Marie Antoinette, "Let them eat cake!"

In all fairness to Marie, I read when researching hair, clothes etc. for this image, that she was only 10 years old when she said this. I think maybe she got a bad rap. :(
I hope you like this image, it was so much fun to draw. Have a wonderful evening.
Tracey

Winner for Challenge #5 AND Top 3

GOOOOOODDDDNNNNEESSSSSSS.....114 entries WOW!!! Do you have any idea how hard it was to pick a top 3? Let's just say it was very hard! I want to thank all of you that participated in the challenge and we were so excited to see that we went over 100.....at this rate we may need to do a top 5 and go to weekly challenges!!! You all are amazing!!!!

WINNER for Challenge #5

#31~frutti di bosco

Beautiful card!!! Please send me an email with your choice of 3 images. Winner was picked by random.org april_lower@yahoo.com

TOP 3

Sylvias Stamping Place

Maya

My love for Papercraft

Min Lilla Blog

WOW right??? Now do you all see why I had such a hard time making my decisions???!!!! Fantastic work to all you ladies! Grab the button and display it proudly on your blog!



Challenge #6~Circles

Good morning everyone! I hope that your week started off well! I am sitting here typing this up as the Haverty (furniture store) people bring in stuff for the kids bedrooms. What a mess....this is their second time out here and now they will need to come a 3rd time!!! First it was something with my daughters headboard (so they couldn't bring that out), then they brought us the wrong bunk beds for my son and NOW there was something wrong with the "right" bunk beds railings so they need to come out a 3rd time.....how frustrating!!!

But anyway...your not here to listen to me whine right?! But it sure is nice to vent a bit!!

I will announce the winner of challenge #5 and the top three tomorrow. I just have not been able to get through all the entries to get a top 3 but I promise to have it up tomorrow!!!

CHALLENGE #6  CIRCLES

That should be easy enough right??? I just want to see LOTS of circles all over your wonderful projects!!!

DT's Inspiration:

Christy D.:

Talk about circles...wow...an amazing scrapbook layout using two of Tracey's new images. I just love those border pieces!!!

Heide:

This looks as delicate as those flowers are! The pretty pastel color, the doily, and circle cut out.....soooooooooo pretty! 

Linda:

I just love easel cards and I love them even more in the shap of a circle. This is really the cutest card!!! Cute colors, cute buttons....just cute!!

Michelle:

Hmmm....Michelle.....are you still in winter mode? I certainly hope not since we are quickly approaching summer!!! LOL! I just love those embellishments and all those circles!!!

Miranda:

Someone was enjoying her day in the sun. She was doing this in her garden using a mixed medium technique. What a stunning work of art. Did you notice the image and the two layers...wow...the coloring is amazing!!!

Andrea:

This is a great end-of-year card for a school student! So cute and again....ton's of circles! I really like that arrow!!! Too cute!!!

 

Dollar Day at TSB!

Today's the day!!! Dollar day at TSB! Don't miss it!!!

WE HAVE A WINNER!

A huge thanks to everyone that participated in our blog hop this past weekend!

I have a winner...(thanks to random.org)

And #8 on my list is KELLYLOUJ! Congrats Kelly!

You will need to contact TSB within 2 weeks (so by May 23rd) to claim your prize.

You win the "Maypole" image plus 2 images of your choice!

Email Tracey with your choices Kelly!

Thanks to all that "hopped"!

My Mother's Day gift.

Look at what I received for Mother's day yesterday from my 16 year-old DD Kalie. A handmade card and 6 decorated sketching pencils. It's the best gift anyone's ever given me. I just love it. I'm all too aware that I won't be getting many more handmade gifts from my girls, so I especially cherish this one. All you mommy's of little ones who received handmade gifts, take good care of those gifts because all too soon you'll start getting flowers and CD's. Which is great, but nothing in as special as the cards written is crayons and the paper flowers. Happy one day late Mother's Day!
Tracey

Happy "Freebie for our Fabulous Followers" Day!!!!

Don't forget to become a follower so you don't miss a single freebie! Have a super day!

Tracey

Some new images and a happy Mother's day!!!!!

This is one from my famous women throughout history line.
Goldilocks!!!!!

Have a wonderful day!
Tracey

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Blog Hop Happening at The Stamping Boutique

It's Hop Weekend at The Stamping Boutique 

Here are the blog hop details:

We're trying something new this month...we decided to have two groups...if you post on both group's blogs, that will double your chances of winning.

It runs all day today, May 7th and till May 8th till 6pm Sunday Evening

Group One:
The Stamping Boutique - You are here
Amanda
 Andrea
Miranda
Rhonda
Christy D.


Group Two:
The Stamping Boutique - You are here
Stacie
Christy L.
Sara
Colleen
Michelle
Jeannie

Also, TSB will be having it's first DOLLAR DAYS sale on Tuesday! 

So check out the new look to the store and see what's on sale. You won't want to miss it!

Exciting Announcement

Hold on to your socks as I have an important announcement you will want to mark you calendars for, yes that's right something big is happening for one day only at The Stamping Boutique!

On Tuesday, May 10th Tracey is having a "Dollar Digi Day", what does this mean you may ask?  

Well all the images located in the "What's New" section of the store will be $1 each!  This means all the latest images will be at a huge fraction of cost, Tracey is still adding images as fast as her little fingers can draw them!  If you love TSB like I do, you won't want to miss your opportunity to build your collection!  So what are you waiting for, head over to store and get your shopping list ready for Tuesday!

Also don't miss out as this weekend on May 7th & 8th as The Stamping Boutique will be hosting a blog hop and I'm sure there will be some surprises along the way!  The team will be split up in two groups and you can hop along on Saturday or Sunday or both, whatever is most convenient for you!  

Come join us for our May Day Hop for some fun and inspiration!

Please Welcome May Guest Designer Linda Bowman

We would like to introduce our May Guest Designer Linda Bowman, please stop by and check out her blog Card Challenges and More to see her wonderful work!  Here is a little bit about Linda:

I have lived in the heart of the mid-west my entire life right in the middle of Kansas.  I have two grown sons and 6 grandchildren.  I have done crafty things all my life.  In the beginning it was embroidery and sewing projects.  I even had my own custom curtain business for a few years.  Then about 7 years ago I started paper crafting and making cards.  Now I pretty much just make cards and include some sewing on them from time to time.  Started my blog a couple of years ago and I am totally addicted to doing lots and lots of challenges.  I really love to try new and different things or get totally out of my creative box and design my own version of something.

Thank you for the opportunity to work as your Guest Designer for May.

Where to find TSB this week

04/30/11 2 Sisters Challenge- Mother's Day creations, you still have time to get those creations uploaded.  Check out the creations from Rhonda of TSB team as well as the 2 Sisters team!

05/01/11 Sunday Sketch & Stamp- use the sketch provided, you have until May 8th to enter to be eligible for images from TSB! Also I (Christy) will be joining the DT over at Sunday Sketch & Stamp starting this week, so stop by to check out my creations!

05/03/11 A Spoon Full of Sugar-White and one main color(it's OK to use a different color on hair/shoes). Check out these over-the-top creations from both teams!

April Monthly Contest Winners

Congrats you get to be the first to display our new TSB "I Won" badge on your blogs and the winner's are:

Most projects was a tie by Suzi & Sara with 8 projects each, fabulous job ladies!

Our June Guest Designer will be: PJ Pearson

Our Random winner is: Lawren-A Hobbyholic

Ladies please email me (Christy) at micahzane@yahoo.com with your 5 free image choices from store and when you email me PJ I will give you all details of being our guest designer!

Happy "Freebie for our Fabulous Followers" Day!!!!

I hope you can make some great Mother's Day cards with this one!
If you've missed her, don't forget to become a follower so you don't miss another one.
Have a wonderful Monday!
Tracey

ArtDollz at TSB!

I thought we might have some fun with some new art dollz. I'm thinking about doing a new castle for her and maybe a dragon? My daughter and I stayed up last night playing in the paint and this is what I came up with. LOL! Now what do I do with it?

A new sneak peak from the new Unity May KOM!

Hi everyone,
Here's a sneak peak for you from the May KOM from Unity. I get sooooooooooooo excited when I have a stamp featured as a sneak peak! eeeeeeeeeek! LOL!
Have a beautiful weekend friends! :D
Tracey

SCS Virtual Stamp Night tonight!

Come join the VSN Pirate Party. The fun begins on Friday, April 29 @ 6:00 PM EDT with one challenge posted each hour for a total of 5 challenges. You can find all the challenges and details here: Virtual Stamp Night .You have until Monday, May 2 @ 8:00 PM EDT to post your projects to be eligible for the pirate booty. If you're a Splitcoaststampers' Fan Club member, you can see two of the challenges now in a sneak peak here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums....eak-peeks-f321/

Audrey the flower girl.

It's been such a long time since I've drawn "My Little Audrey" TSB designer, Collette Landwer, requested and Audrey flower girl with a ring of flowers in her hair and an empire dress (LOL!) and I couldn't resist. I've kept her pretty simple. I thought she'd be easier to work with that way. What do you all think? Do you like all the sparkles around the images that I put? or would you rather have them plain? or a happy medium?

Tracey

Challenge #5~Winged Things!!~Inlinkz is Up!

Good morning everyone! I hope that all of you had a nice holiday weekend. We had a very very nice Easter this year with lots of family. Being gone for 4 years really made us appreciate the time we have with family and good friends!

I'm going to start off with our winner and Top 3 from Challenge #4!

Winner Challenge #4

Gails Crafty Goings On



Gail shoot me an email with your choice of 5 images!!! Congrats!!! april_lower@yahoo.com

It pays  to use a TSB image....Gail got entered 2 times and ended up being the winner!! Woohoo!!

Top 3

Kym

Nann's Keepsakes

Mimi

Scrappers Anonymous

Suzi

Sugar N Spice My little Haven

Ladies be sure to grab and display your badge!!

Challenge #5

Winged Things

This can be ANYTHING that has wings. I thought it would be perfect for spring now that all the "winged things" are starting to come out. You can even use angels or fairies, bee's, butterflies....whatever you have that has wings!!!

DT's Fab work:

Collette:

She used one of Tracey's newest images and added this fanastic butterfly!

Amanda:

I really love this look. That DP looks like real jeans! And a very pretty bird for her winged thing!

Michelle:

These colors blow me away! They are sooooo pretty and the coloring...wow! And she added butterflies too as her winged thing! AND....she used some of Tracey's new digi papers for her background and butterflies!! I'm gonna be grabbing that!

Miranda:

BEAUTIFUL butterfly!! That is so delicate and pretty! But we can't leave out the wonderful image!

Stacie:

Well....I'm just not even sure what to say about this. I mean I'm blown away by this card. I don't like to be byass because I really do love all the DT's creations EVERY week but this week....I think Stacie went above and beyond with this. You really need to enlarge this image so you can see all the details in those feathers!!! Great work Stacie!!!

Okay, that's it for this this challenge! Please, take note...if you want your entry to be counted you MUST link ONLY that post not your entire blog. It's very hard for us to search your blog to find the post that is for TSB challenge! I really don't want to miss out on any of your fantastic projects so be sure you linking only that specific post!!! Thanks!

Inspiration & Where to Find TSB?

Here are some wonderful projects for all occassions from the design team to inspire you to create!

Where can you find The Stamping Boutique this week:

04/21 Hanna and Friends- Theme is pink and brown, although we were told challenge was Easter.  So here are some great easter cards for your viewing pleasure!

04/21 Creative Inspirations- Theme: Digi Day- use anything digi

04/25 Cupcake Craft - Theme: Fluffy Bunnies! Bunnies and Easter themes are optional, but the project must have some kind of 'fluff'' on it. (i.e. pom poms, flower soft, fibres, tassels etc!) 

Here are a couple of bunny samples from Christy Dillman- she made her PEEPS sparkly & fluffy using embossing powder and for her layout she used sparkly flufy on the inside of ears and polka dots!

04/26 Creative Card Crew- Theme is Child's Play