👏 New Member Joining Us!!!

Hello everyone! I hope that none of you were pranked too badly this morning. I have some exciting news to share and this definitely isn't an April Fool's Day joke. 

 
I am excited to let you know that we have a new team member joining us. Goodness, it has been five years since I've been able to say those words! It is also perfect timing since our already very small team recently became a duo with the loss of Suze in December. Thankfully, someone that I have been trying to get on this team for many years now, is finally in a place in her life where she has more leisure time and is looking to embark on new adventures to fill up some of that free time!

 
I won't keep you in suspense any longer. Kathy from My Asperations will be joining us. Kathy has been a supporter of this blog for several years now and thankfully she was in a position to take on some new design team work. We are so incredibly lucky to have this amazing woman join us. Her bright optimism and awesome design skills will definitely be assets to the team. Let's get to know her a bit, shall we?

 

 

 

Hello, my name is Kathy Asper. I’ve loved to draw, color and create since I could hold a pencil! In 1996 I was introduced to rubber stamps… and they became my favorite therapy! Fast forward to digi stamps, which allowed me to resize images, and alcohol inks, which are… well,.. magical! I started blogging in 2017, which lead me to the Path of Positivity Challenge, which has become a favorite of mine. I am thrilled to be joining Lisa’s Design Team, and look forward to helping promote positivity in my future posts!

 

Please join me in welcoming Kathy to the team. You will get to see one of her amazing creations in just a few days as she officially comes on board, beginning this Monday evening, on April 7th. To visit Kathy beforehand, just click on her blog badge or name above.

 

If you, yourself, happen to have some extra time in your schedule and would like to consider joining our small but mighty team, send me a message at decossesdynamitedoodles {at} yahoo {ca} so that we can further discuss the details.

I hope to see you all very soon when Challenge #130 begins! Toodles until next time!!!

Winners & Design Team Delights for Challenge #128 (February)

Hello to all our wonderful crafting friends! I hope that you all continue to stay safe out there in whichever corner of the world you are located! 

Right now, it is time to present the winners for Challenge #128 (Anything Goes with the Opt. Twist: Sharing a Valentine's Day Card with Someone Who Won't Expect It). First we'll share the names of the Most Inspirational and the Random Winner and then we'll move on to showcasing our DT Delights. Who are all the lucky peeps? Well, let's find out.

Without further ado, here are the choices...

Drum roll, please....

 🥁🥁🥁 BBBbbbrrrrrrrrr pish 🥁🥁🥁

 

 In the category of Most Inspiring, our winner is...

#07. BETTA

Betta, you are entitled to a lovely, one of a kind personalized badge for your blog as the Most Inspiring choice for Challenge #128 which you can find below...  

 

The Random Winner for this challenge (chosen by Random.org), 

based on all eligible participants is…

#17. JULIA V.

Julia, you have won $6 worth of images or sentiments (digital paper packs not included) from Scribbles Designs, our on-going sponsor providing a prize for the project chosen as a Random Winner for each of our challenges in 2024.

 

Julia, you are also entitled to a neat and unique personalized badge for your blog as the Random Winner for Challenge #128 which you can find below...  

 

Big Congrats to...

betta & julia

If you are our random prize winner for this challenge, please send your message to popwinners {at} gmail {dot} com (be sure to replace 'at' and 'dot' with the appropriate symbols), or click HERE to bring our email up in your program, with the subject heading, "RANDOM WINNER PoP Challenge #128" to make arrangements to receive your prize. Please note that I am rather behind these days so it may take me a while to get back to you but I promise I will. I am currently caught up with the mail received in this account.

Now it is time to announce our DT Delights from this challenge. Thanks to the people who took the time to join along our Path during the month of February for Challenge #128. We had a total of 22 entries. Check out the ones that really caught our attention...

Veronika--chosen by Katrina…  

 

Katrina said this:

"My DT Delight is Veronika (#04). Wow, now here is something unexpected! This envelope is absolutely gorgeous with all the vintage papers, embellishments and the lovely rose! Perfect for a valentine or any romantic, vintage theme correspondence."

 

  To see the details of Veronika's creation and read more of what she had to say click HERE.

 

 

Vivian--chosen by Lisa…  

I had this to say:

"My DT Delight is Vivian (#11). While I am rather drawn to the bright and bold colours of Vivian's creation, I am completely enamoured by her choice of sentiment. I just love these concepts and wish that more people were able to adapt them to their own lives."

 

  To see the details of Vivian's creation and read more of what she had to say click HERE.

 

Creative Congratulations to you all!

Thank you to those who played on our Pathway during the month of February. As always we greatly appreciate you sharing your incredible talents with us.

For our DT Delights chosen for this challenge...

Veronika and Vivian

 

You are entitled to the special Challenge #128 DT Delight Badge which you can find below...

Well, that is it for this one. Please join us again on April 7th (as long as everything goes according to plan), when we will be back with our newest challenge. 

Do your best to continue stay safe, healthy and positive out there in your daily life and hopefully we'll see you all again soon!!!

Until next time,

Ch. #129--Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of: Make a Creative Project You Wouldn’t Normally Make...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 #129. It is my fond hope that each of you and your own families continue to stay happy, safe, and well, wherever it is you live in this big wide world of ours. 

As we are a unique kind of challenge blog, it is important for you to understand how things work. 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 #129

Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of 

Embracing The Unexpected:

Make a Creative Project You Wouldn’t Normally Make

 

This year's goal is to Embrace the Unexpected in our lives (click here if you'd like to read more in depth about our overall theme for 2025). No matter how much planning we do throughout our years on this earth, we're going to come across circumstances that we can't plan for. These unexpected things may be small or they may be huge and life altering. The only thing that we can control is how we react to these events. So this year, instead of BRACING for the unexpected, we are going to flip that and get in the habit of EMBRACING the unexpected. This will help us to train ourselves to look at these types of events in a different light.

To help inspire you on this journey, each month we will be doing things such as creating fun unexpected projects, working with items we might not typically work with, taking approaches that are different from what we normally do, offering up the unexpected to someone in our life, etc. So, let's get to the details for this month's challenge.   

Since you are here, you know that expressing your creativity in general is a great way to relax and develop your artistic skills. Each time you work on a creative project you get better at the task at hand. It also helps build your problem solving skills, enhances communication and builds on your innovative thinking. This month, it is time to put that innovative thinking into practice and exercise your creative muscles in a different way than you might typically.

Most of you are probably adapt at making greeting cards. Some of you will have tried your hand at other types of projects. For your optional project this month, make something you wouldn’t normally make. Here are several examples to get you thinking, though your options aren't just limited to this list. If it is something that you've never made before, try your hand at:

• writing a poem or short story.
  
• creating a custom bookmark or calendar.
• creating a digital project if you typically create with paper and scissors (or vice versa).
• drawing a picture.
• working with a different medium--chalk, oils, acrylics, watercolours, charcoal.
• learning origami.
• designing your own jigsaw puzzle from something creative you've made.
• learning to knit, crochet or working with embroidery threads or cross-stitch.
• working with wood.
• creating a game.
• remixing a song or writing your own.
• creating animal shapes out of towels.
• taking a photo series.
• creating a bullet journal.
• trying calligraphy.

Remember, the twist is completely optional and you don't need to follow it in order to win. However, in order to be considered eligible for this month's goodies, remember that general types of projects/posts will not qualify for the honours and prize 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. Honours and Prize include:

• $6 worth of images from Scribbles Designs, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all qualifying entrants.
• A badge for the following honours: Top Pick, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

To help inspire you further down the path of Embracing the Unexpected: Make a Creative Project You Wouldn’t Normally Make, 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.

 

 

 

 

Thanks again to my astounding design team! As always, each of them have their own unique avenues of creation which I thoroughly admire. Each of these designs has demonstrated the theme of Embracing the Unexpected: Make a Creative Project You Wouldn’t Normally Make splendidly, and I hope we have motivated you throughout this challenge to come up with your own work of handicraft. Be sure to go and visit these accomplished 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. How do you typically deal with the unexpected in your life? Do you view it with trepidation or take it on as a challenge? This month it is time to think outside of the box and try your hand at a creative project that is different from what you would typically make. If you are stuck for ideas, be sure to check above for a number of examples. If you want to let us know your thought process on your decision, 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 sponsor, Scribbles Designs, 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!

Thank you so much to this awesome Canadian company for their
continued support of this challenge blog!

Don't Forget...

Winners for challenge #128 will be posted next Monday if everything goes according to plan. You can find the Top Picks post HERE.

 

If you ever have any questions be sure to leave me a comment.

 

Click HERE to head to the current challenge post & link up!

 

 

We look forward to seeing you participate!