Ham It Up

Hello All! I'm on the Quick Creations blog with a birthday card featuring this crazy little hog that likes to party.  My card was inspired by the Christmas Wreath, I didnt think it fair that wreaths are predominately used for holidays so I thought it was time that a birthday wreath be created. This little hog needs a special place to ham it up on. hehe.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ps. As a reminder: Head on over to the Quick Creations challenge blog to play along with the monthly challenge that is currently happening. As always, there will be a prize for playing.  

SUPPLIES

Stamp: My Favorite Things - Birdie Brown “Hog Heaven” Clear Stamp Set

Paper: Echo Park – “Party Time” 6x6 Paper Pad, Recollections 110lb heavy card stock

Dies: Lawn Fawn – “Large Stitched Square” Die, Spellbinder Circle dies

Extras: Quick Creations Sequins - "Sunkissed Meadow", Recollections gems

Medium: Prismacolored Pencils

"Snow and Cocoa" Inspired, p.2

Happy Friday farm friends, I'm on the TGF blog with another "Snow and Cocoa" inspired post. As you know, the Crate and Paper line is sooo cute with its pinks and blues but that also means that its really popular and sold out pratically every where.  Yesterday's project was inspired by a polr bear tag found in the ephemera pack.

Todays project was inpired by the whole line. I took elements from different pieces and used them as inspiration. I created 4 cards size 3x4 which I found  were the perfect size to play and experiment. Plus, they are perfect for a DD album or for project life. I used several greeting farm sets for this project. I like looking at all the smaller stamps on the sets because they can be used to create awesome mini projects.  I hope you found inspiration here and give it a go to create your own set. Happy weekend!

SUPPLIES

Holiday Stamp Sets: The Greeting Farm - "Dashing", "Sparkling Season", "Holiday Blessings", "Pop Out Christmas", "Ho Ho Holidays" and "Happy Winter"

Tis The Season

Click HERE for my Snow and Cocoa inpired project OR scroll down

Hello All! I'm on the Quick Creations blog today and today I have a Christmas card featuring the adorable greeting farm reindeers.  I was inspired by the poloraid frames found in the "odds and ends" pack and so I thought it would be cute to make it look as if its their christmas card that they are sending out to their snow friends. hehe. Cute, right! I hope you found inspiration here today and start on your christmas projects.

Thanks for stopping by.

SUPPLIES

The Greeting Farm - “Dashing” Clear Stamp Set

Doodlebug Designs – “Here Comes Santa Claus” 6x6 Paper Pad, Odds and Ends: "Here Comes Santa Claus" die cuts, Christmas Sprinkles: Candy Canes.

Lawn Fawn – “Large Stitched Square”, "Stitched Rectangles" dies

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

Snow and Cocoa Inspired

Happy Thursday farm friends, I'm on the TGF bog with a "Snow and Cocoa" inspired post. The absolute super cute pink and colorful winter-christmas line released by Crate Paper has been very popular amongst us crafters and thus has been extremely hard to find. Everywhere I look, most of it is sold out and so I decided to be inspired by the line and by an  ephemera piece in particular. This greeting farm polar bear from the set "Let It Snow" was perfect to recreate the bear tag (seen in the top picture), I like a lot from the ephemera pack. 

I created my tags by: stamping the bear with black ink, creating a mask for the bear and applying it to the tag, using distress inks of various aqua shades and pink and then stamping the mini stars found on the stamp set. This doesn't require much coloring as the bear is stark white but you can opt for minor shading as I did.  These are quick, simple and great for mass production.  Now its your turn to give it a go. I hope it's snowing wherever you find yourself.

SUPPLIES

Stamp Set - The Greeting Farm: Let It Snow 

Distress Inks - Cracked Pistachio, Picked Rasberry, Tumbled Glass

Others -  Tag Pack (Joann), black marker

Quick Creations Holiday Hop

Happy Saturday! Over at Quick Creations., we are celebrating the holiday season with a blog hop featuring The Greeting Farm. Wow, thats going to be a lot of cuteness! You'll also have a chance at winning a prize, there are a just a few things to do to be eligible:

1. Leave a commnet on all stops (very important)

2. "Like" the quick creations facebook page here

3. Join the quick creation facebook group here

4. Follow the quick creations blog here
The deadline is 12/5

Ok, so my inspiration for you today is this cute polar bear having his morning coffee. He's getting caffeined up so he has enough energy to go terrorize the cute village behind him. Lol. 

Happy Hopping and Good Luck! 

SUPPLIES

Image - The Greeting Farm: "Let It Snow" set

Paper - Doodlebug Designs: "Polar Pals" 6x6. Strathmore Bristol. Recollections 110lb heavy stock.

Dies - Lawn Fawn: Small cross-stiched rectangles, Large stitched rectangles, Stitched hillside border

Medium - Prismacolor Pencils

Blog Hop Line Up

Quick Creations

Leah 

Rachel

Kelli

Jessie

Melanie 

Nikki

Indah

Rosemary

Jess (You are here)

Olivia 

Jeanette

Lameka

NOVEMEBER Farm Fresh Challenge: Fall Colors

Happy November! It's that time again to bring you some farmer inspiration for the new farmer monthly challenge. The theme is... FALL COLORS  In most parts of the country, the weather has cooled down, the leaves are changing color and pumpkin everything is in full swing but for me, well let's just say that beach attire is still appropriate. I thought of creating a "sunny" theme card featuring the fall colors but I decided that the woodland crittters are much more cute and lovable. These stamp sets are a couple of my favorites because they can be used for so much more than what they were intended for. 

Make sure to click over to the TGF blog to see what the rest of the farmers created for you. You will also find the guidelines there so you can play along with us. 

SUPPLIES
Image(s): The Greeting Farm - Wood Friends with matching dies, Eggstra Special with matching dies, Hello Fall with matching dies and Peek-a-Boo with matching dies.
Paper: Doodlebug Designs "Fall Friends" 6x6. 
Enamel Dots: Doodlebug Designs Sprinkles - Fall Glitter. 
Dies: Lawn Fawn - "Flower Border" and "Stitched Hillside"
Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

These Bunnies are Grateful For...

Hi! I'm on the greeting farm blog sharing a non-tradfitional thankful card. Around this time of year, we see lots of browns, oranges and yellows on our fall projects but I don't belive in those colors. I'm a beliver of pink, pink and more pink, hehe. So with that in mind, I used the cute bunnies from "Hoppy Hello", a set released last year, and I paired them with the sentiment from the Hello Fall set . They go perfect with each other and it goes to show that you can always mix and match lots of your tgf stamps (as you have seen on my projects). Happy friday and Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Image- The Greeting Farm: Hoppy Hello mini clear set

Sentiment - The Greeting Farm: Hello Fall mini clear set

Misc - Pink Vellum, Lawn Fawn scraps, AC white cardstock, Simple Stories enamel dots.

Favorite Person to Laaugh With

Hello all! I'm over at the Quick Creations blog sharing a card featuring some adorable bunny friends. When I read the sentiments and the cuteness of the stamp set, I knew I needed to use it. The sweetness of the bunnies inspired me to create an "it'll be ok" type of card without actually saying those words. That is what is so great about the birdie brown sets, because they mix well with each other and they work for lots of different themes. 

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES
My Favorite Things - "Snuggle Bunnies" stamp set
My Favorite Things - "Adorable Elephants" stamp set (extras: balloons)
My Favorite Things - "Lucky Prints" 6x6 paper pad
My Favorite Things - "Cotton Candy" hybrid ink pad
Prima Marketing - Watercolor paper, 140lb cold press 6x6
Lawn Fawn - "Large Cross-Stiched" square dies
Lawn Fawn - "Small Stitched" square dies
Quick Creations - "Sun Kissed Meadows" Sequins

September Release Preview Day 2: HELLO FALL

It's day 2 of SEPTEMBER previews over at The Greeting Farm Store. We have three new stamps coming out with their coordinating dies and they all revolve around Christmas time. Eeek!! It really is time to start creating your cards and making those lists. These will be cute additions to the previous Christmas sets that were released in July.

Today, we are previewing the cute critter set HELLO FALL! These 2 are ready to eat and be thankful, as the set comes with a pie stamp and a leaf. Inspired by the pie and the fact that they are ready to eat, I thought I would build them a tower of pies so that they can have their fill. Yum!

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 3. Don't forget we will also be having a New Release Blog Hop on the 15th, were 1 lucky person will win the entire release! Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Stamp: The Greeting Farm - "Hello Fall" clear stamp with matching dies

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

TGF Special Release - Halloween Preview Day 1: SCAREDY CATS

Happy Wednesday!! Surprise, Surprise we are back with another special release, This time around we have Halloween images for you. With the summer coming to an end, it's time to start thinking of fall and a season favorite is Halloween! but here on the farm is not so much about spooky but cutesy spooky. Today we bring you a set of fun cats dressed up in various costumes. This fella here is hiding, ready to pop out at the trick-or-treaters. He's surrounded by his little pumpin friends ready to jump at them as well. Come to think of it, I don't think I would want cats and pumpkins jumping at me. Hehe.

Now make sure you pop on over to the TGF blog to check out all the farmer inspiration to get you creating this day. Make sure to come back tomorrow for day2.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Image(s): The Greeting Farm: "Scaredy Cats" clear stamp set with matching Scaredy Cats dies

Others: Prismacolor Pencils, Distress Ink Pads. Embossing Powder. Stratmore Bristol paper. Recollections 110lb heavy cardstock. 

Camp Create: Monochromatic Magic

Hello! I'm here to share a card created for MFT's Camp Create - Monochromatic theme. The Camp was put on to bring crafters together by participating in several challenges and join in on clean adult fun. Who said camp was only for kids? 

My card was inspired by this adorable dragon that has a look of confusion. He looks like he's unsure of what's happening but that's what makes him great because he can be used for several type of projects, and here he's blue-ish and grey because the recipient is feeling ill, actually the recipient is "dragon (drag-in)" Get it? Lol, took me a bit to figure it out. I was hoping to join in on the rest of the challenges but time got the best of me. Til next camp time.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Image(s) - My Favorite Things: Magical Dragons

Other: Prismacolor Pencils. Canson drawing paper. Recollections 110lb, DCWV 6x6.

Birthday Bear Hugs

Hello All! I'm on the Quick Creations blog today with a beary special birthday card. This cute bear is getting ready to jump out of a gift box to yell surprise and dance around. But who could be scared by this fuzzy, cuddly creature, especially when he has this soft look. I hope your day is fuzzy and cuddly today and have found inspiration here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Submitting to:
MFT Card Challenges - Sketch 293

SUPPLIES

Image: My Favorite Things (Birdie Brown) - Beary Special Birthday clear stamp

Paper: Simple Stories - "Vintage Bliss" 6x6 pad

Ink: My Favorite Things - Hybrid Ink "Cotton Candy"

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

Wishing you a Magical Day

Hello All! I'm on the Quick Creations blog today wishing you a magical day with a fun and colorful card. This cute unicorn is jumping around on her clouds because she just found out she can shoot off stars and hearts through her horn. I hope your day is just as fun and have found inspiration here to go out and create your own magical day.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Avery Elle - Be A Unicorn with matching die

Doodlebug Designs - "Fun in the Sun" 6x6 paper

Quick Creations Sequins - Sunkissed Meadow

My Favorite Things Dienamics - Stitched Cloud Edges

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

TGF Special Release: FUN ANYA

Happy Sunday!! Surprise, Surprise we are back with another special release, Yay! This release makes #5 of the clear Anyas (in cased you missed the other 4 Anyas they will be linked below). Now this gal has been through the ringer as her released date was postponed several times but she is finally making her debut and ready to play and have fun. Which is what she does best as her name is Fun Anya, who loves to share her lollipop with all her friends. 

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, make sure you leave a comment on the tgf blog as you'll have the chance to win your very own Fun Anya. WooHoo!!

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Image: The Greeting Farm - "Fun Anya" clear stamp, "Magical Friends" stamp and die, "Eggstra special" stamp and die,  "Always a Party" stamp and die

Paper: Doodlebug Designs - "Sugar Shoppe" 6x6

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

Sending Squishy Hugs

Hello All! I'm on the Quick Creations blog today sharing some squishy hugs inspiration featuring a disgruntled cat and her owner who can't let go.  I think we have all been this little girl at one point in our lives because we either want to squeeze our pet, a stuffed animal or baby/toddler to our hearts content (in a good way, of course). I was going for a happy and bright card to put a smile on the recipients face, hence the bright colors. 

Now make sure to click on over to the Quick Creations blog for more inspiration and to the Quick Creations shop for your own goodies to play with. Noelle has filled the shop with lots of new goaodies from the greeting farm, krafting kimmie, doodlebug, echo park, my favorite things and many other. Also, there is a monthly challenge happening where you can win a store gift certificate. The theme is stars and stripes, which is quite easy.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Image: Kraftin Kimmie - Squishy Hugs stamp set

Paper: Simple Stories - "Sunshine and Happiness" 6x6 pad 

Sequins: Sunkissed Meadow

Dies: My Favorite Things - Stitched Cloud Edges. Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangles, Large cross-stitched circles

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

Challenges:

Kraftin Kimmie - Wonderful Wednesday

July Release Preview Day 2: LET'S MINGLE

Hi, I'm back with Day 2 of previews for the JULY Release, which will be available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store on Friday, July 22nd. We have four new sets coming out with their coordinating dies and they all revolve around Christmas time! Eeek, it is officially the midway point and it is time to start creating your cards and making those lists.

Today, we are previewing the set LETS MINGLE, which is all about cutesy mice. When you think of mice you don't necessarily think cute or christmasy but i think Ratatouille changed our minds on that one. For my card, I thought I go for a fun party type card. The mice are jumping all over the place with their cheese, cookies and gifts waiting for santa to drop by.  

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 3. Don't forget we will also be having a New Release Blog Hop were 1 lucky person will win the entire release! Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Stamp: The Greeting Farm - Let's Mingle

Medium: Winsor and Newton watercolor tubes
Dies: Lawn Fawn -  small cross-stitched rectangles 

July Release Preview Day 1: DASHING

Happy first day of Preview! Today we start showcasing the JULY Release, which will be available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store on Friday, July 22nd. We have four new sets coming out with their coordinating dies and they all revolve around Christmas time! Eeek, it is officially the midway point and it is time to start creating your cards and making those lists.

Today, we are previewing the adorable set DASHING! Who are the ones that do all the dashing, the cute reindeer of course. This set will be great for lots of Christmas projects as it comes with several friendly reindeer and lots of sentiments. For my card, I was inspired by the way the "girl" reindeer is drawn and she looked like she was ready to give a reindeer kiss to her mate right before take off.  And so there you have it, a little reindeer love card ;)

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. Don't forget we will also be having a New Release Blog Hop were 1 lucky person will win the entire release! Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Stamp: The Greeting Farm - "Dashing" with matching dies

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils
Dies: Lawn Fawn -  stitched hillside, forest border, cross-stitched circles

Dog-gone Awesome

Lucky Dog

"Smitten" 6x6 pad

Stitched Scallop Edges"  die

All of Me Loves ...

Happy Friday! I'm here to share some quick inspiration featuring a pair of uber cute elephants from Stampingbella. They are part of their stuffies line that is filled with lots of cute animals. I was inspired by the mother/child theme of the elephants to use the large sentiment from the doodlebug paper pad.

Now make sure to click on over to the Quick Creations blog for more inspiration and to the Quick Creations shop for your own goodies to play with. Noelle has filled the shop with lots of new goodies from doodlebug, echo park, my favorite things and many other.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES
Image: Stampingbella - Stuffies "Ill Always Have Your Back"
Paper: Doodlebug Designs - "Sweet Things" 6x6, Bazzil turquoise and grey, Strathmore smooth bristol
Dies: La-La-Land Crafts - "Scalloped Banner" die
Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

Celebrate

Hi all! I'm here to share some quick inspiration featuring this cute elephant and his teeny-tiny friend, pink rabbit.  I was inspired by the season (grad season) to create a celebration card. The way the elephants trunk is drawn is perfect for him to be holding a bouquet of balloons. Hop on over to the Quick Creations blog for more inspiration and hop on over to the Quick Creations shop for your own goodies to play with.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Images: Avery Elle - "ELLIE" stamp and die set 

Paper: Echo Park - "Spring", Bazzil turquoise cardstock, watercolor paper

Dies: Lawn Fawn - Small cross-stitched rectangles, Meadow borders, Simply puffy clouds frames

Medium: watercolor