Crafty Gals Corner: January 2016

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Challenge #56 ~ Anything Goes

Happy Wednesday creative followers!

Let's announce our winner's before we dive on in to this weeks challenge!

The winner for Challenge #55 - Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps prize is:

#14 - Connie - Connie's Bizarre Madness

The winner for Challenge #55 - Lacy Sunshine prize is:

#34 - Heather - Images by Heather M.

The winner for Challenge #554 - Ching-Chou Kuik prize is:

#4 - Geesje - Mijn Hobbyhokje

Congratulations on your win! Please use the Contact Me button at the top and let me know you've won! You have a week to claim your prizes.

THIS WEEKS TOP THREE:

#7 - Lucy

#13 - Karen

#15 - Kitty

Congratulations!! Here's your PERSONALIZED TOP THREE badges, you may display on your blog.

Now on to the challenge:

This week the challenge is Anything Goes!

Our sponsor this week is:

Aurora Wings

Prize: $15 Gift Certificate

Mitzi is a Colorado-based fantasy artist. Originally from Japan, her art is influenced by the vintage shojo manga she grew up with, as well as the classic art forms such as tattoo art and woodblock prints of her native country. Her fantasy art subjects range from cute and whimsical to dark and macabre, and everything in between. Majority of her Aurora Wings digital stamps are made from the line art of her fantasy illustrations, giving them a uniquely distinct look of flowing lines with high level of detail. Most are ink & pen traditional drawings, which are either colored free-hand in Corel Painter or traditionally with watercolor. Her Etsy shop, Aurora Wings, offers digital stamps, prints, ACEOs, coloring books,-and-originals.

Shop-http://www.Etsy.com/shop/AuroraWings

FacebookDigiGroup-http://www.facebook.com/groups/StampsByAuroraWings

FacebookArtistPage-http://www.facebook.com/FantasyArtofMitzi

AuroraWingsChallengeBlog-http://www.AuroraWingsChallenge.blogspot.com

Artist's Official Site - http://www.AuroraWings.com

Using: Cupcake Sprite

Amy

Using: Spirit of Hibiscus
Erika

Using: Big Eye Valentine Girl
Jeanie

Using: Camellia Spirit

Judy

Using: Ice Cream Sundae Sprite
Lena

Using: Sleepy Bunny Elf
Lisa

Using: Cupcake Sprite

Rae Ann

Using: Snow Queen
Samantha

Please be sure to check out the rest of our simple rules for participating HERE.

You have until February 2nd to enter!

Good luck and thanks for joining us today, I can't wait to see all the amazing projects!

An InLinkz Link-up

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Challenge #55: New for YOU!

Happy Wednesday creative followers!

We have some unclaimed prizes!

The *NEW* winner for Challenge #52 - My Besties prize is:

#104- Lillian - Lillian's Leisures

The *NEW* winner for Challenge #53 - Scrapper's Delights prize is:

#16 - Alicia - Maxibelle Studio

The winner for Challenge #54 - Miss Daisy Stamps prize is:

#7 - Huny - Crafting by Huny

The winner for Challenge #54 - The East Wind prize is:

#9 - Vannessa - Saffire's Stamping

The winner for Challenge #54 - Beccy's Place prize is:

#19 - Jan - Huh. So this is a blog

The winner for Challenge #54 - Lemon Shortbread prize is:

#6 - Gale - Gale's Stamping Corner

Congratulations on your win! Please use the Contact Me button at the top and let me know you've won! You have a week to claim your prizes.

THIS WEEKS TOP THREE:

#5 - Carol

#12 - Brenda

#15 - Lillian

Congratulations!! Here's your PERSONALIZED TOP THREE badges, you may display on your blog.

Now on to the challenge:

This week the challenge is New for YOU!
Use something new that you got for the holiday season, or something new you've been wanting to try out. Make sure you tell us what it is!

Our sponsors this week are:

Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet

Prize: $10 Gift Certificate

Lacy Sunshine

Prize: 3 Digital Images

Heather Valentin is creative , award winning, modern-day fantasy and whimsical artist who has displayed a dynamic and vibrant energy while painting professionally for over 18 years.

She began to express herself creatively through movement at a very young age.

For many years she studied dance, being drawn to forms that allowed creative self expression, all the while feeling this constant urge to create with her hands. The canvas is now her dance floor where color, beauty and drama are expressed through her every pencil sketch and brush stroke. Her subjects vary from fairies, fantasy, mermaids, vampires, dragons, wildlife, abstract and more. She is one who is inspired in a single moment. Her dreams, moods and the the unfolding beauty of the world around her is what charts her dance for the day. She is most alive when sketching and painting, creating timeless pieces that reflect her heart and soul. Drawing breathes life into her soul- it enables her to reach out and touch lives. This gives her a place in the world one character and painting at a time.

Heather's artist portfolio has expanded to include such clients as Pepsi, Outback Steakhouse, Nabisco, Zephryhils and can now be found at Laguna Art, Third Stone Art Gallery and Sausalito Art Galleries, along with commercial and private collections across

the globe.

Ching-Chou Kuik

Prize:1 Digital Image
Ching-Chou Kuik was born in 1979 at Pantai Remis, Perak, Malaysia . She lived in Malaysia, and moved to Taiwan at age of 19, to pursuit her fine art education at National Taiwan Normal University.
In 2003, she graduated with a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts (painting).
While in Taipei, Ching-Chou enjoyed being an art teacher for young children from age three to twelve. The originality of the youngsters' pieces inspires her and brings enthusiasm and creativity to her works.
Ching-Chou moved to Seattle with her husband in 2005, and a mother to a boy.
Ching-Chou became a full-time artist and share her art with others since Mar 2006.

Using: Lil Tumble Keeper of Keys by Lacy Sunshine

Amy

Using: Snowdrop Bloomin by Lacy Sunshine
Erika

Using: Snow Drop by Ching Chou Kuik
Jeanie

Using: Peony by Ching-Chou Kuik

Judy

Using: Elmer the Love Struck Elephant by Floppy Latte Designs (Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet)
Lena

Using: Joey by Lacy Sunshine
Lisa

Using: Snow Family by Digi Blessings (Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet)

Rae Ann

Using: White Smores Delight by Lacy Sunshine

Using: Lattice Heart Box by Floppy Latte Designs (Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet)
Samantha

Please be sure to check out the rest of our simple rules for participating HERE.

You have until January 26th to enter!

Good luck and thanks for joining us today, I can't wait to see all the amazing projects!

An InLinkz Link-up

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Challenge #54 ~ Buttons AND Bows

Happy Wednesday creative followers!

We have an unclaimed prize from our Blogiversary Bloghop!

The *NEW* winner for Challenge #52 - Karleigh Sue prize is:

#107- Shelley - Shelley's Musings

The winner for Challenge #53 - Scrapper's Delights prize is:

#54 - Linda - Linda's Crafty Piece of Heaven

Congratulations on your win! Please use the Contact Me button at the top and let me know you've won! You have a week to claim your prizes.

THIS WEEKS TOP FIVE:

#19 - Jane

#38 - Elena

#51 - Leslie

#81 - Shuly

#103 - Cicci

Congratulations!! Here's your PERSONALIZED TOP FIVE badges, you may display on your blog.

Now on to the challenge:

This week the challenge is Buttons AND Bows!

Our sponsors this week are:

Miss Daisy Stamps

Prize: 5 Digital Images

The East Wind

Prize: 3 Digital Images
The artist behind The East Wind digital images is known as Unky LaStrange. Unky makes her home in British Columbia, Canada with her wonderful daughter, Aurora, the love of her life and source of much inspiration. She has been creating art since she was a child always allowing it to reflect her interests, humour, and love of all that is quirky. Her unique images run the gamut from the darkly humourous and sometimes creepy through the world of fashion-forward Lucy Loo to the sweet Aurora and Baby Aurora where life and people are good and beautiful. There are images to suit every taste, occasion, or whim at The East Wind (https://www.etsy.com/shop/theeastwind/)

Lemon Shortbread