Good morning everyone,

It's a beautiful snowy day here in Indiana. I'm just loving the snow. It's my grand baby's first snow and she's also lovin' it. We're going to buy her a snow suit soon! I'm so looking forward to the years ahead raising my Kylah. It was just so difficult raising my 2 girls as a single mother. I didn't really get to enjoy being a mother. Now I can enjoy raising my grand daughter. My husband loves her as his own. We're going to have some wonderful years together.
My mac is being worked on, so I'm having to use my old pc. This pc isn't connected to our new scanner/printer so I can't scan any of my new art projects that I"ve been working on. I've been taking some online classes from Jane Davenport. http://janedavenport.ning.com/page/home She's just a wonderful artist. I'm taking a class called, "Joynal" It's about drawing fairies, unicorn, mermaids and making your own storybook. I have 3 pages done and I'll post them when I get my mac back.
So, for now I'll just dig into the archives and grab an old image for you all today. I hope it's inspirational and you can make something with it. :) Tell your friends about my blog please. I'll be posting lots of free images.
Have a happy day my friends!! Love you all!

Tracey

Hi everyone,
Well, now that I'm closing the store, I'm going to use this blog as my personal blog. I hope you will all stick with me. I'm trying to learn new techniques and spread my artistic wings. There are so many things I want to learn and I need lots of feedback. I'll also be posting random free digi's. Some from the store and some that will be new. I hope you can use this image and make amazing works of art. Thank you all for reading and I hope to hear from you in the comment section...

xoxoTracey

Challenge #63: Gift Packaging

Well, as we start to wrap up the end of the year, and the end of our time here together with this challenge blog, we wanted to take a moment to thank you all so much for the great memories over the past few years!
The inspiration you have shared with us in our challenges and our TSB Groups and communities around the web has been invaluable! As we get ready to move on to newer and better things, we are just a little sad to let go of this place we have loved so long!
We're not quite ready just yet!
We still have TWO more challenges to play and we hope you'll join us for your LAST chance to claim images from The Stamping Boutique before they're gone!!

I want to do things a little different here today! I will announce the winner and Top 3 of last week's challenge in just a bit, but I want you to see the projects our team has made for the challenge this week, first!! These ladies have so much talent and creativity and it is truly a pleasure to bring you their work every week!

Our challenge theme this week is: Gift Packaging!

Crystal

Deanne

Debbie

Elizabeth

Judy

Kim

Lawren

Marlene

Patti

Yolie

Now that you are feeling inspired, I can show you last week's results!

Congratulations to our Winner, 

Kevin!

Congratulations, Kevin!
Please email me (stacie) at
hestiashelper@gmail.com
with your choice of any THREE images from
The Stamping Boutique

And the Top 3 as voted on by the TSB DT:

Lisa S

Vicki, Paper Squirrel

Margreet

Blog Challenge #62: Ornaments

{sigh}... OK.... it is finally sinking in! Our Boutique and Challenge will be closing in 20 days!

I think all our DT girls are still a little bit in shock!! Usually, they vote for the winners of our challenge, but this week, the votes just didn't roll in! Sadly, I resorted to using Random.org to choose the winner this week!

Congratulations, Dana! You are the WINNER this week! 

You can contact me (Stacie) at hestiashelper@gmail.com 

with your choice of any THREE images 

from The Stamping Boutique!

Better make your choices pretty quick, because the images will be going into the vault after 12/31!

As we begin to wind down, we only have 3 challenges to go!!

This week, our team created some of the most fantastic

ORNAMENTS

to inspire you to get creative!!

Crystal
She used her "carpentry skills"
for this little beauty!!

Deanne
Great interpretation of the theme!
PJL looks fantastic in pink sparkles!!

Debbie
She used a soldering iron and real tools for this one!
This little guy is one of the newest in the store!

Jacqy
What a CUTE way to hang gifts in the tree!
Everybody loves a Smoochie!

Judy
Don't you want to see this one up close
to figure out how she did it?

Kim
So elegant and perfect for the holidays!
Three different papers in this little ornament!

Lawren
Oh Lawren and her toilet paper rolls! Der-Der!! (-:

Marlene
Love this little mischievous guy!
He really pops with that green background!

Patti
What a great folded tree!
And she used THREE TSB digis in one project!!

Patti
This is her second project and I just LOVE the sparkles!

Rhonda
This image is probably one of my favorites of all time!
And the fluffy snow is a GREAT finishing touch!

Wendy
Look at his cute 3-D beak and hat!

Yolie
Love this embossed shape and the pearl centers!

Oh! I am going to miss these ladies!!! :(

Every week, they create some of the most amazing projects 

to share with all of you!

We hope you'll take some time this week to share with US!!

News from The Boutique

Hello friends!

We will be 

CLOSING OUR DOORS

December 31st

Make sure you stop over to visit

The Stamping Boutique Store 

and grab your favorite TSB digis

while you still have time!

And make sure you 

get your projects posted 

for our last few challenges, 

for your chance 

to WIN your favorites 

before they're gone!

Thank YOU for the past 3 1/2 years!

It has been a blast!!

TSB Challenge #61: Holiday Cards

Hello and welcome back to another fun week at the Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog.
We really enjoyed seeing all the musically inspired cards you submitted last week!

It's always so hard for our team to agree on the Winner and Top 3, because there are so many wonderful choices! After duking it out and letting the dust settle, we are please to announce we have made a decision!

Our WINNER of the "Inspired by Music" challenge is: Dreamlaine

Congratulations!
Please contact me (Stacie) at
hestiashelper@gmail.com
with your choice of any
THREE images from The Stamping Boutique Store!
We hope you'll grab the WINNER'S BADGE
from our sidebar and display it proudly!

And our Top 3:

aNnie
another super image from TSB

sue w
one of our favorite Christmas songs

ScrappEllen
love those musical wings!

Congratulations ladies and thank you for sharing your wonderful cards!

It is now time to start the new challenge!!

This week, we are sticking with the Holiday Theme!

We hope LOTS of you will find time to enter!!

Show us your 

HOLIDAY CARDS!

for a chance to WIN 

images from The Stamping Boutique!!

Our TSB DT elves have been very hard at work this week!

Hold on to your boots, or in New Zealand, your flip-flops perhaps!

I have some fantastic work to show you!!

Crystal

Deanne

Debbie

Elizabeth

Jacqy

Jamie

Judy

Kim

Lawren

Marlene

Patti

Sandy

Sandy

Wendy

Yolie

As you can see, our girls are all in the Holiday Spirit

all around the world!!

We hope you'll join us this week

and share YOUR Holiday Cards

from wherever you are!!