LaLa Land Challenge - Dots and Spots

This week at LaLa Land, we were challenged to use Dots and Spots on our creations. I love this Basic Grey Sweet Threads paper with big Polka Dots, so that was an easy one!

I paired my gorgeous papers up with cutie pie, Ruffles Marci. I love her in purple, she looks so fancy!
I colored Marci with Copics.

Skin - E21, E00, E000, R20, R30

Hair - E25, E31, e50

Dress and Headband - V17, V15, V12, V000

Shoes - W5, W3, W1
I added lots of fun flower ribbon from my stash, and some I am Roses Flowers. I used Purple Curly roses, and Purple Cherry Blossoms.
I hope you will stop by LaLand Crafts to check out what my other teamies have come up with for inspiration.

I am Roses Haunted Halloween Contest

I Am Roses Haunted Halloween Contest

Hi Everyone!

It's time for another I Am Roses Creative Contest! The theme is "Haunted Halloween." Please make sure to incorporate I Am Roses products in your contest entry (for example: altered project/tags/layouts/cards). Be Creative!


Contest Details:

Domestic and International Contestants welcome! 1 entry per contestant only please.

The contest submissions are open Oct. 1st through Oct. 14th, 11:59pm PST. Entries must be submitted via video response on Youtube. Slide show video responses are welcome. **Note**ALL video responses must have the RATINGS ENABLED.

Now it's up to you, the viewer, to vote for your favorite submission. Please cast your vote by clicking on the "LIKE" button on your favorite video project. Voting ends Oct. 16th 11:59pm PST. No exceptions. The winner will be announced on the I Am Roses Channel the following day Oct. 17th 2011. Thank you! :-)

Please see video for additional details.


If you have any questions, please send us a private message on the I Am Roses YouTube channel. (Please DO NOT message the designers on their private channels.)


GOOD LUCK to all the participants. We can't wait to see your submissions. HAPPY CREATING!!

HELLO and WELCOME to the OCTOBER release at The Greeting Farm! Not only do we have FIVE SPECTACULAR new releases available, a NEW challenge team debuting today on the Farm Fresh Challenge blog, we are THRILLED to bring you a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT- probably one of the biggest in TGF history...

THE GREETING FARM IS PROUD to announce that we have been invited to be the newest MEMBER COMPANY on SPLITCOASTSTAMPERS!!!!!


We are beyond thrilled and honored to become a Member Company and cannot wait to share some of the benefits and excitement with ALL of you!


For those of you NEW to Splitcoaststampers (SCS), it is the single largest online community for stampers and a wonderful place to access tutorials, a vast online gallery, and tons of ways to get involved with their awesome forums dedicated to stamping and much more!


As a MEMBER COMPANY, The Greeting Farm now has our VERY OWN FORUM to encourage ALL of our customers, new and old to get out there and chat with us, while we keep you up to date on the latest TGF happenings :) With over 700,000 unique hits a month, we are excited about the potential to meet NEW Farm friends, but we are mostly SO, SO very excited about being able to have a 'home' to chat with you, get to know you better, and post fun and important information ALL in one place! We really look forward to this being a means of getting closer to our stamping community, welcoming new stampers and getting to spend more time with our cherished current customers, as well!


Splitcoaststampers also offers a wonderful Member gallery where you can upload ALL your photos, even non- TGF cards, to their gallery and use different keywords depending on what you're uploading. Please use this keyword for all SCS gallery posts: thegreetingfarm (no spaces :)




Last but not least, if you are new to Splitcoast, it's a free service, so all you need to do is pop on over and register a user name and password just like our own Gallery :) Should you lose the above link to get to the TGF FORUM? No problem! Just log onto Splitcoast, enter the FORUMS> Member Companies>The Greeting Farm! WOO HOOOO!!!!! We are SO EXCITED about this announcement!


If you have ANY questions whatsoever, please contact Jess and she will be happy to answer them!


Now...ON with the SHOW! Hooray! We hope that you will come to our RELEASE EVENT TODAY, beginning atNOON CST, and chatting throughout the day! Around 10pm CST. there will be an ENTIRE release to give away to one lucky SCS user who chats with us on our "RELEASE PARTY CHATTER" thread, so come on over and check us out! You can chat with us ANY time before 10pm CST-winner will be announced on the TGF BLOGand on our SCS chat :)

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Last but not least, our DT BLOG HOP begins as there is ANOTHER OCTOBER RELEASE PRIZE being given away to anyone who completes the DT hop and leaves a comment here on the TGF BLOG!

• TGF BLOG
• LORI CRAIG
• Becca Fabozzi
• Carisa Zglobicki
• Denice Bartucci
• Kim Yu
• Tracey Pickersgill
• Jessica Diedrich

Thank you so much for participating and for being here with us on such an exciting day!
Hope to see you ALL on the new TGF FORUM! Hooray!

Teariffic

Hello, TGF friends!

So, are you all exhausted, reeling from this FULL week of previewing the FIVE new stamp sets being released at The Greeting Farm TOMORROW????? Well, we thought we'd help out with that and wind down the week with a nice cup of tea....

However, winding down is not all THAT possible because we have a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW, don't forget! For now though, sit back...relax...and pour yourself a cup or two of inspiration from our new "Teariffic" set:

I love this cute set, these tea cups are my fave, simple, yet adorable. I also love them cause they are perfect for any occasion, and I love versatile cards and images.
I colored up my cups with copics. I kept the colors bright and cheery to match the colorful Webster's Pages papers that were the perfect match.
We are totally zen on the TGF BLOG today too (ok, we are bursting with excitement about tomorrow, but we are TRYING to be, anyway!), so be sure to head over for more project inspiration and another chance to WIN "Teariffic" today! Thanks, as always for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow for ALL the excitement!

An Apple a Day - Simon Says DT

It's that time again, time for a new Simon Says Challenge. This week our theme is Anything Goes and the design team and I are showcasing brads. SUPER SIMPLE!!! :) I hardly rarely reach for my brad anymore, so I had such a blast with this card, love it!

Ingredients:

Image: Chess Tilda , Pixie Cottage Apple Bench

Paper: My Mind's Eye - Fly a Kite

Medium: Copic Markers

Embellishments: Prima Wild Flowers, Elements brown brads

Tools: Magnolia Doohickey Swirl die, Martha Stewart Monarch Punch

I colored my stamps with copics.

Skin - E21, E00, E000, R20, R30

Hair - E31, E35, YR23, YR20

Pants - E42, E41, E40, E43

Shirt - G24, G21, G20, YG63

Shoes - W5, W3, W1, W0

Bench - E33, E31, E35

Basket - E25, E23, E21

Apples - R27, R24, R22

Grass - G20, G21, G24, YG63, YG03

Flowers - Y15, Y13, Y02

As always our lovely Heidi is sponsoring our challenge with a whopping $50 in store spending spee in the

SIMON SAYS STAMP SUPERSTORE

I hope you will join us at Simon Says Stamp for our Anything Goes challenge this week. I cant wait to see what you create.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

7 Kids College fund - Happy Fall

Just Magnolia - School/Fall Inspired

Magnolia-licious - Fall

Build a One-sie (Girl)

Hey, everyone! I'm back and excited to bring you the next preview from our October Release atThe Greeting Farm! After the popularity of our Anya and Ian "wardrobe" sets a few years ago where you could build your own outfits, we've decided to give the wee-ones a turn to be fashionable and introduce you to "BUILD A ONESIE: girl!" This sweet set of cute couture will be available in CLEAR polymer when it's released on October 1st!

There are TONS of possibilities with this set! Here's what I came up with, for starters:

I love how cute this set is. I do not have any little girls in my family, but my sister-in-law is pregnant, and we are crossing our fingers that it might be a girl. I love this stamp set, as you can mix-and-match the logos on the onsie to any that fir your needs, just great!
I colored up my onsie simply with copics. I also added one of the other design stamps around the border of the image panel, and stamped it with Victorian Velvet distress inks. I love how this adds to the card.
Be sure to visit the TGF BLOG today to see how you can WIN a set of your own today! Thanks again for stopping by and see you soon! In the meantime, be sure to check out the TGF BLOG every day to stay tuned into our week-long October preview week!

"SLEIGHBELLS RING...are YOU listenin'?"

Hello, Farm Friends! It's hard to believe that in a few short months, we'll be twirling into Thanksgiving, caroling into Christmas, and putting some HEART in the HOLIDAYS! While we don't want to rush any of the magical times ahead (and maybe not rush that cold weather, either!), we know that it takes time and energy to get a head start on those Holiday cards!

Today marks day one of a FIVE-day PREVIEW EVENT at The Greeting Farm, and we are thrilled to bring you our first sneak peek at a new CLEAR stamp set, simply titled "CLEAR CHRISTMAS!" Before we get to previews, we have a SUPER special October Guest Designer to announce today! Please welcome the amazingly sweet and talentedLORI CRAIG to our TGF family this month! Lori's blog, "Make a Difference" is inspiring and from the heart, you'll definitely want to visit and we are over the moon that she is joining us this month. WELCOME. LORI!

Well, to start off these previews, I chose to use the cute Santa's Sleigh for my simple card, which I think turned out adorable. This Christmas set has so many cute stamps, it was hard to choose.
I love this cute sleigh and sentiment. It is perfect for those holiday and wintery cards.
Well, does that get you in the spirit, even though it's a little early? We hope so! Don't forget to check out the TGF BLOG today for MORE samples from the entire DT and a chance to WIN this set before it's released! What's more? We have a HUGE announcement coming on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1st during our RELEASE day post and you will NOT want to miss this one...promise! Not only do we have a new release coming, a new Challenge Team coming October 1st...we have ONE more exciting announcement and it might just be our best one YET! Thanks for stopping by today...I will definitely be back with more very soon!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

7 Kids College fund - Holiday Goodness

Paper Sundaes - Anything Goes

Ribbon Girl - Christmas Challenge