The Greeting Farm Update!!!

I am so excited, because tomorrow is my first official day as a Spring Gardener for The Greeting Farm!!!!

This release is SO cute! You definitely don't want to miss it!!
Head over to TGF's Blog for the release!
Or, go here to order the new releases!!

Tomorrow, I'll be posting projects with these new sets:
Never Ever
Down by the Pond

UNITY INSPIRATIONAL BLOG HOP!

Good morning!! Hope you are enjoying the amazing Unity Inspirational Blog Hop!
If you'd like to start at the beginning of this hop, go to the Unity Blog.

If you are reading this, that means it's my automated post. I am visiting my sister in North Carolina right now and I prepared this post in case I couldn't get anything to upload at my sister's. So, sorry if the projects you're seeing are repeats.


The fairy princess card above was made with Unity Stamps USK-117-4 She's a Princess and UK-178A Butterfly Beauty
Ink: Versamark, Versafine Black
Accessories: Embossing Powder: Gold, Black Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist: Vintage Pink, Bubblegum Pink, Black Cherry, Gold Krylon Gold Leafing Pen


For this card, I used Unity's US-218W Tea Time Toile Background, USK-114-6 What a Pal Bunny, the word "Hoppy" from USK-114-3 Hoppy Easter Words, and USK-114-1 Dot to Knot Ribbon.
Background: SU Regal Rose
Edges: Colorbox Fluid Chalk Tangerine, VersaMagic Aquatic Splash
Bunny: Copic Markers; Moon White, Aqua, Yellow Green, Mellow Peach, Colorless Blender
Glimmer Mist: Snow Angel
Detail: Versafine Onyx


I couldn't decide on a favorite quote, so I chose one of my favorite song lyrics instead:

"And I will never see the sky the same way and
I will learn to say good-bye to yesterday and
I will never cease to fly if held down and
I will always reach too high cause I've seen, cause I've seen, twilight."
-Vanessa Carlton "Twilight"



I hope my husband is taking good care of my lil bird while I'm gone! Else he's going to be really grumpy.

Thanks for stopping by....HOP ON OVER TO THE NEXT STOP, at STEPHANIE'S BLOG!

Kodomo & Ten Seconds Studio!

These are the newest mini stamp sets from Kodomo. How cute are they!?!? I made a huge scene when I saw these at CHA. ;o) These and many more, are available at Cool Scrapbook Stuff. Call or email if you want to order some.


Oh, I am addicted to metal embossing! And, I LOVE the gals behind Ten Seconds Studio! You have to go watch some of their hysterical videos. Especially the one with Tim Holtz.

Here's one of the samples I made up for the Ten Seconds Studio metal embossing demo I did this past weekend.


Some of the product is available at CSS , but a lot of it sold out at the demo.
The product is really easy to use. The piece above is made with the plain aluminum metal and I ran it through my Cuttlebug like normal. And, then I colored with alcohol inks.

These are pieces from the demo. I demonstrated how to adhere the metal to chipboard (the little tiles). And, with the other larger pieces, I was showing how to use the Ten Seconds Kabuka Molds (for embossing), the brush tool (for giving a brushed steel effect), the decorative wheels (to make frames/designs), the endless color options when working with alcohol inks, and how easy rub-ons work on the metal!

Friday the 13th...full moons..and DEMOS, oh my.

So, I'm sitting here trying to patch up what has been a crazy week. All ending with our water heater being replaced today. I thought something was fishy with the water heater this week. Especially when it started burping and making funny noises a few days ago. I figured that it had seen the end of its days. And sure enough no hot water at 7am this very cold morning. Typical. So, there's lots of banging and clattering going on as my new water heater is being installed.

On a brighter note, I will be demoing lots of great product this weekend at Cool Scrapbook Stuff. So if you are interested in learning about, Glimmer Mist, Acrylic/cling stamps, Alcohol Ink, Flocking/Glittering, Metal Embossing, or Heat Embossing, please check the CSS calendar for my demo schedule.

I haven't had time to photograph any new projects, so I'll leave you with an old project. I'll be back next week with all new goodies!

And, something cute...

What is that? I don't know, but, it's peeking at us.....


Oh, my gosh, it's a mad love bird.......


and he's headed straight for us!


and he HATES the camera!

So this is my 16+ year old love bird that I hand raised. Taught him to perch, fly and to be a brat. I've never clipped his wings, so he loves to fly around the house and wreak havoc.
He doesn't like being in his cage (can't you tell by that sad look in the pic above...he looks like he's in birdie jail), so when he's in, there is a lot of protesting going on. Unfortunately he has no clue he's a bird, so he loves to run around on the bottom of his cage. He loves to burrow in things. Anything really, boxes, bags, blankets, so we have to be really careful. In his cage he must have teepees and tunnels to run and hide in. He's not happy today, because he has to stay in the cage while the water heater is being worked on. Uh-oh, grumpy bird!

I MADE THE SPRING GARDENER DESIGN TEAM FOR THE GREETING FARM!!!

I am very excited to announce that I made the Spring Gardener Design Team for The Greeting Farm!! I cannot express how thrilled I am to be designing for Marie's amazing company! It was such an honor to be chosen and I am in good company with some incredible artists! Meet the other members of the Gardener Design Team here:

TAMMY MAXVILL

KADIE ENSLEY

MARIA BELL

CINDY HAFFNER

MELYSSA CONOLLY

Please stop by the TGF blog and read all about the wonderful stuff TGF has in store for us. Just a few days ago Marie posted a sneak peek of her (hopefully) soon to be released new paper line and it is so FUN! I cannot wait to get my hands on it!

The card above features the newest release Forest Friends and Fairy Chloe. I just got these in the mail yesterday and couldn't resist so I made this card around midnight. [The background tree is from Wishing Tree.] Be on the lookout for many more Fairy Forest cards real soon!!!! I used Copic Markers to color in the fairy and the deer and then sprayed them with Snow Angel Glimmer Mist.

This card features stamps from 3 different TGF sets:

Farmer Anya, from the Rock the Farm set

Pirate monkey from the Best Mates set

Bunny with flower from the Lucky Bunnies set

Congrats as well to the new Club Anya DT! I am looking forward to many TGF adventures!

Prima Donna Road Tour and the Case of the Curious Card!

I made these projects in class today with the AMAZING Donna Salazar! Donna's class was a part of the Prima Donna Road Tour. One is a hanging layout and the other is a banner that says "Wish". I learned so many cool tricks from her. She brought all sorts of pretty baubles and sprays. It was a feast for the eyes! She let me pick my own color scheme, but you can see her beautiful original version here. The kits for this version are for sale at Cool Scrapbook Stuff, while they last. You can also have them shipped. And, let me tell you, there is some cool stuff in here that Donna herself designed!!!
My layout page isn't quite finished yet. It needs a photo, some lettering and some bling still.

Donna is an awesome instructor. If you ever get the opportunity to take a class with her, don't pass it up!

And, just for fun, here is one of the overspray sheets made with Donna's beautiful sprays!! How fun is that!!

Here is my entry for the Case of the Curious Card challenge over at TGF. We were to CASE a card by the brilliant Kristine. This card features TGF's Best Mates stamp set. I colored in with Copic Markers and outlined in one of my favorite colors: Mauve Shadow. I Stickled the skull on her shirt in red for a little girlie bling.

One of my entries for the TGF Gardener DT call. There are so many talented gals vying for spots. I'll have to keep my fingers crossed. For this journal, I colored Princess Anya in many shades of purple Copic Markers and added a little sparkle, Snow Angel glimer mist, and a little grunge, Olive Vine glimmer mist. And, I highlighted her hair in Seafoam glimmer mist. The background is a cool trick I discovered while experimenting with my Cuttlebug. It is made of Fantasy Film.

Don't forget to check out TGF's March 1st release!! So CUTE!

And, one of my checkbook covers I finally got finished!