Loves Rubberstamps "Sensational Sunday" Blog Hop featuring TGF "Anya Strolls"

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 win a $10 Loves Rubberstamps store gift certificate. So, all you have to do is hop along and see all the creations and leave a little love for the Designers! You have until Saturday, August  17, at 8pm CST. Have fun and we hope that you enjoy the hop!

If you've arrived here from Lydia's blog you are right on track! If not, I have posted the whole blog hop list below just in case you get lost along the way!

Hello everyone! I hope you're all having a great week.  We've had some unexpected family matters come up recently and unfortunately I don't have a new project to share for this week.  However, I did want to repost this fun card I made back in May when I was a GD for The Greeting Farm. 

This card features the adorable "Anya Strolls".   This cute stamp was recently added to the Loves Rubberstamps store along with other stamps from recent TGF releases so be sure to check them out soon! 

I hope you all like my card! I will have some new projects to share coming up soon....

Please be sure to check out the Loves Rubberstamps store to find 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.

Hope you all like my inspiration project and thanks so much for stopping by!

Your next stop on the hop is Ivonne!

Here is this week's roster:

Laura - Loves Rubberstamps Inspiration Blog

Dangina

Athina

Shanna

Lydia

Marcy--You are here!

Ivonne

The Greeting Farm May Guest Design Card featuring "Anya Garden" and Mixed Media tag featuring "WS Audrey"

Hello! I wanted to share my last post as a Guest Designer for May!  Wow, time flew and although I'm sad to leave the farm, I had such a great time sharing my TGF projects with all of you!   So I have a few to share with you today.  My first one is using "Garden Anya" and here she is...

I wanted to make another card with this adorable image as she is my favorite image from the May release.  I also couldn't wait to pair her up using the cute Tulip border die! I did a whole lot of paper piecing with this one and I had so much fun!  The fun paper collection I used is called "Hopscotch" by Fancy Pants.  I love this paper collection.  The papers are just so pretty and cheerful! I edged all of my papers with both Tim Holtz Broken China and Pumice Stone.  Behind cute Anya are some layered Spellbinders using Lacey Circles.  I added some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts in the corner as well as some pearl bling from Recollections.  The sentiment is from another TGF set called "Anya Blooms".  I'm definitely going to be using "Anya Garden" for many more projects to come!  And the new border dies are definitely the perfect embellishments to add to these images! I think this tulip border die is my favorite so far! 

And  I have one more project to share for my last post. This is a mixed media tag featuring "WS Audrey"and here it is.....

So when Jessica, the TGF coordinator introduced me on the TGF blog for the first time, she mentioned that my profile picture reminded her of  "Audrey"!  Now this was very flattering to me because I don't think I'm nearly at all as cute as Audrey!!! :)  But I definitely knew I wanted to work with this cute image when I saw her and I also wanted to dedicate this to Jessica as a thank you for being an awesome coordinator and for being so helpful and kind both times I have guest designed for TGF!  So this mixed media tag was inspired by my friend, Arlene, who designed a mixed media tag for Lindy Stamp Gang last month.  You can check out her project on her blog here.   I have been wanting to make one of these mixed media tags for some time and thought this was the perfect time to do so.  I cut out my tag using some medium weight chipboard and added gesso to prime it. I used some light modeling paste and applied it to a brick stencil for the background.  I then added all my embellishments  which were a combination of flowers, wood pieces, lace and metal embellishments.  After gluing all my pieces down, I added a nice layer of gesso to these and then sprayed them up with my Lindy Stamp Gang sprays.  The Starburst sprays I used were "Forget me not", "Golden Sleigh Bells" and "Cotton Candy Pink".  I then added sweet Audrey as the center piece. I'm so excited to make my first mixed media tag and so happy with the way it came out!  Hope you like this tag as well as my Anya card!

Please check out The Greeting Farm Store for a ton of cute stamps as well as  The Greeting Farm blog to see Design Team projects and the latest TGF challenges!  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week!

The Greeting Farm May Guest Design Card featuring "Anya Strolls"

Hello!  Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  It's definitely feeling like Summer where I am in California and unfortunately due to so many weekend events going on, I missed my beach trip!  Oh well, I know there are many more to come. I just really love Summer! 

So Today is my 2nd TGF Guest Designer post for May and here is my project...

I'm happy to share my card creation featuring "Anya Strolls".  I am loving these big Anya stamps and this one is simply adorable! I had so much fun creating with her.  Check out the cute little dog!  I went pretty "girlie" with this card and used one of my favorite combos of pink, black and white.  The paper collection I used is by Carta Bella called "Paris Girl".  For some reason, when I first saw this image, I did think of a stroll in Paris so this was perfect! I edged all of my papers using Tim Holtz Distress ink in Pumice Stone.  I also used the TGF Gate die.  Using the dies from the May Release are my first time working with the TGF dies and I am so impressed with them.  Not only are they so detailed with great designs, they are super easy to cut with as well.  I'm definitely going to be buying more of these dies as they come available! And the sentiments that come with these big stamps set are awesome. I love this one!  The pretty flowers in the corner are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Please check out The Greeting Farm Store for a ton of cute stamps as well as  The Greeting Farm blog to see Design Team projects and the latest TGF challenges!  Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great week!

The Greeting Farm May Guest Designer post featuring "Garden Anya"

Hello Friends! Hope you all had a great weekend and that all of you moms out there had a very special Mother's Day. My Mother's day was wonderful spending great quality time with my family as well as with my own mom.  That is always special for me!

So here is my card share and my first posting as a May Guest Designer for The Greeting Farm!

I actually thought my card would be great for Mother's Day.  However, I decided to use it to give to a friend who has a birthday coming up really soon.  She loves gardening so I thought "Garden Anya" was perfect!  She is such a darling image and I had so much fun coloring her up with my copics and creating with her.  I had seen this flower pot template from my friend, Yvonne's blog just last week and I thought it was a great match!   As you can see from the 2nd picture, the tag inside actually tucks right into the flower pot adding the extra flowers. I thought this was a super cute idea.  Here is the Flower Pot tutorial in case you want to check it out! Behind Anya, I used the TGF Fence.  This is the first time I've used any of the TGF dies and I was so impressed! They are so easy to work with and are all great designs. The papers I used are from K& Company called Meadow.  This collection has beautiful flower papers.  I used used a Recollections decorative border punch on the bottom of my pot's rim.  All the papers were edged with Tim Holtz distress ink in Pumice Stone.  I added some red gingham ribbon to the top and tied the edge with some brown twin.  I also added a butterfly charm to further embellish.  Oh, and the flowers I used are from an MFT die called Prima Donna Petals! I had a lot of fun making these!

I also wanted to quickly share a mini project that's been in the works. This uses some coasters I picked up at Michael's several months ago for like 10 Cents a bundle!  Being a huge TGF fan, my stamp collection has been growing rapidly and I thought it would be fun to create a little mini album with some of my favorite images.  I had started this almost 6 months ago but I'm looking forward to creating a few more pages whenever I can.  These pages I'm sharing are pretty simple and most are oldies but goodies but they are still all my favorites!

Please check out The Greeting Farm Store for all of these cute stamps as well as  The Greeting Farm blog to see Design Team projects and the latest TGF challenges!  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

I'm back on the Farm as a Guest Designer for May! :)

Hello Again!  I just wanted to announce that I've been invited to come back to Guest Design for The Greeting Farm for the month of May!  I'm really excited about this.  You all know I used TGF stamps as much as I possibly can on my projects. LOL  I think I should have posted this last night to go with the announcement on TGF but here a few past projects TGF featured on their blog last night as well as some recent ones.  You can check out The Greeting Farm Blog if you want to check out my announcement or see the May Releases I'll be working with! :)
Hugs, Marcy