Craftymummy2five

Monday, May 30, 2011

Ahoy me Mateys!

"A Sailor went to sea, sea, sea,

To see what he could see, see, see,

And all that he could see, see, see,

Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea"

AHOY, mateys! Welcome back for another day of previews with The Greeting Farm! Our ship has really come in this month with some ADORABLE new releases on the horizon and this brand new Oliver/Amelia set is no exception! When I first saw the new Oliver and Amelia set I couldn't get this song out of my head, it is a very catchy song...hehe!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E79, E37, E35, E31

Dress & Shoes - R59, R29, R27, R24, C3, C1, C00

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R22

Ground - E44, E43, E42

Clouds - C1, C00, B000, B0000

I have followed along with this weeks Mystery Monday over on the Farm Fresh Challenge blog, where we have cased the Gorgeous Kim's card.

Ahoy will set sail on June 1st at The Greeting Farm during our release DT Blog Hop and a contest announcement that you will NOT want to miss! See you back in JUST a few days, but for now, be sure to visit the TGF Blog to see how you can win an "AHOY" set all your own! Thanks for visiting!

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Theres something new Sproutin' up on the Farm!

I am sooo excited to Introduce you all to the very Newest Memeber of the Wild Sprout Family!

Inroducing 'WS Ryan'.

Isn't he just the coolest, I can just picture him chillin out with his buddies and with all the Girlies chasing after him, I mean why not he is a bit of a Spunk!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair- E57, E55, E53

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20, R22

Vest - R59, R29, R27, R27, W7

Tshirt - C3, C1

Jeans - B99, B97, B95, B93

I have used the new Splotchy background stamp again around the edges of Ryan. I am so loving this new stamp and am having a lot of fun using it! I have left the little Silver buckle empty with the intention of adding a number to it whenever I use.

Want one of your very own WS Ryan, Of Course You Do...hehe! Then make sure to head over to the TGF Blog to find out how you can win one for yourself! Otherwise WS Ryan will be making his Royal Debut on the Farm on the 1st of June! And don't forget about our Huge Contest which will be revealed on Release day!

Friday, May 27, 2011

Time to get Royal with TGF!

Hello! It is going to be a ROYAL month ahead at The Greeting Farm and today's first preview is a pretty good indication of just HOW royal...Introducing Princess 2! With TGF's 3rd birthday being only a few months away, we were getting nostalgic and remembered just how popular "Princess Anya" was when she first took her throne as one of the first beloved Anyas. She has evolved so much since then, but really, who DOESN'T love royalty? Because of her timeless beauty AND the fact that we love to play dress-up here on the Farm, we are expanding the Princess collection and here she is, Princess 2:

Princess 2 will begin her reign along with other FABULOUS releases on June 1st...and be sure to stay tuned for a HUG contest announcement on the 1st as well! I'll be back tomorrow for more fun, but in the mean time, be sure to stop by the TGF blog for more information and find out how YOU can win Princess 2!

Last but not least, we are SO excited to be welcoming our June Guest Designer to TGF,Sharette Smith! Sharette has been a long time challenge participant and fan of TGF and we are thrilled to have her along this month! See you back here tomorrow!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Deconstructed Sketch 3

Can you believe that it's Thursday again! Well it is and we have a new sketch for you over at Deconstructed Sketches. I am just having so much fun with these Sketches, hope you guys are as well!

When I was trying to decide which stamp to use for this card, I started thinking that I end up with soooo many Girly type cards and that I don't really have any boy ones in my stash, so I decided that I was going to make a boys card. It's not for anyone in particular, just building up my stash...hehe! So of course I was ALWAYS going to use a TGF image, are there any other stamps out there!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E79, E37, E35, E31, YG17, YG13, YG11

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Top - C3, C1, C00

Pants - BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78

Shoes - YG17, YG13, C1, C00

I have been having a lot of fun with these Gorgeous Spotty buttons lately, they are from Purple Pumpkin and if you haven't seen their Fantastic embellishments, especially buttons, then you should head over and have a look, you will not be dissappointed!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Deconstructed Girls

Monday, May 23, 2011

TGF Designer Spotlight!

For todays Designer Spotlight I thought I would share with you a few of my ALL time favourite things, or at least for the moment anyway...hehe!

Of Course I could not create without my very first Stamping Love, which has to be the GORGEOUS TGF Stamps, ok so I know I am a little biased, but OMG they are the Absolute BEST!!!

So putting aside the MUST have stamps, my next Favourite thing which I can not create without is of course my COPIC Markers. I absolutely love them and of course they are the Perfect Match with all of the TGF Stamps. But lately I am seeing some Fabulous coloring that hasn't used Copic Markers, so it really is down to personal choice!

Another Favourtie of mine is Paper Flowers, Love, love, love these, in fact the more on my cards the better...hehe!

And one of my newest loves is the very BIG Ink Splatter craze that is going around! I just love the look of the ink droplets on my pages or cards, but of course I am always worried that I am going to wreck my card or page by dropping ink on the wrong spot and then my card or page would be ruined and after all the hard work we put into our creations that would be a COMPLETE disaster! So I got a great tip the other day, which was to cover up all the bits that you don't want to get ink on and then splatter your ink on your creation, that way none of your good bits will get ruined. But of course we here at TGF have a Fantastic new stamp where I don't have to worry about where the ink is going to go as we have our brand new Ink Splatter Background Stamp called, "Splotchy".

I am going to share with you a new card I made using one of our NEWEST releases, "The Splotchy Background" Stamp. I have used it around the edges of my page in Vintage Photo distress ink, doesn't it look cool! I love how you can get that Ink Splatter look with out having to ACTUALLY Splatter ink all over your card! So problem solved with the ink splatters. No more worring about if I'm going to drop ink in the wrong place or not!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E29, E27, E23, E21

Skin - E00, E000, E11, R20

Flower, Shoes, Bathers - R81, R83, R85

Eyes - E23, R83, R81

Ball - R85, R83, C1, C00

We hope that you are having fun with all of this months newest releases and are getting time to get your creative juices flowing!

Ok so I thought I would end my Designer Spotlight with something you may not know about me:

My Absolutely all time Favourite Show at the moment is "Glee", OMG I can't get enough of it, LOVE it, to the point where I drive my family crazy with all the music...hehe! Especially with anything that Rachel sings, love that girls voice!

Friday, May 20, 2011

I've been Scrapping....Yay!

This week over at Mad For Markers we have a new challenge where we want you to use your Copic Markers to color your embellishments! I have used YG17 and R24 to color up my two chipboard butterflies. I then stamped them with a script stamp and then used Dimensional Magic to gloss them up. I am really happy with how they came up. The beauty of Copic Markers is that you can always color up your embellishments to match perfectly with whatever you are doing! So make sure to get creative and enter into this fortnights challenge and for all your Copic Needs head over to the Mad For Markers Store!

I have been desperate to get back into my Scrapbooking and after seeing so many Gorgeous Creations about lately I decided to sign up for the 'My Scrapbook Nook' Kits. So every month you get this fantastic kit which all co-ordinates together perfectly. I have made this scrapbook page from the April kit and I have to say that I had a lot of fun doing this page and can't wait to do some more Scrappin!

I have also used on this page some Gorgeous Purple Pumpkin Embellishments. I have used the spotty button, as well as two of the dolieys. They have so many Gorgeous handmade embellishments. They also have their very first scrap challenge going on at the moment and I am entering this into their challenge.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Deconstructed Sketch 2

Did you have fun playing along with our very first sketch! Doesn't Jen make the most Awesome Sketches! Well it's time for a new Deconstructed Sketch and I just know you re going to love this one.

Don't you just love this Gorgeous Elena Wild Sprout, isn't she just sooo adorable. They sure know how to grow them Sweet over on the Farm! Elena is part of our new releases this month over at 'The Greeting Farm'.