Winners & Design Team Delights for Challenge #141 (May)

 

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

As promised last week, I have managed to catch up on the outstanding winner announcements during my convalescence. Right now, it is time to present the winners for Challenge #141 (Anything Goes with the Opt. Twist: Crafting by Numbers—5 Layer Cake: Make it Sweet &/or Use 5 Layers). 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...

#17. CAROL G.

Carol, you are entitled to a lovely, one of a kind personalized badge for your blog as the Most Inspiring choice for Challenge #141 which you can find below...  

 

 

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

based on all eligible participants is…

#02. CHANA M.

Chana, 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 2026.

 

Chana, you are also entitled to a neat and unique personalized badge for your blog as the Random Winner for Challenge #141 which you can find below...  

 

 

Big Congrats to...

carol & chana

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), with the subject heading, "RANDOM WINNER PoP Challenge #141" 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 May for Challenge #141. We had a total of 25 entries. Check out the ones that really caught our attention...

Mia--chosen by Katrina…  

 

Katrina said this:

"My DT Delight is Mia (#23). The layers of digital pieces are so beautifully combined showing gorgeous depth in this medium! The poetic sentiment, so fitting for the lovely focal image, reminds me to look for beauty in the day. For example, the song from one little bird can catch our attention and move us to a place of inspiration, thought, or intrigue. So pretty how the entire piece is creatively ‘stitched together’ with the sewing motif. Delightful!"

 

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

 

 

Carol--chosen by Kathy…

Kathy had this to say:

"My DT Delight is Carol (#18). Carol, I appreciated the fun and labor-intense giraffe card that you created with its die cuts, creative fold, humorous layout, textures and unexpected fussy-cutting and layering! But what I really appreciated is that you shared the comedy of errors that accompanied the making of this card. I LOL’d when you noted how one of the sunglasses got stuck to your sleeve by a Glossy Accent incident! (Your post made my day!)"

 

To see the details of Carol'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 May. As always we greatly appreciate you sharing your incredible talents with us.

For our DT Delights chosen for this challenge...

Mia and Carol

 

You are entitled to the special Challenge #141 DT Delight Badge which you can find below...

 

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

Winners & Design Team Delights for Challenge #140 (April)

 

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

 

I'm continuing on my journey of recovery. There are still some health issues that need to be explored but I'm recovering, albeit slowly, from my surgery. During my recovery, I did manage to work on the two outstanding winner announcements, a little bit at a time. Here is the first one. I hope to publish the second next Monday.  

So, on that note, it is time to present the winners for Challenge #140 (Anything Goes with the Opt. Twist: Crafting by Numbers—2nd Quarter: Use 4 Spring Papers/Cardstocks). 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...

#19. MIA

Mia, you are entitled to a lovely, one of a kind personalized badge for your blog as the Most Inspiring choice for Challenge #140 which you can find below...  

 

 

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

based on all eligible participants is…

#16. JOSE

Jose, 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 2026.

 

Jose, you are also entitled to a neat and unique personalized badge for your blog as the Random Winner for Challenge #140 which you can find below...  

 

 

Big Congrats to...

Mia & jose

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), with the subject heading, "RANDOM WINNER PoP Challenge #140" 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 April for Challenge #140. We had a total of 28 entries. Check out the ones that really caught our attention...

Adry--chosen by Katrina… 

 

Katrina said this:

"My DT Delight is Adry (#21). Wow, what an amazing stitched album! Such a great book design with so much room for all the extras. Your paper choices are so fun and bright with the lovely embellishments and dies. The matching box just tips this over the amazing scale! I can truly appreciate the time and creativity that went into these homemade books/albums. Nicely done!"

 

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

 

Julia--chosen by Kathy…

Kathy had this to say:

"My DT Delight is Julia (#28). I’ve been making cards for several decades and although I’ve enjoyed using many techniques and tools over the years, I still love seeing “old school” stamping like Julia shares on her card. A stamp or two, an ink pad, a simple color scheme, some patterned paper, and an embellishment can still can make an amazing card."

 

To see the details of Julia'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 April. As always we greatly appreciate you sharing your incredible talents with us.

For our DT Delights chosen for this challenge...

Adry and Julia

 

You are entitled to the special Challenge #140 DT Delight Badge which you can find below...

 

Well, that is it for this one. Please join us again on September 7th (as long as everything goes according to plan), when we will be back with our next challenge. I will also be posting May's winner announcement next Monday.

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,

🌞🌞 Health Update & Summer Break Reminder 🌞🌞

Hello there folks! I'm just popping in with an update and a reminder that we are taking our summer break. 

First the update. As some of you will have noticed, things have been a little bit behind here at The Path of Positivity. We've yet to publish the winner announcement for April, started our June challenge 10 days late, then the midway didn't get posted when I had planned.

 

The reason for all of this is that I have been extremely ill for the last several months. I have been battling some pretty serious health problems that have left me with a number of ailments, including a lack of stamina and an inability to apply myself to activities requiring mental fortitude. It got to a point where I was unable to even hold my head up for very long, never mind sit a computer and work. 

 

These issues culminated in a seven day stay at the hospital where I underwent an invasive medical procedure followed two days later by surgery. I have been back home a little over a week and while I am healing, it is definitely a struggle. While two of my medical issues have been mostly resolved there are still two that need addressing soon. I just don't have a time table as of yet. 

 

As a result of all of this, my ability to get any work on the blog done has been extremely hampered. Even now, I am only able to sit and work at the computer for very brief periods of time before I become completely exhausted.

 

Therefore it is good timing that we have come to our annual break. Over the last few years, we have made the decision to take time off in the summer. This year we will again be off for the month of July AND the month of August. Typically, we take a break for the following reasons:

1. Since it is summer time here in North America, Britain, Europe and other locales in the northern hemisphere, many of our players are out of the house and enjoying the warmer weather;
2. My hard working Design Team deserves a little bit of time off; and 
3. It gives me the opportunity to do some catching up with everything I'm always so far behind on by mid year.

This year, the timing of our break couldn't be better given the health issues I am dealing with. I hope that we will be back in September but it will depend on how things progress. I need to take some time right now to focus on myself until my health is better on track. 

 

Now, if you are waiting on the Winner Announcements from our April and May challenges, I hope to be able to put them together before the start of September. I will do my best but I can't make any promises.  

 

If you are waiting on the Top Picks and Winner Announcement from our June challenge, we'll be back with those posts in September, taking place during the 2nd and 4th weeks of the month in their regular spots.

I truly hope that you will all continue to support us when we return on September 7th for our next challenge (as long as everything goes according to plan). My hope is that in taking this time off, I'll be able to come back in the fall, stronger and renewed. Your understanding is appreciated.

For the time being, I really hope that those of you living in the northern hemisphere are all enjoying your summer and for those of you in the southern hemisphere, I hope that your winter isn't too harsh. It is my fondest hope that you are able to make the most out of the next two months, whatever your circumstances in life!

Take care everyone, stay walking on your own Path of Positivity if you can and we'll see you all again real soon.

 

 

PS: Don't forget that since we started late in June, the current challenge doesn't end until Wednesday, July 10th, at 11:59 p.m. You can find the link for that challenge by clicking HERE.