Hoo Loves You?

Happy Saturday! Time for another wonderful sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday!! Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring this week's sketch challenge, offering a $25 gift certificate as a prize!

Isn't this a yummy sketch? In my quest to clean out my craft room, I'm running across paper scraps and stamps that have yet to see ink, and I'm determined to use them. This My Mind's Eye paper has owls in it, which reminded me of this adorable Hoo Loves You stamp set by The Greeting Farm which I had yet to use. A perfect match!

I gave this card to my dear friend Alicia, who loves owls. We had a crafty night together last night, which is always such a pleasure. I definitely do love that girl! ;)

Please stop by the Sketch Saturday blog to see all the wonderful creations from the design team ladies. They are an amazing group of artists who are sure to inspire and delight you.

Have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

So Long, Farewell... for now (*wink*)

This is my last post as April Guest Designer for The Greeting Farm. sniff sniff. But I had a heckuva good time, so I can't complain. In fact, I'm very grateful to Marie and Jess for giving me the chance to play with one of my all-time favorite stamp lines! I always have been and always will be a fan of The Greeting Farm!

I set sail with another look at Creeper Crew Syren, released April 1st. And now it's nearly time to see what new things are up for grabs at TGF in May! I paired Syren with patterned paper and chipboard embellies from the Salt Air collection by Cosmo Cricket.

I followed this week's sketch challenge at The Farm Fresh Challenge Blog. Have you stopped by the new challenge blog yet? You must! So much fun is going on over there all the time!

Thanks for stopping in today! I'll be back soon with more! Have a wonderful day!

Time to Follow Your Dreams

A blessed Palm Sunday to you! This is the day that the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!

Our challenge hostess this week at Stampin' Sisters in Christ is Peggysue Turner. Peggysue chose as her inspiration scripture Matthew 16:23 "Jesus turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." Her challenge is to use Versamark or the same color ink on the same color of paper (e.g., purple ink on purple paper) for a tone on tone effect somewhere on your card.

Peggysue put just the first part of Matthew 16:23 (i.e., "Jesus turned and said to Peter, 'Get behind me Satan!'") in the database for her challenge and I had no idea where she was going with this until I prepared the SSIC post and read her devotional. And then, of course, I pulled out my Bible and read the entire scripture... actually the entirety of Matthew 16:21-28.

As I write this, it's midnight and I'm not feeling well... I've been a bit under the weather the past couple of days... so I don't feel capable of writing a devotional of my own. However, I don't need to... I agree with what Peggysue has said in her devotional, which you'll find on the SSIC blog. I encourage you to jump over there and read it and see the beautiful cards created by my design sisters. You will be blessed!

My card features sweet Anya, greeting and background stamp from the Spotlight Collection by The Greeting Farm. Did you know I'm lucky enough to be the April Guest Designer at TGF? Big smiles from me! I LOVE TGF!!! I used the background stamps from the Spotlight Collection to meet the challenge by stamping in Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress Ink (which is green) on green cardstock and then I cut out the banners with Spellbinders Nested Pennants dies. The background paper and chipboard piece are from the Origins collection by Basic Grey.

TGF is sponsoring the current challenge at The Play Date Cafe, so I decided to combine challenges! A $25 Gift Certificate to spend at The Greeting Farm is up for grabs! There's still time to play, but you must hurry... the challenge ends on Tuesday at 11:59 pm Eastern!

Oh, and you'll definitely want to HOP over to the TGF blog and grab the adorable FREE digi images... Easter Ian and Easter Anya! Cute!!!

And I hope you'll come play with us at Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenges this week. We are delighted to welcome back Designed2Delight as our sponsor. There's a $10 gift certificate up for grabs! Have you visited their store lately? Lots and lots of wonderful digi images to be had!

Thanks for stopping by my friends! Have a blessed day!

Daisy Two

Happy Saturday!!! Time for another fabby sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday!!!

I flipped the sketch on its side to better showcase sweet Wild Sprout Daisy, one of the newest stamps released by The Greeting Farm this month! Okay, so I experimented with her hair. Believe it or not, I actually practiced this three times before making the final version, so, yes, it's on purpose! lol Don't tell me if you hate it 'cause I might cry. Just kidding. It's different, but I kinda like it with the paper.

Speaking of the paper, it's from the beautiful Portrait Collection by Crate Paper, along with the border strip and buttons. Love those buttons! And there's a bit of Tim Holtz tissue tape on there. ;)

Please be sure to pop over to the Sketch Saturday blog to see all the gorgeous cards created by this amazing design team. Seriously, these girls rock! Plus, Simon Says Stamp is sponsoring and there's a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate to spend in their awesome store, so you'll definitely want to play!

Have a wonderful day!

The Greeting Farm New Release Day Blog Hop!!!

ALOHA, HELLO and WELCOME to the APRIL release at The Greeting Farm!

We've been eagerly looking forward to today as there is LOTS to be excited about! It's time to welcome the following new characters to "The Farm"!

Surfer Anya (which I'm showcasing today)

Wild Sprout Daisy

Creeper Syren

and

the new CREEPIN CREEPER CREW COLLECTION, 
a full 8 1/2 x11 sheet of RUBBER featuring

over $90 worth of stamps for only $48!!!!

We also have more fun for you today at the new FARM FRESH CHALLENGE BLOG!  Please stop over and say hello as there is a SYREN CREEPER up for grabs there!  It's Farm Fresh Friday, too, so our first challenge is already up and RUNNING!

Once you do that, be sure to FOLLOW the new blog because ONE lucky customer who completes our DT Blog Hop today AND becomes a follower of our new CHALLENGE blog will be entered to WIN the CREEPIN' KIT!  That's ONE HUGE PRIZE!!!

Without any further adieu, here is the order of our Farmers' BLOG HOP for release day:

Lisa (that's me!)

Tanya

Emma

Buttercup

Sari

Jessica

back to TGF Blog

You will have until 11:59 pm CST TONIGHT to comment and become a follower and we will happily announce the winner tomorrow morning on the TGF Blog!

GOOD LUCK, ENJOY and HAPPY RELEASE DAY, everyone!!!

Meet Syren!

There's something fishy going on at The Greeting  Farm...something a little creepy too...something TOTALLY new!  After the success of TGF's digital mermaid line last year, there were lots of requests for rubber. Ask and ye shall receive! TGF is PROUD to introduce "SYREN!"

Just like her name, this sassy siren will be released TOMORROW (April 1st), along with Surfer Anya, Daisy Sprout, and the HUGE "Creepin" set on a FULL-sheet of rubber! SO exciting!  Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's creations today and also check out the unveiling of TGF's new CHALLENGE TEAM on the brand new Farm Fresh Challenge Blog!!!
 
Now you know you wanna click on over on over to the TGF blog to see more of Syren... and visit the fabulous TGF Farmers and show them some love, too!

Buttercup

Tanya Tahir

Emma Eads

Sari Hanninen

and Ms. Jessica Diedrich herself!

See you tomorrow for the BIG RELEASE!!! There's lots of fun in store!!!

Meet Daisy!

Happy Tuesday!!! Look who we're previewing for you today... a sassy new Sprout named Daisy! Isn't she a doll?! When I sat down to color her up I immediately thought redhead! lol I love red hair! I imagine she's an Irish lass (*wink*). I know she wants to come to your house and play! You'll get your chance on Friday, April 1st when she... along with her friends Surfer Anya and __?__ (and the Creepin Creeper Crew Collection 1)... are released at The Greeting Farm!!!

As many of you have no doubt read (if not, you can click HERE) the Club Anya & Friends blog is closing. Sounds sad, huh? It kinda is. But really it's not! Because something new and exciting will be taking its place... and you'll find out all about it on Friday Thursday!!!

As a salute to all the fun at CA&F over the past couple of years, I've played with the very last Saturday Sketch designed by the wonderful Jen Shultz.  I turned the sketch on its side and created a flower daisy for the side embellishment. That gorgeous paper and button are more of Emma's Shoppe by Crate Paper, which I can't seem to get enough of. ;)

For more previews of sweet Daisy nip on over to the TGF blog and also visit these lovely ladies:

Buttercup

Tanya Tahir

Emma Eads

Sari Hanninen

and Ms. Jessica Diedrich herself!

We'll be back tomorrow with a preview of __?__. (*grin*)  See you then!

The Creepin Creeper Crew Collection Is Coming Soon!

Oh yes it is! The highly anticipated and very popular Creepin Creeper Crew Collection 1 will be available for purchase at The Greeting Farm starting April 1st! Some of you might have been lucky enough to lay hands on this collection when there was a one-day advanced sales opportunity, but most of us have been waiting eagerly for this day to come, and it's nearly here!

That's not all... you will be entered to win the CREEPIN stamp set if you participate in our release day blog hop on April 1st. There will also be a SURPRISE unveiling of a NEW TGF Blog on the 1st as well... yes, you heard that right...a NEW TGF Blog! It's gonna be a FUN FUN FUN release, so mark your calendars!

For some awesome previews of the Creepin Creeper Crew Collection be sure to pop over to the TGF blog and visit these lovely ladies:

Buttercup

Tanya Tahir

Emma Eads

Sari Hanninen

and Ms. Jessica Diedrich herself!

See you soon!

Doing The Happy Dance!!!

Woo hoo!!! Woot woot!!! Hurray!!! Yee Haw!!! Yep, I'm doin' the Happy Dance!!! I have been ever since Jessica emailed and invited me to be a guest designer for The Greeting Farm for the month of April!!! Oh yes, it's true!!! And I'm over the moon! I've been a huge fan of TGF forever and dreamed about being part of the team... just ask my friends. They know! lol

And look at this adorable brand new Anya I get to work with! Meet Surfer Anya!!! She'll be released with two other super cool images on April 1st... along with the much anticipated and much loved Creepin' Creeper Crew Collection 1!!! The Farmers and I are showcasing her today to fit with the Farm Fresh Friday challenge theme of Spring Break!!!

You can see all of the cards AND get the deets on the challenge by visiting the TGF blog and these lovely ladies:

Buttercup

Tanya Tahir

Emma Eads

Sari Hanninen

and Ms. Jessica Diedrich herself!

Someone pinch me because I still can't believe I'm here!

The Farmers will be back on Monday with previews of the Creepers, and then we'll all be back on Wednesday with previews of another new stamp releasing on April 1st. I can't wait, can you? 

Have a GREAT day!

Oh, I forgot to say... I paired Surfer Anya with patterned paper from the Seaside collection by October Afternoon. The bow is made with a fabric remnant. All edges are sponged with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Cheeky Howdy!

Howdy... and Happy Saturday! Time for another wonderful sketch challenge at Sketch Saturday!!!

It's Cazza's turn to host the challenge and she's come up with a great sketch for us to play with. My card features Cheeky Howdy from The Greeting Farm. I admit I'm a bit keen on retro, so the Cheeky Cherry series is one of my faves.

I also turned to a favorite for the patterned paper... yep, that's "vintage" Early Bird by Cosmo Cricket. The colors and patterns of that paper still make me happy. *smile* I created the border with my Magnolia DooHickey Cherry Lace die.

I hope you'll come along and play with us this week. Our sponsor is Lisa B Designs. Such cute critters has she... plus, I'm partial to her name. *wink* For more inspiration, be sure to jump over to the Sketch Saturday blog to see all the goodness created by the fantastic design team. We're an international group, don't you know. I love it!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!!! May you enjoy good health, prosperity and many blessings in 2011!!!

Another reason to celebrate... it's time for the first sketch challenge of the new year at Sketch Saturday!

Jilli is our design team hostess and has come up with a really fun sketch! Create With TLC is our sponsor!

My card features a freebie digi image from The Greeting Farm... sweet Anya all dressed up and ready to ring in the new year! I've paired her with patterned paper and chipboard pieces from the Circa 1934 collection by Cosmo Cricket. I added a bit of sparkle to her petticoat, sash and headband with my clear atYou Spica gel pen. A girl needs a bit of sparkle when she parties, don't you agree?

I hope you'll come along and play with us this week... a great way to start the new crafting year off right! And be sure to stop by the Sketch Saturday blog to see what the rest of the ladies have come up with. I promise you won't want to miss them!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Just A Blog Hop

Welcome to Just A Blog Hop. We were invited to put aside all of our stamping oriented obligations and deadlines and create something just for fun. The hop guidelines were simple: choose a challenge to play and choose either a new uninked stamp or an old favorite. Create a card and mail it to someone. What could be better to celebrate World Card Making Day?

The fun begins on Jami Sibley's blog, the brilliant organizer of this special hop. So please start there so you won't miss any of the fun! Jami will also have the complete links of all participants on the hop in case there's a break along the way.

I've always loved The Greeting Farm images, and I own TONS of them, but never seem to have time to ink them up. I intend to play in at least one of their challenges every week, but then the week gets away from me. Today I finally did it! I made this card for the Saturday Sketch at Club Anya & Friends! So fun! I haven't figured out who I'm mailing this to yet, but I have a couple of ideas in mind. I think I'm going to become more of a "card sender" instead of just a card maker. (*grin*)

Your next stop is Charmaine Ikach's blog. Enjoy!!! I know I will!

Happy Anniversary TGF!!!

Today is The Greeting Farm's second anniversary, and we're celebrating with a humongous blog hop!!!

They don't call me "Last Minute Lisa" for nothin! This sweet image is the brand new Cupcake Anya which was released today in digi form, so yes, I whipped my card up today and posted 8 minutes late!!!Yikes!

I pulled out some "vintage" TGF designer paper, which is perfect for this sweet image. The greeting is from the Spotlight Kit.

I won't take a lot of time for chat, because who has time to read nearly 100 posts? All the deets about the festivities, prizes and a list of blogs participating in the hop are on The Greeting Farm Blog.

Tip: to go back and forth, use Control+click on each link, which will open up a new window. Then you can easily navigate back to the TGF blog without having to use the "go back" arrow, which can be very frustrating and time consuming. 

I'll see you on the hop! Enjoy!

And CONGRATULATIONS MARIE!!! This one's for YOU!!!

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day my American friends! And Happy Day to everyone else!

While I am indeed proud to be an American, I also recognize that this is a great big world geographically, yet a very small world in terms of how we are all connected. And one thing is for sure, God is great and He loves each one of us just the same. God Bless America, and God Bless the World!

This week's challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ is hosted by the lovely Chris Olsen. She chose as this week's scripture inspiration 2 Chronicles 7:14 "If my people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

That sounds simple enough, doesn't it? We sin, we feel remorse, we repent, and we ask God for forgiveness... and then we sin again. While I don't think it gives us a free pass to keep sinning, we can rest in knowing that we are forgiven time and again by our Heavenly Father, who sent his only son to pay the price for our sin. But we must keep trying, my friends. We must keep trying.

I hope you'll pop over to the Stampin' Sisters in Christ blog to read Chris's devotional.

The challenge this week is to use the color red and/or blue in your card/project, although it need not be patriotic. 

I've been wanting to ink up Cheeky Mate for quite some time. I especially love her because my dear mother was in the Army as a young woman in the 40's. I have the most amazing photos of her. For those who were following my scrapbook pages of my mom, I'll be sure to do a page soon showing her in uniform. She was a stunner!

I also have to tell you that my heart belongs to the 40's. I love the music and the fashion from that era. It's crazy, but true.

And of course, my father was career military, so I guess you could say this day and this image resonate with me!

By the way, if you want to read a great book that takes place in the 40's, read Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher. Excellent! It will transport you. Another one is The Shell Seekers, also by Rosamunde Pilcher. Hmmm... I think I feel a re-read coming on.

Since I'm finally playing with one of my beloved stamps by The Greeting Farm, it seemed only right that I play in this week's sketch challenge at Club Anya & Friends. 

I can't wait to see what you come up with using the colors red and/or blue!

Have a truly memorable day, my friends!

Alice Holds the Key?

CHAPTER 12: Curiosity is Key...

"Suddenly Alice came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them. However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!"

Hello again! Welcome back to our Oh, Alice challenge! This week your curiosity is KEY to this week's challenge.

Rather, the Key IS the challenge! Yep! Let's see how YOU open the door to your creativity this week using a KEY as your inspiration. You can use embellishments, DP, stamps, whatever KEY elements you have to play is fine with us!

There's no time limit to play this week, however, entries are always appreciated by everyone at Oh, Alice! and we'd love to stop by your blogs to see your beautiful creations. Your participation is KEY to all of this and to show you just how much we thank you, we have a fantastic prize next week along with a fun few announcements too!

Have a Curious week, everyone!

A note about my card: that sweet image is from a stamp set called Signature by The Greeting Farm, which must be sold out because I can't find it on the website. My KEY element is the keyhole by Melissa Frances, through which I threaded the ribbon. The DP is by Doodlebug Designs, part of a past Key Ingredients kit by Taylored Expressions.

Shake Shake Shake Senora

Note: This is my second post for today. Please scroll down or click for this week's Tiddly Inks challenge card.

Woo hoo!!! It's nearly time for the debut of The Burtonesque Dolls Challenge blog, so we're celebrating with a Blog Hop!!! And, of course, we must do it Burton style, so our theme is Beetlejuice!!! As Beetlejuice would say, IT'S SHOW TIME!!!

The fun starts on The Burtonesque Dolls Challenge blog, so be sure to start there and follow The Burtonesque Dolls trail, collecting clues along the way so that you can enter to win some amazing Blog Candy!!! And I do believe some of the Design Team members are also offering some Blog Candy, including me!!!

Leave a comment on my post and you'll be entered to win a $10 Gift Certificate to The Greeting Farm!!! Perhaps you will use some of the money to buy the digi image I used for my card... Wild Sprout Dressy Ebony, who many refer to as Alice from Twilight. I had my son use Photoshop to remove the flower from her hair before coloring her up to be... guess who... Lydia, the goth girl in Beetlejuice who could see the ghosts. Remember, she was played by Winona Ryder? In case you forgot, here's a memorable scene from the move:



Unfortunately, I'm not artistic enough to color her uniform properly, but I do think Miss Ebony bears a resemblance to Lydia... if you squint!{LOL}

The clue you need from my blog is: While alone and insane encased in his tomb

Now on you go to Margie's blog for the next clue! Good luck!!! And enjoy!!!

P.S. I just realized that my card qualifies for the current challenge at Copic Creations, which is Black Hair. And what do you know, The Greeting Farm is sponsoring! Fingers crossed!!!

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Happy Monday! If we lived our lives by weekends, we'd only have 52 per year, so let's not lament Mondays so much. (Yes, I can hear you all saying, "yeah right." )

But it IS the start of a new challenge at The Pink Elephant, so that's a good thing!!!

This week we have a color challenge, and the color is AQUA! April showers bring May flowers, and rain is thought of as being aqua blue, right? So I went all the way with the theme and colored up this adorable Wild Sprouts Rain Rain digi image by The Greeting Farm, I LOVE rain, so this is a happy challenge for me!

It seemed only right to follow the Sketchy Saturday sketch at Club Anya & Friends. The DP is from the Pink Flamingo collection by Stampin' Up. The "water drops" are Rain Dots by Cloud 9 Designs. The flower is cut from Papertrey Ink flower dies.

I hope you'll stop by The Pink Elephant to play this week, and also to wish a fond farewell to several Design Team members who are retiring after today's challenge. They will be missed!

See you all tomorrow for the next Tiddly Inks Challenge AND a very special blog hop... bwaaahahhaaaaahaaaa!

Royal Battle #3 - Please Vote!

Battle 3 has begun at The Greeting Farm! Here is Kim Yu's amazing scrapbook page featuring a picture of her ADORABLE daughter. Now, who wouldn't vote for that cute face and this cute page???? Go CARD SPROUTS!!!

Click here to go to the Battle 3 gallery. Thanks!!!

P.S. I'm not feeling well today, so my Stampin' Sisters in Christ post is delayed. To see this week's challenge and all the amazing cards created by my design sisters, click on over to the Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenge blog. Thanks!!!