Winners for Challenge #191 - Framed

It was good to get back to routine after the holidays and we set the framework for the first challenge with our sketch, while you went to work and filled out the concept with your creativity! You framed your cards with colour, texture and design, and made us slightly crazy trying to pick winners! It's always close, but this week it was a squeaker! Here are your two winners:

Our first Top Pick is: Joanne James

Joanne took our "framed" theme very seriously and created a great 3D frame highlighting the bold paper with the sentiment panel which echoes the colours and the mood of the card! The cheery feeling this card creates is going to lift some lucky person's day to a new level! Awesome!

And our Featured Artist is: Shirley Gentry

               

                                   

Shirley's creation is just a stunner, with the gorgeous texture from the embossing folder, the delicacy of the printed vellum, and the simple sentiment with the addition of the twine threaded through the borders and the foliage tucked in behind! The overall effect is peaceful and pleasing and balanced - just a joy to look at! Congratulations, Shirley!

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to everyone who played along! I hope you'll come back and check out our new theme challenge tomorrow! Our winners can pick up their badges on this page and display them with pride on their blogs or sites.