P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! I know it’s been a long, tortuous week for our Top 5 finalists, so I’m not going to make them wait, sweat or twitch any longer. (Belinda, Lizzie, Rae, Shanna and Tessa – are you all sitting down? Good. Now take a deep breath and slowly exhale. Now let’s get on with the results!)
After eight weeks and five rounds of nail-biting competition, you the Paper Crafts online community have chosen the grand prize winner in this third season of Gallery Idol. And she is… (drumroll, please!)
***RAE BARTHEL***
Congratulations, Rae! Your “Make a Wish” card received the most votes in the last and final round, therefore Paper Crafts magazine is proud to name you our 2009 Gallery Idol!
Let’s take a look at the five winning cards that propelled Rae to “Idol” status:
Open Auditions: Make a Wish Card - Birthday Theme
Top 20: Congrats Card - Wedding Theme
Top 15: Sweet Dreams Card - Around the House Theme
Top 10: Wish Big Card - Button Theme
Top 5: Make a Wish Card - Humor Theme
I think this girl has a thing for pink and black! It obviously worked! In addition to the Cosmo Cricket, American Crafts, BasicGrey and K&Company prize packages, Rae will also receive this grand prize from Making Memories:
Many thanks to Making Memories for donating all of this fabulous product!
As the grand prize winner, Rae will also receive these special perks:
- Winning cards published in the January/February 2010 issue of Paper Crafts
- Name added to the exclusive Paper Crafts designer list
- Free selection of special issues
- Official grand prize winner certificate (our version of the golden ticket)
Prizes aside, a big round of applause goes out to all of the finalists who have stuck with this competition week after week, round after round. Your creativity, passion and dedication to excellence have really made this little contest bigger and better than we could have ever imagined! We hope to see you back next summer for Season 4!
In my very best Ryan Seacrest voice,
Kelly Out
P.S. If you would like to see how Rae reacts to this BIG announcement, make sure you hop on over to her blog. Last week she was “floored, flabbergasted and freaking excited” to have made it into the Top 5. I can’t wait to see what words come out of her mouth this week! (And make sure to check back here on Monday when Rae is our designer spotlight. She hasn’t agreed to this yet, but I’m hoping to twist her arm with that Making Memories Slice!)
P.P.S. I almost forgot today’s giveaway! It is Freebie Friday after all. I hope you enjoyed reading Cath’s farewell post to our art director Stace Hasegawa. Since Stace LOVES the color black and tattoo art like skulls, wings, guitars, etc., today’s giveaway incorporates all of her favorite things! (The only thing missing is Johnny Depp in the flesh!) To be entered to win, leave a comment telling me a few of your favorite things. It can be anything at all. I’ll pick four winners to receive an assortment of metallic papers from Rusty Pickle’s Brass Knuckles collection, as well as black chipboard and stickers from GCD Studios. All comments must be received by midnight (MST) on Sunday, August 2.
Four lucky winners will each take home this black-tastic prize package!
Congrats to Rae!!!
I love to spend time with my husband and all kinds of crafts.
These are a few of my favorite things…..
…baseball…making chocolate chip cookies…road trips…chips and salsa…Mocha Frappuccinos…spending time with the people I love!
Congrats to Rae for winning. All of the finalists are winners in my book!
~Kim
Hi My favourite things are butterfly stamps swirls mixing paint or alcohol inks for backgrounds
My favorite things: cardmaking, scrapbooking, reading, sudoku, and my family!
Well, first, congrats to Rae!! Beautiful cards!! My fav things…..crafting, my granddaughter Maggie, my husband and children, Steel Magnolias movie and my Cricut! Thanks for the chance to win
Whoo-hooo to Rae! There is some major awesomeness in her work. My favorite things: new magazines in the mail, fresh bed linens (clean sheet night is my favorite night of the week!), freshly pressed clothes, COFFEE (imagine me saying “coffee” like Cookie Monster says “cookie”) and on the “deeper” end of things: the laughter of my four young children because we thought we’d never be able to have them
As I’m sure my kids would tell you, anything card making related are my favorite things! But–a big juicy cinnamon bun comes in a close second.
Congratulations Rae – love your creations! As far as a few of my favorite things….a nice sunny afternoon, my scrapbook ‘collection’, my spunky daughter, and a nice brewed sweet tea!
Congratulations Rae-you are so creative and what wondeful cards. My favorite is the cake because it’s funny. Enjoy your prizes
Some of my favorite things are trees, flowers, the color green, pearls, simplicity, singing/music, my darling daughter Adelle, my hilarious husband Luke, paper crafting, black and white, and winning stuff!
congrats rae what a great honor to win something this exciting. Love the collection of stuff that you are sharing with us this week.
A few of my favorite things: Color-Aqua Blue, Food-Ice Cream, Playing- Texas Hold’em, Places-Italy, Flower-Stargazer Lily. and Music to my ears-the sound of Waves.
I love Johnny Depp – someday he will realize that he loves me too! I also love the flowers in my garden, trees all around, and STAMPS!!!
Thanks for the chance!!
Cooooooongratulations RAE!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooohooooo!!!!!
One of my favorite things: tapioca with blueberries! YUM!
What a great batch of submissions! Congrats! Rae!
My favorite things….nature, kids & hubby, pretty much anything loaded with CARBS! LOL
A few of my favorite things are warm, sweet coffee, milk chocolate with almonds, the sound of my baby girl sleeping peacefully and the warmth of my craft room (preferably all on the same evening).
Congrats RAE!!!:D
My favorite things are my daughter, iced nonfat vanilla lattes, and friends
I am a huge Rae fan. So proud of her big win!!!
My favorite things:
BasicGrey, Cuttlebug embossing folders, chocolate, Cosmo Cricket, primas, buttons, ribbon, dimensionals, paper piercer…
YAY!!!!! I am so excited for Rae!!!!!!!! Congratulations! You deserve it! You worked for it and won!!!!!
fave things- my daughter’s voice, laughter & snuggles; my husband’s love & support; starbucks; pretty paper; FUN!
Congratulations to Rae for winning and I am so glad my vote went to such a deserving participant.
My few of my favorite things about papercrafts or else I will typing all day: creativity and inspiration including magazines, books, blogs, websites, etc.–I love seeing people take risks, experiment and be uniquely themselves; STAMPS; paint; sprays; inks; masks; paper & ephemera; text/script on anything; black and white; color of all sorts and combinations; grunge + elegance; architecture & home furnishings images; ribbons, buttons & trim; layers; and on and on and on…
A few of my favourite things… Cupcakes, my nephew, sparkles/glitter, rhinestones, polka dots, cats, chocolate, Cinderella!
Congrats Rae! I am totally into anything bird related! Love ‘em!
Besides the obvious family…I love to craft and create, that’s my favorite hobby (aka obsession).
favorites: reading, relaxing, mango gelati, fruit, sunflower seeds, jeans, flip flops, taking photos, etc.
I love to make a difference in people lives – teaching, supporting and encouraging. I love creating – papercrafts and scrapbooking are favourites. I have been lucky enough to be able to travel and work overseas. I meet come wonderful people all over the world and I hope I have been able to make a difference in their life.
Congratulations to Rae! So many gorgeous creations!!
A few of my favourite things?!?! Time with family, uninterrupted scrapping time, an afternoon nap, cuddles from my baby girl, ice cream…..I could probably go on but I will stop here.
This was fun–congrats to Rae and the other finalists! A few of my favorite things are summer, chocolate candy, and my kids’ laughter…and my bestest husband, Matt!
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Congratulations Rae- and well done to all the other finalists, all your creations were amazing.
Congrats to Rae! WOW those projects are just AMAZING!
Favorites… you mean there really isn’t a Johnny Depp in this prize pack? Hmmm, bummer! brown, card making, starting with a base of vanilla ice cream, playing in the water with my son.
Congratulations, Rae!! WAY TO GO!!! My favorite things: spending time with my husband and family, outdoorsy activities, hot tea, good books, card-making & just about anything paper-crafty-related, long walks on the beach, and traveling.
Huge Congratulations Rae!
Congratulations Rae! A few of my favorite things: Frozen grapes, orange juice,banana pancakes, elephants, owls, colorful paper, buttons, colorful ribbon and anything else that is craft related.
Congrats, Rae!! A few of my favorite things are a good book, hot chocolate on a cold day, and spending time with good friends.
Congrats Rae,you always do wonderful work.
A few of my favs…watching movies with my boys(enjoying the time while they still want to be around mommy!)creating things for my friends,cat naps & peanutbutter m&m’s.
I like spending time with my family, making cards of all kinds, helping my kids be creative, reading.
Congrats Rae and to the other gals too. The entries were just fabulous and so inspiring.
Some of my favorite things are crafting, getting my PaperCraft mag, spending time with family and friends, and bloging to name a few. Thanks for a chance.
My favorite thing is seeing the face of someone when they open a card I’ve made, and realize I spent that extra time making it “just for them,” that in some personalization it just fits them.
Now naturally I have lots of other favorite things – wayyy too many to mention here.
Congrats Rae. Making Xmas tags, gardening, spending time with my family and friends. Like the song, these are a few of my favorite things.
Congrats to Rae. Thanks for a chance to win.
Congrats Rae! A few of my favorite things…coffee, grandkids laugh, new scrapbooking goodies.
Congrats Rae!! Your designs are so clever!!
My favorite things…reading Paper Crafts magazine when my daughter goes for her nap. Getting a shower! Eating a meal without interruption. Crafting a card for a dear one that isn’t belated wishes! Can you tell I’m a first time mom?
Way to go Rae!! Your artwork ROCKS! Some of my favorite things are taking my dogs for a walk, eating summertime fresh fruit & swimming.
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Congrats Rae!! Love your creations! I would lve to win that rusty pickle paper… Perfect for rock star pages of my fiancé’s band.
congrats to Rae and the rest of the gals – it was fun checking out each of the eliminations’ challenge results! as for my fav things, it’s gotta start with the Cuttlebug – it’s gotta be my most often selected tool other than the basics like bone folder and cutter! runner up? I LOVE my ATG tape gun! It’s da bomb!
Congrats Rae! She’s so talented and I love her cards!
Congratulations to Rae! What extreme talent!!!
I also like to use black on cards…this give-away is fabulous!
My most favorite things (for card-making) are Basic Grey, Bo Bunny, and PTI.
Thanks for a chance to win