20/40

Hi everyone,
I'm calling this 20/40 because I drew the face side when I was 20 years old, and I drew the butterfly side today at 40. Boy, I feel old. Blah! Well, at least it's the weekend. :D Make it fabulous!
Tracey

Charisma Cardz Sponsor

We are once again honored and excited to be sponsoring the challenge this week at Charisma Cardz. Time to get out of that comfort zone and show use those "Easel cards"-if you have never made one before check out the tutorial over on Splitcoast Stampers here.

We would like to welcome Hannah Clark to TSB team as or guest designer for this month.   Check out her work on her blog Delightfully Distressing, her projects are so vibrant and just pop off the screen. Today's sample is no exception- she has created this adorable card using Rag Doll Sitting. 

Here is a little bit about Hannah:

I was born in Oregon and moved to Canada when I was a child.  About 6 months ago I moved to the Yukon (very north-west in Canada).  It's COLD!  It's given me a lot of time in my craftroom though!  I've been married to my best friend for 11 years and he's so supportive of me.  We have three beautiful girls (ages 9, 6, and 2), and I am very blessed to be a stay-at-home Mom!  I started with scrapbooking about 8 years ago and discovered rubber stamping around 5 years ago and I've been hooked!  I still scrapbook, but I tend to put more creativity into my cards.  I love how artistic that you can get with stamping!  I've only recently discovered the joys of digital stamps (in the last 6 months or so).  I love the flexibility!  I'm really looking forward to working with The Stamping Boutique design team this month!

Princess Jennifer Latte Vanity  is getting all beautified in this lovely card created by Marie.  I just love the how she framed the image, looks just like a mirror.  The added make-up images are the perfect touch ! Check out that super cute patterned paper too, all things that are a girl's best friend!

Colleen has created this very pretty, purple project!  She has used the image Hidden from the Enchantment line.  Loads of layers and perfect purple embellishments make this a gorgeous card!

Jen has used one of my fave images from the new spring line called Bunny Egg, is this lil' lady not the cutest thing?  Wonderful pastels and beautiful coloring make this card delightful!

Heide has created her card using Uncommon Friendship from the Enchantment line.  She has added some great embossing that reminds me of water and lots of fun embellies!

Collette is getting use ready for St. Patrick's Day with this adorable green card using Irish Audrey. Doesn't she look ready to dance her little heart out?  She has a great eye for putting together a wonderful card using these different green patterned papers.

Make sure to join the challenge and head over to Charisma Cardz to check out what their team has created!

Don't miss Digi Day at Papercraft Planet this Saturday!

Are you Feeling Lucky?

Either way, come and join us at Paper Craft Planet for our March Digi Day!
What: Digi Day
When: March 12th 2-4pm EST
Where: The Stamping Boutique Digi Day forum (of course ;-) ) Digi Day-click here!
What to bring: The same as always, I think we are all getting the hang of these digi days....bring your coloring tools, typing fingers, snacks, drinks, LUCK...some of us may need some, and cheerfulness!
Whats in it for you: Games, free TSB images, fellow crafters, lots of chatting, and some awesome challenges (yes...I'm tooting my own horn).

Our Winners!

A HUGE thank you to everyone that checked out our One-Stop-Blog-Hop!

And this is the card that won! 

HEIDE! 

You are our design team winner! 

Great job! 

You had the most votes! 

Congratulations!

And our randomly chosen commenter is....

DJ1952!

Congratulations! Thanks for participating!
Please contact Tracey for your prizes ladies!

Watch for our next blog hop, April 2nd!

Emo Princess Penelope and her frog!

You've got to love kids! I just love Kalie's latest Emo! The vans are my absolute favorite! LOL!
I think she has a boy next in line. I can't wait to see!
Have a great week everyone!
Tracey

TSB Sponsorings 3 Challenge sites

We are busy, busy this week at The Stamping Boutique
as we have lots of exciting things going on!  Don't forget to get your vote in for the Circus themed Blog Hop, voting closes today and you don't want to miss all the AMAZING projects from the design team.  You can vote here.  Also the new monthly challenge has started so upload those projects here for your chance to win a guest designer spot or FREE images. 

Now for our winner's from the February monthly contest, ladies make sure to grab your I won TSB button (on right of TSB blog) to post on your blogs:

 Most projects created and uploaded goes to Stacy Walker with 13 projects, way to go lady!  Thanks for sharing your projects and showing your TSB love! Get over to the store and pick out your 5 FREE images!

Our random winner comes from one of our young crafters out there #81 Abby, go check out her blog as this little lady is talented!  Thanks Abby for joining us this month and sharing your projects, head over and pick 5 FREE images out from store!

Now for our new guest designer, Random.org has selected #35 Andrea C.  Congrats Andrea, please make sure to email and I will get you all deets! 


OK now on to our sponsorships this week:

  First up we are happy to be sponsoring the sketch challenge over at I Did It Creations.  As always up for grabs are 3 FREE digi images of winner's choice.  Check out this slideshow of fun projects from both teams!

 Next we are honored to be sponsoring the wonderful site CardCupids.org, this site is dedicated to making cards and care packages to send to children in need to show them they are loved.  Please check out their site and join their cause!   

The challenge this week is " Anything Goes with emphasis on cards for Teens."  We would love to see you all participate in this challenge and flood this organization with lots of cards. I know if you are anything like me you have lots laying around that  you could send, so why not put your talents to work for a FANTASTIC cause!  

Check out their site for more information: Card Cupids.org

Join the challenge on their blog: Card Cupids Blog

Last but certainly not least, we are overjoyed to be sponsoring this week's challenge over at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge.  This week's theme is" You Lucky Duck" so they are wanting to see all those good luck, best wished, and congratulations projects.  Check out these wonderful projects from both teams! 

Let's Join the Circus! One Stop "Blog Hop"

Hello everyone! We'll be doing our blog hops on the first weekend of the month (unless there's a holiday) - just so you are aware. 

We're doing something a little different this weekend for our blog hop...we are doing a one-stop blog hop. All you have to do is take a look at the Design Team's creations and choose your favorite. Vote by posting the number of your favorite one in the comment section. We will add up the votes and the designer with the most votes WINS - and we will do a random draw from everyone that commented and THAT person will win too!

Here are the entries: 

(The number for voting is right above the card)

#1

 #2

 #3

#4 

#5 

 #6

 #7

 #8

 #9

#10

 #11

 #12

 #13

 #14

#15

#16 

Choose your favorite and we'll announce the winners on Sunday!
You will have until 11:59pm EST timezone to get your votes in and I'll post the winner on Monday!
Thanks for stopping by!

Emo Alice by Kalie Malnofski

This is my daughter's first image in her new line of Emo kids. She drew her at school today and was so proud to show her to me. She has 2 more kids ready for me to ink and scan for her (whew!) I'm going to be so busy with all my work and now trying to keep up with Kalie's. LOL! But, I'm very proud of her. Have a wonderful evening everyone!
Tracey

ABC Christmas Challenge Sponsor

Are you ready to get a head start on all those Christmas projects so you are not rushing around last minute?  Well then this is the challenge for you, we are sponsoring a fun site called ABC Christmas Challenge. Their challenges are to help you prepare for the coming Christmas, as itt seems to be a common problem that Christmas creeps up on us every year!

Each challenge they work with a letter of the alphabet to create projects and this week the challenge is:

E for Embossing & Embellishments

Use dry or wet embossing and 3 embellishments on your project!

Miranda made this beauty using Puppy Surprise and is joining the ABC Christmas team as guest designer this week!

Sara has created is super adorable card using Natalie, she even added some fluff to her boots and outfit!

Kendra has used one of our top sellers called Snow friends, soft color pallet and wonderful snowflake embossing make this card a real treat! 

Crystal has used one of my personal favorites called Snowman Sign, see has she has cleverly used bling on the sign and traditional Christmas colors make this card a perfect holiday surprise I would love to receive in my mailbox! 

So come on over to ABC Christmas Challenge to see the wonderful projects of the ABC team and get a head start on your holiday projects!

The Stamping Boutique's FIRST CHALLENGE!!

I am so excited this morning. Today we are starting TSB challenges and I have some wonderful challenges and some outstanding inspiration for all of you so be sure you join us every other Tuesday for a new challenge, challenge winners, and most importantly inspiration from our DT!!!

Just a few little blah blah blah things before we get started!

~The challenges for now will be bi-weekly until we get the numbers up and then we will go to weekly challenges so be sure to check in every other Tuesday for the new challenge

~We will have winners. The winner of the 5 images will be picked by random drawing. I will also be picking the 3 favorites for that challenge and will have a button for you to add to your blog to show off that you have awesome crafting skills

~All the rules are on the sidebar so please take a quick minute to look over them. I wouldn't want anyone to be disqualified because the rules weren't followed!

~If you can't find the current challenge (this blog is very busy so we don't want the challenge to get lost) you can always find it by hitting the tab along  the top that says "current challenge"

Okay....now for the FUN!!!

CHALLENGE #1

The Stamping Boutique

T(texture) S(sparkle) B(buttons)

I thought there was no better way to start off the challenges then by using  the letters of TSB. So for your projects (they do NOT have to be cards...and scrapbooking is encouraged) I want to see some texture, lots of sparkle (I love sparkle), and buttons.

Can you handle that? Let's see how the DT handled this challenge!!!

Christy D.:

OMGoodness....this is such an amazing scrapbook layout. I just love all those buttons and the texture of the dots AND.....

this adorable bunny!!!! You can find this bunny in the store...you should hop on over and get it!!!

Dardi:

I love how the house is featured in the circle cut out and that border....sooo cute!

Stacie:

If this isn't a fabulous girly card I don't know what is!!! And princess Jennifer Latte is always a favorite. Lovin' all the sparkle!

Collette:

Wow....she used one of the new Cynthia images and this card is just amazing! If you enlarge this picture you can see that it looks almost like pieces of sugar candy on the cake...looks good enough to eat (in my opinion ;-) )

Michelle:

I am very much in love with thes fantastic roses with the little pearls in them...stunning!

Jeanne:

Okay...so this is what I call SPARKLE!!! I mean if you can't see it from this picture. Take a look at this one down below

AMAZING right?!

Miranda:

What a fantastic monocromatic card. This really makes me want a good latte...all those lush browns and creams together!!

Amanda:

Another scrapbook page....I am so blessed to have scrappers on this DT. I love that we can show that TSB images are not just for cards but can be used for ANYTHING. I love these layers...all the papers  behind it the main image is just great and do you see The Stamping Boutique image? It's the pinwheel journaling box....it's fantastic right? Tracey just put these in the store...I know you want one!!!

Wow....are you as inspired as I am right now? These girls are just amazing and TSB is very lucky to have such a wonderful group of talented girls!!!

I really hope you will join us this week and all the weeks following for our challenges. We look forward to YOU inspiring us now!!!!