Happy Hallobean

Today it's time for another Garden Variety Tuesday over at The Greeting Farm!  This week Anita challenged us to use Halloween Colors.....pretty easy to do since it is just around the corner.

For my card I used the new Hallobean digi stamp.  I colored her with copics and added some stickles to the stars and moon on her hat.  To better match the star paper to the striped paper I took a copic and colored the white stars green.  I used the spider web border punch by Martha Stewart and then added a black satin ribbon along with some chipboard stars and a chipboard sentiment.

I had to use a different paper since I ran out of my Copic x-press It......how did that happen?!?!?  Since I had some Neenah Exact Smooth White leftover from printing tags for a consignment sale I participated in I thought I'd try that.  Well, definitely not my favorite, it tends to bleed more than I would like so I have to be really careful when coloring in small spaces or along the lines, but until I get my favorite back, it will have to do ;) 

Be sure to stop back tomorrow, I have something fun to share with you.

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!     

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!  :)

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!  :) 

Life is Fabulous with Frou Frou

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I am sharing a card I made with one of this month's new releases, Frou Frou Fabulous.

Today I went with subtle color theme, pale green and cream.  I colored the image with copics. Since I couldn't find the right shade of green in all my copics (and I have all of them but the last 12 released), I colored over the green with the T0 copic.  One of the papers came embossed love that ~ saves an extra step ;)   For embellishments, I used a bunch of pearls, silk like leaves that I had sitting around forever, cream colored satin ribbon, a button and a doily.  I attached the image and sentiment with foam dimensionals.  I love how the doily looks like it is lace peeking out of her dress at the bottom.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful 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!  :)

Royal Cuties Preview for TGF

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 new Royal Cuties stamp set.  

For my first card I colored the image with copics, added some polka dots to the bottom of her dress with a white gel pen, and stickles on her bows and the heart on her crown.  I added some grosgrain ribbon, a button/twine embellishment and some flowers.  Most of the patterned paper is from Echo Park's Beautiful Life collection.

For my second card I colored the image with copics and added some pearls to the top of her crown.  I kept the layout really simple on this one just adding a few more pearls and some scalloped ribbon.   

Stop on over at The Greeting Farm to see some more gorgeous cards using this adorable stamp set and to find out how you can one of your own!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!  :)