February Honorable Mentions!

Here we are again, highlighting the winners and honorable mentions of this month's Guest Star Stamper Contest!  There were so many amazing entries this month, selecting winners for each category was more difficult than ever!  I hope you enjoy perusing all of these amazing projects and gain as much inspiration as I did from them!

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Dana Gustafson paired the new Simply Stationery set with one of our older sets, Honey Bees. 
I just love the yellow & black combo along with the way she was
able to nestle the bee images within the borders from the stationery
set. 

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Heather Jackman went with a classic black & white scheme for her stationery set.  I just fell in love with what she did to the flaps of the envelopes.  Be sure to click on her name to see the rest of the photos in her gallery of the complete ensemble.

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Jen Caputo used black & white throughout her project too, and used a bright lime green as her accent color.  I loved the color pop and what a fun & modern twist it gave the ensemble.

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Julie Cameron used some of the individual design elements from Simply Stationery to build her own background pattern on this one-layer monogrammed card.  I love how the whole project looks so polished, but easy to recreate.

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 Claire Brennan always creates some of the most elegant cards around, and this one using With Sympathy is no exception.  I loved the knotted frame that she created with ribbon.  Be sure to click her link to see the other two cards she created following along the same lines.

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Maile Belles
intricately cut out a few of these small flowers and raised them on
foam dimensions to help take a simple focal point to the next level.  I
loved her color scheme and overall layout as well.

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Pam (AkiteFlier) made this elegant sympathy card using Everyday Blessings patterned papers along with the "With Sympathy" sentiment from Birds of a Feather.  Her paper bow using the striped paper from the collection is such a wonderful finishing detail.

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Mary K had the clever idea of stamping paw prints on punched out hearts for her pet sympathy card.  I loved how well this decorative element complimented the pet sympathy sentiment.

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Lizzie Jones created a pretty scalloped oval to emphasize and accent a small cluster of flowers on the cover of her card.  The white & kraft is such a soft and soothing combination.

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Kate W
puled out all the stops with the striped patterned paper she created
using Faux Ribbon and her beautifully dimensional focal points , made
with Out of the Box.  I just loved her color combo along with her
impeccable attention to detail.

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Dee Woodland created this bold and bright card using Beautiful Blooms.  I love the how she created the torn layers with the Black & White Basics patterned papers. 

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Aaron Brown cleverly used Limitless Labels to create wraps for individually packaged lifesavers.  I loved how this looked and expanded even more possibilities with this set!

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Chrissy (hermanator) paired Raspberry Fizz & Ocean Tides together for this unique valentine combo.  Such a nice clean card and could easily be reproduced using flowers or other focal points instead of hearts for year round projects.

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Debbie (Heartnhome) cleverly used shot glasses to package up some special valentine treats.  She even paired one of the circular sentiments from "Holiday Treats" with a heart image to create cute little labels for the tops!

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Sheric12 added some amazingly dramatic sponging around this bird from Birds of a Feather, using a rainbow of colors.  I thought this was so fun, fresh and unique.

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Maile Belles paired the new With Sympathy set with Green Thumb to utilize the vine image as part of a strawberry patch, creeping up the corner of her card.

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Julie Masse used the old favorite Quilter's Sampler to create a bold & bright version of quilt all in shades of Raspberry Fizz and Black.  Such a departure from the more subdued cards that we usually see created with this set.

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Kiera Salkowski used only portions of the heart images from Heart Prints to give them new life when used in conjunction with a square punch.  Here bright color scheme paired with kraft is such a great color combo as well.

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Julie Cameron turned the little duck from Bitty Baby Blessings into a pull toy with a little creativity.  I think this idea would also be adorable if the wheels were replaced with some of our new vintage buttons!

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So there they all are!  There is such an abundance of talent within the group of contributors each month!  Do you want to be highlighted here next month?  Give a go at entering next month's contest… you can read about all of the details HERE!  You can't win unless you try!  Happy stamping!