Cheeky Cherry Part Two Blog Hop!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm - "Cheeky Sailor" {Release Date: 6/1}
"In the Spotlight" & "Talk Loud"

FFF Challenge: Jess' Beauty Secret Inspiration....

Hello Everyone! Today is a special FFF & Cheeky Preview Blog Hop!

The Farmers and Team Anya have joined forces again to bring you the 2nd installment of the Cheeky Cherry Line from The Greeting Farm!

We are also excited to welcome our JUNE Club Anya Guest Designer to previews today-many of you know and love her already-congrats to Tasha Beasley! Tasha will be joining us for the month of June! YAY!

We are proud to unveil THREE new Cheeky Cherry stamps, all who will be available on June 1st: Cheeky Nurse, Cheeky Sailor, and Cheeky Beauty Queen! ALL THREE will be given away as individual prizes today on the Club Anya & Friends BLOG at the end of this HOP!

It all starts on the TGF Blog and ends with you leaving a comment on the CA&F Blog.

Three lucky winners will be announced tomorrow on Club Anya w/our Saturday sketch, another new preview by Team Anya, and the icing on the cake....

Please join us for our June Release Soiree:
What: Our TGF June Release Party and Challenge VSN
Where: PCP Page
When: Monday, May 31st at 7pm CST-10pm CST

Don't worry, if you can't participate in the release party, the CHALLENGES will remain open until Tuesday, June 1st at 11:59 CST.

We really hope you'll come and join us, but for now, it's time to get a bit CHEEKY:
TGF Blog
Cindy Haffner
Kadie Ensley
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Randi Wall
Amy Young
Kelly Booth
Kim Costello
Pam Varnell
Traci Porter
Tasha Beasley-our June Team Anya Guest Designer
Jessica Diedrich
Club Anya & Friends

These ATC's feature Miss Cheeky Beauty Queen!! She's a doll!! I stamped her with Grape Jelly Memento. I used lots of light and fluorescent Copics. Those fun word stickers are from Margie's fabulous The Girls' Paperie line.

Thanks for hopping with us today!

A Sparkly Flutter By & Whimsical Wednesday

Stamps: Unity - Melody Ross Collage Collection "Brave Girl"

Flutter By Wednesday #111 - OPEN + butterfly, fairy, or angel!

Here we are at our last FBW challenge until July 7, 2010. We hope you will play along this week and then come back and play along again starting in July!!

Once you've created your NEW card or project, place your direct link into InLinkz over at the FBW blog.

Sadly, we also say goodbye to the following Flutter By Team members this week~ Christine, Debby, Karen, Kris and Lelia. It has been so much fun working with all of you talented ladies and we will miss all of you!

**If you're interested in being a guest designer, please read this FBW post at the bottom!!

At this time I'd also like to introduce the "new" Flutter By Team. Danni ran a DT call within the DT. So, when we come back in July, the following will be the new Flutter By Team:

Danni
Michelle- team leader and guest designer coordinator
Harriet
Jodi
Kimberly
Kristie
Nancy
Randi

Thanks Danni & Congrats ladies!!! I am so lucky to be working with you all again!

And be sure to check out the newly remodeled FBW blog and grab your new blinkie badge!! It is SO adorable!!

Today is also Whimiscal Wednesday #37 at the Diedrich Dare blog and the last week of our Guest designing kids! This week we feature Kim Ross' daughters, Kaeli and Emilie.

Kaeli & Emilie's challenge:
Make your cards SPARKLE!

These girls know my favorite word!! :o) Thanks girls!

For these tags, I created flowers painted with a mix of Pearl Ex and Gum Arabic for some intense sparkle.....{click pics for larger views}

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

And, many, MANY, thanks to our wonderful May sponsor, Lynette at Sweet Pea Stamps!! And, to my Daredevil teamates for creating such amazing and inspirational cards all month long!! Thanks everyone!!

Be sure to check out my TUTORIAL below featuring Sweet Pea Stamps....

Be sure to check out the Dare blog NEXT WEEK...there will be a HUGE announcement and a HUGE prize pack up for grabs!!!

Punched Focal & Mini Copic Tutorial

Stamp: Sweet Pea Stamps - Ching-Chou Kuik's "Dark Royalty"

I've had a lot of questions about this post. So I decided to post it here on my blog, too. You can also view it over at the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.

This is a tutorial for some easy and fast note cards. It is fun to use this layout, with several different images and create a notecard set for gifting! The nice thing is you don't have to color the entire image. Also, you can use other shaped punches. {See post HERE, for a card with flower punches} While I was at it, I thought I'd throw a mini Copic hair tutorial in as well.

This is also a great techinique for when you make a boo-boo. You can still salvage your work by punching out the good areas.


TUTORIAL:
{Click any pics for a larger view}

First, select a punch. Here, I am using the Marvy Heart Mega punch.

You will need to stamp the same image twice. One to color, and one to adhere your shape to.

I use a punched piece of card stock to decide my heart placement....


I then take my punched out heart shape and trace around the area I want to color. I leave a little extra space... {make sure it is something Copic friendly in case you color over the line}

Now, I'm ready to color.


The first color I laid down was V15, a medium purple.....

Next, I blended out the V15 with V12, be careful not to go over your V15 too much, else you will lighten up your V15....

Next I filled in the white areas with BV0000 and BV000....

Go back with your V15 and V12 and add back in some darker/shaded areas. If you compare the picture above and the picture below, you will see it is darker around her roots, around the nape of her neck, etc...

You all know how much I love to add crazy colors to the hair. Here I added some YG03...

With a very light hand, I then blended out the edges of YG03 with YG21...

My favorite skin combo is E50 & E51. Here you can see where I laid down the two colors. I will then go back over with E50 again to blend them....

Here is the end result...

I also added some Sakura Gelly Roll in Clear Stardust to the hair.

Now you need to trim off the bottom, so it will fit in your punch. Punch out. And, you are ready to finish your card!

Stamps: Sweet Pea Stamps - Ching-Chou Kuik's "Dark Royalty" & "Bamboo Serenade"

Feel free to ask questions in the comments!

FFF with Miko & Jade & MARY!

Stamps: The Greeting Farm - "Roll Call" set; Miko & Jade

Welcome to another edition of Farm Fresh Friday with The Greeting Farm!! This week we have another FABULOUS sketch challenge by our very own amazing Mary Giles!! Thanks Mary!!

FFF Challenge - Mary's Sketch:

The new Roll Call set is my newest FAVORITE from TGF!! I am loving these Wild Sprouts!! Miko is still my favorite of the crew. I stamped these in Memento Rose Bud and stuck to lighter Copic colors. I wanted to make them kawaii!!

For full challenge details, 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 Connolly

Mercy Kerin

Critter Crew:
Sandra Maclean

Sparkle Smith

Heather Schlatter

Jami Bova

Shaela Odd
Jen Shults
Amber Hight

Have a wonderful weekend!

Flutter By & Whimsical Wednesday

Stamps: Sweet Pea Stamps - Ching-Chou Kuik's "It's My Birthday"
FBW Challenge #110: FLOWERS + Butterfly, fairy, or angel.

It is Flutter By Wednesday #110! This week our challenge is from team member Kris! She challenges us to use flowers with our butterfly, fairy or angel! Remember your creation must be a new one and must include a butterfly, fairy or angel! Once you've created your NEW card or project, place your direct link into InLinkz at the FBW blog.

Also be sure to visit the rest of the amazing FBW team:

Christine Danni Debby Harriet Jodi Karen

Kimberly Kris Kristie Lelia Michelle Nancy Shana

It is Whimsical Wednesday #36 over at the Diedrich Dare blog and we are featuring our sponsor, Sweet Pea Stamps, all month long!!! So be sure to check out all the Daredevils this month!

This week it's a "double dare", because both of Heather's artsy little girls made sketches! Be sure to stop by the Dare blog and thank them for their amazing contribution to the challenge!

So here are 2 sketches from 8 year old Piper & 5 year old Willow.

You may use either one, or both! More details at the Dare blog.

When you complete your card, link it up at the blog, here.

Piper's Sketch: {Click sketches for larger view}

Willow's Sketch:

I used Willow's heart theme, but I didn't quite capture her adorable sketch. I will try to be back with another version of her's and Piper's sketches later this week.

Stamps: Sweet Pea Stamps - Ching-Chou Kuik's "Dark Royalty"

TUTORIAL coming soon............

Here's a sneak peek at the tutorial that will be posted over at the Sweet Pea Stamps blog soon. I'll post a link here to let you know when it goes up.

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY!

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

Farm Fresh Friday Chibi Preview

DIGIS: The Greeting Farm - Jessica Hymas' Chibis "Violin" & "Guitar"

THANKS to everyone for all the amazing comments on Wednesday's blog hop!!

Welcome to another edition of Farm Fresh Friday with The Greeting Farm!! This week we have a color challenge!! I will be back this weekend with my actual color challenge card because.....OPPS, I did the WRONG challenge!! I really need some sleep!

Today, we are also previewing Jessica Hymas' cute Chibi Digis! My card today features the *NEW* Chibi Violin & Chibi Guitar. Each one is playing an instrument, so for some reason, these looked liked little muses to me. Hence, the "muse" sentiment.

TGF Challenge: Color Challenge:

For full challenge details, 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 Connolly
Mercy Kerin

AND PLEASE WELCOME THE NEWEST MEMBERS

of the the TGF Critter Crew:

SHAELA ODD

JEN SHULTS {Congrats girlie!!!}

AMBER HIGHT

Big congrats and welcome to the team ladies!!! I am looking foward to working with you all!!

Rest of the Critter Crew:
Sandra Maclean
Sparkle Smith
Heather Schlatter
Jami Bova

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!!

Ready for ROLL CALL!!

2 posts...Please scroll down for Flutter By & Whimsical Wednesday..

Stamps: The Greeting Farm - "Roll Call" Wild Sprouts Collection 1
"Maria", "Jeremy", & "Miko" {Release Date: 5/15}
Background: "In the Spotlight"

Please join us for a BLOG HOP to introduce sheet No. 1 in the Wild Sprouts Collection....ROLL CALL!

ROLL CALL will be sold for $48 and includes TEN sprouts plus sentiments. The normal cost of this would be over $90-it's a HUGE deal!

ROLL CALL is a large, limited edition set that comes on a 8 1/2 x11 sheet of untrimmed rubber, similar to your regular TGF stamp sets (I don't want people to get confused as our SB kits are diecut).

ROLL CALL will be available, along with NEW digis by artist Jessica Hymas and Marina Neira at the TGF Store on Sat. 5/15.

For today's preview, there is a BIG prize... ONE lucky winner will receive ROLL CALL just for hoppin' with our preview cards! Leave a comment on the CA&F blog after you've completed the hop for a chance to win-ONE random winner will be VERY happy tomorrow!

TGF Blog
Cindy Haffner
Kadie Ensley
Kim Nath
Mary Giles
Melyssa Connolly
Mercy Kerin
Randi Wall
Amy Young
Kelly Booth
Kim Costello
Pam Varnell
Rachel Schneider-May Guest Designer
Traci Porter
Jessica Diedrich
Club Anya & Friends Blog

NEXT STOP, THE EXTRAORDINARY: Amy Young