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!

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!

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!  :)        

FFF with The Greeting Farm - You're Beautiful

Happy Friday!  It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday over at The Greeting Farm.  This week Jo challenged us to use flowers on our projects.  

For my project I used Wild Sprout Gracie since she has a flower on her hat.  For my papers I chose an older Basic Grey pad because I loved the little floral print on this paper.  To keep with the floral theme, I added a few flowers in the corner.  Gracie was colored with copics on SU's Naturals Ivory paper, and yes, it does have little specks in the paper, those aren't smudges ;)  Coloring on this paper was a bit different from the Copic X-press it paper I normally use, but I think it worked out ok.   I added a little butterfly above the sentiment and a few pearls.  

For this picture I had to use my daughter's camera since the battery on mine ran out.  While there are some things I love about her camera, I'm not used to taking pictures with it ~ I can't seem to get the sentiments to photograph sharply.....I have a macro setting on my camera and I can't find one on hers so I'm not sure how to fix that.    

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!

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 it was my turn to pick the challenge and I chose to make a sketch.  Here is my card:

Since Valentine's Day is just 2 days away, I knew I wanted to make a Valentine's Day card, so I went through all of my Greeting Farm stamps and came across Stella.  I haven't used her for a long time, and since she is holding an envelope (which could be a valentine), I decided she was the one I was going to use.  She was colored with copics and then I added some white dots to her dress with a gel pen.  I also added some stickles to the heart on her dress and the heart on the envelope.  The sentiment was stamped and then cut out using part of a punch.  I added some ribbon, a flower and some pearls to finish it off.     

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.

Recipe : 
Stamps:   TGF - Stella, Sentiment - Flutter Heart
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics, Inksentials White Gel Pen   
Paper:  X-Press It paper; Pretty in Pink (SU); DP - Bo Bunny  
Embellishments:  Ribbon (SU); Flower;  Stickles (Stardust), Self Adhesive Pearls (Recollections)    
Tools/Misc: SU Punch  

Thanks for stopping 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 Joni challenged us to use script/text on our projects.  

For my project I used Wild Sprout Gracie.  I think every time I use this image I fall more in love with her....she is just so fun to color and paper piece!  I originally started with a completely different outfit, but decided to switch gears and am glad I did because I love how these look with the background papers (and who knows, I just may use the other one later on....well, if I can find all the pieces I had cut out on my now very messy craft desk).  I added a heart shaped doily behind Gracie and some thick ric-rac trim.  The sentiment at the top was cut from the patterned paper and then I added some self adhesive pearls to the top and bottom to make it stand out a bit more.  A few flowers and it was done.

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!

I followed the sketch over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp:

....and it's been awhile since I tried to pack a lot of challenges into one card so I gave it a shot and would also like to enter the following challenges:
All That Scraps - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's - Anything Goes
By the Cute and Girly - Cute and Girly
Charisma Cardz - Hearts and Flowers
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Valentine's Day/Love
Creative Card Crew - Girly
Inky Chicks - Bingo (Ribbon, Sentiment, Flowers) OR (Ribbon, Image, Pearls)

Moxie Fab - #7 Use 10 or more embellishments
Oozak - Anything Goes with Pink and Bling
Paper Crafting Journey - For a Girl
Pile It On - Have a Heart
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Valentine's Day/Love and Ribbon
7 Kids College Fund - Something New and Old from your stash (New - Stamp, Pearls   Old -Paper, Doily, ribbon, punch)
Simon Says - Paper Piecing
Stamp and Create - Love
The Pink Elephant - Photo Inspiration 

The Ribbon Girl - Color Challenge - Pink/Cream

Whimsical Designs - Love

The kids have the day off school today, so I'm sure they'll keep me busy :)


Recipe : 
Stamps:   TGF - Wild Sprout Gracie
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Copics   
Paper:  X-Press It paper; Naturals White (SU);  DP - Valentine Sweetheart (K & Co)  
Embellishments:   Ric Rac Ribbon; Flowers (Prima); Self Adhesive Pearls (Recollections); Heart Shaped Doily    
Tools/Misc: Heart Border Punch (Martha Stewart)  


Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

Double Take Tuesday with The Greeting Farm

Hi everyone and Happy Tuesday.  

Today is Double Take Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm.  This week's challenge is a fabulous sketch by Jess and here is my card using the adorable Wild Sprout Gracie.  

Gracie was colored with copics as was my button (and I love the marbled effect it gave this particular button) and the letter stickers.  When I went to put my card together, I really didn't like the stark white background she was on, so I decided to play around with it and try to color it a Kraft color so I chose E43, E42, E41 and E40.  To be honest, when I first started with the E43 I was afraid I had ruined it, but I kept going and love the end result.  I can't wait to try this with different colors.

    

We'd love to have you join us this week.  Head on over to the TGF log to check out the rest of the Team's beautiful creations and link yours up....we'd love to see it!  

Thanks for stopping and have a great day!

TGF Night at the Bookstore

The Greeting Farm had a fun Customer Challenge and Chit Chat on Friday night (in the SCS forum) and the theme was "A Night at the Bookstore".  I learned about a new book series during the chat that I think I may just have to check out....The Black Dagger Brotherhood Series....sounds interesting.  There were three different challenges and I actually made a card for all three of them!


First up was Favorite Book.  I read sooooo much that it is really a hard one for me to choose just one favorite as I have come across so many books that I truly love.  In the end I decided to base my card off Diane Mott Davidson's Goldie Swenson Mystery series.  Since Goldie is a caterer, what more appropriate than Birthday Anya II holding her yummy cupcake.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Card Positioning Systems - sketch challenge
Anyone for Anya - Bling (stickles, pearls and twinkling H2O's).
Crafty Calendar - New News (use new items) and Buttons/Bows optional - new items are Anya Stamp and Ribbon ~ I also included a button and a bow
Crafty Catz - Buttons and Bows
Crazy 4 Challenges - Child's Birthday Card
Lady Bug Crafts Challenge - Bows

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ribbons & Buttons

  
Second on the list was Favorite Book turned Movie....hands down that would have to be Twilight.  So I used Flirty Edward and even made him all sparkly.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Anyone for Anya - Bling (lots of dazzling diamonds)

Aud Sentiments - include the word Love

Creative Card Crew - Seeing Red

Cupcake Craft Challenge - All You Need is Love

Fairy Tale Challenge - At the Movie (movie inspired) - Twilight

I Did it Creations - Love

Simply Create Too - Love is in the Air

The Corrosive Challenge - I {Heart} You - include a heart

The Pink Elephant - Photo Inspiration

Wags and Whiskers - Valentine's/Love

The final one was Favorite Kids Book.  Again, so many favorites, but I chose one that I remember from when I was really little....The Pokey Little Puppy.  I used the cute Oliver image from the Buddies set. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges
I♥Sketches - January sketch
Basic Grey Challenges - Favorite Things (TGF stamps, Pearls, Ribbon, Nesties, Border Punch) Used BG Max & Whiskers paper
That's Crafty Thursday - Kraft paper


Thanks for stopping and have a fantastic day! 

Audrey in Pink

Wow, two Club Anya/The Greeting Farm challenges in one week.....  This one is for the Farm Fresh Friday Challenge over at The Greeting Farm - use a digi image and a new technique.  The digi image I used is Wild Sprout Audrey and added a cute little digi dog from Victoria Case (Spot and Sammy image).  My new technique is decorating chipboard with Designer papers.  I just started doing this the other day because I looked at all the chipboard just laying around I figured I better start using it.  I stitched all the designer paper panels with my sewing machine using pink thread.   


The sketch I used for this card is from Sketch Saturday and replaced the sentiment with a flower.

I went back to T.J. Maxx and while they didn't have the punch I forgot to get they did have one they didn't have when I was there the day before, the embossed snowflake border punch, so I picked that one up instead. 

I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges:
For Fun - "Color with your favorite medium"
Gingersnap Creations - GC62 Spicy Supply - Markers 
AI Factory - "Flower Frenzy" - flower image or as embellishment
Charisma Cardz - "Pink""
Aud Sentiments - "No sentiments"
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - "Babies or Children" 
Allsorts - "Summer Days" - images or colors 
Anyone for Anya - "Bedazzled" 
Basic Grey Challenge - "Gingham"
Crazy 4 Challenges - "Buttons"
Lots to Do- "Stitches"
One Stop Craft Challenge - "Pink, Blue, Green & a hint of red (in the DP)"
Stamp Scrap and Doodle - "Animals"

One Stitch at a Time - "Digi Madness" - use digi image
Cupcake Craft Challenge - "Cats & Dogs"
Stamp and Create - "Stitching"
Our Daily Bread - "Color It" - use an image you colored
Papertake - "Cutie Patootie"
My Time to Craft - "Check It Out" - used a checked pattern paper
Stamp Something - "Something Digital" 


  
Have a wonderful day!
Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps:  Wild Sprout Audrey - digi stamp (The Greeting Farm); Sammy and Spot - digi stamp (Victoria Case)  
Ink/Coloring:  Pink Pirouette; Copics 
Paper:  Regal Rose, Very Vanilla; Gina K Pure Luxury White; DP - My Mind's Eye "Quite Contrary"
Embellishments:  Pink Gingham Ribbon; Chipboard Flower (Basic Grey); Gemstones (Michael's); Button (from stash)
Tools: Sewing Machine; Nesties; lots of dimensionals