Winged Things and other ways to win TSB Prizes

First of all, I have to remind you of all the great chances you have 

to win prizes from The Stamping Boutique!

The Royal Wedding Event at SNR challenge entries are due this Friday!

There are chances to win Red Rubber Stamps 

and a $20 Gift Certificate from The Stamping Boutique.

Also, The Kid's Challenge at The Latte Lounge, 

"Something for My BFF" 

is ending this weekend!

We're working on setting up our events for May at "The Lounge" 

and if you're not already a member, 

it's a good time to get in on the fun we're having!

The Month Long Challenge at the Stamping Boutique Challenge blog 

ends in a few days! 

That's an easy one! Post ANY project you've made with TSB products 

and enter as many times as you can!

That's the "old" news! 

Here's what's new!

Two weeks ago we started our Color Challenge 

and we received 18 wonderful entries. 

Choosing the Top 3 is going to be tough!! I'm glad I don't have to do it!

Since that challenge has ended, it's time for a new one to begin! 

Based on my photo, can you guess the theme of the NEW 

Tuesday Challenge at the Stamping Boutique?

I'll give you a hint: it can be fairies, butterflies, ummm... peacocks?

Yep! The New Challenge is 

WINGED THINGS!

And in Tracey's massive collection at TSB 

you're sure to find some marvelous choices!

Tracey has been cranking out new images like a machine for us 

and I completely fell in love with this one!

His name is "Paisley Peacock" and you can grab him at the shop HERE! 

I love how she put the word "Art" on his wing 

and the tilt of his head and the amazingly detailed tiny images 

in each of his tail feathers! WOW!

I colored him with Prismacolor pencils

and added Glossy Accents to "Accent" some parts.

I created the Paisley shaped card using Inkscape

and cut it with my Cricut and SCAL.

The scalloped background and the flowers and vine

are all misted with my PearlEx spray.

What?!!? You don't have any images from The Stamping Boutique?

Well then, you'll definitely want to play in this challenge for a chance to win some!

The Royal Wedding Event at SNR

Today is the Third Day of FREEBIES at our Group at the SNR/Card Universe Site.

Today's FREEBIE is "Audrey the Bride" and she's only available TODAY, so hurry over to our Group Page and GRAB her before she's gone!

With our THIRD day and our THIRD FREEBIE we're also having a THIRD challenge: Use the Royal Colours: Red, White and Blue!

I finally got a chance to play with the FIRST freebie, that was offered Friday: "The Wedding Chapel". The challenge is to "Create Your Own Background".

I think this is quite possibly the "Sparkle-iest" card I have ever made! I put Versamark Ink on my Sizzix Diamonds embossing folder then embossed my background card stock. While the ink was still wet, I added Gold embossing powder and shook it off and heat embossed it! In real life, it is so sparkly and rich-looking!

The image is "The Wedding Chapel" from The Stamping Boutique. After I colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and cut it out, I sprayed it with my "Home-made" Shiimmer Mist using Gold Pearl Ex.

I cut the square frame out of my base with my Nesties, then flipped the cutout piece to back the iamge.

The sentiment is a stamp from a variety pack I bought a long time ago. The tag and bells were cut in SCAL. With all the noise about MTC lately, I have been using my SCAL more often and I still love it! MTC is great for all it's features, but SCAL has a special place for me too!

For such a simple card, it seems like this one took a long time to put together. I think it was all the embossing...

I am going to upload this card 

into the Challenge #1 Photo Album 

at our Stamping Boutique Group 

and I hope to see more entries 

getting posted soon!

Tracey has graciously offered 

a ton of TERRIFIC prizes 

including RUBBER STAMPS 

and a $20 Gift Certificate... 

it would just be silly to miss out 

on chance at such great prizes!!

By the way, I found the greatest site the other day, from another Blogger friend.

It's called "Stamping Vacation"! They have several monthly challenges and you can enter as many times as you like. All the entries are entered into a drawing at the end of the month for a Gift Certificate.

They have a bunch of challenges right now that I plan to play in, but  for this card, I'd like to enter it in their:

Stamping Vacation, Occasion Oasis, Wedding Challenge

The Royal Wedding Event has Started at SNR!

Our Royal Wedding Event has begun!

Be sure to pop over to our Group at SNR Card Universe

and grab today's FREEBIE before it's gone!!

There are THREE challenges:

1. Create Your Own Background Paper

2. Something old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue

3. The Royal Colors: Red, White and Blue

Every day during this 3-day event a NEW TSB FREEBIE will be posted 

that can be used in that days' challenge!

All the challenge entries can be viewed in our Photo Albums!

Here are a few samples from the TSB Designers:

Miranda used today's freebie and created her own background paper

for this gorgeous wedding card:

From Andrea: This is a perfect example of how digis can be used in scrapbooking 

for a truly remarkable page! Can  you find her "Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue"? That's our challenge that starts tomorrow and one of the digis she used in this project is tomorrow's FREEBIE!! Make sure you come over to our group to grab yours!

For the third challenge, we're using ROYAL COLORS: Red, White and Blue!

Miranda used the other TSB Freebie for this terrific card!

Make sure you visit our Group this weekend

and grab a new FREEBIE every day!!

I did not make any of these gorgeous projects!!

PLEASE stop over to our Group at SNR

and leave a little love for our TSB designers!

The Photos can be found HERE in our

Photo Albums!!

Digi Day with The Stamping Boutique on SNR Card Universe!

Oh My! Boy do I have a surprise for you!
Tracey is giving away the complete line of Candy Land Winter images to one lucky winner on Digi Day!
Here is what you need to do.
1.- Go to the store and purchase ANY winter/christmas image.
2.- Create any project with your Christmas image and bring it with you to Digi Day Sat Oct 23rd 8-10pm EST.
3. Get entered into a drawing for the entire line of wonderful Candyland images.
Hope to see you and your project there!
We will be celebrating Winter/Christmas.

This cute Rocking Horse is just one of the MANY brand new images in the Christmas 2010 line at The Stamping Boutique!!

And my OTHER most totally awesome news!!!!
I have been accepted as a member of the Design Team at The Latte Lounge!
Talk about exciting!!!
My responsibilities will include hosting a bi-weekly challenge!!!
I'm so looking forward to working with the fun ladies at The Latte Lounge and am super-excited about joining their team!!!

And a quick shout out to Colleen at Making our Mark!
I entered her sentiment challenge last week and won an Honorable Mention! Imagine my glee when I opened the package today and found my FIRST EVER Copic Markers!!! And TWO (2) Atyou Spica pens!! I have mentioned Colleen's blog before! She is SO inspirational and her posts are thought-provoking and genuine. One of my favorite places to visit! And she offers FREE Copic Coloring Classes... I'll be there next month... care to join me?

It's going to be a VERY busy week for me!!!

I have so many images printed and none of them are colored! Could be a great time to play with my new pens!!

I'm getting ready for the Digi Day on SNR  (YAY!!)- Please join us! It's going to be LOTS of fun!! We have some fun games planned and don't forget the AWESOME giveaway!! Where else can you get an ENTIRE line of digis and have fun with friends at the same time?

Stamping Boutique Digi Day on SNR: NEW FREE IMAGE!!

Come and join The Stamping Boutique as we celebrate Fall/ Halloween. So much to do and see!

 We have a special this month!

Buy Frankie for ONLY $1 and bring your completed project with you to Digi day and get an exclusive BRAND NEW Stamping Boutique image FREE! Only to Digi day participants!

When?
TODAY!  Saturday September 25th 7-9 pm CST.
 Hope to see you all there!

Don't forget, make a card or project with Frankie, bring it to share on Saturday and get Sami free. What a deal! Two awesome images to play with!

Visit The Stamping Boutique at:
http://snrcardiverse.ning.com/groups/group/show?id=2496437%3AGroup%3A49692&xg_source=msg_mes_group