Release Day at The Greeting Farm

SWEET NOVEMBER!  It's Release Day!

Hi all!  We have JUST the cure for your trick-or-treating hangover today at The Greeting Farm!  It's November 1st and the gorgeous images you've seen for the past few days are now available in the TGF STORE!

We are happy to be adding My Heart, Frou Frou Sweet, and the adorable Oliver/Amelia Valentine to our line of lovable, versatile TGF characters.

For my card I chose the new Oliver and Amelia Valentine set.  I colored Oliver with copics and put him on a heart background which I added a few of the heart cutouts from the border punch to.  A bit of ribbon and some pearls and it was done.  I love the sentiments in this set, but I think this is my favorite....every night when I tuck the kids in I say "I Love You Always and Forever", so this one will definitely get a lot of use!

Today as always, there's a chance to WIN all the above!  Be sure to check out the TGF BLOG too, not only for our hop, but to see who's "ALTER EGO" won the contest!  We're excited and can't wait to get started, so just head on over and let the fun begin! 

TGF BLOG

SUZANNE BIER

ROSIE BRIDGES

ANITA MADDEN

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH

JO THOMPSON
JONI WILSON

THANH VO

SANDIE DUNNE

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :)

TGF Previews Day 1 - My Heart

It's almost the end of the month, and aside from Halloween, that means new releases are coming out at The Greeting Farm!  Today is the first day of previews and I get to show you the new "My Heart" stamp set. This is a gorgeous 6"x9" set and has a variety of images, words and sentiments.  This set would be great addition for those that love mixed media projects.  

For my first card I colored the image with copics and paper pieced her dress and heart ribbons.  Instead of making her dress sleeveless, I made it mid arm length.  I stamped one of the sentiments on patterned paper and sponged the outer edges.  I added a few pearls and roses to finish it off.  

I also colored this image with copics and paper pieced her dress, but you may notice she looks a bit different.  After coloring her I though she would be just as cute without the pony tails, so I gave her a haircut.  I also changed the dress to be sleeveless this time.   The papers are from The Echo Park Sweet Day collection (currently out of stock).  I stamped the heart from this new set, cut it out and used it for an accent piece.  To finish it off I added some organdy ribbon and a rose along with the "loved" sentiment which is also from this new set. 

Stop on over at The Greeting Farm to see some more gorgeous samples using this versatile stamp set and to find out how you can one of your own!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :)   

It's Release time and here's Anya......

Hi, everyone!

Thank you so much for joining us in The Greeting Farm's OCTOBER release!  

We are really excited about Anya coming home for the Holidays (for the 3rd time! ;), Dante's super cool look, and the Western Cuties made themselves RIGHT at home on the Farm!   Which one is your favorite this month?  I know, I know...it's always hard for us to choose, too!

Today I am showcasing Holiday Anya 3.  She is just so sweet!  I colored her with copics, added polka dots to her scarf with a gel pen, and added stickles to the star in her hair and her hand warmer.  I came across a glittered star, so I added that to the poinsettia's along with some ribbon.  I can't wait to color her up again!

The releases are NOW AVAILABLE in the TGF STORE, but as always, our awesome DT has LOTS of eye candy for you and there's a chance to WIN the entire release for hopping with us!  Just leave your comments and come back here letting us know you did for a chance to WIN!!   You have until 11:30pm CST to enter and the winner will be announced tomorrow here on the blog.  Thanks for stopping by, and here's the order of your October Release Hop:

TGF BLOG

SUZANNE BIER

ROSIE BRIDGES

ANITA MADDEN

PEGGY MCCURRY

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH

JO THOMPSON
JONI WILSON

THANH VO

SANDIE DUNNE

Thanks for visiting and have a fantastic day!  :)

It's time for another TGF preview

It's nearing the end of the month, and so it's time for some previews for the new stamps! Today is the second day of previews, yesterday Holiday Anya 3 was up and today it's Dante.

For my first card Dante was colored with copics.  The papers are from the Simple Stories Awesome collection, and the sentiment and star accents were from that as well.  

  
For my second card Dante was colored with copics.  The sentiment is from an older TGF Creeper Crew set.  I sponged all the papers with ink and used a brick embossing folder for the background.  I added a few metal dot accents to finish it off.  The papers are from the Echo Park All About a Boy collection (currently sold out).

Stop on over at The Greeting Farm to see some more fantastic cards using the "new boy on the farm" stamp and to find out how you can one of your own!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :) 

Life is Fabulous with Frou Frou

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I am sharing a card I made with one of this month's new releases, Frou Frou Fabulous.

Today I went with subtle color theme, pale green and cream.  I colored the image with copics. Since I couldn't find the right shade of green in all my copics (and I have all of them but the last 12 released), I colored over the green with the T0 copic.  One of the papers came embossed love that ~ saves an extra step ;)   For embellishments, I used a bunch of pearls, silk like leaves that I had sitting around forever, cream colored satin ribbon, a button and a doily.  I attached the image and sentiment with foam dimensionals.  I love how the doily looks like it is lace peeking out of her dress at the bottom.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!  

Smile - You Are Picture Perfect

A PICTURE PERFECT SEPTEMBER is here!

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the SEPTEMBER RELEASE day at The Greeting Farm!

It's a great day to ring in some royally cute releases with our awesome Design Team here on the farm.    In addition to the release, we have some super fun buzz going on over on our Facebook page regarding a "Super Secret Stamp Club" coming SOON!   In addition, if you haven't picked up the August newsletter from last month yet, be sure to check it out, because there's an exclusive "esSAY what?!"  contest going on for a few more weeks that you won't want to miss!

For now, we know you're all excited to get right down to the important part- the awesome creations you'll see along the hop today as well as a chance to WIN the ENTIRE RELEASE!

Aren't the new sets this month amazing?!?  I love them all and had a hard time choosing which I wanted to showcase today.  In the end I decided on the new Picture Perfect.  Anya was colored with copics, I used a white gel pen to make polka dots on her dress and put her on dimensionals.  My paper choice was easy, I had to use Echo Park's Here and Now collection ~ it is just perfect for this set!   I didn't want to cover up too much of the camera paper, so I kept the embellishments to a minimum using only the Film and Polaroid Die along with the Delicate Words Die.  The sentiment is also from the Picture Perfect set, and I added a few rhinestones to it. 

Just be sure to head down this list, and then back to the TGF BLOG letting us know you've finished the hop.  You have until 11:45pm CST to finish hopping and we'll announce the winners during FFF tomorrow!  WOO HOO!

Thank you so much for joining us for this picture perfect, royally cute release!

 

TGF BLOG

SUZANNE BIER

ROSIE BRIDGES

MARIA THERESE HATLOY

ANITA MADDEN

PEGGY MCCURRY

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH

JO THOMPSON
JONI WILSON

THANH VO

SANDIE DUNNE

Have a fantastic day!  :)

Royal Cuties Preview for TGF

It's the end of the month, and you know what that means.....previews for the new stamps! Today is the third and final day of previews,  Today I am showcasing the new Royal Cuties stamp set.  

For my first card I colored the image with copics, added some polka dots to the bottom of her dress with a white gel pen, and stickles on her bows and the heart on her crown.  I added some grosgrain ribbon, a button/twine embellishment and some flowers.  Most of the patterned paper is from Echo Park's Beautiful Life collection.

For my second card I colored the image with copics and added some pearls to the top of her crown.  I kept the layout really simple on this one just adding a few more pearls and some scalloped ribbon.   

Stop on over at The Greeting Farm to see some more gorgeous cards using this adorable stamp set and to find out how you can one of your own!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :)  

Garden Variety Tuesday....White Wedding

It's Tuesday so that means time for another Garden Variety Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm. This week Maria challenged us to use 3 or more layers:

For my card I used the new Layer Cake Clear Stamp set.  I stamped the cake pieces in embossing ink and heat embossed it with detail white embossing powder.  After that, I used an embossing pen to color in the hearts and the swirls on the cake and then heat embossed that with a glitter embossing powder.  The platter was stamped with gray ink and then I added pearls to it. To add texture to the different layers, I used the Swiss Dots and the Modern Wallpaper Cuttlebug folders along with a heart border punch.  To finish it off, I added a few more pearls and a satin/organdy ribbon and bow.      

Head on over the The Greeting Farm blog to see some more amazing work from the Design Team!

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!  :)

Happy 5th Birthday TGF!

Happy 5th Birthday, TGF!

Hey, everyone!

Today's release is definitely a milestone for The Greeting Farm as it marks our FIFTH birthday!  Happy birthday to us!   

As you've seen from this month's previews, we are going all-out to celebrate with three BIRTHDAY-themed releases and they're all available NOW in the TGF STORE!   Whether you want to GO BIG with the new Frou Frou line, classic with Birthday Anya 3, or get 'clearly' creative with the new Birthday cake stackers, there's a little something for everyone this release as we prepare to PARTY!

There will be a few birthday surprises on the Farm this month, so stay tuned, but in order to kick start today's party and this month's fab release, we're celebrating with our DT BLOG hop as usual! 

Today I made a wall hanging using the new Birthday Anya 3 stamp and I just had to bring out Birthday Ian to help celebrate as well.  I colored both images with copics and also paper pieced various parts of them.  I painted the wooden plaque with acrylic paint and then added some paper to it.  The happy banner was made from the clear Bantastic set and some bakers twine.  The letters and number are rub-ons.  I colored the wood beads on the twine with copics to match the papers and added a few buttons to finish it off.

There's a LOT to celebrate today, so because we are so excited, we have FIVE prizes for our FIVE years!

THREE random digis of choice will be given away for completing the hop today, as well as TWO grand prizes of the ENTIRE AUGUST RELEASE!    

Just be sure to head down this list, and then back to the TGF BLOG letting us know you've finished the hop. You have until 11:45pm CST to finish hopping and we'll announce the winners during FFF tomorrow!  WOO HOO!

Thank you so much for celebrating TGF's big day with us!  As always, it's because of you that TGF is turning 5 with style and success.   Here's to the next 5!  Thank you, all!

 

TGF BLOG

SUZANNE BIER

ROSIE BRIDGES

MARIA THERESE HATLOY

ANITA MADDEN

PEGGY MCCURRY

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH

JO THOMPSON
JONI WILSON

THANH VO

SANDIE DUNNE

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!  :)

TGF New Release - It's Frou Frou

It's the end of the month, and you know what that means.....previews for the new stamps! Today is the third and final day of previews,  Today I am showcasing the new Frou Frou stamp.  This is a very large stamp and full of possibilities!

When my kids were younger, for each birthday I would make something related to their birthday theme and put it in a picture frame, so for my first project I decided to do something similar.  I colored Frou Frou with copics and added a lot of stickles.  The background paper was black and off white, so I colored in all the off white parts with a copic to make it pink and black.  The frame was originally crackled pink, so I painted over it in black, let it dry a bit and then rubbed it off so that the black just stuck to the crackled places and the ridges.  I added a few pearls and a chiffon rose to finish it off.   

For my second project I made a birthday card.  I colored Frou Frou with copics.  The sentiment is from the new Clear Birthday set.  I added a flower and some rhinestones (both colored with a copic), along with some ribbon.  

Stop on over at The Greeting Farm to see some more gorgeous cards using Frou Frou and to find out how you can win her!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :)   

It's a New Release Blog Hop with TGF

Happy July 1st everyone, thank you so much for joining us on our Release Day!  With the Film Strip die, Heart die, and Polaroid die, it's a Picture Perfect kind of day.  Last week we had the pleasure of debuting the set of those three dies, as well as (CC) Tuesday Premiere and the new Cheeky Lesson, and today YOU have the opportunity to win it all! 

It's time for our Monthly Blog Hop, where you will see more projects by the Design Team.  Leave a comment on each blog, then hop back over here to let us know you're done.  That's it! One random winner will be selected, and win the ENTIRE RELEASE.  Be sure to finish the hop by tomorrow night (July 2nd) at 11:30pm (CST).  The winner will be announced on July 3rd, just in time for the fireworks! ;)

Here is my card today:

I used Cheeky Lessons and colored her with copics.  I used some old DCWV school papers along with some corkboard "paper".  I kept the embellishments pretty simple using a cut down pin for a thumbtack and a Maya Road ruler (so glad I found those).  Click on the links below and hop away, good luck everyone!

TGF BLOG

SUZANNE BIER

ROSIE BRIDGES
SANDIE DUNN

MARIA THERESE HATLOY

ANITA MADDEN

PEGGY MCCURRY

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH

JO THOMPSON
JONI WILSON

THANH VO

And back here to the TGF blog to let us know you're done.


Have a wonderful Monday, thank you so much for joining us!
xoxoxox

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words.....TGF Release

It's the end of the month, and you know what that means.....previews for the new stamps!  Today is the third and final day of previews,  Today I am showcasing the "polaroid" die from the new Film Die Set.

For my first card I decided to go with an Instagram theme and made an Instagram camera:

The top part was sponged and I added some ribbon for the stripes.  The lens and the view finder have a piece of transparency underneath to make it look more realistic.  In addition to the polaroid die I used Delicate Words Die set and the Anya Styles set.


For my second card I went with a black and white picture color theme:

I used the polaroid die and the film strip die from the Film Die Set along with the new Creeper Crew stamp, Tuesday Premiere....LOVE her!   To get the STAR sentiment to fit in the film strip die, I cut out the two strips that divided the film panels.  I added silver glitter, used a silver paint pen to add dots on the card, and a ribbon with a bunch of silver "pearls".

Stop on over at The Greeting Farm to see some more gorgeous cards using the polaroid die and to find out how you can win the new Film Die Set!  

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :)   

Oh, BABY! It's time for the TGF June Release!

Hi, everyone!

Thanks so much for joining me today in the JUNE release at The Greeting Farm!

As you've seen over the past few days, we are going "ga-ga" over this new installment of cuteness available NOW in the TGF Store!   We're welcoming the new onesie die, the revamped Anya and Ian stamp set, the new Winky Bean, and a new WS Charlotte "Chic"!  We're keeping it sweet and sassy this month and can't WAIT to see what you do with these new items!

For my first card I used the new Winky Bean:

I love the playfulness of the Beans so I just had to use some fun cheerful papers.  She was colored with copics and I added a few pearls and a satin ribbon and bow to finish it off.

For my second card I used the Onesie Die and a sentiment from the Baby Anya and Ian set.

Instead of using it as a onesie, I decided to try something different.  I cut off the bottom part of the onesie, added some lace and a little button and voila....it's a dress.  I came across the baby girl ribbon and had to use it with this.  

I'll leave you now to continue our Blog Hop, where you'll not only find inspiration and adorable project samples, but you'll also be on your way to a chance to WIN the ENTIRE JUNE RELEASE!   One lucky winner who hops and comments on each DT members' blog and then returns to the TGF BLOG to let us know they did, will win and you have ALL WEEKEND to hop since today's a Saturday!

Just enter by Sunday, June 2nd at 11:30 pm and we'll announce the winner along with our fabulous June Guest Designer Monday morning, June 3rd.  Happy hopping, everyone!

TGF BLOG

SUZANNE BIER

ROSIE BRIDGES

SANDIE DUNNE

MARIA THERESE HATLOY

ANITA MADDEN

PEGGY MCCURRY

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH

JO THOMPSON
JONI WILSON

THANH VO

PEGGY TOOLE

JESSICA DIEDRICH

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!  

Charlotte's back!

It's the end of the month, and you know what that means.....previews for the new stamps!  Today is the third and final day of previews and I get to share Charlotte Chic with you today.  I was so excited when I saw her.  Charlotte originally came out about 3 years ago as a digi stamp and now here she is better than ever:  

For my first card I colored Charlotte with copics and added a flower with a brad to her headband.  I used spellbinders dies for the image panel and sentiment and colored the outer edge of the white ones with a copic marker.  The sentiment is from the Sitting Cute set and the papers are from the Citrus Stack by DCWV.  Some Ribbon, a flower and button finish it off.  I love the bright colors on this one!

For my next card I colored Charlotte with copics.  The papers are from the Olivia Collection by Basic Grey.  To keep with the floral theme of the paper I wanted to add a larger flower in the open space so I took 3 different sized flowers, added a jewelry piece and a brad to the center of them and put them on top of a few swirls for leaves.  To finish it off I added some silver self adhesive "pearls" to the image panel and the sentiment (which was from the $1 bin at Michael's).  

Stop on over at The Greeting Farm to see some more gorgeous cards using Charlotte and to find out how you can win this adorable new stamp!  

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :)        

Fresh from the Garden.....

It's the end of the month, and you know what that means.....previews for new stamps!  Today is the third and final day of previews before the release tomorrow at The Greeting Farm and I get to share Garden Anya, Anya Strolls and the Fence die with you.      

For my first card I used Anya Strolls and the fence die:

When I first saw this stamp I absolutely fell in love with her ~ she is so stylish (love that jacket) and I ♥ her little dog!  I colored her with copics and cut her out.  I added some stickles to the dog collar and heart tag and gave Anya some earrings.  Instead of using the Fence die as, well...a fence, I decided to use it as a border piece instead by cutting off the bottom fence slats and threading ribbon through the openings.  I made a bow out of tulle, added a rose to the center and then added a few pearls to the bottom of the sentiment to finish it off.  

My second card used Garden Anya, the Fence die :

Another adorable stamp and perfect for this time of year ~ makes me wish I had some flowers in my garden to pick!  I colored Anya with copics and cut her out.  I used the die from the Mini Cloud's with Die Stamp Set and the Delicate Words Die set to add a sentiment  I added some stickles to her ribbons, the bows on her shoes, the butterflies and around the edge of the cloud.   

When I saw the new dies I was thrilled!  These fences are the perfect size for scene and with a few snips can be used for more than just fences!      

The paper on both of my cards is from the Just Because collection by Little Yellow Bicycle....after I got my stamps and dies, I came across this paper pad and ordered it just  for this release.   

Make sure you stop by the TGF blog to see some more gorgeous creations from a few of my fellow team members and to find out how you can win the new TGF Fence Die.

And.....be sure to come back again tomorrow for a Release Day Design Team Blog Hop!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :)

It's APRIL in WONDERLAND at TGF!

Hi, everyone!  Today is the day, and this is NO April Fool's trick!   We are excited to bring you the APRIL release, beginning with our LIMITED EDITION "Wonderland Beans" as well as our Delicate Words die which will be available ongoing in the TGF Store.

We've had a few questions about this Limited Edition release.  Rest assured we will re-stock as we need to during the month of April, but after that, they will be gone, so get them while the portal to Wonderland remains open!  ;)

We also have some big news as far as releases go.  As you may have read, TGF is thrilled to announce that starting NOW we are going back to MONTHLY releases...so there will be a lot of additional excitement here on the Farm! 

Today I used Queen Bean: 

I colored Queen Bean with copics and added some Ruby Slipper Stickles and Dazzling Diamonds for some sparkle, after all she is a Queen and deserves to shine ;)  Since most of my card was filled up with the image and sentiment I kept the embellishments simple by just adding a few punched out hearts (some with stickles on them) and some pearls.   I am in love with this new release and can't wait to share more cards with you this month.  

Well, we know the moment you've been waiting for is just around the corner now that RELEASE DAY is upon us!  Be sure to hop with us today, because one AMAZINGLY lucky winner will receive the ENTIRE Wonderland Bean collection PLUS the new Delicate Words die!   In addition, a SECOND winner will be drawn to win a 2nd Delicate Words die, so be sure to hop and you all have until 11:30pm CST tonight to do so!   If you're just starting out on my blog, be sure to go back to the beginning and go from there:

TGF BLOG

SUZANNE BIER

ROSEMARY BRIDGES

SANDIE DUNNE

MARIA THERESE HATLOY

ANITA MADDEN

PEGGY MCCURRY

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH

JO THOMPSON

JONI WILSON

THANH VO

JESSICA DIEDRICH

Back to TGF BLOG to comment and let us know you've completed the hop!  (and how much you loved it, of course, should you feel inclined ;)

Thanks so much for visiting...and we hope you enjoy APRIL in Wonderland!