World Card Making Day - TGF Challenge

Do you ever sit down to stamp and end up spending more time organizing your area than you do stamping? I had that kind of day today. Nonetheless, I was able to get a few cards done. Here is a card I made for The Greeting Farm's World Card Making Day Challenge. The challenge is to CASE one of the Design Team's cards. I decided to CASE the card made by Lisa found in this blog post.

I CASED the layout.

Stamps: Rain Snow Shine {TGF}, Christmas Tags {Sweet & Sassy Stamps}
Paper: white card stock base, X-Press It White for stamped Anya, pattern paper {K&Co}
Ink: Distress Inks, Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers, black glaze pen
Other: paper doily, ribbon, buttons, baker's twine, mini brads, snowflakes embossing folder

Peace Child

I just adore the cute images sold at The Greeting Farm. This little girl with flowers in her hair and a peace sign on her shirt is one of my favorites. I was playing with some different color combinations and really liked this one. The peace signs are from a clear stamp set made by Inkadinkadoo.

Stamps: HG Peace (Greeting Farm) & Peace Signs (Inkadinkadoo)

I bought some new stamps at Stampede Rubber Stamp Store in York, PA yesterday and made a few cards.  I'll be back later this week to share them.

Princess Diva at School

Well, all the little divas are back at school. Including my 11 year old (soon to be 12) niece. She started 6th grade. Hard to believe. I pulled out one of my Miss Anya stamps and some Gina K Designs stamps illustrated by Melanie Muechinger. I was inspired by a card that Donna Baker posted on her blog yesterday. She used the lockers and some anime girls from another Gina K Designs set that I don't yet have. So I decided the pull out my Miss Anyas for my locker scene card. The lockers are so much fun to use in a scenery card and very appropriate for this time of year. This is a little princess is posing in front of the lockers at school. Isn't she just fabulous with her little tiara?




Card Details:
I used Basic Gray card stock from Stampin' Up for the lockers. I colored the little locks with a silver glitter pen and then added super mini silver brads to the centers of the locks. I also added some clear glitter from a Sakura glitter pen to the vents on the lockers. Each locker is individually stamped. I just cut them all out. Which is easy because there are straight lines. I lined them up and put some tape on the back to hold them together. I layered them onto some Pure Luxury Black Onyx. Then I created a wall behind them with patter paper from the Basic Grey's Boxer paper pad. I glued a strip of black satin ribbon at the seam of the papers. The "wall" is layered onto Green Galore and then the card base is more Pure Luxury Black Onyx.

The tiara, "tiara" phrase and the word "Diva" are from the Little Tees set. And the "what a" phrase is from the Just So Sporty Set. The locker stamp is from Sporty Accessories. All sets are found on this page of Gina K Designs web store.

The little diva girl is a Miss Anya stamp from The Greeting Farm. I stamped her onto Pure Luxury White and colored her with Copic markers. I colored her tiara with a pink Copic marker and then covered the whole thing with glitter from a clear Sakura glitter pen.

I hope you have a splendid day.

Awards from Fabulous Friends and some Hippie Projects

First I would like to share 2 blog awards that I received. The first was given to me by Geri the end of July. The second was given to me by Mary Anne. I met both of these amazing ladies over at StampTV.com. What a great community to meet fabulous women who share our common passion of stamping and paper crafting. Thank you ladies!



I also have two projects I created using new stamped images from The Greeting Farm. I just adore the Hope and Grace and Anya images from TGF.

This first project is a card I made using going green/natural colors. The stamp is from TGFs Hope and Grace line. This is HG Peace. I love her little innocent look. I colored her with Copic markers. I used a Sizzix embossing folder for the yellow layer.



My second project I made during SpliltCoastStampers Annual Dare to Get Dirty challenges. I used the inspiration piece that Joanne Basile provided. I also incorporate a couple of the other challenges. I never had a chance to upload it in time, but wanted to share it now with you. Isn't she cute? She is Hippie Anya and is a limited addition. She is very fun to color. I used some bright and funky papers from K & Company. There is a plastic flower between the button and the Purely Pomegranate disc. I am not sure what I will do with this. I didn't make it into a card and thought maybe I would frame it some how.




I hope you had some time to enjoy your hobby this weekend. I ended up having to do other stuff and did not stamp as much as I wanted to, but I did get some time in. I think I'll run to my stamp room now and play a little more before bed time.

Sweet Miss Anya

I received my Miss Anya stamps from The Greeting Farm in the mail last week. They are absolutely adorable and so much fun to color. I only have a few Copic markers, but after receiving these cute stamps, I place an order for more markers from MerriArtist.com. They are on their way here as I write this entry. I can't wait to get them.

Here is my first card with Little Miss Anya holding her purse. I used some beautiful Basic Grey Offbeat PP for this card. The card stock is from a pack I bought a while ago from AC Moore. It is recycle paper and is a very nice weight. I wish they did not stop selling it. The chocolate and sage colors match the Basic Grey PP perfectly.

I added a touch of Sakura glitter pen to her eye shadow for some sparkle. I also had to add some rhinestones to her purse and headband.



Well, it is snowing here and I decided to take a snow day from work. So off to see what else I can come up with.