Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Greeting Farm March Release Blog Hop!!!

Hi everyone!
It's hard to believe that in just the last few short days, MARCH has arrived!  With it comes the release of FOUR new stamps at The Greeting Farm!
It's been so much fun sharing the arrival of Anya Blooms, Blush Beatrice, CC Monday Morning, and our new Crown stamp with you all this week...and we are pleased to announce that they are ALL available NOW in the TGF Store!
I used  "Monday Morning" for my card today.   Here she is....


As I mentioned yesterday, "Monday Morning" is my favorite gal of the 3 featured for March...although I do love all of them!  I've always been a "Creeper" fan and she is just too adorable!  She is so versatile in the way she looks based on the way you color her up.  Today,  I wanted to go with a blond "Monday Morning" and a gold and black color combo.  I'm so happy with the way my card came out and this TGF girl really brightens up any project.  I could go on and on about this cute girl but I'm sure many of you feel the same way and are off to purchase her today! :)
We have a spectacular BLOG HOP for you today, starting on the TGF blog!   Even more exciting?  ONE lucky winner will receive the ENTIRE MARCH RELEASE as the prize!  Simply follow the list of participants, including our fabulous PREMIERE Guest Team, leave some comments, and come back to the TGF BLOG letting us know you've hopped.  The winner will be announced on SATURDAY morning so you have until 11:30pm CST today to complete the hop and keep your fingers crossed!
Can't wait to find out who wins?  Everything is now available in the store, so happy shopping and let's MARCH into Spring!

Thanks for stopping by and Good luck with winning that fabulous prize!!! :)



Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The Greeting Farm Preview Day featuring "Monday Morning"!!!

Hello and welcome to the 3rd and final  preview day for the TGF  March release!!!  I would like to introduce "Monday Morning"!!!

Here are my preview projects I made using the beautiful "Monday Morning"



So "Monday Morning" is my favorite gal of the 3 images for the March release.  I am a big "Monday" fan and she is just so super adorable! Look at that bouncy hair and those gorgeous eyes. Her outfit is so fun!  I can't get enough of her and know that I will be using her on so many cards and projects to come. I just love her!!!

"Monday Morning" will be released at The Greeting Farm store on 3/1.  Please check out The Greeting Farm Blog to see other design team projects for the "Monday Morning" preview.  Each day, they will be giving away the preview stamp of that day!   

Hope you like my projects for this preview and thanks so much for visiting my blog and the sweet comments.  I feel so humbled to be able to share my TGF projects with all of you!
See you tomorrow for the March Release day!!!

Items used:
Rolled Bag-Cutting Cafe
Copic Markers
Recollections-Union Square
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Black Soot
Wild Orchid Craft Roses
Bling with resin flowers-Prima

Card:
Copic Markers
Yours Truly-Echo Park
Rhinestone trim-KarlaS001
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Black Soot
Pink Shabby Chic flower-Frogfeathers
Bling-Jolee




Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Greeting Farm"Blush Beatrice" Preview Day!

Welcome back to my blog all of you TGF fans!!!  It's my 2nd day of being on the March Guest Designer Team for TGF and I'm so excited to share today's preview of "Blush Beatrice" with all of you!

So here are my preview projects I made using the beautiful "Blush Beatrice"...



 She is simply adorable, isn't she?!!  I love love the "Blush" collection and this Beatrice gal is now my new favorite!!!   I had so much fun working with her and making these two cards!  The stamp set also comes with the cute sentiment "Cheers to You".  This is so perfect for so many occasions!  You can also purchase the "Blush Crown" and find ways to use this with your Blush collection. Totally fun!

Don't forget that "Blush Beatrice" and "Blush Crown" will be released at The Greeting Farm store on 3/1.  Please check out The Greeting Farm Blog to see other design team projects for the "Blush Beatrice" preview.  Each day, they will be giving away the preview stamp of that day!   

Hope you like my projects for this preview and thanks so much for stopping by and all of your kind comments!  These totally make my day!!!:)   See you tomorrow for another awesome TGF Preview Day! 

Items used:
Concerto Card #1:
Copic Markers
Bo Bunny-Vicki B
Spellbinders-Blossom
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy
Green pom pom trim-Webster's Pages
Wild Orchid Craft Roses
Pearl Trim-Scrapbooking with Me

Card #2:
Copic Markers
Lost and Found: Blush
Spellbinders-Oval Scallops
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Victorian Velvet
Flowers-Wild Orchid Crafts and I Am Roses 
Pink Rhinestones-Kaiser Craft
Pearl trim-KarlaS001

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Greeting Farm "Anya Blooms" Preview Day!

Hello Blogger Friends!!!  I mentioned in my last post that I was so excited to be part of The Greeting Farm Guest Designer team to showcase their awesome March Release!
Well today is the 1st day of that preview which features the adorable "Anya Blooms"and I'm so excited to share my projects with you all!

Here are my projects using "Anya Blooms" ...


  Isn't she the sweetest image!  I love her outfit and those pretty sunflowers!!!  I decided to make a flower tag and a card for my preview projects and had so much fun working with this Anya image!  The stamp set also comes with these great sentiments.  These are so perfect for friendship cards.  
"Anya Blooms" will be released at The Greeting Farm store on 3/1.  Please check out The Greeting Farm Blog to see other design team projects for the "Anya Blooms" preview.  Each day, they will be giving away the preview stamp of that day!   

Hope you like my projects for this preview and thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!!!

Items used:
Flower Tag:
Random-Crate Paper
Copic Markers
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-Brushed Corduroy
I Am Roses pink Sunflower and Recollection mini flowers
Tattered Angels-Sunshine
Pink Pearl Bling-Recollectons
Pink Seam Binding

Card:
Happy Travels-Glitz papers
Copic markers
Tim Holtz distress Ink-Broken China
Teal Ribbon-Michaels
Prima flowers-Moulin Collection
Kaiser Kraft-Gold rhinestones


Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge using Anastasia



Hello and welcome to Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge!!! Hope everyone is starting off their week well! Our weekend was spent mostly trying to relax and keep the family healthy from the colds we keep passing back and forth to each other! My hubby and I did have a chance to have a little date night and watch Silver Linings Playbook. And the good thing was that it was just in time for the Oscars on Sunday!  Jennifer Lawrence did a great job and I'm so glad she won!

So this week's challenge theme is Create a Tag or use a tag on your project.

Our fantastic sponsor is QKR Stampede!

Here are some pics of my project...

Tag Envelope Front

Tag Envelope Back


Tag Envelope and Tag


I found an old Seven Gypsies open envelope in my stash and decided to make a tag holder for my tag! The beautiful girl I have on the front of my tag envelope is Anastasia by Make it Crafty. Isn't this image so pretty?!! I can't wait to get the other images! I stamped her with my memento ink in Black Tuxedo and colored her up with my copic markers.  It was definitely a lot of coloring but so much fun! The paper collection I used for my project is another Glitz favorite called Muse! These are beautiful vintage looking papers. I edged all the papers with my distress inks in Walnut Stain and Aged Mahogany since there are a lot of reddish tones on my project.  The flowers are a combo of Wild Orchid Crafts and Prima. I added some pretty pearls to the middles of the teal flowers and sprayed them all up with my Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold. I glued them all down using Best Glue Ever by ScraPerfect.
The tag I kept plain because I'm not sure whom I will give it to yet.  I did add a smaller tag to it which has a Rose digi by QKR Stampede.  After coloring the rose with the same colors, I thought it matched perfectly with my Anastasia image and all the roses around her.  I also used some pretty Teal ribbon which I found at Michaels  to tie on top of the tag and also added a small butterfly charm. The pearl trims were also added to further embellish the project.  

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 for the week!  Have a fantastic rest of the week and thanks so much for stopping by!

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Love Rubberstamps Sensational Sunday Inspirations using Summer Fairy


Hi Blogger Friends!  Hope everyone is having a great weekend! I've been working on a getting together a lot of projects completed this week.  I have some exciting news to share... I've been selected to be on the Guest Designer Team for The Greeting Farm for the March Release.  I think you all know how I love the Greeting Farm so this is really awesome for me!  I'll be posting some of my TGF projects in the next few days to preview the new release images and let me tell you that they are so super adorable! I'll be posting more details in the next coming days so look out for that! :)

So this weekend I also had a chance to try making a new type of card called the Concerto Card.  You may have seen this card also made by my fellow designers Athina and Dangina.  Here's the tutorial here in case you want to check it out.

Here is the card I created....



Let me tell you that I am not the greatest with some of the instructions I've seen for some card tutorials out there and I thought it would be the same issue with this one when I first saw it.  But actually, when you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy to make.  I had so much fun making this card and have already made two of these! The card uses Summer Fairy by Whimsy Stamps.  I couldn't wait to use this image and she is so adorable!  I stamped this pretty image using my favorite memento ink in Black Tuxedo and colored her up with my copic markers. I added some Ranger stickles in Mint Ice to parts of her wings and her shoes.  The paper collection I used is my favorite Prima Collection called Fairy Flora  These papers are so gorgeous!  I edged all of my papers with Tim Holtz distress ink in Brushed Corduroy which is now my favorite distress ink.  I love this!  The pretty pearl flower trim is from Scrapbooking with Me on Zibbet and the cute pretty teal and white trim is from Webster's Pages. The beautiful roses and cherry blossoms are from I am Roses.  I sprayed these up with my Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold to give it some pretty shimmer. These flowers were all glued down using Best Glue Ever by ScraPerfect.  The sentiment actually comes from a MFT Pure Innocence set called Believe in Magic...another fun Fairy set. I just love Fairies!!!:)

Please be sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to find this Summer Fairy stamp and so many others including crafting supplies used on this project.  Also check out the Loves Rubberstamps blog to see what the rest of the design team made and to also have a chance to win some vouchers from the store (See details below) .

Hope you all like my card!  Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you will stop by this week to see more of my creations!


Remember... EVERY SUNDAY... you will have the chance to win a gift voucher to the Loves Rubberstamps Store.... just for leaving a comment on the post! Winner will be chose with random.org and will be announced on the following Sunday's post!

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge using Birdie Brown's Retro Girl 3



Hello and welcome to Loves Rubberstamps Tuesday Challenge!!! Hope everyone had a great weekend and that some of you might have had an extended one with the Presidents holiday on Monday.  Even with the extra day, it seems like the weekend always seems to go by way too fast!!!  I feel like I need an extra 12 hours a day to keep up with what I need to do! LOL  Anyways, on to the challenge....

So this week's challenge theme is "Lots of Layers"

Our wonderful sponsor for the week is Birdie Brown!

Here is my card...


So the adorable image I used is a digi by Birdie Brown called Retro Girl 3!  I love this cute girl.  In fact,  I love all of their Retro Girls.  They are too cute!  I colored her up with my copic markers as well as the skyscraper window scene which is from a La La Land Crafts Super Hero stamp set I've had for some time. I thought it would be fun to add this next to my Retro Girl so she could have a nice view while sipping her coffee! :)   The paper collection I used for the card is one of my favorites from Glitz called Cashmere Dame! I absolutely love Glitz paper and I love this collection.  I layered different papers from this collection on the body of the card as well as the borders on the top and bottom.  I edged all the papers with my distress ink in Frayed Burlap.  Also, for additional layering, I layered some Prima flowers with some  cute small rose buds from I Am Roses to the middles of the flowers. I sprayed these up with my Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold.  Finally, I don't think you can see it too well on the card but I did add an extra layer of my Retro Girl's scarf on top of the original one to give it some added dimension.  I stamped my sentiment with Memento ink in Black Tuxedo and also added some cute Candi dots using the Toy Box Collection on all four corners of my card.  

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 for the week!  Have a fantastic rest of the week and thanks so much for stopping by!


                                                                
This week's challenge is:

                         Lots of Layers!

We want to see lots of layers on your project! The more the better! 

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 LRSBC40. 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, February 25th 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

We also have a very special GUEST SPONSOR this week!




The winner will also win 3 Free Digi Stamps of their choice from Birdie Brown!
The Design Team members will also each choose their favorite card from this challenge and the winner's will be able to proudly display a special blog badge on their blog. The Design Team favorite's from Challenge 40 - will be announced before the posting of Challenge 42. These winner's will receive a coupon code for FREE SHIPPING of any size order to the Loves Rubberstamps Store!

Guest Designer Information:
If you would like your chance of being our APRIL GUEST DESIGNER just put GDT behind your name, or leave a comment stating you are interested! 
Guest Designers receive a 20% discount on most all items listed in our store during their term. We will also provide a link to your blog for 1 year!! Only rule is to use current images from stamp companies we carry in the store for your challenge projects and to have fun! We will contact the winner the week of the March 19th with the announcement of the APRILS'S GUEST DESIGNER March 26th.

** Be sure to ENTER our - Weekly Blog Candy Giveaway! Just leave us a comment on our Sensational Sunday Inspirations post and you are entered! **


WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE WILL BE ANNOUNCED WITH THE NEW CHALLENGE ON FEBRUARY 26th.