REMINDER..

Reminder....get your entries in over at the Diedrich Dare challenge blog for a chance to win a
SWEET PEA STAMPS $20 Gift Certificate!!!! You still have a few more hours. So far there are only 5 entries...which makes your chances pretty good!!!!!!!!

Farm Fresh Friday with Cindy!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm - "Thursday" & "Talk Loud"

TGF Challenge: Sketch by CINDY HAFFNER....


Welcome to another edition of Farm Fresh Friday with The Greeting Farm!! This week we have another incredible sketch by our own Cindy Haffner!! I justLOVE Cindy's amazing sketches!! Be sure to check out her blog for more "sketch" inspiration!!

For full details for this week's challenge, see the TGF blog. And, be sure to visit the rest of the TGF crew....

Farmers:
Cindy Haffner
Jessica Diedrich
Kadie Ensley
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Melyssa ConnollyMercy Kerin
Critter Crew:
Sandra Maclean
Sparkle Smith
Heather Schlatter
Jami Bova

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!!

WINNERS!!!

3 Sweet Pea Stamps Anniversary winners, 17 surprise giveaway winners....

May 7th:
Winner of 3 random single Sweet Pea Stamps Ching-Chou Fantasy Collection images, plus some random sentiments, plus some fun extra goodies: Jodi
Bonus giveaway winner: KymKreates
Surprise bonus winners: Randi WS, Mimi, The Paper Princess

Recap....
April 20th:
Winner for 'ONE randomly selected Sweet Pea Stamps Ching-Chou Kuik Fantasy Art Collection image': Emma
Winner for 'ONE randomly selected Sweet Pea Stamps Ching-Chou Kuik image, random sentiments, and one of my completed cards': Faerielore
Bonus Surprise winner: Diamond Doll
April 26th:
Monday surprise bonus winners: Went to the first 12 comments on that post :o) Christine Riley, WickedPixie, RiNNE, Tasha, Berenice, beadz, Sparkle, Alison, Love crafts forever, Kerry, Elise, & Kristy Young

Thank you to everyone who has already contacted me with their mailing addresses!
Winners can email me at: thedarkmermaid@live.com

If you didn't win...don't be discouraged..I will be having more giveaways next month! :o)

**SORRY, still catching up! Busy day and busy week...I'll be back with a post and winner info soon! Thanks for all your patience!! YOU ARE ALL AWESOME!! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate each and everyone of your comments!!

Flutter By & Whimsical Wednesday
TWO posts today, please scroll down....

NOTE:

I will post a WINNER'S CIRCLE on my sidebar

later this afternoon. I will announce the winners

of my last blog giveaway and also recap the winners

from last week. Thanks to everyone that has

contacted me with their info!

Another busy week for me! Thanks for all your wonderful

comments!! I look forward to cruising blogland today and

getting caught up!!

Whimsical Wednesday & Sweet Pea Stamps!

Stamps: Sweet Pea Stamps - "Koi"
SPONSOR WEEK!!

Challenge #34: KAITLYN'S SKETCH + RIBBON!



It is a very special Whimsical Wednesday! Two fun announcements today! First off, I'm thrilled to announce that SWEET PEA STAMPS is the May sponsor for the Diedrich Dare blog!!! All month long, the DT will be feauturing creations with Sweet Pea Stamp's fantasy image collection! That's a whole lot of Sweet Pea eye candy!! So be sure to check out the Daredevils blogs this month. For even more samples, please visit the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.

THIS WEEK'S PRIZE AT THE DARE BLOG:
$20 Gift Certificate to Sweet Pea Stamps!!

Many, many thanks to Lynette (owner of Sweet Pea Stamps) for being such an incredibly generous sponsor! THANKS LYNETTE!

Now for the second announcement. The Dare is excited to announce a month full of GUEST kiddos!! For the month of May, we will have featured sketch challenges by the DTs talented kids! First up Andrea Murdock's daughter, Kaitlyn. Not only did Kaitlyn create this beautiful and fun sketch for us, but she also created a card, which you can view at her mom's blog!! Be sure to leave some love for Kaitlyn and thank her for her wonderful contribution to the Dare this week!

Please be sure to vist the rest of the Daredevil team:
Andrea Murdock

Cassie Larson

Heather Schlatter

Jacquie Peifer

Jessica Diedrich

Kim Ross

Kris Palakiko

Krista Vantol

Rebecca Ednie

Sara Henton

Hope to see you all playing along this week!! If you do participate in this weeks challenge, please leave a direct link to your creation with Mr. Linky at the dare blog. If uploading to SCS/PCP, please use keyword DDSC34

*ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY TUESDAY 8PM CST TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE PRIZE*

Flutter By Wednesday with Meljen's Designs

{click pic for larger view}

Stamp: Meljen's Designs - "Pixie Dust Fairy" DIGI

Flutter By Wednesday Challenge

This week is FBW #108 and it is another OPEN week!! Just be sure to include a butterfly, fairy or angel!!

**To be eligible for this week's prize, your creation must be new, use a butterfly, fairy or angel and only one entry per person, please.

Please link your project to the FBW blog post here.

This week's FBW challenge is SPONSORED BY:

Meljen's Designs is a digital stamp company owned and illustrated by Melissa Jenkins. She illustrates whimsical, fun digital images inspired by her kids and family. The Meljen's Designs store officially launched on April 1 and it is steadily growing. The new store offers instant downloads, organized categories, and a search feature. We frequent new releases, freebies every Mondays at the artist's blog (http://meljensdesigns.blogspot.com/), and challenges every Thursdays at the DT Blog (http://meljensdesignsdt.blogspot.com/). Please visit the store to find more of Melissa's wonderful images!

For todays's card I used the adorable Pixie Dust Fairy image. THANK YOU MELISSA!

Be sure to play along this week, because the winner of this weeks challenge over at the FBW blog, gets to choose 4 digi stamps from her store!

Also be sure to visit the rest of the amazing FBW team:
Alex Ann Brandi Christine Danni Debby Harriet Jodi
Karen Kimberly Kris Kristie Lelia Michelle Nancy

TGF Release Day, Blog Hop & Contest!

{Gwen & her Harajuku girls}

It's RELEASE day at The Greeting Farm and it is time for some rockin' good fun!! All new releases available now, 5/1.

It's the ROCKIN' REBEL 2 contest at Club Anya & Friends!!!

WHAT is ROCKIN' REBEL?
Rockin Rebel is a contest in which YOU get to design a card, layout, or altered item based on your favorite musical artist, icon, or band. Alter away, or stay true to your stamp, either way, we want to see who ends up on your ROCKIN' REBEL project!
WHEN is ROCKIN' REBEL?
RIGHT NOW! Contest begins today and will end on Friday, May 13th at 8pm CST. The winning entry will be announced on SATURDAY May 14th on the CA&F and TGF Blogs and we'll be sure to show a few honorable mentions, too! Last time the competition was FIERCE and the ideas were insane. In like, a GOOD way. AMAZING actually! Put your thinking caps, iPods, or MtV on and we can't WAIT to see what you come up with!

Please upload your creation to TGF Galleria>Contests/Challenges>Rockin Rebel 2.

Prize:

Oh it's a big one....in traditional TGF Fashion.
ONE lucky winner will receive their choice of.... (drumroll, please...after all this IS a ROCKIN' contest!)
SPOTLIGHT....or....ROLL CALL!

If you want to see the cool submissions from last year, view the Rockin Rebel galleria here.

For my card, I did my best to capture the amazing Miss Gwen Stefani and her Japanese arm candy...the Harajuku girls. I thought the kitty skullcap from the NEWLY RELEASED Creeper, "Thursday" would be a perfect costume choice for them!

Alterations:

"Ebony" and "Shooter" plus "Thursday" kitty skullcap.

"Rockabilly" plus "Amelie" ponytails and I tripled her skirt.

Here is the order of our DT Blog Hop today. Don't forget to make the rounds! In addition to this FANTASTIC contest, one lucky winner will walk away with the ENTIRE MAY CA&F RELEASE! (Fleur, Cuddle, and Thursday!)

Club Anya & Friends Blog
Cindy Haffner- with our MC for the event, the incredible Ms. Monroe ;)
Amy Young

Rachel Schneider-our May Guest DT!
Kelly Booth
Kim Costello
Pam Varnell
Traci Porter
Randi Wall
Jessica Diedrich

NEXT STOP ON THE HOP: the TGF rockstar Jessica

HOW INSPIRING is Gwen's pirate video below?? I have about a hundred card ideas from that video alone! Hmmm...maybe you'll see Pirate Gwen and her ship of Kawaii Pirates next week! ;o)

Want more Gwen videos?? See some here, at her site, commercial free.