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Hello, again!  So, are you all exhausted, reeling from this FULL week of previewing the FIVE new stamp sets being released at The Greeting Farm TOMORROW?????  Well, we thought we'd help out with that and wind down the week with a nice cup of tea....



Before we get into today's previews, congrats to TAMARA!  You are the winner of the "Fur-ever" set.  Please email Jess your address and we'll send that cute set right out to you!  Fur-ever seems to be a hit, huh?  Glad to know there are so many animal lovers here on the Farm :)
Now, what was that about winding down with a nice cuppa?  Well, winding down is not all THAT possible because we have a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW, don't forget!  For now though, sit back...relax...and pour yourself a cup or two of inspiration from our new "Teariffic" set:

Tracey:

Jessica:

Becca:

Denice:

Lori:

We are totally zen here today (ok, we are bursting with excitement about tomorrow, but we are TRYING to be, anyway!), but we still want you to have a chance to WIN THIS SET today, so be sure to refill that cup, and visit the following blogs:

Tracey

Jessica

Becca

Denice

Lori

...then come back here and leave a comment letting us know you visited!

As always, thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for ALL the excitement!


Until then...enjoy!

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WEEK 11 - Bloom & Grow

Assignment: Create a spread or a page using the concept of growth. Use any stamps you want, colors, etc. Not necessary to use any TGF stamps, this is YOUR journal, do what you want cuz you rule that journal!

Tip: stuck on what to journal about? Randomly pick a word or phrase and see where it takes you. You'll be surprised at what creativity it will trigger.

Due: Thursday Oct 6th no later than 12:00 pm noon cst. We start marking off assignments by 12:30 pm cst. Late uploads will not be accounted for. If you cannot make the deadline, please upload your assignments early. Please upload your photo into your folder http://www.tgfllc.com/galleria/showgallery.php?cat=1173.

Inspiration found on the web:

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Here are some lovely samples from the 'Torn Between' assignment!

 by Jess

by Brenda G

by Charlotte S

by Deanna R

by Eva U

by Grandma Bonnie

by Rebecca M

Fur-ever and ever...

Hello, again, everyone!  Well, we've covered babies so far at The Greeting Farm, did you think we would leave your pets out?  Not a chance!   How CUTE is this new clear stamp set, titled "FUR-ever"???  Awwww.   Whether you have a fantastic feline or precious pup, this is definitely a must-have for all pet lovers out there, kids and adults alike!

Before we get to some adorable samples today, congrats to ANNETTE!  You are the winner of the "Build a Onesie: Boy!" set!  Please email Jess to claim your prize! Hooray!


We have some serious cuteness today with the new "FUREVER" set, and another chance to WIN!   Here are some samples from the team:

Jessica

Carisa:

Kim:

Denice:

We are giving away a "FUR-ever" set to one lucky commenter today so just pop by the following blogs and let us know if YOU have a "fur-ever" friend :)

Jessica

Denice

Carisa

Kim

We'll announce the winner here tomorrow on our last day of previews..all leading up to a SUPER exciting release day on the 1st!

This one's for the BOYS...

Hey, everybody!  If you've been keeping up with this week's previews at The Greeting Farm, you know we're right in the middle of a FULL week of October previews and the excitement is building!  We are BURSTING with excitement about what's to come in the next few days, not to mention our FIVE amazing October releases!  

On that note, did ya think we left the BOYS out?  Not a chance!  Introducing "BUILD A ONESIE: boy!"   This cute counterpart to the "BUILD a ONESIE: girl" set that we previewed yesterday will be released on October 1st in clear polymer, quality stamps and I can't wait to show you what a few of our AWESOME Farmers did with this set:

CARISA

KIM

Are these not ADORABLE?

Before we get to how you can WIN THIS SET, congrats to JAMIE!  You are the winner of "Build a Onesie: Girl!"  Please email Jess to claim your set and we'll send it right out to you- congrats!

Want to WIN "Build a Onesie: Boy?"   Just visit CARISA and KIM today and come back here to leave a comment!  We'll choose a winner and announce it tomorrow at 12:01 AM CST!

Thanks so much for stopping by again and sticking with us!  We know there is a TON of information swirling about this week and we LOVE that you've stayed tuned!  See you tomorrow for an exciting day FOUR!

...and I was like, Baby, Baby, Baby, ohhhhhhhh!

Hey, everyone!

We are BACK with DAY TWO of previews from the upcoming October Release at The Greeting Farm!   After the popularity of our Anya and Ian "wardrobe" sets a few years ago where you could build your own outfits,  we've decided to give the wee-ones a turn to be fashionable and introduce you to "BUILD A ONESIE: girl!"  This sweet set of cute couture will be available in CLEAR polymer when it's released on October 1st!  

There are TONS of possibilities with this set!  Here's what a few of our FARMERS came up with, for starters:

LORI CRAIG, our lovely October Guest:

Becca:

Tracey:

Be sure to visit the blogs of THESE designers today (there are only a few, so it shouldn't take you too long ;) because there is a BUILD-a-ONESIE GIrl set HIDDEN on one of their blogs!   You never know who it may be!  

Here is your short list of stops today:

LORI

BECCA

TRACEY

Last but not least, congrats to CRAFTY DEE!  You are the winner of the "Clearly Christmas" set from yesterday!  Email me (Jess) to claim your prize :)

Thanks again for stopping by and see you back here tomorrow for ANOTHER preview that you won't want to miss!

SLEIGHBELLS RING...are YOU listenin'?

Hello, Farm Friends!  It's hard to believe that in a few short months, we'll be twirling into Thanksgiving, caroling into Christmas, and putting some HEART into the HOLIDAYS!   While we don't want to rush any of the magical times ahead (and maybe not rush that cold weather, either!), we know that it takes time and energy to get a head start on those Holiday cards!

Today marks day one of a FIVE-day PREVIEW EVENT at The Greeting Farm, and we are thrilled to bring you our first sneak peek at a new CLEAR stamp set, simply titled "CLEAR CHRISTMAS!"  Before we get to previews, we have a SUPER special October Guest Designer to announce today!  Please welcome the amazingly sweet and talented LORI CRAIG to our TGF family this month!   Lori's blog, "Make a Difference" is inspiring and from the heart, you'll definitely want to visit and we are over the moon that she is joining us this month. WELCOME. LORI!

What could be even MORE exciting than a FULL WEEK of previews this week and our awesome new guest?  Well, we have a HUGE announcement coming on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st during our RELEASE day post and you will NOT want to miss this one...promise!  Not only do we have a new release coming, a new Challenge Team coming October 1st...we have ONE more exciting announcement and it might just be our best one YET!  

For now, lets' get inspired with some CLEAR Christmas Cheer:

Lori

Denice

Becca

Carisa

Kim

Tracey

Jessica

Want to WIN this set?  Go, welcome our NEW Guest Designer and visit the REST of our DT as well (links are right here on the sidebar!) letting us know what you think of this awesome new set!  When you're done?  Come right back HERE and leave a common letting us know you did, and we'll draw ONE LUCKY WINNER to be announced tomorrow!  

Thanks for stopping by today...we will definitely be back with more very soon!

heART Journaling Re-CAP and ANNOUNCEMENTS...

Hey everyone!

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN for this week's heART Journaling theme and samples- thank you!

JUST a few reminders- and we need everyone on board with this asap- thanks :)

1.)  RELOADING MISSING PHOTOS:

IF you are participating in the heART JOURNALING program-and WHETHER OR NOT you started at the beginning...we need ALL PHOTOS RELOADED to the gallery by MONDAY (tomorrow) at 8am CST.

When our gallery crashed a few weeks ago, as many of you know, there were 'casualties'.  We are really sorry for this inconvenience, but most uploads 5-7 weeks out were deleted in the crash accidentally.

Because of this, there are MANY of you who have 1-2 photos only representing the 9 week period.  Marie and I are working off spreadsheets to 'check off" work as it is loaded to the gallery and there are many of you with incomplete albums.   We need to get up to speed, and the only way we can do that is if you reload those photos.  Sorry again about the inconvenience!

ANY photo loaded AFTER TOMORROW that is for an assignment PRIOR to Week 10 will NOT be counted for the full 24 weeks of credit.  Again, we apologize that we have to do this , but we feel that plenty of time has been allotted to reload photos since the crash.

2.) CONFIRMATION REQUESTS:

IF you are participating and are on target for completing the 24 week program ON TIME, please send an email to CONFIRM this.

IF your first name begins with A-J:  please send it to thegreetingfarm@gmail.com

IF your first name begins with K-Z: please send it to yeahshestamps@gmail.com

3.)Few additional REMINDERS:

Just a reminder to PRETTY PLEASE load your photos under your gallery NAME and not your USER ID.  We have a few floaters left that I'd like to move to their appropriate 'home'  :)   Thank you so much!!!!

Last but not least, we realize that some of you have decided not to participate or have had things come up.  No worries- if you could just email Jess at yeahshestamps at gmail dot com to let me know so I can remove your gallery category all together, that would be great.

Thanks again to EVERYONE participating! We know this isn't easy- I myself really struggled with last weeks assignment but it's really awesome when you complete that page and feel like you really thought out of the box!  I am SO PROUD of our group of journalers who are putting themselves out there each week- what an impressive collection so far!

xoxo,
Jess :)

Heart Journaling: Week 10

Attention Class!


I know there was some confusion with all the hoopala with the Galleria last week and we'd just like to let everyone know that those who got their assignments in were accounted for. Our records are up to date. If you have done all of your assignments up to date (9 pages so far), please just double check with us by sending us an email to thegreetingfarm@gmail.com to verify if you are on track on our records. Thanks!

WEEK 10 - Torn Between...
(use some sort of 'tearing')

Assignment: Create a spread or a page using tearing a technique some how. Use any stamps you want, colors, etc. Not necessary to use any TGF stamps, this is YOUR journal, do what you want cuz you rule that journal!

Tip: create interesting backgrounds but doing an assort collage of magazine imagery, food market ads, etc.

Due: Thursday Sept 29th no later than 12:00 pm noon cst. We start marking off assignments by 12:30 pm cst. Late uploads will not be accounted for. If you cannot make the deadline, please upload your assignments early. Please upload your photo into your folder http://www.tgfllc.com/galleria/showgallery.php?cat=1173.

Inspiration found on the web:

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Hello friends! Moving onto week 10 now!!! Almost halfway through!!!! Woohoo!!! Super thrilled if you are still following along! I know it's hard! I'm behind again... but Ray just returned from his Euro Tour so maybe I'll get a chance to go back to crafting. But I am so happy if you are still playing along! 

Here are some lovely samples from the 'Cut & Paste' assignment!

 by Jess (very strong piece)

by 1LuvnMama (true that!!!)

by Sandra F (love the wind-up watch lady)

by Candice S. (Beautiful detailing)

by Sara M (what a happy mermaid!!!)

by Amy (love! Just love!)

by Sue M (grown up Anya!!!)

Have a safe and crafty weekend! We've great stuff to show you this coming week so stay tuned!!!

~marie :)

Throwback Thursday with Cheeky Rockabilly

Hi Gang! It's me, Farmer Becca, here with this week's Throwback Thursday. This week I have chosen my all time favorite line, Cheeky Cherry stamps, and have chosen to showcase Cheeky Rockabilly. I just love how sassy these stamps are, especially this one! Isnt she adorable?!?

I love breaking out older stamps and giving them some new love, as our newest stamps always get our love, but the older ones sometimes get neglected. So, I love this cutie image, and wanted to see how she looked in this ultra-girlie papers and theme. I wanted to keep this card very girlie, so I used some Vintage Flowery paper and added lots of flowers as embellishments. I love making shabby feminine cards, and this image is perfect for that touch of sass!
I hope you will join me this week and dust off some of your older The Greeting Farm images and give them some inky love!

TOP CROP TUESDAY with farmer TRACEY.

Hi there all and welcome to Top Crop Tuesday at the farm. I love Tuesdays because i get to browse the gallery for even longer than usual, and show you all some of my favorites. What fun.

Right now i am loving using doilies and seam binding ribbon on my projects and there is so much inspiration in our gallery along those lines, some older, some newer uploads. So without further ado, here are my picks for this week.

Isn't this anniversary card by Lacey just gorgeous. The heart doily in the background is perfect for such a romantic card. An altogether perfect card i think.

The doily in the background of Grace's card is the perfect touch to add that little bit of femininity don't you think. Still simple, but gorgeous.

Last but not least, Eva has used exactly the same doily as Grace, but has achieved a totally different look. So soft and feminine, and how beautiful is her seam binding ribbon.

Three doilies, three cards, lots of inspiration. I just might head off to my scrap room now and make a doily card myself.

Thank you all for the wonderful inspiration in our TGF gallery. The talent that is to be found in blog world never ceases to amaze and inspire me.

Until next time,
Happy stamping,
Tracey XO.