Retro Fresh Birthday

Happy Wednesday!  Today it's time for a Retro Fresh challenge at The Greeting Farm and this month the challenge is "Birthday Hoopla"...very appropriate since this is TGF's birthday month.

I wasn't sure which image to use, so I pulled out one I haven't used in a LONG time ~ Sassy Susie.  She is colored with copics and I paper pieced the balloons.  I added some polka dotted ribbon and a few rhinestones.  

Head on over to the TGF blog to see the rest of the Team's creations and to enter your creation for the challenge.  One lucky winner will receive a 4x6 set AND a single in stock stamp.  

To enter follow these simple rules:

Use a TGF image that is 6 months or older

Create any project of your choice

Add it to your blog or online gallery and link it up on the TGF blog.

You may enter until Tuesday, September 10th at noon CST.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day! :)

   

Retro Fresh Wednesday with TGF

Today it's time for Retro Fresh Wednesday, a month long challenge, over at The Greeting Farm.  

The theme for this month is

Over the Top - Lots of Layers

(and use a TGF stamp that is older than 6 months)

For my card I used Lolli Anya (who is now retired).  I colored her with copics and added some stickles and rhinestones to the image.  For my embellishments I used some taffeta ribbon, a lot of pearls, bakers twine for the lollipop, a doily and a heart button.  The sentiment is from the Mini Cupcakes set.  Three of the papers are from Lily Bee Design and  the other is unknown.    

We'd love to have you join in the Retro Fresh Challenge....remember, you have an entire month to enter and the winner gets a 4x6 stamp set of their choice as well as a single stamp.  

Thanks for visiting and have a great day :)

Retro Fresh Wednesday with The Greeting Farm

Today it's time for Retro Fresh Wednesday, a month long challenge, over at The Greeting Farm.  

The theme for this month is

Polka Dots and Plaid

(and use a TGF stamp that is older than 6 months)

For my card I used Shimmer Bean who was released last March.  I colored her with copics and added some stickles as well as a rhinestone to the image.  For my embellishments I used the die from the Mini Fleurs w/die set adding a button and ribbon bow to the center and the die from the Mini Flutters w/die set adding rhinestones to the center.  When it was done, it still looked too plain so I went and added dots to all the white borders with a Stampin Up marker ~ I haven't done that for a long time, but I love it!  

We'd love to have you join in the Retro Fresh Challenge....remember, you have an entire month to enter and the winner gets a 4x6 stamp set of their choice as well as a single stamp.  


Thanks for visiting and have a great day :)

Retro Fresh Wednesday with TGF

Today it's time for Retro Fresh Wednesday, a month long challenge, over at The Greeting Farm.  

The theme for this month is

All about the Boys

(and use a TGF stamp that is older than 6 months)

For my card I wasn't sure which boy image to use since there are so many cute Ian stamps to choose from.  I went digging through all my TGF stamps and came across the set  "Rock the Farm" (which is now retired) and decided on this image.  It reminds me of a nice summer day, and since it was snowing here lately I needed that.  Ian is colored in copics.  While I usually add solid color cardstock behind my designer paper panels, I really like how these papers flowed together, so I skipped that step.  As for embellishing, I ted to have a hard time when it comes to boy cards so I kept it simple with a button and some twine.    

We'd love to have you join in the Retro Fresh Challenge....remember, you have an entire month to enter and the winner gets a 4x6 stamp set of their choice as well as a single stamp.  

Now off to bed for me.....I had all 4 kids home sick on Monday, three went back to school yesterday and my oldest daughter is still home sick.  Unfortunately I didn't avoid this one and I ended up getting it as well.  While it is never a "good time" to be sick, this is probably one of the worst times.  With out of town guests arriving on Saturday to stay with us for the week and then DI Regionals in 10 days (which means practices every day of the week until Regionals) I don't have the time to be sick.  Today I am going to put off cleaning the house and try to fit in a lot of rest to see if that helps.  
Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Retro-Fresh Wednesday with The Greeting Farm

Today it's time for Retro Fresh Wednesday, a month long challenge, over at The Greeting Farm.  

The theme for this month is

♥HEARTS♥ 

(and use a TGF stamp that is older than 6 months)

For my card I chose to use the Blush Heart stamp to make a background paper and then the Flutter Heart stamp set for the image and sentiments.  I love the boy girl image and had not yet used it, so I knew I wanted that on my card, although I was almost afraid to use it since I am so used to coloring images but I'm glad I did.  I love how it turned out and it was a nice change to make a "quick" card.  I was originally going to add ribbon on the horizontal paper strip, but when I laid it on to see how it looked it ended up covering the hearts on that paper....so I chose to leave it off and added some pearls instead.  

We'd love to have you join in the Retro Fresh Challenge....remember, you have an entire month to enter and the winner gets a 4x6 stamp set of their choice as well as a single stamp.  

Stop back tomorrow.....something exciting is coming and you won't want to miss it!

Recipe : 
Stamps:   TGF - Blush Heart, Flutter Heart
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Riding Hood Red (SU)   
Paper:  Nalturals Ivory, Riding Hood Red (SU); DP - K & Company  
Embellishments:  Self Adhesive Pearls (Recollections)    
Tools/Misc: Heart Border Punch (Martha Stewart)

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!