Digi Day at The Stamping Boutique (PCP)

Are you Feeling Lucky?
Come and join us at Paper Craft Planet for our March Digi Day happening on March 12th 2-4pm EST...visit The Stamping Boutique Digi Day forum to join in on the fun and games and challenges and PRIZES!

For the Girls @ Stamps R Us!

Today's challenge at Stamps R Us is to create projects with a "For The Girls" theme. This is my card...it's Eliza Doolittle all dressed up ready for the races! I just LOVE this image! It's my favorite from this February release! I just love it! Maybe because "My Fair Lady" is one of my favorite movies too! 

Anyways, you have two weeks over at Stamps R Us to do this challenge! I'd get your entry in to win the amazing prize pack from Sassy Studio Designs!

Special Blog Hop for Katie

If you're looking for The Stamping Boutique blog hop, follow THIS link!

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You might remember the blog post I had back in January...about raising money for Katie Renz! You make a donation to Jak Heath and receive a digital package...well, it's happening again.  There is a a blog hop at Clear Dollar Stamps that is dedicated to our very own Katie.  Katie is known on the Clear Dollar Stamps blog for her fabulous Tuesday Tutorials, and she has inspired us all with her talent and creativity.  I have been selected by the CDS team to be on their digi team so I am honoured to be a part of this special blog hop for Katie!

Why a blog hop for Katie?

Katie has been diagnosed with Stage 4 stomach cancer.  You can follow her story here on Katie's blog. Katie is journaling her journey and sharing it with us all.  A very courageous and generous giving of herself to all of us who can find inspiration through her strength.

We love you Katie!

What are we doing to help Katie?

We, Katie's crafty family, have set up a blog just for her and our efforts to help her.  The blog is called Help 4 Katie.  When something like this hits a family, you just want to do something.  Many, many have already helped Katie through our initial fund raising efforts at Jak Heath's blog.  We thank you so much for all of your contributions to Katie.  As we all know, medical treatment for cancer can be quite costly and we want to make sure that she has the absolute best!  As of today, we are moving our efforts to a dedicated blog just for Katie.

What we have been doing is taking Digital Image donations from many generous artists in our crafting community, packaging them into a grouping, and then asking for a donation to receive these digi images.  The first set of images come with a donation of $20, and are now available on Katie's new blog.

We have put together a second package for Katie to help raise funds to fight this cancer!  This set of digital images has been donated to Katie.  You can get this entire set of digis for only $15!  The entire $15 goes to Katie and her family to help her fight this cancer!

(Katie and her family celebrating Christmas in the hospital right after her diagnosis.)

Please go to Katie's new blog, Help 4 Katie, and donate $15 to help her and her family!  If you are new to this cause, please consider donating to receive her first package as well.

We are praying that each and every person that donates will be blessed! 

You will receive a download link for all of these images upon receipt of your donation!

Prizes just for you donating!

We have some awesome sponsors that have not only donated images to the digital gift packages, but prizes too!  

Everyone that donates to Katie will be entered automatically to win some wonderful prizes....you'll have to take a look on Katie's blog to see just what those are!

Go to Help 4 Katie blog now!

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Here are some of the images donated by our illustrators:

It's my Potty!

by Laurie Wilson

This image is a special request of Katie.  Last summer, on a motorcycle trip, Katie visited a restroom with some fancy toilet wall paper.....she was so impressed with the wallpaper that she emailed us a picture of it!  She was hoping some day we could come up with a potty of our very own.....her you go Katie!  Our Design Team had a grand time coming up with all the saying collectively!

 


Here is my "potty card"!

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PatchPal Elephant

by Shawne Arnold (past illustrator)

coordinating papers and set designed by Laurie Wilson

 


Here are two designs from this set

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Prairie Wagon

by Laurie Wilson

 


Here's my creation with this set

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Floral Thoughts

by Trudy Sjolander

To see some fabulous samples from our Design Team, follow this list!

Michelle Sampson

Christi Bryant

 Lisa Lara

Linda Anderson

Tricia Traxler

Barb Gimtro Best

Jan Hunnicutt

Trudy Sjolander

Laurie Wilson

Amanda Newton

Sarah Taylor

Stacy Morgan

Cassie Trask

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What's in the rest of the package?????

Take a look below to see what you get for a donation of $15!

Go to Help 4 Katie blog now!

(Make your donation at the "Help for Katie" blog)

The Stamping Boutique's Spring Fever Blog Hop

We are hosting a "Spring Fever" blog hop this month! We're all sick of the snow and would love a little sunshine and flowers to pop in so we decided to bring them on ourselves! And bring it we did!

You'll have to make sure you hop to every design team blog. Make sure you post on EACH blog post for TSB to be eligible for the prize, our 4 new spring images.

You need to start here and work your way through the group! At the Stamping Boutique, there will be an Inlinkz where you can post your comment after you have completed hop! From this list, the winner will be chosen randomly!

The hop will run from February 19th 12AM EST and you will have until February 20th 6PM EST. After that time, the comments will be tallied and the winner will be randomly picked.

The Design Team used a sketch this month for our creations. 

And here is my take on the sketch!

Here is the hop list:

Amanda <-- You are starting here!

Christy

Christy Dillman 

Colleen 

Collette 

Crystal Dennett 

Dardi 

Dawn Bennett 

Heide

Jennifer 

Kecia 

Kendra 
Louise

Marie Bridgeman 

Melissa 

Michelle Single

Miranda 

Pat Sergeant 

Rhonda

Sara 

Stacie 

Suzi McKenzie 

Tracey

The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog 

This one's for Linda!

My friend's mother passed away this week...Monday, actually...Valentine's Day...the day of Love.

She was definitely a woman who loved with her whole heart...She loved her husband..she loved her children...she loved her grandchildren...she loved her friends...you could tell there were a lot of people that loved her too! The church was PACKED with people on Wednesday, showing their support and to say good-bye one final time.

Linda had breast cancer. She was in and out of treatments for the last 4-5 years I believe.  Her picture sits here beside me as I post this and I still remember her smile. She was a sweet woman. My fondest memory of her was going to 4-H at her place. She was a great leader! She will be missed but Heaven gained an angel on Monday. Rest in Peace Linda! Your family mourns because they will miss you tremendously. Put your arms around them and smile your heartwarming smile.

This one is for Linda (this ALWAYS brings tears to my eyes when I'm watching it!)

Come join us at the Stamping Boutique Blog Hop!

The design team has created some amazing creations! 

Join us at the TSB Challenge blog to start your "hopping"! (Watch out for the rabbits!)

FEBRUARY 19TH, 2011 is when the fun starts!

Sassy Studio Designs Release Day

You are half way through the Sassy Studio Designs DT blog hop!! Keep going! The design team has come up with some great projects! 

I'm showing off Dorothy today! (your answer if you're collecting answers!) 

It was inspired by a painting I saw at a local art studio...I thought I'd try it with Dorothy....not sure if I'm totally into it but the idea was there I guess!

 This one was also inspired by some senior class from the high school. Turned out okay!

In case you get lost along the way, or want to start at the beginning!

Sassy Studio Designs Blog

Julie

Regan 

Maria

Amanda --> you are here

Kathy

Rebecca

Sara

Debbie

Lindsay

So don't forget to collect all the answers from the blogs and have them into me by Sunday 6PM PST. (9pm EST). Email your answers to tandjstudios at gmail dot com

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Here's another project with this month's release images!

More to come this month! Watch for our sponsors all month!

DPDC7 Doodle Pantry Entry

This is my entry for the DPDC7 challenge at Doodle Pantry this week! I cannot take credit for the design though! This was "lifted" from a fellow Doodle Pantry girl, Sue! 

This is her card

I needed to make a card for a friend of my grandfather's. Iit is her 91st birthday today and they had a little celebration at coffee time yesterday...I thought it would be perfect! Thanks for the inspiration Sue!!

Here is mine

Supplies Used:
Green & White Cardstock

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Green ribbon

Doodle Pantry image & sentiment
(coloured and merged in PSE)

Are you busy??

(Button designed by yours truly for SSD) 

Don't forget to join us at the party blog 

to chat about the new release and life!

This Saturday, Feb. 12th, 2011 7-9pm CST 

(California time) so it will be 10-12pm EST. 

New fav song...& new cards!

My new favorite song right now...

What a beautiful voice! And quite a story!

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Here's a card for Sassy Studio Designs 

It's for Aly's Sunday Challenge blog! SSD is sponsoring it this week!

The inside of my card says: "You make me smile all over my face!"

This was one of those cards that I conceptialized in my mind...and it came to life on paper! I like how it came out! The images were coloured in Photoshop and the papers are made by Basic Grey and the rhinestones are made by Kaisercraft. Oh, the challenge was "Bling It On"!