Glisten Bean Washi Tape Shaker Card

Hola!
This is my second post today.  Please scroll down to see my Y&FH "Shape for Mother's Day" post.

This morning I was in a rush to finish this card for the current FFF - Monochromatic over at The Greeting Farm.  I had my image stamped but needed to figure out what I wanted to do with it.  I thought creating another washi tape shaker card would go wonderfully with this image.  I think the washi tape might have tipped me over in to choosing the colors I wanted to use, then I checked the samples from the design team and I really got inspired by Rosie's card.  I hadn't done a black and white card in a long time so thought I would give it a go.

Here's my version of a black and white washi tape shaker card.  [HAHAHA!!  I just noticed that you can see some of my reflection in her hair!]  Anyhoos here is the card and the washi tape is the black and bigger white polka dots (K&Co).  For a fun and easy tutorial check out this post.  I think I might have put in a bit too much extras which include the fun little accents on the stamp.  I stamped, colored, and fussy cut them out. Added some clear beads and punched some small clouds.  After closing the top part I mounted it on to a white piece of cardstock, then on to the polka dot dp and then on to the black cardstock.  Added the black and white bakers twine to tie it all together.

Whew, I was able to upload this to the FFF over at The Greeting Farm early this morning before it closed.  Thirty minutes to spare!  Yay!  Well had I not gotten in, I still would have posted this here.  It's pretty darn cute.  Would also like to submit this to a new challenge I was recently introduced to, Card Makin' Mamas.  Their challenge is to use Washi tape, which was perfect for my card.   Definitely looking forward to makin' more of these easy/fun cards and getting my washi tape stash up!  Thanks for stopping by!!  Enjoy the rest of your day!!

xx
Leanne

Hatter Bean.. Cute!!

Hello!

I've been having a lot of fun inking up some of my newer images.  Yesterday I shared a card with Sister Stamp's Kokeshi Doll.  Today I'm excited to share my card with Hatter Bean from the Limited Release at The Greeting Farm.  Marie was really on point when she made this limited release single stamps.  Each one is adorable and I can't wait to ink them all.  Here's the card I made which I'm planning to enter in to the FFF flowers challenge.

Weee, she's soo cute!!  That piece of dp was scrap that I found in my scrap box and where I got my inspiration to color her.  The sentiment stamp is from AmyR and seemed perfect for this card.  I used a MS flower border punch and butterfly punch for accents and dimension. Couldn't stop smiling when I was done.
=D

Thank you so much for coming by today.   Have a fabulously awesome crafty weekend.  Hoping to continue working on more newer stamps and getting some projects done and slowly make my way around to your blogs.  Take care!
xxx
Leanne

Big Island Girl

Hi!

Scroll down for my Y&FH post...

I'm popping in real quick to share this project.  Will post more later.  Trying to get it in to the challenge before it closes at TGF.

FFF - Alter/recycle:

Old pocket calendar:

 Outside plastic cover:

New inside cover:

Before going in to the plastic cover:

After:

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Back:

Mahalo for stopping by!!

Retired HG Sing

Aloha!

Leanne

A Twinkle Bean Valentine

Hey everyone!!

Hope you are having a great day!!  Today was a bit stressful, but hoping that this card will cheer me up.  I'm posting it now so that I don't miss out on the Farm Fresh Friday challenge, "Punch It!". 

Here is my latest Valentine's Day themed card featuring Twinkle Bean from The Greeting Farm. 

I have to say that after finishing this card I was definitely cheered up.  Especially after I finished coloring her hair!  Loved how it turned out.  I do see some places where I need to go back in, but all-in-all I loves it.

The paper is from the Love Note 6x6 paper pad from Fancy Pants Designs.  I loved the hearts on the light pink paper, so I trimmed the paper to frame that part of the paper, then used a Fiskars lacey border punch on some black card stock to give it a little frame.  This is the first time I've covered up the cardstock that the paper is glued to.  I usually leave a slight border, but this time I decided to cover it up because I liked how it looked with out the black border.  (The card base is black cardstock in case you were wondering) 

For the sentiment I punched out a medium sized heart and trimmed LOVE out of one of the patterned papers in the paper pad.  Besides the border, there are 10 punched hearts on this card.  I already told you where one of them is but can you tell where the other 9 are?  Here's a guess, look closely at the black paper.  Yep all 9 black hearts are leftover cut outs from the Spellbinder circle hearts die.  I kept them to use for a shaker card or in this case, floating hearts.  :)

 

Alrighty, it's time for me to get going, hoping you have a wonderful evening!!  

Mahalo for stopping by!!

Hugs,

Leanne

Copics:

Hair: R89, R85

Skin: E50, E51, E21, E11

Grays: N3, N5, N7, N9

A Wild Sprout..Yay!

Good morning!

I hope you all had a really nice weekend.  As I write this post I'm totally excited and anxious for tomorrow.  Why you ask?  Well, me and Renate are headed to CHA!  Well at least that's the plan.  If we don't get in, well that's ok, cause then we're headed to Disneyland!!  We'll have NO problems getting in there.  lol.. Wish us luck either way. :)

I was really excited to see the new stamps released at The Greeting Farm included a brand new Wild Sprout!  I have to say these are my favorite, not sure what it is about them, but I adore them.  I inked up WS Gracie for this share and I also used a stamp from Stamps by Judith.  It's a window heart stamp.
I had a fun making this...

I bet you are wondering what? Another card?  Nope, not today... 

Well what is it?  Well let me get an angled view for ya...

Voila!  It's a heart shaped treat box!

I used the regular & scalloped Heart Spellbinder dies to create this and the box itself was made using origami box instructions.  Let me tell you, it's much easier to use origami paper than cardstock, but then it's not as sturdy.  :)  I embossed the white heart die with a script folder, added a ribbon, button and hemp rope for a simple accent.  The sentiment is handwritten and reads:

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart! xoxo"

I think I'll enter this in the FFF International Thank you Day challenge. 

Okie dokes, off to bed and early to rise, we're heading to Anaheim and someone is going to be surprised!
LOL!!  Sorry about that, I'm loopy from being up since 4am!!  Mahalo for stopping by, wish us luck on getting in to CHA, else we'll drown our sorrows at Disneyland.  Hm... Disneyland, CHA?  Either one would make me happy.  Have a fabulous day!!

Hugs,
Leanne

Back 2 School

Hey!!

I'm poppin' in to share a quick tag I made using The Greeting Farm's, WS Annika (retired).  I've had this little gal colored for a year, maybe more and she's been hangin' out on my computer at work.  I saw the latest or almost over FFF challenge, Back to School, so I thought I'd create a quick tag.

She's colored in grays so I thought something fun and bright for the back drop.  I found that dp in my stash and also that red cs.  I made that apple by hand which didn't take me that long.  I love how it turned out.  The sign is handwritten.  I drew in the lines with pencil and used a blue Sharpie for the words.  I thought it would be fun to create the same line paper we all know and love from when we first started writing way back in Kindergarten.  Now kids are learning how to write in pre-school!!  Craaaazy!!

Wow, it's been forever since I used a TGF stamp.  I've forgotten how much I love them.  Will need to play with them more, especially since I have most of them.  hehehe...

Okie dokie, hope everyone is having a great day.  And for those of us in So Cal, try to stay cool!!  Mahalo for stopping by!

Hugs,
Leanne

FFF - White out!

Happy Friday everyone!

Today over at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog we want you to white out your project.  What exactly does that mean?  Well it should be mostly white, with as few of any other color as possible.  To see how white the DT went click HERE.  Now the Galleria is currently up and running, but to be safe we are asking you to also link via In-links at the bottom of each challenge post. Better to be safe yea?

For my card, I really went white out, with some sparkle.  Not much coloring here, just ink, stickles and embossing powder.

Fly Away!!

I actually really like how the card turned out IRL.  I used some embossing folders, punches, die cuts and Spellbinders.  And yes, embossing powders, Stickles and some leftover ribbon.  The clear pebbles were a last minute addition and I really like them.  The image is part of the discontinued Fly Away set.  My first time to ink it up and I think it looks pretty cool stamped in white with the sparkle embossing powder bringing it to life.

Here's a close up of the hot air balloon:

Ok, time for you to play along.  We hope you can join us, and remember as long as your card is mostly white that counts and of course any TGF image.  Can't wait to see what you all create.  You have until next Thursday before 12pm CST to upload your card/project to the Galleria.  Good luck!!

Have a fanstastic Friday and a wonderful weekend.  Aloha & Mahalo for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Leanne

FFF - Hot or Cold?

Happy Friday everyone!

This week we want you to make either a hot or cold themed card for our "You're Hot and You're Cold" challenge!  If you are ready to make those winter/Christmas cards you're in luck or if you are just not ready for summer to end then you can go that way with your project instead!  To see if the DT is hot or cold head on over to the blog HERE.

Well since it's been so bluidy hot her the past couple of days, I was thinking let's go with a cool card, mind over matter yea?  I had this little gal colored up just hanging out on my computer waiting for a place to call home permanently.  Went really simple with the layout.  A few light and fun pieces of patterned paper and voila!

Sweater Anya

The patterned paper is actually from the DCWV Nana's Kitchen matstack.  Can you believe my luck that I found some paper that went with my "cold" theme?  Super lucky, that's me.. hahaha!

Okay my friends, it's time for you to show us your hot or cold projects.  The FFF challenges runs until Thursday, entries are due by 12 PM CST.  The winner with the DT's fave project will receive a free single TGF stamp of choice!

Please upload your challenge cards to TGF Galleria> Farm Fresh Challenges 2011> Farm Fresh Fridays 2011> Hot & Cold

Have a great weekend and don't forget you still have time to get in your projects for our Mystery Monday Case (AMY YOUNG) challenge.

Mahalo for sharing your Friday with me!!
Hugs,
Lilo

FFF - Digital Get Down is back!

Happy Friday everyone!!

Today over at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog we are asking you to get dowwwwnnnnn with some digis again.  Hahaha!!  This week's challenge is an easy one.  Use a digital image from The Greeting Farm on your project or card and upload it to the Galleria for a chance to be the lucky winner of a single rubber stamp.   Take a look and get inspired by some awesome digital inspirations from my talented DT partners, click HERE to see them all.

For my share, I had a choice of 4 pre-printed ones.  I chose to go with one of my favorite Wild Sprouts, Dressy Ebony.   I took inspiration from my blogging buddy, Danni, by using her fun layout which you can see HERE.  I just loved the fun papers and layout.  So glad she said it was ok to case her card.  Thank you Danni! :)  I also got inspired by the colors from another blogging buddy, Amy, who created a beautiful card using yellow tones which you can see HERE.  Thank you Amy! :)

The dp is from Jillibean soup, Dutch Mustard.  Loved the color tones here.  I colored Ebony with Copics using only two colors for her hair, (mostly E70, some E71) only giving her a couple highlights.  I used one color for her dress and sweater (E29 and Y08), it's a novelty I know, but I was being lazy.  I don't think it turned out too bad even using 1 color for each article of clothing.  I did add a little bit of eyeshadow to give her a nice evening look.  There's some glitter on her dress, shoes, hair band and the center of the flower in her hair.  She's ready for a party! 

The sentiment stamp was another $1 bin purchase from Michael's.  The butterflies are courtesy of my MS punches and the dots in the lower left corner are from Viva Decor pearl pen in Kiwi.

A reminder, to enter the challenge to win a free single of choice just create a card or project using any of the fun digital images from The Greeting Farm.  Upload your photo to the Galleria before 12pm CST next week Thursday. 

Please upload your challenge cards to TGF Galleria> Farm Fresh Challenges 2011> Farm Fresh Fridays 2011> Digital Get Down 2

Well friends, that's all I have today.  Hope you like what you see and that it gives you some inspiration.  There are so many in and around blogland you just have to keep looking.  Mahalo for stopping by, have a wonderful Friday and weekend!!

Hugs,
Lilo

Challenges:
Flutter by Wednesday #168 - Anything goes

Buttons please!!

Happy Friday!!!  Yay, the end of the week is finally here.  Whew, what a work week for me, lots of stuff going on and I'm so happy that it's Friday!  Taking my friend out to dinner for her birthday tonight and then we are going to see the new Conan the Barbarian movie because we both love Jason Mamoa!  Who knows if the movie will be good, it will be good to see him in a loincloth! LOL!!  Anyhoos, would love to hear what you have planned for tonight or even the weekend.

Today we have another fun challenge over at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog.  Yippee!!!  All you have to do is use buttons on your card or project.  For more inspiration please hop on over to the FFC blog and feast your eyes on some gorgeous creations by the DT.

For my share I used Tink from the new Fairy Princess clear stamps set and made a book mark.  Wow, these are the cutest stamps.  They are smaller than the normal TGF stamps, and if you can believe it they stamp so well!  You definitely have to pick up this set to experience how well they stamp.  Just as good as the red rubber.  To find out more & to see some awesome creations check out the TGF blog. To purchase this stamp set and the other cute Bantastic clear stamp set head on over to the store.

Beware of glitter it can be addicting!!!  So, I used Tink, the mushrooms and the sentiment "Fairy Dust is a Must" for my bookmark.

Not sure if you can tell in this picture how much glitter there is.  I went a bit crazy with the Stickles as you'll see in the next few pictures..  I'm so pleased with the results.  Here are some close up pictures and hopefully you can see the glitter

I stickled the outline of the clouds.  The centers on the butterflies have Viva pearl pen in cream and I used a Copic marker to color it yellow.  The button is from a BG set I got at Big Lots and the ribbon I used to tie it is a recycled piece from a shirt I altered.  Anyone else use clothing scraps for their projects?  hehe...

 I think in this picture you can see more of the glitter on the clouds and some fairy dust coming behind her.  I think I like this next picture the best.  Here is what the bottom of the BM looks like up close.

I found these two very tiny buttons and created this scene below.  Had to Stickle the bottom because of the cute sentiment.  Looks like fairy dust all over the place!  I think it gives it a whimsical feel.  (hehe)  Lastly, since I wrapped the ribbon around the outer part of the BM, I added some kraft paper and stamped more cute images of Tink flying and kept it simple by not coloring them in, just added some distress to the edges and a couple punched flowers.

Ok my friends, it is now your turn to use a button on your creation and then you need to upload it to the Gallery for a chance to win a single stamp of your choice.   You have until Thursday before 12pm CST to be eligible.

Mahalo for your support and heart-warming comments.  Have a fairy wonderful weekend!!
Hugs,
Leanne

FFF - School pictures

Happy Friday everyone!!

Hope you all have had a wonderful week and are looking forward to a weekend chock full of fun, crafting, relaxing or sleep.  For me, I'll be going on a hike (yikes), get some crafting in and hopefully sneak in some sleep and relaxing time.  We shall see.  Let me know what plans you have for the weekend.

Today over at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog we're going back... Back to school that is. (hehe) Yep, it's THAT time of year again.  You know the one: new clothes, new shoes and new....school supplies!  Yup, for most of us it's back to school time again here very soon (or already!) so this week for FFF we've got a school challenge: "2 Cool 4 School"!  Show us your best school-related projects, either for students or teachers, doesn't matter.

For my project I had to case my friend Elise's frame of her Roll Call kit kids that she has hanging up in her cubicle at work.  She created a super cute frame with all the kids inside and it reminded me of when I was in Elementary school and the times when we would take our school pictures and then go outside to take a class picture.  Although I didn't use all of the kids from the Roll Call kit, I did use quite a few and a few other familiar faces.  I colored all of the kids months ago and was waiting for just the right moment to use them.  This was the perfect time.  Now there are going to be quite a few pictures so please bare in mind that this might be a lengthy post.  Mostly just pictures so hopefully you won't get too bored.

Here we go with Miss Anya's 3rd Grade class from TGF Elementary School:

Miss Anya

Ebony

Altered Jade

Nahla

Grace (Discontinued)

Paul

Altered Edward

Dylan

I remember trying to wear the perfect outfit, have my hair just right and hoping that when the photographer snapped that picture I was NOT closing my eyes!  hahaha..  Those were the days, when all you had to worry about was whether or not your picture would be good enough to send to all the relatives.  Back then I think the packages weren't too pricey, now-a-days who knows.  I'm sure it's pricier now than way back when, but I'm sure the primping and preening is still the same.  So you all remember the generic background for the portraits?  The background of our pictures was a bluish color so I used a bluish dp for the background and tried to take head shots of each of the kids.  Not too bad.   If you click on the kids names you will be hyper-linked to the store where you can find the image.  Unfortunately Grace is not available anymore, but there are others that can certainly take her place, you'll find them all HERE at the TGF store.

Lastly, what's a photo day without a class picture?!  Here is Miss Anya's 3rd grade class from TGF Elementary School.  Don't they look cute?

Of course I had to give everyone different colored hair, cause it's my story and I'm the director of it.  (lol)  I don't really like the grassy area so I will figure something out later.  For now, I love how it turned out.  Eventually I will put it in a frame but for now I matted it with some black & white cs.

Okie dokie, time for you to show us some of your "2 cool 4 school" projects.  The FFF challenges runs until Thursday, entries are due by 12 PM CST.  The winner will receive a free single TGF stamp of choice! 
Please upload your challenge cards to TGF Galleria> Farm Fresh Challenges 2011> Farm Fresh Fridays 2011> 2 Cool 4 School

Mahalo for stopping by to see my project.  I hope it inspires you to create something fun and out of the box.  Hope to see your project in the Galleria.  Have a wonderful Friday and a fantastic weekend my friends.

Hugs,
Lilo

Throwback Friday with a twist

Happy Friday Friends!

I hope you all have had a fabulous week.  It's time for another Farm Fresh Friday Challenge with us over at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog.  Today's theme is a throwback with a 'Fancy Folds' theme!  Easel, tri-fold, Pop-up, gatefold, we don't care, just show us your older TGF stamps on a "Fancy Fold" card!

The throwback challenge requires you to break out your "old" TGF sets (which let's face it...aren't that old, lol).  Go to the FFC blog for the "Exclusion List" which has the last several months worth of TGF releases on it.  The deal is that you can use anything on your project BUT those stamps.  So dust off your very first TGF purchases and make them shine again.  While you are over there checking out the Exclusion list you can also see what amazing cards/projects the design team created.  Enjoy!

For my fancy fold I chose to do a box card with Hula Anya.  I was searching on SCS and found this tutorial by Beate Johns.  I wish I had the same Scor-Pal that Beate was using.  Mine does not have all the same score lines as hers so I had to fiddle and guess where the lines to score lay.  All in all it's off a little bit, but still worked.  Here is what the card looks like when closed.  The closure is a band with my colored image of Hula Anya and some raffia attached.

Hula Anya - The Greeting Farm

Hula Anya (TGF) on the paper band closure

To open the card you have to carefully slide the band off.  Here is what the card looks like opened.  The cool thing about this is that you can stick a small card or mutliple cards inside or maybe even something small like ribbon or beads.  For now, I only have a card inside. 

Inside of card box

Card inside the card box

Do you recognize the flowers?  Yes, they are part of Hula Anya's headband, what I did was after inking the flowers I wiped away the stamens then stamped it on white cs.  After I colored them I hand wrote ALOHA in the middle with white ink and cut them out.  I used some left over dp and navy cs for this.  Using a sponge, leaf cutout, and peeled paint distress ink, I distressed the white cs.  Believe it or not, I practically used the whole 12x12 dp, which means no scraps for this paper.  I might have enough of the dp to make two more of these cards.  That will make a really nice gift.  Here is what all the card pieces look like, it's very deceiving.



Pieces of the cardbox, unassembled

 I have a feeling once I get the correct measurements on my Scor-pal, I will be making more of these.  It was not only easy to make but what a fun gift to give someone. 

I'd also like to say a huge Welcome to our Farm Fresh Face, Emily Martina aka Beanscrapsandsheep.  I have come to admire her creations since she's participated in most of the challenges.  Please say a huge Hello and Welcome to her at her blog HERE, you will become a fan.

We hope you all get a chance to play along.  We would love to see what you can make using your oldies but goodies using a fancy fold.  Now remember there is a list posted on the FFC blog of the images you CANNOT use.  So pop on over there for the details.

The FFF challenges runs until Thursday, entries are due by 12 PM CST.
The winner will receive a free single TGF stamp of choice!
Please upload your challenge cards to TGF Galleria> Farm Fresh Challenges 2011> Throwbacks> Throwback #3

ALOHA!!

Mahalo for stopping by, hope you get a chance to play along with us.  We love to see what you create with each challenge and boy do you rock it out! 

Hugs,

Lilo