SSDS - Celebration Card

I've been without my computer for too long. Finally it's back and working great. Had 9 viruses, 30 malware or spyware and 1 root something or other removed. There are some really bored people out there just creating crap to put on our computers to make it difficult on us. Ok so make a virus that you can steal a bazillion dollars with, I get that, but just to cause people you don't even know problems. UGH!! I think a lot of them are young, immature teenagers just getting their kicks out of it because they CAN do it. Ok, sorry, I'm off my soap box now.

This week's challenge at Scrap, Stamp and Doodle Saturday challenge is to make a card for a celebration. It can be birthday, new baby, wedding, new home or what else you may be celebrating. Our sponsor this week is Sweet Pea Stamps and they were very generous and gave the DT stamps to use for the this challenge. This image and the sentiment are both from Sweet Pea Stamps.
I colored the image with Copics and I think this may be the first time I have colored and entire image including the backgroud. I will say though don't use Quick Quotes chalk ink if you are going to use Copics to color. I wasn't even thinking when I did it and as soon as I started coloring I noticed it bleeding. I didn't go back and redo them but hopefully covered up or fixed all the areas where it bleed or smeared. Oh yeah she's got some dark smoldering eyes there doesn't she? : ) Well that was another case of me just going over board.
I ended up coloring over all the sentiment only because it looked a little smeared anyways. Then I colored the background of that because the white just stood out too much. I should have just stamped the sentiment on a colored piece of paper but I had already put my stamp, pad and cleaner away and didn't want to get it out again. I know, wow, I was kind of lazy on this one wasn't I? : O
Go check out SSDS challenge and what all our fabby DT's made for this. Also if you participate in this challenge, which come on, this one is easy, you will be up for a prize from our sponsor Sweet Pea Stamps.

Simply Scrapping Card Challenge

This week's card challenge over at Simply Scrapping is a color challenge. Which means all you have to do is make a card using the colors from the picture below.

I love this color palette! I had a lot of fun playing with this one. The main colors of your card should be based on this picture. You are allowed to use a small amount of white or black.

This is the second of our 4 card challenges for the month. Here is the prize up for grabs for those who complete all 4 challenges by the end of the month.

Just remember the rules to be entered into a drawing for the monthly prize:
CLICK HERE

Here is the card that I made for this challenge.

Image: Dahlia - The Greeting Farm -- Isn't she adorable??
Colored with Copics
Gelly Roll: Pink Glitter Pen for highlights on the image and as eyeshadow
Paper: Piggy Tales "ba ba black sheep"
SU Top Note: Behind image (polka dot paper)
Flowers: Flora Doodle
Misc: ribbon, bling & flowers

Cheer Anya

It's here!!! I'm so excited to be apart of this blog hop. If you came upon this post and didn't start at the beginning go to either The Greeting Farm Blog or Club Anya Blog and you can find the whole list of participants for this blog hop, there are over 80 blogs included.

I used Cheer Anya to make the birthday card. My daughter, Kaitlyn is a part of a special cheer team and I am giving this to the organizer of the team. This special cheer team is for young girls with special needs. I am so grateful for Michelle for creating this team. The girls LOVE it.

Ooops! I better stop being the proud mom and get back to what you came for ..... the birthday goodies. This is what I put together for the birthday gift to give to Michelle.

I colored the image with Copics and used a clear Glaze Gel Pen to outline her hair, skirt, filled in the pom-poms, socks and hair bows.
Here is a close up of the image and you can see the glaze. I just started doing this and love it.

I pop dotted the image and sentiment. Love the dimension it adds.

I took 3 microwave bags and covered them with the paper, it's about a 6" x 12" to cover all the bags.
I made a criss-cross box and filled with candy. HERE is the tutorial I used for the Criss-Cross Box.I put flavored drink packets in the pouch over the water bottle. HERE is the tutorial for the drink pouch holder. On this one though I didn't follow the tutorial exactly but this is where I got the idea.

I also made this little gift card holder. No template just winged it. I used the SU Tag Punch and SU Birthday Tag Image.

So you've made it through all that. How about some CANDY!!! I want to help celebrate The Greeting Farm's birthday but also combine my blogs one year anniversary which I missed, it was in May. I also missed celebrating reaching 5,000 visitors.

So if you would like to get your hand on this loot - here's what you need to do.

1. Leave me a comment.
2. Become a Follower of my blog

You get one extra entry for each of these that you do:
* Post this candy on your blog - can be sidebar
* Become a follower via email (powered by Feedblitz)

I will leave this candy open until August 8th and will pick the winner on August 9th. Good luck!

Thanks so much for visiting and now I'm sending you Sheri Gilson to continue on with the hop. ENJOY!!

Take Time to Smell the Flowers

Image is colored with Copics, Used Glaze Clear Gel pen on body (red stripes), eyes, flower stem, outlined wings, shoe laces and sentiment. Clouds and image are pop dotted on. Added my own flower over original flower image. Cut out clouds and used blue chalk on them. Also added the blue chalk to the sentiment. Added bling to the top of the antennas. Paper is from Daisy D's "Wonder Years" 8x8 scrap pack.

A Big Thank You

This weeks Simply Scrapping card challenge is a sketch at with a twist! Here is the sketch to use:

Now here is the twist:
The card must be done in all black and white, EXCEPT FOR One splash of any ONE color! Any one single item, stamped image, flower, or even ONE SINGLE piece of cardstock can be any color you would like...BUT THAT IS IT for anything other than black or white!

Don't forget what this month's prize is! Complete all FOUR monthly card challenges and you will be in the running to win this FABULOUS Basic Grey June Bug Card Kit!

Just remember the rules to be entered into a drawing for the monthly prize:
1. Participate in ALL 4 challenges
2. All work must be brand new as of the challenge post
3. Art created for the challenge is for that Simply Scrapping challenge alone...not to be posted on any other blog challenge or site
Deadline: July 31st

I thought this was kind of hard. I've done b&w with one color but never limited to just one item of that one color. So this was a true challenge for me. I used an old paper pack that I had from Hobby Lobby call "Formal Affair" by ScrapWorks. The stamp is new though. It's from Basic Grey and it's one of their small value stamps. I added bling to her eyes, bottom of the dress and she is holding a heart (on the stamp) so I put a bling heart over it for my one color. Isn't she a cutie!

Here is the first challenge for this month over at Simply Scrapping. There is a great prize up for grabs!

Wow! It's July already! Well here is your first challenge for the month of July:Use the following sketch to create a card inspired by your favorite sorbet! Since it's summer time I figured it was fitting to feature a fab frozen sweet treat! (Sorbet (pronounced /sɔrˈbeɪ/ sor-bay) is a frozen dessert made from sweetened water flavoured with iced fruit (typically juice or puree), chocolate, wine, and/or liqueur).

Complete this challenge and you will be 25% of the way towards the June Card Prize Pack:A June Bug Card Kit by Basic Grey:

The June Bug Card Kit includes enough June Bug patterned paper die-cuts, printed and scored cardstock, rub-ons, printed chipboard, and envelopes to create 8 unique cards.

Just remember the rules to be entered into a drawing for the monthly prize:
1. Participate in ALL 4 challenges
2. All work must be brand new as of the challenge post
3. Art created for the challenge is for that Simply Scrapping challenge alone...not to be posted on any other blog challenge or site.
Deadline: July 31st

Here is my take on the challenge. I used Making Memories "Spring" 8x8 paper pack. The colors didn't turned out as well in the picture as I would have liked. The background paper is a pale yellow with white polka dots.

July Prize @ Simply Scrapping

Check out this awesome prize package up for grabs over at Simply Scrapping.
All you have to do is complete the 4 challenges in July and be put in the drawing for this awesome pacakge from Basic Grey. Here is the first LO in the July challenge.

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On a different note over at Simply Scrapping in the card forum, here is my take on Card Sketch #10. I used Kaiser Craft "Bird Song" for the papers and after I stamped the bird I just couldn't leave it without color but knew that markers wouldn't look right so I ended up using some chalk to color the bird in some. I liked it much better after I added the chalk.

Live Big

Here is the card challenge over at Simply Scrapping.

You must use the color pallette displayed above. A Combination of 2 or more colors. They must be a summer theme.Each Card must have the following items on the cards--Ribbon__Gems or Glitz ( whether it be prepackaged or Stickles, Pearls, and some type of Medium)--Some where on the card must be something hand written or drawn. (either the journaling, doodling, etc.

Here is my take on the challenge and sketch.

I used Paper Studio paper pack "Pink Armadillo" and it has glitter on it. I did do some doodling, well very little but it's on there! I used the Doodle Genie from ChatterBox that I got from Judy. The pink paper already had the dotted swirls so I then used the template to follow the swirls from the pink on to the green paper. I used my glitter pen on top of the black to make it sparkle some. I also added some sparkle to the swimsuit with the glitter pen. I took some very small bling and added it to make it look like she was wearing diamond earrings.

Simply Scrapping Card Challenge

Here is the card challeng going on at Simply Scrapping right now.

This an easy color challenge for a card. Fourth of July is right around the corner so lets do Red, White and Blue colors in a card. Even those not living in the USA can participate because the card doesn't have to be a July 4th card and it can be any shade of these colors.I did make a July 4th card and I plan on sending this to a friend for her birthday that is close to July 4th just to mix it up a bit and not send a traditional bday card. Susan, I hope you are seeing this!! : ) I used Simply Scrapping card sketch #6 for this also.

Free on Fridays

Well it's Friday again and I have some freebies for you. Since Sunday is Father's Day I thought I'd list a few sites where you can get free printable Father's Day cards. But of course, we are all making our fathers and husbands cards RIGHT??!!!! ; ) But just in case try these out.

Family Crafts

Parenting Teens

Kaboose

Family Fun - Also has home made gift and dessert ideas

Free Coloring Pages 4U - This also has tons of coloring pages that you could use as stamped images



Now for an actual digital stamped image that you can get for free. It's from a new company called Whimsie Doodles and on her blog there is a turtle on the right hand side that you can download for free. Here is the image and you also get the sentiment too. I printed it on white cardstock but it just didn't look right since there really wasn't any white in the card so I took my red cat eye chalk ink and tapped it over the paper so it wasn't white any more. I used Simply Scrapping Card Sketch #1. The paper line is the Evelyn collection by Scribble Scrabble and the brads are from 3 Bugs in a Rug "Blossom". I used my SU Top Note on the Big Shot - for the first time YEAH!! I pop dotted the turtle and sentiment. The turtle is colored with Copics and Bic markers.

A Little Monkey Business

Changito and Sock Monkey that is. Here is another set of goodies that I sent out from the blog candy RAK. The stamped image is a Changito and the paper is from Daisy D's it was an 8x8 pad. I used the Cricut - Doodlecharms to cut out the cupcake shape, then I used the ScorPal to make the lines in the cupcake wrapper.

Cards and Altered Matchbox

This is some of the Blog RAK stuff I sent out to the ladies who signed up for it about a month ago. They should have all received their stuff by now so I won't be spoiling any of the surprise for them. I made these cards and the altered match box out of this really fun paper pack I bought at the garage sale from the LSS were I teach. I did really well and sold $212 myself and then only spent about $42 in buying other people's stuff. So I still came out ahead! There wasn't a ring on this girl's finger on this image. The way she is holding her hand and then the other two looking right at it, I thought it needed to be her showing them a ring. I just popped a small piece of bling on there and ta-da it looks like it was suppose to be that way. I used Copics to color both of these images.

This is just a little 3x3 card. These are so fun to make. Isn't this scooter too cute?!

MME Penny Lane Papers

Here is a LO I did from a sketch off Simply Scrapping. It's sketch #15 and you can find all the sketch from Simply Scrapping HERE. I used My Minds Eye - Penny Lane paper - just the patterned paper also the "our family" title and paper flower on top. I loved this paper and had plenty left over so I made cards using the rest of it. I think I used up just about every last little scrap of it.
The sentiments - thanks a bunch, hi there and happy birthday all came from a package I got on clearance at Target in their card dept. They already had pop dots on them. I just rounded the corners and inked them. The colors went great with this paper and I didn't have to use any stamps on them. The Thank you card above is a 4x4 card and the Hi There below is a 3x3 card.On the happy birthday one below the bird also is part of the MME Penny Lane series. It is a clear acrylic piece. I backed it with the green paper and adhered it with glue dots behind the eye and on the tail so you can't even see how it is attached.

I can't remember the size the the "hello" card below. I used Copics to color the image and sanded the heck out of all the paper and even over the image.

This last one is my favorite. I used Copics to color the image. I ended up totally screwing up the grass area. I still can't figure out out to make it look right. So I just put a big ole' flower on one side and the corner punch on the other. You would never now the icky mess that lies beneath. : ) The "thinking of you" was just a rub on that I had.

Plant Kindness

I made this card for a challenge over at Simply Scrapping. I used orange, blue and green stickles on the flowers, leaves and the bird. Part of the challenge was to use a sticker. I don't use stickers much, especially on cards but I found this one and thought it went well with the image. In case you can't read it, it says "he who plants kindness gathers love". That's a pretty good motto to live by.

I want to wish everyone a happy and blessed Easter.