Honorable Mention!
I loved Julie Cameron's layout and thought it was so unique (it would make a great sketch!). With long vertical stamps, like the branch in Out on a Limb, it is sometimes difficult to break out of a few standard designs. Julie's was fresh and I loved her color scheme too!
Katie Renz did some creative work with embroidery floss on her project. The popular "french knot" from ages ago made the perfect flower buds in celebration of spring. I thought this was such an incredible combination of papercrafts and needlework.
Julie-Ann Wells decided to create a family tree with her Out on a Limb set. She says that it took a lot of stamping, but she is anxious to get it properly framed and displayed in her home. So creative!
I love the way that Tracey Cuccia integrated a photograph with the quote in her project. This would be such a meaningful project for someone to receive from a child!
Jennifer Cozzens went all out and created a calendar. Not only did she utilize Out on a Limb, but she combined several other Papertrey sets such as Faux Ribbon (calendar gridlines), Sweet Love (center label) and Ambassador Mongram Edition (numbers). What a wonderful way to display hand-stamped art in your home year round!
Cheryl Knutti created this really pretty "olive" paper. She was also able to utilize the dove from "Believe" to compliment her project. Gotta love this one because it focuses on my favorite color, green!
Niki Estes created this clever baby carriage from the Nestabilities circle dies paired with a few snips with scissors. All of her patterns were stamped with various Papertrey stamps. I love how she was able to mat the sentiment several times with the Nestabilities rectangle.
Charlene Austin jazzed up regular patterned paper with Mixed Messages. She suggested that with the variety of words in this set, you could customize paper like this for almost any occasion.
Elizebeth Neumann made these SUPER adorable baby diaper bags to hold nuggets! The itty bitty sentiments from Mixed Messages were the perfect scale to add an accent to the bag and to the centers of the nugget labels.
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Thanks so much to everyone for their amazing submissions! It was a difficult choice this month! Because it was so difficult, I am offering up a Stamper's Choice award! Please be sure and "vote" for your favorite honorable mention project above. The project with the most votes wins! The winner will receive a free stamp set of their choice. I will announce the winner here on Tuesday, February 19th. I look forward to hearing your comments!
Allow me to be the first to say....That ALL the projects are beautiful and well thought out! Congrats to the new Guest tar Stampers and to all the Honorable mentions as well.
I shall place my vote for my new friend (Thanks to last months GSS) Charlene. I LOVE the way she ustilized the small sentiment with the main focus of the card!!!
Posted by: Julie-Ann Wells | February 15, 2008 at 01:56 AM
I like them all, but I would place my vote on the calendar done by Jennifer Cozzens- Great gift to give, people won't just throw it *right away*, useful all year round and it's something that I've always wanted to do too. :) I hope that sounded ok... lol!
Posted by: Lilian | February 15, 2008 at 02:11 AM
I vote for Katie Renz' card. The colors are beautiful together. And the use of embroidery is such a nice touch. Simple and elegant. Beautiful job.
Posted by: Cindy | February 15, 2008 at 02:40 AM
They are all so wonderful and how do you choose??? I am torn between all of them. I think I will have to go with the family tree by Julie as it speaks volumes to me and the matching saying is just perfect. I will have to scrap-lift this one! Thanks ladies for your inspiration.
Posted by: Courtney F | February 15, 2008 at 03:14 AM
What a difficult choice. All show amazing thought and talent. For me I feel I have to go with Julie Cameron's Out on a Limb. Elegant and super colour scheme. Congrats to all for being mentioned and for the inspiration ladies. Peta
Posted by: Letap | February 15, 2008 at 03:38 AM
They're all so clever, creative, and fabulous! So difficult to choose just one - this is my third time back to try, lol! But each time I find I'm especially drawn to Julie Cameron's card so since I can only vote once, her fab card gets the vote. Love the design, colors, and details - her card is gorgeous!
Posted by: April | February 15, 2008 at 03:54 AM
They're all so clever, creative, and fabulous! So difficult to choose just one - this is my third time back to try, lol! But each time I find I'm especially drawn to Julie Cameron's card so since I can only vote once, her fab card gets the vote. Love the design, colors, and details - her card is gorgeous!
Posted by: April | February 15, 2008 at 03:55 AM
My vote would be for the family tree by Julie-Ann Wells. Love the color combo and the shading on the oval name tags.
Posted by: Sandy W | February 15, 2008 at 03:59 AM
I love Julie Cameron's.
Posted by: Sue B | February 15, 2008 at 04:32 AM
difficult but i like Elizebeth Neumann's
Posted by: Alison | February 15, 2008 at 04:40 AM
This is a difficult task - they are all amazing. I am torn between Katie Renz's and Julie Cameron's cards, but I have to go with Julie's. The layout is clean, the color combo is wonderful, and her embellishments are just right. This is going into my ever-growing "favorites" file.
Posted by: Susan from PA | February 15, 2008 at 05:22 AM
ooh - hands down it was Ebeth Neumann's diaper bag/candy wraps for me! I'll be curious to see the voting results - the choices so far have been so varied!
later, alliagtor!
- SueB of sueblondin.blogspot.com
Posted by: SueB | February 15, 2008 at 05:22 AM
Such a tough choice, they are all wonderful! But I vote for Julie Cameron's card - gorgeous colours, great layout - perfect!
Posted by: Ruth M | February 15, 2008 at 05:30 AM
My vote is for the Family Tree! Simply ... LOVE IT!
-- Kimberly
Posted by: Kimberly | February 15, 2008 at 05:31 AM
I loved Julie Cameron's card!! All were excellent though!
Posted by: Ramona | February 15, 2008 at 05:36 AM
My vote is for Katie Renz. Love the use of french knots embroidery - makes a great addition to her card, beautiful colors too.....
Posted by: Eliz | February 15, 2008 at 05:47 AM
Boy, I can see why they're all chosen as Honorable Mention! I loved the little diaper bag and nugget favors! Jeanne
Posted by: jeanne nielsen | February 15, 2008 at 05:57 AM
I definitely think that they are all wonderful! My vote is for Julie-Ann Wells' Family Tree! Very well thought out and executed!!
Posted by: Candy | February 15, 2008 at 06:11 AM
Lovely creative cards all of them, but I think the one that stands out for me is the card by Julie Cameron. The combination of colour is great and I love the sponged edges that bring the design forward. Beautiful!
Posted by: June | February 15, 2008 at 06:24 AM
I love them all. After much debate I pick Katie Renz. Love the embroidery idea!
Posted by: Natalie S | February 15, 2008 at 06:31 AM
I love Jennifer's calendar! The colors, the fact that she used so many different stamp sets, and a fun, creative idea. WTG!!
Posted by: Kelly | February 15, 2008 at 06:32 AM
Awesome projects, ladies!
Posted by: Angela(monkeymama) | February 15, 2008 at 06:35 AM
I love Tracey Cuccia's card - that saying is just perfect with that picture!
Posted by: Teresa | February 15, 2008 at 06:37 AM
I liked Julie Cameron's card - very warm and from the heart.
Posted by: Michelle | February 15, 2008 at 06:48 AM
All were beautiful-but I vote for Julie Cameron's card. Love the colors!
Posted by: Jen M | February 15, 2008 at 06:52 AM