The Greeting Farm January 2014 Release Blog Hop!!!

HAPPY 2014, everyone!!!  Wow, I can't believe the New Year is already here!  Hoping you are all enjoying this special celebration day with your families and friends!  May this New Year 2014 bring everyone good times and good cheer!

Today is not only the start to a fab new year on the Farm, but it's also our JANUARY RELEASE DAY!  Today, I am bringing back the adorable "Miss Anya Night Out" in a card for you all!  Here she is...

This is just one of 3 adorable images that come in this set!  I thought she was perfect for this "Cheery" holiday and went all out with with the "sparkle celebration" by adding the glitter to her dress and earrings as well as all the bling!  I even took out one of my hoarded black doilies for special occasion! :)  The beautiful papers are also available at the TGF store.  This collection is MME's The Sweetest Thing "Honey".  Hope you all like my card!

We are ringing in 2014 with Miss Anya Night Out, Frou Frou Believe, and Sweet Bean…all available in the TGF STORE now!  Thanks so much for a wonderful preview week which was tons of fun!

Your next stop is KRISTINA !!!

Here's the full blog hop list in case you get lost...

TGF BLOG

MARCY DANGCIL

KRISTINA DISHON

JODI ELAM

CHITRA NAIR

LYSA ROHRER

You have until NOON CST on 1/2/14 to complete the hop and enter to WIN!  The winner will be announced tomorrow on the TGF FACEBOOK page, so stay tuned!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 from all of us on the Farm!  

Hugs,

Marcy

The Greeting Farm Preview Day #3 featuring the sweetest "Sweetie Bean"!!!

Hello, If you are looking for the Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop post, please click here! :)

So are you ready for TGF's last day of preview for the January Release?!!  As I mentioned yesterday, this one is a super SWEET one as as the star of today is the adorable "Sweetie Bean"!!!!

And here she is... 

What a sweetie!!!! :) The "Bean" collection has always been a favorite of mine and this one is as adorable as all of the others!  Isn't her garland of hearts too cute?!!!  When I was creating my card, I immediately thought of Valentine's Day coming up  and found this background paper from the collection Love Note by Fancy Pants.  I thought she would look so cute flying from this heart tree like she picked the hearts on her garland from the tree itself!  I decided to paper piece this little gal's outfit and her hearts. I also added some glitter to her wings to give her more shimmer.  I thought she came out so cute!  "Sweetie Bean" will be released at The Greeting Farm store on 1/1/2014.  Please check out The Greeting Farm Blog to see other design team projects for the "Sweetie Bean" preview.  Each day, they will be giving away the preview stamp of that day so make sure to visit the TGF blog and leave comments today so you can own "Sweet Bean"!

Hope you all like my "Sweetie Bean" card and have enjoyed the 3 days of  preview for the new January 2014 release! Tomorrow starts the TGF Blog Hop so please be sure to come back to participate and win these awesome stamps! Have a wonderful day!!! 

Copic Colors:

Skin: E00, E11, E93

Hair: R59, R56, R86, R83

Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge featuring "Love Letter Kaylee" by Some Odd Girl

Hello and welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge! 

Is everyone ready for New Year's Eve?!! We plan to join the rest of our family to ring in the new year locally. I can't believe 2014 will soon be here and I'm hoping that it's a good one!  

Our wonderful sponsor for this week's challenge is QKR Stampede!!!

 

With the New Year 2014 approaching fast, our challenge this week is "New Year's Resolutions"!  
Here is my card...

So what is your New Year's Resolution?!!  I have many on my list which seem to come up every year like losing weight, getting more organized, planning finances etc....  However, I have a few new ones and one of them is to keep in better touch with my family and friends who are not local.  I used to write letters or email quite a bit as well as making regular calls to many of my friends and family who I do not get the privilege of seeing as often as I would like.  However, it seems like each year gets even busier than the year before.  With our busy lifestyle and always on the go, I have been horrible at keeping in touch lately and it is one of my goals to communicate more through letters/emails, calls and even Facebook messages which is an easy way to just drop a line to say hello and let them know I am thinking of them. Life will always be busy and I cherish the relationships I have with all of my relatives and close friends!   So with this New Year's resolution, I thought it would be perfect to use "Love Letter Kaylee" by Some Odd Girl as the star of my card. Isn't she so adorable?!!! I colored her up with my copics and then added some stickles to the hearts and bows on her outfit.  I love this paper collection for my theme which is called "Love Letters" by Bo Bunny. Love that postage stamp background!  I also added a scallop border using the "Die-Namics Dotted Scallop Border Trio Die Set" by MFT. This set has 3 different scallop borders which is so cool and fun to use.  The sweet sentiment comes with the stamp set.

Other supplies used on my project:

Victorian Velvet-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue-Tombow

Black Tuxedo-Memento 

Roses-Wild Orchid Crafts

Please check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to see supplies used on my card.  Also, check out the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge blog to see what other  projects the rest of the Design Team made.  If you want to join this fun challenge, I'll post the details below and you could have a chance to win some great prizes form the store!

Hope you all like my card!  I really enjoyed creating this card and having a chance to think about my resolutions and goals for the new year 2014.  Wishing you and your families all a safe celebration and a wonderful New Year 2014 to come! May all your special wishes and dreams come true! :)

This weeks Challenge is - New Years Resolutions!  

Show a card, scrap page or project that represents your New Year Resolution.  We would love for you to tell us what it is as well.  

How to play: 
Just upload a creation that follows this week's challenge to your online blog or gallery. Then leave a link to your project in the linky widget at the bottom of this post. If you upload to online galleries, please also use the tag or keyword LRSBC84. Our challenge is open to everyone, you can use any stamps and products that you would like, and you can enter as many times as you want. 

Deadline:
The linky entry widget will close at 9PM CST on Monday, January 6th so all entries need to be in before then. 

Prize Information: 

One lucky participant will be chosen using a random number generator will be able to proudly display ourWinner's Badge on their blog! 

We will have two different possibilities for a gift voucher prize from Loves Rubberstamps for the winner as well.

$10.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we do not carry in our store

$20.00 - If the stamp used is from a company that we DO carry in our store

If you want to see what companies we carry visit our store Loves Rubberstamps

QKR Stampede will be giving our winner 5 Free Digi Stamps of Choice!

WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH THE NEW CHALLENGE ON January 7th

The Greeting Farm Preview Day #2 featuring your fairy godmother, "Frou Frou Believe"!!!

Hello, If you are looking for the Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop post, please click here! :)

Welcome back TGF friends!!! Today is Preview Day #2 and we are sharing the adorable, the sweet, the wonderful..."Frou Frou Believe"!!!

Here's my card for you today... 

So I have such a growing collection of The Greeting Farm stamps and some digi images but I have to admit that this is my 1st "Frou Frou" gal!  Oh my goodness, she is so fun and adorable to create with!  I just really love this image and will be getting more of this collection whenever they hit the store!   For "Frou Frou Believe", I love how she looks like a sweet fairy godmother waiting to grant you all of your most special wishes and dreams!  We can all use some of these wishes for the New Year, 2014, right?!! :)  After deciding to color her up in multi-colors, I also added some stickles in "Diamond" to her hearts and bows to give her some added shimmer. The fun paper collection I used to match this fantasy theme is called "Childish" by Fancy Pants.  I also love the sentiment "Just Believe" which comes with this stamp set.   "Frou Frou Believe" will be released at The Greeting Farm store on 1/1/2014.  Please check out The Greeting Farm Blog to see other design team projects for the "Frou Frou Believe" preview.  Each day, they will be giving away the preview stamp of that day so make sure to visit the TGF blog and leave comments today so you can own this super adorable stamp set!

Hope you like my card for this Preview Day #2 and thanks so much for stopping by!  I really appreciate all of your warm welcomes and sweet comments.  Again, I'm so honored and excited to be sharing my TGF projects with all of you!  Please be sure to come back tomorrow for Preview Day #3...it's going ot be a "Sweet" one and you'll have more chances to win! :) Have a wonderful day!!! 

Copic Colors used:

Skin: E00, E11, E93

Hair: E18, E17, E15

Dress: BG13, BG11, G000, G24, G40, G43, R32, R35, R37, Y11, Y13, Y15

Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop featuring "Mimosa Hat" by Bildmalarma

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop's Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher! We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!
Hope everyone had a wonderful and special Christmas holiday! Didn't this special day just come and go way too fast?!! I just love Christmas...the lights, the decorations, the music, the festivities with the family, the hot chocolate...I wish it would last longer! I am still enjoying some time off from work though and hopefully will get to enjoy a small mini trip somewhere sometime soon! I am excited about the New Year 2014 to come and looking forward to good things happening! :) 

So on to my card for this hop and here it is...

Since I feel like I had been working on Christmas cards non-stop up until Christmas, it was nice to take a little break with a fun "Spring" card this week!  I've had this little cutie called "Mimosa Hat" from Bildmalarma for some time and was so excited to ink her up and color her up with my copics!  I also had the "Garden Bench" which was perfect for her to sit on!  The beautiful paper collection I used for my card is called "Farmhouse" by Crate Paper.  Such a gorgeous collection of bright papers! I also die cut some of the paper using the "Die-Namics Dizzy Doily Die" by MFT which is one of my favorites!

Here's a close-up of Mimosa...

And here are the additional supplies I used on my project:

Broken China-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue-Tombow

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

Stitched Circle Die-Lil' Inkers

Flowers-Wild Orchid Crafts

Teal Pearls/Ribbon-Michaels

Hope you all like my card and thanks so much for stopping by! Also, please don't forget that we have a special "Holiday Blitz" challenge at Loves Rubberstamps Challenges where we will be giving away TONS of prizes with multiple winners! The Holiday Blitz is your favorite.... ANYTHING GOES...theme AND it will last from now until December 30th so you have planty of time to get your entries in! We will have prize packages to give away from the following companies:

KENNY K STAMPS - 2 PRIZE PACKAGES
QKR STAMPEDE
AURORA WINGS
MILK 'N COFFEE STAMPS
CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS
EUREKA STAMPS
C.C. DESIGNS
and... Loves Rubberstamps is giving away a $50.00 Gift Voucher!
You will DEFINITELY want to play along with us :) Remember you have until December 30th to get your entries in :)

Your next stop for the hop is Joni!

In case you get lost, here is the full line-up:

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina

Shanna 

Marcy -- You are here!

Joni

Nina

Holly

Olivia

Ceal

Indah

Exciting News and The Greeting Farm "Miss Anya Night Out" Preview Day!

Hello Friends!!!  I have some very exciting news to share which I've been dying to share for the last few weeks!  I  have joined "The Farm" and am now officially part of The Greeting Farm 2014 Design Team!!! Oh my goodness, I am still pinching myself to make sure this is  all real!  The Greeting Farm actually started my love for coloring with their adorable images and today, TGF is still my very favorite stamp line!  This is so very special for me and I want to give a shout out to Jessica and Marie for giving me this awesome opportunity! I can't wait to share all of my TGF projects this year and to be part of this amazing Design Team!  I look forward to sharing some inspiration with all of you here on my blog as well as with the TGF Challenges and Inspirational posts!

So today is the 1st preview day of the January 2014 release which features the adorable "Miss Anya Night Out"! I'm so excited to share my preview card with you and here she is...

Isn't Anya so sweet?!! What is so cool is that she actually comes in a 4x6 stamp set which has 2 other darling images!!! I love her hair and had so much fun coloring her up with my copics.  Isn't she so pretty in blue?!!! :)  She is so perfect for so many occasions and I'm already thinking about how she'll look in another card design with different colors! The fun paper collection is called "Hello Summer" by Echo Park. I love the bright colors which go with her dress.   I also whipped out my TGF "Delicate Words" die set and thought "Hello" was perfect for her debut!  "Miss Anya Night Out" will be released at The Greeting Farm store on 1/1/2014.  Please check out The Greeting Farm Blog to see other design team projects for the "Miss Anya Night Out" preview.  Each day, they will be giving away the preview stamp of that day so make sure to visit the TGF blog and leave comments today .  This adorable stamp set can be yours! :)

Hope you like my card for this preview and thanks so much for stopping by!  Please be sure to come back next week as there will be more previews and chances to win these adorable stamps! Looking forward to this New Year 2014 and lots of fun TGF projects to share with you all!  I'm  really excited about what's to come!  Have a fantastic day!!!

Copic Colors used:
Skin: E00, E11, E93
Hair: E18, E17, E15, E49
Dress: B000, B00, B02

Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge featuring Kraftin Kimmie's "Katherine"

Today starts a special HOLIDAY BLITZ challenge at Loves Rubberstamps Challenges where we will be giving away TONS of prizes with multiple winners!  The Holiday Blitz is your favorite.... ANYTHING GOES...theme AND it will last from now until December 30th so you have planty of time to get your entries in!  We will have prize packages to give away from the following companies:
KENNY K STAMPS - 2 PRIZE PACKAGES
QKR STAMPEDE
AURORA WINGS
MILK 'N COFFEE STAMPS
CRAFTY SENTIMENTS DESIGNS
EUREKA STAMPS
C.C. DESIGNS
and... Loves Rubberstamps is giving away a $50.00 Gift Voucher!
You will DEFINITELY want to play along with us :) Remember you have until December 30th to get your entries in :)


Here is my "Holiday Blitz" card to share with all of you!

When I saw this beautiful image called Katherine from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, it definitely made me think of Holiday, Glamor and Party themes all in one.  To me, she was perfect for our "Holiday Blitz" theme!  I've had her for some time and was so excited to color her up with my copics for this week's challenge.   Behind her is one of my new favorite dies called Die-Namics Oval Dainty Doily Die by MFT.  Also from MFT is the Die-Namics Faux Crochet Border Die below her.  I added lots of bling and some pearls from Recollections and as well as some beautiful roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I also  punched out some leaves using a Martha Stewart leaf punch.  Oh and these gorgeous papers are from a collection called "Curio" by Basic Grey.  I have been hoarding these papers forever but had to take it out for this fun challenge!  All the papers were edged with Walnut Stain Tim Holtz Distress Ink.  I love this sentiment which is also from this same fun stamp set. 

Here are some other supplies used on my card:

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue-Tombow

Black Tuxedo-Memento 

Please check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to see supplies used on my card.  Also, check out the Loves Rubberstamps Challenge blog to see what other  projects the rest of the Design Team made.  If you want to join this fun challenge, I'll post the details below and you could have a chance to win some great prizes form the store!

Hope you all like my "Holiday Blitz" card and that you will join in the fun!  And just think...you have a whole 2 weeks to get your beautiful projects in and to win some awesome prizes!  Have a wonderful week and thanks so much for stopping by to visit! :)

Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop featuring MFT's "Holiday Hugs Snowman" and "Die-Namics Spring Wreath Die Set"

Welcome to the Loves Rubberstamps weekly Sensational Sunday Blog Hop! The Design Team has created some gorgeous projects for your Inspiration. Check out each link and leave a comment. If you get lost along the way, each stop will have a full list of links. One of the Design Team posts is the hop's Sensational Sunday Sweet Spot and a name will be drawn from that list of comments to be in a monthly drawing for a $20 Loves Rubberstamps Gift Voucher!  We will draw the winner of the Voucher the 1st Sunday of each month! Remember, you have until 8:00 pm CST Saturday to leave your comments!

Hope you're all having a great weekend and enjoying the Christmas holiday festivities! It was a busy one for us with 2 of my kids being in the local Christmas parade.  Boy was that hectic running around and trying to get to where we needed to be in the midst of all the crazy traffic and closed streets!!! However, once we got seated and actually had a chance to enjoy the parade, it was fun as usual. After, we enjoyed some more family fun at our local community center and then Sat. evening, we headed over to watch the boat parade of lights which is always so pretty! Definitely a weekend of "Christmas spirit"! :)  As for Christmas shopping, I am way behind!  Hopefully I can get to the mall soon or maybe this holiday season, I'll make good friends with Amazon! :)  Anyways, on to my inspiration... I still had to catch up on a few teacher cards so I made some this weekend to share!

Here's my 1st Card...

This card features MFT's PI "Holiday Hugs Snowman".  Now this is the older version of the newer snowman with hanging ornaments but I still love this cute guy!  After coloring him up with my Copics, I used my Tim Holtz distress ink in "Broken China" to make him more "frosty"! :)  The papers I used are from My Mind's Eye called "Be Merry".  Really fun papers! The sentiment "Holiday Hugs" also comes from the same fun stamp set.  I added some Christmas Recollection flowers I had in my stash as well as some red rhinestones.  The pretty white trim peaking out is also from my stash.

Here is my 2nd card...

Now this one is pretty "CAS" for me! I had so much fun trying out this "Die-Namics Spring Wreath Die Set" by MFT.  Along with the wreath, there are stand alone leaves which I layered on.  Then I added the pretty bow which also comes in the set and some red rhinestones.  Voila!!! A cute little Christmas wreath!  So much fun!!!  The papers and the sentiment are from Recollections.   Simple card but I thought it definitely turned out really pretty!  Both of these cards are going to my son, Ethan's, Preschool teachers. I hope that they like them!!!

Here are the additional supplies I used on my project:

Pumice Stone-Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Mono Multi-Liquid Glue-Tombow

Black Tuxedo-Memento Ink

And here's one more set of  "Marcy CAS" style holiday cards which went to some of my co-workers this last week!:)  I used The Greeting Farm's "Holiday Anya 3". I'm so happy that they were enjoyed by the recipients.  I also had so much fun playing with my new envelope punch board and using up my tons of 12x12 Christmas pads!  I just love love this new toy!  Instead of using adhesive to seal the backs, I used some washi tape which turned out looking pretty cute! :)

Here they are...

Hope you all like my Christmas cards and thanks so much for stopping by! :)

Your next stop is Joni!

In case you get lost:

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina

Shanna 

Marcy -- You are here!

Joni

Nina
Laura