*Flower* Party

Hi, guys!  I am back with another card for The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday. This week we had a colour challenge.  I love the combo!

I decided to use my Limited Edition Hatter Bean because she just shouts spring, doesn't she?  This time, I tried out that no-colouring line technique using Memento Desert Sand as my ink for stamping the image.  I have to be honest.  This is really hard and I'm not sure if I like it.  I do think this technique is better for more simpler images though, because this one is kinda detailed and hard to get the normal tip into the small spaces.  But I had fun trying!

I chose to diecut the image and a mat using my Spellbinders Labels Two.  I had this fun paper leftover from some Easter projects (Echo Park) that I thought would be cute.  I had to break out my flowers cuz she's got flowers in her hat.

Then, after all that, I wondered what I should do for the sentiment.  After taking a quick look at the photo provided, it was clear to me that I had to add a banner.  The EK Success Mini Banner punch is perfect for this type of thing.  I stamped each letter in Stampin Up Pixie Pink (retired) with MFT Typewriter ABCs.  

Loved this colour combo and the photo inspiration.  Be sure to check out the next Farm Fresh Friday!

Supplies:  Copic Markers (BG10, 13, 15, 32, 45; E00, 11, 55, 57, 93; G02; RV 04, 09, 19, 55, 63); Spellbinders Labels Two, EK Success Mini Banner Punch; Ink (Stampin Up Pixie Pink and Memento Desert Sand); Flowers (Wild Orchids); Adhesive (The Sticky Store, Mini Glue Dots, and Tombow Multi Glue); Paper (Neenah Solar White, Pure Luxury, Echo Park); Baker's Twine (Doodlebug).

Let's Hang

This week's Farm Fresh Friday from the Greeting Farm inspired me to break out my Sunshine set and get busy.  I love the fun flower images included in this and have loved using them before.  I wanted to try a monocolour card and went for colouring the flowers, bikini, and hair ties with Y35 and Y38 only.  Then I layered with bright golden yellow paper.  I added more to the card by splattering with watercolors in bright yellow and a mix with orange.  To top it all off, I added some gold rhinestones amongst the flowers and by the sentiment - which can be found in the Creeper Crew 8.5x11 set.  This is the first time I've tried this one colour tone look and I love it!  Thanks for inspiring me with this challenge!  Be sure to drop by and join if you have time!

Call Me

Okay, I don't use combine challenges, but today is an exception.  I actually used three challenges on this single card.  I came up with something I love!!

Mojo Monday #338

 

Color Q #234

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TGF Farm Fresh Friday - Paper Piecing

I loved the colour palette provided from Color Q.  This is my first time joining and am glad I did!  Along with the cool fun sketch from Mojo Monday and Cheeky Chat Anya, it's one cute card. 

I used my new EK Success mini banner flag punch to use down the side.  I stamped Call Me in VersaMagic Pink Grapefruit using my Typewriter Alphabet from MFT.  All her clothing is paper-pieced as per Farm Fresh Friday (I love doing this because it's so calming) with MME Lost & Found Rosy and Dear Lizzy Neopolitan paper.  Her barettes are pieced too with a touch of glossy accents.  And the phone has some stickles on the heart.  I like how she is sitting on the circle with her head off and foot dangling...as she would in a chair while talking on the phone.  Thanks to all the awesome challenge blogs!!  Please go and join in fun next time!!  :)

Sweet Friend

I made a few cards one after another using the same paper, so I'd like to share them together.  The first one is inspired by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge with the theme of Farm Fresh.  I wanted to use denim and country patterns.  So I pulled out my Basic Grey Piccadilly pad, as well as my Fancy Pants Beach Bum, to get the right papers.  MFT's Pretty Pocket is groovy but fun for that country denim feel I was going for.  I wanted to pair it with MFT's Royal Rose die, which I honestly think of as the country rose and am shocked it's called royal rose…every single time.  This flower is absolutely gorgeous when rolled.  I added some Recollections microbeads in Cricket of the center.  Instead of leaves, I used AC twine and made loops (loopies are sorta in trend, aren't they?)  I found that the stamp set has these cool swirls that match the Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu border stickers perfectly.  I added more twine along with the border strip and tied a bow to finish it off.  :)

The next card I made combines two challenges:  The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday challenge - use twine or ribbon (easy, right?) and Sweet Sunday Sketch #211.  In my stamped image book, I had this cute Miss Anya Hats Off image stamped and coloured and I noticed she was blue and grey with a bit of yellow in her hat.  It went nicely with the paper left over.  I decided to do some fun cross-stitching using my We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy tool (the royal blue one) and piercer.  I had originally planned to add a square piece behind my image, but I decided against covering up all that stitching!  Anya has a cute ribbon/could be daisy in her hat, so I decided to added a Prima daisy flower with a bling center from Daiso.  The sentiment was actually a glitter rub-on (you rub it and add the glitter) from K& Co.  It was too faint to stand out, so I outlined with a pen.  I liked the yellow with the denim look, so I kept the theme going, and added it to a kraft card base.

The last card was just for fun because I love using glitter.  I actually was going to use this butterfly adhesive rub-on with the Anya card, but changed my mind.  No waste.  Using scraps, I made a cute little card to add with a gift.  It needed a little something on the left side there, so I did some more stitching and tied a cute bow.  The sentiment comes from the Papertrey Ink Heart-2-Heart #4.

Here is the Sweet Sunday Sketch this week:  

Thanks for the fun challenges as always!

Happy Birthday with Cupcakes

I just love using my Anya Treats stamp from The Greeting Farm.  Isn't it fun?  And it can be used for different occasions.  I actually pulled her out a couple weeks ago for the Sweet Treats challenge, but let the deadline pass.  So I let her sit on my desk until I had a chance to use her again.  And I was lucky this week!  :)  Because the Farm Fresh Friday's theme this week was Birthday Bash.  Yay!  I would love a whole box of cupcakes for my birthday, wouldn't you?

I paper-pieced her using MME Darling Dear and Simple Stories Vintage Bliss, in addition to coloring her with Copic markers.  I added glossy accents to the hearts on her cupcakes and hats.  All the paper other than Anya comes from the MME Honey collection (big recommend!)  I used birthday stamp from the Unity April 2011 KOTM and added stickles to the word ''HAPPY''.  I used the Vertical Greetings die from MFT and wrapped it with grey Doodletwine.  I used a border punch on a scrap piece of paper for some layering beneath.  Oh, and I found the yellow paper that I used for my card base in my stock.  It's pearl and shimmery - it's gorgeous in person.  Thanks for the fun challenge!  I had a ton of fun creating!

For the Birthday Queen

I was busy preparing the Sugar and Spice Crafty Challenge blog today and spent a lot of time blogging instead of crafting.  I didn't think I would get some actual crafting done today, but I did…yay!

The first one is a simple cafe card.  I love this colour combo - thank you Color Throwdown.

I embossed the cup of latte with some Zing glitter embossing powder, matted it on yellow (just show a peek was showing), and distressed the edges.  All it needed was some masking tape and enamel dots for embellishment.

My mom's birthday is coming up, so I finished off her tag.  The base was inked with TH Distress Ink in Black Soot.  I had fun doing some gel medium modeling paste play - inspired by the Simon Monday Challenge - using a stencil (I used a PTI die to create my own) and coloured that with my Cranberry and Espresso alcohol inks.  Farm Fresh Friday wanted us to use a die for this week's challenge, so I put my queen on a glitter cut-out (also a PTI die).  My queen had to be stickled up :) …and she's that much sweeter.  I added a handmade flower with a pearl center, some bling, trim, and a charm.

I had limited space on the front, so I included a message on the back.  The stamp is from My Favorite Things Birthday Sentiments and I added some Thickers to finish with ''Queen''.

The last card is so easy to make and super cute.  I was totally inspired again this week by Cure for the Monday Blues #6.

Using sticky tape from The Sticky Store, I adhered the strips vertically, gradually increasing the width.  I like the variation and think it adds to the look.  Using my Layered Ovals 1 3/4 dies from Papertrey Ink, I cut some gold glitter paper and layered it on a white oval.  The sentiment comes from the 2012 Birthday Tags (PTI) and was stamped using Stampin Up Pixie Pink (retired).  I kept my loose sequins for cards etc. and threw them in for the picture.

What did you make this Sunday?  Oh, if you like rainbows, check out this challenge here.
Cheers,
Sherri

A Special Guy

I thought I would make a tag for a change.  This one is inspired by The Greeting Farm Farm Fresh Friday Challenge.  I loved the mix of colors and the patchiness of the pieces with shapes placed close together.

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Mojo Monday's challenge this week incorporates Tall & Skinny, so I went as close to the sketch as I could.  I had to make my circle a bit smaller so it would fit on the tag.  

After doing some stamping directly on the tag with my distress pads, I decided this would be more masculine and would go with a boy image.  

I used these thicker pieces of paper leftover from a stencil I made yesterday.  Inked them up and bent them to my liking after stapling.

I cut my pinking circle from thin cork sheet.  I also wrapped three different baker's twine around the bottom.  I think this adds to the texture.  

These trims aren't too girlie, are they?

And the lucky guy?  It's for my brother.  Although I did show this to my boyfriend and he said he wanted me to make one like it for a bookmark.  :) One request, not to make as thick!

Another day, another project.

Tootlepip!

Sherri

Supplies:  Stamp - TGF My Guy Ian; Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black and Brilliance Graphite Black; Die - PTI Limitless Layers Circle; Other - Baker's Twine, Cork Sheet; Trim.