If the broom fits...

 TGIF!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to ink up a new stamp from the CC Designs order that was still sitting on my desk waiting for some love. Yes, yes... I still have a tendency to collect stamps faster than I can get them on a card but that is why it feels so good when I do get to play with them quickly. This amazingly cute little witch is part of the new Witchy Way set by Roberto's Rascals. She absolutely had me at hello, probably because in another Halloween life I would be her... short, round but still super eager and excited to play with magic and maybe even cause some mischief LOL! I can just see her defying our expectations of one so short and levitating up to the window sill before taking off on her broom into that spooky green sky, gleefully giggling the entire time. Speaking of that window, I created it by die cutting the arch shape out of a large piece of transparency and laying it down over the masked witch. This blocked everything but the inner arch shape when I then stamped the large Tree Silhouette background stamp from Whimsy over top. Which in turn gave me the general guide lines for coloring in the stone wall around it. I gotta say, this was another fun one from start to finish. ;)

 Alrighty then, I will be back tomorrow to celebrate the brand new CLEAR STAMP release from Sweet November Stamps and I will be coloring LIVE twice over on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page! So mark you calendar for 11am PST and 3pm PST as I continue to celebrate the fall and Halloween season with even more cuteness!

Toodles! 

Supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Catherine Pooler
stamps- CC Designs (Witchy Way set), Whimsy Stamps (Tree Silhouette)
ink- Memento tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
My Favorite Things stitched dome die
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R30
hair- YR15, YR27, E99, E29
clothes- C0, C2, C4, C5, C7, C9, C10, YG0000, YG00, FYG1, RV63, RV66, RV99, BV13, BV17, BV29, YG23, YG99, BG10, 
sign- E30, E31, E34, R71, E74, E47, C3
floor- E30, E31, E42, E43, E44, E49
wall- W0, W1, W3, W4, W5, W6, W9, T4
sky/glow- YG00, YG01, FYG1, FYG2, G00, G02, G05, G07, G29, YG11
broom- Y11, YR23, YR24, E37, E31, E43, E44, YG00

Bundles of hugs...

 

Hello crafty friends!

I'm just tickled pink to be joining Whimsy Stamps as a guest designer once again this year! And I gotta admit, this is a favorite time to be joining the fun because we are right in the thick of crafting for the upcoming holidays and Whimsy always has amazing stamps for those special occasions. I thought about jumping right in with a Halloween card but when I saw these amazingly cute squirrels in the new Bundles of Hugs set I couldn't let the fall season pass without inking them up. When thinking about how to put the scene together using all three of the squirrels I had to come up with ways to get them on three different levels so that the overall design would be more active and dynamic. That's when I remembered the tree stump that comes in the PDP Harley stamp set... it's the perfect lift for the acorn balancing squirrel! I also grabbed the little fairy door that comes in the PDP Raden set and added it to the stump to create a home for these squirrels to hibernate in once they are done foraging and showing off, LOL! I stamped the third squirrel with the sunflower nice and high on the card then simply colored in a wooden fence for him to be standing on. Because there was so much brown going on between the fence, tree stump and bushel of apples, I decided to make my squirrels grey so they would really stand out against the warmer tones. I'm so pleased with the cheeky story this scene tells and how animated and alive these little cuties appear to be.  :)
 

Well that's it from me today, later gators!  

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Whimsy Stamps (Bundles of Hugs, Polka Dot Pals Harley and Polka Dot Pals Raden)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Studio Calico ice ice baby
Trinity Stamps stitched slimline die
Copic markers:
fence- E30, E31, E34, E71, E74, E47, C3
sky- B21, B000, B60, C00, C1, 0
tree stump- E31, E34, E41, E43, E44, E47, E49, E55, E81, E84, B41, C4, W3, W6, YR21, YR16
grass- YG01, YG93, YG95, YG97, Y21
bushel of apples- E30, E31, E53, E43, E44, E33, E35, C0, C1, C4, YG03, YG63, G99, Y15, Y18, YG21, R22, R35, R46, R89, E18
acorns- E21, E23, E25, E27, E29
sunflower- Y13, Y15, Y35, Y26, YR27, E35, E29, YG25, YG17, G99
leaves- Y13, Y17, YR14, R59/YR65, R43, R56, E18/YG01, YG21, Y13, Y18, E15
squirrels- E40, E41, E43, W0, N0, N2, N4, R30, E04
water/rocks- B0000, B00, B12, B23, C1, T3, W6
scarf- YR31, YR15, YR27, R14, R29, E18

 

Who glows there...

Good morning!

I gotta tell you, I have had the general idea for this card stuck in my head ever since I first got my hands on the darling Frightful Little Bits set from Hello Bluebird. I love, love, love this wee little ghostie decked out in specs and toting a lantern. I could just picture him floating through a dark wood at night, lighting the way as he goes... both with the lantern and his own glowing body. The only real shift in design came when I added the new Gallery Frame #5 die to my collection and I decided to use it and break up the scene into three separate little vignettes. I really like the additional space this gave me for the scene and how it kind of looks like a comic strip now. A good mix of Halloween and non-Halloween stamp sets went into creating this scene... the trees from the Picked For You set and the distant hill from Storybook Friends are both fantastic for a number of different kinds of scenes. Pumpkin Time and Leaf Play are both more general fall type sets but all those little extra builder images work great for Halloween scenes too. I wanted the 'who glows there' sentiment to look like it was glowing too so I used white embossing powder and heat set it. But because I also left the area around it rather light the sentiment is kinda hard to read in this photo. It's a bit better in person but live and learn, right? ;) 

Have a good one my friends! 

Supply list:

cardstock- My Favorite Things and Catherine Pooler

stamps- Hello Bluebird (Frightful Little Bits set, Halloween Fun set, Picked For You set, Storybook Friends set, Pumpkin Time set, Leaf Play set)

ink- Memento tuxedo black and london fog, Versamark watermark

Hero Arts detail white embossing powder

Hello Bluebird Gallery Frame #5 die

Sharpie extra fine white paint pen 

Ranger glossy accents

Copic markers:

sky/land- BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV02, BV23, BV25, BV29

pumpkins- Y00, YR31, YR23, YR27, E39, E84, E87

leaves- Y21, Y26, Y28, YR14, E25, E29

acorns- E33, E35, E55, E57, E49

road- E30, E42, E43, E44

trees/mushrooms- E81, E84, E87, YR27, YR18, R89

lantern-100, Y0000, Y00, Y02

ghost- G000, BG0000, BG01, C1, FYG1

Celebrating 8 Years with Mama Elephant!

Welcome to a very special Mama Elephant Design Team blog hop! It's been a whirlwind of a year and we thank you for all your continued support! This month we are celebrating 8 years with a fantastic new holiday release along with our amazing friends!

So join us with some free goodies and our annual sale! 

You can shop the newest release which is LIVE in our store now!

www.mamaelephant.com

That's not all! To celebrate this special Anniversary release, Mama Elephant is giving away ten $25 gift certificates to our store!!! That is 10 winners!!! Winners will be chosen at random from the collective blogs in the 3 day Stampede. You have up to 4 chances to qualify to win!

» 1. Leave a comment on this blog post «

» 2. Like/share us on Facebook: facebook.com/mamaelephant «

» 3. Follow/tweet us on Twitter: twitter.com/heymamaelephant «
» 4. Follow/leave a comment for us on Instagram: instagram.com/mamaelephant «

(Each action qualifies for one entry, max 4 entries per stampeder please!)

Here are the designers for today. Please make sure to visit each of them and leave some kind words and comments!

Thi Lam » www.lemonteacrafts.com

Jennifer Rustioni » www.armieritagli.com

Christy Reuling » www.christygetscrafty.blogspot.com

Keeway Tsao » www.kiwikoncepts.com

Amy Young » www.athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com

Kathy Racoosin » www.thedailymarker.com

Vera Rhuhay » wwww.moccavanila.blogspot.com

Mama Elephant » www.mamaelephantblog.com

 

Hi friends and welcome!

 

I can't tell you how excited I've been to be asked to join Mama Elephant today and help them celebrate 8 amazing years! That is a huge milestone and reading the info posted above you can see that they are going big with not only a super sized holiday release but also a store wide sale with free shipping and gifts, what's not to love about that? 

 

I immediately fell head over heels with the stamp sets I was sent to create with, some full of that classic Mama Elephant charm as well as a new artist that I think brings a whole new level of cuteness to their already adorable offerings. That particular set is called Best Gift Ever  and it includes four cute kiddos wearing their Christmas pajamas, their faithful pup and a handful of sentiments. Right away an early Christmas morning scene popped into my head with these siblings gathered around the Christmas tree, gifts from Santa in hand.

 

Next we have the Sincerely Yours set full of adorable bunnies writing letters. While I stuck with the Christmas theme for this card the set actually includes a couple sentiments that make these sweet stamps versatile beyond holiday crafting. Though I'm a sucker for a good letter writing campaign trying to convince Santa you've been good all year, so for this first time inking them up it just had to be in that holiday spirit. ;)

 

Finally, the Let it Snow set takes us out into a cold and blustery winter day. This set includes all of my favorite things, cute snowmen, a darling penguin, pretty script sentiment and a birch tree... one can never have too many birch tree stamps in my opinion, LOL! That sweet little penguin looks like he is leaning in trying to find some warmth with his snow pal there. I don't know how well that will work out for him but at least they can enjoy each other's company. 

 

Well, that's it from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to head on over to the amazing Miss Kathy Rac's blog for the next stop on this first day of the Stampede!

 

Happy Halloween...

The SEPTEMBER 2020 RELEASE is now available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store! Our first set introduced you to another fabulous Anya and Ian in our "couple" series called NICE COUPLE. Next, we showed off 7 of the cutest snowmen ever in the set called FA LA LA. Our third set called CHEEKY HONEY features a gorgeous girl ready for a night out on the town. Lastly, we introduced a few digital sets to help you create an awesome Halloween scene: TRICK OR TREAT 4, HALLOWEEN NITE, and HALLO SENTIMENTS. 

To celebrate this release we are having a short BLOG HOP! One lucky fan will take home all 3 clear stamps sets! You have until SEPTEMBER 18th, 12pm CST/1pm EST to leave your comments on each Designer's Blog and The Greeting Farm Blog (letting us know you completed the hop). Please only leave 1 comment. We will announce the random winner later in the week on the Blog and in our Facebook Group: The Greeting Farm Fan Page.   

NOTE: Please use the same name on all the blogs when leaving a comment, and do not pick the Anonymous option when leaving a comment (otherwise we won't be able to verify that it's you). Thank You! 

TGF Design Team:

AMY

ANITA

BOBBI 

CYNTHIA

JESSIE

STEPHANIE

THE GREETING FARM BLOG 

This is a short hop and definitely worth playing along! If you want to grab your faves now, you can purchase the new Clear Stamps and Digis HERE. 

 

For my card today I really wanted to play with the Halloween Nite digi set and use as many of the different elements included in it to create one super spooky scene. So of course I went slimline in order to tell the story and to keep it good and creepy I colored it in kind of a pseudo monochromatic style with lots of oranges and browns and hints of black and yellow. I can't even tell you how much I love this card as it makes this Halloween loving gal all kinds of happy! 

Alrighty, I won't keep ya any longer... happy hopping!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- The Greeting Farm (Halloween Nite set and Hallo Sentiments set)
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
pumpkins- YR15, YR68, E19, YR30, YR31, E31, E81, E84
scarecrow- E23, E27, E49, W9, Y11, Y04, Y18, E31, E33, E35, E37, E39, E79, E47, E49
hay bale- YR23, YR24, E37
crows- C5, C6, C8, 100, Y17
tombstones- T2, T4, T5, W2, W3, W5
grass- E30, YR21, YR23, YR24, E35
road/fence- E42, E43, E44, E55, E57
sky/moon/clouds- YR30, YR31, Y21, Y26, W2
trees/house- E70, E71, E74, E77, E79, W0, W2, W3, W4, W6, 0, YR30, 

Keep calm and scary on...

 

Hello and welcome back to the fourth and final day of September previews at The Greeting Farm. Today we are wrapping things up with three new digital sets that are packed full of everything you need to create all kinds of spooky cute Halloween cards. First there is Trick or Treat 4 which continues adding more costumed cuties to the Trick or Treat clear series. Then we have Halloween Nite which is full of classic Halloween motifs such as jack o'lanterns, ghosts, spooky trees, crows, a scarecrow and the ultimate haunted house. And finally Hallo Sentiments makes adding the perfect greetings to your Halloween cards super easy!

My card today actually started out being inspired by this 'Keep Calm' sentiment, with the way the words are stacked I thought it would be cool to blow it up large enough to fill most of a long slimline card. Then any elements from the Halloween Nite set that I added behind the sentiment, I reduced the opacity of the line work to a light grey so the sentiment would still stand out. The Trick or Treaters, bats and pumpkin all stayed black and where layered in front of the lettering. This fun play in layering adds a lot to the overall design. :)

Ok, time to head on over to the TGF blog for even more Trick or Treat digi goodness from my fellow Farmers. And don't forget that the entire release will be available for purchase tomorrow, along with a chance to win the release by participating in the short blog hop!

Supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- The Greeting Farm (Trick or Treat 4 set, Halloween Nite set and Hallo Sentiments set)
Copic markers:
sky- BV00, BV01, BV02
moon/clouds- Y0000, BV0000, G20, 0, BV20
bats- V12, V15, V17, BV08
tree- E43, E44, E77
road- E31, E42, E43, E44, E34, E47
grass- BG93, BG96, BG99, G94, G99
pumpkins- Y04, Y08, YR21, YYR15, YR07, YR18
skeleton- W4, W5, W6, W8, C1, C3, C7, C9, E11, E04, YR14, E07, E19, E29
frankenstein bride- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20, BV23, BV25, BV29, N0, N2, N4, C3, T8
wagon- V04, V09, BV08, Y18, YG25, YR04, YR09, FBG2

It's not death we should fear...

Hello friends!

I'm popping in on a Sunday to share a card using one of the new stamps that just dropped at 7 Kids Crafts yesterday. Their September release is full of Halloween/Day of the Dead and Fairy cuteness that I simply couldn't resist! This Dia de Los Muertos beauty called, La Catrina was the first of my new stamps to get inky. I really cut loose with all the color in her outfit and flowers as I was heavily influenced by all of the colorful costumes that popped up when I did a quick Google search. Then I masked La Catrina and used dark Distress Inks in the background for a nice contrast that would really set her off. I thought the scalloped white frame references back to her hat and fan in a very pleasing way and again adds another layer of contrast. She looks like a little jewel of light and color and I simply couldn't be happier with this card. :)  

Toodles!

Supply list:
cardstock- My Favorite Things and Catherine Pooler
stamps- 7 Kids (La Catrina)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Versamark watermark and Tim Holtz Distress Black Soot, Wilted Violet and Chipped Sapphire
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
My Favorite Things stitched scallop frame die
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin/face paint- E21, E23, E35, 0, W1, E3, T5, T6, T9, R46, RV02
eyes- BG000, C2, E33, E55, E59
hair- E15, E57, E47, E49
dress/hat- R43, R46, R89, C3, C5, C6, C8, C10, B06, B39
flowers- R24, R29, R89, V04, V17, V09, Y35, YR04, YR09, YG00, YG03, YG67, YG99, Y02, Y15, Y18, RV04, RV09, Rv99, V99, BV29, YG95, E18
frame/jewelry- Y02, Y21, Y26, E39
sugar skulls- N2, RV04, RV09, BV13, BV04, B02, B04, Y18
candles/backdrop- G20, G40, YG91, Y00, Y02, Y18, YR16, Y38, Y15, YR09