Cheeky Cool Christmas

Just a quick share of a card that I made for Farm Fresh Friday at The Greeting Farm. I had several Cheeky gals colored--she's my favorite!--so this card came together rather quickly. On the Nestabilities Labels One shape, I stamped Hero Arts' Music Background and ink distressed with Broken China distress ink.

I used lots of Diamond Stickles on her outfit and some pearly snowflakes for the "Let It Snow" challenge theme. The "cool" sentiment is from another set from the Greeting Farm.

Note: This card was picked as a "Wednesday Wow" at Club Anya and Friends and I won a free digi of my choice! I'll share who won Farm Fresh Friday in an upcoming post.

Thanks for visiting today! Hope you're having a great week...

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Hero Arts
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink
Ink: Memento, Tim Holtz distress ink
Other: Copics, Nestabilities, Diamond Stickles, ribbon, snowflake buttons

Saturday Sketch #33

I couldn't pass up a chance to make a circle card for the Saturday Sketch #33 challenge at Club Anya & Friends. I love making shaped cards and my Nesties get a good workout almost daily.

Here's Pam's sketch:

Here's my card with an altered Surfer Ian. I had several Ethan heads colored because I was practicing curly hair coloring and decided on a head swap.

I just went with the circle Nesties and used a circle cutter to cut a bigger circle than the largest die. I also used a couple of buttons to help balance the card when it's "standing". It worked!

Thanks for visiting today! I really appreciate your timely visits and generous comments!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm Surfer Ian and WS Dylan

Cardstock: Papertrey Ink

Paper: Bo Bunny dot, Cosmo Cricket

Other: Copics, Nestabilities, circle cutter, buttons,

Glossy Accents on his eyes

A very Happy Birthday, Jessica!

Today is Jessica's birthday and Club Anya and The Greeting Farm are hosting a BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP for our special friend! I am at the very end of the hop and you should have arrived here from Randi's blog. If not, go to Club Anya & Friends and follow the blog hop order.

Jessica, thanks for all that you do on behalf of the design team and for the customers, too. I was (and still am!) thrilled when you asked me to be a guest designer and now I'm excited and proud to be able to call you a friend! Here's hoping you have a wonderful birthday with your family and a relaxing weekend, too. You so deserve it!

I honestly made this card a while ago and I was waiting for the perfect person to give it to...and that's Jessica! Do you see the resemblance?

I love Cheeky Rockabilly's fun, free spirit and I know it's a trait that Jessica has as well.

In honor of Jessica's birthday, there's a great prize up for grabs! Creeper Monday AND Creeper Wednesday will be given to one lucky winner. How do you win?

At the end of the hop, all you have to do is leave a comment on the Club Anya & Friends blog on the birthday hop post, wishing Jessica a HAPPY BIRTHDAY and your name will be entered for a random draw. You have until Sunday, July 25th at 8:00pm CST to leave your birthday wishes.

Amy will announce the winner on the Monday Mania post at Club Anya & Friends. Good luck!

Wild Card Wednesday--My colors!

My days as a Guest designer for the fabulous Club Anya & Friends are slowly coming to an end. (Sniff!) Jessica asked me to throw in a color sketch for this week's Wild Card Wednesday challenge and here's my colors:

Pretty citrus-y, huh? It reminds me of a tropical fruit sherbet that we used to enjoy during the hot summer months. Here's my take on the colors using Sunshine Anya in her cute little bikini.

Please visit Club Anya and see the other team members' cards and hope you'll play along with my colors!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Purple Onion Designs noteblock
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Bazzill Basics, kraft
Patterned paper: Cosmo Cricket
Ink: Memento
Other: Copics, pop dots, MFT sun die, Sizzix dots folder

Saturday Sketch #26

It's Saturday Sketch time at Club Anya & Friends with another awesome sketch by Pam.

Here's my take on the sketch, using Oliver from the Oliver & Amelia "Journey" set. I colored him in sepia tones for a vintage look, and adjusted the size to fit a square card. I also added the sentiment that came with the set. 

Visit Club Anya to see the other team members' take on the sketch and play along with us. Don't forget to add your card to the Gallery!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm (Oliver and Amelia Journey)
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Martha Stewart kraft
Patterned paper: Making Memories ledger
Ink: Colorbox chalk ink, Tea Dye distress ink
Other: Copic markers, Nestabilities circle die, pop dots

Got washi?

Hello and Happy Friday! I survived my first stamp preview/release/blog hop with Team Anya and it was so much fun! Thanks to those of you who stopped and hopped and left such sweet comments for me and my cards.

I hope you got to shop, too! Two new Creepers and Oliver and Amelia are now in the Greeting Farm store. And I saw Creeper Jack in the digi section, along with a few new Critters and Chibis!

Know what else is in the store?

Washi tape! This exciting product from Japan is a hot new trend in the papermaking world. You can do so much with it--even pull it off and reposition and retape without losing the stickiness. Pretty amazing stuff!

Here's a card that I made using the Brown Coffret washi tape set (which just sold out!) along with Creeper Wednesday. You can easily tear the tape, but I chose to trim it and lay it haphazardly behind Wednesday.

I even stamped the sentiment on it. How cool is that?

I hope you'll give washi tape a try. It comes in so many yummy colors and it's in the Greeting Farm store and moving fast!


Thanks, always, for visiting my blog. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Release Day & Blog Hop!

Hello there friends! Well, we've made it through a week of AMAZING previews and what better way to kick off RELEASE DAY than with a BLOG HOP? Sounds good? We thought so!

Thanks for sticking with us and today we are definitely making it worth your while! Not ONLY can you shop til' you drop RIGHT NOW at the TGF store, Team Anya has a special Design Team Blog Hop, and ONE LUCKY WINNER will take home ALL THREE Rubber releases! That's Creeper Monday, Creeper Wednesday, and the Oliver/Amelia "Journey" set.

I used sweet Oliver on my easel card and colored him with Copics. See the texture on his hat? My pal Kelly taught me how to texturize using the colorless blender. Thanks, Kelly!

And I couldn't resist putting some dots on his little hobo bag with my Sharpie poster paint pen.  Isn't he the cutest little traveler?

Be sure to start at the beginning at the Club Anya & Friends blog and continue on the hop. Here's the order in case you get lost:

• Club Anya & Friends blog
• Donna -- you are here!
• Pam
• Kim
• Traci
• Amy
• Kelly
• Jessica
• Club Anya & Friends blog

Leave a comment along the way and at the very end to say that you finished the hop. Remember, one lucky commenter will receive all 3 new rubber releases! Good luck and happy hopping!

ETA: The lucky winner of the new release is Barbara DeBose. Congrats, Barbara!

A sweet preview and WCW sketch

Are you ready for another stamp preview from The Greeting Farm? Besides the awesome Creepers, there's an Oliver and Amelia set called Journey and it's a sweet one!

I chose Amelia for my card and she looks so sweet and vintage-y so I colored her in sepia tones for a different look. I added a bit of lace and used some seam binding ribbon and added the sentiment that comes with the set.

It was a lot of fun coloring Amelia this way. And the best part was, I only used 4 Copics (E31, E50, E51, E53) to color the whole image! Looks like I'll be doing this again...

Today is also Wild Card Wednesday and here's the fun sketch by Jessica. Visit the other team members of Club Anya & Friends to see more Oliver and Amelia previews.

Remember that tomorrow, July 1st is release day at the Greeting Farm, and we're having a blog hop to celebrate the occasion. 

Hope you'll stop by to hop, then shop! See you then!

my happy news!

Guess who's the Guest Designer for Club Anya & Friends for the month of July? ME!I was so excited (and shocked!) when Jessica approached me. How could I refuse? I ♥ The Greeting Farm stamps and consider this such an honor! Thank you, Jessica!

Today I'm introducing Creeper Monday, one of the newest members of the Creepy Crew, coming to you on July 1st. This month, creepy cuteness will be not only in RUBBER, but also in digital form! Make sure you visit The Greeting Farm and Club Anya & Friends to meet Creeper Jack and see more rubber goodness!

After I colored Monday, she screamed goth so I added some pink to make her "gothic cute". I also added some buttons and the "Pretty cool" sentiment from the Roll Call kit.

And I inserted a piece of white paper inside so a message can still be written on the inside of a black card!


Please visit the other design team members' blogs to see their preview cards:

• Jessica Deidrich
• Amy Young
• Kelly Booth
• Kim Costello
• Pam Varnell
• Traci Porter

That's all from me for today, but come back tomorrow for another preview that's on the "sweet" side.....can't wait to show you!

Wild Card Wednesday & Cards for Kids

Wow--Friday sure crept up fast! It felt so good to veg out the week, visiting blogs and doing some online shopping. Did anyone else go bonkers at Papertrey Ink? My mail carrier brought me two boxes from PTI on two separate days--yikes!

I managed to make a card for Club Anya & Friends' Wild Card Wednesday with this sketch by Kim Costello.

Here's my take on the sketch. I used Anya--in a bikini!--from the new Sunshine kit by The Greeting Farm.

I stamped the cloud background by Hero Arts behind her, and also used the new check background stamp. I love how the colors look against kraft.

Stamps: The Greeting Farm, Hero Arts
Ink: Hero Arts , Distress inks, Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink, Hero Arts notecard, kraft
Patterned paper: Me and My Big Ideas
Other: Copics, Papertrey Ink flower die, Stampin Up scallop border die, buttons

The third round of the Cards for Kids card drive has just begun. There are now 13 kids and their families all of whom can use a bit of cheer. You can read all about them here and learn how you can be a part of this very rewarding card drive. And there are lots of great prizes from great companies, too.

Have a great weekend, and thanks for stopping by!

I don't know who this couple is...

...and I hope they're not siblings! I'm not a "Twilight" person. All I know is there's a guy named Edward, who's a vampire. Period. That's all I know.

That being said, I entered the Monday Mania challenge at Club Anya & Friends called Caz's Couples. The challenge is to use a couple on a card and I decided to use Dressy Jeremy and Dressy Ebony. I made a Polaroid card with them and now I'm worried. I should have asked a Twilight fan if these two could possibly be a couple.

If not, well.....my apologies! I just love Jeremy's sulky look and I tilted Ebony's head a bit to make them look more lovey dovey. So can someone tell me who they are...

and if they're related? I'm so clueless...

Stamps: The Greeting Farm digital images

Handwritten photo caption

Cardstock: Gina K, Stampin Up

Ink: Worn Lipstick Distress ink

Other: Copic markers, Cuttlebug embossing folders