VOTE THE SPROUT!!!! Today Only...

Good day friends!!! Ok so today is the day!!!! We went through the tough task of selecting the candidates for the next sprout and now it's your turn to choose!!! Before we start going... I better announce this before I forget.

Yesterday's ASADG winner is:
Kim Etherington
http://kimskards.blogspot.com/

Email me with your stamp choice and address to claim your prize!


Ok... back to the sprouts. Again I thank every single one of your who participated in this contest/challenge! I love it and hope to do a few more in the future. There was a lot to choose from and very hard to narrow down. I would also like to re-address that there were several that were awesome but we did not pick because there are already Anyas or sprouts that are already in production with that concept. In fact, you will know exactly what concepts I'm talking about when you see some of the upcoming releases for Oct and Nov. There were also several winter ones that we couldn't select since it may already be past the holidays when the image goes into production, but I may be contacting those artists later. So let's not wait any longer. Here are the top 7 that are selected for you to vote on. Yea yea I know it's more than 3. I told you it was hard!!! Good luck to our contestants!!! Poll is today only. closes at midnight.

Please remember that these concepts will be re-created to match the rest of the wild sprout characters.

VOTE in the POLL on the RIGHT --->


Betty
by Susan1980


Erin
by Katherine


Henry
by Crafty Amy


Reid
by Glittergal


Roarin Twenties
by SheenaB (Sheena, we need a name for him)


Sandra
by Sammi_bm


Sassy Suzi
by Kim Layu

Poll closes at midnight cst. Have fun voting! Whoops and don't forget to check out new previews here:

Lisa Futch

Lynda Nielsen

Mercy Kerin

Sandra MacLean
Cheryl
Cindy
Kadie
Jessica

Today's question is: When you are not stamping, what are you doing?

Drawing or answering emails. Actually sadly I haven't had much time to stamp at all.

Top Crop Tuesday & Previews!

Greetings on this Tuesday!!! OMG you know what I watched over the weekend? The Unborn. Has anyone seen that? Rather creepy right? The overall story was ok but there were a couple of jumpy parts like that bathroom mirror scene. Eeeek! Speaking of eeeks, I had Ray get me the Coraline book after we saw the movie. Yea sure, it's suppose to be a children's book... a very very dark and creepy children's book. I thought the movie was pretty good but a little too dark for tiny tots though. Yep gotta start reading again since I finished that Amelia Bedelia book Jessica and Madelyn sent me. lol. Moving up another grade level. Yayyy!

Here's a few more cards from the digis coming out on Thursday for your enjoyment by Sandra!





..... and some sneak peeks of what else is being released Oct 1st!



By Cindy


By Kadie


By Sandra

Check out more previews here:
Lisa Futch

Lynda Nielsen

Mercy Kerin

Sandra MacLean
Cheryl
Cindy
Kadie
Jessica

Yesterday's ASADG winner is:
Allison
http://robandallisonamsing.blogspot.com/


Email me with your stamp choice and address to claim your prize! Ooooh Allison, I love those Miss Anya cards!


Today's Top Crop selection is Carina! I have always loved her stuff ever since I saw that cute Princess and Frog card that she did for a challenge. And that Hello Ian card with the rich burgundy ribbon against the stormy blues... beautiful!


TOP CROP: Carina
http://carinalindholm.blogg.se/












Today's question is: Name a creepy fairy tale.

Hansel and Gretel was always creepy to me. Hey and I heard somewhere that in the original cinderella story, one of the stepsister cut her feet smaller? Is that true? Cuz if it is... that's is creeeepy.

Monday Card Critique

Hi Everyone! Welcome to another Monday on the Farm! Today I have some more digi previews for you by a couple of our upcoming gardeners! Remember these delightful digis by Marina Neira are available Oct 1st, which is in a few days! Look at these darlings!!!


By Lynda Nielson










By Lisa Futch

Can you hardly wait til Thursday? I can't! In the meantime, I will be setting up the poll for our 'Design My Sprout' contenders for Wednesday. It was super hard to narrow it down so there may be a more than 3 to vote amongst. heehee. There were a couple of wintery ones that I really liked but we weren't going to be able to produce those in time for the holidays but I may revisit those. Also several really good concepts that are already in progress for either an upcoming Anya or sprout so those were not selected either. But everyone did a wonderful job and this is the most fun contest in my opinion up to date. =) I hope you all had fun!!! And thank you sooo much for participating! Have a great Monday and I'll see you back here tomorrow for Top Crop Tuesday.


Friday's ASADG winner is:
laos348


Email me with your stamp choice and address to claim your prize!


Today's Card Critque

By Kim Layu


Post your comment.

A Farewell on Farm FRESH Friday...

Hello friends!

Thank you ever so for your Farmers Market orders and for ALL of your business. You are the success behind everything we do and it is always appreciated. So, I thought I'd crash here for our Farm Fresh Friday post while Marie is packing orders and chat with you for a while...

Before we get to this week's challenge and some heartfelt farewells, I want to congratulate Beth aka B-RT, the winner of Last week's "Emboss It" challenge! Here is her fabby card:Congrats Beth! Please email Jessica at yeahshestamps at gmail dot com to claim your prize :) (take that, spammers ;) hee hee....

Also, CONGRATS to the winner of the ASADG:

CAROL JENKINS

Please email Jess as well and we'll get your prize right out to you!

We have a bittersweet FFF today, as it's time to say farewell to our beloved Summer Gardeners. We will trying to be sneaking in some of their cards this week on the TGF blog before the end of the month, but this is their last official FFF and boy, do these guys know how to ROCK a challenge or what? They rock the FARM!

That is why these goodbyes are always hard. While I am beyond excited to introduce our Fall Crop of Gardeners, it is without a doubt that TORI, MARY, SPARKLE, and KIM have brought more to the TGF Family than we could have asked for and we are SO thrilled that you spent your summer here on the Farm!

Well, as I mentioned, we have a fabulous line up today. We have a fun sketch for you by our friend and fellow Farmer, Cindy Haffner!Rules: Create a card or project using the above sketch. Post it in the Galleria > Contests/Challenges > Farm Fresh Fridays > Sketch by Cindy

Deadline: Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Prize: My GUY Ian plus the 3 Teen Digis by Janet McDonnell!

Here are some samples from the DT:

Cindy's sample:
Jessica
Cheryl:
Kadie:
And, now, our BELOVED SUMMER GARDNERS:
Tori:Mary:
Sparkle:Kim:
We hope you enjoyed our lineup today! Can't wait to see you play along and we'll have a ton of fun announcing the winner next Friday after the OCTOBER RELEASES! Woo hoo!

So, question today...what is your favorite children's book? I got back from the book fair tonight and was happy to have picked up my copy of My Little Girl, a children's book by Tim Mc Graw with some AMAZING illustrations. Can you say got me teary eyed! Other than Alice in Wonderland, which is SO not a kids' book, I always love the Very Hungry Caterpillar ;)

Farmers Market

Happy Farmers Market Day! Today's last day for your Sprout entries so get them in! =)




Go Shop Here.
http://thegreetingfarm.com/shop/index.php/farmers-market.html

Sale items are good while supplies last.


Yesterday's ASADG winner is:
Kary Sol
http://karysoltany.blogspot.com/

Email me with your stamp choice and address to claim your prize!


And here's another peek at the upcoming digi Stamp, Penny Witch by Mercy!




Today's question is: What's your favorite candybar?

I usually don't eat much candybars but when I do get the urge I always grab a Reeses PeanutButter Cup.

A Cute Lineup and Webcam anyone?

Hi Everyone! Today's pretty relaxed. I just wanted to show some more preview of the cute mouse witch digi, Penny. And then some sweet cards I pulled out from the gallery. Also don't forget tomorrow is the last day for the 'Design My Sprout' contest and it is Farmer's Market as well. =)


Yesterday's ASADG winner is:
FibreJunky
http://fibrejunky.blogspot.com/

Email me with your stamp choice and address to claim your prize!



By Kadie


By Cheryl


By Mercy


By Kristyn


By Hija de Frida

Today's question is: Who has a webcam?


Me! This question is related to yesterday's question because Kris suggested to me that if we do a getaway, it would be awesome to be able to link up online and meet everyone and see what's going on... etc etc. Sounds fab right?

NEW! Holiday Digi Previews

Greetings friends! Today we interrupt our Top Crop Tuesday for this very important preview! Holidays are right around the corner (and the weather is already cold here in Colorado this morning)... eck. If you've read the Newsletter, you know that we are welcoming aboard Marina Neira, a super talented illustrator. Marina is a wonderful freelance artist who has worked with various companies in the past, including another cute stamp company called Motivet. We hope she finds her new home here on the Greeting Farm charming and fresh and I know she will love the warmth and energy of our TGF community! Marina has created a barrel of goodies for all of you and with the holidays so close and with me unable to get some of these darling images in time for production, we'll be offering these babies as digital images. I do plan to rubberize these cuties in the future but for now, there's nothing quite like instant gratification... especially when they look like this!


Penny Witch


Harvest


Candy Cane Critters

These cards were created by Jessica, our beloved DT Coordie. And believe it or not, there's more than just these 3 images coming out. We'll be showing them more previews here as Oct. 1 nears. Yes, these yummy digital images will be available in the shop Oct 1st along with 3 other Marina Neira images in rubber!!!

And capping off today's entry are these beautiful creations sent in by Callie Zenner! This was in honor of her little girl's 4th birthday! Yes, tgf images look great on cake as well! hahaha!

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Yesterday's ASADG winner is:
Renie
http://renieoutliving.blogspot.com/

Email me with your stamp choice and address to claim your prize!


Today's question is: What country do you live in? If you live in the USA, what state?

Colorado, USA! I ask this because I want to see where our customers are if we decide to do a stamp gathering getaway. =)