NEW Challenge Blog! Creative for Anya, Oddies & Others!!

Starting off the new year with something NEW!

Some fabulous blogging friends of mine created a new just for FUN challenge- Creative for Anya, Oddies & Others! and I was so kindly asked to join! (Thanks Melissa & Lynda!)

We want *YOU* to share your craftiness with other just for fun & inspiration!

Creative for Anya, Oddies & Others is all about stamps! Link up current creations on the correct pages. We have specific companies featured, but we also have the 'Others' page where you can link up any stamp manufacturer- but there's a little catch, we want you to use one of the craft options under each of the stamp company/categories. Easy peasy right?

Now onto my cards... first The Greeting Farm (aka Anya) the challenge options are (you just need to pick ONE!) the color blue, a sticker, a circle, or a wood embellishment!



I thought this Cheers Anya was perfect to ring in the new year! With her sparkling bubbly drinks ready to party the night away!

I also have a second card for the Lawn Fawn category! Those challenge options are: the color black, a sentiment, frame, or glitter/sparkles!



I thought the polar bear from Lawn Fawn's Critters in the Snow set would make a super cute panda! After drawing in a few lines- voila!

Hope to see you join in on the fun! Check out Creative for Anya, Oddies and Others!

Paper Sweeties January Inspiration Challenge #27 - 'Winter Wishes'

HAPPY 2015!!

Hope you all had a fabulous New Year's Eve and are enjoying your first day of the new year!

And of course with the start of the month brings a new challenge at Paper Sweeties!

Here's this month's photo inspiration:





I used the colors as my inspiration... and of course the coffee mug. It's from the new Homemade with Love set & sweet cut! The sentiment is part of 2 separate ones I put together, I Love You & Snow Time. Finally, the snowflake in the background is from Holly Days!

Be sure to check out all the details to enter the challenge on the Paper Sweeties Blog & more fabulous inspiration from the design team:

Annette Witherspoon
Char Cundy
Debbie Marcinkiewicz
Jill Norwood
Julie Tucker-Wolek 
Larissa Heskett 
Lysa Rohrer
Mackie Robertson
Maria Patrick
Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen
Nancy Penir 
January Guest Designer:  Beth Johnson

Christmas Tags!

Just popping in to share some Christmas gift tags I made for my nieces, nephew, & son!

Elena drew and shared this adorable kids in pajamas that I thought would be perfect for the kids in my family! And one of my most favorite things about digis is that you can resize them to any size you need! I resized them roughly from oldest to smallest and colored them in their favorite colors...













Again, I used the Pretty Pink Posh Stitched tag die and attached them to the gifts with washi tape so they could keep them.

I also made this cute tag to put on a gift for a friend- I just love these cute Lawn Fawn critters!



Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Sweet 16!

Hello! Happy Friday!

Hope all of you that celebrate had a wonderful Christmas holiday! Mine was filled with lots of food, family & fun!

Sadly, it's the last Friday of the year which means that my term with The Greeting Farm is coming down to an end :( I'm the last to host the challenge for the year and I thought I'd make it a "Tag You're It" challenge to 'tag' the new team that will be announced next week and since I've been so obsessed with using tags lately :)

My niece turned 16 earlier this month, but I waited to give her a card since she would be here visiting for the holidays! I used the newest Together Anywhere  and colored Anya using my nieces favorite color... PINK!



The tag die is *still* my favorite from Pretty Pink Posh, Happy die is Simon Says Stamps, & I stamped the sentiment using alpha/number sets from Lawn Fawn!

Hope to see you play along! Check out all the deets on the TGF Blog!

Snow Much Joy!

Popping in quick to hope you all are having SNOW MUCH JOY this holiday season...

Christmas is just a few days away... are YOU ready?

This cute snowman is...



Happy Tuesday!

Happy Winter...deerie!

I found some free time to play today & thought this Lawn Fawn Critters in the Snow could use some inking...for the 1st time!

I had this idea to have little ornaments hanging from the sweet deer's antlers, I just had to make it happen! & Perfect timing for another entry to the Merry Christmas challenge @Lawnscaping! (I made another one here...)

I paired up 2 of the sentiments from the same set- "happy winter" & masked off the "hello deerie" for a cute greeting. Added some sequins and twine & called it done!

Thanks for stopping by!

Warmest Wishes

Hope you are staying warm in your part of the blogging world!

And are you all ready for Christmas??? It's officially less than a week away (AAACK!!)

It's Friday, and you know what that means... time for a new Farm Fresh Friday challenge!  This week DT member Marcy challenged us with a Winter (aka not Christmas) challenge!  I inked up Holiday Anya 3 for my warm wintery card...



Found a random mish mash of patterned paper scraps and thought they worked pretty good together- what do you think? ;)

Hope to see you join us for some fun! Check out all the details on the TGF blog!

Merry Lil' Owl!

Can you believe it's exactly ONE WEEK until Christmas?  I most definitely can't, I say it all the time, but I'll say it again, this year has flown by! Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet?  I think I'm officially done as of today- now to just get it all wrapped! (where's that wrapping fairy when I need her?)

Anyway, I finally had a chance to play with some stamps that were screaming to be inked...

This sweet little owl from Lawn Fawn had been hiding in my stash- glad I found him *before* Christmas! ;) and just in time to join in on the Lawnscaping "Merry Christmas" Challenge!

Paired up with this Christmas Banners & Messages set from Hero Arts, I kept my card pretty simple with a few diecuts & sequins!

Thanks for stopping by!

Warm Wishes & a FREEBIE!

Back again sharing my Chi Chi Memories creations for the week.. this week is a two-fer! Since it's mid-month there's a new FREEBIE available on the CCM Challenge blog too!

But first, I used this sweet Joyful Season girl for a quick & easy card paired with some fun patterned paper...



My printer was acting a little wonky so the lines printed lighter than usual so this has a semi no-line coloring look to it!

and finally this month's freebie, I was SO excited to see... Little Fox!



RUSH over to the CCM Challenge to grab him now- he's only free for the first 30 downloads! & Please join us for the new sketch challenge while you're there too!

Paper Sweeties December Release Rewind!

It's here! It's here! Release day at Paper Sweeties!!

Popping in with one final peek at another card I made with the Snow Time & the matching Sweet Cuts!



I thought it would be cute to have the little snowman peeking out form the side instead of centered :)

I also paired my card with some sentiments that I masked and stamped to make a new message, I used part of the sentiment from Homemade from Love along with the "Christmas" stamp from the Happy Holidays set! 

Please be sure to swing by to see more inspiration here...

Amber Kroening

Annette Witherspoon

Char Cundy

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Larissa Heskett

Lysa Rohrer ** You are here!**

Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala

Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

Happy Shopping! :) 

Paper Sweeties December Release Party!

Time for another day of Paper Sweeties sneak peek!

With all the layers I put into my first two cards (here and here...) I decided to keep today's card super CAS! :)  I used the 2nd release from this month- Snow Time, and with some simple masking, I stacked the presents for a fun look.



Check out the rest of the team's blogs for their FAB creations!

Amber Kroening

Annette Witherspoon

Char Cundy

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Larissa Heskett

Lysa Rohrer ** You are here!**

Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala

Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

Thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow is RELEASE DAY!

Paper Sweeties December Release Countdown!

Hello! Back again with another peek for the new Paper Sweeties release coming soon!

I used the Deck the Halls set again and came up with this little scene...



This time I made the cute lil bird sitting on a branch (from the matching Sweet Cuts set) watching the snow fall around his festively decorated little home! :)

and don't forget to check out what the rest of the Paper Sweeties team came up with!

Amber Kroening

Annette Witherspoon

Char Cundy

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Larissa Heskett

Lysa Rohrer ** You are here!**

Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala

Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

Until tomorrow... Happy Sunday!

Paper Sweeties December Release Sneak Peeks!

It's *already* the middle of the month and that means there's a new release going on at Paper Sweeties!

This month there are two new sets with matching dies (aka Sweet Cuts) that will be available in the Paper Sweeties shop on the 16th!

Snow Time & Sweet Cuts - Snow Time

Deck The Halls & Sweet Cuts - Deck The Halls

For my first card I decided to play with the Deck the Halls set...


I found some kraft doilies at Michaels and I HAD to have it... you know with my obsession with kraft and all! (Seriously, I think the last 20 cards I've made have all had kraft on it in one way or another! LOL)

Anyway, I colored the sweet birdhouse to make it look homemade with some wood planks, popped on the festive bird with his little Santa hat & topped it off with some liquid pearls for snow.

As always don't forget to check out more fabulous creations from the rest of the design team...

Amber Kroening

Annette Witherspoon

Char Cundy

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Larissa Heskett

Lysa Rohrer ** You are here!**

Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala

Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back again tomorrow with another peek!

Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

Happy Farm Fresh Friday!

It's time for fresh new challenge at The Greeting Farm! This week's challenge is to use non-traditional colors for a Christmas card.

I dusted off this sweet WS Vivi in my stash- I almost forgot I had her! Colored in pinks and purples I think she looks pretty cute!



& I thought a light dusting of freckles would suit her pretty well too :)

Hope to see you join in on the Farm Fresh Fun- check out all the deets @The Greeting Farm blog!

Warm Wishes!

I'm back again with another card the Holiday Coffee Lovers Bloghop!



After looking at a photo of my first card I found myself inspired by my "prop" which is actually a Hallmark ornament I have on a mini kitchen themed Christmas tree I have! With that as my inspiration I created this...



I used the same Lawn Fawn Love you a Latte stamp set since it was still out on my desk! Had to play around to get the masking right, but I'm really happy with how it turned out! :)

I'm also trying to make my way through all of the fabulous entries that have already linked up, last I looked it was at 184, and with 2 days still left to link up!

Be sure to start off at Amy's blog for all the details and to give her a BIG THANKS for taking on the challenge of organizing this amazing hop!

Happy Hopping!

Holiday Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

Happy Wednesday!

I'm excited to be participating in the Holiday Coffee Lovers blog hop today! *THE* fabulous Amy Tsuruta has put together this AMAZING blog hop full of sponsors some pretty awesome inspiration!



I decided to finally ink up my Love you a Latte stamp set from Lawn Fawn. So many cute stamps, it was hard to decide which ones to use! (hope to have some more time to make another! :) ) Paired it with my favorite-die-of-the-moment, the Stitched Duo from Pretty Pink Posh- I think they make a pretty good duo, no?



Time to fill my coffee mug & hop along to check out all the other entries!

Thanks for stopping by!

{Happy} Winter Blues

It's Tuesday which means it's also time for the next installment of the Tiddly Inks Challenge!

& this week's challenge is Happy Winter Blues- use your favorite shade(s) of blue, embellishments, ribbons- whatever suits your fancy as long as its BLUE!

I pulled out every combination of blue copics I had to create my card using Winter Wryn...



Added some fun patterned & glitter paper, thread & enamel dots and called it done!

Hope to see you join in on the Wintery Blue fun!

All Wrapped up!

How are you Christmas preparations coming along?

I have a lot of things done but still feel SO behind at the same time.. this month, this YEAR is just flying by! We've put up our tree, decorated the house inside & out, but with my two year old son "helping" things are always an adventure around here!

Which is totally why this new digi from Chi Chi Memories is PERFECT!



If allowed he would definitely be wrapped up in lights and playing in a box! LOL

Happy Bday Monkey Girl!

My sweet niece celebrated her 9th birthday last week right before Thanksgiving!

I made her this cute card that totally mimics her goofiness using Monkey Around Wryn from Tiddly Inks! 

Farm Fresh Friday: Best Friends

Happy Friday!

It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday Challenge at The Greeting Farm!

The challenge this week is "Best Friends" I immediately thought to make something cute for my 2 teenage nieces for Christmas, I really love how close they are! They share a room so I thought it would be a fun gift! :) Now hopefully they don't see this before then...



It's mounted on a mini canvas so they have the choice to hang it on the wall or on their bookshelf in their room. I used the Anyas from the My Sunshine  and Miss Anya Night Out- I think they look just like them! Pinks and purples are their favorite colors so I found some funky prints in my stash and paired it was some washi tape.  Hope they like this as much as I loved putting it together!

Check out the details to play along on the TGF blog and for some fab DT inspiration!

Reindeer Games

Time for new digis at Chi Chi Memories & they are SO cute!!

Today I'm sharing this sweet card I made with the new Reindeer Girl!



Isn't she just so cute? I colored her with copics and added some glitter pen to her outfit for some extra sparkle! I fussy cut her and adhered her with dimensional tape to the doily! I love creating cards like this because it gives me a chance to use up my paper scraps! I've been trying really hard to make a dent in my paper scraps stash... I did finally manage to get it all organized so that's been extra helpful!

(& it's also just occurred to me that I've used kraft on the last 10 cards I've made...oops!)

Happy Tuesday & Thanks for stopping by!