Thank you so much! I have checked this blog about a million times today! I am so thrilled and honored to be included. Congratulations to everyone. Wish we could all go out and celebrate!

What a rush! I am completely thrilled.  My heart goes OUT to those that didn't make it.  As I scrolled down the names I kept not seeing my own and my heart sank, until there it was at number twelve.  THANK YOU Cloth Paper Scissors, this is wonderful!

I am thrilled! Thank you so much! This is great news after a long, hard week! Congrats everyone :)

Thank You, How exciting, I've been glued to my computer all day waiting for this post. I can't wait to see the calendar, congrats to my fellow 2012 artists! Thanks again, Cindy Dubbers Crimson Heart Studios

Yay!!! How exciting!  I too kept checking the blog for the announcement and was so pleased to find my name on the list!  I am enjoying the 2011 CPS calendar but will no doubt enjoy the 2012 one that much more since I will have a piece of my own in it!  It was such a good theme to make a piece for.  Congratulations to all!

Aahh!! Thank you! I can't believe this, you just made my 2012 Christmas shopping so much easier, because I will be giving this calendar to all of my family and friends!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.  This means the world to me.

I am beyond thrilled.... thank you so much! Congratulations to everyone who participated. I decided to enter this challenge after attending the Chicago Create Retreat. I learned a ton there... especially in Sue Pelletier's class! I am so excited, I think that I am floating!!!

I'm so excited (and grateful) to be included in the 2012 calendar, a first for me anywhere! Good idea, giving the calendars for Christmas. Congrats to all my fellow artists--can't wait to see your work.

Kathleen Day

I was busy checking this blog today too!  I found out I made the cut while sitting in a theater waiting for a show to begin and it made my night!  I'm so grateful to be a part of this calendar... I almost didn't even enter but, at the last minute I thought "what do I have to lose?"  I'm so glad I did!  I can't wait to see everyone else's art work.

Congratulations to all of the winners!  It's too bad there aren't a few more months in the year -- I would have loved to see my artwork "in print."  Nonetheless, I'm honored to have been a finalist and look forward to seeing the final calendar in 2012.  I'd also love to see the other finalists art, too!  

I've posted my "Wee Planet" submission on my blog, http://booksmithstudio.com (here is a direct link to the post: http://bit.ly/gkW7wA )  Please stop by if you get the chance!  

Have a great weekend everyone!

~Nikki

Congratulations to the 2012 calendar artists !!! I didn't make the final cut but I am still on cloud nine that I was included in the 21 finalists. Looking forward to the new calendar. Big thank you to CPS for being there for all of us.

AW!  What a lovely valentine to receive!  I'm so excited!  and I agree with jclee...wish all of us could go out and have a cuppa tea or something to celebrate!  Or even better--a cuppa tea and an art day!

Oh so close!  Thanks for the chance - I'll try again next year!!

Thank you so much for the honor of being in your 2012 calendar!  

I have been on cloud nine since the announcement.  

I want to congratulate all the winners and finalist this year.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone's art in the coming month.

I also want to thank the CPS staff for sponsoring this amazing opportunity!  

Again congratulations to everyone!  woo hoo!

Hi Barb,

What is happening with the artwork that made the Calendar finals, but will not be published in the Calendar. Will any of them be published as Judges Choice in the Magazine.

Also, when will my artwork, Mountainville, be returned to me?

Best,

Sue Minier              susanminier@yahoo.com