It's gonna be a BRIGHT and SUNSHINY day for sure at The Greeting Farm!  Hooray!

Today is the day- two new sets are available for purchase as we are proud to debut our new line of CLEAR stamps! 

Bantastic

And My Fairy Princess

Here is my project using Bantastic!

I wanted to use the triangle polka-dot banner and kind of hang them across the card. I also couldn't decide on which sentiment to use, so I used them all, lol!!! I colored Twirl Anya with Copics and set her right in the middle of the card:) I really love how simple this card is, it was so fun to create!

We are SO excited to begin today's hop combining some TGF 'alum' with our Farmers!   Be sure to check out the TGF BLOG for a complete list of links, as one lucky winner will receive BOTH sets just for commenting and participating in the hop!  And just in case you get lost along the way in all of the excitement that is CLEARLY mounting...here is the list:

TGF BLOG

Amber Hight

Tanya Tahir

Kadie Ensley

Kelly Booth

Pam Varnell

 Mary Giles

Amy Young

Kim Nath

Anna Maria Nilsson

Jen Shults

Traci Porter

Emma Eads

and our Farmers!

• Becca Fabozzi
• Carisa Zglobicki
• Denice Bartucci
• Kim Yu
• Tracey Pickersgill
• Jessica Diedrich

That's it for me today, but be sure to head over to the TGF BLOG, where it's ALL beginning!  HAPPY RELEASE DAY, everyone!

Hey, everyone!

I am back to fully reveal what may have been just a cloudy snippet yesterday... did you see through our little surprise or are you CLEARLY stumped?

Well, wonder no more because some of the cherished members of the TGF alum along with the Farmers are thrilled to bring you a BRAND NEW line by TGF: 

CLEAR STAMPS!!!!

Before we go any further, these stamps are not replacing our rubber line.  We are testing the waters to bring you some fun new designs, and most of all QUALITY stamps!  To add to the fun, we also have the opportunity to bring you some RE-RELEASES, in addition to NEW releases and we are excited to get started with our first two sets!  

INTRODUCING.....

BANTASTIC 

and MY FAIRY PRINCESS

For my card, I used the fun new "Bantastic" set!

You can see the triangle banners, right in the center, but did you notice the rounded banners I used as scallops? I love it! This is such a fun set and I'm sure you're going to love it as much as I do. The quality of these new clear stamps are AMAZING! They're trimmed close, nice and sturdy, and have that lovely clear stamp smell, lol! 

So, what do you think?  Are you CLEARLY stunned or could you see RIGHT THROUGH our snippet yesterday?   Anxious to try the new line?  Well, be sure to leave a comment here and on the TGF BLOG to see who ELSE is previewing the FUN today...you'll see some familiar faces in addition to our Farmers and there's a SET OR TWO UP FOR GRABS there, too!

See you tomorrow for the official release of our first two CLEAR stamp sets, Bantastic and Fairy Princess.  Thanks for stopping by!

Something delightfully different is coming...

...to THE GREETING FARM!

Can you guess what it is?   I'm thrilled to be a part of an exciting preview to be revealed TOMORROW, August 14th!

Some of our dearest TGF alum are back along with the Farmers and we have a surprise for you coming... so be sure to tune into the TGF BLOG today and leave your guess as to what that might be!   Are we too transparent?  ANY idea as to what this special, mid-month release could be?  Well, stay tuned and I'll see you back here tomorrow to see if you're still stumped or if you've seen RIGHT THROUGH to what we're about to reveal!

Clearly excited,

~Amber~

DS5~Here's the Scoop!

Hey there! I have a sample to share for this week's Deconstructed Sketch, which as you can see, is quite awesome! (the sketch, not the card, lol)

I wanted to make a round card with this sketch, but decided last minute that I like how the circle looked on a square card, because I'm *loving* square cards lately:)

I kinda forgot to use TGF on my card last week, shame on me, lol! I have OODLES of TGF stamps and love to break them out and give them a little workout;) I especially love "Cheeky Chat", isn't she adorable? I used papers from MME's Lime Twist collection and some PTI buttons and ribbon. I love the colors on this card, so fun! The sentiment is from MFT's "Here's the Scoop", which has perfect sentiments for this image!

I hope you can play along with us this week! See THIS POST on Jen's blog for details and the linky tool to attach your card to! You'll also find samples from the rest of the DT:) Thanks for stopping by today:) 

DS3-Wicked!!!

Hey there! Sorry I'm posting this so late, and for being so quiet all week! I've been having one of those weeks where I'm uninspired and have no urge to be in my stamp room, sad huh? Well I'm hoping to crawl out of my funk soon!

Today is Thursday which means we have a new Deconstructed Sketch from Jen!! I had a blast with this sketch...

And here's my card using "Syren" from The Greeting Farm...

As per usual, I colored her up with my Copics, and then had to find papers to match, lol! I found some turqouise and red patterns in the MME line, except I forgot which one, and I'm too lazy to upstairs to look, lol! The "Wicked" sentiment is from TGF's Roll Call kit.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the girls' cards! You can find their links on my side bar, or you can go to Jen's blog and see them all there:) 

In other news...a nice little Typhoon is coming dead on to Okinawa and should hit us tomorrow afternoon...

Okinawa is the little puny island between the red dot and the yellow dot! We're going to get creamed, lol! The island is very prepared for these storms though, our homes are solid concrete so aside from trees and flying debris, there shouldn't be any structural damage! I'm expecting it to get quite messy! Right now, it's classified as a "Super Typhoon" with winds over 160 mph, but the winds are going to slow down to close to 130 mph when it hits Okinawa, I hope, whew! Wish my husband was here, lol!

So if you don't hear from me for a few days, this is why:)

TGF Play Day

Yesterday, I was really in the mood to do some coloring so my brain went immediately to my TGF stamps. The Anya's and all the other lines in the TGF family are so perfect to scratch that coloring itch:) I was in the mood for a challenge as well so I went to the Farm Fresh Challenge Blog to see what the latest was. The challenge from last Friday is a Throwback challenge, meaning to go back and use some older Anyas. Well that's easy because I have a bazillion that haven't seen ink in way too long! I decided to ink up my Mermaid Anya...

Isn't she the PURDIEST lil thing you've ever seen? And how about that purple hair? I think that's what's fun about TGF stamps, you can color them however you want, they're a very dynamic bunch and they're anything but ordinary;) I'm living out my dream here, to have purple hair, bahaha! I don't know if you can tell, but I had alot of fun coloring her:)

I added Stickles to her tail and the little beads in her hair. It's hard to see, but I also experimented with eye shadow on her! It's a light purple, and looking back now, I wish I'd added another shade, to give her a smokey look:) The sentiment is from Stamping Bella, and it comes with the Bella Mermaid:) All the papers are from Prima.

Since I was having so much fun coloring, I made this little number as well...

This is Surfer Anya and I think she is pretty sweet:) You know that movie "Soul Surfer" that's out? She kinda reminds me of the main character:) I haven't seen that movie yet but I really want to!

The papers here are from MME's Lime Twist collection, the sentiment is from Verve,a nd the splotches are from PTI's Grunge Me set.  The layout for this card is from last week's sketch challenge on the FFC blog.

Well that's it from me today:) I'm off to dinner with some friends! Enjoy your day...

The LAST Mystery Monday:(

It's a sad day for me today, my last cards for the Club Anya & Friends team! Club Anya & Friends is going away and in it's place will be something HUGE and EXCITING so make sure to check out the TGF Blog for details!

Today, we're CASE'ing this awesome card from Joni--

I love her black and white coloring but I'm no where NEAR brave enough to try that, lol! Here's my card, I stuck with her awesome layout--

Oh, hey! Her HAIR is black, yeah! LOL! This is Twirl Anya who was release last month. I really love her and her short, sassy 'do! I stamped her on some Copic X-press cardstock in Tuxedo Black and colored her in with Copics. The patterned paper is from BG's Hello Lucious (love this stuff!) and the sweet tag is a die and stamp set from PTI.

Okay, I totally slacked and forgot to post my Saturday Sketch card on my blog, so I'll go ahead and do that now and then we'll just pretend it's been here all along, it'll be our secret;)

That's Hat's Off Anya (probably my favorite TGF stamp EVAH! I love her!). The paper is from BG's Hello Lucious again (see, told you!) and the sentiment is from Chicks Rule by Verve and was a new release on Friday.  You can see the Saturday Sketch challenge post HERE. Come play with us!

Okay, well that's it from me. I got Apple TV yesterday and am having WAY TOO MUCH FUN watchin' my shows on the big scree, yay!!!

I want to say a HUUUUUUUGE THANK YOU to Marie and Jess for the amazing opportunity, I had a GREAT time and will forever cherish the friendships I made with my fellow DT Members! Speaking of which, hop on over and visit their blogs for their MM post. I'll be seeing you around in the new TGF challenges:)

Club Anya Blog

• Elena -- March Guest DT
• Jessica Diedrich
• Anna Maria Nilsson 
• Kristy Young

Mystery Monday featuring Lynda!

Hello! It's Monday, and that means time for another Mystery Monday Challenge over on the Club Anya & Friends Blog! This week is MY turn to be the hostess and I picked this fun card by Lynda Nielson to CASE:

I love the layers and really like the wavy piece behind the main image, but couldn't get mine wavy:( So I just kept that piece straight...here's my card:

I used a new release, Twirl Anya, and some papers from Stella & Rose by MME! I REALLY love these papers, I think they're from Hazel...

Here's a close up of the coloring, I really love her short hair! So summery! I used a sentiment from Flower Fusion #1 from PTI and the ribbon is also from PTI.

She was stamped on Neenah Solar white cardstock in Memento's Tuxedo Black ink. Here are the Copics colors I used to color her up:

Stop on over to my team mates blogs and see what they came up with! 

Club Anya Blog

• Elena -- March Guest DT
• Jessica Diedrich
• Anna Maria Nilsson 
• Kristy Young

For challenge details, see the CA&F Blog. Thanks for stopping by:)

Mystery Monday featuring Sharette!!

Hello! Happy Monday:) Okay maybe some of you aren't happy, I know I could be quite a bit better, but we just have to deal with it, huh? There's nothing like a little stamping therapy to make you feel better:)

It's a Mystery Monday on the CA&F blog and you know what that means! One of the DT girls choose a card they love in the gallery and the rest of us CASE it! If you play along and add your card to the appropriate gallery (see the CA&F blog for details), you could win a free digi single! Today, Anna Maria is our hostess and she chose this beautiful card by Sharette for us to case!

Isn't it a beauty? I love her layering here and the fun ribbon tabs, which I really love as an accent:)

Here's my card using the newly released Cheeky Beach! 

I loved the melon background she had so I decided to break into my Hopscotch papers by Basic Gray! 

The sentiment is from Let it Shine by Verve.

Here's a close up of the coloring in case you wanted a closer look:)

As always, she was stamped on Neenah Solar white cardstock and colored with Copics. Here are the colors I used--

You definitely want to see what the rest of the girls did with this challenge, I can't wait to see them myself! We have such a talented team, I love all my co-DT girls:)

Club Anya Blog

• Elena -- March Guest DT
• Jessica Diedrich
• Anna Maria Nilsson 
• Amber Hight 
• Jen Shults 
• Kristy Young

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Thanks so much for stopping by today, I hope you get a chance to play along with us!

Mystery Monday featuring Pifa!

Good morning! It's MONDAY and that means it's time for Mystery Monday! Peggy, our wonderful guest designer this month, has chosen THIS fabulous card by Pifa!

I just LOVE the shape of this card, but couldn't find a template or tutorial on how to create it, dang! Here's my card using the Cupcake Anya digi stamp!

The card base is Vintage Cream and the cardstock colors are Sweet Blush and Scarlet Jewel (all by PTI). I colored Anya to match the patterned paper by Kaiser Craft called Hippy Chick! Fun polka dots, I love them!

The sentiment is from Swirling Hearts by Verve!

Check out the rest of my team mates blogs, I'm sure there are going to be some FAB projects!

Club Anya Blog

• Peggy McCurry -- February Guest Designer
• Jessica Diedrich
• Anna Maria Nilsson 
• Amber Hight 
• Jen Shults 
• Kristy Young

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Thanks for stopping by today! 

Mystery Monday featuring Lina!

Happy Monday! How 'bout them Packers?? I really couldn't care LESS about football, but I was pulling for the Packers since most of my family is Packer fans! Too bad my brother-in-law and sister-in-law are die hard Steeler fans! I guess we won't be talking to them until the pain isn't so bad, haha!

Today at Club Anya & Friends, we're featuring the WILDLY creative talents of one Lina!! Check out this beauty of hers!

I love how she added those fun banners! I didn't use banners cause it wouldn't have worked with what I was going for...

I used the super sweet Cheeky Cherry Pie! I colored her with Copics to match this awesome paper, called Devonshire by Kaiser Craft!

The sentiment is from an older GinaK set called Sweetest Blessings. I thought it would be PERFECT for this card:)

Make sure you check out my wonderful teammates to see they're versions of Lina's beauty!! 

Club Anya Blog

• Peggy McCurry -- February Guest Designer
• Jessica Diedrich
• Anna Maria Nilsson 
• Amber Hight 
• Jen Shults 
• Kristy Young 

Thanks for stopping by today!!