CHA Couture with Bonnie!...

One of my favorite things to do is to Alter things...i've been known to do that and get some things published in my favorite magazine called, "The Altered Couture". So when i was asked by Jessica and Marie from TGF, if i'd be interested in creating a 3-D something for them for CHA, i thought it would be fitting to use my ideas for them using the January releases.

I chose to use Miss Anya Garland and make a special "Fashion scarf" just for Jessica to wear at the CHA.

What i am going to "teach" you to make:

Jessica colored this image and allowed me to use her image for this project. It is a really fun thing to do with your images after you've colored them. Just scan them and reduce them to the size needed....so much easier than coloring an image that is less than an 1" high. (That's what did when i first started coloring the images for jewelry lol)

Supplies needed: MS Yarn (I purchased mine at Michaels)

Epiphany Crafts Oval punch

Epiphany Crafts Oval clear disk

TGF image

Jewelry pieces and pinback  

Okay let's get started. First you need to reduce your image to fit into the oval punch.

You can hold the oval disk over the image to gauge the size, but do not remove the oval disk until we need to use it. Now you need to put your image into the Epiphany punch and center it in the hole. Once you do that you can place the oval disk on top of the image in the punch.

***VERY IMPORTANT do not touch the sticky part of the disk, your fingerprints will show, hold the disk on the outside edges.

Place the insert that came with the punch on top of the clear oval disk, and close the lid and push down, just like a normal punch. (see instructions included w/the punch) Now you will have your own cute paper backed charm...to use on a card, on jewelry, whatever..so much fun!! You can take your images to another level...and so personal.

What I did next was use 6000E glue (or your choice of permanent glue) to attach my charm to a piece of jewelry and then added a pin back to the piece i created. You can wear the pin as is or add it to the yarn scarf. The yarn scarf is easy to make and i didn't follow MS instructions. All i did was take an entire skein, take one loose end and find how long i want it to be around my neck, making sure i can pull it over my head. Once i determine the length, i keep wrapping it around until i get to the other loose end. I stitch the two loose ends together and then i stitch through all the other layers i wrapped so they won't come unwrapped again. I took the pin i made and pinned it through some of the layers. What do you think? Fun, huh?

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...a little note from me, Jess...FUN?  FUN indeed!

I am SO honored to be wearing this gorgeous creation for CHA and cannot WAIT to post pics!

For now, be sure to go leave some love on the uber-talented Bonnie's BLOG because she has a Miss Anya Garland set up for grabs and you can leave a comment there to WIN IT!

I'll announce the winner when I return...good luck everyone and thanks again, Bonnie for a SUPER awesome creation!

Be sure to check back here for another fun post during CHA week tomorrow...with another special guest!

More fun with Jo, our January Guest Designer...

Happy Thursday everyone! It's me  Guest Farmer Jo, am I allowed to call myself that? LOL it sounds so country and official. As January Guest Designer, I created some simple and one dimensional cards, that are very mailer friendly, using the Flutter Heart Clear Stamp Set.

Each image in this set is so versatile and can really stand on their own without all the bells & whistles of embellishments. One of my favorite sentiments in this set is "BOY meets GIRL...", adorable! I think it makes a statement used by itself and I just added some mini heart stickers at the tail end. Stamped inside of the card is the cute couple in the set. It may be difficult to see but I did add a tiny heart sticker on the girl's dress.

This second card, I used the "Love" banner and the lined hearts. I couldn't resist adding glitter, so I punched a scallop border across the bottom and laid red glitter paper underneath to peek out.

Did I mention that the couple image is cute? Well I had to use it again in this 3x3 card. I fussy cut the "Joy" scallop banner, popped it up (not too much so you can still mail it) and used it as a platform for the couple stamped on vellum. I added some more of that glitter paper for sparkle.

So I couldn't resist using the Miss Anya Garland stamp, so I gave her some puffy hearts as wings and added her just below the lined heart background alongside the "Flutter" sentiment.

I had a blast making these cards using the current new releases. Thank you so much for welcoming me with open arms this month. Bye for now. 

Have a great day!

Jo

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We want to thank JO for the awesome projects she has contributed to the Farm for this past month and we have LOVED them all!  Thank you so much, Jo!

Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

xoxo

Don'tcha just LOVE a good book?

Hi everyone!

Jess here with a quick recap of our 2nd Customer Challenge & Chit-Chat night,

"A Night at the Bookstore!"

We are so excited to announce our three winners today...but first of all, a HUGE shout out and thank you to Rachel Parys, our awesome hostess!  Rachel not only created three amazing samples for the challenge, but she kept the fun rolling with trivia, chit-chat, and left some lovely comments for our players!

A fun night was had with all the chatter, but we left the challenges open ALL weekend- through Monday, actually, for all who couldn't attend.... that being said...please check out our AWESOME winners!

For the "Favorite Book" challenge, congrats to Joy aka Daiseyfreak on SCS:

For the "Favorite Book-turned-Movie" challenge, congrats to Sammi:

...and last but not least, for favorite children's book", congrats to Jodi aka mommyto4 on SCS;

Every winner announced received their choice of a free 4x6 or clear stamp set, and for helping us out so much, our CCN hostesses ALSO get a prize!

Which, brings me to my next announcement:

WANT to be the next CCN hostess?  If you'd like to participate, leave a comment and I will use random.org to choose our NEXT HOSTESS!  

What does a CCN hostess do?

*She's available for an all ALL-day CCN this time, and are free on Friday, FEBRUARY 24th from NOON CST to 10pm CST (with DT check in's and chatter throughout the day but our main 'chit chat' being from NOON-2pm then again from 7-10pm CST, 

*She creates a sample for the challenge and comes up with a few fun games or chances to win prizes

*She kicks off the chatter and unveils the challenge that day at NOON CST

*She's willing to chit chat and spread the love leaving comments for all our players throughout the weekend!

If this sounds like YOU!?  Leave a comment and we'll draw a name.  Our hostesses receive the same prize as the challenge winner(s) does for her hard work and efforts :)

Hope to see some names entered!  We'll announce the next hostess on FRIDAY and give her all the deets upon our return from CHA. 

Thanks and have a great day!

xoxo,

Jess

Showcase Farmer Tracy with a Coloring Tip!

Good Morning Ladies! Tracy here from Tracy's Stamping Corner and this is my first official post as a Showcase girl! I am so excited to be on this team....and have loved the warm welcome received! 

Today I used Simply Anya. Isn't she a doll?  I love that she is so very versatile!   I picked up these adorable papers and discovered that I didn't own a single piece of gray ribbon or fabric. Besides that, even if I did, it's kinda of a strange tone of gray. So to fix this I used my copics on a piece of white ribbon.

I used the W's to color Simply Anya, so thats what I grabbed to color up this beautiful ribbon. 

You don't have to be perfect because the ink will spread. Meaning, you don't have to worry about getting into all the little grooves of the ribbon. It kind of does the work for you.

Voila!  Here is the finished piece perfectly matched to my card!!  Hope you enjoyed this little tip.

You can find Simply Anya in The Greeting Farm Shop HERE.

Hugs,

Tracy Valure

It's about that time....

...for our CUSTOMER CHALLENGE & CHIT CHAT night!

We hope you'll join us tonight on our Splitcoaststampers Forum beginning at 7pm CST tonight for fun, chatter, challenges, and PRIZES!

And don't worry-the challenges will be open ALL weekend long if you can't make our little shin-dig tonight ;)

We are excited again, to welcome RACHEL PARYS as our hostess and I have a feeling she's been up to some SUPER fun samples, trivia, and more for you guys!  :)

Hope you "see" you there!

Hello from Showcase Farmer Larisa

Hi there!  Larisa here to share a few cards with you guys!  Hope you are all having a wonderful week and that life is treating you well.  I have to tell you, I've been so overwhelmed by all the friendly comments and the unbelievably warm welcome I've received here at the Greeting Farm.  You guys are awesome!  I'm so excited to be apart of this team and it is my absolute pleasure to work with these adorable stamps...so let's have a look, shall we??

First up is Simply Anya.  For this card, I tried to create a romantic look.  Something that could be used for an anniversary or Valentine's Day.  So I added some felt roses, a few swirls, some rhinestones and voila...instant romance! 

For the next card I used Madden.  I just love how punk and edgy she is.  And that hair!!  Wish I had hair like that! For this card, I was going for a retro 80's feel so I stitched on some ribbon and chose some papers that screamed 80's.  I also added a big red flower.  As you've probably noticed, I have a weakness for flowers and use them on almost every card!  I just can't help myself!

For this last card, I used Madden again, but this time I toned it down a little.  This paper is actually from a Halloween set, but I chose papers that weren't too Halloween-y and I think it turned out pretty cute.  I also got to use my new twine that I purchased at a discount store for $1..yeah!!!  I love a deal :) 

Again, Thank you so much for the VERY Warm Welcome!  I'm so excited to be part of the team and can't wait to share my creations with you.  If you'd like to see more of my projects, you can visit my blog here. 

Also, don't forget about the Customer Challenge and Chit Chat Night tomorrow Friday, January 20th.  All the fun begins at 7:00pm CST at the Splitcoaststampers Forum!  Trust me, you won't want to miss it! 

Showcase Farmer Thanh with a Project ft. Lucky Bunnies

Hiya TGF fans! I hope that your Tuesday is going well so far! The snow has finally come up this way to the the Vancouver, Canada area but I am creating up a storm with the new January releases to warm my way through winter! I just wanted to take a moment to appreciate all of YOU whom have left the sweetest comments on my blog and have given all the DT ladies and myself a warm welcome to the Farm. TGF fans are truly THE best.

As the title says... I wanted to showcase the Lucky Bunnies set, so here we go!

*GASP!!!* Where are those adorable bunnies?! LOL I wanted to show you just how versatile Lucky Bunnies really is and feature the sentiments and the smaller images. With Valentine's Day around the corner, I really wanted to make some yummy and reasonably priced gifts for some of my friends. What a better way to dress up some Hershey's Nuggets than to stamp and wrap labels around them!

The main sentiment on the package itself, "made just for you," is from the Made By Set. You can pick out what I used here if you have a peek at the Lucky Bunnies set:

I've also included a "behind the scenes" photo so you can see exactly what I used.

Thanks for stopping by The Greeting Farm blog and enjoy the rest of your day!

Thanh