April 2011 Draw

Written and Created by PaperCraftCentral Susan

The April 2011 Draw for Paper Twists Subscribers is announced!

There were so many lovely comments made by entrants that first I really must pause to thank you all or taking the time to enter and comment. I loved reading about the things you like best about PaperCraftCentral. Thank you so much for your thoughtful entries. They really made my day.I must say, things like this challenge and the responses I get really do keep me going with creating things for PaperCraftCentral.com

Now to show you what the winner of the draw will have the pick of.

She will be entitled to have one of the following stamp sets as a prize. None of the prize sets is available for purchase any more so these prizes are really quite special:

April 2011 Draw Prizes

Choice Number One: The "BLISS" stamp set is a wood mounted stamp set that has five lovely stamps in it. It is one of my favourites, I must admit. I especially like the butterfly image but the scrolly image is great for backgrounds and borders. The little flower is especially sweet, and there's a little bird at the top left. The word 'bliss' is very decorative. I can see this set being used for cards but also for scrap0book pages and more:

Choice Number Two: the "Punch Bunch" stamp set is a clear mount stamp set that has five cute stamps in it.

I have used this one in some of the projects you have seen on PaperCraftCentral.com. One of them featured in the May 2012 Creative Challenge where I used the coordinating Owl Builder Punch to make my card.

I love that there was a punch available at the time for each of the images, You could just stamp and punch and have a feature for your project so easily.

The owl was a favourite of mine. I still miss the retired Owl Builder Punch!

I used the flower image for gifts and birthday cards a lot.

The little duck mobile was perfect for baby cards.

You had a ready made Happy Birthday greeting too, and a little copywrite image that could become a stamp for your envelope and so much more.

Choice Number Three: the "So Happy For You" stamp set is a clear mount stamp set that has ten little stamps in it, half of which are great sentiments for cards. It is a very handy set!

I find sentiment stamps and different fonts so useful in cardmaking and scraobooking. They can suit so many different projects, and this set also has those sweet little images you could add to your sentiment, card interiors and use to embellish journaling of all types.

The set is kind of seasonal too, with stars for Christmas and celebrations, hearts for Valentines Day and love in general, a shamrock for St Patrick's Day and all things Irish, and a flower for just about every occasion.

You could make borders and backgrounds with these little images too. I think they would also make cute handmade wrapping paper images.

Choice Number Four: the "Sweet Summer" stamp set is a clear mount stamp set that has nine pretty flower, bird and insect stamps in it. Isn't it adorable?

This kind of stamp set is perfect for creating flourishes and scenes for cards with gardens in mind.

You could have the bird in one of the bushes by using the masking technique, for example.

Create a line of bushes and twigs in different colours and add a sentiment at the top.

Have butterflies weaving in and around the flowers and bushes, use the different flower heads on top of different stems.

Add little leaves wherever you need a little image for a 'gap' in your project.

Announcing the Winner of the April 2011 Draw!

Now to announce the winner for subscribers to Paper Twists who entered!

I gave each of you a number as I received your entries and used a random number generator so I would be completely fair in my choice.

There were 25 of you in all.

And the winner was:

12. Andrea Kostelic of Croatia!!

Congratulations, Andrea! I did write to you asking you to pick a prize and did send it on its way to you as soon as you had done so.

PS I did write to Andrea and she did pick a stamp set, but I didn't hear if  she received it alright. I would have loved ot have heard from you, ANdrea, and to have seen what you made with your prize.

Thank you all again for participating in the April 2011 Draw for subscribers. You all mean a lot to me and it is nice to be able to give a little back to you to thank you for your support.

Till next time!

PaperCraftCentral Susan