Card Recognition

Sunday, May 8, 2011

You are an inspiration, plus winners!



I love that I've made all sorts of cards this week, but hadn't actually made one for my mom for Mother's Day, oops.  I found this sheet of SRM stickers at Ben Franklin and thought that I should make some cards for my girlfriend's Avon Breast Cancer Walk, but I haven't actually made them yet...  so when looking for the right sentiment for my mom I thought this one was perfect.  I've also used this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge and the Play Date Cafe colors.  I've used some faux stitching to try to cover the clear vellum double sided tape for Yvonne's "Do More with Less" challenge.  Tiffany Doodles and ABC Design Blog are celebrating flowers this month, and I think the WMS Big Blooms set is great, especially colored in with water colors.

Right, now more importantly... blog candy winners!!!  Thank you for all the comments over the last week, such fun to see such fabulous blog love.  Because I've been lucky to win a number of things in the past, I wanted to have as many winners as possible.  So, with the help of Random.org here we go.

$10 gift certificate to Two Peas in a Bucket:
~Tammy~ said...I need to get commissioned! Paid to craft! How can I get signed up for this??? Love what you have done here! These are great! Congrats to your friend! :-)

PTI Button Dies: Lisa Petrella said...Both of these cards are FANTASTIC, Erin, but I especially LOVE that first one! The book plate and that GIANT flower---ahhhh---sooooo pretty! I'm definitely going to check out your author friend's book! I LOVE to read and I'm always on the lookout for good books!

Hero Arts Sparkle Clear cling Bananas For You set: yyam said...These are lovely Erin! Love the layers and all the text! :):

Hero Arts Sparkle Clear cling Buttons: Pam W. said...WOW! Great cards, Erin! I must give the PTI MIM technique a try. I love what you did with it. Happy Mother's Day!!

Hero Arts Sparkle Clear cling Tickets: Emily Keaton said... SO clean, bold, and beautiful!! What a lovely card. Happy Anniversary, Erin!!


Hero Arts Sparkle Clear cling Sew Original: lynn said...your garden wedding sounds beautiful, erin:) hope your anniversary was a great one! cute card!

And the Maya Road Canvas album, Cosmo Cricket stickers and Flirt Album: Karen B. said...This certainly is a technique I hope you try more of in the future, your cards turned out fantastic. Love the colors on both of them. How cool is that to have a friend that has a book published. Cool indeed.

Winners please email me at paperobsessed at gmail dot com your snail mail addresses and I'll send them off. Thanks for helping me celebrate one year of blog addiction  love.

Materials: Waltzingmouse Big Blooms stamps, SRM Stickers Courage sentiment, vellum, water color pencils, Fiskars corner rounder, Unity background stamp, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Work Lipstick, Studio G orange ink, Tim Holtz Ornamental die, Twinery Mandarin twine, Cuttlebug Just My Type faux stitching embossing folder

24 comments:

jen said...

Congrats to all the winners & to you for your year of blog love!! :)
This card is amazing- it is such a pretty take on the inspiration pic!!!! :)
Happy Mother's Day!

farmhouse-story said...

erin, you sweetheart!! thanks so much for the give away!! you rocked this color challenge with your darling card! happy moms day:)

Pam W. said...

YIPPEE! Now I can no longer say that I never win anything. Haha! Thanks so much, Erin and Happy Birthday to your blog.

Andrea Ewen said...

Great use of the sketch and fantastic stitching! Awesome colors, too...love those floral stamps! Thanks for playing along with us at the Play Date Cafe!

Karen B. said...

The textures and colors on this card are amazing! Thanks for drawing my name, woo hoo!

Sandy Ang said...

What a creative design for your card and I love the pinks against the white

Kelly S. said...

Love the soft look you achieved with that Beautiful Bloom. So many fun textures on this! The zigzag embossing is too cool!

yyam said...

Oh this is so pretty Erin! Love the addition of the vellum...it really adds a dreamy feel to the card! And that faux stitching really finishes the card! Thanks for playing along with my guest Alice's challenge! :)

P/s: Yay for picking me to win some blog candy! Thanks Erin! :)

Emily Keaton said...

What a beautiful card you made for your Mom!! I love your design for this. So lovely!! Great use of the colors, too. And I'm tickled to be among your blog candy winners. How fun!! I've just emailed you. Thanks so very much. :D

Alice said...

so clean and beautiful! very pretty design, too! thank you so much for playing along!! =)

~Tammy~ said...

Erin, first and foremost, I LOVE your card and the beautiful soft colors! This turned out beautifully! The texture is amazing! What a great year you have had! Lastly, I am so happy to be one of your winners! Thank you so very much Erin! I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!

Heidi said...

Oh my gosh, that flower is so pretty and a great take on that picture as inspiration. Thanks for joining the ABC DT Challenge this month.

Colleen Dietrich said...

Congrats to the winners! Two of them are my friends. :) Yay!

ANd thanks for creating another stunner for the Play Date Cafe this week, ERin! Happy Anniversary. :)

Deborah Frings said...

Lovely card - the colours are superb!

Emily Leiphart said...

This design is amazing, Erin! I especially love how you burlapped one corner in the background and embossed to hid the vellum tape. Congrats to the lucky winners!! Wow, that is a lot of prizes.

Jennifer Rzasa said...

Ooh, so nice Erin! I love those colors

Julia Aston said...

Love the water coloring on this pretty creation! thanks for playing with the WMS sketch this week!

Lisa Petrella said...

Beautiful card, Erin! I LOVE the watercolor look of the flowers and the way you stamped the background pattern just in one corner---great design! And THANK YOU SO MUCH for drawing my name as one of your blog candy winners!!! WOOHOOO!!! So excited about that FABULOUS prize!!!

Mona Pendleton said...

So pretty! Love the soft colors! Thanks for playing along with the WMSC :)

Jaclyn Miller said...

So simple and gorgeous! Thanks for playing along again at The Play Date Cafe.

Cyndie said...

What a gorgeous card! I love the way you softened the lower part of the card with vellum. Great interpretation of the challenge colors and sketch! Thanks for the inspiration!

Edna Morrisedie said...

Lovely lovely! The soft tones are fantastic, and a great take on the sketch too.... thanks for playing along with the Mischief Makers this week!

Jean Martin said...

Gorgeous! Loving the layering here! Sorry I'm super late, but thanks for joining us over at WMSC last week! :)

Collette said...

Very pretty card!