Be Alert, Be Brave, Be Resilient at the Path of Positivity

Today is the midpoint of October's challenge at the Path of Positivity. The theme is RESILIENCY, and the challenge runs from Oct. 5th to Nov. 1st.

Our guest sponsors in October are Ike's Art 

and The Stamping Boutique (TSB)

Besides inspiration from the DT, we are very fortunate to have for our guest DT member Hanne from Handmade by Hanne.  Hanne has been playing along at the challenge blog when she is able to.  We've seen many of her wonderful projects throughout the year. Please be sure to check out her blog when you enter your project this month.

Before I go into my card details, here are this month's PRIZES:

• A $10 gift certificate from Ike's Art, one of our guest sponsors this month, for the post or project that the DT deems most inspiring of the bunch.
• 2 images from The Stamping Boutique (3 if you use a TSB image), one of our guest sponsors this month, for a person chosen in a random draw based on all entrants.
• One digital image from Creative Bug Digital SnapShots for each person chosen as a DT Delight.

There will also be:

• One digital designer paper (made to order in a couple different ways) from Décosse's Dynamite Doodles for one lucky person who leaves a comment on posts published during the challenge timeframe.
• One digital sentiment for every single person who enters the challenge.

Now let's take a look at my new card!!

After printing my The Stamping Boutique digi image, called Smoochie- Halloween Scene, I colored her with Copics, adding some shimmer and shine, then cut her out and framed her with Halloween-themed paper. Since my "frame" was a little smaller than my image before adhering, I cut around her broom on both sides.

For embellishments, I tied bakers' twine around the frame and under my image and added s few black Skittles.

I printed my own sentiment in Photoshop. It reads: If at first you don't succeed, Fly, Fly again. I thought this was the perfect sentiment to use during our theme of Resiliency. After all, being resilient doesn't mean curling up in a ball and quitting, but adapting to changing situations.

I am working very hard at being resilient this month, as I am in a rock and a hard place at work. I must make choices and be aware of opportunities when they present themselves for improvement at my job or elsewhere.

So, my card has a secret message to all who are struggling during the everyday and not-so-everyday stresses of their lives. Be alert, be brave, be resilient!

How do you interpret RESILIENCY? Create a card, project or post that describes this attribute in a positive way. Then link it up with the Path of Positivity challenge blog for your chance to win those awesome prizes listed above. 

And as ever, crafters, have fun!

Challenges I am Entering:
Artistic Inspirations challenges - Anything Goes/Halloween

Cards in Envy - Trick or Treat

Get Creative challenges - Halloween Colors

Our Crafty Corner - Anything Goes/Getting Ready for Halloween

The Crazy Challenge blog - Orange, Purple & Green

The Stamping Boutique challenges - Use Purple, Orange & Black

Love Is in the Air at the Outlawz Greetings CHallenge

 This week I am still making and sending Valentine's cards to my good friends. Which is perfect for the Outlawz Greetings challenge that starts today - Make a card about LOVE or using RED, WHITE AND PINK. I made a Z-fold card using a digi image called Time with You by DeeDee's Digis. DeeDee's is one of the Outlawz Greetings sponsors this month. As you can see above, part of my image is just peeking from the inside of the card. When opened you see the whole thing.

The clock came with several sentiments. I cut mine apart so that it could grace both the outside AND inside of my card. It reads: I love spending time with you. I colored my image with Copics, added a little shimmer, then framed each word with cardstock before adhering it to my card. I used bakers' twine to give the card balance by attaching the first part of my sentiment to several tiny hearts that I punched from scraps of leftover papers, and finally to the cute bunny holding onto the last heart. I embellished with a few cardstock stickers and doodled a border around the edges.
I'm sending this card to my daughter-in-law, who has captured my heart with her commitment to my son almost two years ago.
In the mood to make a new card? Try the LOVE theme, or use pink, red and white and come pay in the Outlawz Greetings challenge this week.

Other Challenges I am Entering:

Splendiferous Creations - Love is in the Air

-Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Love is in the Air
Fussy & Fancy - It's All about Love
Jo's Scrap Shack - Valentine
Patti's Creations challenge blog - Valentine's Love (must use image)
Simply Create Too - Anything Goes
Sister Act Challenge blog - Anything Goes
That's Crafty challenge blog - Be My Valentine
Wags & Whiskers - For Someone You Love
Just Add Ink - Inspiration

4 Crafty Chicks - Valentines

Scrap & Craft challenges - Valentines/Love/Romance

Speed Craft Challenges - Animals (must create & finish in 15 minutes or less--who takes more than that to make a card?!! LOL) 13 minutes
SLS Lines challenge blog - Anything Goes

Hiding in My Craft Room - Super Scraps Saturday
We Do Dobabdoo - Hearts & Flowers