Hello everyone! It
is the first Monday in October and it is time for the
next challenge to start. This time around, for
Challenge #42, the theme is
"FRIENDSHIP". Show us your interpretation of what
friendship 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.
What would we do without friends in our lives?! A shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen when you need to decompress, someone to giggle with just because, a comrade that understands you through and through! People come and go in our lives but a true friend will be with you forever. That is the theme of this month's free sentiment: Friends Forever. When you come across one of these special people, be very thankful as you've been blessed indeed.
This month, think of all the friends that you have who would love to receive a card letting them know just how much your relationship means to you.
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 friendship 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
friendship in order to be considered eligible for this month's prizes. While you
may easily see how
friendship 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 sponsor...
We are very pleased to have
Sparkle N Sprinkle back as our guest sponsor for this month's challenge. Here is a refresher of what they are all about...
Sparkle N Sprinkle is a small company with
a big heart owned and operated by Margaret Myers. SNS specializes in
hand-mixed embossing powders and glitters. Our quality, deeply etched
rubber stamps are closely cropped on Cling Mount Cushion ready for your
acrylic block. Produced in our local Shoppe in Ruskin, Florida, the
stamps are already indexed on a laminated color storage sheet for your
convenience. SNS sells a variety of other paper crafting tools and
products, including a new line of digital stamps and many other
exclusive products. You can find Sparkle N Sprinkle on line at: http://sparklensprinkle.com
Sparkle N Sprinkle
is our sole sponsor this month and is generously providing us with both
prizes! Check out the amazing 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 the page they
can be found on in the SNS store...
Friendship Flowers
Old Friends
Brighten the Holidays Penguins
April Showers
We are fortunate and blessed to have
the chance to work with all these awesome images this month. Thanks so
much to our fabulous sponsor. Be sure to come back at the midway when
you'll get to see more beautiful projects created with images from this wonderful company.
Now
check out what my amazing design team came up with to inspire you. Pippa is once again taking the month off but our Guest, Edwina 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 Edwina from
Edwina's Creations, as our guest designer for this challenge. Check out the wonderful cards 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 friendship 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
friendship, 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 #41.
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE ON FRIENDSHIP
If you need some motivation to get you started, I've provided a quote
for you, which you can find below.
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 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 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.
This word art creation is in png format and published at 300 ppi. It is
quite large in order to accommodate different programs that people work
with. If you are a card maker you can always resize it smaller without
distorting the quality.
Elements:
I have used a couple existing design elements from Lisa Glanz
(lisaglanz.com), in the creation of this sentiment. These elements were
purchased with a commercial use licence as part of a bundle through
Design Cuts (www.designcuts.com).
Font Information:
Click on the font name to take you to a download location where it may be purchased. This font
was listed for commercial use at the time of this
creation. As
such, it is my understanding, that I am within my rights to
use this font in my creations and offer them to others. Please refer
to
my full terms of service for what you can and cannot do with this
digital creation.
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 October 3rd to November 6th.
- Link up your inspirational post below using
Inlinkz. You will be able to submit your link up to 11:55 p.m. on November 6th.
- 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 #42, prizes will be the following:
- $15.00 worth of digital images from Sparkle N Sprinkle for the post or
project that the DT deems most inspiring of the bunch.
- $15.00 worth of digital images from Sparkle N Sprinkle for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.
- One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight.
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:
