Be Good To Yourself

We are on our final night of teasers for My Favorite Things, and tonight we are showing two sets that you may have seen, but you are going to LOVE anyway!! Tonight, we are showing this month's VIP set, Girls Rule, and the new Clearly Sentimental about Friendship.

Here are the details about the upcoming release on May 3 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on May 3 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on May 3 at 10 PM EST.


• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.


• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

I stamped my girl on a piece of X-Press it Blending card, and then colored her with Copics, and paper pieced her. She was then cut out, and layered with Grape Jelly and Sour Apple. My paper is from the LilyBee Designs Picket Fence pack. I used the Upsy Daisy Die-namics for my flowers, and the long oval from the Sweet Stack Die-namics for my sentiment. For my scallops, I used the Small Scalloped Die-namics. My ribbon is from MFT, and my brads are from Michael's.




Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by, and remember to head on over to Kim's blog for a full list of designer participating today!!

Correction- I Was Wrong...

Hey everyone, and welcome to day four of this month's new release teasers from My Favorite Things. Tonight we are showing off three new sets: Claire Keay's- You Had Me At Woof, Just My Type, and Inspired By-Up, Up, and Away. I had a hard time choosing which set I wanted to use...they are all SO FABULOUS, but I finally settled on Just My Type!!! Before we get to my card, here is all the need to know info!!

Here are the details about the upcoming release on May 3 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on May 3 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on May 3 at 10 PM EST.


• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.


• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

For my card tonight, I started by using my Just My Type's Die-namic to cut out my typewriter and paper. I cut it out BEFORE I stamped it, out of Very Vanilla cardstock, and then stamped my image and sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black. My paper is from the Lilybee Designs This&That pack. I paired it with Black Licorice and Wild Cherry card stock. My ribbon is from MFT, and my brads are from American Crafts. I used the new Decorative Doily Duo to create my doilies. My sentiment....well, it's why I chose to use this set. Not so much for what it says on the front, because I HATE admitting when I am wrong....but for the inside. It is LOL!!


For the inside, I used more of the pretty paper, and the new Scalloped Ribbon Die-namic. My sentiment...well, it just cracks me up.


Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by, and remember to head on over to Kim's blog for a full list of designer participating today!!

TGF Release Day HOP!!

HELLO and WELCOME to our MAY release at The Greeting Farm!


We have LOTS to be excited about today as we have a NEW contest, NEW line of stamps now available for purchase in the store, and a NEW Guest Designer-me!!


And now, it's time to welcome the following new characters to the TGF LINE!

Splotchy Background

HOO loves you?

Creeper Abbey

&
WS Elena

We have another HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT for you today. Announcing our 2nd annual "CARDS FOR A CAUSE" event!


Last year you really brought us to tears and smiles on our faces with our 1st card drive. Due to it's success, we are rallying the troops again for a 2nd one and well, we're making it ANNUAL!


This year, we were moved beyond measure with so many emotions for the people of Japan as we watched live video of the earthquakes and tsunami that devastated so many people on March 11, 2011. It broke my heart to see videos of families in shelters, children looking terrified and not understanding what happened. Some of those families lost everything and when our loyal TGF customer Natalie Shaw emailed me a link to a school that we could send in handmade encouragement cards for children, we knew this was going to be something TGF wanted to be involved in! Our images are PERFECT to cheer up a child and we really hope you will play along!


Please view the tabbed page on the TGF Blog entitled "Cards for a Cause" for all the information on how YOU can help...and possibly, WIN some serious loot from TGF! PLEASE JOIN US!


As for 'loot' today, well, you know the drill! ONE lucky commenter who completes the hop and comes back to the TGF Blog to leave a comment will be drawn to WIN the ENTIRE May Release!


For my card tonight, since I hadn't used her yet, I decided to use the SUPER CUTE new Wild Sprout, Elena!! She is SUPER cute, and would be PERFECT for a teenage or young girl's birthday, or whatever you want!! She was stamped on an X-Press It blending card, and then colored with my Copics. I then layered her, using my Cuttlebug and Circle Nesties, with Taken With teal and Rose Red. My paper is form the MME Stella & Rose Gertie paper. My ribbon is from MFT, and my spiral clip is from Creative Express. I used SU punches to make my sentiment panel.

Without any further adieu, here is the order of our Farmers' BLOG HOP for release day:

Jessie-you are here!!

Tanya

Emma

Buttercup

Sari

Jessica

back to TGF Blog

You will have until 11:59 pm CST TONIGHT to comment and become a follower and we will happily announce the winner tomorrow morning on the TGF Blog!

GOOD LUCK, ENJOY and HAPPY RELEASE DAY, everyone!!!

Pure Innocence Sunday!!

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Hey everyone, and welcome to day three of this month's new release teasers from My Favorite Things. Tonight we are showing off the 5 new Pure Innocence sets being released this month. I had a hard time choosing which set I wanted to use...they are all SO CUTE!!! Before we get to my card, here is all the need to know info!!

Here are the details about the upcoming release on May 3 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on May 3 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on May 3 at 10 PM EST.


• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.


• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

For my card tonight, I stamped my Pure Innocence- Fresh from the Oven girl on an X-Press It Blending card. I then colored parts of her with my Copics, and paper pieced the rest with some Lilybee Designs Happily Lost paper. My cardstock is Tangerine Tango, and Fossil. I watched a video on YouTube today on how to color hair...how'd I do? lol!! I used the new Scalloped Ribbon Die-namics along the edge, and then part of the new Well Worn Label Die-namics for my sentiment. My twine, and button, are both from SU, as well as my ribbon, and I used a Creative Express spiral clip.


For the inside, I used more of the same supplies, and another sentiment from the set.

Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by, and remember to head on over to Kim's blog for a full list of designer participating today!!

A Creeper Birthday

Tonight is our final night of peeks for The Greeting Farm, and I am having SO MUCH FUN with this month's sets!! I know I don't get to play with their stuff much, but it makes me SO HAPPY when I do!! I mean, seriously, SHE'S SO CUTE!!!!

Half of the designers are showing off the new WS Elena set, tonight, and the other half....including me, are showing off the new Creeper Abbey.....I LOVE HER!! Creepers have GOT to be my favorite of all the TGF stamps, so I was BOUNCING off the walls when I opened her!!

I started my card by stamping my Abbey on a X-Press It blending card, and then I colored her with my Copics. She was then layered with Blue Raspberry, Lemon Drop(both MFT), and Rose Red(SU). My paper is from the LilyBee Designs Happily Lost pack. My ribbons are both from MFT, my brads are from Michael's, and my spiral clip is from Creative Express.

"Don't forget to join us starting at 12:01 am CST TOMORROW on the TGF BLOG and on all the DT members' Blogs for our MAY RELEASE and DT blog hop! The winner of the Blog hop tomorrow will take home the ENTIRE MAY RELEASE...that's a prize pack valued at $48!!! Also, don't be a stranger to our FACEBOOK page for more fun, and also check out all the deets on how YOU can be a part of TGF's 2nd annual "Cards for a Cause" contest!

There's a LOT sprouting up here on the Farm for May...so excited for you to join us!"

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!

Crazy 4 Jolinne!!!

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Hey everyone, and welcome to day two of this month's new release teasers from My Favorite Things. Tonight we are showing off the new Jolinne- Perfect Harmony, Notched Tag and Die-namics set, and Clearly Sentimental About Success. I HAD to use the new Jolinne, she is just TOO PRETTY!!! Before we get to my card, here is all the need to know info!!

Here are the details about the upcoming release on May 3 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on May 3 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on May 3 at 10 PM EST.


• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.


• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

For my card tonight, I combined my teaser post with this week's Crazy 4 Challenges Challenge. The challenge was to use three different papers, two flowers, and one button. I, of course, used other embellishments, but she didn't say we couldn't, LOL!! I stamped my girl on a piece of X-Press it Blending card, and then colored her with Copics, and paper pieced her. She is layered with Grape Jelly and Sour Apple. My paper is from the LilyBee Designs Picket Fence pack. I used some Honeydew Twine, MFT ribbon from the white collection, and an old MFT button. My flowers...well, I'm not very "user friendly" when it comes to the rolled flower dies. I put a brad in the center of them, but you can't really tell...they are supposed to be daisies...they look like white felt....somethings. The beauty of this is, I LOVE them, so I'm not mad at me...hehe!

Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by, and remember to head on over to Kim's blog for a full list of designer participating today!!

TGF Preview's Day 2- Spotchy Background

"Welcome back for our 2nd day of previews for The Greeting Farm's MAY Release! No, that's not your eyes and you don't need to adjust your computer screen. You are DEFINITELY seein' somethin' SPLOTCHY on the Farm!

We are trying something NEW this month...and it's the FIRST 'background' stamp that TGF has ever released. If all goes well, we are hoping to coordinate this set with something SUPER FRESH and NEW coming this summer...so stay TUNED! For now, I introduce you to our "SPLOTCHY BACKGROUND stamp set", which will be released on May 1st along with Hoo Loves You and the stamps we have yet to show you (wink wink ;)


For my card tonight, I stamped my new Splotchy Background with Taken With Teal ink on GP white. I then stamped my Anya from the Rain, Snow, Shine set on an X-Press It blending card, and colored her with my Copics. I used DP from Lilybee Designs, and MME. My sentiment is from the TGF Butterfly Wishes set, and I used a ribbon slide die to cut it out. My ribbon is from SU, and my brads are from Michael's.

Be sure to visit the TGF Blog and also the Farm Fresh Challenge blog as we are excited to have some of our challenge DT girls playing along with Farmer previews today, and of COURSE there just might be a set laying around to GIVE AWAY! All the deets are on the TGF Blog-see you there!"

It's TIME!!!

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Hey everyone, guess what time it is??!! That's right, it's time for the May release My Favorite Things teasers to begin!! Tonight, we are peeking a new Flapper Doodles set, Well Worn Greetings, and the new Fred Bear Plays Indian!! You all KNOW how much I LOVE my Fred Bear, so I HAD to use him tonight!! Before we get to my card, here is all the NEED TO KNOW info!!
Here are the details about the upcoming release on May 3 at 10 PM EST:

• The MFT release is on May 3 at 10 PM EST. You can attend the release party from 8-10 PM EST here in the forum for fun, games, and prizes! All the new sets and dies will be available on May 3 at 10 PM EST.


• The guest designer contest is ON! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $100 in stamp sets and play along with the DT for a month.


• If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, please click on over to Kim's blog NOW! Be sure to leave comments as you go for a chance to win one of 2 $10 vouchers being given away daily, just for leaving a comment. :) Check Kim's blog every day for the winners.

For my card tonight, I started by stamping my Fred Bear on an X-Press It Blending Card. I then colored him with my Copics. It was then layered with Jelly Bean Green, Hot Fudge, and Fossil card stock. My ribbon and buttons are old, but from MFT, and I purchased my Twine there as well. I used the Open Scalloped Die-namics for my border, and the Fishtail Banner Die-namics, as well. My paper is from Basic Grey, the Archaic line.



For the inside, I used more of the same supplies, but I stamped the rest of the sentiment, and one of the CUTE little teepee's!!!

Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by, and remember to head on over to Kim's blog for a full list of designer participating today!!

Hoo Hoo!! I've Got a Secret!!

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A few month's ago, my dear sweet friend, Jessica Diedrich, asked if I would like to be a guest designer for The Greeting Farm....and of course I said HECK YES!!! I LOVE TGF, and don't get to play with their stamps NEARLY enough, so I JUMPED at the change to play along!! If you are new to my blog, WELCOME!! I am SO HAPPY to see you here!! Well, let's get too it....there is some CUTENESS to be seen!!!

"It has been a while now since The Greeting Farm released an animal set, and we are adding to our super cute collection of forest friends today with "HOO LOVES YOU?!" We think owls have been a real 'hoot' lately around blog land and well, you are going to LOVE Marie's fun and creative take on these cute creatures!

"Hoo Loves YOU?" features three adorable owls in different whimsical patterns and is one of several new releases at TGF this coming month! If you're a newsletter subscriber, you've already seen the amazing previews and we are thrilled to finally be showing you just how very CRAFTY you can get with them!

Our MAY release will go live at 12:01 am CST May 1st in the TGF store and you'll definitely want to come visit us for our DT Blog hop *AND* the reveal of our 2nd annual "Cards for a Cause" drive. There will be lots of fun and PRIZES and you can join us in a heart-warming cause as well. See you THERE!


For my card tonight, I stamped my SUPAH CUTE owl on a X-Press It Blending Card, and then colored him with my Copics...so FUN!! I layered his with Regal Rose, and Close To Cocoa, and paired that with some YUMMY MME Stella and Rose Hazel paper. My sketch is a Sweet Stop Sketch. I used the MFT Rounded Banner Die-namic, MFT ribbon, a creative Express spiral clip, and some Michael's brads.

Well, that is it for me, for now, be sure to stop by the TGF BLOG and see how YOU can win a "HOO loves you" set! See you back here tomorrow for another he fun resumes tomorrow as we have ANOTHER fun preview to show you and some of our Challenge DT girls will be joining us for this one! Thanks for stopping by!"

Blossom By Blossom Blog Hop Challenge

Hey everyone, and welcome to tonight's Blog Hop Challenge from There She Goes. Tonight is our third, and final night of peeks....and they just keep getting better!!! Tonight's hop started at the There She Goes blog, so you should have come here by way of Jessica's FABULOUS blog...if not, head on over there now!!



Are you ready for another Torico-illustrated character set? I hope so, because we are in love with her latest release that showcases sweet little ladies enjoying the pleasures of spring along with some of their favorite spring creatures and blooms.

Blossom By Blossom is a 4X8 stamp set that includes a total of 22 stamps and will sell for $18.


For my card tonight, I started with this SUPER CUTE image from the Blossom By Blossom set. I stamped her on a X-Press It Blending card, and then colored her with my Copics. I paper pieced her top, as well. My sketch is this week's CPS sketch. I used MFT ribbon, Michael's brads, and a spiral clip from Creative Express. My card stock is Spearmint, and Orange Fizz from MFT. The paper I used is from the MME Stella and Rose Mabel pack.

Would you like a chance to win the Blossom By Blossom stamp set? Here’s what you need to do- go to each of the Trendsetter’s Blogs and leave a comment on their Blossom By Blossom Blog Hop Challenge post. After you have finished checking out the eye candy and have left some love, return to the TSG Blog and add your name to the Mr. Linky at the bottom of this Blog Hop Challenge post. A winner will be chosen randomly using a random number generator to receive their very own Blossom By Blossom stamp set. The winner will be announced Saturday (Apr. 30th) during the Release Party Chat.

Well, that is it for me for now!! Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to head to Julie's FABULOUS blog...she's the next stop on the hop!!