Challenge #75-Opt. Twist: PEACE...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 #75.

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 #75

Optional Twist: PEACE

This challenge, our optional twist is a focus on PEACE. If you would like to challenge yourself, create a project that shares the message of peace.

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. Prizes this month include:

• THREE images from Pattie's Creations, 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...

Pattie's Creations

To learn more about Pattie's Creations, 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 2019. 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 PEACE, check out the wonderful projects my Design Team had the opportunity to create. I am also sharing the card that I created this month for the Pattie's Creations Challenge which started on Dec. 6th since it followed our twist this month.

Clicking on each team member's name will take you to their blog where you can check out the details for their inspirational creations. Katrina got in an extra Christmas card so she has two to share with us for the midway featuring images from each of our sponsors. If you are interested in purchasing the image featured in a particular creation, you can click on the link indicated below the project…

using The Night Before Christmas from Pattie's Creations

using #873 Snowheads 1 and #F 29 Peace (Free) from Scribbles Designs

using Hearts with Bow from Pattie's Creations

using #8127 Holiday Cafe from Scribbles Designs

using Dove With Branch from Pattie's Creations

You can find this card published on Dec. 6th on my personal blog HERE.

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 PEACE 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. Do you have a story to share on the concept of PEACE? If you'd like to share a story about a time in your life when you experienced peace yourself or helped another to find some peace, 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 (or the start 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 Pattie's Creations, 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 (Dec. 16), to vote on your favourite entry for Challenge #74. Voting is quick, easy and painless so I hope you will consider casting your vote if you haven't already. Winners for challenge #74 will be posted next week if everything goes according to plan. You can find the Top Picks post HERE.

 

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

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

We look forward to seeing you participate!

Challenge #75-Opt. Twist: PEACE...Dec. 2 – Jan. 5

Hello everyone and welcome to the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog! It is the first Monday of the month and it is time for our last challenge of the year to begin!

Since we are not your typical 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. If you are new to this unique challenge, you can find out the impetus behind why I started it under the 'Introductions' tab and you can find out 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). 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 get down to the business of our latest challenge. Here is what you need to know...

Challenge #75

Optional Twist: PEACE

This challenge, our optional twist is a focus on PEACE. If you would like to challenge yourself, create a project that shares the message of peace.

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. Prizes this month include:

• THREE images from Pattie's Creations, 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 guest sponsor...

We are very pleased to have Pattie's Creations join us as this month's guest sponsor. It is time for us to refresh ourselves with the details of this lovely company!

I am an Internet Technology Professional and an Artist. I always dreamed of being an artist, but I found out quickly that I needed another field to support my family so I pursued a Degree in Information Technology. I love to use Adobe Photoshop and Fireworks to enhance my work. I just recently started selling my very own digital images and I am so excited to be here sponsoring this Challenge.

I created a character called Pattieboop and her cat named Allie. I have had so much fun coming up with different images so I also created a site to sell them. You can go to my store to find out more about Pattieboop & Allie. I know you will just love them when you see them.  

Etsy Store:           http://www.etsy.com/shop/pattiescreations Challenge Blog:  http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.ca/

 

Now check out what my amazing design team came up with to inspire you. 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 to head to the page in the Pattie's Creations store where it can be found.…

using Mother and Child

using Lab Puppy Surprise Present

using Christmas Angel and also
#0150 Silent Night Quote from Scribbles Designs

My wonderful design team continues to outdo themselves time and time again! They each have their own style and clever interpretation of the twist. Even after all this time, I continue to be astounded by the scope of greatness in their work! Each of these artful conceptions has showcased the notion of PEACE exceptionally and I hope we have inspired you. Be sure to go and visit each team member so you can see how her project further connects to the twist.

So what are you waiting for? 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. Do you have a story to share on the concept of PEACE? If you'd like to share a story about a time in your life when you experienced peace yourself or helped another to find some peace, 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. Finally, remember that we're trying to create a Path of Positivity so if you have some time, please visit other people participating throughout the month.

I hope to see you back next week when voting will [hopefully] begin on the Top Picks for Challenge #74. There will be a separate post detailing those picks where you will have the opportunity to vote on the creation or post that you have found to be the most positive, inspirational or encouraging of the chosen picks.

Then, be sure to join us again on December 16th when we'll be back with our midway featuring more great projects made with designs from Pattie's Creations along with a project made with an image from Scribbles Designs, one of our on-going sponsors.

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:
If you have any problems linking up, please be sure to let me know by leaving a comment on this post.

Challenge #75--Optional Twist: PEACE
This is the place to link up something that you have created during the month that you consider positive, inspirational, motivational or encouraging in some nature. Entries for this challenge will be accepted from Dec. 2nd until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Jan. 5th, 2020. 

SEVEN entries MAX. Please click on the 'Challenge Details' tab located at the top of the blog to see all the rules. A summary of the most important rules can now be found in the right sidebar under the heading 'General Rules'. If you would like to be a Guest Designer in a future challenge, please add the letters GDT after your name.

Design Team Delights for Challenge #13

It is time for my Design Team to share their favourite entries for Challenge #13.  As always, in each challenge you, the readers, get to voice your opinion by voting for your favourite and so it is only fitting that my Design Team get to do so as well.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to join along our Path during the month of April for Challenge #13.  While it is always a difficult decision, each team member managed to find a particular entry that really caught their attention.  Take a look...  

Vickie--chosen by Desíre...

Here is what Desíre had to say:

"Not only is Vickie's card so beautifully designed and coloured, but it echoed her thoughts on the ocean i.e.":

"I  have always been attracted to the beauty of the sea. I drink it in, soaking up the scene and its memories, so that I can hide them in my being and carry them away to last forever. The sea is both destructive and life giving. We stood on the shore in a place of peace, but if we'd been a few yards farther into the sea, we would have been in a fight for life as the waves came crashing in. I stand in awe of the power of the sea and, even more, of the One who could create such an amazing force."

 To see the details of Vickie's card and read more of what she had to say, click HERE.

Holly--chosen by Suze and Monica...

Suze had this to say:

"I picked Holly's entry as I felt a sense of peace looking at her creation.  Music always gives me a sense of peace and the soft colours and vintage looking lace added to that feeling."

 

Here is what Monica had to say:

"I love the Shabby Vintage look of the card. The image is a perfect distressed look and the lace adds to the overall vintage style. Just Beautiful."

 

To see the details of Holly's card, click HERE.

Shona--chosen by Vicky, Pat, Lynda and Sandy...

Vicky had this to say:

"I  just loooooved her gorgeous project, the picture was really a great inspiration for what she did it.  And I love how she stated something how soothing and peaceful the sound of the tide is.  That's one of my favorite sounds!  It made me at peace and long for a vacation lol."

 

This is what Pat had to say:
"Shona described my idea of peace in her own words":

"When I think of the word peace, calming sounds are what come to my mind.   When it comes to calming sounds - nothing can beat that of the tide lapping up on a beach, with the soft breeze rustling the sea grasses..."

Lynda had this to say:
"Another project based on a real photograph from nature...LOVE this frame so much; the colors, the crackle, and the fact that it is a shaker is just even better!"

 
Sandy said this:
"I just love everything about her project…"

 

 To see the details of Shona's card and read more of what she had to say, click HERE.

Carol--chosen by Lisa (that's me)...

Carol created such a clean and simple card but one that packs a powerful feeling and message.  The image that she chose is simply precious and the perfect accompaniment to that sentiment.  Carol also hit the nail on the head with something that she said in her post:  

"...unless we choose to walk a peaceful path, the most vulnerable of our society don't stand much of a chance."

It is my hope that Carol's card and post will help to influence others to make peaceful choices in their lives.

 

To see the details of Carol's card and read more of what she had to say, click HERE.

 Creative Congratulations to all of you!

Thank you to everyone who played on our Pathway during the month of April.  As always we greatly appreciate you sharing your incredible talents with us.  Now if you were chosen as a DT Delight, then we have a special treat for you.   Not only are you eligible for a special DT Delight badge, we will also be having a draw very soon for a special package of digital goodies.  So, if you are chosen as a DT Delight during any of our challenges, your name will be entered into the draw.  You get one entry per choice; so, if two members picked your card, you will earn 2 entries, three members 3 entries, etc.  The draw was supposed to take place in April but we need to hold off a bit.  It will happen soon though.  The winner at the time will be notified by email.  In the interim you are more than welcome to copy your framed card above and add it to your blog to share with all your readers; and, don't forget to email me at popwinners {at} gmail {dot} com (be sure to replace at and dot with the appropriate symbols) or by clicking HERE to bring the address up in your email program, for a copy of the special Challenge #13 DT Delight Badge.  I'm always running a bit behind these days, so your patience is appreciated.

Thank you for stopping by today.  We will be back tomorrow, Monday, June 2nd to start Challenge #15.  We hope that you will join us then to learn what the newest theme will be.

 

Challenge #13 Top Seven: Voting Open May 12th to May 19th, 2014

Welcome to the Challenge #13 PoP ToP!

Hello everyone!  It is time to bring you this month's edition of the PoP ToP.  Last month our numbers took a significant down turn as we only ended up with 19 participants.  The concept of peace would have been the perfect opportunity for people to get some of their holiday cards completed, whether Easter or Christmas.  Peace would have also been a good concept for a sympathy card.  So while it is a shame that there weren't more entries, I do have to say that the ones we did receive were lovely.   Additionally, a handful of you talked to us about what peace means to you and it was wonderful to read your thoughts on the subject.  Of course, the quality of your thoughts and projects have once again made choosing the top seven a rather difficult task; but, choose a top seven we must.

Thus, it is time to get on with showcasing the seven projects that the team feels were the best of the bunch.  In case you are new and wondering why seven and not the typical three, four or even five?  Well, we strive to be different over here on the Path of Positivity.  Additionally, seven is a spiritual number and thus right in the wheelhouse of the vibe we are looking to project; so, seven it is.  Thus, without further ado, please let me introduce you to the Top Seven for Challenge #13 (in no particular order)...

 

 

 Congrats Ladies...

As a participant who has been chosen in our Top Seven, each of you is entitled to a special Top Seven badge. Please send an email to popwinners {at} gmail {dot} com, or by clicking HERE to bring up the address in your email program, with the subject "Challenge #13 Top Seven" and I'll email your badge to you.  Please note that it may take me several days to get back to you, so I really appreciate your patience.

Have Your Say!

Now the really hard work starts.  It is time for you, our readers, to vote for your favourite entry.  Which participant most inspires you?  Remember, you are not necessarily voting on a creation that was made.  You might simply find what the person had to say in their post to be inspiring and optimistic and in line with the concept of peace.  Therefore, please be sure to go and check out the entries first and not just make your choices off of the thumbnails.  Once you have checked all the entries out,  let us know who your favourite choice is by placing your vote below using the Inlinkz feature.

Voting open for 7 days:
May 12th to May 19th

Come have your say in determining the Voter's Choice for Challenge #13!  Don't forget to leave a comment after you have voted.  There will be a prize for one lucky voter who leaves a comment (chosen randomly).  If you haven't had the opportunity to visit each of the top seven choices already, please go and check them out a little more closely before placing your vote.  Once you have made your decision, why not go back and let them know how they inspired you.

Good luck everyone!

Important Note:

Please note that in order for this to work, I must add all the entries but I can only do this AFTER I have published this post.  So there will be some overlap time between when this post is published and when you will be able to vote.  Once I have uploaded the entries there will be a total of seven images below on which to vote.  As soon as all seven are uploaded, I'll enable voting to begin. If there are less than seven, it means that I am still in the process of adding the images and you should come back in a little while to make your vote.  Thank you for your patience!

Link Up Below:

An InLinkz Link-up