A Sparkling Happy Birthday to You!

Woo Hoo! TGIF, everyone!!!
It’s time for another Farm Fresh Friday Challenge over at The Greeting Farm!
And for this week, we are challenging you to create a Birthday Card with Sparkle!!!

Here is my card using "Randy with Flowers"...

I used my clear dust pen and added sparkle-dots and a border to the polka dotted pattern paper! You can click on the pic to get a detailed, better view of all the sparkle-ness going on with lil Randy ;) 

Be sure to visit to see what the Farmers and the rest of the Critter Crew have created to share with you today as well :)
AND, head on over to the TGF Blog for the challenge deets...
This week's winner will receive... Sweet Anya

Here are the other challenges that I used for my card:

- Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #100!!!

{Congrats!}

- That's Krafty Thursday #42: Use Kraft CS

- Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Sparkle!
- Stamps R Us Challenge #9: Use Scallops and Sparkle

Thanks for stopping by! and enjoy your Friday!

hugs!!! 

Card Details:

Stamp(s): The Greeting Farm - Critter Crew "Randy with Flower" Digital Image by Marina Neira, 

SU "Sweet and Short" Sentiment Stamp  

Paper(s): October Afternoon "Thrift Shop" DP, Papertrey Ink CS, Neenah White

Ink(s): Copic Markers, Memento Tuxedo Black, Spica Glitter Pens, Sakura Clear Star Dust Pen

Accessories: MFT Scalloped Scallop Die-namics and Twill Ribbon, Spellbinders Small Oval Nesties

A Cuddly Greeting Farm Sneak Peek For You!!!

Good morning!!!
I hope y'all are ready for a wonderful Thursday full of treats :)
I have 3 posts to share with you today!!! This one's the first!

The Greeting Farm's Critter Crew gets to share a few Sneak Peeks with you today! Squeee!!! There are THREE new images to drool over ;)

Lookie at this adorable lil guy joining the critter lot on November 1st!!!
Oh, and I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #97 :)

"Timmy - Rocking Horse"

I LOVE Timmy's feet-ie pajamas!
Wouldn't it be nice to still be able to wear those comfy pjs?! I know they make them for adults, but I feel a bit silly and embarassed to actually buy one, lol!

Here's a close up of Timmy rocking away!
Love me my glitter pens and new Echo Park DP!!!

There will be a set of critter digis up for grabs PLUS a Twitter and FB contest for anyone who leaves comments on all of the Critter Crew's blogs today!!! So be sure to stop by The Greeting Farm Blog for more details!!!

Heather Schlatter {Welcome Back!!!}

Jacqueline Nordaune 

Jennifer Royal 

Kristine Reynolds
Linda Muhr {Off this week}

Margie Cortina {ME!}

Sammi Betbeder 

Shaela Odd 

Tangii Crain

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy hopping around and taking peeks ;)

Card Details:

Stamp(s): The Greeting Farm - Critter Crew "Timmy - Rocking Horse" Digital Stamp by Marina Neira

Paper(s): Echo Park "Everybody Loves Christmas" DP, Recollections Kraft CS, Bazzil CS Neenah Solar White

Accessories: Copic Markers, MFT Scalloped Scallop Die-namic, Papertrey Ink Dot Ribbon, Spellbinders Square Scallop Nestie

"Buggy Bloom"

Good evening, stampy friends :)

I was able to have a lil fun this evening and created a lil baby card for a friend...

This is "Buggy Bloom" from Baby Bud Designs! Isn't she the sweetest?!

What I love SO much about this image, is that it can be colored up for a boy too ;) Very important to have versatility in your stash!

I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch #95 and my lil beloved pad of Cosmo Cricket's Togetherness!

It was my sons idea to use buttons for the buggy's wheels ;) lol!

Here are my list of challenges!!!

- Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #95

- Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #80: Buttons, Flowers, Friendship

- Papertake Weekly Challenge: 3 of a Kind (Buttons)

- Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #21: 3 of Anything (Buttons)

- Craft Your Days Away Challenge #5: Babies

- Raise the Bar Challenge #39: Pink and Female Image

- Totally Papercrafts Challenge #37: Buttons and Bows

- Pixie Dust Studio Challenge #43: Sweet Baby

I hope you likey!

Don't forget! You still have time to enter in

Baby Bud Designs First Autumn/Halloween themed challenge :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Good night :*)

4 1/4 x 4 1/4 Card Details:

Stamp(s): Baby Bud Designs "Buggy Bloom" Digital Image, The Greeting Farm Sentiment Stamp

Paper(s): Cosmo Cricket "Togetherness" 6x6 Pad, Papertrey Ink CS

Accessories: Copic Markers, MFT Open Scallop Die-namics, Baker's Twine, misc. Buttons and Ribbon

Baby Bud Designs FIRST Challenge!!!

It's Friday!!! Yippeee!!!

And at Baby Budy Designs,

we're celebrating with our very FIRST challenge along with our Friday Freebie!!! 

So everyone should be able to play along!

Here are the details:

The fist challenge begins today (September 24th, 2010) and will close on October 27th at Midnight EST.

This means you have a whole month to play along with us!!!

The theme for our first challenge is... 

FALL/HALLOWEEN!

You can make up any card or project using fall colours, halloween cuties, etc!

As long as it falls into one of these two categories, you're good to go ;)

AND, you can enter as many times as you like!

For my card, I used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #92!!!

I colored sweet "Autumn" with my Copics and used some of my fun Matilda DP from Cosmo Cricket :) Those lil mice running around the pumpkins had me giggling!

We would love to see you use a Baby Bud Design Image for your projects, feel free to grab the freebie today from the Baby Bud Designs Blog!

And ONE random winner will be selected to win 2 RUBBER Baby Bud Stamps, a CARD KIT full of goodies AND 2 Digi Images of their choice from the Etsy Store!

Please be sure to visit the Lady Buds for more Baby Bud creations :)

Calypso - http://calypsocandycraft.blogspot.com

Ellie - http://scrapbookmamaof4kidz.blogspot.com

Giovana - http://giovana-believe.blogspot.com

Jennifer - http://justcoffeepleasestampsribbonspaper.blogspot.com

Krista - http://craftylittlepigtails.blogspot.com

Purple Lisa - http://the-purple-place.blogspot.com

Lisa V - http://lisaspaperfun.blogspot.com

Maria - http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com

Mary Ann - http://www.etsy.com/shop/BabyBudDesigns

Sheri - http://babybuddesigns.blogspot.com

Silke - http://silli-silli.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your TGIF!!! :*)

Card Details:

Paper(s): Cosmo Cricket "Matilda" DP, Prism CS, Papertrey Ink Kraft CS

Stamp(s): Baby Bud Designs "Autumn" Digital Image

Ink(s): Copic Markers

Accessories: Cosmo Cricket "Matilda" Button, K&Company Gem Flowers, Baker's Twine, MFT Scalloped-Scallops Die-namics, Spellbinders Small Oval Nestabilitie

Pixie Dust Studio #39: "In Between the Newsprint"

Hi again!

*Please scroll down to see my card for this week's StampInsanity Stamps Sketch Challenge, thanks!!!

It's also time today for a Pixie Dust Studio Challenge!!!

"In Between the Newsprint"

Use Black and White with ONE other color!!!

I also used the following challenges for my card...

- Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #90
- Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Holiday Fun! (Halloween)

- Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #30: Anything goes
- Digital Tuesday Challenge #75: Dots and Stripes
- Cupcake Craft Challenge #107: Books and Stories (Harry Potter!)

Meet "Ron", Harry Potter's BFF!!!
Isn't he adorable?!
I just had to add in some freckles and color his hair as orange-y as I could ;)
These awesome papers are My Mind's Eye "Boo! To You"! I am addicted to the 6x6 sampler packs available at Die Cuts R Us ;) hee, hee!

Here's a peek to Pixie Dust's next release ;)

Thanks for stopping by today :)

We're off to get things ready to head out to my lil sisters Graduation tonight!!!
We're so excited and proud of her!!!

Later gators :*)

The Pixies:

Kathy {Owner/Illustrator} - http://pixieduststudio.blogspot.com/

Beth - http://www.inkyfingersrule.blogspot.com/

Cat - http://catscraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Caz - http://aloadofoldblogocks.blogspot.com/ 

Cyndi - http://scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/

Dani {Sketch Artist} - http://countyourbeautifulblessings.blogspot.com/

Joyce {Challenge Coordinator} - http://jolaras.blogspot.com/

Karen - http://karenscards.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://creativek9s.blogspot.com/

Marsha - http://stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://8ers.blogspot.com/

Shelly - http://jaspere-jaspereslittlecorner.blogspot.com/

Suzi - http://mrsweyremaster.blogspot.com/

Taylor {August Guest} - http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://www.funpapercandy.com/

Happy Holidays with Die Cuts R Us Blog Hop!!!

Merry Christmas Eve!!! It's finally here! The...
Die Cuts R Us Design Team Holiday Blog Hop!!!

To start at the beginning of the hop, please go to the Die Cuts R Us DT Blog... otherwise, you should have just left my lil sisters blog, Sarabeth of Scrap Happie :)

Don't forget to leave a lil love on each of the DT's blogs and grab your "keywords" to unscrable the phrase and be entered to win a gift fromt he Die Cuts R Us Store!!!

The team was asked to use their fave products from the Die Cuts R Us Store... Do you know how hard this was to do?!?! I couldn't just go WITH (<--- keyword!) one product!

Now, if you know me, you know that I am a Twilight-a-holic ;) and lil' Edward from The Greeting Farm is my boyfriend! hee, hee! Especially when he is colored in with my beloved Copic Markers and Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Markers! Add in some Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly DP and The Robin's Nest Dew Drops and I am in heaven!!!

See?! Edward always sparkles just for me :)
This card was also inspired by Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge 53!

... and then I did needed to take a lil break from the holidays to enjoy some December birthdays...
This is my first time inking up this handsome guy - The Greeting Farm's Twinkle Tots "Max" Rubber Stamp - paired him up with Cosmo Cricket's Boyfriend DP and Cuttlebug's Stars Embossing Folder!
Perfect birthday card!
This card was created using The Greeting Farm's Christmas Sketch #2!

Getting back into the holiday spirit... I always turn to my Memento Ink, Copic Markers and Dew Drops to get my mojo flowing...
I also turn to sketches ;)
This card was inspired by The Greeting Farm's Christmas Sketch #3!

And last, but certainly not least! I finally digged into some new faves!!! Bo Bunny DP, Neenah Paper, May Arts Ribbon and my Nestabilities!!!  I don't think I'll ever created another card without using my Nestabilities ;) and I used The Greeting Farm's Christmas Sketch #1!

There ya go! Now you know my favorite must haves when I am getting my scrappy groove on!!!

OH! Don't forget to also enter Die Cuts R Us' Epic Six Die Cutting Tool Contest HERE!

Your next stop is the very wonderful, sweet and talented Jessica of The Whimsical Butterfly 

Happy Hopping!!!

and

Merry Holidays :*)

InStyle Stamps Over the Hump Day Blog Candy Giveaway!!!

Happy Hump Day!!!
I've got another sick lil one, sigh... just when things were clearing up, now our 3yo is sick; and it takes a lot for this lil guy to be so tuckered out to not only nap once, but three times yesterday! I was so worried that he had the flu that I didn't leave his side for more than 2 seconds, but the doc confirmed it's just a double ear infection and virus - we're pros at handling that! So, with a lot of patience and prayer, he'll be fine in a couple of days :)
Thanks to all of you who have sent much lovely thoughts, comments and prayers our way :*)

Ok, moving on to some fun stuff :)

Today is InStyle Stamps Over the Hump Day Blog Candy Giveaway!!!

OTHDBCGA was started to give a little boost to get us over hump day. It occurs on the 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of the month.

This month’s challenge is to create a New Year's themed card or project using an InStyle Stamp image. If you don't have an image, please click on my link in the upper left hand corner of my blog and you will receive 5% off all your orders ;)

Once you've completed your project (and you have 30 days to do this), simply post a link to your project before 11:59pm, PST, January 12, 2010. And the Blog Candy Winner will be announced by 6pm January 13, 2010.
This month's prize is 3 Copic Markers and 3 Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Markers!!! 
{Oh! how I wish I was able to win too ;) LOL!}


Here's my New Year's themed card using Jana...
I borrowed Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge #52
AND
The Pink Elephant's Challenge #45 - Winter or Christmas Theme

Be honest! What do you think of the color combo?! I wasn't sure of it at first, but I've grown to love it ;)  and Jana is stylin' for New Year's Eve now! She's all ready to freeze her lil butt off at Times Square :)




Happy 2010 Card Details:
Paper(s): Making Memories DP; Neenah White CS
Stamp(s): InStyle Stamps "Jana" Digital Image
Ink(s): Copic Markers
Accessories: Making Memories Vintage Findings Clocks; May Arts Ribbons; Nestabilities; The Robin's Nest Dew Drops



AND don't forget!!! Club Anime's sketch challenge!
You may be our lucky pic for January and Febuary's Guest Designer!!! So exciting!!!
Here's the sketch for you to base your project on:

To play along and enter for the guest designer call, please leave your name and a direct link to your project in Mr. Linky HERE!!! The guest designer call will remain open until 11:59pm EST on Saturday, Dec. 26th!

C'mon! Let's get scrappy!!!

I'm still bumbling...

Hello friends! It's me! and yes, I'm still bumbling around :) I've missed y'all!
I was trying to catch up and finally realized that I just cannot do it... it was stressing me out, and with finally starting to feel better - I took a few days off and figured that it would be better to just pick up were I should be without worries :)

So here I am :) and ready to show you 2 cards I was able to finish today!


Today is Club Anime's Monthly Color Challenge 

Red, Green, Forest Green and White


This month's prize is 3 rubber stamps of your choice. You have one month to create a project using these colors. Once you finished it, post a link to Club Anime's post or via Mr. Linky no later than 11:59 pm PST, January 8th, 2010. The winner will be announced on January 9th.

Here is my card using InStyle Stamps "Christmas Tree Chick" Digi Image :) 
I also used 2 Sketches 4 You - Kazan's Sketch 41!!!

Xmas Tree Card Details:
Paper(s): My Mind's Eye DP; Papertrey Ink CS
Stamp(s): InStyle Stamps "Christmas Tree Chick" Digital Image
Ink(s): Copic Markers
Accessories: My Mind's Eye Tags; The Robin's Nest Dew Drops; misc. ribbon; Nestabilities; K&Company Gems; JoAnn's White Lace



I couldn't resist lil Jana and using up some more of this pretty paper :)

Last Wednesday was InStyle Stamps Wednesday Challenge themed... Snow!!!
One lucky participant will receive an InStyle Stamps digital image of their choice and a WINNER BADGE. If you have an ISS image please be sure to use it but it is not neccessary. Leave your link HERE by 12pm PST, December 15th.


I also used Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge 51 (I rotated the sketch to the left)
and
Crazy 4 Challenges Week 15 - Snowmen or Snowflake holiday themed card.
Snowflake Card Details:
Paper(s): My Mind's Eye DP; American Crafts White CS
Stamp(s): InStyle Stamps "Jana" Digital Image; SU Sentiment & Snowflake Stamp
Ink(s): Copic Markers; Colorbox Chianti Red Ink
Accessories: American Crafts Brads

Yes! It feels good to be getting into the groove again :)

My lil Nicky turns 6 on Monday :) and we're celebrating small today (Sunday), going to see Santa, stopping in at Build-A-Bear workshop and his choice of lunch... later on small dinner and cake with family!
His "real" b'day party with more family, friends and schoolmates will be share with his lil bro next month ;) With all of this past years chaos, my boys missed out on quite a bit and we feel that they deserve a big bash for being such sweet lil boys - even at their age, they are so well behaved and patient! Our lil angels ;)

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!
I hope to be back on Monday morning with some of our b'day pics and RAKs :)