Teacher's Card

It seems like forever since I last made a card! Been missing my mojo, so if you find it somewhere please send it back to me!! 

I needed a card for Eliahna's teacher so I decided to try and make one myself,

I used this cute Whiff of Joy stamp and I really LOVE the sentiment stamp!

 

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye; Ooh la la for her
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Frances, Flowers; Prima
Tools: Borderpunch; Fiskars, Nestabilities; SpellbindersThanks for stopping by!


xx

 

Domestic Diva Challenge TGF!!

With the season of holiday parties upon us, what BETTER challenge to issue than to create a HOSTESS GIFT The challenge will go through DECEMBER 30th, 2011 at 8pm CST. Just upload your Hostess Gift idea using TGF Stamps to the TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>Hostess Mostest Challenge.

The WINNER of this challenge wins ONE sweet slice! That's right! We have a CHEEKY CHERRY PIE stamp up for grabs....but there's MORE....hmmm, like how about the ENTIRE JANUARY RELEASE?!? That's right! This is HUGE prize and there is plenty of time to play!


For this challenge I decided to decorate a bottle of wine, doesn't Oliver look adorable?! SO cute!!

xx

FFF - Get Sentimental

It's time for another installment of Farm Fresh Friday. This week's challenge is a Scrapbook challenge. All you have to do is Get SENTIMENTAL with a quote, phrase, or favorite poem that reminds you of someone you love :) There's a prize for one lucky participant! This week's challenge prize is a fabulous one! It's "Because of You" the newest Sentiment stamp set from the Farm. Just upload your LAYOUT to TGF Galleria>Contest/Challenges>FFF>Get Sentimental You have through Wednesday, December 15th to play along-good luck!



Aren't they cute together?! :-)
I used 2 stamps of the new sentiment stamp set "Because of You", LOVE that set!!


Thanks for stopping by today,

Farm Fresh Friday - Let it SNOW!

Another Farm Fresh Friday, WOW, time really does fly when you're having fun! ;)
I loved being part of the previews, SO much FUN!! Did you girls get your fave stamps already?
This week's challenge is to use some kind of snow or snow element (snowflakes, liquid applique, glitter, flowersoft, etc.) on your project this week!



I used another sentiment from the newly released sentiment set 'Because of You' (LOVE these!!), I wanted to show how versatile they really are by using one of the stamps for a non traditional Christmas card. Hope you like it! The 'snow element' on my card is the patterned paper (it has little snow flakes on it) & the snowflake cut outs)

Don't forget to play along this week, the prize is the new & cuddly Oliver & Amelia 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'-a FULL 4x6 set!

For more Farm Fresh inspiration, check out the blogs of my teammates:

FARMERS
Jessica Diedrich
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Tammy Maxvill
Me! (December Guest Designer)

CRITTER CREW
Sammi Betbeder
Margie Cortina
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Nordaune
Jennifer Royal
Kristine Reynolds
Linda Muhr
Shaela Odd
Tangii Crain

Thanks for stopping by today!

xx

HOPPIN' into the HOLIDAYS with The Greeting Farm!!

Hello EVERYONE!

There is excitement in the chilly air tonight as the TIME. HAS. COME...to HOP into the HOLIDAYS with The Greeting Farm! Hooray! We have been looking forward to doing an all-customer invited Blog Hop for QUITE some time now and are thrilled that tonight's the night.

If you are just getting here, be sure to start on the TGF Blog where there will be ONE official list of hoppers due to the volume of tonight's hop. Be sure to pop in between 7 and 8 pm CST on our PCP page to chat w/ the DT, drink virtual egg-nog and be MERRY with TGF!

Well, as you can see, we have QUITE a surprise for you this evening. You thought previews were OVER, didn't you? Nope! We are ringing in tonight's holiday hop and DECEMBER release with one more VERY cheeky character...INTRODUCING:

CHEEKY CHERRY PIE!!!


I used this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch for this card.

Isn't she DREAMY? That's right-in case you were wondering why we were STARTING with the DT tonight when most hops have ended with us, THIS is why! You won't want to miss her as we KNOW she's gonna go FAST-so be sure to grab her any time after MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, CST, when ALL the December TGF releases go live and for sale!

If you are participating in one of our contests tonight (see THIS post for categories), the THREE categories will be live and posted in the TGF Galleria at 7pm CST tonight. Please place your card in the appropriate category in the galleria NO LATER than 11:00 AM tomorrow, December 1st. Winners will be drawn tomorrow around NOON CST and posted on the TGF Blog.

In addition, the TWO lucky Blog Hop winners (must have left comments and completed blog hop by NOON CST (This gives our overseas friends as well as here in the states plenty of time to see the projects and comment :) will be announced at NOON CST as well on the TGF Blog. GOOD LUCK to everyone and GET HOPPIN'!

Thanks so much for stopping by and for HOPPIN' into the HOLIDAYS with The Greeting Farm!

xx

TGF December preview - Because of You!

Hey Farm Friends!

It's been a while since there's been a sentiment-only set on the Farm, and after MANY requests by all of you out there in blog-land, we are previewing a BRAND NEW SENTIMENT set today, "Because of You". This whimsical and fun-fonted set comes complete with that feeling of warm-fuzzies.

To show you just how adorable these new sentiments are, we've decided to show you some preview projects today using ONLY a sentiment as the focal point. Be sure to check out the TGF Blog AND the Club Anya & Friends blog as well for some GREAT ideas and heartfelt hugs :)

I created two cards with a similar layout but with different papers/colors. A little out of my comfort zone, but SO much fun!! LOVE working with these sentiments, they're AWESOME!! I used one of the sentiments too on my Tank card last Friday.
Hope you like my cards! (Sorry for the bad quality pictures, we had bad weather over here, I'll to replace them with better ones!!)

Thanks for stopping by today, and oh...there's ONE more little thing. ONE of the DT members (is it a Farmer? Guest Designer? Team Anya member? hmmmm....) has a "Because of You" set hidden on their blog today! Be sure to stop by and see their beautiful projects and ONE lucky winner will be announced tomorrow during our "HOPPIN' into the HOLIDAYS" Blog Hop, beginning at 7pm CST on the TGF Blog!


FARMERS
Jessica Diedrich
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Tammy Maxvill
Me! (December Guest Designer)

Club Anya
Anna Maria Nilsson
Jen Shults
Kristy Young
Sheri Gilson (December Guest Designer)

"Sentimentally" yours,

xx

Sketch Saturday -TGF December preview - Fuzzy Wuzzy!

I'm back today with another super duper cute and CUDDLY preview for The Greeting Farm! Today we're playing along with Club Anya's Sketch Saturday.



This cute new Amelia is part of a new Oliver & Amelia set which will be released on Dec. 1st at midnight, only a few hours after the TGF "Hoppin' into the Holidays" BLOG HOP kicks off!

ONE lucky commenter on the CA&F Blog that day will WIN the Oliver & Amelia set Fuzzy Wuzzy.
You have until the next Friday to play the Club Anya sketch to win a free digi!
Have fun!

Check out the rest of the team for some amazing samples!

FARMERS
Jessica Diedrich
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Tammy Maxvill
Me! (December Guest Designer)

Club Anya
Anna Maria Nilsson
Jen Shults
Kristy Young
Sheri Gilson (December Guest Designer)


Thank you for stopping by today, have a fabulous weekend!

xx

FFF -TGF December preview - Tank!

Hi girls, it's been a while since I've blogged, but I'm back!

Guess who's the new Guest Designer for The Greeting Farm?
Yep, you guessed right! Its' me! I'm so happy and honored to be a part of their amazing team for december, fun fun fun!! SO happy I can finally shout it of the rooftops too, lol! YEEY me!!
Thanks again Marie & Jessica for choosing me.

Today we're previewing Tank! Tank is a new sprout coming to the farm on Dec. 1st, isn't he the cutest? LOVE him! So much fun to colour too. Check out his AWESOME hair!





Do play along with Farm Fresh Friday we have an amazing sketch (thanks Mercy!) AND an amazing prize: This week's winner wins TANK PLUS another wild sprout (excluding the cheeky line) of choice!!

And that's not all.. ONE lucky commenter from today's FFF post will WIN Tank. The winner will be announced tomorrow on the CA&F blog where we'll be previewing ANOTHER fabulous December release!

Be sure to visit the rest of the team for more inspiration:

FARMERS
Jessica Diedrich
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Tammy Maxvill
Me! (December Guest Designer)

CRITTER CREW
Sammi Betbeder
Margie Cortina
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Nordaune
Jennifer Royal
Kristine Reynolds
Linda Muhr
Shaela Odd
Tangii Crain

Club Anya
Anna Maria Nilsson
Jen Shults
Kristy Young
Sheri Gilson (December Guest Designer)


Don't forget to join us for our release party Tues. Nov. 30th at 7pm CST


Thanks for stopping by today,

xx

Whiff of Joy - Tutorial

Today is my last day as a Whiff of Joy Guest Design Team member *sniff sniff*. It has been a blast!! It is true what they say: time flies when you're having fun!

I want to thank Katharina again for this opportunity and it has been wonderful to work alongside such a talented team of designers.

For my last day as a guest designer I did a little tutorial for the Whiff of Joy Tutorial blog. Hope you'll like it!


xx

Whiff of Joy - Willow's hot chicken soup

Hi girls, here's another card with one of Whiff of Joy's 'Get Well' stamps, designed by Elisabeth Bell. Isn't she cute? She's called 'Willow's hot chicken soup'.
I choose to use bright colours, great to cheer someone up I think.

Challenges:

Friday Sketchers: Sketch
My Time To Craft: Vivid Colours
Totally Gorjuss: Bling it on

Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye; Ooh la la for her
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima
Tools: Borderpunch; Martha Stewart, Nestabilities; Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by!

xx

Whiff of Joy - Doctor Oakley

For this card I dusted off my pencils, wow, hadn't used them for a long longgg time.. not since I discovered Copics! I wanted to try something different and decided to colour on kraft cardstock, first time I tried it and it was fun!
I love to use bright colours, but for this card I decided to use different shades of brown. Every now and then it's fun to challenge ourselves, right? :)



The image I used is the adorable 'Little Doctor' by Whiff of Joy.


Recipe:

Papers: Kaiser Kraft
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Derwent Coloursoft Pencils
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaiser Kraft
Tools: Borderpunch; Martha Stewart

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy - Dance with your Heart

Since I found out a little over a week ago that my 4 year old daughter has to have surgery I completely lost my mojo. I'm so very worried about it. I know it's a very common operation, she needs to have her tonsils & adenoids removed and tubes put into both her ears (hope I've 'said' it right, had to translate it to English).
Anyway, it totally s#cks!! We have to wait until July 6th for the surgery too.




For the card I made I used three different stamps and a sentiment stamp all of them are by Whiff of Joy, I combined stamps from the April kit - Scheharezade (1001 nights) & the May store stamp kit - Aladin (1001 nights). I masked the images, thought it would look cool to have all the pretty bellydancers on one card :) LOVE how you can combine the stamps from these two kits!!
The card looks way better IRL, for some reason it was hard to photograph.



Challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Say it with flowers
Charisma Cardz - 3D
A Spoonful of Sugar - Cute & Girly


Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye; Ooh la la for her
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima

Thanks for stopping by!

xx

Sneezing Henry - Whiff of Joy

I have another cute little Henry called 'Sneezing Henry' to share with you today.
Isn't he adorable?

I've used the gorgeous sketch created by the talented Jane for the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog, I loved working with it Jane xx


I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

- Whiff of Joy Challenge - Sketch
- The ABC Challenge - U for Unused stash - (stamp)
- My Time To Craft - Too Cute!

Recipe:

Papers: October Afternoon - Cherry Hill
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Frances, Say it in pearls; Prima
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy - Wish Big & Mothersday Special

I recently received the gorgeous Whiff of Joy May store stampkit 'Aladin - 1001 nights' and it goes perfectly with the Whiff of Joy April kit 'Scheherazade - 1001 nights'.

For this card I used the male genie in a bottle from the May kit, and the female genie from the April kit. The sentiment is also from the May kit.
I thought the sentiment worked perfectly with this card, the more genies, the bigger the wishes, LOL!!




Now I have something to show you my sweet little girl made me for Mothersday.
Isn't it gorgeous? It even has a cute little picture of her on it. I LOVE it!! She did such a great job don't you agree? :)




Speaking of mothersday, to make mothersday even more special Katharina is offering a 20% off voucher for Whiff of Joy, which is valid for May 9th (=mothersday) minimum order value is 10 Euros.
So if you want to get yourself something small for your special day, or if your kids/husband still need a present -> this is the chance!

Have a wonderful Mothersday!!

I'm entering this card in to the Crafty Calender challenge - 'The great outdoors.'

Recipe:

Papers: TPC Studio; Mediterranean Summer
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess,

Thank you for stopping by today,

xx

Little Nurse - Whiff of Joy

I'm back with another cutie of Whiff of joy's new 'Get Well' collection. These stamps are such a pleasure to work with and such a joy to colour!

The stamp I used here is called 'Little nurse' she reminds me so much of my little girl walking around the house playing doctor and checking everyone out to make sure they're all healthy and feeling well, lol. So sweet!


I'm entering this card in to this weeks 'Creative Card Crew Challenge' there are flowers on the dp I used & the little gems I used on the green dp are flowers too - hope that counts!

Don't forget to check out Katharina's very generous candy - the entire 'Get Well' collection! That's 10 stamps!! Check out the details HERE.


Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Frances, Flower gems - Basic Grey (?)
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Katharina's Big 'Get Well' Blog Candy!!

Be sure to check out Katharina's blog for the chance to win this awesome candy!!!
She's giving away the entire 'Get well' collection, that's 10 stamps!!

Good luck xx

Get Well Soon! - Whiff of Joy

Another card with the new awesome Whiff of Joy 'Get Well' collection. I truly LOVE it! The image I used for this card is called 'Sick Henry'.

Now I know Henry is a very manly mouse and this card is rather pink, but he assured me he doesn't mind his image to be used on the more feminine cards, lol!


My mojo left me while I was working on this card. Everything I tried to put on it just seemed wrong! Ugh. And then I used a white rub-on for a sentiment, you can barely see it on the picture, it's on the left hand corner if you look realy hard you might be able to spot it! it says 'Get well soon' . Darn rub-ons, lol.
I am pleased with the way littly Henry turned out, he looks so cute in that colour, lol.

I'm entering this card in to the following challenges:

- Sunday Sketch & Stamp: Sketch
- A Spoonfull of Sugar: Furry Friends
- Everybody Art Challenge: Pastel Colours


Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Pearls; Kaiser Kraft, Rub on; Making Memories
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by,

xx

Hope you're back on your feet soon - Whiff of Joy

Have you girls checked out Whiff of Joy's new collection? I really love working with it and I'm sure you will feel the same way! The images are just too CUTE!!

For this card I used everyone's favorite little mouse Henry! This stamp is called 'Henry with broken leg' aww... poor thing! He even comes with a matching sentiment which I've used on my card too. Love that!


I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

- Alphabet challenge blog: A is for animals
- Crafty Catz: Spots
- Charisma Cardz: Girly card with flowers ( Hope it's girly enough! )
- Crafty Angels: Summer or Bright colours

Recipe:

Papers: Cosmo Cricket
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Gems; Melissa Francess, Flowers; Prima
Tools: Nestabilities; Spellbinder

Thank you for stopping by,

xx

Whiff of Joy - Get Well collection - Now Available!!

The AMAZING 'Get well' Collection is now available at Whiff of Joy.
I love this collection, all Whiff of Joy's stamp designers contributed to this line of stamps, and they are gorgeous!! Some of the stamps even have matching sentiments!
Be sure to get some while they're still available, I have a feeling these are going to sell out quick..!

xx

Hugs and Kisses and Magical Wishes..

Hi girls, today I'm going to show you 2 other cards I made with the amazing Whiff of Joy April stamp kit - Scheherazade (1001 nights).

For the first card I've used the gorgeous bellydancer, I really love this stamp 'cause I used to take belly dance lessons and I'm going to start taking lessons again in september! Can't wait to get started, so much fun!
Well, I won't show you a picture of me in my bellydance outfit, wouldn't want to scare anyone now would I, lol, I'm just going to leave it at this card and truly stunning image:

The purple background paper I used was kinda plain so I used one of the accesory stamps, the slippers, and gold embossed it on the background. So pretty! The sentiment comes with the kit too and it says 'Sending you hugs and kisses and magical wishes' and I used the golden embossing powder there too! Can't get enough of it, lol. The purple & gold does create that magical 1001 nights feeling, don't you think? I love it!

When I finished the card I decided to use the scraps and create a little shadowbox card to showcase this beautiful accesory stamp that comes with the stamp kit. I stamped the image twice, used gold sparkling embossing powder, cut one of the images out and then stuck it on top of the other flowers to create a 3D effect. It's really pretty IRL, unfortunately I just can't get a decent picture of this card.





I'm entering this in to this weeks 'A Spoon Full of Sugar' challenge blog, which is 3D!


Recipe:

Papers: TCP Studio - Morrocan Market
Stamp: Whiff of Joy
Colour medium: Copic Sketch Markers
Embellishments: Shimmer dots; Papermania, Embossing powder; Zing
Tools: Swirl; Marianne Design Creatables, Nestabilities; Spellbinders, Borderpunch; Martha Stewart

Thanks for stopping by,

xx