L8R Sk8R...

Hey everyone!

As promised, I'm back for another RAD preview from The Greeting Farm!   We are SO excited to bring you another preview today, a new 4x6 sheet featuring a Miss Anya AND a My Guy Ian: "Later Sk8R"  This adorable and hip new set will be available for purchase beginning on Sunday, August 1st!  It's been a WHILE since we did either one of these beloved characters in rubber, so the BUZZ is all about the Farm that this is one FUN set!

Today we are also teaming up, Farmers and Team Anya alike for another sample soiree!  Today it's OUR turn to play along w/ Team Anya using a FABULOUS Saturday Sketch challenge by Pam!

Here's the sketch:

Be sure to head on over to Club Anya & Friends for all the details of how to play along this week, and be sure to visit ALL the DT's blogs because ONE LUCKY COMMENTER on the Club Anya and Friend's blog today will WIN THIS SET!!!

Our awesome DT 'force' is waiting for you:

• Cindy Haffner
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kadie Ensley
• Kim Nath
• Mary Giles
• Mercy Kerin
• Randi Wall
• Tammy Maxvill
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  • Amy Young
  • Kelly Booth
  • Kristy Young-Aug Guest Designer CA&F
  • Kim Costello
  • Pam Varnell
  • Traci Porter

Thanks again for stopping  by today and we'll see you back TOMORROW NIGHT at 7pm CST for a one hour chat on PCP, our HUGE customer Blog Hop on the TGF blog, and we cannot WAIT to celebrate TGF's second birthday with you!!!

A "WICKED" Blog Hop

Hello, everyone and welcome to Farm Fresh Friday!  We have a special post today featuring TWO brand NEW CREEPERS on the TGF Blog!   Be sure to stop by and say hello to Tuesday and Friday!  These WICKED SWEET new additions will be released on Sunday, August 1st during our 2-year anniversary celebration!  Can you BELIEVE TGF is turning two?!?

Before we get to today's challenge, we have a SPECIAL annoucement for you!  Helping ring in TGF's second birthday is Tammy Maxvill, TGF's newest FARMER!  Many of are probably familiar with Tammy's work and her awesome 3D projects from back when she was a Gardener for TGF!  We are happy to welcome her back and know that she's thrilled to be here, too!

We are also excited to announce, should you have missed it this past Wednesday on the CA&F Blog, that Kristy Young has joined Team Anya as our AUGUST GUEST DESIGNER!  Woo hoo!  HOORAY for special announcements and for parties beginning!  Can you sense the magic in the air!?!   

Sadly, we are also saying goodbye to two of our Critter Crew members this week, Sandra and Sparkle!  Thanks for all your efforts and be on the lookout for a DT call coming SOON!

Let's get to the challenge! The wonderful MARY GILES has put together not one, but TWO sketches for you today, combined w/ inspirational elements we'd love to see incorporated in that sketch!  Your mission?  Choose ONE sketch and recreate it using the INSPIRATIONAL elements drawn into the sketch as well!  TWO years-TWO choices, TWO previews today!  You get to choose!

Here are the sketches:

How to Play:

Upload you card or creation by Wednesday August 4th using TGF stamps to either:

FFF>Mary Sketch 1 OR

FFF>Mary Sketch 2

The Farmers & Team Anya are gearing up for a HUGE 2nd Anniversary week and are joining forces ALL WEEK to bring you even more fabulous samples, ideas, and prizes!  In fact, FOUR DT members have "hidden" Creepers up for grabs on their blogs today, so be sure and VISIT!   We'll announce the winner on the TGF Blog over the weekend! 

Be sure to visit the blogs of our STELLAR Design Teams today and the Critter Crew, too! .ALL of these talented ladies have something amazing for you:

• Kadie Ensley
• Tammy Maxvill
• Kim Nath
• Mary Giles
• Mercy Kerin
• Randi Wall

   Cindy Haffner

• Amy Young
• Jessica Diedrich
• Kelly Booth
• Kim Costello
• Kristy Young-Team Anya Aug Guest Designer
• Pam Varnell
• Traci Porter 
• We'll be back tomorrow for ANOTHER stellar preview that you won't want to miss!  The FUN is just beginning this week at the  Farm-we are celebrating BIG!

Scrapbook Sketch Challenge

Marie here filling in for Jess as she and some of the girls are off gallivanting at CHA Summer 2010!  Things are really hoppin' this week at the Farm.  Did you all catch the super cute new "Flirty Anya" yesterday on the Club Anya and Friends blog?   We just love her and hope you enjoyed the little sneak peek!

We'll be back tomorrow AND Saturday with MORE to share, but today it's time for our scrapbooking challenge and an ANNOUNCEMENT about the scrapbooking DT and future kits.

First, congrats to Doodles!  You are the winner of last week's sb challenge!  

Please email Jess (yeahshestamps@gmail.com) with your address to claim your prize!  Thanks to all who played.

Before we get to this week's challenge and themes, a HUGE thank you to our Scrapbooking DT.   Their term was extended when we decided to release Sunshine after Spotlight was released-we couldn't stop at just ONE cute kit ;)   The DT's term is up and we won't be releasing another scrapbooking kit until a little later-so today we bid the first team goodbye.  They did a PHENOMENAL job for us and I sure hope you'll still visit their stellar blogs!  Thanks for everything, scrappy chicks!

On that note, we have one last WEEKLY challenge for the SB kits.  We will then go to a MONTHLY challenge-the 2nd Thursday of EVERY MONTH with our beloved Farmers!   Our challenge will resume AUGUST 12th so mark your calendars!

This week we have a great sketch by Jaci:

And here are some samples from our awesome team of scrappers:

Claudette

Angie

Lynda

Lysa

JoAnn

Angela

Jacilynn

We will see you back here tomorrow for another preview!

Moving Day

Hi friends... ok so finally finally finally we GOT THE HOUSE! Can I just say that this was a very long and painful process? But Ray and I are official homeowners now and we got the keys. I'm dreading the packing and moving and it must be done and the man wants to be out of the apt by this week. It's going to be a crazy crazy week, more than usual!

But once we are all settled in and snug, then hopefully life will return to normal with lots of cool projects and contests and I can start making cards again. sigh...

Jess is abandoning us for SUMMER CHA but I shall return tomorrow with our SB projects and challenge. :)

So have a fantastic day and I will see you back here tomorrow!!!

...and the digi goes to...

...Congrats to RAINMAC!  You are the lucky winner and get to choose a free digi!

As for my fave ice cream-there were some VERY yummy guesses...but my secret is safe...well, was :)

My favorite ice cream flavor is COCONUT ;)

See you tomorrow for the Scrapbook Challenge and an announcement about future SB challenges, too!...for now...head over to the Club Anya and Friends blog...actually...RUN there...wait til you see THIS:

xoxo....

Update on the TGF Blog Hop and a GIVEAWAY!

Hey everyone!

Jess here w/ a quick update on the TGF Anniversary Blog Hop.  Before I begin-THANK YOU for all of the sweet birthday wishes last weekend...I have to admit it was a little unnerving to see my picture plastered all over the Club Anya wall (although that's a funny joke between Marie and I so I did laugh SO hard at that awful picture of me, LOL!), but you guys really warmed my heart with such nice things to say.  I had a great day-thank you so much!

The Blog Hop SignUp is now closed and I'm compiling the list to pre-post to the blog as I will be at CHA this week.   There were quite a few people who signed up but didn't leave their blog address, so please check your emails for a confirmation letter or to see if you need to submit more information-thanks!

In order for the hop to run smoothly, we will start HERE and there will be one master list.  Please refer to THIS post if you have any questions and we'll see you Sunday..sneak peeks start on the Club Anya & Friends blog TOMORROW!

That all being said, there's some excitment in the air and I feel generous to share it with all of you...I'm giving away a FREE DIGI to one lucky commenter who can guess what my FAVORITE ICE CREAM flavor is.  You don't have to be correct to win, but if you ARE correct, that commenter will get an EXTRA free digi! :)

Good LUCK and see you soon!
Jessica :)

Flossing for Farm Fresh Friday

Hello, Everyone! Happy Friday!
It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday Challenge, but before we get to that and naming the lucky winner of last week's challenge...all of us here at The Greeting Farm would like to wish our beloved Creative Coordinator and Sweet Friend JESSICA a very very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! We love YOU JESS!


And in true TGF style, we’re having a SURPRISE BLOG HOP today to celebrate and honor the Birthday Girl!! A list of the blog hop order is below and be SURE to start off by leaving Jess some LOVE on the Club Anya & Friends Blog…because what’s a birthday without presents!! One lucky commenter will win Creeper Monday and Creeper Wednesday!! Winner will be announced Monday morning on the CA&F blog! Again, HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our Sweet Jessica!!

Birthday Hop Order

CA&F Blog

Kelly

Kim C.

Amy

Cindy

Mary

Mercy

Sandra

Sparkle

Amber

Jen

Heather

Kristy

Pam

Kadie

Randi

Donna

Okay, wait no further, the winner of last week's challenge and AMAZING prize is: 

Arielle Gordan

Congratulations!! Please email Jess to claim your prize!

And now for this week's challenge. TGF has collaborated with all of your dentists to bring you the "don't forget to floss" challenge. Okay, okay, just kidding, it has nothing to do with going to the dentist, but it does have everything to do with FLOSS! The challenge this week is to incorporate embroidery floss into your card. And if you don't have embroidery floss at your finger tips, then no worries! Twine, yarn, cording, or anything else you can thread through will work!

And of course we also have some AWESOME inspiration for the challenge provided by the DT!

FARMERS

Cindy

Kadie

Kim

Melyssa

Mercy

Randi

Mary

 

CRITTER CREW

Sparkle

Sandra

Amber

Shaela

Heather

Jen

To play along upload your project to:

TGF Gallery>Contests/Challenges>FFF>DontForgetToFloss

You'll have until July 28 to subit your creations.

We hope you'll play along with us this week!

Also, Don't Forget to Sign Up for the TGF ANNIVERSARY HOP!

Have fun and have a SUPER weekend!

Scrappin' the Summer away....

Hello friends of the Farm!

It's Thursday again and time for another wonderful Scrapbooking Challenge!   What BETTER way to spend some of your free time in the summer than by getting some photos scrapped and put away!  Love that!

Before we get to this week's wonderful challenge, congrats to SONYA!   You are the random winner of Claudette's Sketch challenge last week!    Congrats and please email Jess to claim your prize! Thanks again to all who participated!

This week, we have a "SUMMER FUN" challenge and the DT has been hard at work with LOTS of sun and fun to showcase this week:

Jessica

Angie

Claudette

JoAnn

Jaci

Lynda

Jeannette

Angela

Lysa

Want to play along?

Upload your layout to TGF Galleria>SB Kits>Contests/Challenges>Summer Fun!

There are VERY few limitations to this challenge-the whole point is to SCRAP your summer memories!  So just be sure to use ONLY TGF Stamps and have FUN!

One random winner will receive the Darling Sisters stamp set!   Have fun scrappin' those SUMMER memories and we'll see you tomorrow for FFF!

Winner!

Hi friends! Wow thank you for all who participated in yesterday's Guess Those Lyrics. Pretty fun right? So here are the results! The song was from 'Les Miserables' and the is called 'I Dreamed a Dream'.

I Dreamed a Dream

in Time Gone By

When Hope was High

and Life Worth Living

and the lucky winner is Peggy Meyer!!!! Peggy, please send me your mailing address because I have a cute little stamp waiting for you!

So today, the weather here is a bit strange. It is lightly drizzling and very cool. I will take advantage of this cooler weather since it's been feeling like an oven all week! I have also been looking for artwork to frame and am thinking of have a challenge for you guys to create a something that I can frame in my office. Of course it will be TGF related... so I am working out the details and it should be fun. I will keep you updated. I haven't decided on the size yet... I'm thinking maybe 9x12 or something but deets will come soon!

Have a fab day!

Today's question is: What color is your bedroom  wall?

My current apt is white but I'm looking for good colors to paint the new Master once we move.

Guess those Lyrics

Hey friends! I hope you had a long and restful weekend. Mine hasn't been full of rest lately. I hope it will change soon. I thought today we'd do something a bit fun and everyone usually enjoys this little contest.

So the 50th person to email me with the correct words to this segment along with the song name and its origin will be getting one of next month's Anya stamp. Remember you have to complete the following lyrics along with the title and origin of the song.

Please send your guess to thegreetingfarm@gmail.com with subject heading: Guess those Lyrics. You MUST send it to that email.

I __________ a __________ 

in time gone by

When __________ was high

and life worth __________

A VERY MERRY ANNOUNCEMENT!

THE GREETING FARM is turning TWO!

Hey all!   It's hard to believe that just TWO short years ago, Marie had a couple of 4x6 sets for sale, a brand new blog, and watched Pink Poison become The Greeting Farm.  Two years later, after some big dreams realized (including our first trip to Anaheim for CHA!), after seeing some AMAZING designers work their magic for us, and after truly befriending all of YOU...here we are!

TWO YEARS and TWO BLOGS later, The Greeting Farm invites YOU to be a part of the celebration!

We are pleased to invite you to:

THE GREETING FARM's TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY Blog Hop!

When: SUNDAY, AUGUST 1st

7:00pm CST

Your posts should go LIVE at 7pm CST (promptly, please!) with a link back to the TGF Blog where there will be ONE master list of hoppers

Live chat on our PCP page from 7pm CST to 8pm CST

Where: starting and ending on the TGF Blog with stops along the way by all of YOU!

RSVP:  Here's the important part

PLEASE EMAIL teamanya@gmail.com with the 

SUBJECT LINE: TGF 2 Year ANNIVERSARY HOP

Since a lot of us will be gone that last week in July, PLEASE RSVP NO LATER than SATURDAY, JULY 24th.   No late rsvp's will be able to be accomodated since we will have very little access to internet and will have to finalize that post before we leave.

What shall I post with?

You may use ANY TGF Stamp/stamps.

In addition, during that week, we will be rockin' the "OLD SCHOOL" challenge and will have more info on that later!

Prizes?  Did someone say PRIZES???

YOU BET!

*THREE RANDOM COMMENTERS (that participate in the hop!) that complete the ENTIRE HOP by Monday, August 2nd at NOON CST will be entered to win the ENTIRE August RELEASE!!!!

*In addition, there will be an EXCLUSIVE Birthday digi for sale!!!! and quite a few digital images given away as well. You know TGF-we LOVE our prizes and LOVE our customers even more!

This will be a HUGE celebration-please join us!

Feel free to attach the above badge to YOUR sidebar as well with a link back to THIS post!

Can't wait to see you there!

Something Fresh for the Farm's Friday Challenge!

Happy Friday all!!

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Well it's time for another installment of Farm Fresh Friday!  Before we get to a SUPER fun new challenge, congrats to BETH!  You are the winner of last week's sketch challenge:

Please email Jess to claim your prize !  WOO HOO!

SO, is there a technique you’d like to try, an embellishment you’d like to make or an image you have that you’ve never gotten around to using yet??  Well it’s time to break out of your comfort zone and try something new for this week’s Farm Fresh challenge. We’d love to see you play along and show us what you’ve tried!

I have never made a card using those cute flower medallions. So for this challenge I jumped in with the folding of many rows of paper to make one.

Here are some fabulous creations the Farmers and Critter Crew have challenged themselves to make using DIGITAL stamps and a fun new (or fave) technique:

Farmers

Melyssa (medallion fold)

Mercy

Cindy (medallion flowers)

Mary (glimmer mist)

Jessica (ribbon pleating)

Kadie (airbrushing)

Randi

Critter Crew

Sandra

Kim

Jen (versamark pen and glitter)

Amber

Heather (check out how to make your own patterened paper out of digis-pretty cool!)

Shaela (out of the box technique)

What will you challenge yourself to do?

PLAY ALONG by uploading your card or creation to the TGF Gallery>Contests/Challenges>FFF>Digi do something new?   Use a DIGI + a new technique!
You ahve until Wed. July 21st to enter to WIN the new DIGIS by Marina Neira PLUS the Jessica Hymas digis-that's a total of EIGHT digisstamps and about a $25 value!!!

  See what's new for July at The Greeting Farm.

Have a crafty weekend!!