Farm Fresh Friday at The Greeting Farm

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  Today it's time for another Farm Fresh Friday challenge at The Greeting Farm.  Joni challenged us to a color challenge.  I loved the combo so much that I made two cards. 

For my first card I used an older (and retired) stamp, Sassy Suzi.  I colored her with copics and added some stickles to the "fur" trim on her coat.  Her shirt and shoes are colored with a silver metallic pen.  I added some rhinestones to the centers of the snowflakes on the border and to bring in a little more silver I used some silver cording.  

For this card I used Holiday Anya 3  and the digital image of Beanie Ian (which I had printed out before the rubber stamp <here> was available).  Don't they look cute together!?!  They are both colored with copics.  I added some white polka dots to Anya's scarf and some stickles to her hand warmer.  I also added some silver "pearls" to her boots and some silver to the star in her hair.  For the puffs on the end of Ian's hat I used some white liquid applique and colored it with a copic after I heated it up. This background paper was perfect for the challenge.  I cut out two of the glittered snowflakes from the leftover piece of this background paper and added them to the top of the card and for a little more silver I colored the edge of the sentiment with a silver metallic pen and added some silver "pearls".  

And here is the color combo in case you haven't guessed....pale blue, silver and white.

Be sure to visit The Greeting Farm blog to see the rest of the Design Team's fantastic creations.  

Are you in the mood for some Black Friday Shopping without the crowds?  The Greeting Farm has a sale going on now (through Monday, December 2).  Get 25% off your order by using the code BLACKFRIDAY.    

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Yee-Haw it's Tuesday!

Happy Tuesday!   While going through my paper cabinet, I came across this unopened pack of paper and knew that the You're Wanted stamp set would be absolutely perfect for it it. 

I ended up paper piecing everything except her hair and skin (which was colored with copics), and even put part of her hat on dimensionals.  I added some stickles to the heart on her hat.  It's been a long time since I have used my sewing machine so I pulled it out, threaded up a bobbin and sewed a border on the paper panels and also sewed the lace onto the card.    

The embellishment that I made is really easy!  Just take some lace, accordion fold it and stitch some thread through all the layers.  Pull the thread so the lace forms a circle and then sew it shut.  I then put some bakers twine through a button, tied it in a bow and hot glued it to the center of the lace circle.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

Alter Ego.....

Hello!

Welcome to DAY 1 of our fun contest announcement!

After a lot of requests to bring back special contests such as "Rockin Rebel", The Greeting Farm has a few FUN announcements to make today!

First of all, beginning in November, we will be discontinuing the Retro Fresh challenge and also the GVT, but have no fear, a new FUN contest will take place quarterly such as the one we're about to announce today.   In addition, we will be continuing all the Farm Fresh Friday challenges, so there will still be plenty of fun on the Farm!

We are also excited to announce another customer-wide blog hop opportunity for the holidays, so be sure to stay tuned for info on that right after the November release!

For now,  we are excited to introduce you to TGF's latest contest:

How FUN is this going to be?   We know there are a lot of you creative peeps out there who do amazing things with our line of stamps, and sometimes you love to kick it up a notch or two by switching heads, bodies, clothes, etc.   Well, with Halloween coming up,  we thought it was the perfect time for a contest, so here's your chance to do it to WIN a prize!

For my card today I used Sassy Suzi's head and the body and hat from Latte Anya.  I colored her with copics.  I stamped the sentiment on the background paper and added some pearls and twill ribbon to finish it off.

RULES:

1.)  You MUST use at least two (2) TGF stamps to create your character.

2.)  You must create a NEW project.

3.)  You can create a card, altered project, whatever you'd like.   On day 2 of our DT preview (10/24), the IN LINKZ will open.  You have until 10/31 (Halloween!) to create your "Alter Ego".  Winner will be announced on RELEASE DAY, November 1st!  How exciting will THAT be?!  Well, even MORE exciting because wait until you see the prizes....

PRIZES:

1.) Winner will receive their choice of two (2) 4x6 stamp sets  AND a GUEST DESIGNER SPOT at The Greeting Farm!  We are changing the way we do our Guest Designers as of this coming month, in the hopes that we can give even more talented peeps a chance to showcase their work.  Guest spots will now incorporate 1-2 features a month on the TGF blog and give LOTS of creative freedom to the designer, so believe me, you'll want to show us what you've got!

DEADLINE:

InLinkz will open on October 24th on the 2nd ALTER EGO post on the TGF blog.  All contest submissions should be uploaded by October 31st at 11pm CST.  

Have TONS of fun with this... we can't wait to see who YOUR "Alter-EGO" will be!

Garden Variety Tuesday - Did someone say Christmas?

Today it's time for another Garden Variety Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm!  It was my turn to pick the challenge, and since Christmas will be here before we know it, I thought it would be nice to get started on those Christmas Cards.  My challenge is "Head Start on the Holidays", make a Christmas Card.

For my card, I used the new Holiday Anya 3 and colored her with copics.  I added some liquid applique to her hand warmer, and then covered it with stickles.  I also added stickles to her star and some pearls to her boots.  I chose a monochromatic theme based on the background paper, and since I really didn't want to cover up much of it (I love all the flocked detailing), I kept the layout very simple.  I added some ribbon, and a sentiment (I outlined the punched shape with a copic and added some rhinestones).  This would definitely be an easy card to make multiples of!

Be sure to enter this weeks challenge at The Greeting Farm, I'd love to see your Christmas Cards! 

Thanks for visiting and have a fantastic 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!  :)

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!  :)

Farm Fresh Friday - Anything Goes

Happy Friday!  Today it's time for another Farm Fresh Friday over at The Greeting Farm.  This week the challenge is "Anything Goes".

For my card I used Birthday Anya 3 and colored her with copics and added some stickles to the heart in her hair and the candies on top the cake.  In case you didn't know,, The Greeting Farm now carries some 6x6 paper pads and I used papers from Echo Park - So Happy Together.  To add a decorative edge to the mats I used the Tulip Border Die.  To finish it off I added some rhinestones, bakers twine, and a flower/button/bow combo.  The sentiment is from the retired Chef Ian set.     

Stop by the TGF blog to see some more creations from the Design team and to enter your own project. 

Thanks for stopping and have a great weekend!  :)  i

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!  :)

Baby Boo's Shower Hop

How exciting.....in just a few short weeks the Diedrich's will get to meet Baby Boo and welcome her to the family!  I am so happy for them and wish them all the best!  I definitely miss those baby days and will be living vicariously through Jess ;)

    

For today's hop I created a little picture frame.  I painted the wooden frame with acrylic paint and then attached some MME paper to both the front of the frame and the picture area.  In the centers of the flowers I added little pearls.  To highlight the center area I added some trim around the opening.  The flower embellishment was made with ribbon, a flower colored with copics, a pearl button and a "welcome baby" charm.  The image (colored with copics) and sentiment are from the Baby Anya and Ian set.   

Be sure to leave a comment on each blog because one lucky winner will recieve a Onesie Die Set, generously donated by Marie.  The blog hop will continue through Friday, July 19th at 11:30pm CST and the winner will be announced on Saturday, July 20th.

   

Your next stop on the hop is Joni. 

Here is a complete list of the stops on the blog hop:

TGF BLOG
SANDIE DUNNE
THANH VO

SUZANNE BIER

ANITA MADDEN
JO THOMPSON

RACHEL PARYS

ANDREA ROSENSTIEL

JODI STANISCH  (you are here)

JONI WILSON
ROSIE BRIDGES

PEGGY MCCURRY
MARIA THERESE HATLOY

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 :)

Dream - Canvas

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today was my day to post on The Greeting Farm blog and I decided to share fun little project I did.  

When the mixed media craze started I went out and bought a bunch of canvas panels.....unfortunately the only thing I have used any of them for was......taking pictures of my cards.  So, I decided to pull one out and try to make something for my craft room.  I started by painting the canvas with green and blue acrylic paints.  I stamped a tree and painted over the branches with brown acrylic paint and then added buttons with embroidery floss tied on them.  For the cloud I cut some white fur fabric (see I knew those scraps I saved from when my DI team was making costumes would come in handy!) with the cloud die from the Mini Clouds with Die stamp set.  I wanted to try to stamp Garden Anya directly on the canvas and then paint her but chickened out so I colored her with copics, added some stickles to the ribbon on her hat, fussy cut her out and then added her to the canvas.  To finish it off I added some washi tape to the bottom left corner, stamped the word dream and added two rihinestones.  All in all I am happy with how this turned out and can't wait to add it to my craft room wall.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful 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!  :)

DTT with The Greeting Farm

Today is time for another Double Take Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm. This week I got to pick the challenge, and since tomorrow is the first day of spring, I chose flowers as my challenge.  And besides, with all this snow and cold weather I could sure use a little bit of spring right about now!  I feel bad for my niece and brother in law who are visiting us this week from Arkansas....they went from some pretty nice weather to COLD and snow.

Here is my card:

I used Anya Blooms ~ she is absolutely perfect for spring time!  I colored most of her with copics and paper pieced her dress.  I added some pearls, a flower/button/twine combo and cut up a sentiment that was in the paper pad I used.   

Stop by The Greeting Farm blog to check out the rest of the Design Teams amazing projects this week.  While you're there, we'd love to have you join us this week ~ just link up your entry on the blog.

Now I'm off to pack up two of our vehicles with costumes, props and backdrops for my Middle School DI team so they can practice on the stage for the rest of the week (bonus to that is the Regional tournament is held at their school, so on Saturday everything will already be there....no loading up the truck on Friday night).  When I get back home from practice tonight, I'll have to load up my Elementary team's backdrops and props for their in school performance tomorrow morning, just hope my two younger kids are well enough to be back at school for this.        

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!   

DTT with The Greeting Farm

Today is time for another Double Take Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm. This week Anita challenged us to a color challenge using the colors blue and brown.  Here is my card:

I used Anya Blooms and colored her with copics.  Isn't she goregous?!?  She also comes with one more sentiment that says "Thank you for picking me as your friend" ~ what a great set!  I used copics to color the pearls and the border of the sentiment and added a ribbon to finish it off.   

We'd love to have you join us this week.  Just head on over to the blog to link up your entry.

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

You're Positively Wonderful

Happy Friday!  It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday over at The Greeting Farm.  This week Anita challenged us to ribbon and/or lace on our projects.  

For my card today I chose to use Awareness Anya.  I colored her with copics and paper pieced her dress.  The sentiment is from the Sitting Wonderful stamp set and punched out with the Key Tag SU punch.  That particular punch doesn't have a matching layering punch so I adhered it onto cardstock and just cut out around it.  I added some matching grosgrain ribbon and a button with the same ribbon threaded through the holes.

Head on over to the TGF blog to see the rest of the Design Team's fabulous projects and be sure to join us with this weeks challenge!


Recipe : 
Stamps:   TGF - Awareness Anya, Sitting Wonderful
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics   
Paper:  X-Press It paper; More Mustard (SU);  DP - Stella and Rose Hattie (My Minds Eye)  
Embellishments:   Grosgrain Ribbon; Button    
Tools/Misc: Key Tag Punch (Martha Stewart)  

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

DTT with The Greeting Farm

Today is time for another Double Take Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm. This week Suzanne challenged us with a sketch.  I don't know about you, but I think sketch challenges are one of my favorites.

I used Anya from the set Sitting Wonderful, colored her with copics and added a few rhinestones for her bracelet.  Since right about now I am wishing it were summer time, or at least spring, I chose some bright papers from Echo Park and used one of my pinking circles nesties to make a sun for Anya to sit on.  It's been a long time since I used the sewing maching so I pulled it out and stitched all the panels.  Definitely a bright a cheerful card.

Here is the sketch that we used this week:

We'd love to see you join us this week.  Just head on over to the blog to link up your entry.

On a side note, we sure could use some more sun around here....it was freezing cold last (when typing this up it was -4° with a wind chill of -26°) and just getting colder.  This is what the morning looks like for us.....Brrrr!  Definitely not sending my kids out for the bus until it is pretty much right in front of our house!

Thanks for stopping and have a wonderful day!  

Recipe : 
Stamps:   TGF - Sitting Wonderful;  Sentiment - Claudia & Co
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics   
Paper:  X-Press It paper; So Saffron (SU);  DP - Echo Park - Hello Summer   
Embellishments:  Grosgrain Ribbon (SU); Button; Rhinestones (Recollections); Flower (Bazzil)    
Tools/Misc: Border Punch (Martha Stewart); Circle and Pinking Circle Nesties