Ch. #88--Opt. Twist: CELEBRATE THOSE YOU LOVE ...Midway

 

Hey folks! Welcome back to the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog! It is the third Monday of the month and that means that it is time to present the midway for Challenge #88. Before we start, I just want to say that I hope that each of you continue to stay well in your own little communities across this world.  

 

Additionally, happy Family Day to my fellow Canadians living in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia.  For anyone living in Manitoba, Happy Louis Riel Day. For those of you in Nova Scotia and the Yukon, Happy Heritage Day and for those residing in Prince Edward Island, Happy Islander Day. To all of our readers in the States, Happy President's Day.  Wherever, you may be, I hope that you are spending your time today, or at least a portion of it, in the loving embrace of the members of your immediate household and maybe by next year, we'll finally be free to spend time with more family members and/or friends on this special day.

Now it is time to continue with the reason why you are all here today. As we are a unique kind of challenge blog, it is important for you to understand how things work in order to be sure you are eligible to win any of the prizes offered. Please be sure to check out the START POST FOUND HERE for the specific details related to this month's challenge, and you can find out all the general details you need to know in order to participate, by clicking on the 'Challenge Details' tab (located at the top of the blog). For your convenience, a summary of the most important rules can now be found in the right sidebar under the heading 'General Rules'.
 
Right now, it is time to continue with our midway. Here is a refresher of the details for our current twist:

 

Challenge #88

Optional Twist: 

CELEBRATE THOSE YOU LOVE

Continuing with the idea of bringing more positivity into your life this year, for our OPTIONAL TWIST this month we want you to create a project to CELEBRATE THOSE YOU LOVE. One might look beyond the traditional Valentine to encompass all those we love and cherish. Of course, this could include Valentine items such as cards, tags, gift bags, etc. but it could also encompass friendships, ideals, pets, or ANY person or thing that we love/cherish. Additionally, this concept could also include new and/or creative ways we interact with our friends/loved ones during the pandemic! Whatever way you choose, show us how you celebrate those most important to you! 

 

In order to be considered eligible for this month's prizes, remember that general types of projects/posts will not qualify for the prizes UNLESS they are also positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature. Additionally, even if a project may qualify as positive, if your post promotes negativity, hatred or anything of an abhorrent nature, your project will be disqualified. Prizes this month include:

• $12 gift certificate from Bugaboo Stamps, our guest sponsor for this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
• ONE image (value of $5 or less) from Scribbles Designs, for the post or project that the team deems most inspiring of the bunch based on all qualifying entrants.
• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight.

 

Talking of our sponsors...

Bugaboo Stamps

To learn more about Bugaboo Stamps, this month's guest sponsor, be sure to check out the START post; and of course, also pay this generous company a visit.
 

Scribble Designs

During the midway, you will also be seeing projects from half of the team using images from Scribbles Designs, one of our on-going sponsors. Scribbles Designs will be providing the prize for the Most Inspirational choice during each challenge in 2021. Please be sure to pop over and check out the amazing images offered up by Sandy Sommerfeld, the designer behind Scribbles Designs.

To help inspire you further down the path of CELEBRATING THOSE YOU LOVE, check out the wonderful projects my Design Team had the opportunity to create.

Clicking on each team member's name will take you to their blog where you can check out the details for their inspirational creations. If you are interested in purchasing the image featured in a particular creation, you can click on the link indicated below the project…

 

 

 

    
using Love Ewe from Bugaboo Stamps

    

using  #A 19 Heart Doodle 2
and #0106 Loving More from Scribbles Designs

 

 

 

using Sign It Kitty Cat Greetings from Bugaboo Stamps

 and #0109 All You Need Is Love (Cat) from Scribbles Designs

 

Thanks again to my fabulous design team! As always, each of them have their own exceptional approaches and concepts which impress me to no end. Each of these creations has demonstrated the theme of CELEBRATING THOSE YOU LOVE admirably and I hope we have encouraged you throughout this challenge to come up with your own piece of handiwork. Be sure to go and visit these talented ladies so you can see just how their projects tie in to the twist.

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. How about stretching yourself by also opting to follow the twist?! While it isn't mandatory, we'd also love to find out how this month's twist affects your own life. What are some of the ways that you CELEBRATE THOSE YOU LOVE? Do you go out of your way to ensure that your loved ones know how much they mean to you? Do you leave notes, send cards, reach out in other ways to stay connected? The pandemic has made our typical ways of connecting much more difficult. Are there creative ways that you have employed to stay in touch with those who mean the most to you? If you'd like to tell us how you incorporate CELEBRATING THOSE YOU LOVE into your life, we'd love to hear it. You can write a sentence or two in the body of your post, write a sentence at the bottom of your post next to the link up for this challenge, or simply leave a comment on this post if you'd like.

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! You can find our list of participants and enter our latest challenge yourself by clicking HERE and scrolling down to the bottom of the post.



GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY…

Please show your support to our wonderful sponsors by going over and checking out their work and saying hi if you have the chance. You may also just find an image or two to add your your collection!

Along with Bugaboo Stamps, our guest sponsor this challenge, and Scribbles Designs, one of our on-going sponsors, we also have two additional ongoing sponsors including...

Thank you so much to all these awesome companies for their
continued support of this challenge blog!

Don't Forget...

You have until 11:59 p.m., ET, tonight (Feb. 15), to vote on your favourite entry for Challenge #87. Voting is quick, easy and painless so I hope you will consider casting your vote if you haven't already. Winners for challenge #87 will be posted next week if everything goes according to plan. You can find the Top Picks post HERE.

 

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We look forward to seeing you participate!