Bejeweled and Bedazzled

Welcome to the Farm Fresh Friday with Glitz and lots of Bling! Today's challenge over at The Greeting Farm is to create a card that draws inspiration from your favorite piece of jewelry, a piece you're dreaming of having or simply something beautiful, glitzy or fabulous that has caught your eye---and to include a picture of that inspiration along with the post of your card.

My favorite piece of jewelry is my wedding ring, but I hope you don't mind, I decided not to use it because I didn't really feel comfortable posting a picture of it. Instead, I was truly inspired by this beautiful necklace I spied on Etsy. I love love love leaves and fronds and small flowers, so this piece really caught my eye.

I decide to use Cheeky Nurse for this card and bring in the flower and frond elements. I also really wanted to draw attention to the hint of red/orange on the necklace, so I used black and white and then added just a little bit of the color. Then I heat embossed the fronds with shimmer and tried my very best to show a few pictures of that sparkle! And last, I really wanted to have this card look aged/distressed and that's why I also stamped Cheeky Nurse on the patterned paper (it's not dirt!). LOL.
And that's my bewjeweled and bedazzled jewelry inspired card!
I hope you will join in on the fun over at the Farm too! Have a great weekend!

June Release Soiree

Hello Friends of the Farm and happy release day!!
New releases are NOW available in the store! HERE
We celebrated last night over at Paper Craft Planet with a little bit of a VSN. For our cards last night we went Retro and Shabby chic! Can you guess which one I am? :)
This is Cheeky Beauty and she's gone for the Retro Chic look tonight. She's such a cute stamp and so fun to color!
But I always hate that the sparklies don't show up very well on camera. Trust me though, she is a glittering beauty IRL!
I hope you enjoy all the release day cards!
Here is a list of all the DT to visit:
Cindy Haffner
Kadie Ensley--you are here
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Randi Wall
Amy Young
Kelly Booth
Kim Costello
Pam Varnell
Traci Porter
Tasha Beasley-our June Team Anya Guest Designer
Jessica Diedrich

Hope you're having a blessed Memorial Day!

Getting Cheeky Again

Hello Everyone!

What a VERY CHEEKY CHALLENGE we have for you for today's FFF...and even more? The Farmers and our sister DT, Team Anya have joined forces again to bring you a BRILLIANT 2nd installment of the Cheeky Cherry Line from The Greeting Farm! We are also excited to welcome our JUNE Club Anya Guest Designer: congrats to Tasha Beasley! Tasha will be joining CA&F for the month of June and is super excited, just like us, to be starting with these AMAZING new stamps!

That's right! We are proud to unveil THREE new Cheeky Cherry stamps, all who will be available on June 1st: Cheeky Nurse, Cheeky Sailor, and Cheeky Beauty Queen! These three sassy new SPROUTS are ALL being previewed today by our awesome DT-and it just so happens that ALL THREE will also be given away on the Club Anya & Friends BLOG at the end of this HOP!

Today's FFF Challenge is an inspiration challenge based on one of Jess's favorite makeup secrets!

Hope you like it! And now, all you need to do is just come hop with us! It all starts on the TGF Blog and ends with you leaving a comment on the CA&F Blog. THREE lucky winners will each win a Cheeky Cherry stamp and be announced tomorrow with the CA&F Saturday sketch, another new preview by Team Anya, AND...something else totally exciting...

WE ARE BRINGING BACK our LIVE RELEASE party!!! You guys have asked and TGF loves to listen! Please join us for our June Release Soiree:

What: Our TGF June Release Party and Challenge VSN
Where: PCP Page
When: Monday, May 31st at 7pm CST-10pm CST

Don't worry, if you can't participate in the release party, the CHALLENGES will remain open until Tuesday, June 1st at 11:59 CST. Winner will be announced on the TGF Blog on Wednesday, June 2nd, so ALL will have time to play!

We really hope you'll come and join us, but for now, it's time to get a bit CHEEKY--here's the hop order:

TGF Blog
Cindy Haffner
Kadie Ensley--you are here
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Randi Wall
Amy Young
Kelly Booth
Kim Costello
Pam Varnell
Traci Porter
Tasha Beasley-our June Team Anya Guest Designer
Jessica Diedrich
Club Anya & Friends

Thanks for joining us today and GOOD LUCK as you have a Cheeky ol' time hopping with TGF and Club Anya & Friends! We'll see you tomorrow on the CA&F Blog for the winner. And in the mean time, don't forget to mark your calendars for MONDAY! SEE YOU THEN!

My Cheeky Valentine

Hello and welcome to the Cheeky Cherry collection "My Cheeky Valentine" Blog HOP!!!!!!!!!
You're in for a real treat because tonight's hop showcases cards from TGF Gardeners, Farmers and Club Anya DT past and present!
As you might have guessed, these adorable Cheeky stamps were a huge hit when they were debuted at CHA and tonight at midnight CST you can make them yours as well!!
AND of course what would be a hop without chances to win these cuties, so be sure to start the HOP on the CA & Blog and follow the Cheeky Trail!!

My card for you is one that I created for CHA, and for it I used Cheeky Glamour to create kind of a Hollywood dressing room scene. This cutie is getting ready to see her man after a show! I also decided to do a creative fold for it as well to change things up a bit! And you can't see it very well but her nylons are coated in a very sheer clear spica---for that bit of sparkle!
Since it's Valentine's Day today I can't think of a better stamp to say---Hey Sweetie, To My Darling or...Hubba Hubba!!

Thanks so much for joining us tonight! Enjoy the HOP and set your clocks because the Cheeky Cherry Girls will be available in the store Tonight at Midnight CST!!!
Your next stop is FARMER KIM



Deets:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm Cheeky Glamour, TGF sentiment
Paper: Basic Grey Urban Prairie, Not Quite Navy
Ink: Copics
Embies: Nesites, Offray Ribbon, Pearl Dots, Coral Thread, Paper Distress Tool

Gettin' Cheeky With It

Hello, Friends!!
It's another fabuloso Farm Fresh Friday and I made certain to set my card up for auto-post so that I wouldn't have a replay of Wed's problem child! :)

Today we're going for round 2 of Cheeky Cherry Sneaks and this time FFF style. Our challenge hostess this week is the talented Randi Wall and she has inspired us to go Vintage! Some of us are vintage grunge, some are vintage shabby chic, some are vintage victorian and so on. What's your vintage style...old, torn, distressed, aged, tea-stained, sepia, lacey, frilly? Whatever 'vintage' inspires you!

Mine may be Vintage Romance or may be Vintage Shabby Chic...I've used Cheeky Rockabilly to create a Vintage postcard scene. This cutie is going "par avion" to someone special! One of my favorite tools (besides my very worn out piercing tool) is my paper distresser, which I've used for this card. My mind always goes toward distressing when I think vintage. What a fun challenge!

I hope you will play along with us this week and don't forget that our blog hop is on Sunday night and then the Cheeky Cherry Girls will be available in the store on Monday!!!
Deets:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm Cheeky Rockabilly, Papertrey Ink sentiment
Paper: K & Company, Papertrey Ink BBB, SU Eggplant
Ink: Copics
Embies: BG Buttons, MS thread, Paper Distress Tool, Piercing Tool, Decorative Scissors

Something Cheeky Going On!

I am SOOOOO SOOOOO sorry for my delay today. Ever heard the quote, "I literally repel technology"? Well, that's me ALL THE WAY! Of course none of the internet issues I've been experiencing have been my fault but I still feel like it's me! LOL! I have not been able to get on blogger for 24 hours and it's been killing me!! What did we ever do without the internet???

Okay, on with the show! I have been SOOOOOOO excited about this new line for TGF and waiting oh-so patiently (very impatiently the last 24 hrs though) to share my sneaky peek of Cheeky Shooter with you today!
I had A TON of fun with this card and trying to figure out how I wanted to create a movin'-gunslingin' action. And you can see from the pics that this lil cowgirl can move up and down the card! So much fun! I can't wait to post cards with the other cuties in the line. BUT I know where you can see them, because all the TGF and CA&F gals are showcasing them today and here are the deets:

You've seen the photos in the background of CHA .....you've heard some 'buzz' about Blogland...and NOW...a little sneak peek for you today. A little TEASE if you will...or maybe-a BIG tease? Either way, it's ALL leading up to a SPECIAL VALENTINE's DAY BLOG HOP that you will NOT want to miss!!!
A new line of Sprouts is coming to The Greeting Farm and the anticipation is at an all-time high....can you FEEL it in the air? We are TOTALLY psyched about this special release and can't wait to introduce you to "ROCKABILLY", "SHOOTER", and "GLAMOUR"... the first in our CHA Exclusive "CHEEKY CHERRY" release that will FINALLY be available to YOU on 2/15...
The little Miss Cherry herself will be hanging out this week for Farm Fresh Friday with another appearance, so be sure to stay tuned for that! For now, make sure you visit the DT's blogs to get a little more than a peek of these sassy, "cheeky" new releases coming SOON!
What's MORE????
ONE OF OUR DT MEMBERS has a PRIZE for you....and if you've left a comment on that DT member's blog before 8pm CST tonight, your name just MIGHT be drawn to WIN ALL THREE CHEEKY CHERRY STAMPS!
The DT members don't even know who's blog we chose to hide this prize on, except the ONE DT member who has it....so GET OVER to their blogs and not ONLY can you see the FULL REVEALS of their cards, ONE LUCKY WINNER is going to take home ALL THREE of these releases!
Be sure to start at the TGF blog and click on all the links to see who's blog you go to, then LEAVE A COMMENT on all the DT's blogs! GOOD LUCK!