A Merbean Tote

Hello Farm Friends! Today is my day to share on the Greeting Farm blog and I have  a mermaid theme project for you.  I was in need of a new library/book bag, as my previous had torn, so I took myself to the store to find a canvas tote. Now at first, it worked out fine but I soon realized that it was much too drab and boring for my books - plus it was getting lost among all my market bags- so I came up with this. I blew up Leela Merbean in a word document and printed her out, several times. I then cut out the image in several stages and used them as templates to get the image and paint on the tote. Now, to make it a little easier for myself, I ignored her crown and didn't add it to the tote.  I created a bit of scenery and gave her a pink ocean to swim in. To finish the tote, I wrote in one of Melville's quote that is inspiring and on point with the ocean life.

Her merpal, Coralina Merbean was used for the "if lost, please return to" tag seen on the upper right side. She was printed on heavy watercolor 140lb paper to make sure that the tag will uphold to the wear and tear that is to follow.  I hope that my project inspires you to use your images in fun and funky ways.

Thanks for stopping by!

SUPPLIES

Images: The Greeting Farm (Digi section) - Leela Merbean, Coralina Merbean

Medium: Martha Stewart paint (for tote), Winsor & Newton watercolor tubes (for tag)

Canvas Tote - Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store, Twinery Twine, Yarn.

Talk to the Bear

Happy Friday! I'm here playing along with a few challenges when I really should be working. But that can wait, right? lol. This sassy little gal is "Talk to the Bear" from Mo Manning. She's the best, reminds me of myself when I was younger. Ahhh to be young :) 

Ok, enjoy your Friday and thanks for stopping by!! Now it's back to the grind for me :)

I'm playing with

The Saturday Sketch #248

Mo's Digital Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamp and Create - Fur or Feathers

Some Birthday Love

Hey all!! It is turning out to be beautiful today, my app says that we will be hitting 70 degrees around noon. Yay!! I hope it doesnt lie to me like it has in the past. Grrr. Lol. 

Yesterday I gave a peek of a few cards Ive been working on. Today I have a couple of birthday cards. I'm all about using up all my paper to try to avoid having scraps. I managed to use 4 sheets of 6x6 for both cards, although it was a bit difficult afterwards but I had very little to toss. So yay! for that. My first card features Anya Lifts with the sentiment from Anya Celebrates.

I'm playing with
Greeting Farm FFF - Message Me
Deconstructed Sketch - No. 86 
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything Goes
Yumi and Fumi Handmade - Photo Inspiration
My Craft Spot - Anything Birthday

This second card features a Sassy Cheryl digi called I Love You This Much. This little gal is one of the $2 digis that can be found in her Shop. You can find lots of cuties there, including a little pirate taking a bath. He's on my to color list.

I'm playing with:
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog - Thinkin' Pink
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Sketch Free for All ( I chose Sketch #52)

Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies: Stamps - The Greeting Farm, Sassy Cheryl. American Crafts dp.Twinery twine. Misc cardstock, gems and button.

Baby Fairy Love

Happy Wednesday! We are half way through the week and almost done with the first month of the year. OMG!!! Lol. Today I have a Love theme card featuring one of the adorable baby fairies from Mo Manning. He is uber adorable and makes me want a baby the looks like him. One day, one day :)

I hope that I don't bore you with this paper as I'm using it all up. Lol. I just love the look of it. I love the subtle tones with the mixture of nature and handwriting. 

I'm playing with: 

Mo Manning Challenge - Emboss It

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Anything Goes

Stamp and Create - Love

Mayzy Art - Romance

Little Miss Muffet - Hearts and Flowers (the hearts are embossed on the bottom left)

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Now for a card without any coloring. I think this is my 2nd one that I've created like this. I must do it more often as the paper that we all love can be powerful on its own. Plus I think this look works especially well for male cards. I used the Art Type Stack from DCWV.

Im playing with: 

DCWV January Stack-a-holic Challenge

The Corrosive Challenge - Stick a Pin in it

And here's a peek of some birthday cards and Valentine cards that will be popping up in the next few days.

I'm playing with Show Me Thursday #109

Thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies Used: Mo Manning Image. Prismacolor Pencils. Recollections paper. DCWV paper. Misc flowers and brads.

Happy... Giggle

Hello!!! I'm here just squeezing in this card at the Some Odd Girl sketch challenge right before the deadline. This little dude is Toby and is just too cute with his big prezzie. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Also playing with:
Card Making Mamas - CAS

The Greeting Farm is spreading the Love

Happy Friday!! I'm here with a long-ish post :) ...

TGF is spreading the love this Thanksgiving holiday. Jessica and Marie are very thankful and feel blessed for what they have and they wanted to show gratitude with a special Thanksgiving challenge. 

The Challenge: Create a card or project with the theme of Thankfulness. You must use a TGF image to play along. Once you enter your card, please send Jessica a private email and nominate a person you might know that is a little down on their luck, struggling financially, etc. Please note that TGF will not share the name of the recipient you nominate - it will be private. Please click here to read the post in full. 

My challenge card features Navajo Anya.

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Now for our new Farm Fresh Friday challenge of the week..the theme is Twilight/Fairytale. I created a mini box using the new CC Sadie and I colored her up with Bella as a newly hatched vampire in mind (hence the red eyes). 

On the inside, I added a Cullen necklace that I bought at Nordstrom along with an ATC featuring Flirty Edward from The Roll Call Kit. I think its a cute little gift for a Twi-Hard don't you think? :)

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Now for a quickie card. I had this little gal colored up (who originally was slated for Halloween but seeing as that day has come and gone, lol) I decided to use her up for a "spooky birthday" theme card. Lol, I know I'm stretching it on this one but my stash of Kraftin Kimmie Stamps is extremely small and I wanted to play along with their Food/Drink Challenge. All I need to do is type up a Happy Birthday sentiment and I'm done. I'm in need of a good birthday stamp set. Any recommendations?

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you have a great Friday and weekend!

It's a Boy Card

Hi There! I'm here to quickly share a card I created for a friend of mine. She had a baby shower this past weekend to attend to a she wanted a special card with specific colors. It turned out that this adorable elephant, "I Forgot" from Mo Manning was perfect because the baby shower theme was elephants. Yay for coincidence! Lol. 

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm playing with:

Mo Manning: "C is for.." And for me it is Cute and Cuddly

FFF: Boy Birthday

Happy Friday. Today begins a new Farm Fresh Friday challenge over at TGF Blog and the theme is Boy Birthday with a Color Twist. You must use the colors: Aqua, Orange and Silver somewhere on your card. I used Birthday Boy Ian. He comes in digi form so if you do not have any boy stamps you can pop on over to shop to buy this cutie.

I hope you can play along with us this week and make sure you hop on over to the TGF blog to check out the rest of the birthday boy creations.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Neutral Baby Card

Happy Wednesday. I'm here with a baby card featuring one of Mo Manning's adorable images. This image is called "I Forgot" which is prob meant for an apology card but this lil elephant can pull off any type of card. I used the neutral color yellow to have as a standby.
Thanks for stopping by!

I'm playing with
Mo's Challenge - Buttons
Sketch Saturday #225

Cupcake Thief

Hey there. Just a quickie post to show you my card featuring the cutest little thief ever. I was smitten when I first saw this image. How could I not be when I saw that she was getting away with those enormous cupcakes. Reminded me of myself. Lol! Image is Cupcake Thief by Mo Manning.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm playing with:
Mo Manning - #151 Anything Goes
Catered Crop - Pink
Sketch Saturday #224
Divas by Design - For A Child
My Mum's Craft Shop - Buttons

Pile It On - Patterned Paper

Tickled Pink Stamps is sponsoring Fab n Funky

Image: Lil Little Lad Frankie. He's an awesome Lil dude! 

Medium: Prismacolor Pencils

I used The Sketchy Challenge 26: Heidy's Sketch

Happy 4th of July!!! I hope you are enjoying the holiday with lots of good food and family time.

Just a quickie post today to let you know that Tickled Pink Stamps is sponsoring Funky n Fab. The theme is Stars and Stripes (and as you can see it doesn't have to be traditional r/w/b stars and stripes). Make sure you hop on over on to the TPS blog to check out the rest of the creations and to play along for your chance at some freebies.

** edited to submit to Designed To Color - Theme Week, Day 5: The Men in your Life **

Thanks for stopping by!! Happy Holiday!

SOG FB Fun Day

(Image: Alice Mae)

I used the Designed To Color: June/July Sketch 

Hello Bloggers!! Some Odd Girl held a FB Fun Day today. There were challenges, prizes, tutorials and lots of discounts. They also had a scavenger hunt which was pretty cool with a fun image as the prize. 

(Inside of Card)

The first mini challenge of the day was to create our own embellishments. 

I used the butterfly technique for my project.

The main challenge of the event was to color up a SOGgy with a non-traditional color. I was going for a Magenta Pink hair do but I'm cringing as I see that her hair looks reddish in this light. I used one too many different tones and so I may have failed the assignment. Lol. 

(Image: Roller Mae)

Thanks for stopping by!

Not Too Shabby for Tickled Pink Stamps

Happy Sunday! This week Tickled Pink Stamps is proudly sponsoring The Corrosive Challenge where the theme is "Not too Shabby - Shabby Chic or Vintage Style" . We hope you head on over there and join in all the fun and you'll have a chance to win some Tickled Pink digis too. In the meantime here's my inspiration for the challenge.

I went for a Shabby Chic look. I'll always been a little lost as to what constitutes Shabby Chic or Vintage but I found a trick to it. Find a stack that you love that could pass off as that look, I chose DCWV Preppy Princess then add pearls and lace (I couldn't find my lace so I substituted) and voila, you have tricked yourself into a shabby chic look, lol.

For my image I used Party Pinkette Coraline, one of my favorite Pinkettes. She's great for all your birthday cards and once you cut off the balloon, for other projects as well. Make sure you hop on over to the Tickled Pink Stamp Shop to check out the Lolitas, Lads and Pinkettes. Also, make sure you hop on over to the Tickled Pink Blog to see some gorgeous Pink Lady creations.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm playing with:

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Anything Goes

The Stamp Spot - Pink, Flowers and Bling

SOG Fun with a little Tiddly Love

Happy Saturday Night!!! How are you enjoying your evening? I should be organizing and packing but instead I decided to create a bright and cheery card using Roller Mae to play along with Some Odd Girl. Today was a special day of Facebook Funday for SOG where discounts, tutorials and lots of SOGgy love were found.

I used the Sketch from the SOG Sketch Challenge. 

Materials Used: Prismacolor Markers. DCWV Stacks. Twinery Twine.

I also have a little Tiddly card inspired by the Mom's challenge over at Tiddly Inks. This one was made for my mom from her little princess, who is no longer me, lol! I've been replaced by my niece, oh well circle of life. Hehehe.  

Image Used: Everyday Princess by Tiddly Inks  - I accidentally cut off her scepter but its ok :)

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm playing with:

Bunny Zoe Crafts - Anything Goes

Stamp and Create - For The Ladies

Tickled Pink Stamps is Tickled Pink

Tickled Pink Stamps is Tickled Pink to sponsor Divas by Design Challenge. The theme of the challenge is to use Lots and Lots of Pink and very appropriately called Tickled Pink. Cuuuuute, Right!!

For my card I used Lil Pinkette August. Isn't she just a cutie rockin out to her music. She's currently on sale, so what better time than to buy her up :) Make sure you hop on over to the Tickled Pink Blog to see the beautiful pink creations that were created.

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm playing with:
RCC53 - Gettin' Sketchy with Debbi
The Stamp Spot - Bling, Pink and Flowers

Products:
Prismacolor Markers,
DCWV Stacks,
Recollections Flowers

Yummmmmm, Cupcakes!

Hi! I'm here with a Semi-CAS, fun cupcake card I made for a special little lady. Enjoy your Wednesday!!

Image: Party Hardy by Saturated Canary. Medium: Prismacolor Pencils. 

Paper: Momenta, Recollections. Embellishments/Flowers: Recollections. Twine: The Twinery. 

Thanks for stopping by!

I'm playing with:

Saturated Canary - Birthday Challenge

Quixotic Paperie - Sketch No.6 (with a little extra jazz on the bottom)

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Ribbon or Twine

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Ohh La La

Stamp and Create - For the Ladies