Tuesday, October 30, 2012

{Paper Smooches} November Sneak Peek, Announcement + Giveaway!


Kim is sharing this card on the Paper Smooches Blog today. {There's a giveaway there, too!} My card features four stamps from Freezy Fellas which will be available on November 1st, in just two days time. Are you excited? These snowmen are absolutely adorable and when I saw this sentiment, it appeared as if the snowmen were showing me the love so I just went with it. LOL


The entire card is covered and paper pieced with patterned paper from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Two's Rosy paper pad. I cut out my own banner, stamped the sentiment and stapled it to the card base to complete the scene.

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Exciting Announcement & Giveaway!

I have a super exciting announcement to make! If you're coming from Paper Crafts Connection HERE, then you already know. I'm thrilled to announce that I am one of the four World Card Making Day 2012 Contest winners in the Hello/Thinking of You category. Eeek!! This is the first time I've won one of the big prizes from Paper Crafts magazine so I made this card to express just how wonderful I feel. Thank you to Paper Crafts and everyone who reads the magazine and my blog!

(click to enlarge) 

Let's get this party started! To celebrate my win, I am giving away one Paper Smooches stamp set of the winner's choice. Thank you, Kim!! I used all of the Paper Smooches 'human' characters except one. Name the missing character in your comment below. (Hint: He's a very important person.)


You have until Friday, November 2nd at 11:59 p.m. EST to leave a comment. I will use Random.org to draw and announce the winner of one Paper Smooches stamp set here on Saturday, November 3rd. Thank you so much for stopping by!! :D

Sources for i♥u this much: SU Crumb Cake cardstock; MME Lost & Found Two: Rosy paper pad; Paper Smooches Freezy Fellas (available November 1st); Memento Tuxedo Black ink; SU Real Red ink; Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher & staple

Sources for Thanks Ever So Much: Gina K Designs pure luxury white & black cardstock; Paper Smooches Jive Turkey, Smarty Pants, Space Cadet, Green Acres, Pip Squeaks, Great Chemistry & Pretty Phrases; Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Copic markers; foam tape


88 comments:

Sarah said...

Congratulations, Em!!! I'm so happy for you.

Pamela said...

Santa!!!! He's going to bring you a huge prize from PC :) Congrats on the win!

Michelle Woerner said...

Your snowman card is just darling!! AND wow! Congrats on being a World Cardmaker winner!! That is quite an honor. I think they had record breaking amount of entries, so congrats!!!

Jingle said...

HUGE congratulations to you, Emily! You SO deserve this win!!! I don't see the witch from Halloweenies up there! :)

angie blom said...

That is amazing Emily... Well deserved , you are a brilliant and creative person! Love you card celebrating your announcement !!

Kelley Eubanks said...

I tried to comment from my phone but I don't know where it went! :) If you get two from me... I don't know what happened! :)

Congratulations Emily! Such a great card! Well deserved!!

Noelle Reese said...

CONGRATS to YOU!!! So well deserved!!

Lea L. said...

These are both SO cute!! Love them...and amazing job coloring on the second one!!

Vera Yates (Ling) said...

Congrats, Emily! I am so excited when I saw your name & pic. And that thank you card is fabulous!

snappy scrappy said...

Congrats...love your cards!! Lee-Ann :)

Lisa's Creative Niche said...

Yay!!! Congratulations!!! So very happy for you and I love this card, thank you so much for sharing your excitement with us!!!
Lisa

Chunyuan said...

Congrats, Emily. Well deserved. I am so happy for you.

Puppy Kisses and Paper Dreams said...

Fabulous! Congratulations ... I did not see Santa in your card, or YOU!

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Congrats!!!! Santa, where'd he go?

judy said...

Congratulations, Emily on your Big win; I look forward to seeing the card in a future issue of Paper Crafts Magazine!

joy said...

WOW! A big congratulations to you, Emily!! So very well deserved. I see Santa didn't make it to this party; but I'm sure he's super happy for you, just like me! Enjoy this huge honor!

donna mikasa said...

Congrats, Emily! So very deserving!

Piali said...

Big Congrats Emily!! So happy for you...Your creations are amazing always!!
I think you missed SANTA!!

Brandi said...

Congrats girl! Is it the Santa that's missing?

Anita Rex said...

Yay Emily I am so happy for you and your win! Not surprised at all! Love your card today is it Santa who is missing?

Jamie said...

Congrats Emily!! I love your work and I can't wait to see the card:)

Lisa Arana said...

Yay! Congrats Em! Whoop whoop!

Annette Allen said...

big Congratulations Emily...so well deserved...I am so happy for you...

Miriam Prantner said...

So excited for you Emily!!! Congratulations, that is HUGE! So I can think of four who are missing, although not sure you consider them all human, ha ha: Witch, Jerome, Santa, and also the Frankenstein guy.

Unknown said...

Big Congrats, Emily! So happy for you!

Jen W. said...

Whoop whoop whoooooop!! So awesome to see your name on the WCMD list! :) These two cards rock as well. Love the fun colours on the first card and the perfect masking on the second. I don't see Santa from Santa Paws though... :)

Jen M said...

Congrats Em! Your cards are awesome. I'm not surprised you won!! :) I think Santa is missing from your card. :)

Marit said...

Congrats Emily! I thought the missing person was Jerome.....

Hugs,
Marit

twinsand2boys said...

I love the new snowman set...the snowman sets are my most favorite sets Kim makes. Your card is adorable!
PS congrats!!

Annheidel said...

Congratulations! Those new snowmen are adorable and I love your group card. So cute!

Pegg S said...

Congrats - what an honor! I love what you do with Paper Smooches stamps! I don't see Santa !!

Unknown said...

Congrats Emily on your big win! Wow! I'm so happy for you, doing cartwheels here :-P I'm thinking its either Santa or Jerome! By the way, your thank you card is adorable much!

handmade_cass said...

Congrats on this win! It's a big deal and you deserve a round of applause. I follow your blog every day but don't always comment - so I'll just say now that I live your work. And where is Jerome?

Margie said...

Congrats!! I'm thinking Santa is missing!

Karenladd said...

yay for you! I saw your card and name on the Papercrafts Connection and am not surprised you were a winner. Your cards are always so fun and fabulous! Love your fun little Thank you card, and as for who is missing...it's Santa!!

Jessi Fogan said...

EEK! That's huge news! Congrats :) I spy Santa missing among all those characters...and boy, are they a bunch of characters ;)
Love those huggy snowmen - they are totally showing the love!

Connie and Jack said...

Way to go, Emily!

It's the jolly ol' elf himself (Santa) who is missing from your card. (Tho you didn't include the gnome either...are gnomes real people?)

-- Connie C.

Meghan said...

Did you omit Santa? This is a well-deserved win. It could not have happened to a nicer, more creative person! Congrats!

Unknown said...

Congratulations, Emily!!! So happy for you. Big smiles!!!

Unknown said...

ooops! I meant to say I think Santa is missing! Congrats again, Emily!

Tracey said...

Congratulations Emily! Very well-deserved!! Your work is amazing!!

SHartl said...

What a great little card and congrats to you! I saw the announcement on Papercrafts Connection and followed it over here!
Thank you also for the giveaway. The missing very important person is Santa Claus!!

Lynn said...

Wooohoo! So happy for you Emily! Enjoy all the goodies! And where's Santa? :)

Isha Gupta said...

Huuuuge Congrats Emily!!! Celebrating your win here. I found about 7 characters missing but the most important this time of year is Santa....lol.

Karen B. said...

So very happy for your Emily, and so well deserved! I don't see the santa, witch, frankenstein or the dracula on there, or Jerome either but are they really people? Anyway, I was scrolling through PS store and found a lot of sets that I need! Thanks for the nudge.

JJ Bolton said...

Congrats Emily! Very well deserved!

And I'm going to guess Santa too:)

Pryn said...

FABULOUS cards, Emily! Congrats on your very well deserved win! YOU ROCK!!!

Ok...so I had a guess, BUT then I read your hint of 'a very important person'. Now, I am going to have to say SANTA!!!

Indy's Designs said...

ConGrats! How exciting! Love those snowmen!

Karen said...

Congratulations on your win. It is not at all surprising to me. You are very talented. Haven't been on the internet much lately, work is very busy. Hope you are having a good week.

melania deasy said...

CONGRATS!!!!! I'm so happy for you :)

Anonymous said...

HUGE congrats on your WCMD win, Emily!!!! I'm so very happy for you and I can't wait to see your winning card!
So sweet of you to do a giveaway, too: Santa's the missing one! :)

Dawnll said...

Popped in to Congratulate you sweetie...how exciting,so happy for you.
Always enjoy your designs even if you leave Santa out of the design sweetie

Kelly B. said...

Awesome! Where is Santa?

cassie said...

Congratulations - that's fantastic!

I guess I'll go with Santa as well :)

Lindsey said...

So I can't decide which card I like better -- the classic CAS Emily long card with amazing colouring, or the paper-pieced snow family extravaganza! And yes, I think seasonal Santa must be the missing person, too.

Lindsey said...

And oops, I forgot to say CONGRATS!

Sus said...

Congrats!!! Love your paper pieced snowmen card and all the characters used on the thank you card. I had no idea who was missing until I saw the comment just before mine... :)

Cristina said...

Wooooooooo! Congratulations, Emily!!

Ruth G said...

Congrats on your card publication! You always do such a great job, I'm glad to see you being recognized!
Love the card! I'm sure that Santa is super busy this time of year and will show up somewhere down the line with a tall cool drink in his hand celebrating that the holidays are over.
TFS!

Glenda J said...

A big congrats - well deserved! Love the adorable card!

Jennifer said...

Super cute snowman card! And congrats on being a winner-your card is adorable. I believe Santa is missing from the line up...

Marie said...

Santa is who's missing =) Thanks for this fun little game

~amy~ said...

woot woot! CUTE cards chickie and FAB news!!!!!!!

Let's see...I don't see the witch or Santa:)

Flo said...

Congratulations on your win. I think it's Santa who missed the party?

Houses Built of Cards said...

WooHoo!!! BIG congrats to you! LOVE your snowman card - and your thank you card as well!!! I think Santa is the missing one! :-)

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alexandra s.m. said...

so happy for you Emily! Bravo!!
Love your art!

Moosisk said...

At first I thought it was Jerome, but I guess he isn't really "human". So I guess it's Santa even though he really is fictional(unless you count the original St. Nicholas). Congrats on being chosen a winner! I am so happy for you. :D

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

Congrats, Em!! I'm excited for your win!!

FABULOUS cards! I wish I had an ounce of your creativity and talent!! LOVE everything you make;)

ps...Santa is missing!!!!

canadian_liner said...

Hi Emily, we were having trouble with the "Interwebz" at our house last night, and in my impatience I managed to leave at least six copies of the same comment! I tried to delete all but one, but there was still delay between key-pressing and computer-action, and I guess they all disappeared. Anyway! Wanted to congratulate you on your Paper Crafts recognition. Well deserved! I love your ability to assemble stamps for fun and funny scenes. Love the PS character party card! Santa is missing, but as Miriam P mentioned, so are some other not-so-humanoid peeps...

Caroline said...

Congratulations! Such a cute card. I think that Santa is missing.

walchowDesign said...

Woohoo! Congrats, Emily! Both cards are fabulous and how you put all the characters on the last card!

Karen said...

Hooray for you! Love Paper Smooches and I love your cards-just so darling!!!

Sheri said...

Congratulations Emily! Good for you! It looks like Santa was too busy getting ready for Christmas to make it to your party.

Poorvi said...

Congrats Emily on getting your card published! Both cards are beautiful! But oh, Santa is missing :'(

Kathy Mc said...

Emily, how very exciting on being a WCMD winner for PaperCrafts. Love the snowman dudes in your first card and think Santa is missing from your second one. Eager to see your winning card when published. Congrats!

Heather said...

Congrats on your WCMD win, Emily! So well deserved- as your cards are amazing! You're missing Santa! ;)

btenn said...

Congratulations Emily! I'm so happy and excited for you! Awesome! And, you're missing Santa!

Sue D said...

Congratulations! Love Paper Smooches and I think Santa is the one missing from your card.

maddymuscles said...

Congrats! Santa is missing!

Wendy ten Hove said...

Hi Emily!
Yay!! I saw you were one of the winners! That is so well deserved!!! I love your character group card!! Love all that are there, but I do think Santa Clause could be a bit sad now, hi hi. But he'll forgive you, 'cause the card is so cool! And 'cause you're a winner! :-D
Hugs, Wendy

Cathy Fongjoyo said...

Congratulations!!! you're always a winner to me and love all ur inspiring cards, Em!! You're missing Santa ^^ but im sure he'll still put u on the nice list :) So happy for u !!

Jenny said...

Great news Emily and love both these cards too... the patterned hills look such fun and all those PS characters look like they are going to a fancy dress party on your thankyou card :0)
Jenny x

Unknown said...

GASP, oh no, just got a new order from there and now I want these snowman stamps too! ACK! Just too too cute:) Love the DPs you used! Thanks for popping by my blog.

Emily Keaton said...

Congratulations on your win, Emily!! It is soooooooooo well-deserved. I can't wait to see your card in print when all the winners are published. Way to go, my friend!!

Tarynne Wise said...

Congratulations to you, very excited for you!

Mandy said...

congrats! you do such cute work!!!

Marie-Pierre Capistran said...

OMG I'm so happy for you. YOU DESERVE it so much!! Everything you touch is changing into gold. :) In my opinion, it was about time that you win a big prize!!!!! :)

Bethany Stellpflug said...

YEAH! Congrats Emily! I love your first card...Those snowmen are adorable!