Happily Ever Challenged #9 - Winner announced!

Wow! I can't believe August is coming to an end... how many more months until summer next year?!  ;)



I'm very grateful to those people who participated in my latest HEC! :) I'm also thankful that I choose RANDOM winners, because all the talent that is slammed into my blog makes my head spin. Truly... each person who enters always inspires me to become a better paper crafter myself. Thank you! :)



Without further ado, this time random.org chose

So, it looks like #10 is.... *drumroll*



Barbara!  :)  Look at this card and tell me you don't want to feel that flower to see if it feels like felt! :) Love the coloring! Such bright colors, too!  :)



Okay, Barbara... you have until Thursday, September 2 to email me at happilyevercrafter at gmail dot com.  :)



You'll not only win the $10 PTI gift certificate, but also this handy-dandy blinkie to place on your blog!

Congratulations to Barbara and a huge THANK-YOU to all who participated!! :)



Watch the next couple of days for September's HEC!  :)



Happily Ever Yours,

 

PDCC40 Challenge - Let Your Dreams Take Flight

Okay, well yesterday, if you read my blog, you learned that I messed up on a couple of challenges.



Thanks to all the kind comments reassuring me I'm not alone! :) Phew!



So, to make up for that blunder, I plopped myself down at my crafting table and went to work to create a card that I thought worthy to enter the Play Date Cafe Challenge PDCC40 (click that to go to the page!)

I apologize for the lighting. I wanted to lighten it a bit in Photoshop Elements, but I didn't want to "wash it out".



It may be difficult to see, but the ribbon is a dark green, not black (as it may appear in the photo) and there are some Stickles to be found on the butterfly and dotting the "i" in "Flight".



A close-up of the butterfly:

And a close-up of the sentiment:

Thanks for looking and/or commenting!





Stamps: Butterfly Dreams, Little Lady, Fillable Frames #1 (all Papertrey Ink)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Glorious Green (Stampin' Up!)

Paper: True Black, Stampers Select (both Papertrey Ink); Whisper White, Glorious Green (both Stampin' Up!)

Other: Corner ticket punch (Stampin' Up!); Butterfly die and Fillable Frames #1 die (both Papertrey Ink); hunter green ribbon (my stash); ATG, Dimensionals, Green Stickles (Ranger)



 Happily Ever Yours,