Feeling Groovy...

So I've got another altered Greeting Farm digi for you today. For this one, I combined Freaky Flutter's head with Charlotte's body. Cute, eh?

"Fluttery Charlotte" was colored with copic markers and had clear Spica pen added to her belt and eyeshadow for a bit of sparkle.

The retro flowers are handmade using a bit of cream embroidery floss that I'd forgotten I had. You can find the tutorial here. I used a SU scalloped circle punch for my template, but any flower punch with deep petals would work fine.

Copic markers used:

Glamorous Day...

I've been having fun combining my digital Greeting Farm images to make new outfits. Today, I have a combo of Odette and Dressy Camille to show you.

I colored "Dressy" Odette with copic markers (sorry, I forgot to take a photo of them this time around), and then went over her dress with a clear Spica pen. I gave her a touch of eyeshadow with a sand Spica pen. I know the camera didn't really pick it up, but trust me, this card sparkles like crazy in real life!

The pretty flowers are handmade using the same paper I used for the card. The stamens were snipped from a spray of flowers I picked up in the wedding section of ACMoore. I used glue dots to hold everything together, and then went over each petal with some stardust stickles. Not only does this make the flower nice and sparkly, it has the added benefit of making it hard so your flowers will maintain their shape. Cool, huh?

Challenges I participated in with this card:
Pollycraft Monday - anything goes
Cupcake Crafts - make your own flowers
Pink Elephant - nature
Kaboodle Doodles - digi girl
Creative Card Crew - vintage / aged
Secret Crafter - how does your garden grow?

Thanks for stopping by!

TGF Battle Royale, Week 2

My team, the Faux Farmers, made it on to week 2 of the Battle Royale over at the Greeting Farm! Yeah! Thank you so much to everyone who voted for us last week!

This weeks challenge was to make a easel card, and team member Genetta Hutton rocked the challenge with this lovely card:

Isn't is gorgeous? All that lace and the colors she chose give it such a glamorous and vintage feel.

If you would consider popping on over here and voting for the Faux Farmers so we can move on to week 3, we'd really appreciate it! Remember, all you have to do to vote is leave a comment on our card in TGF galleria.

Thanks in advance!

TGF Battle Royale + a free digi

Happy Sunday! Sorry for the lateness of this post - Blogger was being a bad boy and wouldn't let me sign in to my account this morning. :(
As many of you probably know, voting starts today for the first challenge of The Greeting Farm's Battle Royale. I'm part of the "Faux Farmers" team, and we would really appreciate it if you could pop on over here to vote for us so we have a chance to move on to the second round. You just need to leave a comment here to vote (make sure to follow the link as leaving a comment on my blog, while appreciated, doesn't count in the voting).

The theme for week 1 was a color challenge (tan, red, aqua) with a retro twist, and team member Jodi Stanisch really rocked it with this fabulous card:

I loved the chair Jodi used the minute I saw it, and just had to turn the photo into a digital image. I thought others might be drooling over the chair as much as I did, so I'm providing my digital image free to anyone who wants it. Just click on the photo below to see the full-sized image, and then Right Click and select "Save Image As" to save it to your computer.

*Please note that this image is free to anyone who wants it. You are under no obligation to go vote for us in order to get it. Enjoy!

Have a great week! And thank you in advance to everyone who votes for us! We appreciate your support!

Something doodled...

Happy Friday! Are you ready for another challenge with Stamp Something? This week, we are being sponsored by Simon Says, and are challenging you to use doodles on your project. Be sure to pop on over to the Stamp Something challenge blog to see what the rest of the dt has in store for you!

For my image, I combined 2 digital images by the Greeting Farm, Freaky Flutter, and WS Dressy Camille. I think Flutter has the cutest face, but find the cake body a little disturbing, so I love that I can swap out the cake for any of the other TGF outfits. Isn't she just the sweetest thing ever?

I colored "Fluttery Camille" with copic markers, and then went over the underskirt and hair bow with a Spica pen for some shimmer. For my layout, I CASED this great card by Jen Shults. It's so frilly and girly, and worked perfectly with "Fluttery Camille".

For the doodle, I made a background with the doodles from the SU set Doodle This. First, I stamped it in Blue Bayou ink, and then I added a second layer with Versamark & embossed it with SU Iridescent Ice EP. For a finishing touch, I used a white gel pen to dot along the contours of the doodles stamped in Blue Bayou.

Copics used:

Challenges I participated in with this card:
Stamp Something - doodles
Crafty Catz - white + one other color
One Stop Craft Challenge - let it shine
Creative Cottage - sparkles
Anyone for Anya? - eggstra special 
Pollycraft - sparkly things
Quixotic - monochrome
Thanks for stopping by!

Green and Cream Somethings...

Happy Friday! This week at Stamp Something, we are celebrating St. Patrick's Day a wee bit early by challenging you to make something Green and Cream. Be sure to pop on over to the Stamp Something challenge blog to see what the rest of the dt has in store for you, and to see how you can enter to win a great prize from this week's sponsor:

For my project, I used the adorable Madelynn by The Greeting Farm. I thought she looked like the perfect little Irish lass for a St. Patrick's Day card.

Madelynn was colored with copic markers, and had some sparkle added to her coat and scarf with copic spica pens in clear and sand.  I airbrushed two plain white brads to match the scarf, and used them in place of her buttons for a little interest.

I actually made the flower embellishment for her hat myself. All you need is a flower punch, paper of your choice, a brad or eyelet, and some stickles. Go here to watch Shaz's fabulous video tutorial. The tutorial itself is wonderful, and the comic relief offered by her young daughter will have you in stitches.

Copic markers used:

Challenges I participated in with this card:

Stamp Something - green and cream
The Pixie Cottage - green
Crafty Creations - make your own flowers
Copic Creations - green
Fussy & Fancy - green
Stampin Royalty - green

Thanks for stopping by!

CHA Relay, Day 3 - Toby Cub

Today is Day 3 of the Greeting Farm CHA relay. The image provided for today's challenge is the adorable Toby Cub.

Isn't he just the sweetest little thing? My sister AND my brother are both expecting their respective second children this fall, so expect to see Toby again soon!

Challenges entered with this card:

Simon Says - new baby
Stamp with Fun - baby
Die Cut Dreams - bears
Thanks for stopping by!

CHA Relay, Day 2 - Charlotte

Today is Day 2 of the Greeting Farm CHA relay. The image provided for today's challenge is the oh, so stylish, Charlotte. Isn't she fabulous?

Charlotte was colored with copic markers, and cut out for layering on pop-dots. I added Stardust Stickles to her belt, and colored her belt buckle and a line of eyeshadow with a Sakura Stardust pen.

The matching flower was made by cutting out the pink dot paper with 3 of the Nestability Peony dies, sponging the edges with SU Going Gray ink, and then crumpling them up a bit before layering them together. For the finishing touch, I went around the edges of each petal with Stardust Stickles, and also used it on the black brad in the center.

Thanks for stopping by!

CHA Relay, Day 1 - Mer Ian

The Greeting Farm is have a week-long relay (details here) to celebrate CHA, and I thought it would be fun to play along. If you participate, each day you receive an exclusive digi image to play with. How exciting is that? I decided that I would use the images to create a note card set, complete with holder. So be sure to check back each day to see the latest note card, and then this weekend for the complete set with holder.

Today's image is Mer Ian, and he is such a cutie! I colored Ian with copic markers, and then cut him out for layering. The fun swirl paper is by Pink Petticoat, and I ran the bottom layer through my Cuttlebug with the D'vine Swirl folder to match. Once all of the layers were together, I applied Diamond and Patina Stickles to his tail for a little bit of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by!