Happy Earth Day!

Hello!

I'm a little bit late today, but I didn't get that Ah-ha light bulb inspiration until early this morning.  I'm using up the rest of my lunch time to post this.

It's been sooo very long since I joined a challenge and I was itching to ink up a Greeting Farm stamp so I popped over to see what the current challenges were.  One for FFF is to recycle/alter something and the DTT is called Earth Day.  I thought about something I could recycle/alter but came up with nothing, so will hold off until later for my a-ha momemnt.  (haha)   As I mentioned I was looking through my stamps I found my ah-ha moment for the Earth Day DTT challenge.  Here is the amazing photo inspiration:

What a cool photo yea?  These are all my favorite colors too!  So the stamp that gave me the Ah-ha moment was Anya from the Rock the Farm stamp set.  If you don't have it then you are out of luck because this is one of the retired set.  One of the cutest stamp sets to come out from TGF.  I was very fortunate to get it and it's been so very long since it was actually inked up. 

Here's my card and the scene I created was another outdoorsy one.  I decided to use the color scheme and the circles.  Looks like Anya is coming up from the waters edge with two full buckets and boy she looks a little flushed from her exercise!  hehehe..  Colored with Copics and Distress ink pads this scene came together pretty fast.  The rest of it was a little bit harder as I had to decided whether to use an embossing folder or patterned paper.  When I found that paper I thought, Ah-ha!  hahaha...  After that the rest of the card came together pretty quick!

Well I guess the only other thing I can say is that I love this card and it might possibly be very hard for me to part with it.  (LOl!) Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll be back tomorrow to share my card for the Y&FH #14 Multiple folds challenge. 

Have a great day!!
xoxo,
Leanne

Mystery Monday with Kim Dellow!

Yes you are!!!  ; )

Hello Friends! 

Hope you all had an enjoyable weekend.  Before we get to the challenge details, I wanted to say Mahalo for leaving such wonderful and inspirational comments.  I try my best to get to everyone's blog and leave a little love but sometimes time just slips by.  I know how much time it takes to go in and comment and I truly appreciate all that I receive, so if I haven't said it lately, MAHALO or THANK YOU my dear friends for each and every word that you have left for me. 

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Today's case was chosen by our DT captain, Rachel, and the funny thing is that I had this card as one of my choices.  I just loved the fun layout, but also the bold colors, and of course the awesome colored image.  Without further adieu we are casing... Kim Dellow!!

Did Rachel pick a winner or what?  Like I said the bold colors and the fun layout were what originally drew me to it.  I'm so glad that Rachel chose this one.  To see what the rest of the DT created click HERE.

As with all case'ings, I try to stay as true to the design as possible.  Most of the time I want to just case the card exactly, but sometimes I want to add or change it up a bit.  I believe that change is sometimes fun as long as you keep the original design in mind.  For my card I went as true to the card as much as possible, but I added a little to it here and there.  Here is what I came up with:

For my image I chose the ever popular sitting Anya from the Hats off collection.  I hadn't used her in quite sometime and I knew she would be perfect on this card.  Instead of the cool circular flowers Kim used, I chose to go with some MS punched butterflies and added some pearls for some fun elegance.  The other addition is the sentiment in the center.  I thought it needed something to add to the space and that sentiment was the perfect size.  Here are some close ups of the card including Anya herself...

Are you all ready to play along?  Fabulous!   As you know the TGF Galleria is having some hiccups right now, so if you would like to play please visit the Farm Fresh Challenge blog for more details on how to link  your card.  Hopefully the techs will have worked out all the kinks and get the site back up and running soon.  We definitely want you all to play.  So if you also want to leave a comment here with the link to your card please do so.  : )

Here is a reminder of the rules:

• Use ANY TGF image
• You can either case the card or use it as an inspiration
• Until further notice, please leave a comment on the Mystery Monday... Kim Dellow post with a link to your card, not your whole blog.  This will make it easier for us to view your card and comment.
• Gallery is up and running!  Please upload your project to Galleria>Farm Fresh Challenge 2011> Mystery Monday> Kim Dellow.
• Winner will be randomly chosen to win a free single TGF image.
• HAVE FUN!!

Mahalo for stopping by.  Have a wonderful Monday!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Sitting Anya (Hats Off collection); sentiment (SU)
Inks: Black tuxedo & rich cocoa (Memento)
Papers: White, kraft & dark brown (Neenah), dp (K&Company)
Accessories: Pearls (Recollections Autumn), border punch & butterfly punch (MS)
Copics:
Hair: E37, 49; Skin: E000, 00, 02, R20; Outfit, Hat, Shoes: BG96, G85, 82, Y15, 17