Greeting Farm combo

Good morning everyone! Back today with a card I made for two TGF challenges. The first one is from the WOW challenge which is a sketch challenge, and the second is the FFF challenge which is to create a patriotic card.

I've had this Cheeky for quite awhile, since I won one of the TGF challenges a long time ago, and I chose her specifically to make a card for my brother who is in the Army. Well, I'm just now getting around to using her! Not that I haven't sent my brother cards, 'cause I have. Even though she's supposed to be a sailor, I colored her in Army colors. July 10th is his birthday and I thought this would be a great card to make for him. Hope he likes it!

Materials
Stamps: TGF Cheeky Sailor, Verve-American Hero
Paper: Crate Paper Portrait dp, CTMH cs, PTI kraft
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, CTMH ink and ribbon, Memento ink, Coluzzle

Party Emily

Happy Wednesday everyone! Boy, do I wish it was my hump day! This week at work has already been one disaster after another, and it's only my Tuesday. Ugh! "Nothing but uphill from here" to quote from the Due Date movie. That is a funny movie, you should check it out.

So anyways, today's card isn't for any challenge or for a special occasion. I just wanted to play with my new favorite Basic Grey paper again and I thought Emily would be a fun choice with all the bright colors.

I've been super busy lately, and I finally had a chance to catch up on some of my shows. All caught up except Hawaii 5-0. Too busy again today to watch it, but when I do, I'll have to watch Survivor online too. Hopefully I don't hear who gets voted off before I watch it! Can't believe the season's final episode is this Sunday already.

Materials
Stamps: SCRS Cocktail Emily, CTMH Say it in Style
Paper: BG Hello Luscious dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, Memento ink, CTMH ink, rhinstones, ribbon, Prima flower, stitching

FFF--Digital Get Down

First off.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!

Hope you all had a great weekend and fabulous holiday! My weekend was very busy with work and time with friends(see more below).

My card today is for this week's Farm Fresh Friday which calls for using a digi image. I miss being a part of the TGF Critter Crew, so I used one of my favorite Marina images: Robbie the Seal. He makes me smile how happy he looks balancing all those delicious cupcakes! And speaking of things that are over, this is the VERY last of my Nook & Pantry dp. So last that I actually used the front cover of the paper pad for this!

My favorite local band, Cody Beebe and the Crooks were back home after a touring for their debut album. It was so awesome to see them again Saturday night for a huge show at the famous Crocodile Cafe. They're such a great bunch of guys that are very down to earth. Their sound is a blend of rock, blues, folk, and jazz. We're all excited for where they're headed! Check them out on iTunes and at their website!

Materials

Stamps: TGF Robbie the Seal digi, PTI Postmark

Paper: BG Nook & Pantry dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie, Coluzzle, CTMH ink, hemp, and Splendor fabric brad, PTI buttons, Stickles

Bellariffic Friday

Another Friday, and another Bellariffic Challenge. This time Emily was gracious and left the challenge open to use/do anything! Yippee! My favorite kind of challenge! This is my favorite Bella image, especially living in the Seattle area. I played with my new PTI flower die and some felt to make the fun embellishment. I also used Sweet Sunday Sketch #112.

Girls night out tonight! So glad to get in some good chatting and food!

Materials Stamps: Latte Bella-Stamping Bella, A Muse sentiment
Paper: BG Curio dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, PTI buttons and felt, Nestie die, Memento ink, CTMH ink, EK corner punch

Thinking of you Ruby

Hello everyone! I must say, I'm so glad I found my Mojo again! It's nice to be back in the blogging world and seeing all the amazing creations out there and absorbing tons of inspiration!

My card today is for this week's Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #39 which asks you to include a handmade embellishment. I used my Nestie scalloped circles to create this layered flower out of my scraps. It kinda makes the card look a bit too busy, especially since I paper pieced Ruby's skirt. Noticed how I altered the stamp image too and cut off Ruby's rolling suitcase. Now it just looks like she's "thinking of you"!

Bones tonight! Can't believe there's only a couple episodes left already. :(

Materials
Stamps: SCRS Suitcase Ruby, CTMH Fringed Phrases and Intrinsic Backgrounds
Paper: BG Hello Luscious dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie dies, BG brad, CTMH inks, CB folder, Memento ink, EK border punch

Back for a birthday wish

Wow! Almost a MONTH since my last post! Can you tell I've been in a major creative slump? Just lost my passion for a bit, but I'm back finally! It will be a gradual pace back into the swing for now. (need to catch up on coloring!) Nothing like a big PTI order to jive the Mojo again! So this lovely Flirty Anya card is for my good friend Josie. It's her "27"th birthday today! Haha! I know that's how she feels on the inside, and she's just as fun and sassy as Anya is here. We're meeting up at Grinders for food and adult beverages. Hope she likes her gift I got her. Most of the time she likes my cards more! Lol! I used this month's SFYTT for the layout. Materials Stamps: TGF Flirty Anya Paper: BG Curio, PTI kraft, CTMH cs Other: Copics, foam tape, PTI ribbon, Kaiser Craft pearls, Prima flowers, Nestie die, Memento ink

Me-eeow!

I've been meaning to share this card for awhile, but other posts kept cutting in. This is another "custom-kitty" card I made for a customer at The Sweet Spot. When she asked if I had some kitty images, I was like "um, yeah. just a 'few'". Lol! Being a proud mom to my own fur-baby, my adorable tuxedo cat named Simon, cat images are always an easy purchase for me!

Enjoy your Tuesday. Second day back after my two-week vacation. Boy! did my body ever yell at me after my first day back! I forget how physical my job is sometimes. It was nice to know everyone missed me, but it was the break I needed for sure!

Materials
Stamps: TGF Purr-fect set (retired)
Paper: CC Material Girl dp, PTI kraft and cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Memento ink, CTMH ink, ricrac, and buttons, CB folder, Nestie Label die, EK corner punch

Freckle face SFYTT

Hee hee! Isn't this Puddle Jumper image cute? I just had to add freckles to her face (might've added too many, but oh well). I also modified Lucy by trimming off her handbag. I colored it up, but ended up not liking the color combo.

I'm cutting it close to the February SFYTT deadline! Yikes! But at least I did it! Use my new CB folder I bought from a friend and another of the felt flowers I made. Fun, fun! Kinda goes with the Material Girl dp feel. Oh yeah, AND I used my new EK border punch. It's one of those punch/emboss ones, not that you can tell with this dp.

Materials
Stamps: Puddle Jumpers Lucy, CTMH Thoughtful Seasons
Paper: CC Material Girl dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, EK punches, CB folder, Memento ink, CTMH ink and hemp, felt, Nestie die

Scooter Chloe

Sharing another SCRS card today. I saved this portion of my BG Wander paper specifically to use this Scooter Chloe image with it. Can you see? "Scooter Rental"! Haha! Couldn't resist.

Used my black thread again, and yet again, it got a little crazy. I tried to do a simple zigzag stitch in the corner, but the thread broke just as I started and still made the holes in my paper. Since I couldn't line it up perfectly stitch in the same holes, I just went back and forth a few times to make it messy looking. Whatever! It's fine. ;)

Last day of CU. :( It's been a blast. Can't wait to do it all again next year! Hope to have some pics to share soon.

Materials
Stamps: SCRS Scooter Chloe, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: BG Wander dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie, Mement ink, CTMH ink, rhinestones, stitching

Bellariffic Friday

Good morning all. Day two of Creative University! So much crafty fun to be had. You definately should look into joining us next year!

I'm back today to share my card I made for the Bellariffic Friday challenge. This week was a sketch challenge. Even though I have a stack of new Bellas I bought recently, this poor PregaBella has been waiting in my colored pile for a long time. Somehow I'm always in need of a pregnancy card....must be something in the water (good thing I purify mine! Lol!) I love purple and orange together; looks so happy and bright.

Materials

Stamps: Stamping Bella-PregaBella, CTMH Fringed Phrases

Paper: BG Green at Heart dp, PTI kraft, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie, Coluzzle, Prima, AC button, Memento ink, CTMH ink, rhinestones, stitching

Love you, Bella

This card just came together so easy and beautifully. I love using Topiary Bella for a fun Valentine. Though the Shop passed on buying this one, it was quickly snatched up by one of my friends! I used an old Sweet Sunday sketch for the layout (#79).

My second Card Class is tonight, which means I sacrifice Bones. :( Thank goodness for online episodes!

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella-Topiary Bella, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: BG Green at Heart dp, CTMH cs, PTI kraft
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie, PTI ribbon, EK punch, CTMH button, hemp and inks

What I've been up to....

Happy New Year!!! Can't believe it's another new year! New beginnings come along with that, and hopefully more postings from me.

I thought I'd share with you all one of the creations I made for Christmas. I made two of these shadowbox pages for my two girlfriends, Josie and Becky. Becky was recently married last October, and these were her colors: Fuscia, Black, Creme, and Lime Green. Josie is her best friend and her Maid of Honor and I thought it would be cool if they had something to put a special picture from the wedding in.

I used some random dp I had for the background page (isn't it beautiful?!) and CTMH cardstock and buttons for the accent colors. These Primas I've been holding onto forever worked perfect as well as the Thickers and AC rub-ons that have been gathering some dust. They finally found their purpose!

This is a close up of the accents. I combined Primas and CTMH flowers. I used the AC rub-ons on one of the flowers. Black rhinestones made the perfect centers, and Thickers made excellent leaf accents.

Here is a nice shot of the beautiful layers of the dp. Love the metallic sheen that worked great with the Thickers and contributed to the overall elegance.

Hope you all had a spectacular and safe New Year's Eve!

Materials:

Misc. dp, CTMH cs, buttons, and Big Pink flowers, Prima flowers, black rhinestones, MM definitions stickers, Thickers, Nestie die, AC rub-ons

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

Mojo to help my Mojo

Sorry I've been M.I.A. lately. I had quite the whirlwind birthday weekend and kinda lost my crafty mojo along the way. I seriously just lounged around all day yesterday. I tried to craft, but just ended up staring at my supplies trying to will them to do something! Haha!

So thank you Mojo Monday for helping me get my mojo back! I've had this Bella image colored for awhile now, and thought it fit well with the Mojo #156 sketch. I layered the lace in between the dp and as the "scallop" along the bottom. The ribbon is what through me though. The image was to large to wrap ribbon around like the sketch showed, so I went with just the bow.

Here's what I did on my birthday:

My WONDERFUL little brother bought me these totally awesome (and close!) seats to the Seahawks' season opening game. Now I have to tell you how awesome my brother is....he called me from his Army base in Kandahar, Afghanistan to tell me that he found me tickets to the game for my birthday! He's over there, risking his life everyday, and thought this wonderful gift for my birthday! I love my brother!! I took my good friend Rachel with me, and ended up meeting up with a lot of other friends who were at the game too. It was a perfect day filled with tailgating, a most excellent, and winning game (31-6 win!), and ended at a local brewery near my house.

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella BrideaBella, BG sentiment
Paper: BG Eva dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, CTMH inks and Opaques pearl, Memento ink, Stickles, misc. lace

Lucy--SCRSC #8

Back again today with my card for this week's Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge #8 which is an inspiration challenge. Here's the inspiring picture courtesy of the Pottery Barn:

I played off the colors of blue, green and yellow. Then I thought adding the kraft would play in with the furniture too. I added "candlelight" with the rhinestones and Stickles. And then, of course, is the water. I'm usually not very excited about inspiration challenges, but I think this turned out great!

Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend! It's my Friday, so I'll still get some sort of holiday weekend.

Materials

Stamps: SCRS Swimming Lucy, CTMH Hot Diggity and Playful Flourishes

Paper: OA Fly a Kite dp, A Muse kraft, CTMH cs

Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, EK punch, CTMH inks, Memento ink, Stazon, rhinestone, BG button, CB folder

My first official Critter Crew FFF post!!

Oh my gosh!!! I'm sorry everyone! I set this for my timezone, but forgot to adjust to make it the day BEFORE!! Yikes! Still trying to work it out, sorry!


Welcome everyone to my first official post for Farm Fresh Friday as one of the newest Critter Crew members! Yay! I'm so excited to share my card with you today.

This week's challenge is a color challenge:
Hawaiian Shores (PTI), Tangerine Tango, and Kiwi Kiss (SU!)

Color challenges really break me out of my comfort zone. It's so easy to follow a sketch, but having to use specific colors makes me actually have to concentrate! Lol! Plus, I'm a Close To My Heart girl, so it took some detective work to figure out the matching colors. And the TGF examples are slightly different than the true shades, so my color choices look a little different.

So for my card I used Ocean, Sorbet, and Sweet Leaf. Ocean is definitely one of those bold colors that I can never commit to buying paper or cardstock in, but I happened to have this ribbon and rhinestones that went perfect! The Sorbet and Sweet Leaf were no problem; some of my favorite colors. This combination turned out real nice.

I had this Marlene image printed out that was calling my name to color her. Even though she's not a "current" digi, I thought she fit my card best. All the more reason to BUY the TGF stamps and digis while you still can!

Come see what we've all created!

The Farmers:
Jessica Diedrich
Cindy Haffner
Kadie Ensley
Mary Giles
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Randi Wall
Kim Nath
Tammy Maxvill

The Critter Crew:
Amber Hight
Jen Shults
Shaela Odd
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Nordaune
Jenn Royal (you're here!)
Kristine Reynolds
Linda Muhr
Tangii Crain

Materials:
Stamps: TGF Marlene digi, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: Amuse craft, CTMH cs and Twitterpated and Magic Moments dp
Other: Copics, Nestie, CB folder, CTMH button, ink, and hemp, misc. ribbon, EK border punch, Kaiser rhinestones, Stickles, Sukura pen

BrideaBella

I'm back today with a wedding card. I'm setting up a table at my first Farmer's Market tomorrow, and thought stocking up on the wedding cards during wedding season might be a good idea. Especially since when I made some last week, the day after I made them my co-worker asked if I had any wedding cards for sale. Well, good thing I made some! That got me thinking of how I needed to enlarge my stash. BrideaBella makes for a pretty and easy card. I think the layout I used is from some sketch I saw, but I can't remember where I saw it....

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella BrideaBella, sentiment is Basic Grey
Paper: MAMBI dp, scrap dp, pearl paper, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, Nestie, foam tape, MS punch, pearls, CTMH inks, Stazon

TopiaryBella

Another card using a new Bella and some more scraps! Topiary Bella was always one I oogled over everytime I'd see here. You can use this image for just about anything. I also used this week's SFYTT. Great way to use one of my newer Nesties too!

Going to Nona's tonight for some crafty time and some CTMH new product peeks! Can't wait to hang out with my friend and my other CTMH Sistahs! It's been FOREVER!! :D

Materials
Stamps: Stamping Bella TopiaryBella, CTMH Fringed Phrases
Paper: KI Memories dp, CTMH cs
Other: Copics, foam tape, Nestie die, Prima flowers, misc. button, CTMH inks, Memento ink, rhinestones

More scrap bin cards

Here's some more cards I created using pieces from my scrap bin. The first card pretty much gave me the idea to create two simular cards. I still had a strip of the Bo Bunny dp I use on yesterday's card and found the nice B&W MAMBI dp and already stamped CTMH Juniper cs. All the pieces fell together so perfectly that I made the second card too. I also spritzed the stamped focal image with my Tsukineko shimmer spritz that you probably can't see in my photos. Fun, fun!


Materials
Stamps: Marigold image from Amuse, CTMH Fringed Phrases, Intrinsic Backgrounds, and Boutique Borders
Paper: Bo Bunny dp, MAMBI dp, CTMH cs, kraft
Other: CTMH inks, EK punches, Nestie, rhinestones, foam tape, shimmer spritz

Swimming, swimming!

So here's the other card I made using the second colored Lucy image and the same Sassafras paper. This combo was just too cute to use only once! I really like the satin ribbon I found at my LSC. It makes a beautiful bow.

Enjoy your Saturday! I'm off at a decent time and might head up to the Lavender Festival. I've never been, and I love the smell of lavender.

Materials
Stamps: SCRS Swimming Lucy, sentiment is Studio G
Paper: Sassafras Lass Lollipop dp, CTMH cs, Amuse kraft
Other: Copics, Nestie, CTMH ink and liquid glass, Stickles, misc. ribbon, rhinestones, EK punch