Lil' Lolita Boutique Challenge #19

Good morning everyone! I'm bakc today with another Lil' Lolita Boutique Challenge. This week's challenge is to incorporate skulls into your project.

Well, that's an easy one using the *NEW* Frankie image. He has a skull belt-buckle! I played it up by mirroring his skull with my EK punched skull at the base of the image. I used my Copic mulit-liner to draw on the same skull "face" from his buckle onto my punch out. Then I used some more of this super cool metallic skull and crossbones ribbon I found in the Target $1 bin. I had this brilliant plan of using the skull patterned paper from the BG Eerie collection, but as you can see, Frankie covered up most of the paper so you can't really see the skulls. Oh well!

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch for the layout. Head on over to LLB to check out the challenge details and see the rest of the Design Team's awesome creations!

Materials
Stamps: TPS Frankie Frankenstein digi
Paper: BG Eerie dp, Making Memories dotted dp, PTI cs
Other: Copics, EK punches, foam tape, $1 bin ribbon, CTMH ink, misc. screw brads

Halloween Quickie

I've been having a lot of fun with this "Thriller" Stamp of the Month (Sept) from CTMH. I cranked out a stack of these cool Halloween cards as invitations for my friends Halloween party. The combo of orange and green is really fun, and I love the new CTMH "Pear" ink color! This color is definately Me!

Hope you are all having a GREAT weekend! I had a garage sale yesterday and sold over $200 worth of stuff! Most of it was craft items I finally purged through. Good thing, since I just got my latest purchase of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps! I'm doing pretty good using up my paper and supplies though. Purge! Purge!

Materials

Stamps: CTMH Thriller, Clear Stamps sentiment

Paper: MM dotted dp, BG Eerie dp, CTMH cs

Other: CTMH inks, rhinestones, Stickles

The Greeting Farm RELEASE DAY!!

Happy release day everyone!! This is one of the most anticipated releases in a long time with the NEW Miss Anya Lounge debut! Miss Anya has always been a favorite of mine!

And speaking of releases....there are some super-stinkin'-cute Marina Neira images out today too! I absolutely LOVE all the adorable new Halloween Critters!! When I was given the preview, I was like "Oh! I love that one...Oh! I love that one too"! Hee hee! Halloween is my favorite time to make cards and have a ghoulishly good time!


Today, of course, is also Friday which means The Greeting Farm has another fabulous challenge! This week you are given options of either the color challenge or the altering challenge. Head on over to the TGF blog for all the deets.

For my card today I decided to do a bit of a combo of both challenges. For the color challenge I used CTMH Chocolate cs that I embossed, then since I didn't have much Olive cs, I decided to take this subtle cream Veranda dp and stamp on it with my Olive ink. I was able to use some of my new "birthday" PTI chartreuse ribbon too. I altered the Ivy image by cropping out her bat friend to downsize the image and give more room for the embossing to show.

So EVERYONE is playing along with the challenge today. Hop on through the blogs for some major inspiration! Don't forget that there will be some release chatter happening at 7pm CST on the TGF PCP page!

The Critter Crew:
Shaela Odd
Jacquie Nordaune
Jenn Royal (you're here!)
Kristine Reynolds
Linda Muhr
Tangii Crain
Margie Cortina
Sammi Betbeder

The Farmers:
Jessica Diedrich
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Randi Wall
Kim Nath
Tammy Maxvill
Tanya Tahir Oct Guest

Club Anya and Friends
Amber Hight
Anna Maria Nilsson
Jen Shults
Kristy Young
Kim Yu Oct. Guest

Stamps: TGF Ivy Witch digi, CTMH Thriller ss, sentiment is A Muse Paper: CTMH cs and dp Other: Copics, PTI ribbon, CTMH button, hemp and inks, CB folder

SCRSC #12 and CMC #5

Hello all! Sorry I haven't blogged in a few days. Busy little bee here. BUT....I had time to play Tuesday night when my friends Nona, Sparkle, and Rachel came over for our monthly craft night. AND....Sparkle brought me her stamps I ordered! Yay! I couldn't wait to color up the newest Lucy image. Broomstick Lucy is so fun and my kind of Halloween image! Isn't she cute?!

So I made this card using the sketch from this week's SCRSC #12. It's also for this week's Color Me Copic challenge #5 of coloring animals. I wanted the cat to look kinda mangy, so I was a bit more sporadic in the coloring and shading. Sparkle is sponsoring the CMC challenge! $15 in store credit is up for grabs! She's also gracious enough to offer 10% off all Sparkle Creation Rubber Stamp orders through the end of the challenge for everyone that participates in the CMC challenge!! Whoo hoo! So head on over to CMC for the challenge and the discount code, then go shopping at SCRS!!

Materials
Stamps: SCRS Broomstick Lucy, sentiment is A Muse
Paper: Making Memories B&W dp, BG Eerie orange dp, Bo Bunny purple dp, PTI cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Stickles, Coluzzle, Memento ink, CTMH ink and edge distresser

A Boo-tastic Preview!

Hey, everyone!

Today is an exciting day of more previews and announcements at The Greeting Farm, and this time the Critter-or shall I say -BOO CREW has some "spooktacular" new designs to show you.....AND some new DESIGNERS!

A HUGE welcome to MARGIE CORTINAand SAMMI BETBEDER! They'll be joining our fun and fuzzy little world for the next few months and we are thrilled to have them with us :)

Today I'm sharing the *NEW* adorable Toby image! Isn't he stinkin' cute?!! So "sweet" and cuddly. I had a lot of fun coloring this image and used the opportunity of the greens and oranges to use my two new ink colors from CTMH: Pear and Sunset. I sponged the Pear using my Nestie as a stencil and I stamped the sentiment in Sunset. I also added some Liquid Glass to his lollipop to make it look like a yummy, glossy sucker. Green lollipops are my fav.

Be sure to stop by the TGF Blog and then the Critter Crew's Blogs as well, because we are giving away not one, but TWO sets of the ENTIRE October digi collection by Marina. All you have to do is leave a comment and we'll announce the winners tomorrow!

The Greeting Farm Blog
Jennifer Royal
Jacquie Nordaune
Kristine Reynolds
Linda Muhr
Shaela Odd
Margie Cortina
Sammi Betbeder
Tangii Crain

Thanks for stopping by today, and don't forget to meet me back here on October 1st when ALL of the new digis AND rubber stamps are available at The Greeting Farm! Be sure to join us, too, for our FALL FESTIVAL of CHALLENGES on Friday, October 1st on the TGF Blog and for our release party and chat on Friday, 10/1 at 7pm CST on the TGF PCP page! There's lots more fun planned as FALL is finally here!

Materials

Stamps: TGF Pumpkin Toby digi, CTMH Thriller

Paper: MM black& white dotted dp, BG Nook&Pantry and Green at Heart dp

Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, CTMH inks and Liquid Glass, PTI ribbon, AC button, gel pen

Not really "spooky"

Another super simple card, thanks to my circle punch! ;)

YIKES! I have my first craft fair tomorrow! I hope I have everything ready, and that guests like my make & take. I'm a bit of a stress-ball!

Materials: October Word Puzzle ss, inks, prisma glitter and cs--CTMH; dp--DCWV; EK circle punch.

I {heart} candy corn

....the real and not-so-real kinds! This little candy corn border stamp is so cute! Still haven't figured out what exactly is the face in the main image though. Maybe a cat? What's your take?

Off to go play at Nona's tonight with the all the crafty girls!

Materials: October Word Puzzle ss, Hocus Pocus ss, cs, inks, and edge distresser--CTMH; dp--DCWV.

Ketto Halloween

Yippee for my other new Ketto! I thought she was perfect for this card. Sunflowers always remind me of fall and Halloween. Ever since I won Amy's blog candy last month, I've totally been CASEing her card layout! LOL!

Must finish my projects in time for "Glee" tonight! I'm sooo glad it's Wednesday again!

Materials: Ketto--Stamping Bella; Creepy Cobwebs ss, October Word Puzzle ss, cs, sanding kit, corner rounder, and inks--CTMH; dp--DCWV; Crayola colored pencils.

Another simple and fun Halloween card

Super simple single layer card using my favorite Halloween stamp set. A little bling to make the sentiment stand out and done!

Materials: All CTMH. Creepy Cobwebs ss, October Word Puzzle ss, colonial white cs, goldrush and black inks, prisma glitter.

Simple Halloween

Here's a quick Halloween card I made. Simple layout and easy stamping.

Materials: October Word Puzzle ss, inks, corner rounder, and cs--CTMH; dp--DCWV; foam tape.