Farm Fresh Friday - A Fond Farewell

Well, it's that time.  Time to say goodbye to the current Challenge DT and usher in some new and fabulous ladies.  (This is Rachel) I think I can safely speak for all of us and say that while we are sad to go we are SO glad that we got to have so much fun with all of you guys for the last 6 months!  We hope you've enjoyed all of our challenges and samples and while we may not be posting on the blog multiple times a week, I'm sure you'll still see us out and around TGF land :0)  We love you guys!


This week's FFF challenge is a farewell of sorts.  We each picked a favorite card from a fellow DT member to CASE and we want you to do the same thing!  CASE one of the fab FFC DT members' cards, it can be anyone you like from during our term or before.  Can't wait to see which ones stood out to you!

Stamps - TGF Fairy Princess Clear

Copics

Paper - BG Sweet Threads

Nesties - Circle, Scalloped Circle

Martha Sewart branch punch

Prima Flowers

Viva Decor pearl pen - Lilac

I CASE'ed this card from Tasha :0), you can check out her original post HERE.



Farm Fresh Friday - Digital Get Down!

It's that time again!  Our other Digital Get Down challenge was pretty popular so we're bringing it back again.  Just use any of TGF's awesome digis, which can be browsed HERE on your project and you're good to go :0)

I broke out one of my old favorite TGF Fairies which have been sadly neglected for awhile :0(  This is Autumn Fairy and might I say that I had an AWESOME time coloring her up, I now desparately want green hair and pink wings, lol.  She's a fave of mine because she's beautiful with some attitude!

The FFF challenges runs until Thursday, entries are due by 12 PM CST.

The winner will receive a free single TGF stamp of choice!

Please upload your challenge cards to TGF Galleria> Farm Fresh Challenges 2011> Farm Fresh Fridays 2011> Digital Get Down 2

Stamp - TGF Digi Autumn Fairy 

Copics

Paper - Kasiercraft Hey Birdie

Prima flowers

Viva decor pearl pen - brown

Farm Fresh Friday - Piece it Together

This week should be easy peasy!  All you have to do is Piece It Together...otherwise known as paper piecing ;0)  You can piece as little or as much as you want as long as we see somethin'.

There isn't a ton to piece on Babette but I pieced her dress a bit and then colored on it to give it a little depth.  Used the fab sentiment "Just Because" she came with too, it's even written in a cute font!

The FFF challenges runs until Thursday, entries are due by 12 PM CST.

The winner will receive a free single TGF stamp of choice!

Please upload your challenge cards to TGF Galleria> Farm Fresh Challenges 2011> Farm Fresh Fridays 2011> Paper Piecing

Stamp - The Greeting Farm "Babette"

Copics

Paper - BG "Sweet Threads"

Viva Decor Pearl pens - Kiwi, Magenta

Distress Ink - Peeled Paint

Prima flowers

WOW- Sketch #7 at TGF!

We've got another sketch for you this week at the Which One Wednesday Challenge!  You can flip, flop, turn it, anything you'd like just as long as we can see the general sketch idea.  I've used the great new Blush Babette stamp that JUST came out at TGF! Love these new girls and their sentiments :0)

The W.O.W. challenge is open until Tuesday; entries are due by 12 PM CST. 

The winner is chosen by random draw and wins a free digi of choice!

Please upload your challenge cards/projects to TGF Galleria > Farm Fresh Challenges 2011 > Which One Wednesday > sketch 7

Stamp - The Greeting Farm "Blush Babette"

Copics

Paper - Basic Grey Sweet Threads

Viva Decor pearl pen

Distress ink - Peeled Paint

Madelynn Bookmark

I'm ashamed to say I haven't broken this TGF cutie out in TOO long!  Made a bookmark and I've decided that I like doing bookmarks so much because they are fun, useful and believe it or not...challenging! You don't have a lot of space to work with and you have to keep the embellies flat, so despite the fact that they would seem easy they're really not.

Thought this would work for:
ATS - Anything But a Card
TGF - Monday Mania (book inspired)

Ingredients:

Stamp - The Greeting Farm Twinkle Tots (Madelynn)

Copics

Paper - Tim Holtz

Punch - EK Success Scalloped Diamond, Martha Stewart Photo Corner

Embellies - Misc button/ribbon, Stickles

Club Anya and Friends Mother's Day Challenge!

Welcome to our "Because I SAID SO" contest...only this time....it's your KIDS who say so!


Yep, that's right! Here's how this all goes down:
1.) Your child and/or children pick ALL the supplies for you to create a card...because they said so! Yes, we mean ALL other than adhesive, trimmers etc.


These supplies chosen by your kiddos MUST include:
CA&F qualifying stamp
Cardstock and Designer paper (and they can pick from ALL your piles of it! :D)
ANY and ALL embellishments (and you can't add anything extra, either :D)
ANY and ALL punches/tools not absolutely necessary for cardmaking (i.e. border punches, shapes, piercers, etc.)

Upload to TGF Galleria>Club Anya & Friends>Contests/Challenges>Because I SAID SO! Challenge



You have until Friday, May 14th at 8pm CST to enter. WINNER will be announced next Saturday the 15th w/ our Saturday sketch and the winner of our ROCKIN' REBEL contest too!


What does the winner of our BECAUSE I SAID SO contest win? Well, a FREE SINGLE of choice-TWO actually...one for you, and one for the child/children who chose your supplies.

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Luckily my daughter Brooklyn isn't old enough to torture me with weird stuff yet, she just went through and picked the stuff she thought was pretty :0)

We had fun!

She picked superhero paper, Thursday stamp and a butterfly charm and 2 Martha Stewart butterly punches.  Could have been better, could have been worse, lol

Final Product!

Also entering this into Quixotic Challenges, "Oh Baby!" challenge, which is to make a baby or childrens card :0) Me and B are going to give it to her buddy Rhalynn for her birthday!

Ingredients:

TGF Stamp - Thursday

Copics

Nestabilities - Labels 4

Martha Stewart butterfly punches

Stickles

Butterfly charm (in Thursday's hand)

Sketch Saturday with Club Anya & Friends!

Miss Pam came up with an AWESOME sketch for us again this week, it was sooo much fun to work with! I used the new Creepy Crew stamp, Thursday, and altered her slightly by removing the kitty ears and face from her hat.  Love this stamp!

Here's my take!

Ingredients:
TGF Stamp - Thursday (now available!)
Copics
Scrap paper
Nestabilities - Oval
Flat backed pearls and Bazzil Jewel template
Card Candy
Stickles

Meet Thursday! CA&F Preview Day 3

Today is day 3 of May's Club Anya and Friends previews!!  I just LOVE this little punky girl! She's cute with some serious attitude to spare.  She'll be a great image for those tweens who are hard to make cards and gifts for.

Thursday here will be available at The Greeting Farm on May 1st!

Want to WIN THURSDAY?? Make sure to leave a comment on all CAF DT members posts, there is a free stamp hidden somewhere on one of our blogs!

Ingredients:
TGF Stamp - Thursday (available 5/1)
Copics
Scrap paper
Nestabilities - Labels Three
Cuttlebug embossing folder - Stars
Computer generated sentiment
Stickles
Dome shaped jewels

Anya Ink Challenge - Embossing!

I'm a guest DT member at Anya Ink this week and the challenge is to use embossing.  Not hard for me, I lllllllove my Cuttlebug!

Used my new "Big Scalloped Circle" nesties too, I really love how they look!  I wanted to add that I ordered my new nesties (you'll be seeing a lot of them, they are just too cute) from Glenda @ Glenda's Creative Place.  A lot of us shop online and service can sometimes be "iffy" so when I find some place great I like to share the news. I had ordered from her in the past and wanted to share her site with you because her prices are great and her customer service can't be beat :0)

Ingredients:
TGF Image - Owl from "Forest Friends" set
Copics
DCWV paper
Nestabilities - Circle, Big Scalloped Circle Lg
Birds and Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder
Card Candy

Naughty fairy?

I won this digi stamp from the TGF fairy contest (thanks Marie!) and have been so busy I haven't been able to use her yet, despite having colored her like a week ago.  I think she's just beautiful, her name is "Vanity" but I call her Naughty Fairy ;0)

PS: Be careful with glossy accents over black shading, it made the wings look weird for some reason.  Won't do that again!

Used:
TGF Digi Fairy - Vanity
Copics
Nestabilities - Mega Curved Rectangle & Circle
Heart brads
Pearls
Primas
Glossy Accents/Stickles (wings and bodice of dress)

2 more! CA&F NYD Challenges...cont.

lub Anya and Friends (CA&F) is having a New Year's Day (NYD) challenge and I just HAD to participate b/c the challenges are awesome!

This card is for challenge #12 which is to use ribbon.  I suck at tying bows but Traci (aka WickedPixie) clued me in about the "Bow Easy" and now I'm a bow making fiend, lol! Also broke out my "Leave it to Weaver" punch to add a little lacing detail :0)

The next card is for Melyssa's "Tag You're It!" #6 challenge.  Needed a card for a friend's upcoming birthday so this was the perfect opportunity.  Right now the tag says Happy Birthday but eventually there will be a gift card attached instead of that.

Card #1
TGF Stamp - Laundry Girl
Copics
DCWV Paper
Leave It to Weaver punch
Cuttlebug embossing folder - "Stars"

Card #2
TGF Stamp - Miss Anya Collection

Copics
Cricut - Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cart (tag/holder)
DCWV Paper
EK Success (American Girl) butterfly border punch
Card Candy
Stickles

Miss Madelynn

Got sweet Miss Madelynn a few weeks ago and haven't tried her out yet so here she is!  The weirdest thing happened though, when I was coloring with my Y38 Copic marker it started dripping ink! That's never happened before, and I have no clue what was up, it looked perfectly fine.  It soaked her scarf that I was coloring though, but I think I was able to salvage it.  Miss Amy sent me a duplicate YG25 marker which I promptly put to use on this card, I really think the colors go together well (thanks again!).

Forgive the less-than-stellar lighting yet again, Santa is bringing me an Ott Lite for Christmas (Mrs. Claus ordered it herself, smart lady that she is) so hopefully that'll be the end of my horrible lighting issues.  Or at least the end of my excuses for it ;0)

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!

Used:
TGF Stamp - Madelynn (Twinkle Tots)
Copics
Stickles
Primas

First Fairy Card

While these beautiful fairies weren't really my "thing" when they first came out at TGF, they grew on me and this girl is my total fave.  They are so much fun to color too! 

(If the swirly things in the background look a bit odd it's because it's silver + reflective which = hard to photograph!)

Used:
TGF Digital stamp - Fairy
Copics
DCWV paper - Blossoms and Butterflies
Martha Stewart Butterfly punch
EK Success/American Girl butterfly border punch
Stickles
Glossy Accents (wings)

One of those days

I love this little lady, she looks like I think a lot of SAHM's and women in general feel at the end of the day. I didn't embellish this too much b/c I thought the paper was so pretty I didn't want to cover it up.

Btw, I really, REALLY hate sizing my horizontal cards down, it makes them look weird. If anybody has any tips, let me know!

Used:

TGF Stamp - H&G Laundry Girl

Copics

Stickles

DCWV paper - Blossoms & Butterflies (I think...)

Martha Stewart corner punch - Loop

Martha Stewart butterfly punch