Hello everyone! For those of our readers in the States and Canada, I hope you have enjoyed your long Labour Day weekend. It
is the first Monday in September and it is time for the
next challenge to start. This time around, for
Challenge #41, the theme is
"LUCK". Show us your interpretation of what
luck means to
you. You can make any sort of project and/or post as long as it is positive
in nature and relates to the theme.
The free sentiment for the start of the challenge says, "Fortune favours the bold" (don't worry there is an alternate spelling for all our American readers that doesn't have the letter u in favour). Now while I do believe that there are some people who appear to have been born lucky, those whom seem to have an invisible horseshoe glued around their neck at all times, for the rest of us, I believe it is possible to create our own luck. For most of us, luck just isn't going to drop into our laps. We need to work hard and make sure that we line up everything we can so that luck may indeed favour us. Put yourself out there. You aren't going to win any contests, competitions or challenges if you don't enter them. It is important that we each do our parts and then maybe we'll be lucky enough to benefit from the hard work we've put in. Even if we aren't the lucky recipient who wins, our hard work isn't for nothing. Everything we do propels us along in whatever craft we work at. We can only get better from our efforts which may indeed lead us to further opportunities for winning down the road. Julie, one of my amazing DT members, used the following quote from Stephen Leacock on her card which sums up this idea perfectly, "I am a great believer of luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." So, keep working hard and you just may find yourself benefiting from a little bit of luck yourself.
This month, think of all the different opportunities where you could wish someone luck. Do you know of someone who is headed of to school or a new job? I'm sure they'd love to receive a card wishing them good luck in their new endeavours. Perhaps you know of someone
who could use a little encouragement to create their own luck. Maybe you would just like to wish someone having a birthday a year ahead filled with love, luck and laughter. There are so many ways to showcase the theme of luck.
As usual my team, has come up with some interesting ideas so be sure to
pop over to their blogs and see how their creations connect with the
concept of this challenge. What direction will you go in? Whatever
approach you take, we look forward to seeing your interpretation on this
month's theme.
Don't forget when you link up your project and/or post, to please
leave a
comment letting us know how your creation relates to the concept of luck if it isn't readily clear within the design itself or
clearly
written somewhere else in your post. Remember, the creation must be
positive/inspirational/motivational
AND adhere to the theme of
luck in order to be considered eligible for this month's prizes. While you
may easily see how
luck relates to your creation, it may not be as
apparent to me or the DT members.
That is why we ask that you
clarify
it somewhere, whether here or in your blogpost. You can simply write a
sentence at the bottom of your post next to the link up for this
challenge, if it would be easier. We just need to know how your project
ties into the theme. Letting us know, clears up
any ambiguity that may exist.
This month's guest sponsors...
This month we have two returning sponsors!
First up is
Imagine That! Digistamp™. Here is a refresher of what Kristy's company is all about...
Imagine That! Digis by Kris™
is a mother/daughter team bringing you our cutest hand-drawn images
that you can flip, re-size, re-color, print & use in your crafting
creations! Almost all our digi sets include both color & outline
formats & include sentiments for a great value. In addition to
carrying family-friendly digi stamps, we also offer digital papers and
KD-Kits, all available as instant downloads! You may want to check out
our Free blogwear category, as well as find freebies on our Facebook Page and join in our monthly progressive challenge where everyone who plays, Wins! You can read more about us here on our 'About the Arists' page.
Check out the sweet images the team worked with for their projects for
the beginning of this challenge. Clicking on the names or the watermarks will take you to their location in the store.
Next, that brings us to
Limited Runs. Here is a refresher of
what Nikki's company is all about...
Limited Runs has a LARGE calorie free sweet shoppe filled with over 120
different cupcakes, something for almost every occasion. It's not all
cupcakes there are tons of Christmas, Halloween, Backgrounds, Fairies,
Critters and More to see. The store has gone through a re-vamp with new
digital stamps added in all the time so pop in an take a look around
things. Everyone knows you can't enjoy a cupcake without a coffee so
there is a place to even pick up a cuppa. There's always a little
something for everyone to enjoy and grab the monthly freebie so you can
sample before you buy and add to your collection.
Check out the fun images the team worked with for their projects for the beginning of this challenge.
Clicking on any of the image watermarks will take you to category page they can be found on in the
Limited Runs store...
Swimming Turtle (Category: Amphibians 1-10)
Fence with Butterfly (Category: Backgrounds 1-10)
Snow House Set (Category: Backgrounds 21-30)
We are fortunate and blessed to have
the chance to work with all these awesome images this month. Thanks so
much to our fabulous sponsors. Be sure to come back at the midway when
you'll get to see more beautiful projects created with images from these wonderful companies.
Now
check out what my amazing design team came up with to inspire you. Pippa is taking the month off but Pat has created an extra project for you all. Clicking on
the team members' name will take you to their blog where you can check
out the details for their inspirational creations...
We are very pleased to have Sue, from
The Bottle Cork and Crystal, as our guest designer for this challenge. Check out the great card she created....
My amazing design team and wonderful guests never
disappoint! They each have their own unique styles and ideas. As
always I am blown away by the
quality of their projects! Each of these projects has showcased the
concept of luck in various forms and manners and I hope we have
inspired
you. Be sure to go and visit each of them so you can see how their
projects connect to the theme.
So
what are you waiting for? Create a project and/or post that is
positive AND relates to
luck, provide an explanation of how your
project and/or post relates to the theme somewhere in your post or come
over and leave a comment with the explanation. Easy, peasy!
If
you have some time, please visit other people participating throughout
the month. I've included the summary of the challenge details below. If
you are new to this unique challenge, you can find out the impetus
behind why I started it under the '
Introductions' tab and all the details you need to know in order to participate, in the '
Challenge Details' tab (both tabs located at the top of the blog).
I hope to see you back next Monday when voting will start on the Top Picks for Challenge #40--at least I am hoping it will be out on Monday, it may end up coming out on Tuesday instead. It is a busy weekend for me next weekend as my hubby's sister is coming up to stay with us for several days and there is a wedding to go to on Saturday as well. I'm hoping I'll get it posted on Monday but the likelihood is that I won't. I just wanted you to know why, if it happens to be later than expected.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE ON LUCK
If you need some motivation to get you started, I've provided a quote
for you, which you can find below.
British, Australian, New Zealand & Canadian spelling of FAVOUR [did I miss anyone?]
American Spelling of FAVOR [sorry, that just looks so weird to me ;) ]
Please be sure to click on it to bring it up into the lightbox in its proper size before saving it.
Credit Notes For This Creation:
© 2015, Lisa L. Décosse.
PUO. However, you are allowed to use the
sentiment on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale
basis provided credit is given. You also need to
include a credit note
and a link to this blog or my personal blog, Decosse's Dynamite Doodles, should you use any of my images in your
creations and post them on your blog. Please be sure to familiarize
yourself with my full terms of use found in the 'Download
Instructions & T.O.U.' tab at the top
of this page.
Of important note: Please do not share my
images with family, friends, etc. Additionally, do not post any images
to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc. Instead, please
direct people to my blog(s) so they can grab the image for themselves. If
you would like to post a watermarked version of the image, please
contact me to obtain one.
Fonts used
Click on the font name to take you to a download location. Both of
these fonts were purchased with extended licensing which allows commercial use.
As such, it
is my understanding, that I am within my rights to use these fonts in
my creations and offer them to others for free or for sale. Always
check to make sure the terms haven't changed before using the font on
something you sell.
You will notice that the sentiment may appear huge depending on what
software program you download it into. You can always reduce the size
without distorting the overall look.
CHALLENGE DETAILS SUMMARY
Whether
you are new and need to familiarize yourself with all the details, or a
returning participant and just need to refresh yourself, you can
always find out everything
you need to know in order to enter this challenge in the
'Challenge Details' tab at the top of the page. I've provided a quick
summary below. Please note that dates and times listed below are for
this particular challenge only:
- Each Path of Positivity challenge will remain open for approx. a full
month. Entries for this challenge will be accepted from September 5th to October 2nd, 2016.
- Link up your inspirational post below using
Inlinkz. You will be able to submit your link up to 11:55 p.m. on October 2nd.
- When you link up, leave a comment summarizing what it is about your
post that you feel is inspirational / positive / motivational and how
it fits into the theme if you have not included this information
somewhere within your post. You can simply add a sentence or two right next to the link for this challenge if you want.
- Don't forget to come back throughout the month and visit others that have participated.
- You can link up a total of three (3) creations.
- Voting for this challenge will begin once the top picks have been
determined. There will be a separate post detailing those picks. You
will then have the opportunity
to vote on the creation or post that you have found to be the most
inspirational of the chosen picks. Be sure to leave a comment telling
us what it was
that inspired you or something in general if you uncomfortable
disclosing any details of your vote.
- For Challenge #41, prizes will be the following:
- A $10.00 gift certificate from Imagine That! Digi Stamp, one of our guest sponsors this
month, for the post or project that the team deems most inspiring of the bunch.
- A $10.00 gift certificate from Limited Runs, one of our guest sponsors this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.
There will also be:
- A small selection of digital papers
from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles for one lucky person who leaves a
comment on on posts published during the challenge time-frame.
- One digital sentiment for every single person who
enters the challenge.
If you ever have any questions be sure to
EMAIL ME or just leave me a comment.
We look forward to seeing you participate!
Link Up Below:
