AND THE WINNER IS . . .

Hey All! We have a winner of my set of Hummingbird note cards from the last post. Thanks so much for the wonderful tips you all left! I expected no less from all you talented people! Some of them I'm adopting right away! Also, thanks so much for the nice comments about the cards. Speaking of cards. . .today's post (I know, you want to know the winner. . .if you can't wait and savor the moment, scroll down to the bottom and take a look to see if it is you!) LOL Now, for those of you who are going to wait, back to today's post. This card was made with another stamp set from Artful Inkables. This one is from their Bloomin' Beauties set. Take a look at the card:



I just love these stamps! I colored the flowers with colored pencils and cut each one out. I stamped the vine part in Colorbox Canary multiple times in opposite directions, cut them out and pieced them together. I then wove the vine thingies into the trellis, then mounted the flowers on with foam mounting squares for depth. The trellis thingies are a border die cut from my Cuttlebug as is the embossed background which I thought went perfect with this. Ever since I got this Cuttlebug die, I kept thinking it looked like a trellis. Then when I got this stamp set I thought the two would be perfect together. A detailed shot is below:



The stamp set came with the sentiment "Bloom where you're planted", but it was a bit small for this size card. Besides, I have a friend that has a birthday coming up soon, so I thought this would make a good birthday card for her.

So, there you have it. Now, shall I announce the winner? OK, OK! For Those of you who waited, the list is below. Remember, the winner was the one who came out 13Th on the list as determined by Random.org. There were a couple of you who commented after the deadline date, so I'm sorry that I did not include you on the draw. There were also a couple of anonymous comments who did not leave a name, so I could not put them in for the draw. So, here is the list:

1. sue-oregon
2. mary ellen eidle
3. babs w/8
4. cardcrazy
5. denise
6. judy
7. the rubber maid
8. scossie jane
9. jodi
10. jennifer muraoka
11. gina wrona
12. rita
13. deedee
14. radiogirl
15. carole beath crayola58
16. mary ann-anon
17. adrienne
18. juliann

Congrats DeeDee! I'm so glad you won! Send me an email with your address and I'll get these right out to ya! DeeDee wrote: "OMG!! These are WONDERFUL Curt!!! WOW....you are so awesome to give them away too....my Mama LOVES hummingbirds and I may just need to go purchase that stamp set just to make cards for her!!!!Okay....hmmmm....a tip....did you know you can drop a few drops of food coloring in some shaving cream...give it a slight "mix" then lay your cardstock in it and make your own patterned paper??? Look here: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/294783/shaving_cream_printer/Have FUN!!!! HUGS!!!! Oh jeepers...I almost forgot...I love your pic of the week...that is so COOL!!!!"

I always love hearing from you DeeDee, thanks for all the wonderful comments you have left! And that goes for all of you! I love to hear from all of you, and I love coming to your blogs! You guys are the best! I'll be having some more fun stuff to play in the future with some more ideas I have, so keep coming back, you never know what is coming next! Don't forget the pic of the week below! She is a beauty! I've been waiting all summer to get a photo of a tiger, and a few days ago, there she was! Have an incredible week all! See you on your blogs!

Best,

Curt O'Brien
"God help me be the person my dog thinks I am."