Summer is HERE!!

Hey everybody!

We are SO EXCITED over at The Greeting Farm...and ready to spread the SUNSHINE!

Why? Because SUNSHINE is the name of the newest 8 1/2x11 JUMBO KIT of rubber stamps being previewed today on the TGF Blog!

Just in time for summer, SUNSHINE is full of larger sized stamps, perfect for scrapbooking, cardmaking, or any papercrafting! And ONE LUCKY WINNER just might take one home after hoppin' around the Scrapbooking DT's blogs today!

The TGF Scrapbooking Team is also THRILLED to welcome LYNDA NIELSEN to our gang! You may recognize Lynda as one of our Gardeners and now she is back and ready to get scrappin'! Yay!

This week is a SKETCH challenge designed by my fellow SB team member Jacilynn:



I totally LOVE this sketch but had more than 3 pictures that I wanted to use... but that's the great thing about sketches- they just kick-start your creative juices and all your ideas come to life!

Summer has officially begun here in Arizona... we've surpassed the 100(F) degree mark a few days already and it's only going to get hotter! My sister pulled out the kiddie pool for my cutiepie nieces to play in. It was Emi's first time- think she enjoyed it?



Isn't Anya in her itty bitty bikini the cutest?!


Supplies:
- Sunshine (The Greeting Farm)
- Heart Shape cutter (Fiskars)
- Papers: Dark Pink flourish & blue embossed cardstock (Making Memories); Pink Dots (Lasting Impressions); Handmade paper (??Costco); Green dots (My Mind's Eye)
- Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Colorbox frost white, white gel pen, Sakura stardust glitter pen
- Copics: C3, E000, E00, E11, E21, R01, RV00, RV02, RV04, 100
- Other: Stickles, mini heart buttons
I'm so excited to show you more week after week and hope you'll play along with our challenges too!
Be sure to check out the rest of the Scrapbooking Team today:

Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
Jessica Diedrich
JoAnn Valderama

and our newest DT member...
Lynda Nielsen!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to spread the SUNSHINE wherever you go :)

Best Wishes

Another card to share! Please see my first post HERE too!

This one was for a friend of my sister's, she's moving to another state and my sis wanted to wish her all the best! I used this super cute "Tree Hugger" image from Tiddly Inks{(she's moving to Oregon- so she'll have lots of trees to hug! :)}



Supplies:
- Tree Hugger (Tiddly Inks); Essential Messages (Hero Arts)
- Labels 8 nestabilities
- Patterned papers (DCWV)
- Ink: Printer, Broken China distress ink
- Copics: BG13, BG15, C1, C3, E000, E11, E15, E18, E21, E35, E37, E39, G12, G14, G21, G24, R01, W3
- Other: Ribbon, mini flower punch, Stickles

That's all for today.. I will be back again tomorrow with The Greeting Farm's next scrapbook challenge & a sneaky peek of what's coming soon!!

Bamboo & Butterflies

Hello.. few things to share today!

Last weekend was my mom's birthday- she was out of town so I had a little more time to play with her card.  I decided to play along with the Hero Arts challenge color layering technique..

I layered shades of Peeled Paint Distress ink for the bamboo, and shades of Dusty Concord Distress & Colorbox pigment ink in heliotrope.  I also made the flower embellishment with a flower punch smeared in the same dusty concord ink w/water & perfect pearls...
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Here is the rest of my card... 

Supplies:
- Good Fortune, Chinese Dolls, Dot & Flowers DB (Hero Arts)
- Labels 8 nestabilities
- Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Peeled Paint & Dusty Concord Distress Ink,  Heliotrope pigment ink, versamark, Perfect pearls (mixed w/water)
- Copics: BV00, BV02, E000, E00, E11, G12, G14
- Other: ribbon, flower punch, pearl gem

Thanks for stopping in... be back shortly with another card :)

Welcome Baby!

Tiddly Inks Tuesday Time!!

This week's challenge is to create a baby themed card!  Thought this "Send Me a Sign Bugg" was the perfect image to welcome a new baby! 

We have some friends expecting a baby this summer.. and won't find out if its a boy or girl until they make their arrival- so I chose some neutral yellows & greens for this card!

Supplies:
- Send Me a Sign Bugg (Tiddly Inks); Fanciful Swirls; Basic Alpha (Hero Arts)
- Oval/scallop nestabilities
- Swiss Dots embossing folder
- Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, printer, white gel pen, Sakura glitter pen
- Copics: B0000, B00, E000, E00, E11, G12, G14, R01, YR21, YR23, multiliner
- Other: ribbon, string, button, gems

Check out the other fabulous work from my fellow Tiddly Inkers on the challenge blog and all the details on how to enter this week's BABY challenge!!

Just for you...

Happy Monday!

I have lots to share with you this week!

First, I have another digi that my sister drew (she drew these cute Tabathas too!) My niece {Lauren} named her Lauren!


Isn't she just SOO cute?!

Supplies:
- Lauren digi (My sis!)
- All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts)
- Labels 8, circle nestabilities
- My Mind's Eye patterned paper
- Ink: Printer, Versafine Onyx Black, white gel pen
- Copics: BG02, BG05, BG07, E000, E00, E11, E35, E37, G12, G14, R35, R37, Y15
- Other: ribbon, button, string, gems


And I didn't forget! I used random.org to pick a winner of Jane's Doodles Harry digi from my post over the weekend.  The winner is...



CONGRATS Vera!  Please email me {link above} and Jane will send you Harry!

Thanks for stopping by.. I'll be back tomorrow with the next Tiddly Inks Tuesday Challenge!

It's Harry!

and he's hairy! LOL  Jane has another adorably cute monster for release today at Squigglefly!


Supplies:
- Harry Monster (Jane's Doodles); Monster Birthday (Hero Arts)
- Labels 8 nestabilities
- Cornice edge punch (Martha Stewart)
- Scor-pal
- Ink: printer, Versafine Onyx Black, white gel pen
- Copics: B63, B66, G12, G16, multiliner
- Other: buttons

Isn't he just the cutest!!  I see a lot of monster cards in my future... Leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner to win Harry the digi!

Now check out the fabulous works of the DT:
Alice, Kelly, Jane, Lucy, & Mariana!

I also made this monster card with the Hero Arts Monster set for the challenge last month and didn't have the chance to share him here yet...


Have a wonderfuly weekend!!

Flowers.. Sisters (Nieces).. Friends!

Flower Power!  This week's scrapbook challenge on The Greeting Farm is to use flowers- at least 3 to be specific! 

I decided to use these cute & goofy pictures of my nieces modeling some skirts their mom (my sis) made for them!  They are such goofballs and we're totally having fun with this photo session... It's so cute that even at 11 & 9 they still LOVE to match each other!



I ♥ adding flowers to my projects- just adds that perfect girly touch to it - & the stars from the Spotlight Kit make perfect flower centers :)- did I mention that I love stickles too?


I used Summer (twice) from the new Roll Call set and altered her a bit by trimming off one of her pigtails on each to match the girls- I tried to alter her shorts into a skirt too but it just didn't work out for me...

Supplies:
- Spotlight Kit, Roll Call (The Greeting Farm)
- Bazzill Basics; American Crafts Cardstock
- Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black
- Copics: B91, B93, C3, E000, E00, E11, E35, RV00, RV02, YR12, YR16, 100
- Other: buttons, ribbon, string, glittered pearls, Prima flowers, stickles

Thanks for swinging by now click on over to check out the awesome inspiration from my design teammates on The Greeting Farm blog!