Garden Variety Tuesday at TGF

It's Tuesday so that means time for another Garden Variety Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm. This week Annie Rose gave us a sketch challenge:

For my card I used Cheeky Lessons and colored her with copics.  I added some Crystal Effects to her glasses and the apple for shine.  The buttons are from Jane's Buttons and I added some embroidery floss to them.  The ribbon had white stitching, but I colored the white with one of the copic markers I used for her dress. The little embellishments in the corner are from a set of clear dollar stamps from a few years back.  The papers are Lily Bee and one is from a stack I picked up at Walmart one night when my daughter and her friend wanted to go there to get some party supplies.

Here is the sketch:

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

Also, for the 4-13 year olds, there is a Kidz Contest at The Farm this week.  It will run through Sunday July 21st at 8:00 pm.  Check out the post I linked above for more details.

I thought I could get all 4 of my kids to participate, but only Trevor had enough time to actually complete a card (we have been crazy busy this past week with play practices, kids over, kids going to friends houses and being away most of the weekend).  Trevor is 9 and here is his card:   

Trevor used McSpendid Farm and Sheriff Ian (both retired).  He colored them with copics and metallic paint pens and then cut them all out.  I love how he made the cow have spots!  When he was cutting, he said "I think I should bubble cut the chicks feet and the pigs tail so I don't cut them off"  ~ love how he was thinking ahead.  He used my grass paper punch for the edge of the green paper and my sizzix die for the sun.  The sentiment is also from the Simple Stories paper pad and he chose it because he said "This is perfect for my card since it is sunshiny"  I think he did a great job (and think he may be able to line up paper better than me).   

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

Cheeky Beach Scene

Happy Tuesday....and welcome to another challenge with Claudia & Company.  Today our challenge is to make a card with a Fancy Fold.  A few ideas would be an Easel Card (which is what I chose), a Gatefold Card, a tent card or a stair step card.  

I chose to use Cheeky Beach and made a beach scene with her.  I used papers from the My Minds Eye Good Day Sunshine Boy collection...just goes to show you you can use these papers for more than just boy projects.  The panel behind the image is made from kraft cardstock which I roughed up to look like sand (thanks for the idea Jenny), some torn blue paper for the water and then some lighter blue paper for the sky.  I also rubbed a Palette Ink New Canvas pad over the water and sky.  Cheeky was colored with copics and I added some Crystal Effects to the beach ball to make it more realistic.  I used some Teal Bakers Twine and attached a starfish charm and a bow to it.  As you can see on the "inside" of the card, I again roughed up some Kraft cardstock to look like a beach and added a few seashells.  I really had a lot of fun with this card and love how it turned out.  I followed the sketch over at Sketch Saturday, but I did rotate it.

 

I also used the challenge at Wee Memories to be inspired by a picture on Etsy or Pinterest.  Here is my inspiration picture from pinterest:

We'd love to have you join in our challenge.  You have until Saturday, June 11th to link up your entry.  For more inspiration from the Design Team, head on over the the Claudia & Company blog. 


Keep an eye out, we have some great new releases coming up next week!

Yesterday we went over to my brother's house for the day and couldn't have asked for better weather.  We spent the entire day outside and had a great time (and some great food too).  Now I'm hoping this weather is here to stay!