Congratulatory Considerations for July

A thousand mea culpa's sent your way. Before I begin, I must apologize for a)getting this post out so late; and b) for it being incomplete.  I have come to the conclusion, I am not Wonder Woman and as such I am not going to get everything done that I would like.  As much as I want to celebrate all your successes, keeping up with them is taking a significant amount of time that I seem to keep losing through one reason or another.  So, to continue future editions of this post, I am going to have to come up with a better system.  I may have to resort to a simple congratulations list but not get into the actual details of the wins.  Possibly something like, "Congrats to A for her 7 wins this month and her six top three placements."  Listing the individual wins and then linking up to those blogs is just taking too much time.  I'd love to continue with the system I have, noting each individual success but that no longer seems realistic.  I also have to apologize because I have made the executive decision that there will not be a Congratulatory Considerations post for August.  It is now the 26th and I have only three things on my list.  Therefore, I will try and start fresh in September once again but with the changes mentioned above.  Also, as mentioned above, this month will be incomplete as I was only able to track to the end of the third week in July.  I apologize if I have missed something really important.

All that being said, it is time to celebrate all of your accomplishments for the majority of July--well as many of you as I can and whose achievements I have come across anyways!  If you are new to my blog, this post is based on an idea I had in order to celebrate the successes of all the new people in my life.  On the last day of each month (or close to it), I will create a post congratulating all my bloggy friends and acquaintances on their successes, anniversaries, milestones, achievements, etc.  Of course, these will be strictly the items that I have come across during the month in my travels to the challenge blogs I have personally entered or are a team member of, or on my visits to personal blogs.  There will be many things I'll miss so please don't take offense if you have achieved a success and you don't find your name listed here.  I wish I had the time to check everyone and everywhere but I'd need a cloning machine to pull it off and I believe human cloning is still illegal.  So for now, if you or someone you know has an achievement and you would like to have it included here, contact me by email before the end of the month or just include the information in the comment section of each 'Congratulatory Considerations' post. 

I am aware of the following reasons for sending out congratulations to members within our community.   So ladies, bask in the glow of the congratulatory candle.  You all deserve the successes you have achieved!  These are listed strictly in the order of when I came across them, not necessarily in any chronological order.

PIA--Pia's Papir og Perler   

• Pia placed in the top tier over at:
• Crafty Card Makers -- top 5
• Inkspirational Weekly Challenges -- top 5: not once, not twice but three times
• House of Cards Challenge  -- top 5
• Seize the Birthday -- birthday honours
• Come and Get it Challenges  -- Top Pick
• She also won over at House of Cards Challenge 

JULIE--Truly Julie

• Julie placed in the top tier over at the following blogs:
• Cutie Pie Challenges --top 3 
• Cupcake Craft--Cupcake Cutie 
• Dream Valley Challenges--top 3
• 613 Avenue--top 3 
• ABC Challenges--top 3 

• She also managed to pick up a win over at:
• One Stop Craft  
• A Gem of a Challenge
• Sweet Pea's challenge

NICK (HELENE)--Nick's Scrap Shack

• This month Nick won a challenge at Eureka Stamps and picked up a top five placement at Passion for ProMarkers.

FIT KITTY--KT Designs

• Fit Kitty is one of my newest members and not only is she new to me, she is pretty new to the blog world as well.   She has only been on line since June and she is already raked in a serious number of wins!  Congrats and welcome Fit Kitty!
• This month she has won the following challenges:
• C.R.A.F.T. (twice)
• One Stitch at a Time Challenge 
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge 
• Fairie's Challenges (twice)
• Catch the Bug Blog   
• Tammy's Scrapin' Corner
• Party Time Tuesdays  
• D*R*S Designs Blog 
• Speedy Fox and Friends 
• Kaboodle Doodles 
• Delightful Challenges 
• She has also placed in the top tier at the following blogs:
• Crafty Sentiments --favourite
• Love to Create -- Top 5
• Just Some Lines -- Top 3
• Split Coast Stampers --favourite
• Robyn's Fetish -- Top Pick
• Loves Rubber Stamps Challenges --favourite
• Just Inspirational Challenges -- Top 3 (three separate times!)
• Blessings Ink -- Top 3

• She also had a couple other wins.  She won a new release over at Creative Bug on the Loose.

DEANNE--Little Bit 'O Paper

• DeAnne was a winner over at the following challenges:
• Polly Craft Challenge 
• Emergency Crafters  
• She made the top tier in the following challenges:
• Crafty Catz -- Top 3
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge -- Top 3
• The Crazy Challenge-- Top 3
• Kaboodle Doodles -- Top 3
• Inkspirational Challenges  -- Top 5
• House of Cards -- Top 5
•  Stamp N Doodle -- Top 5

DENISE--Thru the Looking Glass

• Denise was a winner over at Created With Love

NANA CONNIE--My Grammy's Attic

• Connie was a winner in the following challenges:
• ATCs & Cards with Attitude Challenge

• She placed top three at:
• Tammy's Scrapin' Corner
• Creative Inspirations Paint 
• Digi Sketch Challenge 
• Whimsical Designs

CALYPSO--Calypso's Cards and Creations

• Calypso received an honourable mention at Card Mania and was top three at Crafting When We Can.   She was also a top pick at Sunday Stamps.

LYN--Spyder's Corner

• Lyn won a challenge over at One Stitch at a Time Challenge.

ANNIE a.k.a. Aussie Annie--Memories to Keep

• Annie made the top tier at:
• Scrapper's Delights Challenge
• Annie also won challenges at:
• A Gem of a Challenge -- Top 3

LARELYN--Handmade from the Heart Designs

• Larelyn picked up a win over at My Sheri Crafts.

IKE--Ike's World

• Ike was a winner at ATCs & Cards with Attitude Challenge.
• She made top three at Lacy Sunshine Challenge

EDWINA--Edwina's Creations

• Edwina was the June challenge winner at Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge.

CHRISS--Scrappin' with Chriss and Lou 

• Chriss made top three at Scrapper's Delights Challenge

SHEA--Glitter and Bonbons

• Shea placed in the top tier of the following challenges:
• Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblins-- Top 3 
• 613 Avenue Create-- Top 3
• Pile It On Challenge--sweet sprinkles award
• A Mixed Media Color Challenge --featured at
• Shea also won the following challenges:
• 613 Avenue Create

DESIRE--Doing Life

• Desire has had top placements over at: 
• Creative Fingers Challenge -- Top 3
• Digi Haven  -- Top 3
• Whoopsi Daisy  -- Top 3
• 613 Avenue Create -- Top 3  
• She also had wins over at: 
• 2 Sisters
• QKR Stampede
• Speedy Fox and Friends 
• She was a runner up in the Crafting By Designs challenge. 

VICKY--Crafting-Vicky

• Vicky won challenges at:
• CYASL Challenge Blog
• Sketch Saturday
• Another win at a blog challenge I couldn't identify

• She placed in the top tier for the following challenges:
• Punk You Girl -- Top 5

SUZE--Craftysuze

• Suze has had another amazing month with wins over at the following challenges: 
• Glitter 'n Sparkle Challenge Blog 
• Catch the Bug Blog  
• Kaboodle Doodles 
• Incy Wincy Designs (3 times!!!)
• Nutcrafters
• Outlawz Challenges 

•  She also had top placements at:
• Fresh Brewed Designs
• Glitter 'n Sparkle Challenge Blog (2 times)
• Digi Darla's  
• (PIN)spirational Challenges  
• Nutcrafters (2 times)
• Shelly's Images
• Love to Create
• Robyn's Fetish

• To top it off, she also was a pre-hop and blog hop winner over Sassy Studio Designs.
• Finally, Suze was spotlighted on ClearlyiStamps Blog as she used one of their images in a challenge that they were sponsoring.

SANDY--Scribbles By Sandy

• Recently, my good friend Sandy hit the 200 followers mark and you know what that means, it is time to celebrate.  So, first off...

• I've also made a badge for your sidebar.  It is 250 px wide to fit most sidebars.  You can always shrink if if necessary.  Anyone who'd like to congratulate Sandy is also welcome to take a copy of this badge.

As far as my accomplishments for this month...

• I actually managed to win over at Lady Anne's Progressive Christmas Challenge.  Some of the sponsors are now offering additional prizes for people who enter both cards and I managed to get chosen.  It has been so long since I won anything, I forgot what it felt like.

So the candle burns brightly for all these wonderful ladies along with those of you who have had accomplishments I'm unfamiliar with.  Don't forget, if you'd like to see an achievement celebrated here next month, contact me before the 30th of September or just include the details in the comment section of the next 'Congratulatory Considerations' post when it comes out.  

Until next time,

 

P.S.  It is possible that I have made mistakes as I gather these throughout the month and unfortunately, I just don't have the time to go back and verify.  If you noticed a specific mistake, let me know and I'll fix it up as soon as I can. 

Image Information:
The background image of the candle is a picture in the public domain.  The artist is Anna Langova and you can find this particular photo HERE at PublicDomainPictures.net.