happiness... (& the EAD Designs Blog hop winners!)

This is a disclaimer, I'm so not a purple girl but when I saw THIS card by Julie, I was inspired!

I told Julie that I'd play along with the 

Color throwdown challenge

I have to tell you that this card took me forever!  I picked up some Little Yellow Bicycle white canvas stickers at Michael's (clearance for $1.49!).  I used Distress stain to color the bloom:

dusty concord

milled lavender

I also hit the bloom with water too.  I believe that the purple panel is almost amethyst.   I had my SU cardstock all alphabetized in a humongous paper sorter and well, the sorter is in the garage sale pile and the SU cardstock is in a couple magazine holder/bins.

Color challenges are a good exercise for me.  More than 2 colors and it gives me vertigo.

Dontcha love the sentiment...who doesn't love a good coffee sentiment?  It's by Lil' Inker.

I was also inspired by

Freshly Made Sketches

LOVE this sketch! 

I'm also linking up to Ribbon Carousel

coffee = love

Lovin' that hemp twine!

I'm also posting the EAD Blog Hop winners!

I picked a random winner from all the comments left on my post:

Colleen, you're my winner!

I'll be sending you this little prize package.  I actually have a fresh sheet of EAD Designs birthday sentiment Stickerz!  There are some Prima Chalk Inks, a Xyron Glue stick and a very large bottle cap!

The other 2 winners:

from Julie Smith's Blog:  wienerhoneymooners  

from Wendi's Blog:  Debbie P

(kimberly & debbie, please contact Julie & Wendi directly with your mailing information)

Thanks to everyone that hopped with us!