Just some fun stuff today...

Happy Sunday everyone! 
Just and FYI... This is going to be a pretty long one, hehe..

Did you all get a chance to see what's poppin' up at The Greeting Farm?  It's clearly adorable and clearly fun. hehehe..  For more info head on over to the blog (HERE) and you'll get a chance to win a clearly fabulous prize.  You'll also be happy to know that not only are our talented Farmers showcasing but some fabulous and familiar faces from the past teams as well.  Lots of fun and inspiration to be had over there.  Don't miss out!

So yesterday my mom and I went on our very first hike through Chantry Flats up at Santa Anita Canyon trying to head to Sturtevant Falls in the Angeles National Forest.  We started out very early and still had to hike 15 minutes to get to the beginning point!  Well I told my mom it was just a warm up for our legs and boy I'm kinda glad we did because it was a pretty long walk up and down through lovely scenery.  It was a pretty good sized path and mostly paved.  We didn't make it all the way to the falls but we did see some man-made ones on the way so that was good enough for us.  Of course the trek back up was slow going but we made it and were super happy to get back.  All in all it took about 2 hours round trip.  We treated ourselves to some yummy pom-blueberry drinks from Coffee Bean and made a stop at one of the local scrapbook store, Scrap N' Yap, where I picked up some cool papers & more Viva color pens.
Here are a few pictures from the hike:

After a 15 min trek from the car we are ready to start!



Here we go! Down the hill!



Not bad, only 1.8 miles to go

Down some more, but there's shade!

1/2 mile to the falls?

We didn't make it all the way up as I mentioned earlier, but it was still quite a trek.  Needless to say we were definitely a little out of shape, but it was fun none the less.  Here we are at the end gearing up for the 15 min walk back to the car. 

We made it!



At the top heading back to the car



Our reward, Pom-Blueberry smoothies - YUM!

Not sure if we'll be doing this again, but if we do we'll know what to expect.

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I wanted to share the easel cards we made at Summer CHA.  As you all know I was there to help out a wonderful company, La-La Land Crafts, with my crafting BFF, Renate.  We had a lot of fun, met some new friends and also reconnected with some from the Winter show.  Of course Irina and Eric went all out again with the fabulous spot, display and arrangements.  The DT, my goodness they really outdid themselves, creating some beautiful cards and projects.  Of course Irina wowed everyone with her make-n-takes, three to be exact and all just as cute and beautiful as the others. 
The cards I am showing are the ones I made, some of the elements might not match the actual card, but it was pretty close.  I had to improvise because we ran out of most of the elements they were so popular.
On the first day we played with the cute and adorable Mermaid Marci:

On the second day we got to play with the adorable Genie Marci.



And on the third day we used Roller Skate Marci with a twisted easel card:

All of these images and more can be found at the La-La Land Crafts store in digital or deeply etched red rubber.  With the brand new lines they are not only deeply etched red rubber with cling form, they will now be scroll cut so you don't have to cut them down anymore!  This process will eventually roll out with the older stamps once they make more.  That was a big hit at the show.

Now here are a few pictures from CHA.  

The lovely Sparkle stopped by! 
She is so pretty and so nice, loved meeting her.

Irina & Renate,
Renate showing off her Luka I-phone cover.

The main display of all the cards by the DT

The full layout of our booth

Renate & I sporting our La-La Land wear. 
We are so blessed.

If you haven't been to the La-La Land FB page to see all the pictures of our new and old friends, pop on over there to see all the fun we had.  And if you happen to see your picture go ahead and tag it.

Alrighty, I think that's enough for today..  Be sure to pop on back from my Farm Fresh Mystery Monday card featuring a former Farmer.  Until then enjoy the rest of your Sunday and let me know if you accomplished all that you wanted to this weekend.

Mahalo for stopping by!

Hugs,

Lilo

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

My Favorite color is...

Green!  Well, I also love blue, red, orange, yellow, black, brown, ack who am I kidding, I love them all.  hehehe..  I bet you're wondering what is she rambling on about? (hehe)  Well I'm just trying to give you a hint at what today's Farm Fresh W.O.W. challenge is.  If you haven't guessed, it's a "What's your favorite color(s) challenge."  Please pop on over to the FFC blog to see what are the DT's favorite colors.

I made a pop-up easel card again.  I think these are super fun as long as you know how to make the pop-up part stand correctly.  I picked this bright and fun paper that has all the primary colors.  In the center I stamped the sentiment "Open me!" from the O&A Surprise set.  Surrounding the sides are colorful balloons that I colored using Copics.  I used the C.C. Designs Cutters Balloon dies & C.C. Designs Cutters Squiggle dies for that fun festive feeling.

I edged the card in black to give it a little bit of a border.  Once you open the card SURPRISE!

Say hello to Amelia.  She's dressed for a formal party and she's got a surprise in the form of a couple of brightly wrapped presents.  hehe...  I used a couple of the reverse wonky rectangles to create this card and this paper is one of my favorites, We R Memory Keepers, White Out.  Alrighty, now it's your turn to let us know what your favorite color(s) is/are.  We can't wait to see how many colors flood the Galleria.

The W.O.W. challenge is open until Tuesday; entries are due by 12 PM CST.

The winner is chosen by random draw and wins a free digi of choice!

Please upload your challenge cards/projects to TGF Galleria > Farm Fresh Challenges 2011 > Which One Wednesday > Favorite Color

Have a fabulous Wednesday my friends and don't forget you still have a couple days to get in your projects for the FFF Throwback with a fun paper fold challenge.  So far everyone is going all out!!  Love it!! :)

Mahalo for stopping by!
Hugs,
Lilo

MM with Moretta!

Hello Friends!  Hope your Monday is playing out terrifically, sometimes they can be a drag, but sometimes it can be good.  Not so much, but sometimes.   haha!

Today is Mystery Monday at the Farm Fresh Challenge blog.  Today was Sparkle's turn to choose our lucky card to case.  She chose this adorable birthday Ian card by Moretta!

Love her layout, the colors and all the stars.  A very sweet birthday card for any little boy.  My take on her card is a bit different, but I still kept some of the same elements.  Going with a birthday theme as well, I chose to use one of the new images just released on August 1st from The Greeting Farm, Birthday Ian.  I flipped the card on it's side and used some other birthday elements.

Alright friends, it's your turn to create!   Here is a reminder of what the MM challenge is all about:

You now have two ways to play! You can either CASE the card OR you can use it as an inspiration piece. Meaning that you can make the same style of card, use the same colors, etc, just as long as we can tell that you got your ideas from the showcased card.

The winner is chosen by random draw and will win a free TGF single stamp of choice, so good luck!

Please post your cards in the TGF Galleria - Home > Farm Fresh Challenges 2011 > Mystery Mondays > Moretta

The Mystery Monday contest runs until Sunday, entries are due by 12 PM CST.

Birthday Ian

Mahalo for stopping by today!  I hope you get to play along!  Have a terrific day!

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