Piece Out!

Happy wonderful, glorious, thank goodness it's Friday everyone!
It's time for a fun challenge for you over at The Greeting Farm, are you ready?
We want to see you:

PAPER PIECING

Oh my goodness, I remember when I first saw this technique years and years ago.
I was so giddy with the fact that you could do clothing with texture and color!
Here is my card using the beautiful Anya Blooms:

I went a bit 'country' with her outfit, after finding this sweet plaid paper
and all the fun coordinating ones in the 6x6 pack (Simple Stories: Summer Fresh).
Added twine and a button and she's ready for a County Fair, isn't she? ;)

Come on over and join us - this is such a FUN challenge,
the designers have created the sweetest cards using paper piecing and TGF images.
Click here to visit the blog and link up your work for your chance to win.
Thank you so much for coming by to see me on this beautiful day!

Enjoy your weekend, I hope it goes just as you want it to. :)
xoxoxox

the Deconstructed Sketch #101

Happy beautiful Thursday everyone!
It's time for a brand new sketch for Jen's awesome challenge site.
I can't believe she's done 101 sketches so far - wowza! 

For my card I used the beautiful Saturated Canary image "The Seasons, Springtime II"

an American Crafts rub on sentiment, and some scrap papers.
I also pulled out some Martha Stewart cardstock, and a WalMart doily to soften the scene.

Here is the sketch (which I rotated, by the way):

As you can see, I had some issues with size - lol!
In my defense, she was way too pretty of an image to shrink down. ;)
I am also entering her into Saturated Canary's color challenge:

Now it's your turn to create something with that lovely layout!
Click here to hop over to the Deconstructed Sketch blog to enter in this week.
Need more inspiration? Come and see what the talented Design Team have done with this challenge:

• Amber Hight
• Arielle Gordon
• Cresta Woodruff
• Dawn Easton
• Donna Wardle
• Jen Shults
• Joni Wilson
• Judy Rozema
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd (on break this week)
• Sandra MacLean
• Sheri Gilson
• Tobi Crawford
• Tracey Pickersgill

Thank you so much for coming by to see me, have a beautiful day everyone!
xoxoxox

A New GVT Challenge!

Happy happy Tuesday everyone!
It's time for a new Garden Variety Tuesday challenge over at the Farm:

BLUE and GREEN

Any hue, any shade, as long as it is in these two color families!
Here is my sample using the adorable Garden Anya:

She's such a cutie! I love her little outfit and basket of flowers. :)
I've colored her in with the no border technique and with copics.

Her sweet basket was paper pieced with the same papers from MME's Be Amazing stack.
I also pulled out an oldie sentiment from the Grammie & Gramps set (retired),

and used the following sketch from Sketch Saturday:

Come on over and play with us this week!
The Greeting Farm has some amazing prizes for those who enter and win,
so be sure to visit us here and link up your work to be eligible.
Have a wonderful day everyone, thank you so much for swinging by!
xoxoxox

TPE Challenge #199

Happy beautiful Monday everyone!
 I do hope your Mother's Day was just as wonderful as you?
We had a very relaxing day, hubby grilled burgers and my kiddos made sure to celebrate the day.
I had homemade cards (lots of them!), flowers, cake, and ice cream. Yum!

And now it's time for a new challenge over at The Pink Elephant:

MASCULINE BIRTHDAY

Tricky one for me as I love making froo-froo cards. heehee!

Here is mine using a Stampin' Up sentiment as a focal point:

I found the Recollection paper from Michaels, then added more punched out leaves.

I created this card using the current sketch over at Sunday, Sketch & Stamp:

That's a fun sketch isn't it? I am a day late in posting my card,

 but be sure to stop in to the Sunday, Sketch & Stamp blog to join us in the fun.

 

Then come on over and join us for this fun Masculine Birthday Challenge over at TPE!
Click here to see the adorable samples by the design team,

this is also where you'll link up your work.

Have a beautiful day everyone, thank you for coming by!

xoxoxox

SCRS New Release Giveaway - Day 2!

Happy beautiful weekend everyone!
Today is Day 2 of Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps new release!
Are you ready for some sweetness? Introducing...

LEMONADE RUBY

I adore her cute outfit and pitcher of yummyness! Perfect now that the weather is warming up.
I pulled out some fun Basic Grey What's Up papers, a sentiment (1 of 4) from this set,
then added some Reflections washi adhesive flags.
This would be a great image for summer invitations or a cute way to advertise a lemonade stand!
Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Lemonade Ruby.
For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below).
Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Lemonade Ruby post.
You have until midnight EST each day to comment.
The lucky winner will be announced on Monday, good luck everyone!

Christy Sugiarto - May Guest Designer
Danielle Lounds
Joni Wilson
Kim Yu
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith

A Farm Fresh Friday Recipe: 1-2-3 Go!

  

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
{If you are here for the newest SCRS release and giveaway, please scroll down a bit - thank you!}

Today starts a new challenge over at The Greeting Farm:

A Recipe of 1-2-3:

1 image

2 embellishments

3 patterned papers

Here is my altered clipboard for Teacher's Appreciation Week:

Cheeky Geeky is one of my all time favorite images!
I know...I say that about all my TGF stamps. ;)

For the bunting I used the adorable Bantastic Clear Set and 2 pieces of scrap papers,

then for my two embellishments added bows and a button. 

I am not sure which teacher this will go to tomorrow, but I hope it makes her smile!

Come along and play in the fun - all you have to do is use any TGF image,

follow the recipe, then link up here on the blog.

You can also see the beautiful samples by the designers for more inspiration.

I am also linking up to:
7Kids College Fund: Anything But A Card

Whimsical Designs: Alter Something

Have a blessed Friday everyone, thank you for stopping in to see me!
xoxoxox

SCRS New Release {Day 1 - enter to win!}

Happy New Release day everyone!
It's time for a beautiful Spring image from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps:
Introducing...

GARDENING CHARLOTTE

Isn't she sooo sweet? She reminds me of my mom, who has the greenest thumb ever.

I mean, seriously, I used to buy dying plants for her from county fairs (discounted!),

only to see them bloom and blossom under her loving touch. :)

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Gardening Charlotte.
Sparkle will be giving away Gardening Charlotte to one lucky person!
For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below).
Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Gardening Charlotte post.
You have until midnight EST each day to comment.
The lucky winner will be announced on Monday!

Christy Sugiarto - May Guest Designer
Danielle Lounds
Joni Wilson
Kim Yu
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith

xoxoxox

the Deconstructed Sketch #100 - week 2!

Happy beautiful Thursday everyone!
 Are you ready for the weekend? Me too. ;)
But before you dive into Friday and the other 2 glorious days that follow,

come and join us for the Deconstructed Sketch's 100th challenge - week #2!
For my second sample I used the sweet Twirl Anya from TGF (retired).
I bought these amazing papers from a sales site and loved the matching pinwheels.
So much so that I made my own little one to pop up on the image. heehee!
I'll try to make a little tutorial on that one soon for you - easy peasy...
Once again, here is the reminder of what the celebratory sketch looks like:

There are 2 fabulous prizes up for grabs:
one from Tiddly Inks and the other from Taylored Expressions.
Eeek! How can you not play along?

Click here to hop over to Jen's fabulous blog for all the details.
And be sure to visit the fabulous team for more inspiration of week 2:

• Amber Hight
• Arielle Gordon
• Cresta Woodruff
• Dawn Easton
• Donna Wardle
• Jen Shults
• Joni Wilson (me!)
• Judy Rozema
• Kadie Ensley
• Lori Boyd
• Sandra MacLean
• Sheri Gilson
• Tobi Crawford
• Tracey Pickersgill

Have a beautiful day everyone, thank you for coming by!
xoxoxox

On a Wednesday...

Hello and happy day everyone!

Apparently time stamping and I don't work well together. ;)
Nevertheless, I still wanted to be sure that you didn't miss the latest announcement:
Garden Variety Tuesday is the new name for Double Take Tuesdays on the Farm!

How exciting - now there will be more surprise themes and challenges for you!

This week we have a beautiful sketch from Thanh:

Super pretty! Here is my card using an oldie but goodie digital image:

 

Spring Fairy is so sassy, isn't she? ;)
It's a little subtle but I also used the new TGF Gate Die as one of the elements.
Come on over and join in on the fun!
Click here to see what the fabulous Farmers have created as inspiration,
this is also where you'll link up your work for us to see.
Have a wonderful day everyone, thank you so much for coming by!
xoxoxox