This Friday challenge is anything to do with summertime or blue things that remind you of summer: skies, beaches, flowers...

Hi Everyone,
It's me, Tommy Jo, with the new Friday challenge. I have been thinking A LOT about summertime and the warm climate of the southeast. At the end of May, I closed on a home in Florida in preparation for retirement.

So, when  I was deciding what to challenge you with, I heard this song playing on Pandora...  "Ain't no cure for the summertime blues" and though I am excited about the prospect of retirement, but am a little bluesy about it not being an immediate move.

I scrapped a page showcasing the pool at my new house and our designers followed along with their own summertime challenge ideas. Please join us and post your projects about SUMMERTIME! We can't wait to see them!

Joni Parker

Mandy

Kathleen White

Julie

Rachelle

Hee Sun

Elizabeth

Connie

Christina

                                     

And now for the winner of the challenge: A Lawn Fawn Prize! 

 

Lawn Fawn is a small company from Southern California that specializes in crafting products (clear stamps, dies, paper & more) that are fun and lively. Lawn Fawn was started in 2010 when Kelly Marie combined forces with her husband Mike and friend Erica with a mission in mind - to bring smiles into the lives of crafters!! 

 (borrowed from their about us page).

The winner will receive :

 a stamp set and 6x6 paper pad of their choice!  How awesome is that!??!

Check out their site to see what's available by clicking HERE.

I love announcing winners!! And this week we have lots of them since we have the winners for both the String Art Challenge and the Fabric Challenge! So…. let's get right to it!

We have no idea how this happened… it has never happened before…. but our challenge Inlinkz has been deleted!!! UGH!!!! So, for all of you that submitted fabulous work, we can't find it!! We have never had this happen before and we are sooooo sorry!!

But don't worry…. we are problem solvers!!

And here is what we have decided….

We are leaving the STRING ART CHALLENGE open two more weeks to allow those of you who already submitted (and those of you who still want to submit a project) time to do so!! 

Remember…. Helmars is sponsoring this challenge so it's a prize you are going to want to win!! 

To find the link to the original challenge, click HERE! You have until noon (Central Time) June 17th to link up your project!!!! We would love to see them so please link them up again!!

Happy Thursday! I have to admit… all of the projects celebrating Moms put a smile on our faces!! There is a lot of Mommy love out there! It was a tough decision but after our design team vote, here are this week's top 3….