Hello everyone! It is time to get on with the midway for
Challenge #47. Apologies for the delay. I tell you, technology hasn't been my friend these past few days. I spent 45 minutes working on something on my laptop the other night only to have a catastrophic failure (never happened before) and lost all my work because I was updating a blogger document and of course I forget that it doesn't automatically save every few minutes. Then, this afternoon as I was working on this midway post, something strange happened to my main computer when I tried to copy a passage. Suddenly, I couldn't do anything--not only in Firefox but in my other programs as well. I tried shutting down my browser but it wasn't enough. While I could alt tab and shut down the rest, I ended up having to reboot which took extra time and then when I got Firefox open, suddenly it stopped responding and stayed that way a good three minutes. Fingers, crossed nothing else will get in the way of getting this post out! Anyway, enough about that, it is time for us to continue with reason you have popped by today.
As we are a unique kind of challenge blog, please be sure to check out the start post found
HERE, for all the rules and details you need to know in order to enter. For now, here is a refresher of what our theme is all about:
Challenge #47
Optional Theme: BIRTH OF NEW BEGINNINGS
Spring is a time of growth and renewal. In North America, the world is
awakening around us once again. Soon we will be emerging from the deep
frost of winter and enjoying the new life that spring holds. As the
world renews around us, it is a good time to be thinking of the concept
of birth--whether the birth of animals or plant life in nature, the
birth of babies in the human world, or even the birth of new ideas and
goals.
In order to have a chance to win the prize for the
Most Inspirational Creation, be sure to explore this idea of the
Birth of New Beginnings. Do you know of anyone about to bring a baby into their world? This
would be the perfect time to create a congratulations card. Maybe you
know someone who is thinking about adopting a new pet. Perhaps you or
someone you know is trying to get a business or even just a concept off
the ground. These are all good examples, of 'birth' and all great
occasions to celebrate. Whatever direction you take the
birth of new beginnings in, we'd love to part of that journey.
If you do follow the optional theme, be sure to add FT after your name so that we include you in the draw for the prize for Most Inspirational. We also ask that you let us know how your creation relates to the concept of birth if it isn't readily clear within the design itself or
clearly
written somewhere else in your post. While you
may easily see how the concept of
birth 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 in a comment on this post 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.
Remember,
in order to be considered eligible for this month's prizes, ALL creations must be
positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature.
You don't need to follow the optional theme if you simply want to have a
chance at the Random Draw prize of a $10 gift certificate from
Limited
Runs, one of our sponsors this month. You only need to follow
the theme
if you want a chance to win this month's sponsored prize of a $20 gift
certificate to the
Kitten Scraps store, provided by the second of our
guest sponsors this month.
Talking of our guest sponsors...
To learn more about this month's guest sponsors, be sure to check out the
START
post; and of course, also visit the individual sponsors themselves.
Below you will find the watermarks and links for the wonderful images
that the team worked with for the midway.
Butterfly 6 (Category: Bugs-Butterflies, Section: 11-20)
Fence and Butterfly (Category: Backgrounds, Section: 1 -10)
Mini Bird Takeout Coffee Set (Category: Coffee and More, Section: 21-30)
Easter Bunnies DigiStamps {CU}
Adam and Eve
Baby's First Friend digi stamps
Graduation Day Clipart
Winter’s Playground Patterned Paper Add-on
This Year Boy November Papers (retired)
Sunny Fish Fun Elements
Thank you so much to both of these
wonderful companies for allowing us the opportunity to work with such
incredible images during the midway!
To help inspire you further down the path of the
BIRTH OF NEW BEGINNINGS, check out the
wonderful
projects my Design Team had the opportunity to create. Clicking on
the team members' name will take you to their blog where you can check
out the details for their inspirational creations...
Thanks again to my incredible design team! As always, each of them have
their own unique styles and ideas which amaze me to no end. Each of
these projects has showcased the
concept of the
birth of new beginnings in various forms and manners and I hope we have
inspired
you throughout this challenge. Be sure to go and visit these talented ladies so you can see how their
projects tie in to the theme.
Why not join us, if you haven't entered already? Create a project and/or post that is
positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature and join our link up. If you've opted to follow the theme of
the birth of new beginnings for
the chance to win the Most Inspirational prize, 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. Also, don't forget to
leave FT after your name so we know to include you in the running for
the prize. Easy, peasy! You can enter our latest challenge by clicking
HERE.
Also,
I know that the participants would love for you to go and pay them a visit. Remember
we're creating a
Path of Positivity to follow one project at a time and
we'd love to see you somewhere on that route even if it is just by leaving a
comment on an entry from someone who has touched you somehow with their project and/or post!
Don't Forget...
You have until 11:59 p.m. tonight to vote on your favourite entry for
Challenge #46.
Voting is quick, easy and painless so I hope
you will consider casting your vote if you haven't already.
Winners for challenge #46 will be posted next Monday if everything goes according to plan. You can find the Top Picks post
HERE.
LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE
ON BIRTH OF NEW BEGINNINGS?
If you need some additional motivation to help inspire you, I've
provided another sentiment on this month's theme (the first is available
HERE), free for you to download.
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:
© 2017, 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.
Additional Credit and Font Information:
Fonts used
Click on the font name to take you to a download location. This font
was purchased with a complete commercial use license.
It is my understanding, that I am within my rights to use this font
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.
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 find out the impetus
behind why I started this challenge 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, though please note that
the newest challenge details still need to be updated). Additionally, you can find a
quick summary of the details related to this challenge, towards the
bottom of the start post.
Click HERE to head to the current challenge post & link up!
GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY...
Please show your support to our wonderful guest sponsors by going over and
checking out their work and saying hi if you have the chance. As mentioned above, this month our guest sponsors are...
Our ongoing sponsors include...
If you ever have any questions be sure to
EMAIL ME or just leave me a comment.
We look forward to seeing you participate!
