanh


See how much fun this can be? Come on over and play along with us, simply click on the happy frog below to enter your card. You have until next Thursday at noon EST to link up your work.

Friday, August 19, 2011

Challenge #71

Happy wonderful Friday everyone!
I hope your week went well and that you are looking forward to a great weekend! Thank you all so much for your adorable Dog Days Of Summer cards! Omword, I have to go shopping online for all the great pup images that showed up on the entries. Congratulations to the following crafters:




Ladies please contact me on being a Guest Bar-Tender next week!
And now for our NEW challenge - still celebrating this heat wave:

Beat The Heat!

Let's see a card or project made with a cool treat - ice cream, popsicles, etc. Just make sure it beats the heat!
Here are some wonderful inspiration to get you started, courtesy of the awesome Bar-Tenders:

Wanda

Jan

Anita

Thanh


Joni

Thank you for beating the heat with us! Please click on the happy blue frog below to link up your work.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Challenge #70

Happy wonderful Friday everyone!
HOLY MOLY! Did you see the amount of entries in last week's Everything Goes challenge? WOWZA - and a huge thank you to everyone who played along!
Congratulations to the following entries, selected by random.org since there was no way we could have limited ourselves to just 3 this week!!







Ladies please contact me for your opportunity to be a Guest Bar-Tender!

It's a new week and your chance to join in on our new challenge of:

DOG DAYS OF SUMMER

This is in honor of everyone who has had quite a hot summer this year: water restrictions, heat waves, lakes drying up - yikes! But let's go to the happier side of that saying and see a card made with DOGS on it. Any kind of pooch will be fine, as you can see by the wonderful Bar-Tenders who are always so great at inspiration:

Thanh


Jan

Wanda


Joni

Leash up your pooch and play along in our challenge! You have until next Thursday to show us your cutest pup creation. Click on the happy blue frog below to enter.

Friday, August 5, 2011

Challenge #69


Happy beautiful FRIDAY everyone and welcome back to Raise The Bar!
Yes, we are back in full swing with all the Bar-Tenders ready to take on new challenges with you. I hope everyone has had a wonderful summer thus far? I cannot believe that August is here, but we are ready for a fun new theme that we're sure you'll love:

ANYTHING GOES!

We want to see what you've been up to! Now since this is an open theme, we do have specifications and a few favors to ask:

1. Please link to NEW projects only, no backlinks to something beautiful that was created in July.
2. ONE entry per person please, as this is such an open theme.
3. Item must be craft related, whether it be a card, scrapbook page, altered item, etc. 

Are you ready for the fun samples? 
First up, our Guest Bar-Tender from our last challenge:

Erin Reed's gorgeous layout

And from our Bar-Tenders:

Anita's sweet back to school card

Jan's sweet anniversary card

Wanda's sunflowery sweetness
Thanh's summery homage

Now we know you want to join in on the fun! We can't wait to see your creations, simply click on the happy blue frog below to add your link.