Inspiration from the Design Team

Heide has created the perfect holiday card using "holly berry with ribbon" image,

visit her blog for all the details!

 Who, who created this beautiful creation using "owl" image?  Well that would be Ali (Dragonlady) for the challenge this week at Fab 'n Funky Challenges that TSB is sponsoring.

Ali has also created this winter wonderland delight using "Snowman Snowglobe Shaker" image, this is for the challenge we are sponsoring at IC Sketches.  Check out all the details on her blog HERE!

Miranda used this adorable "Winter Time Smoochie" to create a real WOW card also for IC Sketches.  The challenge end today at 11:59 pm CST, to check out deets on Miranda's card visit here blog HERE!

 

Lawren has been very busy creating a variety of fabulous projects perfect for all occasions, check out all the details on her blog HERE. To pick up any of the images she has used check out the following links:

Holly Berry Ribbon (top left)- http://www.thestampingboutique.com/item_275/Holly-berry-with-ribbon-Digital-Stamp.htm

Gingerbreadman with Buttons- (top center)- http://www.thestampingboutique.com/item_475/Gingerbreadman-with-Buttons-Digital-Stamp.htm

Candle- (top right)- http://www.thestampingboutique.com/item_251/Candle-Digital-Stamp.htm

Tulips (bottom left)- http://www.thestampingboutique.com/item_419/Tulips-Digital-Stamp.htm

Little Girl with a Stroller (bottom right)- http://www.thestampingboutique.com/item_128/A-little-Girl-with-a-Stroller-Digital-Stamp.htm

Check out these 2 spectacular cards from Aletha, talk about colors that pop!!!  She had used 

"puppy surprise" for top card and the uber stylish "Princess Jennifer Latte Shopping in the City"- check out her blog HERE to see more of her amazing designs!

It's "Freebie for our Fabulous Follower's" Day!!!!!!

Have a wonderful Monday friends!
Tracey
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Bring it on!!!!

I know what I'm going to be doing today!!!! ;)
Have a beautiful Sunday!
Tracey

The Crafter's Cafe challenge blog!!!!!

Check out the challenge going on at the Crafter's Cafe! 3 stores are supplying prizes!!!!!!!
The Crafter's Cafe challenge blog

Smoochie Cutie Patootie canvas art.

ok, here's a little fun thing I did. It's my original Smoochie Cutie Patootie sketch with Copics, colored pencils, pastels, acrylic and I don't remember what else. Just lots of fun stuff. I had so much fun doing this one. I hope you enjoy it also. :D
Tracey

New Smoochie...

Smoochie the Cutie Patootie!
I loved drawing this one! I hope you all like her as well. Have a fabulous Monday!

Tracey

One Buck Wednesday!

Today's one buck deal is...

Christmas/Winter!!!!!!

Get your digi's for those Christmas cards today!

 They'll be back to the regular price tomorrow!

Challenge #20~Thanksgiving and Winners (a redraw too)

I have decided today that I may need to go get some memory pills from the pharmacy! The past few weeks I have been having the worst time EVER remembering anything. I even make lists and I still don't remember...mostly because I don't know where I put the lists at! Crud! So I'm running late today. Let's just go ahead and get this party started!!!!

Challenge #18 Redraw

Pamela's Craft Spot

Congrats...please send me an email with 3 images from the store you would like april_lower@yahoo.com

Challenge #19 Winner

CraftyGirl Cards and Crafts

congrats!!! Send me an email with 3 images you would like from the store april_lower@yahoo.com

Challenge #20

THANKSGIVING

Super easy....we are giving thanks...I think you can all do that! I know I have several people I need to give a special thanks to! It can also be a Thanksgiving project! Just enjoy whatever it is you are going to make!!

Now for the best part of all....the work of the DT...I can not tell you how in awwww I was first seeing their projects for this challenge!

Elizabeth

Audrey the Pilgrim is looking very pretty and festive with her pie and that stunning background DP and cute little leaves in the corner!

Arielle

used two images from the store...Audrey the Pilgrim and A.J. the Pilgrim...they are such a cute couple! Love the colors of this and that leaf...beautiful leaf!

Miranda

A.J. the Pilgrim is looking festive with that big ol' pumpkin behind him! Love all the cut out leaves around the bottom and corner and...well...the coloring is just fabulous! Oh...and BTW...if you would be asking Miranda about this image...AJ is making friends with the turkey...not getting ready to eat him...LOL...Miranda is an animal lover not an animal eater!! :-)

Julia

A.J. the Pilgrim is looking oh so fancy in his blue today!!! I love to see that this image was used so much and looks sooo different in each and every project.

Jen S.

changed it up a bit using pumpkin pie (which I hope we are all going to have...it's my fav). Gotta love that paper piecing and that cute little tag slid in behind the image. Man that DP is pretty!

Lawren

has A.J. the Pilgrim looking dashing in orange...how cute is that! Love the coloring of the turkey feathers too! I hope that we are all able to "eat, drink, and be thankful" this Thanksgiving!! Great sentiment!

Melissa

used A.J. the Pilgrim too for this challenge and made a fab shaped card! How cute would these be as place settings!!!

Audrey

again with stunning A.J. the Pilgrim (I am starting to think our DT girls have a thing for A.J....lol). I can't fully tell by the picture but I'm wondering if that green CS is embossed....I love that pattern.

Sandy

with A.J. the Pilgrim wearing green while hanging out with his favorite animal...the turkey!! Fab coloring on this and I love the turkey DP...too cute!

Sue

with A.J. the Pilgrim dressed in a modest black (very nice). I love that border punch with the buttons...very cute!

Heide

using A.J. the Pilgrim and used a sketch that can be found over at The Crafter's Cafe. Again another wonderful border punch...I thought I had plenty but I was totally wrong I keep seeing all thesegreat punches!! Love the embossed background CS and those little swirls at the bottom.

Stacie

bare with me here everyone...Stacie's project will keep you coming back to look again and again because she used not 1, not 2, but 5 TSB images..oh yeah!!!! I don't even know where to begin...I just love that background DP...you could totally find that in an older country home! She has used pumpkin pie, Audrey the Pilgrim, farm window, farm pantry, and pantry shelf!!! I have deemed this my favorite for this challenge. I mean look at all that detailing...wow...fantastic job Stacie and hello....you cut all this out...WOW!!!! I know a lot of time, hard work and concentration when into this card!!!

Okay...that's it for this challenge! I hope that all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember what Thanksgiving is all about...giving thanks...spending time with family and friends and just being happy! We sometimes forget the little things in our lives and I hope we find some time to reflect and enjoy!!!



The Stamping Boutique now has kits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This kit is stocked full of goodies and one TSB clear stamp. You can find all the details here

Freebie for our Fabulous Followers!!!!

A little gumball machine for everyone! Have a wonderful day!!!
Tracey

(if you've missed it, become a follower and don't miss another one)

Blog Hop Winners-Unclaimed Prizes

We still have a few unclaimed prizes from the blog hop, please check THIS POST to see if you are winner.  If prizes are not claimed by 11/20 we will be re-drawing new winners!

How about a little eye candy from our DT?

 

Let's start with yummy treat created by Miss Sue for last week's sponsorship at Sunday Sketch & Stamp. 

She has used "Cupcake" which is such a versatile image, wanna see more?  Well head over to her blog Confessions of a Paper Hoarder, I promise you this is only a small taste of what Miss Sue has in store for you!

Just a few hours left to get your entries in for the black & white challenge sponsored by TSB over at 

One Stitch at a Time.  Heide has created this beauty  that just pops using "Mail Girl."  Head over to her blog  Heide D's Paperie for all the details and to leave her some love!

We are honored to be sponsoring Tuesday Morning Sketches this week and you still have a little more time to enter they challenge. Currently there are only 15 entries, so you chance of winning is pretty good!  This lovely card is courtesy of Ali (Dragonlady) using "Whimsical Bird", wanna see more details? Visit her blog 

Crafty Dragons and become a follower!

We are also sponsoring the pearls & lace challenge this week at Charisma Cardz, Brandi from he CC team has created this fantastic winter delight using "Snowfriends."  You can see more about her card on her blog HERE, this is her first card on the CC team!

Come back tomorrow as I will be featuring some more projects to make your drool!  However in the meantime, head over to the TSB Store and do a little retail therapy to get you ready for Black Friday as all our digis are 35% off until Thanksgiving!

All digital images are 35% off!

We're having an early Thanksgiving sale! All images are 35% off now until Thanksgiving.
Have a happy day!!

One Buck Wednesday!

This week's one buck deal is:

The 12 Days of Christmas snowmen!!!!!!
This deal is only good today!!

And the Winners are.......

We would like to thank everyone that took the time to hop along with us this weekend!  Your sweet and silly comments made us all grin from ear to ear and fill so loved!  The design team did an amazing job with their projects and we all go to know them and their style a little bit better!

Are you ready for the list of winners?  Each of our DT members randomly selected one hopper to receive
(1) FREE image from the store.  If you are a winner, please email me (Christy) at micahzane@yahoo.com with your image choice!  And the winners are........

Christy's blog-CLAIMED

Pamela said...Stunning creation, such a lot of work. Pam x

Jessica's blog-CLAIMED

Mary Sweeney said: Great Job Jessica! I am really enjoying following your blogs. You inspire me to create. lol. Beautiful pics. Nice skin color too!

Sandy's blog- 

begoshgrp said... Love blingy Marilyn ... but Cynthia is the sweetest little fairy on the most wonderful piece of cake! Love it! Beautiful job.~ Carol B. ~

Ali's (Dragonlady) blog-CLAIMED

Carla S. said...Gorgeous card, Ali! I love the rich color and the beautifully colored image! Wonderful sparkle!

Lawren's blog-CLAIMED
Jen Leeflang said... I love the clean lines and your fabulous colouring!  Thanks for sharing!
Jen Leeflang  Durban  South Africa

Rhonda's blog- 

Beckie said...Very pretty card. love how you tied in the blue with the stars and the ribbon. Be Blessed, Beckie

Miranda's blog-CLAIMED

Scrappin' Annie zei...Love the rich colours you have used her Mirinda. Lovely card. 

Stacie's blog- CLAIMED

Ruth Little said... I was here...I get the camera troubles as I seem to have them myself. :~)

Melissa's blog- CLAIMED

Briannasmom said...this is beautiful i love the colors the flowers add such a beautiful touch

April's blog-CLAIMED

Stef H (Glitterbabe) said...this is beautiful.

 

Julia's blog- CLAIMED

Anne-Marie said...You have inspired me, you card is wonderful. I like the way you have complimented the image with the inside. Really lovely.

Ali's (Aqualeiga) blog-CLAIMED

Mary J said... Aaahh, I'm glad I came back - it's gorgeous! 

 

Rene`s blog- 

lindaplus3 said...beautiful card .. love the stitching and colors :) lindaplusthree at yahoo dot com

Jerusha's blog-CLAIMED

Lorie said... SO cute! I bet you are tired from so many posts...time for a nap! :) 

 

Arielle's blog-CLAIMED

 Dawn said...Love your cards! Your nail art is fab too! Loving the hop! Hugs Dawn xx

Sue's blog-CLAIMED

Carla S. said... Very cute card, Sue! Great design! 

 

OK are you ready for our GRAND PRIZE winner?  This lucky person will receive the entire Smoochie line of images.  To make it fair I printed out all the comments, put in a hat, and had my super cute assistant draw out the lucky winner. DRUMROLL PLEASE......................... 

 

wahixane77 said...Great hop. All wonderful designs and love the variety of images used.-CLAIMED

Congrats to you all and email me by November 20th to claim your prize, if not claimed by then we will re-draw new winners!

Freebie for our Fabulous Followers!!!!

I'm running out of images here! LOL! I'm afraid of repeating again so I'm going with one that I know I've never given before. "Art Doll"
Have fun with her everyone!!!
Tracey
(she's only available for 24 hours-if you've missed her, become a follower and don't miss another one)

Last Chance to Hop- Don't miss out!!!

Don't forget the hop ends tonight at 11:59 PM CST, there's still time to hop for your chance to win FREE images or the GRAND PRIZE.  Want to get started, get all the details HERE.

Winter Time Smoochie Digital Stamp

This time I did Smoochie a little bit anime. Just for something a little different. I probably won't do anymore like this, but it's fun for a change of pace.
If you like our new Smoochie line, participate in the blog hop we have going on right now. Every TSB girl has a prize on her blog plus there's a grand prize of the entire Smoochie line! There are 12 in the line now, so that's a pretty good prize. :D Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!!

<3, Tracey

Let's Go to the Hop!!!

It has been an AMAZING first month from the new design team gals, I don't know about you all but these ladies blow me away daily with their projects.  So we thought let's have a "Freestyle Blog Hop" to show off those talents.  What is a "Freestyle Hop" you may ask?  Well we gave the team free reign to create any project they would like using any TSB image and  show us their unique flair!

This hop starts today, November 11th (12:01 am CST) and will run all weekend ending on Sunday, November 13th  (11:59 pm CST) to allow you plenty of time to hop.  Now with any hop there has to be some prizes along the way right?  Well this hop is no exception!! You will want to make sure to visit each design team member's blog and leave a comment as each one will be giving away one TSB image! 

If that isn't enough to entice you to hop with us, well maybe this will- 1 random person (who comments on all DT blogs and leaves a final comment on this blog) will be selected to win the entire set of our newest line of images called the Smoochies.HOLY MOLY, now that is a great prize as there are 11 images in the line currently!!! You can see the Smoochies HERE!

So are you ready to hop?  Well the hop starts with me (Christy) over at my blog 
Christy's Zaney Creations, so come on over and see what I have in store for you! Below is your hop order in case you get lost along the way:

Christy D- http://www.christyszaneycreations.blogspot.com/ <----Start Here

Jessica- http://canyoupixelthis.com/
Sandy- http://scribblesbysandy.blogspot.com/
Ali (Dragonlady)- http://craftydragons.blogspot.com/
Lawren- http://ahobby-holic.blogspot.com/
Rhonda- http://bluepoohbear753.blogspot.com/
Miranda- http://mirandascardcreations.blogspot.com/
Stacie- http://hestiashelper.blogspot.com/
Melissa- http://www.smudgetime.com/
April- http://allaboutthelowers.blogspot.com/
Julia- http://paperandscrapscreations.blogspot.com/
Ali (Aqualeiga)- http://aqualeigasescape.blogspot.com/
Rene'- http://www.stampinginsunnysa.blogspot.com/
Jerusha- http://ilovepapercrafting.blogspot.com/
Arielle- http://soccermom5982.blogspot.com/
Sue-http://confessionsofapaperhoarder.blogspot.com/

TSB Challenge Blog-http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/ <---- Final Stop

Win your choice of Ippity by Unity stamp set!!!!

Play in the Get Hippity by Ippity and have a chance to win a set of rubber stamps of your choice!

This time around is a sketch challenge. This is my first challenge as a DT member and I used "Pain and Pride" by Ippity by Unity. Enter here
Good luck everyone!!!!!!! xoxoxoxo
Tracey

WINNERS, WINNERS, WINNERS!

I was doing some house cleaning on blog this am and noticed I totally forgot to set the
"Birthday Challenge Winners" post to go live after party was over- SHAME ON ME!!! So be prepared as this will be a long post of winners and you will need to contact me (Christy) at micahzane@yahoo.com to claim your prizes!!!

Thank You to all that helped celebrate our 2nd birthday! Now that the party is over, it's time to announce some winners of our birthday challenge. However what party is complete without a little "SURPRISE" along the way right? So here it is: if you entered a project in our "birthday challenge" then guess what, you are a winner! We had just a little over 30 entries and so I am rewarded each one of you with 1 FREE digi for playing along with us, how cool is that? See you never know what we here at TSB will do, so it pays to be a follower and play along!!!

If your name is listed on THIS POST showing you linked a project, please pick out 1 image from store and email me your choice!

Think Pink Monthly Contest

Thank you for all the fabulous projects in honor Breast Cancer Awareness, they were all truly a pinkalicious delight!!!  Now for the winners:

Most Projects: Rhonda M with 7 projects

Random Winner: #34 Ruth Little

Guest Designer: Sheryl #6

Congrats to you all, please email Christy at micahzane@yahoo.com to claim your prizes!!!

The Crafter's Cafe Kids Design Team Rule!

I just love these kiddos. They are so dedicated and creative. If you have a creative and crafty kid you really should get them involved in our Fall/Thanksgiving Challenge.

They could win some prizes all on their own. How exciting!

Challenge #19~Home of the Brave

I'm getting started on this a day in advance...woohooo...gooo meeee! These posts sometimes take me a while to put together so the earlier I start on them the earlier I get them posted!!!
~~It's now Tuesday...9:55am EST and guess what....totally forgot to finish the post first thing this morning. I took my son to school, cleaned the bathroom and was sitting here on FB and it hit me....sorry everyone~~

To start off I want to remind everyone of our upcoming blog hop...we would LOVE for all of  you to join us and maybe win some free images!!

Okay, let's get started with our winner from challenge #18 and the top 3

CHALLENGE #18 WINNER IS:

Just a Pigment of My Imagination

Congrats!!!! Super cute project BTW! Shoot me an email with 3 images you would like from the store! april_lower@yahoo.com

Okay....I have one more thing I want to share with you all before I get to the Top 3......you will never guess how old the litte girl is that did this card....AND...she's our first "little friend" to join our challenge sooooo NiMu have your mommy email me with 1 image in the store that you would like to have...and we'd love to see you make a card with it and join us again for another challenge!!!

Okay...on to the:

TOP 3

Free-4-Ever

Pamela's Craft Spot

Bearly Mine Crafts

Okay, there you have it! Congrats to all of you and thanks again for playing along!

CHALLENGE #19

HOME OF THE BRAVE

Nov. 11th in the States is Veteran's Day this is a day dedicated to those who have served in our Armed Forces...something that is close to my own heart seeing as my husband spent 15 years as an Active Duty Airmen...this is a day to give thanks to them. So for your projects that is what I'd like to see...something thankful, something in remembrance, something that is personal to you about Veteran's.... basically anything that is supporting/thanking/or showing some love for a veteran! I'm easy to please so let me see what you've got!!!

Here are some fantastic examples of what I'm asking of you from our DT...hope you get inspired!!!

Sandy:

She is using the Poppie image and made a thank you card. Seeing this has made me determined to make this folded card this is just stunning. I love that it has a poem and those bright stunning poppies!

Melissa:

Is using star. Do you see the glitter in that background paper...oh my...and the embossing folder she used almost reminds me of like fireworks. I think that sometimes...less is better...wouldn't you agree?!!!

Jen:

Another card using the simple but stunning star image. She sprayed her creation with some glimmer mist and if you enlarge it you can really tell...looks great! I am in love with those buttons across the bottom and that lovely twine!

Julia:

Using Patriotic Audrey...this was one of my first images! Those silver stars are a great addition and fab coloring!!

Miranda:

Who is using a new image to the store....a smoochie in the window (you haven't seen the smoochies yet....really...you MUST go over to the store and take a look...they have become very popular very fast)...man Miranda makes that smoochie look good!! I love that she cut the image out.

Stacie:

is using smoochie baby boy (I told you they were popular). I love this card...I love the sentiments that Stacie uses on her creations and how fitting they are to the image. I just realized she made a baseball in the background...how great is that! The card is shaped like home plate...wow...every time I look I see something new!

Audrey:

is using mail girl for her card and honestly when I look at this card I think of the spouses that have to hold down the fort at home while their husbands go to war and back a few years ago the only communications you would have is through mail. I just love that die cut!

Sue:

using star image and using it quite wonderfully I must say! Another CAS (clean and simple) card that I know any veteran would love to receive!!

Okay...that's it for today! I hope you got inspired and we can't wait to see what you create for us!!!