Floss It!

Hello, Everyone! Happy Friday!
It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday Challenge, but before I get to that, I'd like to wish my Sweet Friend and TGF Creative Coordie JESSICA a very very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Love YOU JESS!


And in true TGF style, we're having a SURPRISE BLOG HOP today to celebrate and honor the Birthday Girl!! You should have arrived from PAM's BLOG, but if you didn't you can find a complete list of the blog hop order where the party starts over at the CA&F Blog!
Be SURE to start off there by leaving Jess some LOVE…because what’s a birthday without presents!! One lucky commenter will win Creeper Monday and Creeper Wednesday!! Winner will be announced Monday morning on the CA&F blog! Again, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our Sweet Jessica!!

Next up on the hop is the talented Randi!!

And now for this week's FFF challenge. TGF has collaborated with all of your dentists to bring you the "don't forget to floss" challenge. Okay, okay, just kidding, it has nothing to do with going to the dentist, but it does have everything to do with FLOSS! The challenge this week is to incorporate embroidery floss into your card. And if you don't have embroidery floss at your finger tips, then no worries! Twine, yarn, cording, or anything else you can thread through will work!

My card for you today uses the beach baby Anya from the Sunshine Scrap Kit and has a fun birthday flair to celebrate my sweet friend, Jess! It even uses one of the sentiment stamps that Jess herself created! The paper and the balloons are from Echo Park Paper.

We hope you'll play along with us this week and have fun hoppin with us to celebrate Jessica! Also, don't forget to sign up for the TGF Anniversary HOP! Have fun and have a SUPER weekend!

Travels, Puddle Jumpers and Card Kits

Happy Thursday to you!!
Today I have something very special to share with you! I recently got back from a little trip to Maryland, where I got to hang with two of my stamping bff's. And one of the things we were MOST excited to do when we all got to be together in the same room, was STAMP together!! There are so many of us stampers out in blogland and on SCS and PaperCraft Planet that don't have any pals to stamp with in or around where we live; so this was a real joy to get to vacation with two of my long time buddies and get to stamp with them as well!

Something that Mary, Sandra and I have been doing for a while now, is exchanging card kits. And this has been our little way of stamping together in the past.
This time though, our kits were hand delivered by the lovely, Sandra and we got to work on them a bit together!
Sandra put together a Fabulous kit and I LOVED working with this adorable Emma Puddler Jumper stamp from Claudia and Company! I also really loved the colors and the textures from the kit...so perfectly matched for this stamp.

Thanks to Sandra and Mary for a really fun and memorable trip. And just to give you a small indication of how silly we all are and the good time we had, Mary took the picture below so that we could have a little contest. Mary has graciously offered to hand out some CANDY to one person from each of our blogs, if they can correctly guess whose feet are whose. Fun times :)
Thanks So much for stopping by today and have fun checking out Mary and Sandra's cards too! Good luck on your guessing (feet can be named #1, 2, 3 clockwise from the top)! I'll give you a hint...one of the feet in this pic does not belong to any of us! teeeeeheeeee

And here are the prizes (you have until Sunday, 9pm EST to guess):

Lots of Little Things

Good Morning!
I know, I know, it's been a bit quiet around here, eh? I haven't been working on anything Big this week, just lots of little stuff. But I wanted to pop on and say hello! And share a card or two. :)

This is a card I made using the new 60's Mod Ivy stamp from the Fashionista line at Tickled Pink Stamps! I think she is so sweet and totally reminds me of Mary Tyler Moore (I think I'll have to try an alteration with her hair shorter too). I paired Ivy with this new paper from Echo Park and a little bit of a funky layout. In the end, I think it might be a little too busy for me, but it is what it is! :)

I also thought I'd share a few other things from the past week that are a bit simpler.



I hope you're having a WONDERFUL week!! Don't forget to get signed up for TGF's Anniversary Blog Hop! I'll see you back here tomorrow for Maryland card kits!

Digi Try This

Hi Friends and welcome to another Farm Fresh Friday Challenge!
This week it's a two-fold challenge. The first part is to use a TGF digi stamp and the second part is to incorporate a new technique you've been wanting to try or have recently gotten into.

I recently went to a Copic Certification class and while I was there I got to play with the air brush kit. Of course I got hooked and had to pick one up! So, this is my first attempt at using the Copic airbrush system on my own! AND since I only had a couple markers that weren't Ciaos (the airbrush system is made to fit sketch and originals best) I knew that I was going to do a little sky and earth background.
To go along with my scene, I chose to use one of the new Chibi's from around the world--Chibi Africa! I paired her airbrushed background with some Bo Bunny paper, a big prima flower and WASHI tape, to add that extra something something...and voila! I hope you think it's cute and I also hope that you'll play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and don't forget to check out what the rest of The Greeting Farm's DT has been up to! AND while you're doing that you can get all the details about what's going to be happening VERY SOON over at TGF!!

Okay, I just can't contain my excitement, so I'll give you a little hint...We're almost at the 2 year anniversary mark since Marie opened her store and shared Anya, Ian and all our favorite Critters, Creepers and Cuties with the world! And to help her celebrate, the design team and YOU are going to have a blast and cover blogland with all things The Greeting Farm...by participating in the second TGF CUSTOMER BLOG HOP!! Are you excited yet?? Head on over to TGF blog to check out all the details and sign up for this momentous hop!!

What Color Are You?

Helloooooooooooo! I'm back from vacation and boy did I have a marvelous, memorable, AWEsome, super-fun time! Hopefully I can go back again real soon...cause I want to LIVE in my friend's craft room (heehee, there's a play house in the craft room...all I need is a sleeping bag). :)

It seems like I've been away from the computer for eons! I had a friend post for me on Saturday. And I wanted to thank Sparkle once again, for letting me join in on the fun for her grand opening. What a special thing to be included in! Congrats, again, Sparks!

AND since I'm back in bloggerland, I DO have a card for you today! This one includes K & Co. paper I snagged from Mary's stash (she said I could!) and some of that cool shimmer punchinella that Farmer Randi has been using. The paper was totally the inspiration for this card using Creeper Monday from The Greeting Farm. And then I found this super cute sentiment from Inkadinkado to pair with it, as well as this nifty Maya Road flower I picked up in an AMAZING scrap store in Virgina! I've also used this week's Mojo Monday sketch 147 for the layout. And that's my card!

Be sure to stop back on Friday for a really FUN Farm Fresh Friday Challenge! Have a great Day!

Hoppin' with Sparkle Creations

Today is the GRAND OPENING day of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. You can finally get your hands on these cuties and you even have a chance to get your very own! Can you say "Eeeeeeek!" All you have to do is leave a comment on all the blogs. Several of the girls have a hidden prize on their blogs and EVERYbody has amazing inspiration to feast your eyes on. How AWESOME is that?!

My card uses Cupcake Ruby and is colored with Copics. I paired her with some Me and My BIG ideas and Debbie Mumm papers. Aren't they super sweet?

If you joined me from Sparkle Smith the UBER talented hostess herself, then you are on the right track(Thanks for having me, Sparkle!). I am your last stop. Thank you for stopping and have a fabulous weekend!

Have a Safe Trip

Hello and welcome to another Fabulously Fun Farm Fresh Friday!! (try saying that 3 times!)
Today's challenge is to use this AWESOME sketch by Farmer Mary!

For my card I've used Amelia, from the new O&A Journey set. Amelia has such an amazingly beautiful vintage feel to her that I really wanted to find a paper that helped compliment that same aesthetic. I think this paper from My Mind's Eye was able to do the trick!

Thanks SO much for stopping by today and I hope you'll play along in the challenge! Be sure to check out all the AMAZING samples by the rest of the Farmers and Critter Crew! AND have a GREAT weekend!!
Jessica Diedrich
Cindy Haffner
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Sandra MacLean
Sparkle Smith
Heather Schlatter
Jen Shults
Amber Hight
Shaela Odd

Where Have You Been?

Or ...'where are you going' is more appropriate for me, because bright and early tomorrow morning I'm headed off on vacation!! Woohooo!
You can still count on a Farm Fresh Friday post though, of course (gotta love that auto-post)!

Did you have a nice 4th of July? We got to spend some wonderful time with both my DH and my families over the gloriously LONG weekend! AND we were trying to keep the house clean, so I couldn't pull all my craft stuff out into the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom, etc (just kidding about that last one) and create cards over the weekend.
But, alas, I DO have a card for you today!

This is little Oliver from the O&A Journey set that was released July 1 from The Greeting Farm! I just can't get enough of these O&A stamps...they just keep getting cuter and cuter!!

I chose to pair Ollie with this Cosmo Cricket Jack's World paper and sentiment, because this stamp reminded me of when I'd get in a tizzy, pack up my backpack and 'run away' down the street. I'd usually end up walking to the end of the street, sit on the curb for a few minutes--look behind me every few seconds to see if my mom was coming to find me--and then eventually *sigh* and walk back home. Oh, the drama of being a kid!!

Thanks for popping by today to check out my card! Be sure to stop back on Friday for the latest FFF challenge with TGF!

Sew Sweet

Hello, My Friends!!
It's Friday again (woohoo!) and you know what that means...another super fun Farm Fresh Friday challenge from The Greeting Farm!

This week, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a card that has stitching on 2 or more layers of paper on your card! So get out your handy dandy sewing machine (or if you're like me--your needle and thread) and go SEW RANDOM!

For my card I chose to use Creeper Wednesday (who appeared in the TGF store yesterday!) because she kinda looked like a little seamstress to me. Of course, Miss Wednesday can't be put into a box, she does have many other interests and abilities, but for this card she was SEW perfect!! :)
I paired her up with Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl paper and chipboard, added my STITCHING and embellies, and VOILA!
I hope you'll join in on the fun! In the meantime, check out the fabulous samples that the Farmers and Critter Crew have created for your inspiration!
Jessica Diedrich
Cindy Haffner
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Randi Wall
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Sandra MacLean
Sparkle Smith
Heather Schlatter
Jen Shults
Amber Hight
Shaela Odd

Release Day!

Hi Friends!
I'm sorry I don't have a card for you today(...because I went and saw Eclipse last night!!)
BUT today is release day over at The Greeting Farm and all the FABULOUS stamps TGF and CA&F have been previewing this week are now available in the store! CHECK it OUT!!
And I'll see you back here tomorrow for Farm Fresh Friday!