Design Team Delights for Challenge #35--DESIRE

Hello there!  It is time to share our favourite entries for Challenge #35.  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 February for Challenge #35.  Check out the entries that really caught our attention...

Hanne--chosen by Pat...

This is what Pat had to say: 
"My DT Delight is Hanne.  I Love her bold colors and I am a sucker for feathers!"

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

Teresa--chosen by Katrina...

Katrina said this:

"My DT Delight is Teresa's 1st entry.  I really like the idea of journaling with the frames and Teresa's desire to study, write and worship is so inspiring!"

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

Susan--chosen by Julie... 

Julie had this to say:
 "My DT Delight is Susan R.  I like her hearts within a heart and her tutorial that went with this. This card has "desire" written all over it!"

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

Deonna--chosen by Pippa...

 Here is what Pippa had to say:
"My DT Delight is Deonna.  I love this set of banners, never having seen anything like them before."

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

Teresa--chosen by Suze...

 Suze said this:

"My DT Delight is Teresa's 3rd entry.  I Just love how she has repurposed a box. Love the textured look to the cover."

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

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

My DT Delight this time around is Sheila.  She used a vintage clockworks backdrop as her image and the following quote:  "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; but by the moments that take our breath away."  As Sheila stated, she was "thinking of the desire to do something positive in life, however small" and the nature of the sentiment worked as a catalyst for her.

When we desire to grow and push beyond our ordinary boundaries, it is important to have goals that we can break down into steps to help us get there.  I wish Sheila and anyone else embarking on a positive journey, the best of luck in bringing their desires to fruition.

To see the details of Sheila's creation 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 February.  As always we greatly appreciate you sharing your incredible talents with us.

For our DT Delights chosen for this challenge...

  Hanne, Teresa, Susan, Deonna, and Sheila

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

If you are familiar with the Creative Bug Digital SnapShots store, PLEASE NOTE THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED.   Unfortunately, the website is no longer available.  As such I created a page on the originating blog that lists all of the images available.  Please click HERE to check out the image previews.  I have tried to arrange them into general categories.  Due to the nature of some of these images, they have been repeated in certain applicable categories.  Be sure to click on the watermarks to bring them up into the lightbox for better viewing.

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 by clicking HERE to bring the address up in your email program, with the subject, "PoP#35-DT Delight Digi Request".   I'm always running rather behind these days, so your patience is appreciated.

Additionally, each of you are entitled to the special Challenge #34 DT Delight Badge which you can find below...

Our special yearly prize package will also still be taking place.  Remember, if you are chosen as a DT Delight during any of our challenges, your name will be entered into a draw for some digital goodies.  You get one entry per choice; so, if two members picked your card, you will earn 2 entries, three members 3 entries, etc.  The winner at the time will be notified by email.   The next draw will occur sometime in the summer of 2016.

Thank you for stopping by today.  I hope to see you all again tomorrow, Monday, April 4th, when we will be back with the start of Challenge #37.  We hope that you will join us then to learn what the newest theme will be.

The People Have Spoken: Winners From Challenge #35

Hello everyone!  It is time to announce the winners from Challenge #35.  Once again we have a tie for Voter's Choice.  Who are all the lucky winners?  Well, let's find out.

Without further ado, here are the choices...

Drum roll, please....BBBbbbrrrrrrrrr pish

 The people have spoken and their choices for Challenge #35 are....

DEONNA

AND

DEB

Deonna and Deb, you are both entitled to receiving a cool and awe inspiring personalized badge for your blog as the Voter's Choice for Challenge #35.  Please feel free to copy your respective badge below...

>>>psst...be sure to left click the badge to bring it up in its full size before saving. <<<

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

DEONNA

Deonna, you have also been chosen as our Most Inspiring choice.  That means that you have won a $10 gift certificate from Scribbles Designs, one of our guest sponsors during Challenge #35.

Deonna, you are also entitled to a lovely, one of a kind personalized badge for your blog as the Most Inspiring choice for Challenge #35 which you can find below...

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

SHEILA J.

Sheila, you have won a $15 gift certificate from Ike's Art, another of our guest sponsors during Challenge #35.

Sheila, you are also entitled to a neat and unique personalized badge for your blog as the Random Winner for Challenge #35 which you can find below...

We also have a prize available for a voter who left a comment. Anyone who left a general comment on all the posts related to Challenge #35 (excluding winners post and DT Delights post) is eligible to receive the prize. So, if you have commented on the start or midway posts for Challenge #35, Pat's Pondering on Desire, or on the Top Picks post for #35, you are eligible. The more you comment, the more the chances of winning!

Our winner this challenge chosen by MiniwebTool.com...

Teresa Arsenault

who left this comment on the start post:

Great theme and fabulous makes by the DT. I hope to join in this time around.
hugs, Teresa

Teresa, you have won a selection of digital designer papers from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles.

Big Congrats to...

  DEONNA, DEB, SHEILA, & TERESA

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 #35" to make arrangements to receive your prize.  Please note that it may take me several days to get back to you.  Thank you for your patience. 

ALL entrant's in Challenge #35 are entitled to a special digital sentiment based on the theme for the upcoming challenge.  So, if you were one of the individuals who entered Challenge #35 and would like to receive a free sentiment based on the theme for Challenge #37, which starts Monday, April 4th, please send us an email (link or address above) with the subject line, "PoP#35 Entrant Quote Request for #37".

There is still one week left to enter into our challenge on BEAUTY. Click HERE for details.  If you haven't linked up already, I hope that you will consider coming over to play with us.  As always, we'd love to have you join our Path!

Don't forget to join us this coming Sunday for our DT Delights post.  We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Challenge #35 Top Picks: Voting Open March 14th to 21st, 2016

WELCOME TO THE CHALLENGE #35 POP TOP!

It is time to get on with showcasing the top picks for Challenge #35.  Once again we had 11 entries!  Thus, we will be opening things up so that those 11 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.  Therefore, it is time to get on with showcasing the three projects that the team feels were the best of the bunch.

Thus, without further ado, please let me introduce you to the Top Picks for Challenge #35 (in no particular order)...

 

Congrats Ladies...

As a participant who has been chosen as a Top Pick, you are entitled to a special Top Pick badge.  Since I can never seem to get over into my email account for PoP these days, I'm going to add the badges here for download.

Deonna, Hanne & Teresa

Please feel free to grab a copy of the following Challenge #35 Top Pick Badge

for your blog...

Now as I mentioned earlier, each of the participant's who entered Challenge #35 AND FOLLOWED THE THEME & RULES is eligible to have their project and/or post voted on.  Here is a list of those participants.  Each of the entrant's names is linked up to their blog post (order is reflective of how they entered the challenge and nothing else).

Teresa
Teresa #2 
Teresa #3 
Deb
NanaConnie
Deonna
Sheila
Sheila #2 
Cicci
Hanne
Susan R.

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 DESIRE.  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:
March 14th to March 21st

Come have your say in determining the Voter's Choice for Challenge #35!  Don't forget to leave a comment after you have voted.  There will be a prize for one lucky person who leaves a comment on one of this month's posts (chosen randomly from a selection of posts related to Challenge #35).  If you haven't had the opportunity to visit each of the entries 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 11 images below on which to vote. As soon as they are all are uploaded, I'll enable voting to begin. If there are less than 11, 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

Challenge #35--DESIRE: Midway & Voting Reminder

Hello everyone! We have reached the midway point of Challenge #35. The theme for this challenge is DESIRE.

The wonderful thing about desire (like many concepts), is that there are so many ways to interpret the word and many ways to apply the concept in our lives.  Be sure to check out Pat's Pondering this month (which you can find HERE) for some more inspiration on the subject.  

 Anyway, now it is time to get on with our midway!

Here are the watermarks and links for the wonderful images that the team worked with for the midway.

From Ike's Art...

Labrador Stick (available in the 'animals' section)

Snow White  (available in the 'people' section)

Muse 5  (available in the 'people' section)

From Scribbles Designs...

#940 TruLuv

#A 78 Always Kiss Me Goodnight

#890 Hearts Mason Jar

We are fortunate and blessed to have the chance to work with all these fabulous images during the midway.  Thanks so much to our amazing sponsors.

To help inspire you down the path of DESIRE, check out the wonderful projects most of my Design Team had the opportunity to create.  Clicking on the team members' name will take you to their blog where you can check out the details for their inspirational creations...

<<<coming soon>>>

Helen N., from Crafting Helen, who is our guest designer this month, shared this beautiful card with us...

So if you haven't entered already, what are you waiting for?  Create a project and/or post that is positive AND relates to the idea of desire, provide an explanation of how your project and/or post relates to the theme somewhere in your post or come over and leave a comment with the explanation.  Easy, peasy!  You can enter our latest challenge by clicking HERE.

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!

If you are new to this unique challenge, you can find out the impetus behind why I started it under the 'Introductions' tab and 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).

Don't Forget...

You still have until 11:55 p.m. tonight, to vote on your favourite entry for Challenge #34.  Voting is quick, easy and painless so I hope you will consider casting your vote if you haven't already.  Don't forget, if you leave a comment on a selection of the active posts from this month, you have the opportunity to walk away with a small selection of digital papers. To check out all those eligible and cast your vote, click HERE.  Winners for challenge #34 will be posted next Monday.

LOOKING FOR ANOTHER MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE ON DESIRE?

If you need some additional motivation to help inspire you, I've provided another sentiment on this month's theme (the first is available HERE), free for you to download.

 

 Left click to bring the image up into the lightbox in its full size and then right click and scroll down to 'save as'.

Credit Notes For This Creation:
© 2015, Lisa L. Décosse.  PUO.  However, you are allowed to use the sentiment on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale basis provided credit is given. You also need to include a credit note and a link to this blog should you use any of my images in your creations and post them on your blog. Please be sure to familiarize yourself with my full terms of use found in the 'Download Instructions & T.O.U.' tab at the top of this page.  Of important note:  Please do not share my images with family, friends, etc. Additionally, do not post any images to file sharing services like Box®, 4-Shared®, etc. Instead, please direct people to my blog so they can grab the image for themselves. If you would like to post a watermarked version of the image, please contact me to obtain one. 

This word art creation is in png format and published at 300 ppi. It is quite large in order to accommodate different programs that people work with.   If you are a card maker you can always resize it smaller without distorting the quality.

Additional Credit and Font Information:

Fonts used 

• Labyrinth NF font created by Nick Curtis
• Amelia Script font created by Maroon Baboon

Click on the font names to take you to a download location.  The first font listed was free and listed for commercial use (with extended licensing) at the time of this creation.   The second font was purchased for commercial use (with extended licensing).  It is my understanding, that I am within my rights to use these fonts in my creations and offer them to others for free.  Always check to make sure the terms haven't changed before using the font on something you sell.  Please refer to my full terms of service for what you can and cannot do with this digital creation.

SUMMARY
Whether you are new and need to familiarize yourself with all the details,  or a returning participant and just need to refresh yourself, you can always find out everything you need to know in order to enter this challenge in the 'Challenge Details' tab at the top of the page. You can enter the challenge by clicking HERE to take you to the current challenge post where you can also find a quick summary of the details related to this challenge, towards the bottom of the post. 

GENEROUSLY SPONSORED BY...

Please show your support to our wonderful guest sponsors by going over and checking out their work and saying hi if you have the chance.  As mentioned above, this month our guest sponsors are...

 

Our regular sponsors include...

 

  If you ever have any questions be sure to EMAIL ME or just leave me a comment.

We look forward to seeing you participate!