A SWEET PAGODA CHALLENGE "WINNER"

As I explained on another post I changed my mind of picking the winner myself because it was a hard task and because they are all fantastic entries I decided to use random.org for this one. I normally stick to my word, trust me but did not want any hard feelings either. I think this is the way to go unless we use a voting system for this kind of challenges.

With any further ado I will present the winner of the 

A Sweet Pagoda Challenge 

and of the 

Personalized Stamp from Eileen's Store

http://stores.ebay.com/stampswithdreamsorreality

congratulations to entry number 6 who just have won the  

A SWEET PAGODA CHALLENGE.

Please, Gaby...contact me asap within a week to arrange how to contact Eileen for your prize of a personalized stamp of your choice.

To take a look at all the entries please click HERE.

Thanks to everyone who participated, 

you guys did a marvelous job and I really-really appreciate the time you guys put into this project.

Hugs to all!

REMINDERS FOR PAGODA, CARD SWAP AND SERIES

Hello friends, followers and visitors.

Some of you might know I am running a challenge, a card swap and planning a series.

These are reminders for the above.

1- Sweet Pagoda Challenge will close on August 31st midnight ET.

I was going to choose the winner personally but I have changed my mind because so far I love them all. I know I do not have many entries but the ones I have are adorable. Instead, I will use Random.org.

The winner will choose a stamp of their choice from  

 Eileen's store.

2- The Card Swap was extended until the end of August too and I should have all the cards by the first week of September. 

Below are the 16 participant's names and their blogs:          

1. JESSICA W.-----http://luvcraftingwithcricut.blogspot.com/
2.  SCRAPPING STEPHANIE-----http://stephanieandthebug.blogspot.com/
3.  DAWN-----http://craftycraftymom.blogspot.com/
4. HELEN-----http://craftingcricutmom.blogspot.com/
5. RHONDA EMERY-----http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com/
6. JENNY KOZAR-----http://kozfam5.blogspot.com/
7. LYNN FOX-----http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com/
8. AUDREY FRELX-----http://cuteandsome.blogspot.com/
9. MELISSAWARD-----http://melissaward72.blogspot.com/
10. ADRIANA-----http://heartswildcreations.blogspot.com/
11. VAL-----http://www.craftygolucky.blogspot.com/
12. JOEYGIRL86-----http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/
13. CHRISTINA83-----http://creativememories210.blogspot.com/
14. SHEENA-----http://lilflowerslynne1.blogspot.com/
15. ERIN LEE CREATIVE-----http://www.erinleecreative.com/
16. ABBY-----http://scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/

 3- Another Series which normally consists in choosing a cartridge and making the 50 images will start mid September. Below are the participants.

1. JESSICA W.
2. MELISSA WARD
3. HELEN
   
4. AJOY
5. OHHH SNAP
6. ABBY
7. GABY
8. AGNES (ME)

Another Series is closed now

  and I will be emailing the participants to work on what cart we all have and can do 

and how are we going to do this series.

Thanks so much to all participants on these three activities I am running. I never expected any response but we are doing good, very good despite all the many other things going on in other blogs at this time.

Thanks again and Hugs to all!

A STICKY POST FOR THE "SWEET PAGODA CHALLENGE" please scroll down for the newer posts. Thanks!!!

 Please, click HERE for the
"Sweet Pagoda "N Giveaway" challenge.

SWEET PAGODA CHALLENGE

 Please read!

I have been wondering why I haven't received hardly any interest in this challenge. I thought it might be to early and I would have more entries as time goes but then while visiting a friend's blog I asked her if she was going to join the Sweet Pagoda challenge and she replied back saying she didn't have that one.

Duh! I forgot to add that if you do not own Pagoda you can still join. I am so sorry about this and if this was the reason why you didn't join yet PLEASE, accept my apologies.

Below you will find what I just edited and added to the challenge post. Maybe these addition to the rules change your mind and you decide to join.

ETA on Sunday, August 8

If you do not own Pagoda you can still participate with any image that will resemble any Asian theme. If you still can find any, please...do not let that stop you. As the last resort you can use any fish, dragon, temple building. Be creative and make it Pagoda. 

Remember this challenge is to have-have fun-fun! and it comes with a small but useful blog candy.

For the challenge please,

click here

Come on guys, 
you can do it and you have plenty of time.

Love you all and 

would love 

for you guys to participate.

A SWEET PAGODA CHALLENGE 'N GIVEAWAY

ETA on Sunday, August 8

If you do not own Pagoda you can still participate with any image that will resemble any Asian theme. If you still can find any, please...do not let that stop you. As the last resort you can use any fish, dragon, temple building. Be creative and make it Pagoda. Remember to have fun!

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 PAGODA

I love the Yin Yang and its meaning.

What is Yin Yang?
This symbol (Yin-Yang) represents the ancient Chinese understanding of how things work. The outer circle represents "everything", while the black and white shapes within the circle represent the interaction of two energies, called "yin" (black) and "yang" (white), which cause everything to happen. They are not completely black or white, just as things in life are not completely black or white, and they cannot exist without each other.

  Click Here 
to know more about the meaning and theory.


Yin Yang Card
at 5 inches
(The inside sentiment is a rub-on).

 *****
Among so many challenges in our crafting community I would like you join me and try the challenge where you choose an image and  make a project with it, pretty simple. Of course, some of them have/had sponsors; 
I do not.

But... I do have a friend who makes stamps and she is willing to donate a customized stamp you can use for the back of your cards/projects.

Her name is Eileen and she owns a store on Ebay and goes under the name of qiqi7759. I have ordered my customized stamps from her and received nothing but excellent stamps and an excellent service. Not too mention a friendship too. That is a bonus you do not always get. :)

Eileen's Store (qiqi7759)
(you can click on the above link to visit her store)

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If you are interested in participating in this challenge please, read the details carefully.

 I want to use the PAGODA cartridge for this challenge in honor of my friend Eileen,  and you can use any of these five images.

1- the dragon from page 34 

2- the fish from page 41 OR 3- the fish from page 42 

4- the temple from page 60 OR 5- the shrine from page 61. 
 You can add any other images to the ones above if you are using Pagoda. Those images can be from Pagoda or anything else you would like to. If you do not own Pagoda please read the ETA below. Thanks so much!

ETA on Sunday, August 8

If you do not own Pagoda you can still participate with any image that will resemble any Asian theme. If you still can find any, please...do not let that stop you. As the last resort you can use any fish, dragon, temple building. Be creative and make it Pagoda. Remember to have fun!

  I won't be using Random.org to choose the winner because I really want to choose it myself and for this very reason,

I will limit the entries to a max of 50.

---It is a requirement to be a follower of my blog because this way you will be automatically updated of what is going on with the challenge since this one is a bit different than most.

---Your project must be new for this challenge. It has to come from your heart and what this means to me is that it will be your original project, not something you saw somewhere else. 

---However, you can get inspired from something you saw before but PLEASE....make it entirely your own. 

---You must have a blog and must post about this challenge for the duration of it with a link to my blog. 

---And lastly I would like to send the winning project to Eileen as a way to say Thank You for her kindness. I will pay for postage.

I will be using INLINKS for the first time. If you have any problems linking let me know in the comments area and your blog address for me to contact you.

If you would like to participate, please, read everything again and make sure we understand each other.
The deadline for submitting will be August 31st. 2010

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