Dream with Anya

Back again with another challenge for The Greeting Farm...well, two actually.  I used the weekly sketch challenge on TGF's member group page at SCS and the Farm Fresh Friday challenge - paper piecing.   

I used one of the three limited edition stamp sets from The Greeting Farm, Anya Lifts (and yes, I did purchase all three).  I colored her with copics and paper pieced the balloons, her dress, boots, bow and shorts (although the last three things I colored with copics).  To make the balloons more realistic, I covered them in Crystal Effects.  Her earrings have stickles to make them sparkly.  

I would also like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations - Polka Dots, Ribbon, Blue (and Polka Dots, Cream, Glitter)
Moving Along with the Times - Flying High
Pile it On - Something with a P (Polka Dots, Paper Piecing, Patterned Paper, Pop Dots)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Recipe : 
Stamps:   TGF - Anya Lifts
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics 
Paper:  Kraft (SU); Gina K Pure Luxury (White); DP - October Afternoon - Modern Homemaker  
Embellishments:   Ribbon (SU); Button; Twine; Ticket (Tim Holtz); Stickles (Stardust); Crystal Effects (SU)    
Tools/Misc: Border Punch (Martha Stweart); Dimensionals 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Dream Big

I can't believe summer is almost over and school will be starting soon.  I sure will miss having my kids home with me all day!  

Since I haven't played with any of The Greeting Farm challenges lately, I made it a point to do so.  I had every intention of playing along with the August CCN on SCS, but time got away from me.  So instead I played along with the weekly sketch challenge on TGF's member group page at SCS.  Now I'm going to have to try and do this weeks Farm Fresh Friday challenge....it's paper piecing and I love that technique!   
  

I pulled out an older stamp ~ Flutter Anya ~ and colored her with copics.  I  tried a different hair color and I really like how it turned out...now I just hope I can figure out the colors I used for it since I cleaned up my area before writing them down.  To make her dress match the papers, I added dots with a white gel pen.  The butterfly was made by punching the shape from the Designer Paper, adding stickles and some pearls for the body.  I added a pin with some seed beads on it to the layered flowers.  I even pulled out the sewing machine for this one and zig zag stiched the panels...I have to say that I love the look of sewing, but hate pulling out the big machine to do it.

I am also entering this card in the following challenges:
Cute Card Thursday - Bling it Up
Do You Stack Up - Fantasy
Papertake Weekly - Pins and Needles
Stamp and Create - Stitch it Up
Stamptacular Sunday - Let's Hear it for the Girls
The Pink Elephant - Create you own Embellishments (pin, butterfly)
Whoopsie Daisy - Include a sentiment

Edited to add:
I won the TGF SCS sketch challenge as well as made the top 3 at Whoopsie Daisy.

Recipe : 
Stamps:   TGF - Flutter Anya; Anya Says
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Taken with Teal (SU), Copics; White Gel Pen 
Paper:  Kraft (SU); Gina K Pure Luxury (White); DP - My Mind's Eye - Bloom and Grow  
Embellishments:   Flowers; Stick Pin; Seed Beads; Pearls (colored with copics); Stickles (Stardust)   
Tools/Misc: Butterfly Punch (Martha Stweart); Word Window Punch (SU); Sewing Machine  

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Happy Birthday Trevor!

I can't believe my youngest is now 8.  Where did the time go?!?!  Today we celebrated with just our family....Pizza Hut for dinner (Trevor's choice) and then some delicious birthday cake from our favorite bakery.  Trevor spent most of the day putting together new Lego sets and playing his new Wii game (his idea of a perfect day).  We wanted to play The Logo game tonight, but it got too late, so perhaps tomorrow.


For his card he wanted a puppy and a cupcake on it....lucky for me I had the perfect stamp for it.  I chose paper from Simple Stories Happy Day collection along with Kraft paper.  I stamped the image on one of the journaling elements included in the 6x6 paper pad and then paper pieced the entire image.  I added a pearl for the cherry on top of the cupcake and added a Happy  Birthday sentiment.  On the side I cut out the July calendar, wrote in the dates along with the current year, and then circled the date of his birthday.  A bit of ribbon and a border punched panel with some embossed paper and the front was done.  

Here (inside - left), I made a pocket, added another happy birthday sentiment to it and then put a journaling element inside the pocket.  

And here (inside - right) I added some cardstock to write on along with yet another journaling element.  

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Moving Along with the Times - Happy Birthday
Papercraft Star - Embossing
Anyone for Anya - use an image not recently used (it's been at least a year since I've used this one)
Moxie Fab - Birthday Card with stamping
Cards for Men - Happy Birthday
Simple Stories - Use Simple Stories Basics paper
   

Thanks for stopping and have a Great Day! 


Recipe ~ all items SU unless indicated 
Stamps:   CC Designs  - Pixie Pets Birthday Bash
Ink/Coloring:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Cherry Cobbler Stampin Up Marker  
Paper:  Kraft;; DP - Happy Day (Simple Stories)  
Embellishments:  Ribbon (Taupe); Pearl   
Tools/Misc: Border Punch (EK Success); Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug); Dimensionals  

Graudation Anya....for Emily

Our friend's daughter graduated from High School, so I made her a card, using her school colors and logo:

I used the Grad Anya digi stamp from The Greeting Farm and colored it in Photoshop (can't believe I didn't pull out the copics, but since I was at the computer making the other elements for this card, I thought I'd try something different).  I created the sentiment and the banner flags in MSWord as well as the background paper (which is her school's logo).  


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:


Paper Play - Flags/Pennants/Banners
Totally Paper Crafts - Can you digi it (use digi image)
Anyone for Anya - Use a TGF image not recently used (it's been over a year for this one)

The Greeting Farm - Farm Fresh Friday - at least 4 layers and ribbon and/or a button

Ginger Snap Scraps Giveaway

Ginger Snap Scraps is having a giveaway on their Facebook page.  One lucky winner will get these newly released Lawn Fawn stamp sets:

I know I wouldn't mind getting this package in the mail :)


They are also having a sale on The Greeting Farm stamps (one of my favorite stamp companies).  30% off on all pre-orders (with the order going in on Sunday).  Head on over to the Ginger Snap Scraps Store to place your order.  I've already got mine started ;)
 

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 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!