The Inking spot of Crain Creations

TE Blast from the Past goes "Trick or Sweet"

Hey yall it's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast form the past!  Today I chose to use the "Hangin' Out - Wicked Wardrobe" set... I have loved this set since it came out last year!!  All of the "Hangin' Out..." sets are just oo cute!!!  Now, as much as I love the Sankari's sketches, this time I chose to use the Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge from Friday (TESC148).To add a little more interest to my card I added some black rhinestones in varied sizes in random places on the card, I also used some super fine black glitter on the Ghosts nose and eyes :) And, of course, used thick vellum for my ghost.  I just LOVE making Halloween cards! Did you know you could participate in the next Blast from the Past Hop?  Make sure you are subscribed to Taylores Newsletter and you'll get the deets on what you need to do to sign up!

Grab your latte and get yourself ready for some "sweet" inspiration.  Thanks for popping by, see ya again soon :)

 

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge

Today I am stamping just for the fun and relaxtion of it :)  I used Taylor's Sketch challenge and a new Moka I recently won from TE...she's so stinking cute!! I always forget how very relaxing coloring it... ahhhhhhh!  While I do love paper piecing and her top is perfect for that, I really wanted to color, so I colored her top and then used my white Souffle pen to add some polka dots, I rather like the look :)  Well that's about it from me for now, hope to see you again soon!  Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Moka Olivia (Taylored Expressions)  Paper: August 2011 KI Kit (Taylored Expressions)  
Copics: 0, C5, C7, C9, E000, E01, E11, E25, E49, E53, E59, R32, R35, R37, RV10, RV32, YG61, YG63  Challenges: TESC147

Are you Moody for Chocolate?

Welcome to the last day of PMS Peeks!  Tomorrow is the blog hop and release party!!! (see my sidebar or the PMS Blog for deets on the Release Party).  Today's peeks are all about Chocolate, and this is Moody for Chocolate!  And if you didn't come from the Paper Makeup Stamps Blog, you'll want to head over there to see some more yummy peeks!!  Earlier today I was thinking about what I wanted to do with this image, and immediately thought of when PMS Hostessed a Monochromatic challenge over at Copic Creations, Katie did the most amazing cards (you can see them here)!  So I grabbed my 'E' copics and got to coloring... Now I'm not near the color-artist that Katie is, but I was rather proud of my "chocolate card" (and I'm extremely happy that E93 is much more "rose" than chocolate, cause I was really wondering how I was going to get away with a brown cherry! lol).  See you back here tomorrow for the hop!

Stamps: Moody for Chocolate (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Chocolate Remix (PTI), Chocolate cs (Gina K), Tawny Light (Prism), Vanilla (SU!), White (XPress)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Coffee Bean (Vivid)  Accessories: Chocolate Glitter dots, misc brown ribbon  Copics: E000, 00, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 30, 33, 35, 37, 47, 49, 74, 77, 79, 93  Sketch: TECC33

A Totally Witchin' Critter peek

Hey, everyone!

Today is an exciting day of more previews and announcements at The Greeting Farm, and this time the Critter-or shall I say -BOO CREW has some "spooktacular" new designs to show you.....AND some new DESIGNERS!

A HUGE welcome to MARGIE CORTINAand SAMMI BETBEDER!  They'll be joining our fun and fuzzy little world for the next few months and we are thrilled to have them with us :)

Today I have Ivy Witch, isn't she one of the cutest witches you've ever seen?!  I love the patches on her cape & hat.

Be sure to stop by the TGF Blog and then the Critter Crew's Blogs as well, because we are giving away not one, but TWO sets of the ENTIRE October digi collection by Marina.  All you have to do is leave a comment and we'll announce the winners tomorrow!

 

The Greeting Farm Blog

Jennifer Royal 

Jacquie Nordaune

Kristine Reynolds 

Linda Muhr 

Shaela Odd 

Margie Cortina

Sammi Betbeder

Tangii Crain

Thanks for stopping by today, and don't forget to meet me back here on October 1st when ALL of the new digis AND rubber stamps are available at The Greeting Farm!  Be sure to join us, too, for our FALL FESTIVAL of CHALLENGES on Friday, October 1st on the TGF Blogand for our release party and chat on Friday, 10/1 at 7pm CST on the TGF PCP page!   There's lots more fun planned as FALL is finally here!

Stamp: Ivy Witch digi (The Greeting Farm)  Paper: misc dsp, Black & Pumpkin cs  Accessories: Teeny Black rhinestones, misc ribbon, black glitter dots  Challenges: TESC129

Paper Makeup Stamps September Sneak Peek Day 2

Today we are peeking the Nothing Left to Say set from Paper Makeup Stamps (available on the 7th).

I coupled my sentiment from this set with our Hugs & Kisses set.  I am in LOVE, LOVE, LOVE with this paper (it was a prezzie from a rockin stamping buddy!  More on that later).  And this amazing sketch... is by the sketch-tacular Taylor (Taylored Expressions)!  This is one of those cards that there is just no way I can photograph it to do it justice.  I could easily make a set of these for someone, a fun easy card!!  Head over to the PMS Blog to see some more samples with this GREAT set and to see how you can win some goodies!!  Hope you have a fabulous looooonnngggggg weekend!

Stamps: Hugs & Kisses, When there's nothing left to say (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Fly A Kits (October Afternoon), Chocolate Kiss cs and Fresh Asparagus (Gina K)  Ink: Olive & Coffee Bean (Vivid), Onyx Black (VersaFine)  Accessories: Pale green rhinestones, Fancy Labels (Nesties)  
Challenges: TESC126

Happy Stamp time

 

I FINALLY got my stamp room cleaned up (yeah, it's been trashed sine the Dare to get Dirty challenge, lol).  Yesterday I hung out with hubby & the kiddo's; then I made a yummy dinner for my MIL and we all hung out some more... such a relaxing day!  This morning I got right on cleaning my room so I could play!  I'm telling you, there wasn't a single clear flat space in my whole room!!  I have decided that my "summer break" is over and it is time to get back into some serious stamping!  So today I took some of my favorite challenges (some that I have missed terribly this summer) and threw them together and voila!  Of course I goofed on the Makeup 4 the Weekend challenge, cause my focal image was supposed to be a circle...hopefully Christi S will forgive me :)  I absolutely LOVE this sentiment from Paper Makeup Stamps!  Now, before this weekend goes away, I need to get more stamping done, so sorry for the quick post, but there's ink just screaming for me.  Thanks for popping by, hope to see you again soon :)

Stamps:  Kiss & Makeup set (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Pink Home mat stack (MME), Intense Teal (Prism), White (Neenah)  Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine)  Accessories:  Olive candy dots (Pebbles Inc), scalloped square and square nesties, Stitch doodle dot template (Taylored Expressions), circle nesties  Challenges: M4TW39, JUGS47, TESC125  

My first Farm Fresh Friday!

 

I'm still so giddy about this Critter Crew team, lol!  Ok, so this weeks Farm Fresh Friday challenge was to use a number, and what better number for this little cutie than her lucky number 31?!  Penny Witch is her name, and purple is just soooo her color!  Hope you'll play along, hop over to the Greeting Farm blog for the deets.  Thanks so much for popping in, hope to see ya again soon!

Critter Crew:

Heather Schlatter

Shaela Odd

Jen Shults

Jacquie Nordaune

Kristine Reynolds

Jennifer Royal

Linda Muhr

Tangii Crain

Farmers:

Cindy Haffner

Jessica Diedrich (DT Coordinator for TGF)

Kadie Ensley

Kim Nath

Mary Giles

Melyssa Connolly

Mercy Kerin

Stamps: Penny Witch digi (The Greeting Farm)  Paper: misc Halloween pack (SU!), Basic Black and Old Olive (SU!)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: Olive Pom Pom trim (Taylored Expressions), Orange ribbon (misc), Gray flower (KaiserCraft), Orange Button (SU!), "Boo Trim" (Michaels ribbon), deckled rectangle nesties  Copics: BV1, 2, 13, C00, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, E000, 93, YG25, YR04, 16, 100  Challenges: Farm Fresh Friday 8/12, TESC123

Chillax Chickie, it's another TE Blast from the past!

  

Hehehehe, hey welcome to the 2nd ever Blast from the Past Blog Hop for Taylored Expressions!  What an amazing group of talent there is participating in this hop... I am just in awe!!  anyway, I have loved this set ever since Taylor first release it!  The sentiments are fun and the images are just awesome!  I haven't been able to stamp in way too many days, so playing with this set was especially fun cause there are so many "fun" things you can do with it.  I wasn't able to use Dazzling Diamonds type glitter to the rim of the glass, so I tried some Shimmerz... loved it!  I thought of using Crystal Effects for the glass and pitcher, but didn't have time to let it dry so I just used some clear glitter pen on the liquid parts.  These bright colors are a little hard for me to work with, but once I got the idea in my head with this patterned paper, there was no turning back, lol.  I love the lime/lemon image and certainly wanted to  use it so I stamped it a few times on my yellow cardstock... love the look!  Honestly, the hardest thing about this set was that I couldn't decide which images I wanted to use cause they are all too cute! Oh yes, and because Taylor's Sketches are some of my absolute favs, I used TESC116.  Well grab your latte, sit back and enjoy the hop...there is some amazing eye candy out there!

Stamps: Chillax (Taylored Expressions)  Paper: Citronella Pinwheels (K & Co), yellow & green cs (Bazzill), white (PTI)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)  Accessories: Green Glitter Candy Dots (Pebbles Inc), Taylors Tiny Twinks green, Angle Wings Shimmerz, Clear & Melon Glitter pens (Spica), New Leaf Twill ribbon (PTI)  Copics: C0, 07,G05, 14, R27, 37, YG13, 23, YR20, 0 Colorless blender  Challenges: TESC116

Things are not just Black & White...

 

  
Paper Makeup Stamps is sponsoring the current challenge at Copic Creations, which is Monochrome.  One lucky winner will get $35 to spend at Paper Makeup Stamps, but tomorrow at midnight is the deadline.  You can go to this post for all of the deets and some tutorials on Monochromatic coloring.  I LOVE black & white photo's, they just seem so elegant and classic to me.  So when I was trying to decide on which image to use and what color to go with, I thought of Lucy and immediately thought of black & white and LOTS of pearls (again with the pearls, lol).  This is not my first Monochrome card, but it IS my first time coloring Monochrome.  Very fun and VERY easy!  I think a set of cards using different colors would be fun!  I wanted to stay true to the challenge, but if I were making a set or something I would likely add a hint of pale color somewhere on here.  I used the sketch from Taylored Expressions. If you have not tried this coloring technique I highly recommend it!  Hope you are having a wonderful weekend, thanks for stopping by!

Stamps: Lucy (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Black & White pp (Doodlebug), Smokey Slate cs (Gina K), White cs (PTI), Black (Prism)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Onyx Black (Versafine)  Accessories: Pearl color Pearls (Kaisercraft), White button (PTI), True Black Swiss Dot ribbon (PTI)  Copics: C0, 1, 3, 5, 7 & Colorless blender  Challenges: TESC115, CC28

PMS Review week

 

Katie thought it'd be fun to do a review week of the sneak peeks/April Release.  This is one of the new word art images for the month.  

Stamps: Deuteronomy 31:6 (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Kioshi (Basic Gray), Black & Ivory cs (Gina K)  Ink: Onyx Black (VersaFine), Milled Lavender (Ranger Distress)  Accessories: Black Candy Dots (Pebbles Inc.), Labels 1 Nestie, Aqua Mist ribbon (PTI) 

We're all quite 'mad' here...

 

I've missed my blog and I've missed stamping!  Hahaha, it's only been a couple of days but it feels like it's been forever!  I recently stumbled across this Digi image company, Sassy Studio Designs.  I saw an image someone used for one of the challenges I work with... I loved the card and just had to pop on over and check them out.  Lucky for me they had just released their Digi Alice in Sassyland images... I was in love!  This is the same company I got the White Queen image I used a few days ago... LOVE THEM!  Since I have out of town guests tonight this is gonna be quick, but I wanted to give a shout out to Sassy Studio's (they just released some more new images).  This card is for their release challenge and I used Taylor's sketch challenge. I'll be back with more deets later today.  Thanks for popping in, hope to see you back soon!

Today is a double post...

** Please scroll down to see my Paper Garden Birthday Challenge card**

 

Today the PMS DT is peeking the new Moody's.  I LOVE these Moody's!!  I'm sure I've said this before, but I think this is my favorite release! lol.  Pop on over to the PMS Blog to see the other Moody being released this month.

Dont forget that our release party is march 7th at 8pm CST in the PMS forum!We will be partying, playing games, giving out prizes. It's so much fun!We would love to see you there!

This month we are going to give away the entire release to not 1 but 2 lucky winners!How do you enter? Just leave us some love (a comment)! We want to know what you like! We will be gathering the comments from all the design team members blogs everyday and will give away the entire release (which is valued at over $70!) The more you comment, the more your chances to win! Please note though, only 1 comment per design team members blog per day counts. So you cant leave 10 comments on each blog for over 100 entries a day! haha!
We will also give away the release from collecting comments from the PMS company blog. Each day leave a comment on what your favorite stamp shown that day is! Easy Peasy!  Thanks for stopping by... hope to see you again soon :)

Stamps: Moody for Showers & Sentiment (Paper Makeup Stamps)  Paper: Key Ingredients kit (Taylored Expressions)  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Yellow brads (SU), misc. fabric brad, misc flower, black glaze pen (Sakura)

It's Paper Garden Project's 2nd Birthday!!!

Every Friday for the month of March, Paper Garden will have a different challenge.  Yesterday's challenge was to make a Birthday card.. easy peasy!  Post a comment and your link to this post here for a chance to win 2 Mo Manning stamps (I LOVE Mo!!).  Here is my Birthday card...

 

 Be sure to stop by the Paper Garden Blog each Friday for a new challenge and a new chance to win!  If you've not yet heard the news... Paper Garden is looking for a few new Design Team Members, you can get all the deets here!  Thanks for stopping in... hope to see you again soon!  

Stamps: Too Late for Cake (Eat Cake Graphics)  Paper: Sugar Rush (Basic Gray), Pink & Gray prism cardstock  Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Accessories: Brads, Button & Ribbon from Paper Garden, Deckled Rectangle Nesties

Happy Monday...

 

 Happy Monday!  I finally took a break on Sunday from organizing and stamped a little.  

Stamps: Flowers for Daisy (by Asela Hopkins for Gina K Designs)  Ink: Coffee Bean (Vivid), Tuxedo Black (Memento), Copics  Paper: Taylored Expressions August 20th Key Ingredients kit  Accessories:  Chocolate pearls (Kaiser craft)