Always & Forever...

It's February 1st and that means a brand new Farm Fresh Challenge is underway at The Greeting Farm! As you know a new challenge is issued at the beginning of every month over on the TGF blog and this time we want to see you add 'A Touch of Red' to your creations. February is the month of love so why not ink up your most loved TGF stamp and play along for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate? Better yet, treat yourself to a new digi that you've fallen in love with from the store and get creative!

For my Touch of Red card I printed out two Wild Sprout digis, Dressy Joyce and Dressy Daniel, to make a lovey couple. If you ask me they look like they are dressed to the nines for a romantic Valentine's dinner date. I kept the card design clean and simple with just the frame of pretty red paper around the edge. And the touches of red in Joyce and Daniel's outfits were colored to match.

Later gators!  :)   

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- October Afternoon (Public Library)
digital stamps- The Greeting Farm (Dressy Joyce and Dressy Daniel)
stamp- Papertrey Ink (sentiment)
ink- Versafine onyx black 
Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle dies
Kaiser Craft gems
Twine and Ink puffy gold heart sticker
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
Joyce
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
eyeshadow- W00, W1, W2, YG91
hair- E21, E23, E25, W8
clothes- E81, E50, 0, R05, R08, E09, R89, E18
Daniel
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E44, E47, E49, E55
eyes- G99
clothes- W2, W3, W5, W7, W9, C8, C10, 100, E81, 0, R05, R08, E09

Hello...

TGIF! 

I'm heading off to spend the day coloring with a friend so I'm one happy chica this morning. Sure, the forecast is predicting a rain/snow mix but through the power of positive thinking I'm hoping that it is just rain for my drive. 
So today felt like a Saturated Canary kind of day, probably because I've been wanting to color up this beauty for a few months now but had to wait 'til we got a bit closer to spring to get her on a card. This lovely little gal is called Ribbons Fairy and she is quite magical. I paired her up with some bright and beautiful papers by We R Memorykeepers because the roses and sunshine are really appealing to me at the moment. The color scheme turned out to be a refreshing change of pace from the Copics I have been pulling. It's always good to shake things up a bit.  ;)

Well, I'm outta here. Have a great weekend everybody! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- We R Memorykeepers
digital stamp- Saturated Canary (Ribbons Fairy)
ink- Colorbox creamy brown
Studio Calico hello die
My Favorite Things stitched circle die
Making Memories flowers
buttons
Kaiser Craft gems
twine
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E21, E11, R00, R20, V93
lips- E04, R22
eyes- BG15, BG49
hair- YR21, Y17, YR04, YR27
clothes-Y00, Y04, Y15, V93, B97, B99, BV29, W2
wings- BG0000, BG11
leaf- YG00, YG13, G43, G46, G20
background- W0, Y000, 0, Y04
 

Sweetheart...

Good morning!

I've got a CAS card to share today that I made for the current challenge over at A Day For Daisies. The challenge is to "stitch it up" so I grabbed a big stitched rectangle die to add some faux stitching along the border of the image. Speaking of which, the image is a darling freebie that was offered up on the ADFD blog awhile ago which I thought would be perfect for a sweet Valentine's Day card. I printed these two nice and big so that they would fill up most of the card then colored them in pretty shades of red and pink. There is actually a whole lot of glitter going on since I made their wings sparkly with Wink of Stella but the photo just doesn't capture it unfortunately. Then I used some small pearls to dress up their 'dos and sprinkled a few around the sentiment for good measure too.  ;)  

Okey dokey, time to scoot. Have a good one everybody! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
digital stamp- A Day For Daisies (Freebie)
stamp- Simon Says Stamp (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black 
Simon Says Stamp stitched rectangle die
Prima flower
Kaiser Craft pearls
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E21, E11, R00, R20
hair 1- E53, E31, E55
hair 2- E35, E57, E49
gown 1- R000, R11, RV42, 0
gown 2- RV42, R32, R35, R59
heart- R46, R59, R89
wings- R0000, 0
background- E50, 0

Loads of love...

Hiya folks! 

I have been just itchin' to make this card for ages but had to wait until I could get my hands on the Squeaky Clean stamp set from Paper Smooches before it could all come together. The laundry room background is totally inspired by this crazy creative card that I found on Pinterest. As soon as I saw it I wanted to stamp up my own laundry room so that Hope & Grace Laundry would have the perfect place to live. It got even better when I found this sentiment in my stash because I'm always a fan of a good pun, LOL! Apparently this is my year for quirky, off beat Valentine's Day cards.  ;) 

Thanks for stopping by today, see ya manana! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Hope and Grace Laundry), Paper Smooches (Squeaky Clean), Simon Says Stamp (Just a Love Note set)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
Ranger glossy accents
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E21, E11, R00, R20
hair- E35, E29, E49
clothes- RV13, RV14, R35, RV21
laundry- R05, R24, R46, BG53, BG05, Y11, Y21, Y26, YG01, YG23, YG17, RV14, RV29, C8, C10
washing machine set- R24, R46, R59, C6, C8, C10, C00, C1, C3
laundry accessories- E31, E35, E57, Y21, YR23, E33, BG11, BG15, Y38, YR18, BG000, B01, 0, E40, E51, Y15, Y35, YG0000, YG01, YG17
wall/floor- W00, W0, W2 W4, T1, T2, T4

Talk nerdy to me...

Hey there!

I've got a busy day ahead of me so I have to post and run this morning. I've had this fun sentiment stamp for quite some time just waiting for the right character to pair it up with. As soon as Anya Nerds Out was released a few months back I knew I had a winner. In fact I think she just may be my new favorite Big Time Anya and those cute glasses totally have me wishing that we get a nerdy Big Time Ian someday soon. Anywho, I really wanted to make a quirky Valentine with Anya and this is what came together from my scrap bags. Clean and simple and it doesn't take itself too seriously.  ;)

Alrighty, have a good one everybody!    

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- Imaginisce (pink), BoBunny (Modern Miss)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Big Time Anya Nerds Out), Studio Calico (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Studio Calico deja blue and Colorbox creamy brown
Paper Smooches stitches die
Simon Says Stamp heart border die
silver thread
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- E41, E42, E43, E44
clothes- E40, E41, E43, 0, B37, B39, BV29, R43, RV14, RV29, BG90, BG10, G00, BG72, E35, E57, E59

Stitched with love...

Hello again! 

So this weekend I stopped by my semi-local crafty store and found the Baaah Humbug set by Lawn Fawn on Christmas clearance for 70% off. With those kinds of savings how could I resist such a deal? Especially when I really started looking at the accessory stamps that are included in the set and thought about how I could use them with my Greeting Farm stamps. The little knitting needles really got the ideas spinning and as soon as I got home I hit the crafty room and looked for the perfect Anya to turn into a Knitting Anya. And wouldn't ya know, Sitting Lovely Anya was everything I was hoping for. I don't even consider this altering because all I had to do was glue the knitting needles right over her hands. I stamped her on to the Sitting Casual chair and used the ball of yarn stamp to give Anya plenty to work with. Once I gave her a comfy room to relax in something still seemed to be missing... aha... Anya needed a kitty friend! Luckily I've printed out rows of the sweet Hallo Bean kitty so it was an easy fix.  ;)

Ok, time for me to get ready for work.
Later gators! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It
paper- My Mind's Eye (Tres Jolie)
digital stamps- The Greeting Farm (Hallo Bean kitty)
stamps- The Greeting Farm (Sitting Lovely Anya and Sitting Casual chair), Lawn Fawn (Baaah Humbug set), My Favorite Things (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Colorbox creamy brown
Memory Box window die
Sakura stardust glitter pen
Wink of Stella clear glitter pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, R00, R20
hair- YR21, YR27, E99, E29
clothes- E50, E41, 0, R11, RV42, R32, E44, E47, E49
chair- YG0000, G20, G40, G43, YG01, E43, E55
floor- E40, E41, E42, E44
yarn- R11, R32, E50, E41, YR21, YR12, YR24, YG00, 43, G46
kitty- E50, E51, YR21, W4