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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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Link to WF13 Sablona Challenge blog post with details & gallery of entries
Link to WF13 Master Thread of all WF13 challenges
This challenge celebrates that I am on the inaugural Design Team at Artistcellar.com!
Click here http://youtu.be/F42ByB3pwkM to see a video I made about using stencils and Distress Stains to make patterned paper.
This challenge is to use a stencil to create a background (like patterned paper, but it doesn't have to be) AND use at least one stamp in a single NEW project of your choice: - When you upload your project check the box for this challenge and use WF13 in your project title.
- Post a link to your project in the gallery on THIS thread.
- Leave Pea Praise for at least one other participant in this challenge.
- You may enter as many times as you want and you may combine with other challenges EXCEPT other stencil challenges.
- If you enter you are also giving me permission to share your winning project on my blog, Gaal Creative.
- Extra credit if you use one or more stencils from Artistcellar.com or TWO or more other (non-stencil) products from Artistcellar.com. (Please specify which ones here when you post a link to your project.)
- See the rest of the details on the blog post.
Here are my samples: WF13 Sablona Challenge Samples
I will select a random winner from all qualified entries to receive a 6x6 stencil of their choice from Artistcellar.com.
If you have any questions, please ask them here! |
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djc
Olympian Pea
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Anne, thank you for the video tutorial. (It was fun hearing your voice.) I have a few Distress Stains that I haven't tried out yet, and I would have thought them too thin to use with stencils. I was surprised and delighted to see what a great design you made with them.
This is going to be a fun challenge!
Daria
ETA: I love your sample pieces. Would you believe that my favorites are the two tags you made with left-over ink on the stencils!
djc
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/7/2013 4:29:12 PM
Those are my favorites too, Daria! |
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sparkipea
PeaAddict
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I loved your tutorial. I just bought a stencil at joanns that I will use on this challenge. | |
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/7/2013 7:49:25 PM
I hope you can see from my samples that some tries you will get "messier" results than others. I happen to like the messy ones just as much - but not everyone does. If you want cleaner results, try to use less Distress Stain - or try another way of adding color like Distress Inks, mists or sprays, colored pencils, etc. |
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FurryPea
Sit. Stay. Pea!
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| Posted: 2/7/2013 8:32:37 PM
Love it Anne!
I have both stencils and distress stains. Can't wait to try this out.
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howdyheidi
StuckOnPeas
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What a great video! I love your projects. I will have to buy a stencil, but I am going to try to do this challenge, perhaps with home made sprays, as I don't have any stains or sprays. |
~~Heidi~~
"Find Joy in the Unexpected..."
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/7/2013 8:50:58 PM
Heidi, do you have any die cuts? If so, use your die cuts to cut a piece of copy paper and use it as your stencil. No need to go out and buy something! Homemade stencils are acceptable.
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eagertoretire
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 | Posted: 2/8/2013 6:38:12 AM
Anne, great video tute. Especially the very technical 'smooshing'! LOL
I can't wait to give this a try. Thanks for the challenge. |
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/8/2013 6:40:09 AM
I love smooshing! If you aren't making a mess, you're not having any fun!   |
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Anna-Karin
Peas is the way
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| Posted: 2/8/2013 8:47:06 AM
Fabulous video Anne and a great challenge!! Love the smooching too. Great examples. Thank you for hosting!! |
Anna-Karin
http://www.layersofink.blogspot.com/
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lovepug2
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Great video tutorial Anne!
I can't wait to try this, it looks messy and fun! I love creative messes |
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looser
The Craft Curmudgeon
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LOL, Anne. As you know my puter doesn't play well with video, but...'Sok! Your blog is nicely clear on what you're asking for.
I have the 5 stained-glass stencils from ArtistCellar that you rak'd to me. Hopefully I'll get a chance to use them for your challenge.
Fun challenge, as usual! |
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/8/2013 11:29:38 AM
Hi Daniel! It's not always about you, you know! 
Sorry that videos don't work for you - but I know I like to see them and there seem to be lots of videos this Winterfest. |
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iring
AncestralPea
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| Posted: 2/8/2013 12:04:54 PM
Super challenge Anne! Can't wait to try it. I love the tags too, who knew you could get such great results with leftover ink! As Daria mentioned, it really was fun to hear your voice, to put with your picture. You have a nice clear voice for video making btw! |
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Christinmay
BucketHead
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| Posted: 2/8/2013 9:46:56 PM
Looks fun! I might try making a stencil with punches, as I too don't own any stencils.
You've got a lovely voice, BTW! |
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iring
AncestralPea
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| Posted: 2/8/2013 10:29:20 PM
Oh Anne! I had so much fun tonight making backgrounds, and I have the inky fingers to prove it! I can't wait until they are dry and I can play some more tomorrow. Thanks for the inspiration! |
Cindi
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/9/2013 1:04:33 PM
Christin that's a great idea! Definitely make your own stencils with punches or die cuts or just cutting shapes out of a piece of paper! Whatever works! |
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/9/2013 1:05:23 PM
Hi, Cindi! I'm glad you had a great time! I can't wait to see what you've come up with! I love getting inky fingers - it is proof that I've had a good day! |
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/9/2013 5:15:00 PM
Here is a second sample for this challenge: Hooray Card. |
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eagertoretire
PeaAddict
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| Posted: 2/9/2013 8:30:45 PM
Anne, I improvised using daubers and ink in place of the distress ink applicators. I had fun with it, made two cards and still have paper to make at least one more. Thanks again for hosting!
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/9/2013 9:13:12 PM
Hi, Marshia! Love your improvisations!
There is no requirement to use Distress Stains. You can use your stencil in any way you want to create a background! Have fun! |
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AncestralPea
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| Posted: 2/9/2013 9:52:14 PM
I made a birthday card for my 3 year old nephew. Probably a little artsy for him, but it gave me a circus-y impression!
I scraped gesso through my stencil with a plastic palette knife. After letting it dry overnight, I sprayed with Dylusions inks. One surprise I had was that I used the same blue ink over the gessoed watercolor paper as I did on SU white paper for a mat, and it looks more turquoise on the watercolor paper. Probably because the wc paper absorbed better, and there was also some red spray on it. Definitely not a perfect, neat stencil impression but I had a lot of fun with it!
I learned the gesso technique at an art journaling class.
Thanks for the challenge Anne!
ETA: The stencil, spray inks and gesso are available at Artistcellar, although I have to admit, I found them at my LSS. However, I did find a stencil on Artistcellar that I have been looking all over for, so I'm sure I'll be placing an order! Congrats Anne for your place on the design team! |
Cindi
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Christinmay
BucketHead
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| Posted: 2/10/2013 2:57:56 AM
I spent a while trying this out last night with my home-made punch stencils and it didn't work too well - lots of ugly seepage.
So it's on the back burner at the moment!
Still had fun though, so that's the main thing!  |
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Pottle
EncycloPEAdia
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| Posted: 2/10/2013 8:21:21 AM
I had trouble photographing it, but here it is regardless:
Happy Birthday Card |
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howdyheidi
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 2/10/2013 10:36:46 AM
Here is my card for this challenge. I did purchase a stencil, and I don't regret it. I also made my own glimmer mist according to Jan's instructions (it is in the WF13 Master Thread).
Christmas Card
This is really fun. I can see myself making mists and using stencils more now. I used to really dislike mists, so this is a big change for me! lol |
~~Heidi~~
"Find Joy in the Unexpected..."
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/10/2013 3:12:47 PM
I am having so much fun seeing what everyone creates!
Christin, I'm sorry your first attempt didn't work out. With a homemade stencil out of regular paper, you might want to try a drier method for applying color, like outlining with pen and painting it or coloring it with markers, or applying Distress Ink with a blending tool and foam.
I am glad that you had fun and hope you will give it another try! |
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djc
Olympian Pea
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| Posted: 2/10/2013 8:24:16 PM
Wow! The cards that have been posted are fabulous!
I made my background piece today, but after seeing these, I'm not so sure I want to post it! We'll see how I feel about it tomorrow.
Great cards, everyone!
Daria
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AncestralPea
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| Posted: 2/10/2013 9:19:39 PM
I'm sure your stenciled background is more than worthy, Daria!
While I was creating my first stenciled entry I went ahead and played some more.
I posted a Congrats card for the challenge. I have another image to add but 2peas wasn't cooperating, I'll try later. It just shows more glimmer.
This time I scraped perfect pearls through a stencil. I have a tip. Be careful removing the stencil, in a few places it took a little of the top layer of watercolor paper off. |
Cindi
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djc
Olympian Pea
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| Posted: 2/11/2013 3:54:28 AM
OK. I'm posting mine. I couldn't go to bed until it was finished. My daughter kept telling me what time it was, but she gave up a bit after midnight.
I am having such a good time with the challenges. I love all the ink and paints. I just posted to Cindi's challenge and mentioned that I haven't used my Stamp Zia Sprays in a very long time. What's really cool is that even when what I make isn't all that great, it still looks good (to me) when it's cut down and used on a card.
My Card
Thank you so much for the challenge, Anne.
Daria | |
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Far North
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 2/12/2013 9:56:31 AM
I always love how much I learn during our challenge events! After carefully placing distress stains through my Mini Stripes stencil my excitement quickly dissipated as I saw the final result was less than stellar compared to my expectations. But then I thought why would I have such expectations when Anne clearly said this process is potentially messy both for me and possibly the result too.
Then I recalled Cindi (iring) mentioning in an early gallery post that she was making a technique journal. Yes, a technique journal was my light bulb moment as I thought how I could keep examples and notes on what works in using specific techniques and what doesn't so I can achieve repeatable results that I do like. After all my memory is not going to track all of the details like it once did LOL! So I am starting right now. HERE is my card.
Many thanks Anne and Cindi for sharing your new ideas! |
...Jan
My blog: http://farnorthdesigns.blogspot.com/ | |
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Far North
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 2/12/2013 10:49:34 AM
Thanks Ann this is a great challenge to experiment with using stencils. Yes, I had fun experimenting with some new Artistcellar products on this card. |
...Jan
My blog: http://farnorthdesigns.blogspot.com/ | |
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howdyheidi
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 2/12/2013 11:03:39 AM
Jan, I love your piece! I have those Inktense pencils on my wish list, I am hoping M's will get them in soon so I can use a coupon to buy them. Great piece and good job combining! |
~~Heidi~~
"Find Joy in the Unexpected..."
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Far North
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 2/13/2013 5:12:41 PM
While the board is having it's hiccups I found it easier to stay with this challenge where I know the details...AND I just couldn't move on until I tried embossing paste with these plastic stencils. The translucent paste easily accepted the silver paint and I achieved some nicely textured results with minimal seepage.
Thanks for all the fun Anne!
Here is my embossing paste stenciled tag. |
...Jan
My blog: http://farnorthdesigns.blogspot.com/ | |
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lickeyan
StuckOnPeas
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| Posted: 2/14/2013 8:37:36 AM
Thank you for the challenge.
The only stencils that I have are brass stencils and so went with that, but am interested in finding out about the newer stencils and will be doing some research on them. This year I a trying not to buy as I have so much stuff and trying to make do with what I have.
Where did the word Sablona come from and what does it mean, I tried to look it up on the web, didn't have much luck.
I like my little dragon project and he will grow into a card soon. dragon |
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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| Posted: 2/14/2013 8:43:52 AM
As I mentioned at the top of the blog post, Sablona is pronounced shah-blow-na and it is the Slovak word for stencil! (It has accent marks on it, which you can see on the blog post.) |
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gardencat
PeaAddict
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I've been working on this challenge for a couple of days and am just not happy with the results and I'm running out of time since this weekend is going to be busy with other stuff...going to give it one more try and see what happens but, even if i don't get anything I want to show for now, just wanted to let you know that this has rekindled my interest in stencils and, I'm sure, there will be some project in the future that will benefit from all the goof ups I'm working through this week. | |
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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June 2008
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Loc: North Carolina
| Posted: 2/15/2013 8:44:19 AM
Hi Gardencat! I'm sorry that you aren't getting the results you want, but I'm glad that you are continuing to play and experiment!
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lovepug2
PeaAddict
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January 2008
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Loc: TN
| Posted: 2/16/2013 1:15:40 PM
Anne, I super duper this challenge.
I decided to make a stencil with my cricut and was really pleased with how it turned out. I ended up making one background with distress inks and one with alcohol inks on vellum. I havent finished the card yet with the alcohol ink background. I'll post it to when I get it finished. But for now here's the distress ink background card.
my card
Thanks Anne for hosting such a fun challenge. |
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RubyRubbler
PEAlicious
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February 2010
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Loc: Little Rock, AR
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Here is my challenge card. Thanks for hosting Anne. It was a lot of fun! |
Be sure to check out my blog at http://michellezerull.blogspot.com/ | |
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gardencat
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| Posted: 2/17/2013 2:15:19 PM
After starting two projects which went down in flames...or more like went down in messy, muddy, blahness,I did finally get something finished for this challenge and now I can't get it to upload to the gallery...oh well maybe it wasn't meant to be.
I'll try again later tonight and if it won't work then I'll have to accept that this challenge was just not for me, this time around.  | |
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FurryPea
Sit. Stay. Pea!
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| Posted: 2/17/2013 3:14:07 PM
Marking my spot for uploading tomorrow.
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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June 2008
Posts: 5,283
Layouts: 327
Loc: North Carolina
| Posted: 2/17/2013 3:22:03 PM
I'm extending the deadline for this challenge to Monday, 2/18. Hopefully you'll be able to upload your projects tomorrow! |
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gardencat
PeaAddict
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| Posted: 2/18/2013 11:22:10 AM
Yahoo! Hip Hip Horray!
Done and done. Card finished and posted... for a while, I thought I'd never get here.
Thoughtful Card | |
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stampwilly
PeaAddict
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Loc: South Carolina
| Posted: 2/18/2013 1:00:16 PM
Thanks, Anne, for this stencil challenge. I haven't used stencils in a long time and now I am on a roll with them! LOL! Having fun!
Stampwily
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RubyRubbler
PEAlicious
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February 2010
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Loc: Little Rock, AR
| Posted: 2/18/2013 2:25:40 PM
Per request, I added a comment to my submission here to include details about how I made my card. | |
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neyw
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Here is my Easter Card. I also left praise for 2 cards. Easter Card |
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FurryPea
Sit. Stay. Pea!
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November 2003
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| Posted: 2/18/2013 9:29:46 PM
My Sablona project:
Sablona card
thanks for hosting Anne. I ended up using spray mists instead of Distress stains. I learned: watercolor paper does good with HS Color Shine, but Mister Hueys is runny.
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prospurring
Prospurring Pea
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June 2008
Posts: 5,283
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Loc: North Carolina
| Posted: 2/19/2013 10:11:54 AM
Wowzers! Let me start by saying what a blast it has been to see what everyone has created! I am so grateful that I am choosing by random draw, because I would be hard-pressed to choose a favorite! There are so many terrific cards for this challenge! (see them in the gallery here)
And I am so grateful to all of you who used stencils and other products available at Artistcellar.com in your projects. So many of you earned extra entries! A total of 31 entries for the random draw.
{There was one person, who submitted two cards, but who did not leave a description or Pea Praise for others, who was not included for the random draw. I know that it may seem like there are a lot of "rules" for my challenges - but I put them there to help make sure that the RAK goes to someone who is participating in our community.}
I decided to pick TWO random winners ... and they are ...
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Jan (Far North)
Wooo-hooo! Congratulations ladies!
Please enjoy the process of shopping for a single stencil valued at up to $4.99 from Artistcellar.com - and then PeaMail me to tell me which stencil you'd like, as it will be coming from my own pocket, and your snail mail address. Thank you! |
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Far North
StuckOnPeas
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January 2005
Posts: 2,684
Layouts: 328
| Posted: 2/19/2013 10:55:29 AM
Wow, how fun to be selected out of 31 entries! For me I already felt like a winner with all I learned in working with my stencils...your challenge was so much fun!
I will PM you soon.
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...Jan
My blog: http://farnorthdesigns.blogspot.com/ | |
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