The Greeting Farm: CHRISTMAS DIGI RELEASE!

Happy Sunday everyone! We have a very special Digi Stamp Release available for purchase today featuring 3 sets to get you ready for Christmas! The Greeting Farm Design Team created some adorable cards and gift ideas showcasing CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS SAYINGS, BACKS 4 and SIT 1 on The Greeting Farm Blog.

I created an Easel Card so I could capture my family on Christmas day. There was a lot of coloring on this one! I'm tired, LOL! This card will be on display in my home and not one I am giving away.

Here is the Easel Card opened.

I used one of the sentiments from the Christmas Sayings Set on the bottom portion of the Easel Card.

Be sure to head over to The Greeting Farm Store and grab your favorite digis and stamps. You're going to LOVE them all! And please come join The Greeting Farm Fan Page to share you creations. We would love to see them!

 

Hugs,

Rosie

Rachelle Anne Miller: TWEET FRIENDSHIP

 Happy Saturday everyone! I'm back today sharing my latest card for Rachelle Anne Miller. We just had our first ice storm this week which wreaked havoc on all our trees. The entire city looks like a tornado came through and ripped the trees apart. I would much rather have snow than ice! So with the reminder that winter is about to pull up, I created this wintry card using a digital stamp called TWEET FRIENDSHIP. 

COPICS:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E21, E11, E13

Hair: E21, E25, E47

Teal: BG32, BG72, BG75, BG78
White: C0, C1, C3
Red: R22, R27, R29, R59
Black: C3, C5, C7
White Uniball Pen

 

The decorative bird paper is from Penny Black Festive and Frosty 6x6 Paper Pad. To finish off the card I added beautiful flowers from I Am Roses and pearls from Studio G.

 I hope you come join us on the Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps Facebook Group to share your fabulous creations! Be sure to subscribe to her newsletter also because she will have special sales throughout the year just for email subscribers! Remember, the prices in her store are in Australian dollars so if you live in the U.S.A. you will pay a lower amount.

 

Have a great weekend!
Rosie

I Am Roses + Conie Fong Angel Prayers

 Happy Friday everyone! I'm continuing on with more Christmas cards, and had to color up this gorgeous image from Conie Fong called Angel Prayers. I absolutely LOVE her! She is one of my favorite angel stamps.

COPICS:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E21, E11, E13
Hair: E21, E25, E47
Red: R22, R27, R29, R56, R89
Green: G21, G24, G46, G28
Wings: N2, C1, C0
Gold Marker

I paired this image with these gorgeous red and white flowers from I Am Roses. I think they go perfectly with Conie's images. I used Red Gardenias, S4 White with Red Center Flowers, White Cherry Blossoms, S10 Small White with Red Center Flowers, and Tiny Green Leaves. 

 

The paper and sentiment are from Echo Park. I raised the sentiment panel on foam tape.

I Am Roses Challenges have started back up again! You have until November 8th to enter the current challenge HERE.

 Have an awesome weekend!

Rosie

2020 Cat Lovers Hop featuring The Greeting Farm Scaredy Cats

 Happy Thursday everyone! Today, I'm sharing a cat project for the 2020 Cat Lovers Hop using a stamp and digi set from The Greeting Farm who happens to be one of the sponsors! You can read all the details and link up HERE. There are over 40 Sponsors this year and daily games and prizes! It's definitely worth playing along!

I've been on a Pop-up Box Card kick lately so I decided to create one for this Blog Hop. I used the Scaredy Cats Stamp Set and the Halloween Nite Digi Set to create this Halloween cat scene.

I used a Lawn Fawn die to create the box. I just extended the back so it's higher. The flying cat was placed on a thin strip of plastic so he's looks like he's actually in the air. The front panel has a cat in a pumpkin and a black cat behind a jack-o-lantern (cut from a sheet of paper). The middle panel has a wood fence and bat cat sitting on the fence.

The great thing about these cards is that they fold flat for mailing.

 

You can see more cat projects from my fellow DT sisters on The Greeting Farm Blog. 

Hugs,
Rosie

Conie Fong: SNOWY POINSETTIA

 Happy Wednesday everyone! Have you started on your Christmas cards yet? I honestly never make enough so I usually end up buying them. I really need to start way earlier! Today's card features this adorable penguin digital stamp from Conie Fong called SNOWY POINSETTIA.

Copics:
Penguin: C00, C0, C1, C2, C7, W9, Black
Orange: YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, E19
Hat: R24, R27, R29, R56, R89, N0, N2
Scarf: YG23, YG25, YG67, G28, R24, R27, R56
Poinsettia: R22, R27, R29, R56, R89, YG06
Snow: B000, C1

 The decorative papers are from The Paper Studio (Hobby Lobby) A Very Merry Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad. I cut the tree border off of one of the sheets of paper and placed it on the snowflake paper with foam tape.

If you create any cards using Conie Fong stamps, please stop by the Conie Fong Art and Design Facebook Page to enter the challenges. There are always two a month....one coloring challenge and one card challenge.

Hugs,
Rosie

Polka Dot Orchard: WIPING THE YEARS AWAY

 Happy Tuesday everyone! There are lots of exciting things happening at Polka Dot Orchard including new digis and new stencils! Be sure to check out the Polka Dot Orchard Store to grab your faves! All FALL and HALLOWEEN digi stamps are 31% off right now. 

Today, I'm featuring this hilarious set called WIPING THE YEARS AWAY! It's a really versatile set and perfect for a funny birthday card. With a different sentiment it would even work to let people know they've been poopy towards you, LOL! Unfortunately, I've had some people be kind of poopy towards me this year so maybe I should make some cards and mail them, hahaha!

Copics:
Brown: E23, E25, E29
Blue: B14, B16, B18, B29
Green: YG23, YG25, YG67, G28
Flies: C2, W9

 I found some free digital poop paper and used that for my background. This was a pretty easy and simple card. I just finished it off with some brown enamel dots in the corners.

Please come share your creations with us on the Friends of Polka Dot Orchard Facebook Page so we can Ooooh and Ahhhh over them!  

Hugs,
Rosie

Rachelle Anne Miller: SANTA BOY

 Happy Saturday everyone! I'm back today sharing my latest card for Rachelle Anne Miller. Christmas is right around the corner, and I need to keep churning out Christmas cards. Rachelle has added a bunch of CUTE digis over the last couple of weeks so I had to color up this adorable guy called SANTA BOY. I love that he's out delivering presents with his awesome dog!

COPICS:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E21, E11, E13

Hair: E23, E47
Red: R24, R27, R29, R57, R89
Green: YG25, G24, YG46, G28

Teal: BG32, BG72, BG75
Black: C3, C5, C6, C7
White: C0, C1, C3
Snow: B000, W0
Sky: BG10
Liquid Applique
Gold Marker

 

I was struggling with a layout, but found an amazing sketch from Queen and Company which kickstarted my mojo. When I'm struggling making a card, I search out sketches and they help tremendously! I used paper from two different paper pads. The sentiment is from The Greeting Farm.

 

 
I hope you come join us on the Rachelle Anne Miller Digital Stamps Facebook Group to share your fabulous creations! Be sure to subscribe to her newsletter also because she will have special sales throughout the year just for email subscribers! Remember, the prices in her store are in Australian dollars so if you live in the U.S.A. you will pay a lower amount.

 

Have a great weekend!
Rosie

Jaded Blossom: FALL BUNDLE RELEASE!!

Happy Friday everyone! Today, we have an awesome mini FALL RELEASE at Jaded Blossom! These two fabulous Gnome stamp sets (THANKFUL FOR MY GNOMIE and THANKSGIVING GNOMIE) and new FALL LEAVES STENCIL are available for purchase NOW! You can get this as a SPECIAL BUNDLE for $26.99! It's an amazing deal!! Hurry and grab yours now before they sell out!

I created 4 different items with this Fall Release....a card, two tags, and a crate candy favor. All of them are perfect for the Thanksgiving Holiday coming up. I'm thinking about making several more goodie bags so everyone who comes over for Thanksgiving will have something to take home. 

To create the card, I inked up the Fall Leaves Stencil with various Distress Oxide Inks. Then I used one of the border dies from the BORDER DIES 2 Set and cut out a piece of green and brown cardstock. I took the pumpkins and leaves from both stamp sets, added them to an acrylic block in a random pattern and stamped them on the green cardstock with embossing ink. Next I sprinkled gold embossing powder on top and heat embossed it. 

Copics:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13
Hair: N2, N4
Green: G85, YG99, G99
Teal: BG32, BG72, BG75
Leaves: YR23, YR07, G85, RV69
Orange: YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, E19
Brown: E42, E43, E44

The large gnome and sentiment are from the THANKFUL FOR MY GNOMIE SET. I colored him with Copics and added him and the sentiment to the card on foam tape.

For my next project, I created two candy bags with tags. The stitched, rectangle panel was cut out using the GABLE BOX DIE. The tag was created using the TREAT TAG DIE. Then I stamped the THANKSGIVING GNOMIE on top and colored with Copics. One tag was stamped in black ink on Xpress It Blending Card, and the other tag was heat embossed in Gold on kraft cardstock. Same stamp, but two different looks!

The tags coordinate with the candy inside the bags.

For my last project, I created a treat holder using the CRATE DIE and FANCY PUMPKIN DIES. The Crate Die is one of my favorite dies! I use it for holding treats, but have also cut off the bottom panel and used it to create Pop-up Box Cards!

I used the FALL LEAVES STENCIL with Distress Oxide Inks on the Crate and added the large pumpkin and large gnome to the front of the box with the sign.

Be sure to grab your Fall Bundle Package for the best cost-savings! If you ever want to try and win some of these awesome stamps there is always a monthly challenge to enter. Currently, we have our October Challenge which is PUMPKIN POWER. We hope you play along with us! Head over to the Jaded Blossom Store for all your stamps and gift giving supplies. They have various Clear Stamps, Stencils, Cutting Dies, and Favor Bags and Boxes. to make the most fabulous party favors!

 

Hugs,

Rosie

The Greeting Farm Stamp Feature: HELLO FALL & FALL SAYINGS

Happy Wednesday everyone! We are on our last day of Stamp Features for the OCTOBER Release at The Greeting Farm. This month was another fabulous release with 3 new stamp sets, and several FALL Digi Sets! Claudette, Joni and I are on The Greeting Farm Blog showcasing the new release!

Today, I created this fall hay ride scene using the new HELLO FALL and FALL SAYINGS Digis. The truck and kids sitting on the hay were created by overlaying digis in Word. Then I printed it out along with the tree and pumpkins, colored them, and fussy cut the various elements so I could place it on the background I created using Distress Oxide Inks and Copics. 

Copics:
Red Truck: R24, R27, R29, R57, R89
Tires: C5, C7, Black/Hubcaps: C2, C3, C5
Truck Metal: C1, C3, C5
Wood: E42, E44, E47
Tree: E43, E44, E79
Leaves: R39, YR07, YR23, G46
Pumpkins: YR02, YR04, YR09, E19
Boy 1 Skin: E00, E11, E13
Boy 1 Hair: E21, E23, E47
Orange Stripes: YR04, YR09
Blue Jeans: B93, B95, B97, B99
Black Shoes: C5, C7, Black
Boy 2 Skin: E11, E13, E15
Boy 3 Hair: E42, E43, E47, E49, Black
Red Shirt: R27, R29, R89
Pants: B97
Girl 1 Skin: E000, E00, E01, E11, E13
Girl 1 Hair: E21, E23, E47
Pink: RV04, RV06, RV09
Blue Jeans: B93, B95, B97
Girl 2 Skin: E11, E13, E15
Girl 2 Hair: E42, E47, E49, Black
Green Shirt: G24, G46, G28
Dirt Road: E42/Ground Espresso Distress Oxide
Grass: G21, G24, G85
Sky: Cloud Edger/Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide  

The sentiment is part of the Fall Sayings Digi Set. I printed it, cut apart the words, and matted with black card stock. The sentiment and truck are place on foam tape for more dimension. 

 
Be sure to head over to The Greeting Farm Store and grab your favorites. You're going to LOVE them all! And please come join The Greeting Farm Fan Page to share you creations. We would love to see them!

 

Hugs,

Rosie

The Greeting Farm Stamp Feature: HOLIDAY ANYA 8

Happy Tuesday everyone! We are on Day 3 of Stamp Features for the OCTOBER Release at The Greeting Farm. This month was another fabulous release with 3 new stamp sets, and several FALL Digi Sets! Claudette, Joni and I are on The Greeting Farm Blog showcasing the new release!

Today, I am featuring this fabulous girl named HOLIDAY ANYA 8. She's beautiful! When I saw her I knew I wanted to create a sparkly, blue wintry card so I colored her in blue and white and added lots of Star Dust Stickles. 

COPICS:
Skin: E000, E00, E01, E21, E11, E13

Hair: E23, E25, E47
Blue: BG10, BG72, BG75
White: C0, C1, C3, C5
Star Dust Stickles

This card came together quickly using patterned paper from my stash. The top scallop border was created using a MFT Die.

 

 

The final step was to adhere Holiday Anya and the mini trees to the card using foam tape.

 

Be sure to head over to The Greeting Farm Store and grab your favorites. You're going to LOVE them all! And please come join The Greeting Farm Fan Page to share you creations. We would love to see them!

 

Hugs,

Rosie

The Greeting Farm Stamp Feature: WARM WISHES

Happy Monday everyone! We are on Day 2 of Stamp Features for the OCTOBER Release at The Greeting Farm. This month was another fabulous release with 3 new stamp sets, and several FALL Digi Sets! Claudette, Joni and I are on The Greeting Farm Blog showcasing the new release!

Today, I decided to create a detailed scene card combining digis, dies, and stamps. This adorable couple are all ready for the cooler weather and are part of the new clear stamp set called WARM WISHES! I  LOVE them! To create the scene, I used the Porch 2 Digis, various die-cuts, and Copic coloring. 

COPICS:
Boy Skin: E11, E13, E15

Hair: E42, E49, Black
Girl Skin: E000, E00, E01, E02, E11, E13
Girl Hair: E23, E47
Red: R24, R27, R29, R57, R89

Black: C5, C7, C9, Black

White: C0, C1, C2, C3

Brown: E42, E43, E44

Puppy: C0, C1, C2, C3, R20, R21 

Siding: N0, N2, N4

Wood: E43, E44, E47, E79

Gold Cricut Marker
Liquid Applique (fur trim & snow)

 

In retrospect, I should have put the couple to the side so I didn't cover up the front door. You live and learn, LOL! I'm glad I took pictures throughout the scene building process so you can see how it all came together. I colored the door and window panels in Adobe Photoshop Elements. Next I copied and pasted the various digis into Word to start the scene.

 

 

I grabbed a ruler and pencil, and started to build the door frame and siding. After I penciled in all the lines. I then took N4 Copic Marker and went over all the lines using the ruler again to keep them straight. Next, I shaded the siding with N2, and N0 Copic Markers. The wood was colored in with E42, E43, E47, and E79. I colored the porch floor with C0, C1, and C2. The door mat was colored in with E23, E25, and E44 using dots. I stamped "hugs and kisses" from the Warm Wishes set on the door mat. The window panes were colored in with N6.

 

The final step was adding all the various die-cut embellishments. The wreath was created using MFT Scallop Circle Frame and branches from Sizzix Christmas Shadow Box Thinlets. The bow is from Yvonne Creations Holiday Garland Die. The trees, garland above the windows, and stars are from Sizzix Festive Trails Dies. The tree pots were created using Spellbinders Succulent Garden. To create the garland on the top of the wood porch rails, I used the top tree piece of Dee's Distinctively Small Snow Covered Stacker Tree.

After all that work on the door, I wasn't thinking and placed Anya and Ian right in front on foam tape, haha! I'm thinking I should have placed them more on the right. Oh well...I'll just have to create another scene card with some smaller characters.

 

 
Be sure to head over to The Greeting Farm Store and grab your favorites. You're going to LOVE them all! And please come join The Greeting Farm Fan Page to share you creations. We would love to see them!

 

Hugs,

Rosie

TLC Designs Double Dial Die with Paperie Ink Happy Vibes

 Happy Saturday everyone! Today, I'm showing off an AWESOME interactive die from TLC Designs Shop called the DOUBLE DIAL DIE! I'm not going to lie....when I first received this die to play with I was very intimidated. But I took some advice from another blogger and put it together with scrap paper first following the detailed directions that came with the die. It was sooooooo easy to put together, and starting with scrap paper so I could see how it worked helped me tremendously! I honestly don't know why I waited so long! There are quite a few video tutorials out there with lots of tips to help you along the way.

 

Once I put it together and saw how it worked, I went through my stamps to come up with some ideas that would fit. Now, I want to double dial everything, LOL! For my first card using this die, I settled on these adorable sloth stamps from Paperie Ink called HAPPY VIBES. The sentiment is from another Paperie Ink set called MONKEY DO. I set the turn mechanism in the top, right corner. When you turn it, the sloth at the bottom of the tree slides up and the sloth hanging from the top of the tree slides to the left, and then they grab hands....pretty cool, right?!!

So here are some tips that might help you!

1. Double up your cardstock on the turn mechanism and the swinging arm. Those pieces need to be a little thicker so they don't bend.

2. Use larger brads on the arm parts because those are the brads you will be gluing your images to. If the brads are too small, the images don't want to stay adhered.

3. Don't tighten the brads on the arms too tightly against your cardstock, otherwise they won't move very well.

 

I'm sure I will have additional advice after I use this die more. Also, check out the YouTube videos using this die for more tips. Be sure to head over to the TLC Designs Store. There are so many new things including clear stamps, digital stamps, and lots of dies. You can even grab some FREEBIES to color up this weekend.

 

Hugs!

Rosie