May Release Preview Day 1: ANYA SHOPS

Happy first day of Preview! Today we start showcasing the MAY Release, which will be available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store on Sunday, May 15th. We will also be having a New Release Blog Hop on that day were 1 lucky person will win the entire release!

Today, we are previewing a new big Anya who is joining the farm with all her shopping bags and is appropriately named ANYA SHOPS! As always, Anya comes with lots of sentiments in a 4x6 set and is great for cheer up cards, along with friendship projects.  As for my card, I was inspired by the old black and white movies and played up her pencil, high waist skirt (which can also be seen as a dress). Even though, Anya is a cutesy character she can also be sophisticated ;)

Now its time to head over to the TGF Blog to see what the rest of the design team created for you. See you tomorrow for day 2. Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Stamp: The Greeting Farm - Anya Shops

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils
Dies: Lawn Fawn stitched labels, La-La-Land scalloped banner
Paper: Strathmore Bristol, Recollections 110lb black cardstock, Carta Bella, Dear Lizzy 

TGF Special Release: Cutesy Anya

Happy Friday!! We are back with another special release - this time we have two new clear stamps as well as two SSC stamps officially being sold to the public. This little gal here is Cutesy Anya who comes with a bow and "cute" sentiment and is perfect for all occasions.  

Now make sure you pop on over to the TGF blog to check out all the farmer inspiration to get you creating this day. PLUS, today is a good because if you leave a comment on the tgf blog then you'll have the chance to win your very own Cutesy Anya or For You Anya. There will be one winner for each clear stamp. You will have until Sunday, April 17, 2016 - 12pm CST to leave your comment and the winners will be announced next week on the tgf blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Image: The Greeting Farm - Cutesy Anya clear stamp

Paper: Dear Lizzy - Fine and Dandy 6x6, Strathmore 140lb watercolor, Strathmore art paper

Dies: Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangles

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils, Watercolor tubes

Just in case you missed it, below is the first card I created using Cutesy Anya. 

She was a sneak peek at that moment.

Our Fate Lies Within...

Happy Wednesday! I'm here today to share an altered composition notebook made for school. It features the Sweet Frou Frou greeting farm girl with an empowering quote:

Our fate lies within us.

You only have to be brave enough to see it.

-Brave. Pixar.

This quote was chosen so that it can remind the recipient to always be brave in whatever she does and to not be afraid of the unknown. I'm hoping that seeing the message daily, it'll ingrain itself into her psyche. A wonderful way to start the new school year.

Since today is my day over on the Quick Creations blog/shop make you sure you hop over where you'll find my post along with the materials I used linked to the shop. While there make sure you take a look around as Noelle is currently having a Back to School Sale.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Stamp: The Greeting Farm - Sweet Moments Frou Frou

Distress Inks: Spun Sugar, Picked Rasberry, Worn Lipstick (Mini Ink Pad-Kit#1)

Stencil: Heidi Swapp 6x6 - Confetti

Paper: Imaginisce 6x6 Pad - Little Princess

Composition Book. Prismacolor Pencils. Martha Stewart Paint.

Make It Colorful

Hello! I'm here to quickly share a toki doki inspired piece. When I first saw this giraffe, which comes from a baby theme stamp set, I found it super adorable and used it as intended. You can see my previous card here. However it reminded me a character already out there and after a little googling, I realized that "Buttercup" the toy story unicorn that came to mind was much to simple for this giraffe to be transformed into. So after spying my niece's toki backpack, I was inspired by the unicorn Stellina and came up with this. This card will be for my niece, its a go get them type of card as she's had a couple of rough days at school. Ok, so now I'm off to find a very cool area as the temps here are rising and continue to do so for the nest few days. Yikes! 

Thanks for stopping by.

Submitted to:

Farm Fresh Challenge: September - Back to School

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday: Make it Colorful

SUPPLIES:

Image: The Greeting Farm - Baby Anya and Ian

Sentiment: Inkadinkadoo - Kids Sayings

Dies: Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangle 

Paper: American Crafts. Random sequins. Prismacolor pencils.

A Royal Hello

Happy Monday! I hope your weekend was full of fun and sunshine. I'm here today to continue the new Greeting Farm Series that is happening over at Quick Creations. Noelle is promoting several stamp companies and I got The Greeting Farm, woohoo! My character is Ian, so for the next few QC posts, its going to be all about him with some Anya thrown in the mix.

My previous Ian post was about him and Anya riding the waves, very summer appropriate. But now, they have put their bathing suits aside to look prim and proper and attend the ball of the season. I just finished reading a cutesy book titled "Flunked" that takes place in Enchantasia and its all about villains and thieves trying to reform themselves. It's a great twist on the princesses, villains and what happened after the happily ever after was said and done. The main characters, who is a brunette and prince with purple eye, inspired my coloring of Ian and Anya. My prince doesn't have purple eyes but everything else around him is, so that counts :) I hope this inspires you to get crafty. Thanks for stopping by. 

My supplies have been linked to QC Shop and while there make sure to check out the Sale that is currently happening.

SUPPLIES

Image: The Greeting Farm "Prince Ian" and "Princess Anya no.4"

Castle/Sentiment: The Greeting Farm "Ever After" Bean kit

Paper: America Crafts Imaginisce "Little Princess" and Bazzil cardstock
Craft Dies: Lawn Fawn "Bon Voyage"
Lily White Doilies - Doodlebug Designs
Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

Quick Creation May Day Hop

Happy Friday! It is the 1st of May and that means it's AVENGERS day. YAY!!!!! Captain America here I come. Heheh :) Today also means that you have a chance to win a gift certificate just by hopping along a few blogs. Noelle, owner of Quick Creations, is hosting a May Day hop to get you inspired to create some flowery and/or Mother's day inspired projects. There will be 2 winners, each will get a $10 gc.

Our theme for the hop is Mother's Day and/or flowers so I went for a flower theme. I kept my card clean and general because I intend to send it off as a Thank You card to someone that was very helpful. This cutie is from The Greeting Farm  who brings her own couch :) along with some sentiments, magazine and lemonade drink. And because the weather has been Summer temperature here, I thought i'd give her some cute sun spots (aka freckles).  Its my first time and I'm hoping that I can recreate them again. 

submitting to TGF Challenge - Flowers

Ok, so now onto Cindy. If by any chance you come across a little computer glitch just go back to the Quick Creations Blog. I hope you find lots of inspiration here and it gets you in the mood for some shopping. Speaking of shopping, Noelle currently has a 20% off at the shop and in addition to that, she has some of the best prices around, amazing customer service and quick shipping. Here's a link to the Quick Creations Shop.   

Here's the lineup:

Quick Creations Blog, Lizzy, Jess, Cindy, Jeanette, Rachel, Alexandra, Michelle and Olivia.

SUPPLIES:

Image: The Greeting Farm - Sitting Wonderful

Paper: Pebbles

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils/Markers

A Creeper Birthday

I can't believe it! I managed to get another card done. lol. I think it has something to do with the fact that it is raining here!!!! The clouds opened up and descended upon Los Angeles. Its quite beautiful but very unique (for us). I even saw some pieces of icy halo early this morning on the freeway.

I'm beginning to accumulate images that I have colored and I am trying to keep that under control. It's great to have ready to go images but it can be harder to then try to match up your paper to them. I read a crazy thing, suggesting I should gather up my papers first but really, who wants to make it easy for themselves. heheh :) This card was inspired by a blog post I read by Carri (A Busy Bee), who is on a mission to use up her scraps. The idea is inspired by Lala's Project 2011 to use up my scraps. I'm always up for getting rid of my scraps since my space doesn't allow for extras/overflow.

I used Creeper Crew Tuesday who is perfect for crazy hair coloring experimentation. She, along with the rest of the creepers, are perfect for the kid inspired sentiments from Inkadinkadoo. They both have that sass :) I also wanted to take the time to admit that I'm a TGF lover. I'm totally on board with that company and all its images. Oh oh :) Thanks for stopping by/commenting.

I will be playing along with:
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Stars
Simon Says Stamp - Birthdays
Anyone for Anya - Birthdays
Charisma Cardz Challenge - Teen Birthday