Supplies: image stamp (Sister Stamps), sentiment stamp (poppystamps), Spellbinders die (Labels 25), twine (Trendy Twine), ink (watermark ink, Brilliance Graphite Black), white embossing powder, snowflake gems (Imaginisce), adhesive gems, Copic markers, patterned paper (Mitten Weather – Cosmo Cricket).

All of our challenges are optional…the only “real” rule is that you must create a new Christmas, Holiday or Hannukah card, then link it up on our blog so we can stop by and leave you some love!

It’s not necessary that you use a Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamp on your card, but we sure love it when you do!

Don’t forget to visit the rest of the CCC team to take a peek at the fun and festive cards they’ve created this week: Alanna, Brigitte, Candace, Corinne, Dee, Katie, Leesa, Margo, Michele, Pat, and Stephanie!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful week & don’t forget to link your entry on the Christmas Card Challenges blog! See you there!

Hi! TGF July Guest Suzanne here with a new card and a simple technique to share with you!

I’m sure that I’m not the only person who struggles sometimes with masculine cards, so I wanted to make one to share using Oliver from the new “Lovey Dovey” Oliver & Amelia set…

When I colored Oliver to coordinate with the paper, I thought that his cap and overalls would look great with a denim texture. It’s easy to create one, especially if you’re coloring with alcohol based markers, like Copics. (If you know of a way to create texture with another coloring medium, I’d love to hear about it!)

After I colored in those parts, and after the image was fully dry, I spritzed some colorless blender solution on a scrap of denim fabric and pressed it over both the hat and overalls. Once the solution starts to dry, you’ll see the texture appear!

It’s a simple technique that I picked up in a Copic class, and since then, I’ve had fun trying out different textures on my colored images!

Here’s a closeup of the hat:

Pretty cool, right?

I’ll be back again next Monday to share a new Greeting Farm card with you! I hope you’ll join in on the challenges and fun things that are coming up on the TGF blog and at TGF’s Splitcoast forum!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card! Hope you have a wonderful week!

Hi, crafty friends! Thanks for stopping by to check out my cards for my regularly scheduled weekend challenges!

I don’t normally combine them both into one post, but I’m putting them together this weekend because of the Sparkle Creations 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop! If you haven’t had the chance to hop along yet, there’s still time…and there are many gorgeous cards to check out along the way!

My first card is for the new challenge over at Drunken Stampers…our theme is “Christmas in July”…but with a Summer twist!

supplies: image stamps (Surfing Oliver, Elf Oliver (hat) – Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps),  paper (Crate Paper, Basic Grey), Copic markers, adhesive rhinestones, typed sentiment, sewing machine, foam tape.

My second card is for Christmas Card Challenges, and our challenge this week is Emboss Resist…and I have to admit, I didn’t know what it was until I saw it was on our list of challenges! But, it’s a really awesome technique, and I learned about it on Splitcoast Stampers. If you don’t know what it is either, and want to learn, definitely check out the tutorial!

Here’s my card!

supplies: patterned paper (Basic Grey), main image stamp (Holiday Anya – The Greeting Farm), sentiment stamp (Signature Christmas set – Papertrey Ink), border stamp (Nordic Winter – Waltzingmouse Stamps), VersaMark ink, white embossing powder. Brilliance Graphite Black ink, ribbon, adhesive rhinestones, Copic markers.

Hope you enjoyed both of these cards and will play along in our challenges at Drunken Stampers and Christmas Card Challenges! To see what the DTs made and the details on each challenge, check out each blog!

Hi crafty pals! I’m stopping in to show you some cards that I’ve made for two of the latest challenges at The Greeting Farm! Since I’m this month’s Guest Designer, I’m definitely playing along…and I hope you will, too!

My first card is for the RETRO-fresh challenge, which started on Wednesday at TGF’s blog. The theme of the challenge is “Stars and Stripes”! Here’s my card, featuring “Oh Boy Ian.”

My second card is for the “Farm Fresh Friday” challenge, which just started today! The theme for this week’s FFF is “Pink Lemonade,” which means to use pink and yellow on your card! Here’s my card, featuring the super cute Amelia stamp and sentiment from the brand new Oliver & Amelia Set, “Lovey Dovey!”