Busy Beauties Sneak Peek

Hello!! Happy Tuesday!
Did you know that Busy Beauties is having a January Release Blog Hop on Thursday? Yep, it's true! Actually, the Busy Beauties Boutique is going to have it's release the first Thursday of every month! Yipee! So...to get you amped up for Thursday I have a little sneak peek for you and I'll just say that one of the themes for this release is "we go together"! (Hint Hint)Enjoy!

Christmas Gift Basket

Hello and Happy 2010 to all!
I'm officially back from vacation and staying put for a while! I enjoyed my time off with friends and family immensley though!
Since I'm home but haven't had a chance to be back at my craft table yet, I thought I'd show you a picture or two of recent projects (and throw in a winter Winston pic too)!

The first pic is of the holiday gift basket that I made for my sister this year (for movie date nite in or out). The second picture is of the card I made to go with the gift package. Movies was my theme this year, so we gave little movie packages with cards to several family members. So fun!
Another project I had a BLAST making was for my dear friend and secret sister, Paola! It is a brag book of her "gran-kiddos." A few of the pages are shown below.

And then there's Winston. He likes to pop onto my blog every so often to say hello. :) Here he is in his Winter sweater that Josh bought him. Doesn't he look so regal? Do I hear Eddie Bauer calling for a pup-model? :)

Hugs and thanks SO much for stopping by my blog!

New Year's Release Party!!

HAPPY 2010!!!!! Can you believe it's been a decade since Y2k...LOL!!
Hap-Happy New Year to YOU!
Today is a very special day at The Greeting Farm! There's going to be challenges issued around the clock for your enjoyment and participation! Of course what's a TGF bash without prizes too!?!? So of course you can expect those! AND what you've all been waiting for...the adorable new Wild Sprouts are now available in the TGF store!
For my card today I used the 12th and final sketch in TGF's 12 days of sketches for the holidays. It's a tough call which new Sprout is my fave but I think it might be Ruby...because I just had to use her again!! I hope you like this card and I hope you'll join in on the fun over at TGF and CA today!
Hugs and Many Blessings for the New Year!
xoxo
kadie

STELLAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

LOL! I just had to say it, you know I did!

Hello again and welcome to day four of the TGF sneak preview!! This is of course, Stella! And she is the 4th and final Sprout being released TOMORROW and styled by the talented Amy Young! I have also used Sketch 11 from the 12 days of sketches for this fun card. What a blast!
Okay about TOMORROW...
There's something huge going down at The Greeting Farm to really bring in the New Year right...it's a BIG PARTY filled with all day challenges (every hour) and LOTS of PRIZES!!! You won't want to miss it! (complete deets are listed below) All I can say is, I hope you have fun with the challenge at 10am ;) See you tomorrow for sketch 12!!
*Our HUGE "IN WITH THE NEW at TGF" BASH will begin at 9am CST on Friday, 1/1/2010 and run through 8PM with challenges, prizes, and FUN! Each challenge winner will receive a new Sprout of their choice, so be here to party with us! Live overseas? No problem! Challenges will be open through SUNDAY, 1/3/10 at 8pm CST. WINNERS will be announced on the TGF blog and CA blog on Monday, 1/4, along with the winner of the 12 days of Sketches

In addition to each individual challenge, ANOTHER prize pack of the ENTIRE Jan. release

*Don't forget that the 12 Days of Sketches are still well underway on the TGF Blog! Everyone is having a great time and there are more fun sketches to be used today! This contest will also run through Sunday 1/3/10 at 8pm CST to complete them and upload them to the appropriate galleries) will be entered into a drawing to win the ENTIRE TGF JANUARY RELEASE!!!

SO many prizes....SO many chances to WIN! All to celebrate our NEW YEAR, NEW Club Anya & Friends Blog...and NEW RELEASE with ALL your friends at The Greeting Farm! contest. That winner will win the ENTIRE Jan. release. will go to a random winner who completes ALL of the New Year's Challenges!

Little Miss Gigi

Hello Friends!
I have another sneak peek for you today from The Greeting Farm! Yipee! And that means you're one day closer to these cuties being available in the store!
This little miss sunshine is named Gigi and she comes to you care of sketch #10 in the 12 days of sketches. It's really helping me to have a sketch to work with each day and is super fun too! I hope you're having fun with the sketches and the sneaks as well!
For more adorable and creative Gigi sneak peeks check out the TGF blog and Club Anya (soon to be Club Anya and Friends)!
See you tomorrow for the 4th and final new Sprout for January, styled by Amy Young!

Deets:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Wild Sprout Gigi
Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Hello Sunshine, Not Quite Navy
Ink: Copics
Embies: Yellow and Orange thread, Primas, Basic Grey Button, AC Ribbon, Paper Piercing Tool

Sneaky Peeky #2 and Sketch 9

Hello Again!
I'm back with a second day of sneak peeks for The Greeting Farm, as well as sketch #9 for the 12 days of sketches!
This is another adorable Sprout styled by the fun and creative Amy Young. Her name is Ruby but she looks so much like...Miss Pilsbury from Glee. :) It was all I could do not to give her red hair but I had to resist because I had just styled Chelsea yesterday as a redhead! And I've also used the new sentiment set TALK LOUD for this card. It's very cool!
Are you totally getting excited about January's releases?? I know I am!!! Just wait, there's more! Stop by tomorrow! Until then check out the rest of the DT's blogs to get the full Ruby experience! Don't forget that both Club Anya and TGF have previews for you this week! AND be sure to stop by and congratulate the new Farmers MARY, RANDI and MELYSSA!

Deets:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Wild Sprout Ruby, Talk Loud Sentiment
Paper: Crate Paper Lemon Grass
Ink: Copics
Embies: Brown Thread, Stamping Bella dots

Sneaky Sketch #8

Happy Monday, indeed!
Did you have a fantastic Christmas? I'm visiting my in-laws and certain to be having a wonderful time (love that auto-post) and I'm sneakin' one in on you! A sneak peek that is...of this cutie Sprout named Chelsea that will be released on January 1 at The Greeting Farm! Yipee!
Do you recognize her? That's right, she's one of Amy Young's ADORABLE Sprout designs from the Design My Sprout contest a few months ago. Yay Amy!! There are 4 sprouts in this month's collection and they will be showcased this week by the entire TGF team (Club Anya and the Farmers)! Also being previewed today is the sentiment set TALK LOUD (look for it on my card tomorrow...silly me). This awesome sentiment set has super fun phrases that are sure to make your cards pop! Something else I used for my card today was today's sketch in the 12 days of sketches. I designed this card as an encouragement for when life gets too busy (or noisy!) or to give to someone who needs a good break from it all.
If you like this sneak you might want to stop by tomorrow for another one!! Also, there's a few new Farmers on the Farm!! Yipee!! Welcome (back) Mary, Randi and Melyssa! Be sure to stop by the TGF blog and give them a warm welcome!!

Deets:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Wild Sprout Chelsea, Starving Artistamps Doodle Factory Urban Cityscape
Paper: In My Mind's Eye Abbey Road
Ink: Copics
Embies: Alphabet stickers, Basic Grey Buttons, Paper distress tool, Martha Stewart thread

Celebrate!

Hello!
Today is Christmas Eve! Time certainly flies! I mean just yesterday felt like the Eve of Christmas Eve...oh wait, haha!!
I know I should be posting a Christmas Card today but today is also the last Farm Fresh Friday of 2009 and I really wanted to use this adorable Toby image to celebrate. This image is still available on the TGF as a free gift to you from artist Marina Neira; check it out!
Today is not only FFF but also sketch #6 in our 12 days of sketches. This one is designed by my fellow farmer, Cindy Haffner!
Thanks for stopping by today and from my family to yours we wish you the Happiest of Christmases and many blessings throughout 2010!
Hugs, Kadie

Merry Christmas

Happy Wednesday, Everyone!
I guess it's the Eve of Christmas Eve, right? Oh the anticipation!
Today is my last day of work before the holiday and it's tradition that us girls in the office exchange gifts. All of the ladies I work with know that I make cards and have been huge supporters of mine since I started this blog, often asking, "do you have a card today?" So of course I had to come up with a little something something for them to says thanks and Merry Christmas. Anyway, just something simple and I thought I'd share a pic.
I"ll be continuing with the 12 sketches tomorrow, so please stop back for that. Until then, have a wonderful day!

On the 4th Day of Sketches

Hello Again! I'm back as promised and this time with sketch #4! I really wanted to do "I'll be home for Christmas" with Travel Anya but I've seen sooooo many cute cards already with that theme, I just didn't think mine could compare to that creativity! (maybe another time)
So, something else Anya does is travel to visit her friendys!! I'm looking forward to getting on a plane and visiting some of my dear friends some time in the foreseeable future!
I used another awesome sketch (#4) designed by Mercy for the 12 days of sketches at TGF. I hope you like it!