Crafty Gals Corner: 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.