Challenge #273

Happy Tuesday!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  We hope you enjoy our site and that you have some fun with our challenge this week.  
As always, we start with a photo for the week.

Our apple tree is in full bloom  so it made the photo choice an easy one for me.  I love the look of apple blossoms.   It has been suggested that I try to tie the photo of the week to our challenge for that week....so, beginning next week, the look of the blog will change a bit and the photo will run in conjunction with the sketch (at least that is the plan)!

Now for our top cards for challenge #271.......

 Donna (from Facebook)

Maria

Anne (from Facebook)

and honourable mention to...

Lois (from Facebook)

There were so many awesome cards this week and there easily could have been three more winners  Thanks so much for playing and congrats to our top 3 (no, 4)!

Our sketch this week is another  good one which i am certain you will want to use.

And the optional theme is BUTTERFLIES. 

Here are the cards from our team:

Libby

Lynne

Sharon

Shell

Great cards, team!  You are always so inspiring for our viewers and  this week is no different.  I am sure we will see lots of great entries!  Thanks so much for your hard work and dedication.

Remember everyone, our challenge runs for two weeks and you can enter here (using the linky) or as a comment on our Facebook page.

Happy creating, all and have a great week!

Challenge #272

Good day to all!  
It is gorgeous here and fingers crossed, I think summer might be on its way.  We got lots of yard work done and our garden is coming up..everything is great on our front.  I hope you can say the same wherever you are.

Our photo this week is of a tulip (from our garden) blowing in the wind.

The tulips are so pretty; I just wish they lasted longer.

On to our top cards from challenge #270.....here they are (in no particular order).

Jessica (from Facebook)

Janice

Jaydee

Great cards, ladies!

Just a note, though:  If you are going to enter our challenge, please make sure your image is either a jpeg or png format.  There was a card we wanted to highlight but it was on Flickr and it was a link.  It is too bad we cannot spotlight that card as well.  If you do not have a blog, you can always post it on our Facebook page; everyone will see it there.

Now for challenge #272 with an optional theme Summer Fun.

Looks like a really fun one to me!

And here are the cards from our team:

LeAnne

Lori

Sara H.

Vicki

Crystal

Kaylin

Very cool cards, team!  And each one is so unique. I am sure you have inspired our viewers with these examples.
Remember, everyone, our challenge runs for two weeks and you can enter below (using the linky) or on our Facebook page.
Happy creating and enjoy your week!

Challenge #271

Hello, all, and how are you?  Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. If you are new here, welcome!  If you are a regular visitor, welcome back!

As usual, we start with a photo I took throughout the week.

I am partial to finches and took this rear view to show its beautiful plumage.  And to me, spring is here once the finches are back.

On to our top cards for challenge #269....here they are in random order: