Our Encouragement Challenge

We have a new challenge and we also have a new ending time.  As many of your know, everyone has been voting to say when they want future challenges to end.  The vote is in and here are the results:

• That Friday evening at 10 pm, EST, winner of drawing announced in post. 17.78% (8 votes)
• On Sunday evening at 10 pm, EST, winner of drawing announced in post. 13.33% (6 votes)
• On Wednesday evening at 10 pm, EST, winner of drawing announced on DT Thursday in that post. 68.89% (32 votes)

I want to thank all of you who voted.  So our Encouragement Challege will end this coming Wednesday, April 13, and the winner of the drawing will be announced the next day, on April 14, DT Thursday.  To inspire you all we have the DT team links below.  When you are done there you can check out the customers' links at the end of the blog by clicking on their thumbnails.

• Daniela Dobson
• Deborah March
• Dina Kowal
• Jeanne Streiff
• Jenny Gropp
• Julie Koerber
• Kathy Menzies
• Laura Fulcher
• Shirley Ross

We are using the Inlinkz thumbnail format for customers posting their entries.  The new Challenge Guideline widget has also been posted in the first sidebar to your right.  If some of you still have questions about the Inklinkz format you can EMAIL ME.  Don't forget our new ending time for this challenge will be next Wednesday, April 13, at 10 p.m. EST.

I've had some people ask me what we mean by Encouragement.  I think the best way is to use Webster's interpretation:

Encouragement:
Definition: help, support
Synonyms: advance, advocacy, aid, animation, assistance, backing, boost, cheer, comfort, confidence, consolation, consoling, easement, enlivening, faith, favor, firmness, fortitude, helpfulness, hope, incentive, incitement, inspiration, inspiritment, invigoration, optimism, promotion, reassurance, reassuring, refreshment, relief, relieving, reward, shot in the arm, softening, solacing, stimulation, stimulus, succor, supporting, trust, urging.

I will be having fun checking out your entries as you post them below using Inlinkz. For those of you who are thinking about joining in the fun, think about the chance to win $25 worth of free stamps, plus the "I'm A Winner" widget for your blog.  I will be notifying all the players by email next Wednesday night, April 13, of the winner and that name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on April 14.

So.....have fun out there.  Check out the DT creations for inspiration and the linkz below too!!  Thanks for stopping by to share and look too!

 

Comments

[chriss blagrave]

So happy to be able to finally play again! I'm happy that I "won" my vote, even though I am early to submit :)
Thanks for the challenge and opportunity to win! Have a great week-end!

[Katie B.]

Everyone has made beautiful cards! Thank you Shirley and Mitra for hosting another challenge! Looking forward to DT Thursday!

Katie