Keeping Christmas - Baked With Love

Welcome to the Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop!  If you are looking for some inspiration for Christmas cards, you have come to the right place.  Our team has decided to do a monthly Keeping Christmas Inspiration Hop! We will be sharing Christmas creations on the 25th of each month.

The whole idea is to have some Christmas cards and projects in our stash all ready to go for December 2018!

I used the adorable Holiday Baking stamp set by Neat & Tangled to create my card.  I stamped the images on Neenah cardstock, colored them with copics, and then diecut them with the coordinating dies.  I used the Stitched Scallop Basic Edges Die to cut the design paper and red cardstock that I adhered to the top of the card.  I added a twine bow and adhered the images with foam tape.  The stamped images are small so this really takes very little time to color, and the design is simple so I think this card could easily be mass produced for the holidays.

Please hop along and be sure to visit each of the blogs.  There's lots of inspiration and ideas to get your creative juices flowing!

Kelly Lunceford

 

Lesley Croghan 

 

Anita Madden  (you are here)

 

Broni Holcombe 

 

Claire Broadwater

 

Julee Tilman

 

Kim Heggins

 

Lori Tecler

 

Nance Salkeld

 

Nina Forsyth

 

Rachel Bergfeld

 

Vicki Finger

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Hugs, Anita

Hello Summer!

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing a card that I posted over on The Greeting Farm Blog.

These adorable images are from the Mega Mini Summer stamp set.  This set has tons of sweet images that are perfect for making your summer and vacation-themed cards!  I colored the stamped images with copics and then diecut them using the coordinating Mega-Mini Summer DieCuts.  I used distress inks to sponge the sand and clouds and then added some fun flip-flop paper and a twine bow.  The images are adhered with foam tape.

Copics Used:

Skin - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Girl's Hair - E44, E43, E42, E41

Boy's Hair - C7, C5, C3

Red - C5, R37, R29, R27, R24

Green - YG17, YG03, YG01

Blue - B97, B95, B93, B91

Pink - RV66, RV55, RV63, RV52

Turquoise - BG09, BG05, BG01, B000

Sign - E25, E23, E21

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have an amazing weekend!

Hugs, Anita

The Greeting Farm - July Release & Blog Hop

It’s the 15th, and that means the new JULY Stamps are NOW available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store! Our first two sets called MERMAID KISSES and MERMAID GROTTO feature the cutest, most adorable mermaids plus a fantastic scene builder with the grotto. Our next set, FOXY FUN is super fabulous and perfect for those planner pages. And, of course, we couldn't forget about the busiest time of the year....summer, so we had to include MEGA-MINI SUMMER with some cool dudes and dudettes ready to hit the beach.

I used the adorable Mermaid Grotto stamps and coordinating dies to make my card.  I sponged distress inks onto Bristol card for both the ocean and sandy bottom, and another piece of Bristol card that I used for the bottle.  I stamped all the other images on Neenah and colored them with copics.  I fussy-cut the grotto and adhered it in the bottle.  I used the coordinating dies to diecut the remaining images and adhered them with foam tape to give the scene some dimension. 

 

Copics Used:

Skin - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair - E44, E43, E42, E41

Mermaid - RV66, RV55, RV63, RV52

Fish - YR18, YR14, YR12

Greenery - YG17, YG03, YG01

Coral - R24, R22, R20

Starfish - YR23, Y15, Y13

Grotto - C5, C3, C1

Treasure Chest - E27, E25, E23, E21

Sand in bottle - E33, E31, E30

To celebrate we are having a short BLOG HOP, where one lucky fan will take home all 4 sets!! Pretty AMAZING!  Be sure to leave a comment on each designer’s blog, and then head back to The Greeting Farm Blog to let us know you completed the hop.  Super Easy!

You have until Wednesday, JULY 18th at 12pm CST/1pm EST to leave your comments. We will announce the random winner later in the week.

TGF Design Team:

AMY

ANITA  (You are here)

CYNTHIA

JESSIE

MARTHA

STEPHANIE

THE GREETING FARM BLOG 

You must leave a comment on each Designer's Blog to be eligible for the prize drawing. It's a short hop so definitely worth playing along! And if you can't wait for the hop to be over, you can purchase these stamps along with their coordinating dies HERE.

We will have more cards featuring the new stamps from our Design Team Leaders starting the 16th so be sure to stop back by The Greeting Farm Blog to see more inspiration.

Happy Hopping!

 

Hugs, Anita

The Greeting Farm - July Previews Day 3

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of previews of The Greeting Farm July release!  Today I'm sharing a card featuring the new Mega-Mini Summer stamp set!

This is another fabulous set that you're going to want to add to your TGF collection!  This set is perfect for making summer and beach-themed cards.  I created my background by stenciling clouds and a grassy hill using distress inks.  I colored these adorable girls with copics and then diecut them using the coordinating dies.  I adhered everything with foam tape to give my card some dimension. 

Copics Used:

Skin - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair - 100, C7, C5, C3; E49, E25, E23, E21; E89, E87, E84, E81

Green - YG17, YG03, YG01

Purple - V09, V17, V15, V01

Pink - RV66, RV55, RV63, RV52

Blue - BG09, BG05, BG01, B000

Orange - E09, YR18,YR14,YR12

Brown - E42, E41, E40

I hope you stop back on July 15th for our Blog Hop!  In the meantime, stop by The Greeting Farm Blog to see what the rest of the amazing team made with this adorable set!

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Anita

The Greeting Farm - July Previews Day 2

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of previews of The Greeting Farm July release!  Today I'm sharing the new Foxy Fun stamp set!

This is such a fun and cute new set!  There all kinds of different little foxes included in this set. There are also speech bubbles, along with mini sentiments you can use in the bubbles.  I colored everything with copics and then diecut them using the coordinating dies.  I sponged distress inks on Bristol card and popped it behind a three-window frame that I diecut.  I added some acetate and sequins to create a shaker card.  I thought these sweet little foxes would make an adorable birthday card! 

Copics Used:

Foxes - E09, YR18, YR14, YR12, C3, C1

Turquoise - BG09, BG05, BG01, B000

Pink - RV55, RV63, RV52

Green - YG17, YG03, YG01

Yellow - YR23, Y18, Y15, Y13 

 I hope you stop back tomorrow for our third day of previews.  In the meantime, stop by The Greeting Farm Blog to see what the rest of our amazing team made with this adorable set!

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs, Anita

The Greeting Farm - July Previews Day 1

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of The Greeting Farm previews of the July release!  Today I'm sharing a card that features the new Mermaid Kisses stamp!

Aren't these little mermaids absolutely adorable?  There are tons of sweet little mermaids included in this set, along with some cute sentiments.  I colored everything with copics and then diecut all the mermaids with the coordinating dies.  I also diecut a white frame and sponged some distress inks behind the frame.  I adhered all the mermaids with foam tape and added some clear sequins for sparkle.  

Copics Used:

Skin - E13, E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Orange - YR18, YR14, YR12

Purple - V17, V15, V12

Turquoise - BG09, BG05, BG01, B000

Pink - RV66, RV55, RV63, RV52

Yellow - YR23, Y18, Y15

Green - YG17, YG03, YG01

I hope you stop back tomorrow for our second day of previews.  In the meantime, stop by The Greeting Farm Blog to see what the rest of our amazing team made with this adorable stamp.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs, Anita

I'm So Jelly

Hello everyone!  Today I'm sharing a card that I posted over on The Greeting Farm Blog.

I combined stamps from the Happy To Sea You and Make A Splash stamp sets.  I created my card base by applying watercolors and distress inks on watercolor paper.  I stamped all the images on Neenah, colored them with copics, and diecut them using the coordinating dies.  I adhered all the images with foam tabs.

Copics Used:

Jellyfish - RV55, RV63,RV52

Turtle - YG17, YG03, YG01, YG67, YG63, YG95

Starfish - Y38, Y18, Y15, Y13

Fish - YR18, YR14, YR12

Rocks - C3, C1

Seaweed - YG17, YG03, YG01

Coral - R24, R22, R20 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs, Anita