Hanna Stamps Release Challenge!

Monday, November 9, 2009

Good Morning!

As promised, I have this month's Hanna Stamps release party challenge for you all! I know how you all love your sketches, so you're going to love this one!

As this is a release party challenge, you all have one week, starting from today, to create a card using this sketch and either your Hanna's or Riley's. When you've finished your card, upload it to SCS using the keyword HSNOV09 and leave a link to it on this post in the Hanna Stamps Challenge Forum. Remember; those who play along go into the running to win a $20 gift certificate and an unmounted stamp of their choice from Hanna Stamps! Worth playing along for, right? (The winner will be announced at the release party, on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 9pm in the SCS/Hanna Stamps forum.)


I made a card using the sketch and dreidel from the Happy Chanukkah Hanna set. I spent about three hours trying to pick out paper that wasn't christmas-sy and more Jewish in color, but then it hit me; there are Jewish people who celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas - like my boss at work. So I dare say that my boss is getting this card for Christmas! :)

If you haven't heard already, there are some big changes on the horizon for Hanna Stamps and because of this, the Hanna Stamps store is down so Kristi can makes this changes. As yet, we haven't heard on when it will be back up, but hopefully it won't be too much longer. Thanks so much for your patience!

Ok, so get busy with this sketch! I can't wait to see what you all create with it!

Supplies

Stamps: Hanna Stamps 'Happy Hannukah Hanna'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Walnut Stain
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Basic Grey 'Wassail Collection'

Access: Ribbon, Button, Twine, Spellbinders Oval Nestibilities, Sponges, Dimensionals

One Cat Too Many!

Friday, November 6, 2009

Good Morning again!

I have the pleasure of hosting this week's Hanna Stamps Friday Challenge and I'm going to make you crack up! Not literally of course. ;) My challenge for you this week is to use the really fun technique of cracked glass! You can check out the how-to's on this SCS tutorial...HERE!

For my card I used the crazy cats from the newest set to be released from Hanna Stamps, Mr. & Mrs. Katz! Yes, that's the name of the set! LOL There's lots of images in this set and tons of cats! So if you're a cat lover, you may want this set for your collection. I stamped them all in a row, then colored them up with reinkers. There's a cat for everyone in this lot! The finished card size is 3.5" x 6.5". I don't think it's a standard size, but oh well. :)

This cracked glass is really is a fun technique and perfect for holiday cards this time of year! You can check out the challenge in the Hanna Stamps challenge forum and I can't wait to see your cards!

This coming Monday I'm hosting the November/December release challenge, so get your Hanna's and Riley's ready and have a fabulous weekend!

Supplies
Stamps: Hanna Stamps! 'Mr. & Mrs. Katz'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Going Gray, Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie, Distress Inks 'Frayed Burlap, Vintage Photo and Black Soot', Versamark
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Bo Bunny 'Month 2 Month November'
Access: Ribbon, Twine, Making Memories Decorative Brads, UTEE, Fiskars Decorative Scissors, Sponges, Dimensionals

Where The Wild Things Are!

It's Friday already!! Woohoo!

This blasted cold is getting more and more annoying. The only symptom I have is this nagging shortness of breath and I keep coughing as a result of it. It's driving me mad! Anywhoooo...

It's Farm Fresh Friday over at The Greeting Farm blog again! And you guys are going to L.O.V.E. this one!! It's called Where The Wild Things Are! The only rule is that you have to create a card using one of Marina Niera's little critters!! Now if you don't have any of them in rubber form, don't worry, you can always download one of the digi's and play with that instead. And if you scroll down, you'll understand why you NEED to play along this week! ;) But before you do, here's some inspiration to get you started!

When Jess sent the DT this challenge, I immediately grabbed my copy of Where The Wild Things Are, which is buried in Syd's bookcase in her room. It's my ALL TIME favorite book - correction: my ALL TIME favorite children's book (the Twilight series of books are my all time favorite adult books!). And after poring through it again, I made a special trip to my LSS for some of Bo Bunny's Flutter Butter paper collection! I thought it'd be perfect for this challenge since it has a whimsical quality to it and earthy colors.

As always, I've colored Maggie Bunny with reinkers and an aquapainter brush. The ribbon is from the Christmas ribbon at Michaels and the swirl sticker is from the 12"x12" Flutter Butter combo adhesive sticker sheet. I lightly sponged the edges of the oval panel with Cool Caribbean and the edges of the patterned paper with Frayed Burlap from Ranger's Distress Ink line. Sooo loving that color right now! The sentiment is from TGF's Fly Away set.

Ok, here are all the details you need to know!

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE: A TWO WEEK CONTEST/GUEST DESIGNER SEARCH brought to you by THE GREETING FARM!

Yep, you heard it right! The Greeting Farm is having a Guest Designer search to work specifically with the WONDERFUL animal images by Marina Neira! We are looking for someone to work with these adorable critters for our next release through 12/31/09. Are you interested?Here's how to throw your name into this awesome contest:

RULES:

1. You MUST use a TGF image by Marina Neira. If you do not own any, there are several digital downloads available through the TGF store. Normally it's not like us to use specific images, but because this is a Guest Designer contest, we want to see what you can do using her stamps.

2. For this week's CHALLENGE, you must create a "WILDLIFE" themed card using one of Marina's animals. Whatever that means to you is what you should create! We can't wait to see what you come up with!

3. Please Upload your creations by WEDNESDAY, November 11, 2009 at 11:59 PM CST into the TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>Farm Fresh Fridays>WILD WEEK 1

4. This is a two week cumulative contest. Although there WILL NOT be a prize this week, there will be at the end of next week's contest.

The chosen Guest Designer will receive ALL THREE images by Marina in rubber, plus all digital images by Marina in addition to the December release they will be working with and will be asked to sign a one-month Guest DT contract with TGF.We are SO WILD about this contest I can't even tell you! We wish all participants the BEST of luck and can't wait to see YOU out there...WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE!If you have ANY questions about this contest, please email Jessica. GOOD LUCK to all who enter!

Have an awesome weekend!

Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Maggie Bunny' and 'Fly Away'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Cool Caribbean, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive,
Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Bo Bunny 'Flutter Butter Collection'
Access: Ribbon, Bo Bunny 12" x12: Flutter Butter Adhesive Stickers, Dimensionals, Sponges

Shine At Any Age

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Good Morning!

It's Whimsical Wednesday time again and this week young Nick Diedrich has a fabulous sketch drawn up for all of you! You can find the sketch on the WW blog and while you're there, check out what our girl Jacquie has created with it!

I went with a 5.5" x 5.5" square card and used the VERY recently released Mr. and Mrs. Katz stamp set from Hanna Stamps. I colored up Mrs. Katz and made sure she looked like the crazy cat lady she is! Check out the fish headband!! I added some Stickles to it to make sure it shined. :) The paper is from We R Memory Keepers and I always seem to gravitate to it when I do a fuddy duddy card. Maybe because it reminds me of the wallpaper we had in our house when we bought it. It SCREAMS '70s country decor!

Cassie Larson

Darla Wilson

Heather Schlatter

Jacquie Peifer

Jessica Diedrich

Kim Ross (will be posting a little later)

Lisa Hjulberg

Randi Wall

Rebecca Ednie

Sandra MacLean

If you want to play along, just upload your creation to your blog and leave a message on the Whimsical Wednesday post with a link back to your creation so we can all check it out! If you upload it to SCS or PCP, remember to use the keyword DDSC9!

Before I go, I had to share with you the contents of an interesting package I received in the mail yesterday! When I opened this package, I was very curious because I wasn't expecting anything from this sweet friend of mine so I couldn't guess what in the world she was sending me.

Check out that label!!! Is that HYSTERICAL or what?! I broke into a HUGE coughing and laiughing fit when I read it!! I couldn't stop coughing because I was gasping for enough air to get it under control and that was making me laugh even more! I took it to work today to show a few of my coworkers - they should get a huge kick out of it too! Hope it made you laugh too. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Supplies

Stamps: Hanna Stamps! 'Mr. and Mrs. Katz', Karen Foster Snap Stamps

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Going Gray, Ruby Red, Buckaroo Blue, Old Olive, Soft Sky, More Mustard, Morning Marigold, Sahara Sand

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Kraft, Bazzil Basics, PP - We Are Memory Keepers 'Grandma's Kitchen Collection - Rich Ribbon & Flower Frenzy'

Access: Twill Ribbon, Spellbinders Large Oval Nesties and Scalloped Nesties, Rangers Stickles, Dimensionals

TSG27: Cause A Scene!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Good Morning!

Sorry for my absence yesterday. I didn't realize how exhausted I was from all those late nights stamping last week! Add trick or treating and Sunday's VSN date, I was really just not in the mood for stamping. My MIL is worried that I have the H1N1 flu, but I can tell that it's the same cold I get every year. It sits in my chest, constricts my airways and makes me cough all the time. Dang colds!

Anyways, enough about my annoying cold. I did find some energy yesterday to color up this cute fireplace scene for this week's There She Goes challenge (TSG27).

Dawn Burnworth has challenged us to 'cause a scene'! No, not that kind of scene! A scene with your stamps silly! :) I used five images from the brand new HSH Holiday Additions set and the fireplace from the Home Sweet Home set that was released last month. Doesn't it just make you crave the snow and holiday season already?! Ok, maybe not quite yet, but almost. :) I used this week's Mojo Sketch Challenge (MOJO111) for this layout.


As promised, here's a (very bad and blurry) photo of my little girl in her Princess Witch outfit. At the last minute, she decided she didn't want to wear the matching crown and went with my witch's hat and wig instead! That face was unprovoked - she was putting on her mean face for the camera! LOL She's such a ham. :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I have a Whimsical Wednesday card for you tomorrow and then because I've got a card order to work on this week and having this cold and all, I probably won't post again until Friday. I'm so sorry, but this cold is wiping me out.

Supplies

Stamps: There She Goes 'Home Sweet Home Holiday Additions'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Going Gray, Sahara Sand, Ruby Red, More Mustard, Old Olive, Distress Inks 'Peeled Paint, Frayed Burlap and Black Soot'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Basic Grey 'Wassail Collection'

Access: Foof-Fa-La Button, Twine, Precision Scissors, Dimensionals

Happy Halloween!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

I wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Halloween today!

There's lots of excitement in our house right now. Syd is looking forward to trick or treating with her cousin later this evening and The Man and I are looking forward to raiding her stash after she goes to bed tonight! LMBO! What?!? You know you all do it too! :D

Because this is one my favorite holidays (it really is strange to call it a holiday...) and I couldn't let it pass without posting one last Halloween card!

Mice aren't that spooky...unless of course you don't like mice! Thankfully I haven't run into one in a few years, so I forget if I mind them or not. But this one is a cutie patootie! Her name's Penny and she's a digi stamp from The Greeting Farm.

I'll post a few pics of Syd in her Halloween outfit tomorrow...she's going as a Princess Witch this year...you'll see what I mean when I show you the photos! LOL

Happy Halloween everyone!

(Don't forget The Greeting Farm VSN tomorrow starting at 7pm CST in the PaperCraft Forum!! See you all there!)

Supplies
Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Penny Witch - digi' and Whipper Snapper 'Spooky Expressions'
Inks: Going Gray, Pretty In Pink, Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum, Morning Marigold, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Distress Inks 'Peeled Paint and Black Soot'
Papers: Georgia Pacific, Bazzil Basics, PP - Basic Grey 'Eerie Collection'
Access: Ribbon, Foof-Fa-La Button, Twine, Machine Stitching, Sponging, Dimensionals

FFF Challenge and a Twinkle Tot!

Friday, October 30, 2009

Good Morning again!

(Please scroll down for the TSG Penguin Love Blog Hop post!)

Is everyone glad it's Friday?!? I know I am after this crazy busy week! I just counted the cards I've posted and there are 14 of them! Fourteen?! And I have two more to show you this weekend! There were A LOT of late nights this week, that's for sure! :)

But never mind my ramblings, it's Friday and that means another Farm Fresh Friday challenge for you all! This week the uber talented Gardener Mercy Kerin has a sketch for us and it's such a fun one!

I saved Izzy to color up last this week because my initial thought was that she wasn't going to be my favorite Twinkle Tot, but boy was I soooo wrong! The stripes in her jacket, her curly hair and the awesome hat are such fun to color! Izzy looks like she's spending the day at the beach, so I 'dressed' her in a springy outfit with light colors. I used SU's Morning Marigold and Distress Inks 'Antique Linen and Tea Dye' on her jacket, with SU's Old Olive for her dress.

I really do enjoy coloring up faces. Especially ones with rosy cheeks and big eyes like Izzys! If you click the image above for a closer look, you can see the glossy accents I applied over her eyes to give them a more doey look. While coloring her face with Creamy Caramel, I quickly add some Pretty in Pink to her cheeks and blend it all in by wiping the brush over the whole face.

You know you want to see what the other Gardeners and Farmers have done with Mercy's sketch, so go check 'em out!

Cindy
Cheryl
Jessica
Kadie
Kim
Lisa
Lynda
Mercy

Remember, Jess changed up the rules and for every 30 FFF entries there will be a prize given away!! So if there are 60 entries, then there will be two prizes!! A sweet deal for sure! So get busy ladies!

Before you go, make sure you all check out all the contests The Greeting Farm has going on this week! There's a kids one, and a My House one and today's FFF. You have until 7pm CST this Sunday night to get your entries in! Winners will be announced during our release party/VSN! We've done it with Club Anya, you've asked for another one, and so this time we're doing a TGF Virtual Stamping Night! Meet us in the PCP Chat Group from 7PM CST to 9PM CST on Sunday, November 1st!

See you all there! :)

Supplies

Stamps: The Greeting Farm 'Izzy Twinkle Tot'

Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Creamy Caramel, Pretty In Pink, Close To Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Cool Caribbean, Distress Inks 'Antique Linen and Tea Dye'

Papers: Strathmore Bristol Vellum, Bazzil Basics, PP - Bo Bunny '??'

Access: Ribbon, Spellbinders Label One Nesties, Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Fiskars Decorative Edge Scissors, Rangers Glossy Accents, Sponges, Dimensionals