Friday, April 13, 2018

Challenge #57 Top Picks: Voting Open April 13 to April 20, 2018

WELCOME TO THE CHALLENGE #57 POP TOP!

Hey there folks! I'm finally here with the top picks for the last completed challenge. Given that April has five Mondays, I just might actually get back on track over here on this blog at least!

Unfortunately, our numbers were back down again in March with only 12 entries. Once again several of you forgot to add FT after your names when in fact many of the projects did in fact use various shades of yellow in the majority of their creation. Thankfully, with the colour challenges, it is a bit easier to figure out who followed the theme with a quick glance. However, it is still important to get into the habit of letting us know whether or not you followed the theme when you link up so that you can be included in the draw for the Most Inspirational Creation. We would hate to see you miss out on the chance for the prize and honour; so, be sure to add FT after your name if you in fact followed the theme.

As we only had 12 entries this time around, each of the entrants have the opportunity to be chosen as the Voter's Choice. We do this any time we have less than 14 participants. And, while we may not have enough participants to have a top seven, we certainly have enough to have a top three--well actually in this case a top four. We had two cards that were tied and while normally, I will come in and be the tie-breaker, in this case, I liked the two cards so much that I just couldn't decide between them; so, we have a tie for one of the spots. And on that note, it is time to get on with showcasing the projects and/or write-ups that touched the team the most.

Thus, without further ado, please let me introduce you to the Top Picks for Challenge #57...

 


 


 


 

Congrats Ladies... 

As a participant who has been chosen as a Top Pick in this challenge, 
you are entitled to a special Challenge #57 Top Pick Badge.
Please feel free to grab a copy for your blog...


HAVE YOUR SAY!

Now as I mentioned earlier, each of the participants who entered Challenge #56 AND FOLLOWED THE  RULES is eligible to have their project and/or post voted on. 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. Please be sure to go and check out the entries first and not just make your choices off of the thumbnails. Then, let us know who your favourite choice is by placing your vote below using the Linky Tools feature (order is reflective of how they entered the challenge and nothing else). Once you have made your decision, why not go back and let them know how they inspired you.

Voting open for 7 days:
April 13th to
April 20th

Path of Positivity--Challenge #57 Top Picks
Please click "like" to vote for your favourite entry for Challenge #57 out of the entries listed below. One vote per IP address please. Please note that you can get a better idea of what the project/post looks like by visiting each participant first. To do so, simply click the names below the thumbnails to be taken to the person's blog. 

***Please note that I had trouble grabbing the snapshot of entry #9--NannaConnie. Her project is a pretty card but for some reason, the link up won't let me grab a pic of it so instead I've linked up using her avatar. To ensure that you have given all entries an equal chance, please be sure to click on the link to check out what her card looks like before placing your vote. Thank you.***



Good luck everyone!

 

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Winners & Design Team Delights for Challenge #56--Opt. Theme: SHADES OF RED

Hello folks! In my continued effort to try and catch up I am bringing you the winner announcement for Challenge #56. Now if I could just get the Top Picks published for Challenge #57, I'll be back on track--for this particular challenge blog anyway. Hopefully, I'll be able to accomplish that goal in the next day or two.

Right now though, it's time to present the winners for Challenge #56.  Thanks to Pat for helping get the ball rolling on this post. First we'll share the names of the Voter's Choice, 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

 The people have spoken and their choice for Challenge #56 is once again....


Priya, you are entitled to receiving a cool and awe inspiring personalized badge for your blog as the Voter's Choice for Challenge #56. Please feel free to copy your badge below...


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


Sunila and Adita, you have won three (3) images from Pattie's Creations, one of our guest sponsors during Challenge #56.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pattiescreations

Sunila and Adita, you are also entitled to a lovely, one of a kind personalized badge for your blog as the Most Inspiring choice for Challenge #56 which you can find below...


The Random Winner for this challenge (chosen by Random.org), based on all eligible participants is:


Mia, you have won a $15 gift certificate from Ike's Art, one of our guest sponsors during Challenge #56.


Mia, you are also entitled to a neat and unique personalized badge for your blog as the Random Winner for Challenge #56 which you can find below...


Big Congrats to...

  PRIYA,  DOTS TO LINES & mIA

If you have won a prize during 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, "WINNER PoP Challenge #56" 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. Thank you for your patience.

Now it is time to announce our DT Delights from this challenge. 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 the 29 people who took the time to join along our Path during the month of February for Challenge #56Check out the entries that really caught our attention...


Veronika (Cheiro Urgia)--chosen by Julie...


Julie had this to say:
"My DT Delight is Veronika. I love the iris folding on this dress! It's awesome!""

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


Dots to Lines--chosen by Pippa & Katrina...

Feb Lindy 1

Pippa said this:
"My DT Delight is Dots to Lines. That journal is just fantastic, the uplifting quotes to look back on again and again and the amount of work in it, amazing. I love it."

Katrina had this to say:
""My DT Delight is also Dots to Lines. This beautiful journal is so full of gorgeous color, texture, shine and dimension! The sentiments are so encouraging and uplifting! I especially loved the quote about falling in love with as many things as possible; so perfect for February! There are also so many lovely thoughts written about loving yourself in her post!"

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

Deonna B --chosen by Pat...



Pat said this:
""My DT Delight is Deonna. I love a good, thrifty mixed media canvas. It’s eye candy."

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

 

Karen Varley (Donemark Papercrafts)--chosen by Helen...

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Helen said this:
"My DT Delight is Karen. This is one of my favourite Stampin' Up stamp sets. A beautiful CAS card and very encouraging sentiment too."

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

Priya --chosen by Suze...


Suze said this:
"My DT Delight is Priya. Love the message on the canvas and that it is the top layer. Beautiful colour choice too."

To see the details of Priya'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, Dots to Lines, Deonna, Karen and Priya

  You are entitled to one image of your choice from our on-going sponsor...


Please click HERE to check out the image previews. They are arranged into general categories; although, due to the nature of some of these images, they have been repeated in certain applicable categories. If you are interested in claiming a digi, please send me the name of the one image you want and let me know which section it came from. Send your request 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, "PoP#56-DT Delight Digi Request". I'm always running rather behind these days, so your patience is appreciated.

Additionally, you are entitled to the special Challenge #56 DT Delight Badge which you can find below...


As mentioned above, I hope to return in the next couple of days with the Top Picks from Challenge #57. We'll also be back on Monday with midway for our current challenge.

Until that time, may your Path be an easy one to travel and if it isn't, may you find the strength to deal with the obstacles in your way!

Thursday, April 05, 2018

Winners & Design Team Delights for Challenge #55--Opt. Theme: SHADES OF BLUE

Hello and happy Thurday. As I stated in the start post that went out on Monday, I have an apology to make. To say that the universe has thrown a few extra challenges into my life in these past number of weeks, would be an understatement. Unfortunately, these challenges are affecting me both physically and mentally; and as such, it has also meant that I have about three hours less a day to work on computer and blog activities which is putting me rather farther behind. I'm not sure when this trend will end but it does mean that I'm going to have to sacrifice certain things in order to catch up. That probably means that our posts, especially the top picks and winner announcements, will not be up to their normal standards in terms of framed images, etc. I hope that you can all understand. Each minute I can save is precious and allows me to work toward checking one more thing off my list! Right now on this blog I'm still behind one winner announcement. My hope is that I'll be able to catch up with it within the next month. Your patience while I walk this difficult path is appreciated.

Thus on that note, it is finally time to present the winners for Challenge #55. First we'll share the names of the Voter's Choice, 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

 The people have spoken and their choice for Challenge #55 is....

 PRIYA
 

Priya, you are entitled to receive a cool and awe inspiring personalized badge for your blog as the Voter's Choice for Challenge #55. Please feel free to copy your badge below...


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

 

Edwina, you have won the Naturally Cool Kit from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles, one of our guest sponsors during Challenge #55.

http://decossesdynamitedoodles.blogspot.ca/

Edwina, you are also entitled to a lovely, one of a kind personalized badge for your blog as the Most Inspiring choice for Challenge #55 which you can find below...

The Random Winner for this challenge (chosen by Random.org), based on all eligible participants is:

 

Elizabeth, you have won a $10 gift certificate from Scribbles Designs, one of our guest sponsors during Challenge #55.

http://buyscribblesdesigns.blogspot.ca/

Elizabeth, you are also entitled to a neat and unique personalized badge for your blog as the Random Winner for Challenge #55 which you can find below...

Big Congrats to...

  Priya, EDWINA & elizabeth

If you have won a prize during 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, "WINNER PoP Challenge #55" to make arrangements to receive your prize. Please note that I am rather behind these day so it may take me a while to get back to you but I promise I will. Thank you for your patience.

Now it is time to announce our DT Delights from this challenge. 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 the 18 people who took the time to join along our Path during the month of January for Challenge #55. The following crafters caught our attention...
Pinky-chosen by Helen and Julie...


Julie had this to say:
"My DT Delight is Pinky. I just love the sentiment on the card. It almost moved me to tears!"

Helen said this:
"My DT Delight is also Pinky. The sentiment on her card is amazing - such a positive and encouraging thing to say to anyone. It's so great to see something a bit different on a card."

To see the details of Pinky's creation and read more of what she had to say click HERE.
Rosina--chosen by Pippa...


Pippa said this:
"My DT Delight is Rosina. I have seen this card in a number of challenges and I love everything about it, the images, shape, embellishments all combine to make a beautiful, elegant card. I would be thrilled to receive a card like that."

To see the details of Rosina's creation and read more of what she had to say click HERE.
Priya- chosen by Katrina and Pat...


Katrina had this to say:
""My DT Delight is Priya. I love mixed media and this just took me away. I love the sentiment, texture, colors, subject, ....well, everything! Beautiful!"

Pat said this:
""My DT Delight is also Priya. I'm a sucker for a good mixed media piece, and the texture and dimension she got with her piece is awesome!"

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

For our DT Delights chosen for this challenge...

Pinky, Rosina and Priya

  You are entitled to one image of your choice from our on-going sponsor...


Please click HERE to check out the image previews. They are arranged into general categories; although, due to the nature of some of these images, they have been repeated in certain applicable categories. If you are interested in claiming a digi, please send me the name of the one image you want and let me know which section it came from. Send your request 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, "PoP#55-DT Delight Digi Request". I'm always running rather behind these days, so your patience is appreciated.

Additionally, you are entitled to the special Challenge #55 DT Delight Badge which you can find below...


Join us next week when we'll bring you the top picks for Challenge #57. Hopefully, I will have the chance to also work on the final outstanding winner announcement in the next week as well.

Until next time,