TGF Challenge - Stitching

Aloha!  TGF is hosting another challenge and the challenge is to use stitches on our LO or cards.  Please join us and upload your creation at the TGF Gallery!

HOW TO PLAY:

Just upload your layout using TGF Stamps and a STITCHING TECHNIQUE to TGF Galleria>Scrapbooking Kits>Contests/Challenges>Scrappin in Stitches.

You have until Tuesday, April 27th to get your scrap on using SEWING, FAUX stitching, Stitched embellishments or rub ons, etc.  Just as long as we can see SOME stitching on the layout!

We'll announce the winner when we come back on Thursday the 29th with our next challenge and ONE LUCKY PARTICIPANT will win THEIR CHOICE of TGF Single!


And without further ado here is my LO using the oh so versatile In the Spotlight kit:

This LO is basically about riding the train in Japan and how much it reminded me of my childhood.  I was so glad to have the opportunity to be able to go back to Japan several times while living in Hawaii.  And of course our means of transportation is the trains so it was great to experience this once again!

Now head on over to my fellow DT's blog to be inspired:


Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro - that's me!
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
JoAnn Valderama
Lysa Rohrer
Mag Araldo
Jessica Diedrich

Aloha!

Please Check back...

Aloha!  Sorry I haven't been posting much or visiting your blogs and leaving comments.  I've been super busy with deadlines and I'm preparing for a mini vacay.  I promise once things slow down I'll be able to visit all the inspiring blogs out there!  Hope everyone is doing well and please check back later today for the TGF Challenge.

Happy Monday!  Last week was another hectic week for me...so I wasn't able to create anything else.  So I'm posting a Thank you card and RAK I got from Michelle.  She's such a sweetie.  Got this from her last week (or was it a little over a week? I forgot...LOL).  I love it, she's so talented and Love that she had put glitter all over her pants and frock on her collar.  Thanks Michelle!!!

TGF In the Spotlight Release Day

Sooo sorry I'm late posting this!  There was a bit confusion on my end and then I decided to change my LO!  Ugh!  LOL! 

I think that it's really apparent now just how versatile these new, larger kits are going to be, not to mention what a GREAT value they are!  You get a TON of die-cut stamps for $28!  A full 8.5x11 sheet, so when you think about it, you're getting larger stamps, often more than 2 4x6 sets and paying less than what the price would be for 2 of our 4x6 sets.  Pretty cool huh?

I hope you guys ran over to the TGF shoppe and bought yourself this versatile kit!!! Hurry over cause from what I hear there's only a limited amount!

OK, onto the TGF Weekly Scrapbooking Challenge!   

That's right!  Each week on Thursdays, TGF will be offering ANOTHER challenge with more chances to WIN!  (I know, we rock, LOL!)  

JOIN us with our "TGF THURSDAY" Challenges for inspiration, ideas, prizes, and MORE!   TGF Thursdays will mostly consist of Scrapbooking projects with the occasional card or altered item thrown in, so please plan accordingly and now, without further adieu, our FIRST TGF THURSDAY CHALLENGE IS...

*Create a SCRAPBOOK PAGE using TGF Stamps!  (you can use embellies of your choice, but all stamps need to be TGF!)

 Here's my sample:

Sorry it's so light, however IRL it is perfect!  LOL!

Journaling reads:

"I absolutely loved visiting the temples in Kyoto.  Especially the Kinkakuhi (Golden Temple) or Rokuon-ji (Deer Garden Temple).  It is gorgeious in pictures but in real life it's absolutely breath taking!  The reflection of the temple on the pond which is called Kyoko-chi (Mirror pond) makes it all that more spectacular.  This temple is literally covered in gold - gold leaf.  This has to be by far my favorite temple out of all the temples we visited during our Kyoto tour!  I will always remember this tour and so happy we decided to take  it!"

Quote:

"We have travel to chosen destinations and keep the memories of these visit somewhere in our hearts.  With the written word, we are able to unlock our heart and once again relive times in our lives."

TFL and check out the other Guest Designer's LO's!

TGF SCRAPHOP

Hello and WELCOME to our very first TGF "SCRAPHOP"!  

We are so excited to be finally rounding the corner on the release of "SPOTLIGHT", The Greeting Farm's first ever full sheet of rubber stamps!  These stamps come die cut, and a bit larger to be suitable for your scrapbooking AND cardmaking needs.  There is SO much you can do with this kit, and we can't wait to see how YOU create with us when it's released TOMORROW, April 15th in the TGF Store!

What's more?  ONE LUCKY WINNER will receive "SPOTLIGHT" as the prize from today's DT "Scraphop" and will be chosen at random.  Be sure to finish hopping and then stop back by the TGF Blog to leave a comment letting us know you did!

While you're hanging around the Farm today, be sure to check out the FOUR NEW DIGIS by Marina Neira that are also going to be available tomorrow. The Critter Crew has some SERIOUS cuteness for you today as well...links to their blogs are on the sidebar of the TGF Blog!

For now, let's get this party started, shall we?   Here is the official order of the hop:

TGF Blog
Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro - that's me!
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
JoAnn Valderama
Lysa Rohrer
Mag Araldo
Jessica Diedrich
back to TGF Blog

So here's my LO for today...

I wanted to initially use the In the Spotlight Anya stamp, but I thought Stamping Anya best fit this LO.

Here's what I wrote on my LO:

"It was so cool seeing the little TGF table at the 2010 Winter CHA!  I was proud of Marie and the TGF family!  In my opinion once you have a booth/table at CHA you've made it!  Now even though Marie had a small table (since it was her first time) you heard people talking about "those cute" stamps located right by the front doors.  Whenever I walked by there was always someone there placing an order!

I was also really glad to have met Marie and Jessica!  Those two ladies are the sweetest!  I had so much fun getting to know them and talk shop.

So happy for  Marie and her company!  TGF was definitely "In the Spotlight" at CHA!"

Well, thanks so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to head over to Jacilynn's blog next!

Thanks for Hoppin' with TGF!

FFF (Farm Fresh Friday)

Aloha Friday!  It's FFF at The Greeting Farm today!  Today's challenge was to create a scrapbook page or card with the theme "Spring Cleaning Challenge" we were to use something we either

1.  Found that we forgot we had or
   
2. Something we were going to throw out but decided to use for the challenge.  

On my LO, I decided to go with 1.  I have SOOOO many digital kits and as I was planning my LO, I saw Nancy Kubo's Mango Luau kit on my EHD,  didn't realize I had bought it way back when it was in digi format.  I have the traditional version, however my LOs are 8x8 and I'd rather save the traditional papers for my 12x12's.  I tell you going through my EHD I'm always surprised as to what I find!  Any who, here's my LO for today:

Supplies:
Nancy Kubo's Mango Luau DP
Stamps: TGF In the Spotlight Kit

 Don't forget to check out my fellow DT members:

Angela Sowell

Angie Blom

Claudette San Pedro (that's me!)

Jacilynn Cox

Jeannette Siciliani

Jessica Diedrich-TGF Creative Coordinator

JoAnn Valderama

Lysa Rohrer

Mag Araldo

Projects

Been super busy this week so I haven't had much time to create for "me".   I've been doing TGF DT stuff and been creating for Mindy.  Finally got the Quickpage Album done for her and here's a preview.  This is not set in stone and I may have to change a few things.  I am not happy with all the pages but we'll see what I'll change or not...  Not sure when she'll be releasing this so please check back and I'll announce the date.

And if you can't wait for the premade pages, you can get the kit here.

As always I thank you for leaving sweet comments and always stopping by!!!

Another Milk Carton Set

Real quick...I'm not feeling too well but had to make this for a friend I'm suppose to meet today.  I love these milk carton so much I decided to make another one using HG Sing this time.

Wanted to thank everyone for leaving me sweet comments on being selective for another DT run with TGF!  Mahalo Nui Loa!!

Onto my project:

Side view

Here's a size comparison.  Hope this answers your questions as to how big/small they are.

And here's a pic of the individual milk carton.

As always thanks for stopping by!  Aloha!

New Scrapbook/Stamping Kit from The Greeting Farm!!!

Remember that one post I talked about some exciting news?  Well the time has come where I can now announce it!  Woohoo!!!

After months of anticipation, The Greeting Farm is THRILLED to bring you our pilot Scrapbooking/Stamping kit, "In the Spotlight!"  

We are proud to debut this kit which will be released on APRIL 15th!  This newer, larger kit features bigger, more scrapbooking-friendly stamps but that still features our beloved TGF Characters, in this case, Anya herself is in the SPOTLIGHT!  The set is 8 1/2x11 DIE-CUT rubber, mounted on cling-foam and ready to use with acrylic blocks!

To give this FABULOUS kit the proper welcome that it deserves, and to celebrate that we are branching out into something NEW, The Greeting Farm is PROUD to introduce an amazing new team of Guest Designers for the next three months.  Please welcome:

Angela Sowell
Angie Blom
Claudette San Pedro (that's me!)
Jacilynn Cox
Jeannette Siciliani
Jessica Diedrich-TGF Creative Coordinator
JoAnn Valderama
Lysa Rohrer
Mag Araldo

Please stop by the blogs of these talented ladies to welcome them to the Farm for the next few months and also be sure to stop by the TGF Blog today for snippets of their projects and a chance to WIN the "In the Spotlight" KIT!!!

About the Kit:

The Anya in the kit is an exclusive Anya that won't be released separately!  

TGF will be offering a PRESALE on the kit, in addition to the chance to win one today on the TGF Blog.

Presale will be for TODAY ONLY, 4/5/10.   The kit will retail for $28 (reg. price) but FREE SHIPPING available ONLY for TODAY.


We will be doing weekly scrapbooking challenges on Thursdays, too, starting with our first one on RELEASE DAY! (4/15).   Until then, we have more previews up our sleeves and will be celebrating the release with a DT "Scraphop" taking place on the 14th all day with chances to WIN this kit!

And now for the preview of the kit and my LO:

This is of me and my friend Mindy Terasawa, we caught up with one another at the Winter CHA. 

Quote:  "Friendship isn't a big thing, it's a million little things"

HAPPY EASTER!

Made these cute mini milk carton for my gf ManLe.  I went by the store yesterday and I never show up empty handed!  I just adore these milk carton, I didn't realize how tiny they were, but they're perfect.  Learned how to make the holder through Teri.  Thanks Teri!

Have a safe and HAPPY EASTER everyone!

BTW, as you can see...my last post about being my last post was an April Fools joke...LOL!  

Happy Birthday MIL!

Today is my MIL's bday and I'm late as usual! Ugh! Anyhow, another CASE'd card changed the colors and there you have it.  It would have been better had I measured it correctly.  This is what happens when I wait last minute and I have no time to redo...dang!  Any who...  Here's my card...I just love this stamp set!

Thanks for stopping by!

I've decided to hold off on the blogcandy since almost every blog I've visited is giving one away.  I'll wait till it dies down.


Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!!

BTW, this is going to be my last blog entry...thanks so much for always leaving me such sweet comments!!  Aloha!

Another quick project

First off, I have to say how much I love these little tote/purse whatever you'd like to call them.  They're really simple and quick to make when you're in a hurry.  Literally I colored Sing 5 minutes before heading out the door.  And sorry to say you can so tell!  Oh well...It wasn't as bad as some of my other coloring...lol!  As always thanks for stoppin' by!

Sorry about the picture...I shouldn't have taken the pic in front of the window...ay! 

Congratulations Jon, Margarita and family!

Wanted to congratulate my girl Margarita, her hubby Jon and their kids for another step up the Military Laddar!  Margarita's dh made CWO3 (Chief Warrant Officer 3) which is a huge step!!!   It's definitely well deserved!!!  Made this card for the family and included a few goodies in the package.  Congrats again Delacruz family!!!  Come to HI so we can celebrate!

Real Quick...

Needed to make these real quick so I had to make them super simple!  I wish I had more time but as usual I don't

And if you're wondering whatever happen to my blogcandy...well I'm still tryin' to figure out how to work it and how to choose a winner(s).  So please be patient with me.  Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!!  Aloha!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Today is my mom's bday...so I wanna wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!  She, my dad and bro are all in SD visiting my little sister so her package of goodies were sent to my sister's place.  Hope she likes the stuff.  Anyhow, here's my card for her...yes another lift.  I take no credit for this!  I've been having a hard time using other stamps...LOL!  In actuality it should be easier since I don't have to color anything in...oh well...I love this card (well, I love the original!) and hope the mother dearest will do.  Thanks for stopping by!

RAK from Joy

Here's one more RAK that I got from my girl Joy U.  She is the Shaker and Easel Queen!  I adore her work and just love my easel drawer.  This beauty has been sitting on my desk and I look at it everyday.  I don't dare open the candies in it as it is package nicely.  Yeah, call me crazy but I'm like that!  Anyhow I want to thank Joy for always being an inspiration, for her tutorials and her kind comments.  MAHALO NUI LOA!!!

Thank you!!

I apologize for not posting this sooner!  I've been lazy, the desk is a mess, tryin' to do several things at once I just got overwhelm!  But hey, tha'ts life...things don't always go as you hoped and well...this is what happens.  I became lazy and in a funk due to an overwhelming sensation...  Anyhow, I wanted thank all my good friends for always thinking of me!

First RAK is from Miss Janis...she's so sweet!  She gave me this for Valentine's day...I love it and the yummy candies!  Janis knows my love for TGF stamps!  Thank you Janis you are such a sweet friend!!!

This next one was from Jodi...this was during one of our get togethers that I could not make but she was sweet enough to give and make me one!  I love it and as you can see, I have yet to actually open it.  And did you see, I got a Belle's and Whistles stamp?  Woohoo, my first one!!!  I definitely need to ink it up and use it!!  Thank you Jodi!

This one is from Joni another sweetie!  Check out the packaging!  And love, love, love the Hello Kitty post-it notes!!!  Yeay!  Thank you Joni!!

Last but not least, this is from Liann!  Can you see Edward glistening?  Whoa mama!  Cute stamps and I just love the cupcake stickers!!!  Thank you Liann for always being so sweet and thoughtful!

I have one more but couldn't take a picture of it cause I had already put the stuff away and used some of it so I didn't want to take a pic of it half used.  However I still wanted to thank my girl Margarita!  She bought me a ream of Neenah paper...cheapest I've found and she included some goodies, like a paw punch, stickers, ribbons...and all I asked was for the Neenah paper!  What a girl!  Thanks peks!!!  You da best!

Thanks again everyone!  Even though it takes me forever to post, I want you to know I am truly thankful and bless that I have such great friends!!

Happy Birthday Michelle!

Yesterday was Michelle's bday and I didn't want to post the card until she received it  It was a super simple card.  Decided to use HK since that's her favorite.  I'm still in a bit of a funk so I lifted my card (more lifts to come) and made a little bag to house some little goodies.  It's really hard getting my craft friends anything, I never know what they have so I opted to get her a gift card.  Hope she liked it.

I've been getting emails regarding the supplies I used.  So here they are:

HK w/balloons - Sizzix
HK head - Cricuit HK Cartridge
Sakura Flowers on bag - Cricut Pagoda Cartridge
CS - SU! Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo, Kiwi Kiss and Baja Breeze
DP - Mindy Terasawa's Pink Sonata Digital Kit
Border Punch - MS Double Edge Punch Doily Lace Trim

Mindy Terasawa and Nancy Kubo's stuff...

Aloha!  I have some great previews for you today!  My friend Mindy Terasawa has  a couple new kits available at DD.  Below is a preview of them check them out:

Aren't they all cute?  Especially the SpaceMan Stickers?  OMG, I just love these!!  I believe Mindy will be creating a kit to go w/the stickers and for all you TGF fans, this will go perfectly with Space Ian!  Woohoo!  All of these are available now at DD!

Nancy's coming out with a Cricut Cartridge and I have to say I AM SO EXCITED FOR IT!!!!  You can't go wrong with the two SILs cause they have such awesome and cute work!!!  Check out Nancy's Cricut cartridge which is scheduled to be release mid April!!!

Aren't they so adorable?  OMG, I so can't wait.  I will post the exact dates of it's release as soon as I hear!

BTW, you can also purchase Nancy's digital kits from LDD...check them out!

Easter Chick...

...now don't go thinking this is mine.  Well it is but I totally copied it from Mindy...I'm really tryin' to get use to my tablet and pen tool and all the other tools within the program.  So again, I just want to say, I copied Mindy's chick...here' s my version:

Glad to know that everyone is interested in my news...haven't gotten the green light yet, but as soon as I do, I will announce it here on my blog!  Come back again later today, I hope to have one more post!

Oh and one more thing...I bought a movie today called Hachi.  It stars Richard Gere .  This is a very touching story.  I have yet to see the movie, my mom called to tell me I had to buy it and when she told me the synopsis I knew I had to get it. So today while running errands I drove from Costco - Target - Walmart to look for it.  Found it at Walmart for $15!  Not bad.  Anyhow, the movie is based on a true story from Japan.  I heard about it all my life and when dh and I visited Japan I begged him to see the Statue of the dog.   I'm so happy we did and excited to watch the movie.  Watched the trailer earlier today and bawled!  Anyhow...thought I'd share this with you...here's the trailer:

Aloha!

An Apology and an Easter Egg

OK I'm back apologizing for not coming through yet again with my promises...eek!  I'm not normally this bad...OK,  maybe I am.  But this time I really have a good reason.  For the last couple of days I've been out taking friends around the island as they are visiting from the mainland.  While it's so tiring playing tour guide, I have to say it was really nice to have friends from back home to catch up with and just enjoy each others company.  So needless to say I have not worked on anything crafty...well at least the crafty stuff you guys normally expect.  I've been forcing myself to learn my programs so I can start on making some digital kits.  Tonight I drew some Easter stuff none of which were my own creations...just copied a few drawings and made them my own.  Just so I could familiarize myself w/the software that I haven't used in nine months and even back then I wasn't as comfortable with it as I am now...so I'd like to post one of the drawings and hope to make a kit out of it for fun...we'll see how far I can get before Easter...

Meet Miss Egg-cellent (hahaha...don't know what to call her but that just came to mind...corny I know!). We'll see what I can do to make something out of this and the other stuff...

Oooh and I got some Egg-citing (haha!  Yeah, yeah, CORNY!) news that I received today but cannot share it until I've gotten the green light. Stay tune!

Thanks for stopping by! Aloha!

In a funk!

So the weekend came and went.  Had to take care of a few things before dh went on travel.  Needless to say, I haven't created much this weekend.  So I'm posting a Birthday Invite and Thank You card I made for two of my friends.

Oh yeah as you can see, I didn't get a chance to take pic of the blogcandy...sigh, if I am still up to it later I will.  I'm really, really sorry, I've just been in a funk.  Altho, it's not hard to take a picture of a bunch of stuff...uploading and compressing the pic takes a bit of time.  Ugh...I will, soon, I promise!

OK, onto my cards.  First card is the Thank You card that goes with this invite.

Second card is an invitation for my gf Margarita's youngest, isn't he a cutie?

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Hodge Podge of favorites...

...I made this card using a few of my favorite supplies!  I love the stamped clouds from Hero Arts, the oval and oval scallop punch from SU!, the icicle punch that I used for grass from Martha Stewart, CC Design stamp and of course my copics to colored the image.  Really these are a few of my favorite things and I actually used them all on one card LO.  Another simple card but that's how I roll!

That's it...come back Monday I SHOULD have the blogcandy up for preview.  Don't quote me (I feelin' another staycation in the works) hahaha!

Is it Thursday already?!?!

Wow, this week is going by super duper fast!  I'm tryin' to catch up on  my card making as I have several friends and family who's birthdays are this month.  So I'm tryin' to crank out some cards...not easy when your mojo isn't all there.  This first card I used CC Design's Sugarplums Lil' Bug Emma along with some Making Memories paper (I think it's from Making Memories, please correct me if I'm wrong) that I got from Pineapple Cove

This next project was using my CD Calendar that I created for Mindy, which you can purchase here.  Originally this was intended to be housed in a CD case. But when I got the calendar from the printers, I got lazy and then decided that I would use my BIA and then of course got too lazy to pull the BIA out and saw this vertical stand (I'm thinking of painting it to match all my other fixtures on my desk, but it'll have to wait until I move back to the mainland) that I had bought last year just sitting in the corner of my desk.  Perfect!  All I had to do was punch two holes on top and hang it!  Donzo!

Thanks again for stopping by!  I need to take pics of my RAKs still so if you gave me one, I truly am grateful, I've just been so darn lazy and soo not motivated for some reason!!!  Sorry!!!  

I'm also tryin' to gather some blogcandy together to post and pick a winner.  I apologize for the delay in this but if you read the above para, then you'll see why.  

One more thing, I had a question about my Amazing Duo cards...where did I get the paper...I actually just made it from comic books...  Of course I didn't draw or create it but I just put it together, PS it on the computer and voila`!

Sugarplums Lil' Bug Emma was bought at Cute Stuff.

Ahhhhh....I'm back!

Hello friends! Sorry for the week long absent!  Dh went on travel last week and I decided I needed a "stay-cation" of doing absolutely nothing!  OK, maybe not all true but for the most part I didn't fix my bed, didn't do laundry, didn't cook, slept in and took plenty of naps (^o^)  Yes, you can say I have a pretty nice life.  LOL!  I may have another stay-cation next week too!  hahaha!  We'll see just how lazy I can be...  I will say last week's stay-cation worked wonders.  i was just so tried from my Japan trip (yes, the one I took in Dec), my family visiting from Dec - Jan, the trip to LA, the in-laws visiting for 3 weeks, catching up on all the stuff after all the visitors left...so this break was much needed!  I did craft here and there but nothing serious.  After this break I'm really not motivated to do much...LOL!  Sigh, it'll slowly come back, I hope.

Any who, I made this card for my gf ManLe (She owns Pineapple Cove at Kahala Mall).  Her bday is today!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY MANLE!!!  Wishing you all the best and hope you enjoy your special day after work of course!  LOL! 

Made this card  using CC Design's Sugarplums Balloon Emma.  I think this stamp along with Balloon Trevor and Party Emma are so adorable.  Been meaning to ink these stamp since I bought them end of Jan.  I also got this outrageously huge Sugarplum set that I will hopefully ink up this week...so be on the lookout for more CC Design cards/projects.  The card is real simple card but hey, all my cards are simple.  What's  new...hahaha!

These cupcakes are from Roxy to her Aunty ManLe.   Yeah, yeah, I'm using the same pic of Roxy again...it's my fave and her hair is so uneven right now.

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope to post the blogcandy, CHA pics and some cool RAKs I got.

CC Design stamps were purchased from Cute Stuff.  Sorry, Lianne doesn't have a website, but if you're visiting the islands you can visit her store here: 

Cute Stuff at Puck's Alley

2600 S. King St., Ste 204
Honolulu, Hawaii 96826

Oh, Happy Days!

Check out the new Oh, Happy Day from TGF. TGF definitely did awesome job!  Love, love, love this set!

This is a bday RAK from my girl Margarita.  I just love all of it...behind is a goodie bag  of antibacterial Hand Gel from Bath and Body (two of them!) and look at all those buttons!  Wowzer!!  And my girl even got my a Magnolia stamp...a HULA ONE!!  Woohoo she so knows me!!!  I love everything!  Thanks Peks!!!

BTW, all the TGF stamps I have been using were purchased from Tamiko's.