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Thursday, July 30, 2015

Winners and DT Favorites: Challenge No. 43

Welcome, bloggers! We had a fantastic turnout with 209 entries last week!
We use Random.org to pick our winners. Our sponsors last week were Eureka Stamps and Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More both offering THREE digis to TWO different winners... separately... you know what I mean? :) I hope I made that clear! lol
For Eureka Stamps, Random.org chose:
Please put IDCB Winner No. 43 - ES in the subject line.
For Robyn's Fetish, Random.org chose:
Please put IDCB Winner No. 43 - RF in the subject line.
Congratulations! Please send an email to inspirationdestinationcb@gmail.com within 7 days. We will provide you with info on how to collect your prize. Help me out a little, please. I get so confused when someone emails me with the subject line 'Winner'! Ssooo, please, being specific helps so much! :) Be sure to grab our badge from the right side bar to proudly display on your personal blog! Thank you so much for playing along with Inspiration Destination!
Now for our DT Favorites! These participants were each handpicked from 209 entries! 
Team members who participated in the challenge each selected a favorite and here they are: 
Amy's favorite is #30 Nick's Scrap Shack and here's why in her own words: this image caught my eye immediately! Gorgeous coloring and her design elements showcase it beautifully!
Billie's favorite is #103 Susan Kennedy and here's why in her own words: really cute retirement card and colors, fun layout very creative
McAfee wouldn't allow me to visit this site. I ended up having to use the thumbnail which is 200X200 pix and that is why it looks smaller compared to the other images.
Diane's favorite is #178 Brenda's Card Corner and here's why in her own words: So stinkin' cute! Love the design.
Dianne's favorite is #110 Julie T and here's why in her own words: A gorgeous card love the sweet image fabulous colour's and design xx
Ema's favorite is #29 Anet and here's why in her own words: I'm a HUGE fan of fishing cards and I just love the adorable image, attention to detail and colors! Fantastic coloring as well!
Ivy's favorite is #99 Chrissy and here's why in her own words: I love her underwater scene and all the bubbles! Beautiful canvas.
Julie's favorite is #104 Marilyn and here's why in her own words: Her coloring is beautiful, the theme is vacation (I need one!) and her image is Anne of Green Gables. What could be better?
Lynn's favorite is #179 Traci Law and here's why in her own words: Love the cute image and use of all the pink on the card...just a lovely card for me to look at on a hot summer day
Michelle's favorite is #107 DJ Crafter and here's why in her own words: WOW I love this technique. It looks so fantastic.
Tracey's favorite is #7 Bunny's Cards and here's why in her own words:  just love the simplicity of the card with the pretty dress has the centre
Wendy's favorite is #139 Kym Upshaw and here's why in her own words:  I love the card shape and the colours are gorgeous. I also like elephants.
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Congratulations and well done! Please grab our DT Favorite badge from our side bar to the right.
Thank you for joining our challenge last week and we hope to see you again! 
Be sure to join us for Challenge #44 being sponsored by Rick St. Dennis! Thank you so very much for choosing to play along with us! 

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Anything Goes Challenge No. 44

Welcome back, blogging buddies! 
A reminder that we will be selecting a winner to participate in a future challenge with us! This will be the final week of the month giving us a minimum of ten lucky winners! There may be more. I think I remember there was a week or two with three winners but don't hold me to that! I ingest a lot of seriously mind altering drugs! lol I wish they were for fun! Ha! :D
So let's get to the business of the week! Our new challenge features Rick St. Dennis as our sponsor! There are TWO digis for ONE lucky winner to be won! Woohoo!
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RICK ST. DENNIS
Designer of over 100 theatrical productions, Rick St Dennis (Donald McAfee) is also the author of 4 books on decorative painting and contributor to at least a dozen national magazines on crafts and art. He has taught design at the college level as well as seminars and classes across the USA and Canada. He is one of a handful of designers to have designed TWO productions of AIDA, Verdi's massive Egyptian opera spectacle. Currently living in the quiet beach community of Seal Beach, California he writes restaurant reviews and theater reviews between assignments for web designs, logos and creating art for local shows. Rick has appeared on such TV shows as Home Matters with Susan Powell, Aileen's Crafts and others. He was Crafts editor for Country Folk Art Magazine and sells his artwork nationally through galleries and shows. Among numerous awards he won a presidential commendation in 1976 for his contributions to the bicentennial year including the design of the west coast premier of William Grant Still's opera BAYOU LEGEND. His drawings and paintings are in the collections of Diana Ross, Sandy Duncan, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jacqueline Onnasis, among others.
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Check out the fabulous makes from the Team using Rick St. Dennis images!
using Foscka

IVY
Using GiGi
using Minnau
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Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog is an anything goes, weekly challenge blog and you have until Tuesday, midnight, CST to link up with us! xx

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Winners and DT Favorites: Challenge No. 42

Welcome, one and all! We had a fantastic turnout with... WOW... 212 entries last week! That blows my mind! lol
I need to let you into my corner of the world for just a second. I've got so much life going on right now! I'm sure you've all been there at one time or other. We moved my adult son with Aspberger Syndrome out of the home weekend of the 13th and what a battle! He kinda didn't want to go! I did and I didn't. Living with leukemia makes me want to know before I get sicker if he's able to care for himself so I pushed him out the door... kicking and screaming... the both of us! Ha! Just as I was clearing out the empty bedroom to make room for my new craft room... my adult daughter calls to tell me she wants to come home! I kinda wanted to say NO! lol But... as a mom... I just couldn't! In the middle of all this... my painful joints have been bothering me something fierce. I think it's because I work in an IGLOO with a bunch of Eskimo men! I hope that's not derogatory. I don't mean it to be. But the men keep the office at a cool 68 degrees! I am NOT exaggerating... well... maybe a little... but it makes for painful hands. I finally was able to get an MD to prescribe something for the pain... but it knocks me out cold! I've been so lax in my duties... it's a wonder my Dream Team have not abandoned me! But it just goes to show... what a Dream Team they are! They all pull together without me and get my job done for me! I am so grateful for them. Not a drama queen in the midst of them and I am ssooo grateful for that! :) Anyway, please forgive my silence and absence... it can only get better! I like to think so anyway! :)
But now... to get to the business at hand... we use Random.org to pick our winners... otherwise... we'd be at this for months! Ha! Our sponsors last week were Bugaboo Stamps with SEVEN digis for ONE lucky winner and My Whimsical Little World offering TWO digis for a second winner!
For Bugaboo Stamps, Random.org chose:
Please put IDCB Winner No. 42 - Bugaboo in the subject line.
For My Whimsical Little World, Random.org chose:
Please put IDCB Winner No. 42 - MWLW in the subject line.
Congratulations! Please send an email to inspirationdestinationcb@gmail.com within 7 days. We will provide you with info on how to collect your prize. Help me out a little, please. Since there are weeks when we have more than one sponsor, I get so confused when someone emails me with the subject line 'Winner'! Ssooo, please, being specific helps so much! :) Be sure to grab our badge from the right side bar to proudly display on your personal blog! Thank you so much for playing along with Inspiration Destination!
Now for our DT Favorites! These participants were each handpicked from 212 entries! We're a little shy with the DT this week. I guess it's the summer months and folks are traveling and on holiday! :)
Some Team members who participated in the challenge each selected a favorite and here they are: 
Amy's favorite is #91 Lorraine C and here's why in her own words: his card is too cute for words even! Gorgeous coloring and her design elements tie into that cute image perfectly! Love it!
Billie is unavailable this week
Diane's favorite is #98 AJ's Creative Energy and here's why in her own words: I love the image, coloring and design! I went right over to Bugaboo after I saw this card and bought the image...so cute!
Dianne's favorite is #110 Aunty Sue and here's why in her own words: gorgeous image beautiful colours and design xx but it is sure getting harder to pick a fav
Ema's favorite is #121 Marilyn Webb and here's why in her own words: What a fun summer card, fantastic coloring and love all the details!
Ivy is unavailable this week
Lynn's favorite is #9 Bunny's Cards and here's why in her own words: love the glittery background and cute image...great colours/colouring too.
Michelle's favorite is #5 Beascrapbooking and here's why in her own words: She made such great ATC. Love the image and the bleu background.
Tracey is unavailable this week
Wendy's favorite is #2 Bridget and here's why in her own words: love this card, its such a gorgeous image and the whole concept is just so sweet.
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Congratulations and well done! Please grab our DT Favorite badge from our side bar to the right.
And bear with me! I sure hope I got all the numbers and pictures right! I think I wrote earlier, I'm on some pain meds and they are purrrr-teeeee goooooood! lol Pain free but a little ditzy! My daughter said I am lots of fun right now! Ha!
Thank you for joining our challenge last week and we hope to see you again! 
Be sure to join us for Challenge #43 being sponsored by Eureka Stamps and Robyn's Fetish! Thank you so very much for choosing to play along with us! 

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Anything Goes Challenge No. 43

Hi all! Welcome to another wonderful week at Inspiration Destination where it's always anything goes! We're so happy you could join us!
We've got a couple of spectacular sponsors this week to entice you to join in on the fun with us! Eureka Stamps with THREE digis for ONE winner and Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More with THREE digis for a second winner! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EUREKA
We have several rubber stamp lines featuring over 10,000 designs. We have been offering our own unique stamps and supplies to the craft industry for over 15 years and have loved every minute of it! Keep an eye on our page as we have lots more designs to add!
At Eureka Stamps, our images are available as unmounted, deep etched, naturalred rubber stamps OR as digital stamps.
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Check out the team's awesome makes with Eureka images!
using Daisy Bouquet and Coming up Daisies
using Penguin on Ice
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Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge.
Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib. Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.
Robyn’s Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to award 3 digital stamps of the winner’s choice to the winner of this challenge.
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Here are some wonderful inspiration from the DT using Robyn's Fetish images!
using: Betty owl
coming soon
using Bible
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Inspiration Destination Challenge Blog is an anything goes, weekly challenge blog and you have until Tuesday, midnight, CST to link up with us! xx