P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Magazine Monday! Thanks again for all the comments from last week’s blogiversary celebration. You sure know how to make this humble editor feel good. It makes all the 2 a.m. “feedings” and lack of sleep well worth it. And now you know why I begin every morning with a tall glass of Coke over ice! Breakfast of champions!
Did everyone have a good weekend? For those of you affected by the snowstorms, I hope you enjoyed the opportunity to stayed indoors and catch up on some paper crafting. Perhaps a few of you even started or finished your Valentine’s Day projects. Remember it’s not too late to shower your sweeties in love!
But before Feb. 14 arrives, let’s fall in love with our January Gallery Challenge winners. These three ladies not only aced our marker-themed challenge, but they actually made me want to go play with my Copics!
Winner #1 – Vanessa Menhorn:
We loved the detailed shading on Vanessa's clean and graphic card. Judging from her watermark and the name of her blog ("Wings of a Butterfly"), she's a fan of these beauties.
Winner #2 – Nina Brackett:
Apparently Nina is a fan of butterflies, too! We loved this shabby chic card and how she accented her butterfly with gorgeous pearls.
Winner #3 – Alice Wertz:
Alice definitely knows her way around a marker! Check out her blog for more examples of this fun and cute card.
Congratulations, ladies! Each of you has won either a one-year subscription or the special issue of your choice. I’ll be contacting you shortly to discuss your prizes. If you’re interested in seeing all the marker projects from the January challenge, please visit our gallery HERE.
Wanna join the fun and participate in our next challenge? We launched our February Gallery Challenge last Monday and already have 87 entries! Since it’s the season of love, we want to see your very best Valentine’s Day projects. For inspiration, please turn to the Valentines for Everyone on Your List and Vintage Valentines features in our January/February 2010 issue. This three-week challenge will run through midnight (MST) on Monday, Feb. 22. Click HERE for all the details!
Happy Monday!
Kelly
P.S. It’s time to announce the winners from Susan ‘s One Year with the Paper Crafts Gang post and my That Could Be a Blog Post post!
Susan’s winners:
2. Sara-Jane (Feb. 4, 8:44 a.m.)
3. Maureen D. (Feb. 4, 5:14 a.m.)
My winners:
1. Jami (Feb. 7, 4:14 p.m.)
2. Anita Young (Feb. 5, 11:13 a.m.)
3. Erika M. (Feb. 5, 6:42 a.m.)
Congrats, winners! I’ll be contacting you shortly to discuss your prizes and get your mailing addresses. Thanks to all who left comments!
Congrats to all the challenge winners – your cards are awesome!
Thanks so much!!! I am thrilled to be a winner together with two of my dear blogfriends! Congrats dear Alice and dear Nina! I had so much fun coloring these butterflies and it makes me so happy that you like them.
Wow, I am so honored to win alongside two of my talented blog friends. Thank you for picking my card. And a BIG congratulations and hugs to Alice and Vanessa! You girls are amazing!
Love all these beautiful cards!
Congrats to the winners! Fabulous creations!
Lovely cards!! Congrats to all of you.
Congrats to the winners and great coloring!
Also, I’m pretty sure that breakfast of champions is what gets me thru the evening, but it’s my 3pm pick me up!
ps those 2am feedings will not last forever, even tho it feels like it. I remember one day missing the time with my baby alone in the quiet when it felt like we were the only ones awake anywhere. No lie!! of course, the baby was probably 3, but you know what I’m saying.
HUGE CONGRATS to Vanessa, Nina, and Alice!!! WHOO YOO…so fun when they are your bogging buddies
Ack these projects are amazing… I totally missed this challenge!
Great job gals. Nina I can not wait to see what new stamps you have over at Gena K’s.
Donna Polley
OMGoodness! Thank you so much!! I am so happy and honored to be listed along side super talented Vanessa and Nina! I have never thought that this will happen to me! You made my day!! =) Congratulations to my friends, Vanessa and Nina!!
Wow what lovely cards, congrats to all the winners.
I’m hoping that you can answer my question. I have bought maybe 25 different clear stamp sets from various companies. The problem is, when I take the clear stamp off of the plastic sheet to use it (even the very first time) it then won’t stick to either the block, or the sheet I just pulled it off of. Which means that I can’t use the stamp, and I can’t store it on the plastic sheet that it’s supposed to be stored on. Do you know what I should do? They are really worthless….Thanks a bunch.
Sharon
Wow…those cards are all amazing!!! And thank you so much…I’m so thrilled I was picked for the card kit!! How exciting!!!!
awesome cards – thanx for the inspiration, ladies!
BEAUTIFUL cards!!!