Thursday 3 January 2013

Card Designer of the Year Competition!!!

Hiya everyone,

I have some fab news that I can finally announce - I was runner up in the Card designer of the Year competition ran by Simply Cards and Papercrafts magazine.  I was really surprised to place as I was 8 and a half months pregnant when I made my entries and very nearly didn't bother as I'd not made much for ages.

This is 1 of  3 of my entries and the first I made.  The image is by Mo Manning and is called "Not even a mouse" and is available here.  I printed the image out about 7 times and cut out various layers before colouring them in with my promarkers/flexmarkers.  This was very fiddly but it was worth it as it really "popped" off the card!  I kept the rest of the card relatively simple as I wanted the image to really stand out.  

The papers are from the Papermania Silent Night A4 stack which I really love for the rich traditional colours.  I liked it so much I bought 3 pads when it came out which is a while ago now!

I have used a LOTV Christmas round sentiment and my Martha Stewart holly border punch and my new(ish) Tim Holtz weathered clock die.



I will share the other 2 cards with you shortly.

My Joanna Sheen Teamie Lexi was also a runner up in the competition too!  What a small world!

Thanks for looking!






My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

27 comments:

  1. Congratulations - it's a lovely card - look forward to seeing the other two - Linda xx

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  2. Yayy well done clever Lady !!its a lovely card x

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  3. Woohoo super news, how exciting. And so fab to have recognition for your fab work. Zo xx

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  4. Wow Well done Paula , thats great news love the cards,Pauline xx

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  5. Well done Paula, this is my favourite of your three although they are all fab!

    Elaine xx

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  6. Wow congrats Paula what an achievement..



    smiles Christine x

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  7. Congratulations. Gorgeous card Paula. I love the decoupage, and the layout looks fab.
    Lorraine x

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  8. Congratulations on your win. Your card is beautiful. x

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  9. Oh wow! well done and many congratulations. It's a fabulous card and well worth all the cutting out and layering x

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  10. Fabulous entry and congratulations
    Kate xxx

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  11. Huge Congratulations Paula!!! Your card is gorgeous and I'm really pleased for you. X X

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  12. Wow, well done Paula. Your card is gorgeous.

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  13. Huge congratulations to you Paula! I was so pleased when I found out you were a runner up too. Your cards were all beautiful and the one above is totally adorable.

    Thank you for visiting my blog - I was about to make my announcement when you popped in so it wasn't very exciting, lol.

    Nice to see that I'm in good company with the lovely new Valentine's theme background. It's nice to have a change.

    Looking forward to seeing more details on the other cards you entered into the comp., and congratulations once again.
    xx

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  14. Such a beautiful card, congratulations I can see that it was so well deserved :) look forward to seeing the other cards :) xxx

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  15. Congratulations Paula, so pleased for you...your cards are always so gorgeous, this one is adorable.
    Hugs Wendy xx

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  16. Congratulations Paula what fantastic news, gorgeous cards and lovely images.

    Hugs Julie x

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  17. Congratulations Paula, your card is gorgeous!

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  18. CONGRATS dearest Paula:) You deserve to win, Your card is so gorgeous and I look forward to see the other two cards:)
    Big hug,
    Sonia

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  19. congrats Paula - really fab news xx

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  20. Congrats Paula - love your card - looking forward to seeing the others!
    xx

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  21. Congratulations Paula a great achievement, your card is beautiful. Looking forward to seeing the other two.

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  22. Congratulations - it's a lovely card!

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  23. This is just gorgeous,love the image and fab details.xxx

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  24. Congrats hunny! The card is gorgeous!!! Hugs, Wends xxxx

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  25. Really gorgeous, Congratulations my lovely :-) Elaine-xxx-

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  26. Oooooh congratulations! what a thrill! And I love your pretty card! Fab image and beautiful design! Hugs, Lesley

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  27. Congrats Paula, beautiful card - as soon as I saw it I had to pop over to the Mo Manning site and buy the image for myself, ready for next Christmas !
    Love your blog and the gorgeous picture of Nathan, such a cheeky chappie.
    Christine x

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