Happy "Anyaversary" The Greeting Farm

1st Birthday Celebration

It’s only been one year since we first saw some awesome stamps from “The Greeting Farm” and today is there ultra big, ultra fabulous 1ST birthday party bash. YEAH
So head on over to The Greeting Farm and also Club Anya and check out all the cool stuff going on, and not to mention a lot of NEW super cute stamp available to buy today.
With out further ado

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

The Greeting Farm: “Fly Away” stamp set
Cricut: Beyond Birthdays
Fancy Pants Design: Simplicity pattern paper
Bazzill Bling: white
Martha Stewart boarder punch
Inks
Memento: “rich cocoa” “Paris dark” (all colored stamps)
ColorBox: “frost white” (outside clouds)
VersaColor: “sand beige” “brown” “pinecone” (distressing)
VersaMark: Dazzle (inside clouds)
Sakura: Gelly Roll “clear star”, Soufflé white
Copic markers

There are so many of us who just can’t get enough of these cute little stamps. I think the people behind the birthday celebration must have known because they let us crafty blogers participate in their celebration. How awesome is that! Not only do you fall in love with the designs but also the warm loving people who create, manage and blog about them.
BIG THANKS & HUGE HUGS TO ALL OF YOU

Fashionista Anya

The Club Anya blog had an awesome Anya fashion show. How fun it is to see all the ways to spice up your Anyas & Ians. Head on over the Greeting Farm Gallery and check out everyones remarkable work. Here’s my “fashionista Anya”

The Greeting Farm: “Miss Anya” stamp set
Pink Paislee: Pattern paper PressOn & topsiders
Reminisce: “wild things” (boots & head band)
American Craft: Pink Ribbon
Martha Stewart boarder punch
Mementos: “rich cocoa”
Inkssentials: Glossy accents
Sakura: “gelly roll” clear star Copic markers

This was my very first Anya card. I’ve loved Miss Anya from afar and decided I couldn’t craft without her any longer.

Wonderful Asian Anya

Had to have this geisha Anya. She’s so cute and yet sophisticated.

The Greeting Farm: “geisha anya” & “fly away” stamp set
Yasutomo: origami paper
Spellbinders: Impressabilities “butterfly”
Nestabilities
Mementos: “sweet plum” “rich cocoa”
Bazzill: in stitch'z template
Wal-mart: twine, pearl string & paper string
Copic markers

This one was for the Farm fresh Fridays challenges that The Greeting Farm holds. They post a new challenge every Friday, so stop by their blog if you want to play. Last Fridays challenge was "Fluttery Floral" you had to use butterflies and flowers. Geisha Anya was perfect for the challenge. Don't forget to check out all the beautiful work on the Greeting Farm Gallery from all the wonderful crafters that participated.

Ladybugs & Clovers

So to tell you the truth when I saw the Cupcake Craft Challenge this week I said to myself "HUH". And what was the challenge? "Pink, Brown, Animals & Flowers” Then while looking through my stash of pattern paper I found this challenges perfect match.

Cricut: Storybook “frame”, Doodlecharms “ladybug"
All Pattern Paper: Heidi grace designs “Reagan’s closet”
Tiny white brads: KI memories
Large gem brad & craft wire: Wal-mart
Ink: Versacolor “pinecone”

I love challenges that make you think. That lets you see things in a different light. Although this one may be a given for some, I didn’t really get it at first but found inspiration and came out with a cute little card.

The inside

"Shave Ice" summer book

Summer in Hawaii, what can I say. I think if you ask my kids one thing that they like about summer they will all have a different answer. But nothing sums up summer in Hawaii quite like “Shave Ice” and that’s one think they will all agree on. You can get your Shave Ice here any which way because besides the 50 different flavors, there are a number of toppings. Mochi balls, Sweeten condense milk, Ice cream, Li Hung powder, SO yummy yummy yummy!

Zutter: Bind-it-all, 1” white Owires
Cricut: Stretch your Imagination, Alphalicious
Bazzill Bling: white paper
Journaling Stamp: Autumn Leafs
Ink: StazOn jet black
Copics: R29 YR07 Y15 YG23 B02

I did this mini album for the Bind-it-all blog. There’s so much inspiration there and an awesome design team so head on over there and check them out. The challenge was to make an 8x8 album or smaller of something about your summer.
I don’t have a shave ice cut on my cricut so I just altered the ice cream out of “stretch your imagination”. The cut was 91/2 and after I cut off the cherry it came out to be exactly 8” from the tippy-top to the point on the bottom.
In between each shave ice pages I put a page of pictures. One of my happy kiddies and then one of them downing their cold treat. I wanted this to be an album that they could look at and remember how happy a simple icy treat made them feel. So I asked them some questions and wrote their answers on the back of the cone.

Ea's flavor: Strawberry with mochi balls

Po's flavor: Banana, Vanilla, & cotton candy

Bobo's flavor: strawberry, Vanilla, & banana with Vanilla ice cream & mochi balls

My pot of jewels

This is the first Layout I did for SCRAPJACKED. SCRAPJACKED is a monthly challenge blog that inspires you with other peoples work. Like scraplifting. It’s a really cool site check them out.
This month they had a beautiful LO done by Natasja Verbeek. It’s really lovely and the DT did an awesome job too. So here is my take

Cricut: George
Background Pattern paper: Pink Paislee
Cloud & green Pattern paper: HeidiGrace designs
RubOn (orange stitching): KI memories
Ribbons: Wal-Mart “Rainbow”, Green “American Crafts”
Bazzill: Stitching template “on cloud”

Some may remember I had a very short post last month about spicing up candy leis with star tags. I used the fill page button on my cricut with the George cartage “star”. Looking at the 12x12 paper after I pulled off the stars looked kind of cool and gave me this idea. I thought it was perfect for the scrapjacked challenge. And feeling a little crazA that day I stitched around all the stars. Try this with your cricut and other shapes. It looks really cool.

Also on this LO I made a cute little ribbon flower. This was super easy and fast to do.
All you need is
Ribbon (depending on the size of flower you want)
Needle and thread
Scissors
Sticky tape

First, hand sew the bottom of your ribbon. Remember to tie a good knot in the end of the thread. It doesn’t really matter how big your sewing is just stay close to the bottom.

Next gently pull your thread. It should start to gather and turn in. Place your sticky tape on the top side of one of the ends.

When you got the size you want tape the ends together (the top sides of the ribbon should be taped). Tie off your thread and there you go, a cute little ribbon flower.

A Sweet Mess

I love Pink and this LO is all Pink. Ok so I’m not color blind I’m just talking about Pink Paislee. I’m in love with Pink Paislee and used it allover this Layout for Sketchy Thursday.

Cricut: Storybook
Pattern Paper & Rubons: Pink Paislee
Ink: Versacolor “pincone”

This Messy Picture of my little girl is so classic. We were having dessert after dinner and yes after her shower when my sweetie decided she needed to get a little sweeter. Chocolate all over, NICE.

There's still time to play with Diana and her Sketch this week, so here it is and make sure you stop by her blog. There is a permanent Link on the Sketchy Thursday badge on my side bar :)

Sorry about the glare. I wanted to get a close up of the Rubons. Love them and her facial expressions !!

Pull & Flip

So I had this idea in my head for a while and was always too caught up to sit down and figure it out. Well it took two nights of no sleep, Two cups of coffee, and some nice “time alone”. Ahhh
I did it!!

Here’s my “pull & flip card”

Cricut: George, Doodlecharms, New arrival, Storybook
All pattern paper: Pink paislee
Ink: Versacolor “brown” “sand beige”, stazon “jet black”, Mementos “Paris dusk”
Stamps: Costco
Ribbon: American Craft
Texture plate: Sizzix “tiny flowers”

Over at carrdvarks their challenge this time is to create a new baby or bridal shower item. I thought about making this into a bridal shower gift but I can’t resist a cute baby card. And for added inspiration my sisn’law just had her first little baby. How perfect :)

Will post instructions on the "pull & flip" card in a little bit. I took a lot of pics. so be prepare for one long post coming.

"pull & flip" card instructions

I found these cards at my local discount store and thought “I wonder if I could do this on my own?” I brought them home and totally demolished them because that’s how you figure things out :) So here’s the run down on how to make your own. But if you would rather buy it they are made by PLAID and come in an awesome kit with stickers and an envelope. Check them out here PLAID Paper Motions

What you need
2 pieces 12x12 sturdy cardstock
Craft knife
Cutting mat
Creaser
Strong tape or glue

I posted the Pictures first then the instructions

Please use and alter these instructions how ever you want but I would appreciate it if you would direct others to my post and share the info for free
THANKS :)

Make the base

Cut 5” off a 12x12 piece of paper
Fold in half long ways
Crease ½” on the top and bottom
Cut the top & bottom 1/2” on half of the card

Now to make the inside frame
Do this on the side without the 1/2” tabs
Measure 5/8 in from the edges and the crease
Its ok to mark it with a pencil because this will be the inside.
Cut out the frame. I used a craft knife and fallowed the marked lines

The inside pages
Your going to cut 3 rectangles
6 ½ x 3 ¾
5 ½ x 2 3/4
5 ¼ x 3 ¾

This is the 6 ½ x 3 ¾ rectangle
Measure and crease 3” from edge long ways
Measure ½” on top and bottom on the 3” side
Cut the ½” as slits to the edge DO NOT cut them off

This is the 6 ½ x 3 ¾
Glue down big half and top and bottom tabs to base
DO NOT glue the inside flap
You’ll see there is a little over hang from the tabs, just cut them off the match the base.

This is the 5 ½ x 2 ¾
Fold this in half
Glue one half to the flap of the rectangle you just glued to the base
This piece is smaller so make sure you match the tops
The bottoms will have a ¼ gap in (see pic 2 above)

This is the 5 ¼ x 3 ¾
Crease at 2 5/8 then measure ½ on the top and bottom of that side
Cut the ½ tabs off

The 5 ¼ x 3 ¾
Glue the 2 5/8 side to the other half of piece you just glued together.
DO NOT glue the big side down
Like the piece before you should have a gap on the back. Like a step (pic 2)

Snip off the corners of the tabs. Now place the big piece down and fold over the top and bottom tabs on the base

Fold down the frame part making sure the “book pages” are sticking out of the frame. Glue frame by putting glue on the bottom tabs.
Let your card dry and there you go. Decorate and enjoy

I tried to make these clear and simple instructions. But it’s a lot of info so if there are any questions post it in the comments and I’ll get an answer to you :)
Have fun with this one

Merci

I’m pouring out some sugar this week

A spoon full of sugar is an awesome challenge blog that I’m totally inspired by this week. And what was the challenge? Well it was simply “Swirls” and whats sweeter then a cupcake?

My sweet thank you

The inside

Cricut: Storybook, Doodlecharms, Beyond Birthdays
Patytern paper: DCWV
White Specialty paper: Bazzill Bling
Ribbon: chatterbox
Glossy accents: Inkssentials
Gems: wal-mart
Copic markers

I went all out with the swirl even the blue background paper has a little swirl in it. I wanted to add a little to the cupcake itself so used my Copic and the Bazzill bling. I like the way the Copics look on the paper. the shine really comes through. The "Merci" and flame got the same treatment.

To make the flame pop on the candle I added a little Glossy accents SHINY

I had the "Beyond Birthdays" Cricut cart for a long time and never used this "Merci" which means thanks in French. It looks so perfect for the card. This one is certainly for someone very sweet.

Christmas in July

Merry Christmas everyone. Ohh…wait…that’s right…it’s July. Well I don’t completely understand what’s up with X-mas in July but everyone loves it. I guess it’s for those smart people who start early so they’re not rushing to put stuff together last minute. And everyone knows that’s not me :) So when I saw this week’s challenge over at Cup Cake Challenges I thought it was the perfect opportunity in making steps to non-procrastination. YAH ME. Ok so the challenge is “A Christmas Card”, and just by a kawink-adink the Colour Create Challenge this week is “Blue & White”. These challenges were meant for each other this week.

Here's my Christmas in July card

Cricut: “Stretch your imagination”, “Beyond Birthdays”
Spellbinders: Impressabilities “paisley”, Nestabilities “Labels 4”
Versamark: Dazzle “frost”

The extra this week at Colour Create Challenge was to go vintage. I thought nothing was more vintage for Christmas then a still house wintery setting. This card came out to be a window, shadow box thingy. Just popped the window off of the card with 3D dots. I thought it came out looking cool. I wanted to stick to the color theme and I had the perfect dark dark blue in my stash. Also I remembered I had the new Versamark with glitter. I used it just as a highlight. It doesn't come across too good in the photos but I love it. If you like what Versamark does then you've got to get this.

The inside

Jellyfish

I’ve been on a blog hopping, card making, challenge doing kind of mode lately. There is so much inspiration on the web and I can’t help myself so here I go. My first cards.

I’m feeling Jelly, as in Jellyfish.

FREE Jellyfish clipart: Clipart ETC site map
Pattern Paper: Heidi Grace Designs “Beyond the sea”
Big pearls: Hero Art
Ink: memento “paris dark”, Versacolor “sky gray”
Ranger: Glossy accents
Sakura Glaze pen: black & white
Copic markers: B000, B02, BV13, E000, E00, 0

This was based on the awesome sketch this week over at "pricillastyles". They have some awesome prizes and yes thats with an S. Check out her blog and don't forget there blog candy
Click here to see MMSC #10

My day wouldn’t be complete if I didn’t have a peek at the “copic buzz group” over on “paper craft plant”. This week’s challenge is to make a transparent image. You can check it out the challenges from the copic buzz blog here. I never tried this out since I’m still new to copics but I had fun with it. Barbara linked an awesome tutorial for us. Find it here It’s from the “I Like Markers” blog a deferent go to for someone just starting up with copics (like me).