Winners & Design Team Delights for Challenge #123: Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of Power of Words: STRENGTH/COURAGE

 

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! 

Sorry it took me so long to get the winner announcement posted. We were visiting with my parents for almost the entire month of October and I got somewhat behind. Shout out to Katrina who got the Top Picks posted on time while I was away.

Right now, it is time to get back to business and present the winners for Challenge #123. 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....

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

#07. DEANNE

Deanne, you are entitled to a lovely, one of a kind personalized badge for your blog as the Most Inspiring choice for Challenge #123 which you can find below...  

 

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

based on all eligible participants is…

#15. JENN B.

 

Jenn, 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.

 

Jenn, you are also entitled to a neat and unique personalized badge for your blog as the Random Winner for Challenge #123 which you can find below...  

 

Big Congrats to...

DEANNE & JENN

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 #123" 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 September for Challenge #123. We had a total of 38 entries. Check out the ones that really caught our attention...

Kym--chosen by Katrina…  

 

Katrina said this:

"My DT Delight is Kym Decker (#17). Wow, I could feel the strength and courage in the poetic words and beautiful digital layout in the blog post. The women warriors truly come to life in this piece of art."

 

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

 

 

Pauline--chosen by Carole…

 

Carole had this to say:

"My DT Delight is Pauline C. (#34). I love the bright, hot, autumnal colours in Pauline's ATC set. The embossing, stamping, die cuts and florals add lots of texture and inky goodness."

 

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

 

 

Betta--chosen by Suze…

 

Suze said this: 
"My DT Delight is Betta (#18). I like the surprise element of it being an easel card once you open the box."

 

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

For our DT Delights chosen for this challenge...

Kym, Pauline and Betta

 

You are entitled to the special Challenge #123 DT Delight Badge which you can find below...

Well, that is it for this one. Please join us again on November 18th (as long as everything goes according to plan), when we will be back with the midway of our current 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. #123 Top Picks

WELCOME TO THE CHALLENGE #123 POP TOP!

Hello folks! I hope that your Path this past week has included a number of positive moments along the route and that you and your families are all doing your best to stay healthy and happy. It is Katrina here filling in for Lisa.

 

It is time to present the top picks from the last challenge. Since we had 38 wonderful entries in Challenge #123 (click HERE to see the original challenge with the optional twist of The Power of Words: STRENGTH/COURAGE), it is time to get on with showcasing the seven projects and/or write-ups that touched the team the most. In case you are new and wondering why seven and not the typical three, four or even five? Any time that we have more than 14 entries, we have a top seven (with 14 entries or under we just have a top three). We always strive to be a bit different over here on the Path of Positivity and this is just another way to do so. Additionally, seven is a spiritual number and thus right in the wheelhouse of the vibe we are looking to project; so, seven it is when enough people join in. 

Thus, without further ado, please let me introduce you to the Top Picks for Challenge #123…

#1 Brenda

 

 #7 Deanne

 
 

#8 Pauline

 
 

#10 Kathy

 

#17 Kym

 

 #23 Donna

#34 Pauline

Congrats Ladies... 

As a participant who has been chosen as a Top Pick in this challenge, 

you are entitled to a special Challenge #123 Top Pick Badge.

Please feel free to grab a copy for your blog...

 

  

Well, that is it for this one. Please join us again on October 21st (as long as everything goes according to plan), when we will be back with our midway. 

 
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,

 

Challenge #123--Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of: Power of Words…STRENGTH/COURAGE...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 #123. 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 #123

Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of 

The Power of Words:

STRENGTH/COURAGE

 

This year's goal is to look at how WORDS can influence our artistic endeavours. To help inspire you on this journey, each month we will focus on different quotes. I will provide five quotes to inspire your creative projects. If none provide any inspiration, you can pick a quote or phrase of your own choosing to explore. You can use the quote/phrase/sentiment as the focal point of your creation OR you can embrace an aspect of the quote to focus on. As always, following our twists are optional.

 

If you do want to follow the optional twist this month, here are the quotes I've chosen for Sept.:

 

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” — Helen Keller

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” — Marcus Aurelius

“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” — Earl Nightingale

 

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” — Steve Maraboli
 

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” — Charles Dickens

As you can see, the overall theme for Sept. is STRENGTH/COURAGE. If you want to follow the optional theme, you can simply use one of the quotes literally and type it out and add it to your project. However, you could also create a project with one of the quotes in mind. For example, you could create a card of encouragement for someone just starting out in life with quote 3. Inspired by quote 2, you could create a card of encouragement for someone going through a difficult time. There are lots of ways you could approach the quotes. And of course, if none of these inspires you, you can always find your own quote or sentiment expressing the concept of STRENGTH/COURAGE.

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, Voter's Choice, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

To help inspire you further down the path of The Power of Words: STRENGTH/COURAGE, 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 The Power of Words: STRENGTH/COURAGE 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 often do you rely on words to inspire your creative endeavours? This month our quotes all focus on STRENGTH/COURAGE. Are you doing anything special this month to reflect on your own journey of strength or courage? So much is asked of us these days and as women we are all supposed to simply suck it up and get it done. Sometimes however, our plates can be overflowing and finding the strength to add just more item can be daunting. Like the quote from Steve Maraboli says, “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” Hopefully, each of us can find that little bit of resilience inside us and continue to press on. However, if you are unable to, there is no shame in it. It takes incredible courage to reach out and ask for assistance when we need it and if you are in a place where you need some extra help, I hope that you can find those reserves in you to reach out and do just that. 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.

 

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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 #122 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!

Ch. #123--Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of: Power of Words…STRENGTH/COURAGE

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 latest challenge to begin! We hope that you and your families continue to stay healthy and safe out there. We also hope that you have enjoyed yourselves these past two months finding time to think about all the traits we've discussed so far this year. Thank you so much for returning to play with us after our break. It means the world to myself and the rest of the team.

 

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 also 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 #123

Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of 

The Power of Words: 

STRENGTH/COURAGE

 

This year's goal is to look at how WORDS can influence our artistic endeavours. To help inspire you on this journey, each month we will focus on different quotes. I will provide five quotes to inspire your creative projects. If none provide any inspiration, you can pick a quote or phrase of your own choosing to explore. You can use the quote/phrase/sentiment as the focal point of your creation OR you can embrace an aspect of the quote to focus on. As always, following our twists are optional.

 

If you do want to follow the optional twist this month, here are the quotes I've chosen for Sept.:

 

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see a shadow.” — Helen Keller

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” — Marcus Aurelius

“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.” — Earl Nightingale

 

“Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” — Steve Maraboli
 

“The sun himself is weak when he first rises, and gathers strength and courage as the day gets on.” — Charles Dickens

As you can see, the overall theme for Sept. is STRENGTH/COURAGE. If you want to follow the optional theme, you can simply use one of the quotes literally and type it out and add it to your project. However, you could also create a project with one of the quotes in mind. For example, you could create a card of encouragement for someone just starting out in life with quote 3. Inspired by quote 2, you could create a card of encouragement for someone going through a difficult time. There are lots of ways you could approach the quotes. And of course, if none of these inspires you, you can always find your own quote or sentiment expressing the concept of STRENGTH/COURAGE.

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, Voter's Choice, Most Inspirational, Random Winner, DT Delight.

 

Now check out what my awesome 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.

 

 

 

 

My wonderful design team continues to astound me each and every month! They all have their own approach and deft insight into the twist. Even after all this time, I continue to be astonished by the purview of greatness in their work! Each of these artful conceptions has showcased the notion of The Power of Words: STRENGTH/COURAGE admirably and I hope we have inspired you to commence on your own exploration of creativity. 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. How often do you rely on words to inspire your creative endeavours? This month our quotes all focus on STRENGTH/COURAGE. Are you doing anything special this month to reflect on your own journey of strength or courage? So much is asked of us these days and as women we are all supposed to simply suck it up and get it done. Sometimes however, our plates can be overflowing and finding the strength to add just more item can be daunting. Like the quote from Steve Maraboli says, “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving, we get stronger and more resilient.” Hopefully, each of us can find that little bit of resilience inside us and continue to press on. However, if you are unable to, there is no shame in it. It takes incredible courage to reach out and ask for assistance when we need it and if you are in a place where you need some extra help, I hope that you can find those reserves in you to reach out and do just that.  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.

Please join us again next week when we will [hopefully] post the Top Picks for Challenge #122. Then, be sure to join us again on September 16th when we'll be back with our midway featuring more great projects. 

 
If you ever have any questions be sure to send an email to decossesdynamitedoodles {at} yahoo {dot} ca (don't forget to replace {at} and {dot} with the appropriate symbols), or just leave me a comment.

We look forward to seeing you participate!

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Ch. #123--Anything Goes POSITIVE with the Opt. Twist of The Power of Words: STRENGTH/COURAGE
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 September 2nd until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on October 6th, 2024. 

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 also 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.