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

DTT - Anya styles in blues & browns

Hi!
Boy, what a week it turned out to be!  Seriously wanted to keep my blog up to date, but posting daily just didn't work out.  It all started on Wednesday night.  I received a last minute invitation to go to a fundraiser/performance show at Disney's California Adventure to see a production of 4 musicals performed by cast members from both Disneyland and California Adventure.  Each team has been practicing their parts for the past 8 weeks and Wednesday was the first night of all their hard work.  It was a great show, the teams were amazing and the energy in the house was electric!!  And in the end a lot of funds were raised for the Boys & Girls Club of Orange County.  It was fun but I got home super super late, and since then I've been dragging!  So no crafting or coloring for a day or two. 

Last night I had some energy and was excited to color up one of the newest Big Anya from The Greeting Farm, Anya Styles.  Well she's new in my book.  LOL!!  Boy am I behind!  Oh my, she was sooooo fun to color!!  I had a blast with every part of the coloring, but I think I love the hair the most.  Here's a close up of the hair. 

I think it has a little motion going on and love how I defined the levels of her hair.  I do see a few mistakes, but I'm not ashamed to be tootin' my own horn, hehe.  I chose the colors based on the current Double Take Tuesday Blues & Browns challenge at TGF and kept my card CAS.

I used a lot of Distress Ink in Walnut Stain and Vintage Photo to distress the main image edges, the dp and the doily.  The sentiment is by Paper Smooches and I handwrote part of it.  I finished by adding some brown half pearls, and the pretty royal blue ribbon to match her top and purse.  Definitely wanted the image to be the main focus.  This card belongs to my co-worker who's birthday  is next week.  I hope she likes it. 

If you live in the LA area and don't have anything to do this weekend and want to pick up some crafty stuff, stop by the Carson Rubber Stamp Convention in Carson, CA.  My friend Kathy, formerly of Pixie Boutique, will be selling TGF and Yumi & Fumi Handmade stamps and our friend, Jenny is going to be selling her jewelry again.  Kathy's new booth is under the Craft-A-Holic banner.  Stop by and say hi, do a make n' take and buy some stamps.  I might be there helping out or walking around the show looking for more crafty stuff to add to my overgrown pile already.  You might definitely find me loitering at the Hanko Designs booth bugging Lori and Norm.  Can't wait to get my hands on some new washi paper and cardstock.  Drool!! (lol)

Okie dokes, have a great Saturday and don't forget about the sketch challenge happening at Yumi & Fumi Handmade.  Click on the sketch at the top of my blog on the right side bar for more details.  Mahalo for stopping by!!

Hugs,
Leanne

I remembered to write down the supplies!
Anya Styles - TGF
Celebrate sentiment - Paper Smooches
Tuxedo Black ink - Memento
Walnut Stain & Vintage Photo Distress Inks - Ranger
Dark brown & white cs - Neenah
Patterned paper - Authentic Collection: Original
Brown half pearls -  Recollections
Royal blue satin ribbon - Details Accessories
Doily - Smart & Final (Yep the grocery/supply store)
Copics:
Hair: N10, E18
Skin: E0000, E51, E21, E11, R20
Blues: B21, B24, B26
Skirt: E71, E74, E77, E79
Boots: E47, E49, E44
Phone: C2, B000, 0

Gigi

Hello!
Yes, this is my second post today.  It's been so long since I've done that, but I wanted to get this card in to a challenge over at The Greeting Farm. 

This card was fun to make!  If you've never seen this cutie from The Greeting Farm it's because she's actually two stamps in one.  I did a little body swap with Wild Sprout Ruby & Wild Sprout Gigi (retired).  This layout is the current Double Take Tuesday sketch challenge at The Greeting Farm.  Have been wanting to use these gorgeous papers from the Country Boutique by Fancy Pants.  The colors are soft and pretty and along with the kraft cardstock sorta shabby chic.  The pretty crochet trim is from The Ribbon Carousel and the flower and brad are from my stash.  I hand wrote the simple "Hello!" sentiment to finish it off.

Hope you're enjoying your Monday.  It's President's Day for those of us in the USA so lots of people have it off, including me.  It's also Family Day in Canada so to my friends there, hope you are enjoying it.  On a sad note, the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers, Dr. Jerry Buss passed away today.  He was an amazing owner and loved the people of Los Angeles.  He will truly be missed by all the Laker fans, but lives on in the hearts of us all.  R.I.P. Dr. Buss, enjoy the best seat in the house!

Enjoy the rest of your day my friends and thanks again for stopping by!!
Hugs,
Leanne