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!  :) 

Farm Fresh Friday - Mix it Up

Happy Friday!  Today it's time for another Farm Fresh Friday over at The Greeting Farm.  Today I got to pick the challenge and chose to "Mix it Up".  All you need to do is use parts from two different TGF images and combine them to make one.  This is a fun way to customize your images even more.

I decided to use the head from CC Monday along with the body from CC James and colored both with copics.  I couldn't find any true red and black paper in my stash so I took some paper that was black with cream flocking and colored the cream color with a red copic.  I added some riveted leather trim, a flower/button/bow combo and some silver "pearls".  The sentiment was stamped with metallic ink.     

Be sure to visit The Greeting Farm blog to see the rest of the Design Teams fantastic cards and to enter your own Mix it Up creation.

Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend! :)

FFF with TGF

Happy Friday!  I hope you had a wonderful 4th!  My daughter gave me a patriotic manicure and then we all went to our usual place to go see the fireworks with our neighbors and grilled out.  We had a great time and couldn't have asked for better weather!     

It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday over at The Greeting Farm.  Today's challenge is to use the colors Red, White and Blue along with Ribbon.   

For my card I used the new CC Tuesday Premiere stamp along with the polaroid die and the heart die from the new Film and Polaroid Die set.  I thought my paper pad from Authentique was Red, White and Blue, however the white turned out to be more of a cream color, so I added the doily in there for the white.  For the ribbon I used bakers twine and colored the white of it with a copic to match the paper a bit better.

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

Thanks for stopping and have a wonderful day!   

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!  :)   

FFF with The Greeting Farm

Happy Friday!  It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday over at The Greeting Farm.  This week Andrea challenged us to use the color green.

For my project today I used Creeper Crew Monday Morning and colored her with copics.  I noticed that some of the Design Team has colored her with leggings, others with socks....I guess it all depends on how you look at her ;)  Either way, she looks great !  A bit of ribbon and a button/frayed ribbon embellishment finish it off. 

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!

The kids have off school today, so we are taking advantage of that by having my Middle School DI team come over for a 6 hour practice.  I am hoping they get a lot accomplished because the Regionals Tournament is just 2 weeks away tomorrow (and those two weeks will fly by!)  As a Team Manager this is major panic time.....after all the work the kids put into this the last few months, you just hope it all comes together as planned.  Add in a pretty major last minute change on one of their props (which may be a bit more time consuming, but if it works, a great change) to the mix and that makes for some sleepless nights (for me at least).  I was still up at 4:30 yesterday morning making a mental list of everything that needed to be done for each of my teams and trying to figure out how to fit it all in.  I know it will get done, but still can't help but stress about it.     
   
Thanks for stopping and have a wonderful day!  :)

DTT with The Greeting Farm

Today is time for another Double Take Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm. This week Joni challenged us to a sketch.  Here is my card:

  

I used CC Friday Night.  I did a combination of copic coloring and paper piecing.  I added some pearls to her shoes and stickles to her necklace and bracelet.  The sentiment is from the Flutter Heart set.  I came across some paper flowers I bough awhile back and thought it matched really well with the pinkish patterned paper.

And here is Joni's sketch for us....I love it!

We'd love to have you join us this week (and I'd really love to see what you do with my sketch).  Just head on over to the blog to link up your entry.

Sorry for the short post....yesterday the kids had off of school (today too) and so we've had kids coming and going the past few days.

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!  

DTT at The Greeting Farm

Today is time for another Double Take Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm. This week Rachel challenged us to use the colors Purple and Green.    

For my card today I used CC Friday Night and colored her with copics.  I added some glitter to her as well as the flowers.  I pulled out some brads for the center of the flowers (I can't even remember the last time I used brads....) and added some pearls to finish it off.  

I have a TON of patterned papers, but in searching through them I realized that I really don't have much along the lines of purple, let alone purple and green.  Definitely made this week a bit more challenging for me...but hey, that's part of the fun right!?!

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

I followed the sketch over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp.

Recipe : 
Stamps:   TGF - CC Friday Night;  Sentiment - Banners 4 All (The Stamps of Life)
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics   
Paper:  X-Press It paper; Always Artichoke; DP -  Deja Views (Fresh Prints)  
Embellishments:  Flowers (Prima); Brads (SU); Stickles (Stardust); Pearls (Recollections)    
Tools/Misc: Border Punch and Leaf Punch (Martha Stewart)  

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

Hey Piper

Wow, I actually had some more crafting time and got to play along with yet another challenge over at The Greeting Farm... Friday Spy Day #16 and here is my card: 

For my card I used Piper (once again).  I love her hat...really makes me wish I could wear hats but I just can't find any that I look good in and I've tried so many.  Anyways...back to the card.  Piper was colored with copics.  The papers are from Basic Grey's Max & Whiskers collection.  I used TGF's Splotchy stamp on all the background papers as well as on the twill ribbon.  For a change, I decided to distress the edges of all the papers and then sponged them with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.   I usually always mat my layers, but I really like how this turned out without doing that.


I am entering the following challenges:
All That Scraps - Blue, Brown and Tan
Basic Grey Challenges - Favorite Things (TGF stamps, the color blue)
Craft Your Days Away - Distressing
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Crop Stop - A Bit Old (Distressing)

Simon Says - Anything Goes

That's Crafty Thursday - Kraft paper

Stamptacular Sunday - Seeing Spots

Thanks for stopping and have a fantastic day!

TGF Spy Day with Piper

It's time to get back into the swing of things, so I decided to join in The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Challenge....Spy Day.  Here is my card: 

I love this flocked paper and didn't want to cover up the flowers on the left side so I adjusted the sketch a bit.  I added some little rhinestones to the background paper, trim and a vintage button.  I also did a new technique for me, which is the challenge at 7 Kids, and that is using an uncolored image ~ I stamped Piper on a piece of coordinating paper and am actually pleased with the result.

The challenge was to case this card by Shaela:

I would also like to enter the following challenges:
All That Scraps - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments - Any sentiment but use your scraps
Papertake - Anything goes with option of something new (new stamp, new trim)
Simon Says - New something (new stamp, new trim)
Southern Girls - Show us your Sparkle (lots of rhinestones)
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes


Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps:   Piper (The Greeting Farm);  Sentiment - Grandparents (The Greeting Farm) 
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black 
Paper:  Naturals Ivory; Basic Black; DP - La Creme Stack (DCWV)  
Embellishments:  Ribbon/trim (Trimtations); Rhinestones (Michael's); Vintage Button 
Tools/Misc: Scallop Border Punch; Dimensionals  

Creeper Crew Tyler

Today is the day for some wonderful inspiration from the Design Team at Claudia & Company.  I decided to change things up and do a card for a boy since most of my projects tend to be girly.

I used Tyler from The Greeting Farm's Creepin Creeper Crew Kit and paired him up with papers from Studio Calico's State Fair collection.  I distressed the edges of all the papers and then sponged them with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tea Dye.  The cardstock strips were embossed with a Distressed Stripes folder.  I added a few brads and a ribbon tab using some May Arts Wrinkle Ribbon (Ivory) that was also sponged with the Distress Ink.  Instead of my "normal" blonde, I tried out a new hair color for Tyler and I like it ~ it's not so yellow.  So I think I'm going to have to do a lot more playing with hair colors....I tend to use the same ones over and over.  

Visit the rest of the Design Team (links are on the left side of my blog) to see some more wonderful creations.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Meljen's -  Masculine
Crafty Catz - Children's Cards
Delicious Doodles - Anything Goes
Catered Crop -  FTR10 recipe:  Pattern Paper-stripes, miniprints; Colors-pastels;
Stamps- go digital, bunnies, butterflies, and flowers; Color Mediums-Copic markers, paint, white pens; Embellishments-burlap, pinwheels, twine, buttons, eyelets, brads;
Tools-sewing machine, Cropadile, die cuts; Techniques-sewing, distressing; Theme-Spring
Stamptacular - at least 5 layers
Pollycraft - Fun and Games
Creative Card Crew - Child's Play
Bunny Zoe's - One for the Boys
Copic Creations - Favorite paper for copic coloring - Gina K Pure Luxury
I ♥ Sketches - sketch

Thanks for stopping and have a fantastic day!

Happy Birthday ♥Alicia♥

Today was my oldest daughter Alicia's birthday...wow, I can't believe she is already 11 years old.  She is smart, talented and growing into such a wonderful young lady and I am proud to be her mom ♥ I love you sweetheart!  Tonight we celebrated her birthday with the family ~ us and then my parents and my brother.  On the kids birthday's we let them pick whatever they want for dinner and Alicia's choice was Cousins Subs ~ I have to say that I love their subs and their Broccoli Cheese soup (not to mention that I didn't have to do any cooking) so I was happy.  After dinner we had some delicious cake from our favorite baker (marble with buttercream frosting) and then it was time for the presents.  OK now for the card....

Yesterday I had Alicia pick out a few of her favorite images and I went with the Tuesday Creeper for her card~ my first time using the Creepers and boy are they fun!  The paper I used is actually digital paper from Tiddly Inks (and this was my first time using digi paper as well).  I stamped a large flourish stamp on the right side of the heart paper in gray and then colored over it with a Spica clear pen.  The edges of the cardstock and her "eyeshadow" were also colored with the same Spica pen ~ it took awhile to color the cardstock, but the shimmer it has in real life made it worth it.  The bottom has three layers of scalloped tulle and then a silver organdy ribbon along with a trio of pearls.  On the image panel, I used the distressed stripes folder, sanded it and then sponged it with gray.  The sentiment was computer generated and I then colored it with R21, T0, T1 and 0 to mimic the heart paper colors.  As a final touch I added one of my precious rhinestone swirls ~ I have a few of these, but because they really are not cheap, I hate to use them unless I know the card will be cherished and I know in this case I have nothing to worry about ~ she absolutely loved it! :)

Here is a close up showing the shimmer a little better:

I hope to head into the craft room again this week, but I am swamped with appointments and Girl Scout events through Sunday.  And here I thought once the kids were back in school I'd have all kinds of free time.....maybe next week.

Since I have to post while it is still her Birthday, I will come back and update the challenges I want to enter this card into.

OK...after a bit of picking and choosing (to remain at 10 total challenges), I am entering the following:
Nutty Nutshells - "Pretty in Pink" 
Southern Girls - "Anything Goes" 
Stamp and Create - "Pearls and Gems" 
One Stop Craft Challenge - "Fashion Throughout the Years" 
Aly's Sunday Challenge - "Sparkle and Glitter"
Club Anya and Friends - Case this card:  My notes...In place of the musical notes I stamped the flourish stamp on my paper.  The rhinestone swirl replaces the butterfly, the sentiment replaces the circle with the 8, the ribbon "bow" replaces the flower and the scalloped layers of tulle replace the torn paper layers

Pear Tree Designs - "Pink"
Our Daily Bread - "Make Your Creations Sparkle"
Scrap Creations - "Gotta Go Digi" - digi paper and digi sentiment 
Paper Sundaes - Minimum of 3 embellishments - Organdy, Tulle, Rhinestones, Pearls 


Have a great day! 




Recipe  ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Tuesday Creeper (The Greeting Farm); Baroque Motifs  
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Going Gray; Copics (E00, E01, E11, R20, E33, E35, E37, E57, E77, E79, T0, T1, T2, T3, T5, R21); Atyou Spica Clear
Paper:  Basic Gray, Going Gray, Pink Pirouette; Gina K Luxury White; DP - Tiddly Inks digi paper (Light Pink Grungy Heart)
Embellishments:   Organdy Ribbon (Silver); Pearls (Kaiser); Rhinestones (Michael's); Rhinestone Swirl (WalMart); Stickles (Stardust and Fruit Punch); Tulle  
Tools:  Key Tag Punch; Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (Distressed Stripes); Sanding Block