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@pwhiteaurora You are very welcome my dear!

@johbri - See below

@pwhiteaurora You are quite welcome sweetie!! Thank you for supporting the Divas!!

Congrats to all the winners! Thank you so much for both of my wins!

@ollie Thank you Ollie sweetie for the updated link!!

@laughingdog 🥰

@girlyideas ️️️️Sending love doll!

Congrats everyone!!

@cindu12 - Me too! You can get CREATIVE in the art of doll making in color challenges.

I know!! The Divas are really amazing!!

Alicja is one of, if not the, number one Doll maker on PV, imho.

One of my favorite dolls of hers is "Goldfinger" it's a masterpiece!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/411375747220429469/

Hi Tracy, I accidently put a winner doll in the contest is there anyway to remove it at all. You will see the one I put in as it has a trophy icon on it. Big Blooper of mine! So hope you don't mind I entered another doll set that has not won any contest to make up the five.

Congrats all x

@girlyideas Thank you Tracy darling! You take care as well, over working is what got me, so you be well and, you are an Angel for running a contest! I was attempting to do something simple and fun as well, but just kept falling asleep and waking up to the sound of beeping and "dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd" across my screen! Giggle! Smooches!

Just a query....
In the latest Contest it says " 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙣 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜!

I take that to be use one of the Dolls in the Collection and not to edit, I even saw another post where you said you thought the directions were misunderstood, and was doing more than we had to. I took that to be because some had edited the Doll from the Collection. Was that it? Now I've seen more sets where the Doll is edited, guess I'm just a little confused and wanted to check especially when some of the edited sets received a thumbs up.
Thanks

@cindu12 Yes... I checked, Cindy !! Thanks 🥰

@ollie Yes, you do have to use at least one item from the collection

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@cindu12 I was BRAIN DEAD when I got home last night at 5:30. "STINKY-MEANIE" was a direct result from a week filled with WONDERFUL, very social clients coming into the office to have their taxes done. Some of them with a rich historical connection to the (once) small town I grew up in. The want to be writer in me wants to interview them more and create a coffee table book filled with their history and photos. This area has changed so much in the last 100 years.

I see loads of talent in this contest. Working with black and white photo art is tough. Pinterest has loads of black and white photos with a pop of color or just black and white. That is where I pulled from. It's infinitely harder to remove flesh tones.

Working with already black and white cuts in here https://urstyle.fashion/collections/195205 or black and white with a touch of color cuts/backgrounds here https://urstyle.fashion/collections/195204 and black and white art and backgrounds here https://urstyle.fashion/collections/195204 is much easier and gives the creator an easier task.

@laughingdog - Most everyone had a tough time with what a pop or a touch of color is and others choose not to follow the rules and use more than one color in their set. Your set as a whole should be mostly black and white or grayscale. A pop or a touch of color is supposed to be minimal and not overwhelm the black and white. One single color. You followed the rules - Black and white and a pop or a touch. My examples were all different, some had more color pop and others had less. You still know when you look at it that it's only 3 colors and the color does not overwhelm the black and white. xoxo

@ollie You are welcome sweetie! Thank you for supporting the Divas!!

@cindu12 - Awe, thank you my beautiful friend. I'm seeing some NICE craft work in these sets. I would love to see more out of the box creative. The last one I did took time but I added most of the color pop myself. Smooches and HAPPY SATURDAY!!!!

@cindu12 The blizzard was definitely a game changer! I got tired of getting stuck in snow since I had a '75 Road Runner with big wide tires (they are horrible in snow)!

@girlyideas I wonder if you saw the examples @Bev posted on her group page.... she was demonstrating what she wanted in her Art Sets, but in reverse the observations apply to dolls!
https://urstyle.fashion/topic/2434160/more-inspiration-for-the-new-contest

@girlyideas Thank you so much for the words of encouragement! I do enjoy making dolls, particularly when the contest provides a collection. For some reason I do better creatively when there are more constraints, lol. Too much choice is a bad thing for me!

Hard to believe we are at the end of another year!! Thank you to all who have supported the Divas Group through the year! Watching each of you become stellar doll makers has been such a pleasure to see. With each contest, I have seen amazing success watching you create your own style and I can't wait to see what 2024 has in store for us!!

And I can't say this enough, a HUGE THANK YOU once again to Tracy @Girlyideas for stepping in and tirelessly planning each contest and breathing new life into our group! She is a DIVA ROCK STAR!!

Wishing each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year!! Bless you all!! ️️️

@girlyideas Can't tell you how glad I am that everything is going so well and can feel the happiness in your words!! I know this will be a wonderful place to start your new career!! Happy Saturday to you too sweets!! ️️

@girlyideas Thank you, appreciate your comments

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Congrats to all the winners! Thank you for my win! A Mrs. Claus Diva would be divine or a Christmas home decor diva (I love decorating my house for the Christmas holidays and I have most of my decorating already done, just need to finish my tree)!

@girlyideas & @Joeanne I really do not like sweet potatoes at all and I love potatoes of any kind normally but I just can't eat them. I think it is the consistency, too mushy or something! Sounds like you had a good crowd this year, although smaller, I am sure you had a wonderful time! I agree with you both, it would be so wonderful to be close enough to spend real time together! Talking and lots of laughter I have no doubt. Enjoy the rest of your weekend my dears. I am going to attempt to create something today. My doll mojo has been on the fritz of late so not sure what will be the end result! Love to you both!! xoxo

Thanks for my place in this wonderful competition @Girlyideas Congratulations to all the winners xxxxx

@jewelsinthecrown - Your dolls are always so beautiful. The new contest runs until next weekend so maybe there is time. I JUST now checked the box to add older sets.

@girlyideas Fun contest idea!! So many possibilities!! !ℋ𝓾𝓰𝓼

@girlyideas Thank YOU Tracy! I'm so happy you liked her as much as I liked making her! Happy Gobble, Gobble! xo

@girlyideas YAY!! I hope you all enjoy this fun contest!! Tracy @Girlyideas is a lifesaver and spoiling me by taking over the Divas for a little while! I added a couple of my past Pilgrim dolls to start things off! I also hope you all enjoy not having to put together a doll with different parts and can just create one already assembled!! Biggest challenge for me was/is putting together a background, so I can't wait to see your creations!! Enjoy darlings!! 🥧

@funkyjunkygypsy Thank you so much sweetheart for your wonderful message and sweet compliment!! Tracy @Girlyideas is a gift from above and she has given me a nice break to catch up at work and decompress!!!
Hope you are well and know you are very missed!!!

@girlyideas thank you so so very much, Tracy for the first place win. What a lovely and unexpected surprise. My thanks are belated, but no less sincere. Congratulations to all the amazing winners

I love this contest idea Tracy sweetie!! So many things to be thankful for and a perfect time of year to express those thoughts to everyone!! I am so thankful for all our wonderful Divas and all the support you have shown us this past year! You are all such kind and generous ladies and I am so very grateful to know each of you!! 🩷🩷🩷🩷

@girlyideas Absolutely!! Your contests are very successful, fun and engaging, so there is no doubt they are super fun!! The Monster Mash party is the hot ticket in town!!

@girlyideas 🥰

Thank you ever so much for my first place win in this fun contest, I want to say congratulations to all the other winners and the exceptional doll set entries ~Hugs!! ️

Congrats to all the winners! Thank you for my win!

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@girlyideas Darn, I just missed it...I need to quit my job and put more focus on these contests! lol

@girlyideas me too, just for fun! 🧟‍️

@Lilac You are in my prayers sweetheart. I know the pain of losing a Father too soon and my heart breaks for your loss. Let your memories carry you through the days ahead and bring you comfort when nothing else can. Sending you love, light, and strength my dear we will all be here for you when the time comes...

@girlyideas me too!

@starrz - I'm so glad you are having fun with it and perfecting your art.

@fassionista - I thought that was a little weird. Thank you, Paige for the heads up - I deleted it.

WooHoo!! It's official now!! Your first contest and what a great idea!! I can't wait to see everyone's creations!!

Don't forget this part of the contest darlings...

"𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 '𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗿' 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲."

Thank you so much for my place! All the dolls are AMAZING! Big congrats to everyone!

@cindu12 Thanks for the win!
Congratz to all the other doll winners and greetings from Berlin!! 🥳

@bev Hope your move went well Bev dear!! Enjoy your new place!!

@bev Wow Bev, that is a lot of china!! I imagine it is a beautiful collection indeed!! Hope it all went well!! Happy Labor Day (literally)!!

@cindu12 Your welcome

@auntiehelen It really is, all the dollmakers are really doing an outstanding job, so impressive!!

@cindu12 Thank you my darling!!! I really didn't expect for the 1st place!!! I'm very happy I had fun in Tuscany
Congratulations to all participants!!!
Thanks again

@auntiehelen Thank you for watching out for me!! Sigh...

Not a silly question at all! I completely forgot to put the link to the collection!! Thank you for catching that Helen! Sometimes I wonder where my head is!! ‍️

You are so welcome and I am so happy you will enter more! It is so fun to imagine going to all these places, the only problem is picking out where to go!!

@funkyjunkygypsy Thank you my dear!! When I learn to cut and paste it will be better!!

@ultracake You are very welcome Wanda sweetie!!

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@cindu12 You are very welcome!

@ellen-hilart16 You are very welcome Ellen sweetie and I loved your doll!! I am a big fan of anything vintage so she really caught my eye! I know what you mean about being the only winner showing but was my darn fault for not changing it, especially when I am normally so careful to double check, but this one just slipped by! Hope you are doing well!

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Due to the Holiday and I know everyone is enjoying their time with Family and Friends, I am going to just delete this contest and will try it again with a future one. I'll just go ahead and judge the original contest since the ones entered here are also in that one, so no one will be excluded. Hope you all have a great weekend!!

Hi Ladies...when I created this contest I neglected to change the number of winners from 1 to 15 so this contest only allows me 1 winner.

If no one has any objections, I'll choose the first place winner and list the other places in a post here. I'll wait a little while before I conclude the contest if anyone has any other suggestions, otherwise, I'll just do what I mention above...so sorry for the mistake...

@bev That is too funny!! I just turned on A Capital Fourth and just getting ready to log of for the day! I watch this special every year and never miss it! Remodeling is a huge chore, so good luck getting that wrapped up! Bet it will look amazing once you are done! Light is always better! Going to relax, have some ice cream and watch the special! Happy 4th again!!