I am giddy with excitement!!!!

A little while ago the ever so talented Krista Smith aka Saturated Canary held a competition whereby 10 people would win a digital image to be made from an idea they had given.  For days I put off entering as I saw some of the entries and thought they were nothing like my ideas.  In the end I decided to enter two ideas.  I was wondering the other day about the winners.

To my SURPRISE yesterday I found that I had won a digital image to be made.  My hubby was at home so I dashed and told him - excited or what????  It wasn't until today I found out which of my choices had won and I have to say Krista has done my idea proud.  This year in the UK we will be celebrating many events but two massive ones are the Diamond Jubilee (which was my other choice for a digital image) and also the London 2012 Olympics (which is the image Krista picked to draw).  I also thought an image like this would be good for any sports event, school sports day etc.

To celebrate the release of these new images Krista is holding a blog hop.  I for one can't wait to go and see what other images won alongside my request.  It would be wonderful for Krista and her Design Team if you could show their support and take part in the blog hop.  If you would like a chance of winning  a copy of my Saturated Canary Olympics digital image please leave a comment on this post before 7.59pm on Sunday 25 March 2012 and I will get a member of my family to pick a winner.  Krista will then send the winner the image direct.

Well, I suppose I'd better show you the card I made.  I thought this would be perfect to go on my regular charity stall as it could be given to anyone that has done well in a sporty event.  I have used various grungy red/white and blue papers from Summertime Designs including spots, stripes, stars and even fireworks.  

My gorgeous image I have coloured in with Promarkers, cut around with a Nestabilities die and kept the die in place and chalked around with a blue shimmer chalk.  The backing papers I have matted and layering, inking the edges of all pieces of paper as per normal.  I then made some bunting out of the scraps of paper leftover and put the word "congratulations" on them.  I then took some white seam binding and added bands of red and blue to make my own red, white and blue ribbon.  The card has been finished off with the ribbons, faux stitching, star charms attached to a chain, gems and buttons.

It is such a honour to have this image made from my idea and I know the other winners will think the same.  If my mum would have been alive yesterday I would have been straight onto the phone to her to tell her what I'd won.  She always loved to hear if I'd won anything as she knew I put anything that I won to good use for my cards that I make to sell to raise funds for different charities.

Don't forget you have until 11.59pm on Sunday to leave me a comment if you want a chance of winning a copy of this digital image.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Red, white and blue

Cardmaking Mamas - Buttons

Allsorts - Three in a row (three buttons)

2 Sisters - Spots and dots

One Stitch at a Time - Girly

Sentimental Sundays - Metal and sentiment (metal chain and charms)

Cupcake Crafts - Going around in circles (hope the circles of the dotty paper and the circles of the buttons are OK)

Paper Makeup - Photo inspiration (I decided to use three of the colours of red, white and blue)

Crafty Sentiments - Congratulations

Digital Tuesday - Life is peachy

Bearlymine Challenge - Dots (lovely to see this challenge back up and running again)

Craft Room - Bling and glitter/sparkle (gems and shimmer chalks used)

Papertake Weekly - BINGO board (I've chosen gems, ribbons and buttons)

Crafty Creations - Photo inspiration

Scrapbook Sisters - Anything goes

Simon Says - BINGO board (I have chosen charms; punched/die-cuts and ribbon/twine)

Fresh Brewed Challenge - Lots and lots of dots

Whimsy Stamps - Anything goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - Let's get digital
Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes
Pixie Dust - A few of your favourite things (Saturated Canary digital images, using my Promarkers, gems, charms and buttons)
Tuesday Throwdown - Spring cleaning (I have managed to use up some chain, charms and some peel-offs I've had for 1-2 years now)
Hotshot Craft - Ribbon