P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to another Freebie Friday! Well, we’ve finally announced all six of our Paper Crafts Go-to Gals! We hope you’ve enjoying reading their spotlights and getting to know their individual styles and voices. You’ll be hearing A LOT from these talented ladies… not only in our future magazines, but right here on this blog. So start thinking of questions you have for them. No paper crafting subject is off limits!
In fact, if you happen to already have a design question, feel free to start e-mailing them at gotogals@papercraftsmag.com. We can’t promise they will all be answered, but if we select your question for an upcoming column or blog post, we’ll definitely be in touch. These six Go-to Gals are ready to instruct, inspire and knock your socks off with their boundless creativity!
Speaking of creativity… did everyone see this week’s Gallery Idol entries? Who knew you could do so many things with your average, ordinary button? I want to commend the Top 10 for really stretching their imaginations and thinking outside the box with this theme. Truly amazing! Sadly, we must bid farewell to half of you, but five of you have made it to the final round of this competition. And you are (in alphabetical order)…
Finalist 1: Rae Barthel’s Wish Big Card
Finalist 2: Lizzie Jones’ Christmas in July Card
Finalist 3: Belinda Chang’s Catch Some Rays Card
Finalist 4: Shanna Vineyard’s Give a Hoot… Don’t Pollute Card
Finalist 5: Tessa Wise’s Button Tree Card
Congrats, ladies! You’ve made it to the fourth and final round of Gallery Idol! By making it into our Top 5, you’ve each won a free copy of Paper Crafts Gourmet and this fantastic prize package, courtesy of K&Company!
Top 5 Prize Package: K&Company's Amy Butler Scrapbooking Tote Bag, Lotus Faded China collection and a copy of Paper Crafts Gourmet.
Top 5, are you ready for your final theme? Round 4’s theme is… humor! We want you to make us laugh! Feel free to incorporate jokes, riddles, quotes or your own funny bone! The one finalist who clearly conceptualizes, designs and posts the most humorous card will be crowned this year’s Gallery Idol winner. The deadline for submissions is next Monday, July 27 at 9 a.m. (MST). All “Humor” cards must be posted to our gallery by this time. Voting for Round 4 will begin at noon!
Best of luck, Top 5!
Kelly
P.S. Since it’s Freebie Friday, it’s time for knock knock joke!
-Knock, knock!
-Who’s there?
-Water.
-Water who?
-Water today’s prizes, Kelly?
(I know… better stick with my day job!) To go along with Gallery Idol’s next theme of humor, I’m giving away three prize packages featuring Inkadinkado’s Tell it Like it is stamp set, You Stand Out Kid Quotes stamp and BasicGrey’s Offbeat collection (which features peas, among other things). I just love these stamps with the kiddie quotes! They don’t mean to be funny, but kids sure say the darnedest things sometimes. To be entered to win, leave a comment telling me the funniest thing a child has ever told you. All comments must be received by midnight (MST) on Sunday, July 26. I’ll announce the three winners on Monday’s blog.
Three lucky winners will each take home this prize package!
P.P.S. It’s time to announce the five winners from Sue’s With the Pros Wednesday – The Baby Bunny Buggy Baggy post! Here they are in no particular order:
1. Jennie Harper (July 23, 2:27 p.m.)
2. Alicia (July 22, 8:16 a.m.)
3. Linda C. (July 22, 6:26 p.m.)
4. Carleen (July 22, 7:35 p.m.)
5. Roseanne (July 23, 8:04 a.m.)
Congrats, winners! Each of you will receive one of Sue’s Bliss card-making kits (valued at $19)! I’ll be contacting you shortly to get your mailing addresses. Thanks to all who left so many blissful comments!
Yea, kids are the funniest! My 2 yr old asked a lady he just saw this morning what had happened to her foot w/ a cast. Then he said to me that she was “silly” for not looking where is was going!
When my 5 year old daughter was jokingly asked by my dad if she wanted a drink of his beer, she asked, very matter-of-factly, “Does it have caffeine in it?”. We don’t drink coffee or tea in our house (and obviously alcohol, either), so she wanted to make sure there was no caffeine in the beer! Thanks for the chance to win!
congrats to the 5 ladies!
knock knock
who’s there?
you
you who?
you whooooo!
(my 4 yr old son)
Here is the funniest thing MY 3-year-old child ever told someone (the clerk at our grocery store, during potty training):
“I get paid to flush the toilet!”
I admit, I used bribes. Skittles, lollipops, and quarters.
I was teaching a group of preschoolers, and one of the little boys had an Old Navy shirt on. I asked him if he liked Old Navy, and he goes “Yes. But I don’t think there is one close to here. I don’t know where it is.” It may not be extremely funny, but it cracked me up! =)
Lovin’ those buttons, ladies. I just need to start my own button stash. =)
Congrats to the top 5! My younger sister’s name for Dorothy’s dog from the Wizard of Oz was “foot-foot” when his actual name in the move was toto!
Congrats idol finalists- your cards are all fantastic and I love your button ideas.
My 4 yr old loves bad jokes. His favourite is “what do you call a man in a tree?” “Rustle!” Of course, it IS cute and funny when HE tells it.
We also have a hardware chain here called “bunnings”. He went with my DH there to get some supplies around Easter, and he told me he got it from the bunnies! So cute
Congratulations ladys! I really liked Tessa Wise’s Button Tree Card, it is super cute.
My 5 yr old nephew wanted me to spend the night at his house. When I asked where I would be sleeping he said “not in my bed- you are too big” We all had a great time. It made me see how they view the world. Things are big from their angle.
The funniest thing a child ever told me is that I look just like her grandmother. (I’m not even a grandmother, AND her grandmother is thinner and prettier!) Love that baby!
~Shari
I actually haven’t been around too many young kids to hear something really funny, but I look forward to the day I do!
I know I have hundreds of funny things my nephews have said and for the life of me I can’t think of any right now. BUt one funny, slightly embarrassing event happened recently. The 4 year old was in the tub and called me in and with his hand between his leg said “there is a round thing down there” Me, all embarrassed said “I know, leave it alone” and then he got me when he said “Hey, there are two of em!” **LOL**
Love those Kiddie sayings! The funniest thing a kid ever said to me was when I was 8 months pregnant, and my 4 year old cousin asked me “How you gonna have that baby anyway??? Frow (throw) it up?
Congratulations to the Top 5 finalists!!! My middle daughter (who is 5) was in my room with me one night as I was getting laundry ready to put away. I hung a Hello Kitty shirt on a hanger and she said, “Mommy, that is my favorite shirt in the history of shirts!!!”
“Oh, it is, is it? In the history of shirts?”
“Yes, in the whoooooole history of shirts! It’s very Hello Kitty-ish!”
I cracked. up.
Hehe those cards are cute… as a button! Sorry, couldn’t help myself. Congratulations Idol Winners.
Almost everything that comes out of my nephew cracks me up. He’s a witty teen now but I remember when he was a toddler and his favorite movie was “Fox and the Hound.” He wanted to watch it any chance he got and in the grocery store at the top of his lungs he blurted out, “I wanna watch Fauk-n Hound!” over and over. Say it out loud and you’ll get why it’s funny! I was trying my hardest not to bust up laughing or turn beet red, or to explain that my nephew really wasn’t cussing up a storm at two. I think most people understood and were giggling at the cuteness. XDDD
I guess the funniest thing would have to be my friend’s son’s response to the question (during children’ s chat at church), “If you had money, what would you buy?”. He said, in this very grown-up tone of voice that he has, “Well, you could buy a dog, or a wagon.”
My niece recently told me, “I’m not excited about turning 6 but I’m excited about my birthday party!” I thought wait until you turn 40!!
I can’t believe how stinkin cute all the top fives are. I was teaching a 4 year old chruch class and I asked the kids “how we can we help our mothers” a little boy replied, ” I can help my mom color her hair”. I guess any help is better than no help.
Super cute button cards!
My son says funny things all the time. His latest…… A boy at school was telling the class that his uncle is 98 years old. All the other kids “ooohhed” and “aahhed”. MY SON… he leans in and says to me, under his breath, “He’s probably only got two more years.” Yes, I live with Dr. Death. He keeps me laughing though….the eternal optimist that he is:)
Congrats to the 5 finalist.. My funny story is from my 17yr. son, one night about 11:30pm I went into the kitchen and he was making toast, I told him not to use up all the bread, and he said to me “No worries, I’m only using the foot pieces”… I laughed so hard and I said I think you mean the heals…
Congratulations ladies–good luck on the final round.
At my grandson’s pre-school graduation, he had to sing the last verse of this land is your land. It is a hard verse for a preschooler–he got through In the shadow of the steeple–(couldn’t remember the rest and ended with) I see my people just standing round looking dumb. Didn’t miss a beat but everyone else was cracking up, including the teacher.
Boy oh boy, I would love to win…great give…
Congrats you five. You did a great job.
The funniest thing I’ve ever heard was when we built our house my hubby was putting a door in our hall and and our almost 3 yr old wanted to bop bop the door with a hammer like his daddy. So my hubby gave him the nail and hammer and he rared back and bopped the hammer and his thumb. He started hollering and the throwed the hammer and nail down. So hubby decided that he could finally put the door in and as soon as he started hammering again. Dear son wanted to hammer so hubby gave him a hammer and son looked up at his daddy and said no daddy you hold the nail. I just about rolled on the floor. the look on hubby’s face was priceless.
Two funny family stories. When my youngest brother was born, my aunt was watching my older brother, younger sister and me. At the time she got the call that the baby had arrived, she was in the kitchen cleaning some piece of poultry (chicken, turkey), you get the picture. She was holding the bird when she told my sister she had a new baby brother. My sister promptly replied, “Where’s him head?”
My youngest son was always a bit on the emotional side. When he was in Kindergarten, he burst into tears when he couldn’t be first to do something. His teacher calmly explained that everyone had to take turns and he couldn’t always be first. A short time later she was dismayed to find him crying again and explained again why he couldn’t be first, to which he replied, “but I didn’t want to be first, I wanted to be third.” She told him she never had someone so upset because they couldn’t be third.
Hope these anecdotes bring a smile to your face.
My daughter was about 18 mos and was alone in the living room. She came running down the hall yelling, “What do I have? What do I have?”
I heard some weird noises and said, “I don’t know, what do you have?” Luckily, it was only the tissue wrapping paper I’d left out.
Our 7 year old son told us…that when he gets underarm hair, he will dye it gold! We think he is destined to be a millionaire! He is all about how he can make money.
LOL!
We are in Canada visting my parents on their farm right now. My 5 year old has not been around horses much and when she was riding Grandme’s horse a few days ago, I said ‘Wow, looks like we have a cowgirl on our hands!’ She answers me with hand on hip…’Maaahm….it’s not a cow, it’s a HORSE!’
What fabulous cards! One little gem from my 3 year old. My husband and my duaghter spend the last few minutes before bedtime finding countries on her stuffed globe. One night my daughter was tired and when Daddy asked her to tell hime where Thailand (or some other country that I forget), she said, “Daddy, you tell yourself!”
When I was very pregnant with our 3rd child, my son who was 3 at the time, asked, “How did the baby get in your tummy – did you eat it?”
The cards are phenomenal!!
When my son was about 6 years old he told me “Mom, you are so hot we should make cookies on you!”. I have to preface this by telling you, that my husband is always saying how “hot” I am (gotta love him), so my boy was just saying what dad always says!
What a fun giveaway! My daughter, who was 3 at the time, was in the car with my sister & I when we passed a Krispy Kreme donut store. She got very excited and pointed out the window that they have donuts there!!! I said- how do you know? She replied- my daddy takes me there! I thought it was too funny! (and apparently very true!)
Congrats to the top 5! Funny thing: (As I was making a grocery list) Me:”Milk, eggs, apples, bread…..what else to we need?” My DD: “Clip on earrings and a bigger slip and slide!”
I have a 5 year old and 3 year old (and a baby) and hear funny things from them all the time…I can’t think of just one.
Having a 4-year old, the hard part was deciding which one to share. I guess, if we stay on the crafty side of things…the other day we were at a local craft store and I was looking at stamps. He says to me, “You don’t need that Mommy. You already have too many.”
I’m certain his dad put him up to that!
My daughter made me laugh years ago when she and I were visiting the restroom at a restaurant. She had just learned to read and when she saw the sanitary napkin dispenser she said, “Why would you pay 25 cents for a napkin when you can get them outside for free!” Still makes me laugh.
Love all of the creations. Lots of inspiration there. Congrats to the winners.
The funniest thing a child told me is that they could find me in any crowd because I was such a big girl. (I am 5’9″)
awesome finalists! congrats ladies
my friend’s sister is hilarious, she’s 4 and full of great comments including “i don’t wanna get married because then i’d have to sleep with a boy”
Well done girls. Good luck next week.
It’s my son who makes remarks that are funny but if I translate these to English they wouldn’t be funny anymore but he does makes us laugh, he’s 9 years old.
Eveline.
When my nephew was about 4(now 18) we had slept with the windows open and he woke up a little hoarse. I said Justin you sound a little hoarse, he said “well, well, you sound like an elephant” We still laugh about that.
Congrats to the top 5!
Jennifer
Love the cards, good luck Top 5! A couple of weeks ago, I had on my favorite pair of jeans that has holes in both knees. I had to run out to the store really quick, and in the parking lot I passed a woman walking with her little child. I overheard the child tell the mom, “She broke her pants!”
Not the world’s funniest thing, but my 19 month old daughter made me laugh this morning when she walked around the house saying ‘uh oh’ at everything. I love her innocence!
Congrats to the top 5! Can’t wait to see the next entries! My son gave me “100 thumbs up” for the breakfast I made this morning! {snicker}
When she saw the whirlpool bathtub in our beach rental my six year old daughter started jumping up and down yelling, “I get to take a bath in the tomato bathtub! I get to take a bath in the tomato bathtub!” Her brothers looked at us with quizzical looks on their faces which is what I’m sure they saw on ours. We finally figured out that she was saying “tornado bathtub” which is what she figured she’d experience when the jets were turned on. We don’t have one at our home but she saw one in her friend’s house.
The funniest thing a child ever told me came from my 3-year-old niece. Her grandpa loves to tease her by calling her names like John or James. One day he called her John, so she turned to me and said in her most serious and adult-sounding voice, “Aunt Cheri, tell him my name is NOT John!” I guess you had to be there, because the whole house was rolling!
Congrats to all of the top 5! Incredibly wonderful cards!! My funny kid remark is from my son. He was born in 1990 and when he was 6 years old(1996) he was watching a TV show about Michael Jackson. He looked at me and said……”Michael Jackson is black?” Well, I really had to stop to realize that since my son was born in 1990 he would have never seen a “black” M.J. Sure made me feel old!!
The funniest..so many things I hear are being around kids alot..But now that I have to think of them..um..Can I even think of one?? My daughter immitates most everything(she’s 2.5) and Some of the faces she makes while explaining how something looked can be pretty funny!
The funniest thing…
My son was a big Thomas fan and watched it every day. One day I was cleaning the bathroom and he kept coming and getting into things and I lost my patience with him. “Is you cross, mommy?” Were the next words out of his mouth and of course I was no longer cross.
I don’t know about funniest ever said to me – there are so many… but one funny thing my son said… as we were driving in the car, he was about 2 1/2 and my daughter about 6 months, she passed gas and he said so matter of factly “I didn’t see that one coming!” My mom and I lost it! Oh, he did tell me the other day (he is now 5 1/2) that he wished for 5 moms and 5 dads, when asked why, he said then he would ever have to make his bed and we could all wait on him. Gotta love kids!
Congrats to all the Top 5 finalists!
My son is a constant source of funny stories. When he was 3 and recently potty-trained, he flushed the toilet, and asked me “where does the poop go?” I told him we should call Grandpa Pete (my parents live in New Mexico). My son seemed pretty shocked and then said “you mean all the poop goes to Taos, New Mexico?”
I explained that Grandpa is a plumber so he could give a better explanation of what happens when we flush the toilet. Funny little guy!
When my daughter was in kindergarten she was surprised by what kinds of things in which our church did not believe. Once, while we were riding in the car, she said quite indignantly that …..
…..did I KNOW that some people in our church that don’t believe in leprechauns.
Who knew? lol.