P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! Can you believe we’re half way through our Gallery Idol competition? This is where things really heat up. This is where our finalists really begin to sweat. This is where they turn to their families and say, “I’m a full-time card maker for the next two weeks. It’s another YOYO (You’re On Your Own) dinner tonight.”
Speaking of things heating up, I wouldn’t be surprised if our finalists burnt through a few die cut machines last weekend! If you haven’t visited their blogs recently, it was fun to read about their love/hate relationship with these sometimes moody machines. Hopefully they’ve all made up by now!
Ready to find out who’s moving on to Round 3? It was a close race, but these 10 gals received the most votes in our creative die cut-themed challenge.
Here they are in alphabetical order:
Finalist #1 – Lindsay Amrhein:
Finalist #3 – Debbie Carriere:
Finalist #5 – Cristina Kowalczyk:
Finalist #9 – Laurie Willison:
Which means we must say goodbye to Laura Bassen, Amber Daigre, Sarah Jay, Valerie Mangan and Laura O’ Donnell. Ladies, thanks so much for your amazing contribution to Gallery Idol 2011. I’ll be contacting you shortly to discuss your Top 20 and Top 15 prize packages. Best of luck in all your crafty pursuits!
Congratulations, Top 10! By making it this far, you’ve each won a free special issue, a one-year subscription and this prize package, courtesy of Pink Paislee:
Top 10, Round 3’s theme is…fabric meets paper! We want to see your most creative cards that incorporate fabric into the design. The deadline for submissions is next Monday, July 25 at 9 a.m. (MDT). All cards must be posted to our gallery by this time. Voting for Round 3 will begin at noon (MDT)!
Ready for today’s giveaway? To go along with our next theme, how about K&Company’s Handmade collection? There’s even a set of 14 fabric swatches! To be entered to win, leave a congratulatory comment for our Top 10 finalists. All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Sunday, July 24.
One lucky winner will take home these fabric swatches, plus other goodies from K&Company's Handmade collection!
Best of luck, Top 10!
Kelly
P.S. It’s time to announce the winner from Windy’s National Lollipop Day post!
Karen B. (July 20, 5:48 a.m.)
Congrats, Karen! I’ll be contacting you shortly to discuss your prizes and get your mailing address. Thanks to all who left comments!
What wonderfully creative projects. So deserving of making it to the Top 10. Congratulations.
What great cards…can’t wait to see more! Congrats to all of you!
Stunning creations! Congrats!
Congratulations ladies! Thank you for all the beautiful inspiration. I cannot wait to see what you come up with next.
Congratulations top 10! You guys rocked the cut!
Totally inspired and now I half wish I wasn’t babysitting my two nephews today….lol. Kidding of course bc they are adorable but now I have something to look forward to trying out tomorrow for a few of my close friends!!!! You ladies are awesome!
WOW how wonderful for all of you. Your cards are so inspiring. Congrats!!!!!! TFS and for the chance to win this amazing giveaway.
Ladies-your cards are just awesome! such talent and creativity! Thank you for your hard work and inspiration! I would love to try to enter sometime-but I am no where nearly as good as you yet! Will keep trying!
Great cards!!! Can’t wait to see the next round of cards!!! So fun looking at all of them!
Congratulations! I’m so inspired by all the creativity in this amazing top ten gallery. Best wishes for the next round!
Congratulations!!! All of these cards were fabulous, it was definitely a hard round to vote….cant wait to see what you come up with next.
Each of these beautiful cards is definitely a winner! I am so enjoying seeing each elimination as the designs just keep getting better and better. Congratulations to all of you and best of luck in the next round!!!
Congratulations to all the girls! I’m happy my faves are still in! Good luck on the next round.
Congrats to all the fabulous ladies!
Very talented and creative individuals. Awesome looking cards. Good luck on the next round.
oh WOW! look at those gorgeous cards! congratulations!
These creations are just plain totally amazing! Just AMAZING! It is so fun to see the entries and the finalists
Wow, all the cards are fabulous. Looking forward to the next round, with all this talent, it will be amazing
Congrats to all the ladies (my 2 favs are still in the running). Looking forward to the next round. Good Luck to all.
Adorable and so inspirational!!! Congratulations to all the Top 10 winners!!!
Congrats to the top 10! Very well deserved! These ladies are awesomely creative!
Fantastic job ladies. I have to admit, I am a bit envious of your phenomenal talent.
These top 10 cards are beautiful!! I can’t wait to make some cards based on their designs. Good luck to all.
Congrats to all you talented ladies. Such imaginations and creativity showed through on all of these entries.
Wow I can see why all of you gals are finalists! Can’t even pick a clear favorite.
Big big congrats ladies! You are all amazingly talented and your projects were so beautiful this week! Looking forward to the next round!
These cards are unbelievable! Thanks for the creative ideas and congrats to all of the finalists!
awesome creations ladies! congratulations
Beautiful cards ladies.
All of your cards are inspiring! Thank you for sharing them with us:) Congratulations on a job well done! http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/
WOW….such creative talent! Congratulations!
Such an honor for all you Top 10 ladies! Congrats to you!
DeniseB
You ladies rocked this challenge…awesomely gorgeous creations. WTG and keep on!!
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