Friday, January 25, 2013

A Contender...with Flair



Last Friday was a GREAT day for me.  After many, many attempts, I finally had a card picked up by Papercrafts Magazine....it'll be published in this year's July/August edition.

Of course I submitted more than one card, so there were several 'unloved cards'.  Annette Witherspoon is hosting a blog hop for creations that didn't get picked up called 'The Contenders', and I'm linking this one up there.

This was for one of the sketches.  For the four quadrants, I just pressed my ink pads directly on the paper.  It's an inexact science, but I think it goes with the look of the card.  I only have a yellow, pink, and orange neon pad, so the fourth quadrant was colored with both the yellow and pink pads.

The sentiment is from Unity's One of a Kind set, so I'm going to link up over at Unity for this week's Friends with Flair too. 

Hope you have a great end to your week!

Supplies Used
Paper/Cardstock:  CTMH - White Daisy cardstock; Bazzill - Licorice Twist Card Shoppe cardstock
Stamps:  Unity - One of a Kind
Ink:  Hero Arts - Neon Orange, Yellow and Pink; Memento - Tuxedo Black
Other:  Tombow Mono Adhesive

56 comments:

  1. oh wow this is funky and I love it...great colors and fun design.. Happy Friday Miriam..

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  2. Congrats on your pub!! That's so exciting!!! And this card is fab!

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  3. YAY, I was so excited to see your name on the PC blog!!! Can't wait to see which card was picked up! Love your direct ink pad stamping, and all the quirkiness ... totally goes along with your sentiment. Love your 4th quadrant!

    and, thanks so much for all your really kind comments recently, they sure mean a lot : )

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  4. This is SO pretty! I love the bright, bold colors.

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  5. Congratulations on having a card chosen for publication, Miriam! I'll be in that issue, too! :)
    Love this card-- it's so fun!

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  6. Congratulations on the pub, Miriam! I love the fun colors and blocked design of the one you posted today. :)

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  7. Well done on getting published- I love this contenders idea. I've a fair few in that category ;-) this card is great- love the neon inks.

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  8. love that sentiment and the colors! Congrats on being published!

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  9. Congrats on the publication!! Love today's card....bright!

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  10. Bright colors! Congrats on being published.

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  11. Fun panels with this great stamp!

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  12. Hi there Miriam!
    I love it!
    I think it's bold and beautiful and quite clever of you!
    I also like the fact that almost any stamper could have a go at it.
    It should have been picked up for publication, no question about that!

    Thanks for sharing it with us ~

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  13. Congrats on the publication. Fun colors and funky colors indeed. Thanks for stopping by too at my blog.

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  14. Congrats on being published! That has to be a thrill. I've never tried that particular venture. Maybe sometime, but I wouldn't even know where to start. Love the contenders idea.

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  15. Such a bright and cheery card. LOVE IT!!

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  16. wow what a happy and fun cool card.

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  17. Happy dance! Happy dance! Congrats!!!! How exciting! All your hard work!! I love this card-I've always wanted to try doing that with my ink pads. You got the squares of color so straight!

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  18. I totally dig neon. I totally dig this card! Awesome neoness and a perfectly chosen sentiment! Can't wait to see your card in print!

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  19. CONGRATS on getting published! I've been trying PaperCrafts forever too and still haven't gotten picked. I think this card is great too, and very trendy with the neon. Just goes to show that you never really know what they are looking for!

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  20. Congrats on your card being published ! This card is funky pretty too :)

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  21. I really dig the sentiment you chose and your colors are smashing! Great job, great job!! Have a wonderful weekend!

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  22. Congrats! I love this card... Very fun!

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  23. Great card - love the distinctive style!

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  24. Congrats on being published! Great funky card!

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  25. Congrats on getting a card published! Get your funky on!!

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  26. Congrats on getting publish! This was your first time? So surprised. Love your stuff, including this bright and cheerful card.

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  27. NEWBIE has always the BEST time!! I am so glad that you are newbie no more!! CONGRATS!! I love the bright and bold take of the sketch--truly wonderful! Here's wishing you more pub success to come! xoxo

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  28. Congrats on the pubbed card! I loveeeeeeeeeeeee your card! I love love love love those fabulous colors!!!!!

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  29. Hi Miriam. Congratulations on getting published! Love your funky card!! What bright happy colors! Thanks for linking your contender to the hop!!

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  30. This s so cute and happy and bright! Congrats on getting published!

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  31. Very cute!!! And congrats on getting published!!! Wow!

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  32. SUPER super NEON funky cool!!!

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  33. Brilliantly funky - extraordinaire! Fantastic colors!

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  34. CONGRATS on your publication, can't wait to see it! Love the colors on this one.

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  35. This is just too cool! Bright, funky and fun!

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  36. Congratulations on your card being published!
    I LOVE this CONTENDERS party of ANNETTE's...I LIKE your FUNKY sentiment on NEON!

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  37. YAY!!!! Congrats! What great news :) So happy for you and it's so well deserved. I love this design...I much prefer the term 'contender' to 'reject' too. I'm sure we'll see many more of your cards pubbed before too long :)

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  38. Awesome news Miss Lady!! LURVE this card too!!!!

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  39. Miriam! Congratulations on your first PC Mag pub! That is so exciting! Your contender card is so funky fresh and fun!

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  40. Congrats on the card that got picked up! I hope you'll blog about it when the issue comes out this summer.

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  41. Woo hoo on the publication! I'm so happy for you! This card is super cool and fun. I love the direct-to-paper technique you used!

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  42. Congrats on being one of the chosen ones! This supposed reject is so bright and funky, love it!

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  43. congrats, that is a great card as well

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  44. Fun and funky! Congrats on your selection for Papercrafts!

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  45. Congrats on getting picked up! HOOOOOOOORAY!

    LOVE this fun and funky card--bright and fab:)

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