TGF Scrapbook Challenge

Hi Friends!
I'm back with something super fun today! The Greeting Farm has changed things up a bit and is now going to have a monthly scrap challenge, instead of a weekly scrap challenge. And all of us Farmers get to participate in it if we want to! Yay!

I have to be honest and say that I'm not as experienced in creating scrap pages, so please go easy on me! I especially apologize for the picture. I don't know how the amazingly talented scrapbook team, that we had the pleasure of being inspired by at TGF previously, got such AWESOME photos of their pages!! So any tips you can send my way are definitely welcome (please and thank you)! :)

Soooooo, for my page today I've used the FABulous sketch provided by Farmer Mercy and chosen to go with a fun photo I took while I was in Maryland visiting my friend Mary (yes, she has her own land! It's called Mary-land. LOL)! Mary took us to see an old plantation home and it had the most AMAZING garden! I've included a few more pics below, so you could see a little bit of what we saw. There were butterflies EVERYwhere and we all pulled out our cameras and snapped away; hoping to get at least one cool shot to capture the beauty. SO PRETTY!

Of course, I've also used stamps from the two TGF scrapkits Spotlight and Sunshine to help create my fun page! These sets are so versatile. Good for card making, scrapbooking, home decor, kids stuff and so much more!

Thanks for stopping by today. Head over to The Greeting Farm Blog and check out this month's challenge, as well as all the AMAZING inspiration!

Grandma and Grandpa

Hello there!
I hope this post finds you doing well on this last Thursday in April. Today is the start of our May sneak peeks at The Greeting Farm! AND since it's also Thursday scrap layout day at TGF, I thought I'd combine the sweet sneak peek of the Grandparents stamp set with the scrap sketch challenge!
The Grandma and Grandpa set, which includes several sentiments and the flower box (shown here) will be available on MAY 1st at The Greeting Farm.
For inquiring minds, yes, this is a picture of my cutie pie grandparents! This picture was taking at my little sister's wedding this fall and I love how if you look closely you can see that they're holding hands. They've been married over 60 yrs and still holding hands...I LOVE it! :)
I hope you have a superb Thursday and I'll be back tomorrow with another TGF sneak peek.
Be sure and stop by the TGF blog to see what else the DT has cooked up today! AND as we bid a fond farewell to Farmer Cheryl, we welcome Mercy Kerin to the Farmer team!

Deets:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm Grandparents Set
Paper: My Mind's Eye, K & Company
Ink: Copics
Embies: Alphabet Stickers, Primas, Misc Button, Linen Thread, Jilly Bean Soup Ribbon

FaithBook Scrapbook Club Month 2

Happy Monday the 15th!
Today is the day that the FaithBook Scrapbook Club c/o The Sisterhood of the Traveling Cards swap, displays our monthly scrap pages! Last month was our first month and it was a smashing hit...so, onto round two!

This month's theme for our page was to be inspired by the touching story of how St. Valentine came to be and/or to incorporate Galatians 5:22-23 into our project. The picture I chose to use for my page may actually look quite familiar to some of you, as it's the one I've used as my avatar on SCS for a long long time. It's from a day that Josh I went up North and visited the Tulip Festival. Every year when the tulips bloom, they are all you can see for miles and miles. It's really quite breath taking. There are so many beautiful things of this earth worth experiencing that are more and more frequently getting chopped up, cut down or buldozed to build more real estate. **sigh** I'm so thankful for the beauty, tranquility and JOY of these tulips!

Our beloved hostess for this month is Judy and here is a piece of what she shared for this month's theme:My favorite Bible verses are from Galatians where Paul urges Christians to serve one another in love, that the entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” He then urges us to live by the Spirit so wonderfully set forth in Galatians 5:22-23
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”
Judy, then encouraged us to be inspired by the story of compassion and care in that of St. Valentine and little Julia...
Thanks, Judy!!

**Just as last month, I used Scrapblog to create my DIGITAL scrap page. Check out Scrapblog HERE!

FaithBook Scrapbook Club

I'm so excited because today is the inaugural day of the FaithBook Scrapbook Club c/o The Sisterhood of the Traveling Cards swap group!
I first got started in scrapbooking 4 years ago when I decided I wanted to scrapbook our honeymoon, but I didn't get very far. 5 meticulous pages into it I just stopped. It was such a big project! Even though I was having a lot of fun with it, each page was taking me a whole day to make!
Recently though, when The Greeting Farm started carrying digi kits, I was directed to a website called Scrapblog. I was a bit intimidated at first because I'm not a real whiz on the computer, but this website makes it SO EASY to plop things in, replicate, delete and alter. It's a blast!!

This first month's theme for our scrap page is about new beginnings and to be inspired by and/or incorporate Genesis 9:16 into our project. This page is actually one from a book that Josh and I are putting together. We're starting off on a new adventure this year that will hopefully involve expanding our little family of two, but no matter what road life takes us down I know that each day God has truly blessed me with my best friend to go through it all with.

Here is how our beloved hostess Kelly described this month's theme:
For this month’s selection, I thought of new beginnings in life...new hope, new faith, a new future for some in many areas – jobs, homes, family. I thought of the book of Genesis and have always loved Chapter 9
Genesis 9:16
"Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth."
I know that through all trials and tribulations, Faith often pulls us through and we see that silver lining after the storm has passed. It’s 2010! This year, I wish for each of you many blessings and that heaven’s rains wash away any trials and tribulations, for rainbows to brighten your world & color it with happiness!

Beautifully said, Dear Kelly and thanks so much for starting us on this new adventure!!