My Card for TGF Royal Battle Challenge #2

Now that the votes are in and our teams card is submitted to TGF; I can now show you a photo of the easel card I creadted for this this TGF Royal Battle Challende #2!

TGF Royal Battle Challenge #2

We did indeed make it through round #1 of TGF Royal Battle; and we made it through with flying colors!!! YEAH & thank you all for all you many and kind comments, for as we told you last time each comment is indeed ONE Vote!
This is our card to be entered into TGF Royal Battle #2. This challenge was an easel card and our team member Ann's card was chosen for this challenge. Love those marshmallows!

You can use this link to go directly to our card to vote-VOTE-VOTE! Remember that each comment (good comment) is a vote!

http://www.thegreetingfarm.com/galleria/showphoto.php?photo=13324

THANK YOU so much for every comment-vote you left for our to help up WIN challenge #1 we do indeed greatly appreciate each and every comment-vote. We only have 3 more challenges left and hopefully we will win the Grand Prize. If you left a comment to vote for any of cards; please leave a comment here too and we will gladly send each of you a thank you dare for helping us out and helping us to WIN and make it as far as we make it in TGF's Royal Battle Challenge.

This Weeks Make & Take at Stamp Express

This week at Stamp Express you will be making a lovely Tea Bag Card for this weeks Make & Take. This is basically the one that is at the shop with the exception that I added a Post-It Note to the left side to write your message on. Much like the copy of the 1st one shown here. You will have your choice of different designer papers so every one's card is going to look slightly different this week, how exciting is this. Hope you enjoy making this card this week. Oh, and the tea bags are NOT being provided, you will need to add that at home before mailing it off to a sweet and dear friend. The 1st copy is one I re-made to send to one of SE patron who will not be able to make it in this week because she must go have surgery and I told her I'd send her one of the cards. The 2nd copy is the copy that is is the store and more accurately depicts what you will be making.

Happy Easter to All

Hope you all will have or have had a very Happy and Wonderful Easter Holiday. With out chattering away I will get on with what you all want to see! The incredible Easter Card I have created for some very special people in my life.
The above card I created for my husband. He doesn't really care if he gets a card or anything else or not so I get the chance to try thing I want on his cards. So since I absolutely love the vintage look, I've been waiting to try something new in the way of distressing. I worked perfectly I must say! The image was printed on regular old copy paper. I crumpled it and then un-crumpled it. Lay it in a shallow pan and pour just enough strong "tea" (no sugar, please) over it to cover the paper. The paper will pick up the color very quickly and then you will pour off the tea. Put the entire pan with the paper still in it into a toaster over and bake on the lowest setting until dry. Be very careful not to burn! And walla you have instant ages paper photo!

This cute and YES Fuzzy card is for my Son (Grandson). After making the card I broke out my new MS kit. You rub on the little adhesive animals or other objects then peal off the plastic and place the fuzzy paper over the adhesive, rub again with a Popsicle stick and just like that Walla you have super easy, no fuss, no mess fuzzy, flocked images! I loved the mess free part of this!

Finally this card I made for my Father. And there really is nothing to say, it is what it is. No fuss and no muss here!!!

Super Spectacular Saturday

I'm hoping for a Super Spectacular Saturday! I'm allowed to hope right? Yesterday Morning was Fantastic but last Evening was Frantic and anything but Fabulous. Anyway 2 of the card that I made yesterday happened to be Birthday Cards. So I decided you might as well see them and NO they are not for me; I did NOT make myself a Birthday Card.

My Brother's Birthday is 2 day after mine on the 8th of this month. Above is the card I made for him and of course I wrote something ever so quaky inside!!! And since they have Ducks!

Then my Father's Birthday is on the 28th of this month. Since it is unlikely I'll see him between Easter and his Birthday I though I should have his card and gifts ready to take along on Sunday as well.

Easter falls on the 1 year anniversary of my Mother's death. Through that experience I've learned you never know what the next moment may bring let alone the next day. So I'd much rather give him the card and gift early and then if I do see him on his Birthday just wish him a Happy Birthday that day!

Hope all you all enjoy these cards and will check in on Sunday to see the 3 Easter Cards I have to show. One of the cards is for my My Hubby, My Son (Grandson) and My Father. I didn't get a card made and in the mail in time for my Son in California but his package will be on the way soon and that is more important to him. I hopefully will get to talk to him on Easter or Even better a video call!

I will also post late tomorrow in the late afternoon, after Stamp Express has closed. Want to make sure you get a preview of what the Make & Take is for the coming week at Stamp Express.

I have 3 classes coming up this month at Stamp express. I will try to post those pics as well. Ooops, I better get those taken!

On the 6th 6-8 pm I have a Rubber Stamp Tapestry Class: this class will include making 3 cards using the Butterfly Flowers RST Set and other some extra RST stamps. Also we will be using Nestabilities

On the 13th 6-8 pm I have a Glimmer Mist Class: this class will include 2 coordinating 8"x8" scrapbook designer pages and 3 Embellishments.

On the 20th 6-8 pm I have a Purses and Bags class: this class will include 2 purses and 1 gift bag. We will be using dies, embellishments, ribbons and etc to create these Awesome Projects.

All these Fabulous & Fantastic Classes are at the Stamp Express. You will need to call them or stop by to register and pay for your class. All the classes are $20.

Fantastic and Frantic Friday !

This card is dedicate to all you lovely ladies who had a "Frantic Friday" and need to go home; sit down, kick those feet up and have a great drink (shaken NOT stirred)For those ladies who had a "Fantastic Friday" I can say that my morning was also Fantastic! My hubby took the little fellow to get his hair cut then they went to the grocery store and the apothecary before coming home. What "Fantastic Fabulous Fun Friday"! In that time I was able to get 3 entire card completed from sheer idea to finish project!!! How often does that happen when you have a toddler in the house. I can tell you; not often!!! Anyway; I will show you those cards Sunday in my Easter Post.

Do not fret I do have other samples to share today! Here are some samples that I made Monday when I went to play stamps at my Friends house! We had such fun and she had read about this new technique that she wanted us to try so by all means try it we had to. Playing with new thing or in a new way are so much fun!!!

So lets chat about what we did and check out the great samples I came home with. Michelle and I had such fun and it had been so long since we had gotten together to play that it was sheer bliss, to say the least now on to what you are here for.

So the first thing we did was cut a piece of white card stock and a piece of tissue paper. We laid down the card stock and then the tissue on top of that (I recommend laying the shinny layer of the tissue paper up to begin). Spray (both layers together-tissue on top of the card stock) with Glimmer Mist. We started with "Sea Glass" in the center, then "Sherbet" around that and finally "Chocolate or Coffee" around the very edges. Then you will need to smooth out the tissue (every so very gently). Using a heat gun dry first the tissue paper and then the card stock papers (being very careful not to burn or char the tissue paper). When both papers are dry you have two fantastic designer papers to use to create two fancy dancy cards for two very special people in your life!

As promised these are the two samples I made with each piece of my hand made designer papers! Both cards are using a Stampin' Up Hostess Set. If you fall in love with this set you only have a 3 month left to get it so call your Stampin' Up Demonstrator or if you don't have one call mine, she is a super wonderful person and my very special friend that showed me this very fun and beautiful technique. So now that I'm done bragging about my friend and Stampin' Up Demonstrator; her name is Michelle Hileman and her number is (717) 932-2800. And remember you only have until the end of June to get this incredibly gorgeous Hostess Set.

I love in fell in love with this set and Michelle is such an incredibly wonderful friend that she gave me a set for my Birthday! I was so excited and so happy and so thankful and so lucky to have such a dear, sweet, wonderful Friend. Again Thank you sooo very much for all the wonderful things you gave me for my Birthday Michelle your are truly a very great friend!

My Birthday isn't even until Tuesday the 6th and I've already gotten my gift from Michelle which was so much more than that lovely stamp set and I got my gift from my hubby. He bought me my choice of a dozen copic markers. "Yeah ME"! I may not get anything else but I think I made out pretty well anyways.

Tastefully, Tempting Thursday

Well I've been doing lots more creating lately than I've been able to for a while now. Thankfully!
So due to that I have lots more images scanned into my computer, just waiting for me to share it with you all. Hmmm... much thoughtful contemplation... trying to figure out which of my creations to share today. How about we choose our QuicKuts. I have loved these little dies and have been using them for some time. But when when they started coming out with larger dies and longer border style ones they obviously won me over in no time as well. So without further dilly-dallying here are two of my favorite samples.
I made both of these samples last summer when I was considering applying for a position as an ambassador with QuicKutz. Since thing obviously change and sometimes quickly, let just say that is no longer in the plans but I still love QuicKutz.

This book mark is my absolute favorite. It has loads of QuicKutz dies on it and one small tiny picture of our "Sweet Baby Cakes" from September 2008 when he was 2 years old. The dies encompass everything that he loved at the time: legos, crayons, construction vehicles, bubbles and balloons.

Now how many of of you want to run out and find you some QuicKutz or dig them out from that back drawer and start using them again. It is true that some little impressions can go a very long way and they are great for those little "Love Notes" as well!

Until Next time be safe, be healthy and be creative!