Today is a “YAY DAY!”

Yay for brand-new and beautiful holiday card templates! <<< CLICK HERE >>>

Yay that they are FREE.

Yay that if you choose to use one of these for your own holiday greeting card, you have just saved yourself a lot of time and hassle trying to figure out what you’re going to do.

Yay for these 5 lovely ladies who won the design contest. Congrats to each of them!

Yay for the many, many more entries that came in. Choosing was sooo hard. I so appreciate the talent, the time, and the willingness to share.

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I’m pleased to announce the 5 featured designers and am pleased to have them introduce themselves here today.

{ Joanna Polling }

I call Sun City, Arizona home. I am a graphic-designer-turned-photographer and a graduate of Arizona State University. For six years I did graphic design work for my church until I had my twins and decided to stay home. I’ve since turned to children’s photography as my main job (well, #2 to being a mom to my three kids). It started out as a hobby. Like every other mom I just wanted great pictures of my kids. It has since turned to a business and I’ve enjoyed it more than any other work I have done.

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{ Kimberly Lund } Picture was taken by Shawna Taylor Photography.

I live in a small town just outside Wichita, Kansas and I grew up in an even smaller town in central Kansas. During the school year, I teach special education in a transition classroom for three year olds. Some days I can’t believe I get paid to do something I love so much. I started scrapbooking in 2000, switched to digital in 2004, and now I dabble in hybrid art journals as well as digital layouts.

I also love to read and many weekends, you’ll find me with my laptop turned off and a good book in my hands. My family also loves to go on vacation and our two favorite spots are Branson, MO, and Walt Disney World. I’ve been blogging since 2005 at document life now. Sometimes my teenage son helps me out there. I turned 40 this past summer, and I’m raising teenagers. I’ve never been happier.

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{ Nisha Morton }

Home is in South Australia along with my husband and our 3 young children. I work part-time as an architectural drafter but have taken time off work to care for my 4-month-old baby. Actually work seems like a pleasant and somewhat distant memory now compared to the constant demands of this little guy!

I started out initially paper scrapping a few years back now. One day about 5 years ago I was editing some photos on the computer when it occurred to me that I could add some text and just print it out. This worked well and I was feeling quite pleased with this new approach I had figured out … only to find within days that there was a whole digital scrapbooking industry already out there.

I turned my hand to designing for digital scrapbooking about a year ago at Two Little Pixels. It started off as a hobby but I am enjoying the design process so much that I hope to branch into card or surface designs. My label is called Jot and Scribble and my personal style is more towards the crisp and simple side.

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{ Lauralee Lemon }

My name is Lauralee Lemon and I live in the Cleveland, Ohio suburbs with my husband and two children ages 3 years and 3 months. I’m a stay-at-home mom and love it! It’s wonderful to be home for all the little moments. But when I do need a break and a little creative me time I like to craft, sew, make cards, design on the computer, and dream about painting (it’s not realistic with a 2 bedroom apartment and young kids).

In 2006, I worked a short nine months at DCWV, a scrapbooking company, designing papers, stickers, etc. It opened my eyes to the possibilities of Illustrator. Most of my computer design is for my kids, my house, or projects for friends. I started an etsy shop a year ago called YellowMums where I sell printable birthday and learning paperie. I also have a craft blog by the same name [yellowmums.blogspot.com] where I post a free printable weekly.

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{ Anna Milot }

I live in the quite Northeast corner of Connecticut.  I enjoy reading, going to concerts, wine tasting, laughing, entertaining, and spending time with my family and friends and newborn son Graham. I began my love affair with graphic design in college where I was studying advertising and took a class in graphic design. And the rest is history.

I now work in higher education as a Graphic Designer and Marketing Manager for Student Activities. The atmosphere is awesome and the students are wonderful. I tried my hand at designing my wedding invitations 4 years ago and found a new design niche that I loved. What was once a small hobby has now turned into a very big hobby. I enjoy designing all sorts of invitations, announcements or thank you cards for friends, family and people I get to know through word of mouth.

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