We’re back to congratulate the winners from the second half of our January Friendship & Valentine’s Challenge. But first, a huge thank you to everyone who played along this past month. Your creations were absolutely amazing, and picking just a handful of winners was next to impossible! We are continually blown away by the amount of talent in our online community! You can see the latest challenge entries in our Flickr pool HERE. And remember, the wonderful entries from the first half of the month were still eligible for these prizes, too. They can be seen HERE.

And now let’s get on with the show… first up is our Fresh Face winner, going to a stamper who has never won a challenge before. This time we chose carole-ish and her beautiful Scroll Tree card. This was one of MANY fabulous entries by Carole-ish this month, check out the rest in her wonderful photostream HERE.

When you see mabelscrap’s card, the winner of the Digital category, we can pretty much guarantee you are going to say “oooh” and “aaah”. The brightly-colored, cut out digital butterflies on kraft background is absolute perfection.

And now on to our Fab Five, presented in no particular order. Just like our Fresh Face and Digital winners, every member of the Fab Five will receive a $50 Hero Arts shopping spree!

This card by Pocketful of Paper (Julie) was a favorite from the first half of the month! Such a cute and clever use of the Buttons stamps!

We loved this sweet card from skermit12 for it’s great pairing of images and sentiment! Fun, fun, fun!!

WOW is the best way to describe this gorgeous card by prospurring (Anne). Could her background be any more stunning?

This cutie from Deborah (aka Gigi) made us squeal with delight! It is the ultimate in sweet simplicity.

And finally, this happy little card from hellokitty 40000. If it’s raining hearts, let’s leave the umbrellas inside and go out and play!! Such a fun combination of images.

Congratulations winners! Please email us your name, address and phone number with “January2010B Winner” in the subject line and we’ll get your prizes right out to you! And thanks to everyone who played along this month! Remember, the new challenge for February, Flowers & St. Patrick’s Day, is underway! Find all of the details HERE!

And as if you haven’t been inspired enough, here’s another 100 Days of Ideas card for your viewing pleasure! It is in keeping with Jennifer’s bold colors theme this week.

Card by Sally Traidman. For complete instructions and supplies, click HERE.

Happy Stamping,