Happy Thanksgiving week.... A christmas card :)

Yikes, and wow it's hard to get blogging about anything on Thanksgiving week. 

So busy! 

I bet everyone else is too! 

Happy Thanksgiving my little blogging community. 

I am so thankful for, 

My Husband, our faith, and our commitment to eachother. 

Family

Friends 

BFF pregnant with a precious little girl

My loved hobby and all those whom support it!

People who take time out of their day to read my little blog!

Those whom comment on said little blog!

So much to be thankful for, so little time!

Happy Thanksgiving all! 

Now, on to some fast Christmas cards I made with my L Letterpress machine. 

These are being sent to Grandma for her to send out :)

Cheers, 

N. 

Cracking issue... L Letterpress Machine

Just another quick add on to my Letterpress review,

Talking about the 'cracking issue' and general use straight out of the box.

Thanks for stopping by!

shading

Here is a small video showing basic shading techniques using,

Copics

Watercolor Pencils

PrismaColor pencils and Odorless Mineral Spirit

MFT Blog Hoppy!

Hello VIP MFT-ers!!!

If you've made it to my blog via the hop, 

You've reached the end!


And 
I doubt I need to show you the amazing-ness that MFT has come up with... but, just in case you missed it...

I am so honored to be the Guest Designer for MFT!

Ok, lets get to it! 

Who's that Girl, is one of my favorite line of sets in the stamping world. And this little gem, From the Bottom of my Heart, is no exception! I just love paper piecing and coloring... and the set combines everything I love about stamping. 

I have an easy tip to share on how to shade using an ink pad, a Spica glitter pen, and a color pencil. 

Here is what you'll need. 

First, take the colored chalk ink and... ink up the paper in circular motions!

Then stamp your Who's that Girl image

Grab your dark colored Spica pen and create the darkest shadows, like this :

After, take your colored pencil and carefully create the medium tone... actually, it's really easy!

Trim around the edges... add to a cleanly stamped Who's that Girl on a white sheet of paper... add a bit of skin color... some red on the heart... and it wouldn't be complete without some glitter... and then add it to a small sweet little envelope card and

Poof...

Or maybe just paper piece it, like this:

Now that I have totally convinced you that you have-to-have the new Who's that Girl... 

Visit the MTF website 

HERE

The VIP kit is 


HERE!!!

Thanks for stopping by! 

If you have a second leave a comment with your favorite Who's that Girl set... 

Happy Crafting!!!

Cheers!

Nicole

The Greeting Farm Christmas Cheeky....

Just a small card update! 

She's a doll!!

Ok, so I basically have to do a video here soon! Right!?! 

Stay tuned... and come back tonight for a special MFT blog hop!

My Minds Eye: Beauty in the Breakdown

Thought I was done with you, scrapbooking.?!.

 Ha, you've only seen the beginning!

I guess I took a bit of a scrapbooking hiatus to focus on some card making... but, here I am. 

Have you ever heard of Frou Frou... ok, probably not.

It's a musical group and the lead girl is actually Imogen Heap.

Anywho, they have song called 'Let Go' and the main lyric is 'beauty in the breakdown'... I just love it. 

It speaks to me on the most basic level. Beauty in the breakdown can mean so many things.... re-birth... change... evolution.... I could go on and on. 

I have been meaning to do a layout with this title for a while... and My Minds Eye gave me the perfect opportunity. 

Thanks for peeking!! 

Happy Crafting!

Cheers, 

N.

MFT Game Night Spinner

Hello All, 

Just a quick little post showing off one of the cutest stamp/dies that have hit the market in a while. 

I don't know if you all know this... but it's become really hot in the stamping world to sell 'dies' and stamps together as a set. I am loving this. Hello, where have you been my whole life! 

Anywho, this set by My Favorite Things is so cute. It went straight into making a birthday for my aunt that is turning 57. 

I think that tomorrow I will do a small video showing how to use the dienamic dies by MFT in your epic 6... I couldn't find anywhere on line that gave an explanation. 

Pretty Cute, huh? 

Spinner landed on 25! 

Guess that was a close call for my auntie! lol!

I'll have to let her know that infact she is turning 25. 

Cheers

N.

A-mused.

Every once in a great moon...

I have the perfect idea for a funny little card.

The story behind this card....

I don't need to remind you (cause the stores do it enough )  that Christmas is practically tomorrow and with that comes the oh so dreaded 'holiday party'. 

Thankfully, 

1. I don't have a job that has a party. 

and

2. My husbands job doesn't have a holiday party that includes spouses. (no comment) 

But, I know all too well that 'holiday parties' are an excuse for drunken bad behavior... and bad come on lines... 

So here is my tribute to the 'holiday parties' of 2010!

The inside says:

How you doin' 

Ha, this card cracks me up. 

All the little boy trees in the background ... and one was brave enough to approach the hottie tottie girl tree and ask: 

How you doin'! 

Happy Crafting Peps!

Cheers

N.

*The Greeting Farm* A small Thank You

A small post today for a small thank you. 

I finished this little thank you last night and thought I would photo it before it went on its way to thank a special someone!

(excuse the not so good photo :) 

More to come soon!

Cheers 

N. 

MFT guest designer contest, Yes please!

*** Update : Breaking news... I WON!! Can you believe it? Look out for my creations on the MFT blog! Stay tuned for more updates with great Blog hop opportunities! Yippee!! ***

So, I put off doing laundry today to make this little gem. 

I love love love My Favorite Things stamps ... 

If you haven't heard of them take a peek:

HERE :)

They have a contest to become the November guest designer... 

I know I have like no chance... but, what the hay! right? 

So many talented people out there! 

Here is my take...

Happy Crafting All~

Cheers 

N.

Unmounted Stamp Organization Step 1

I'm here! Hello Blog! 

I have been so busy in my craft room for the past week I barely got to post anything. 

Mostly, I have been organizing.... 

I started an inventory of my room and started to deal with my unmounted stamps. 

Here is what I came up with. 

First, you must all agree to not give me a hard time about the amount of supplies I have... 

I take comfort knowing there are plenty of people with way way more stuff than me :) 

Ok, now that we agree ;) 

I should have taken a photo of the mess my unmounted stamps were before I started this organizational journey. Ugh!

Ok, so I have been researching my options for my unmounted stamps for a while. Basically, your choices are... 

(in orange, the reason I didn't choose that type of storage) 

1. CD cases (or DVD) 

I started out with using CD cases and it's actually a really great storage solution. If, 

1. You happen to have a lot of empty cd cases laying around and 

2. if your good at putting new stamps in cases when you get them. 

3. If you don't buy a lot of stamps. 

Well, I didn't have cd cases laying around and I ended up having so many stamps... the stack of cd cases would have touched the ceiling and I would have been nominated for stamping hoarders :) 

So this was a no go. 

2. Binders with inserts (Storage Boards)

This too was a no go... I tried it, for my Unity stamps... 

The stamps would always fall off the darn boards and I guess if you committed to storing them laying flat it might work. But I stored them in a binder on the shelf. = stamps everywhere. 

3. CTMH or SU cases 

I hadn't ever used these, but thought against them when I saw the price and the fact that they are as space consuming as cd/dvd cases. 

4. Closeable Binders

Ok, so this is the most popular mode of storage these days. But, somehow I wasn't convinced. The last set of Binder boards didn't work and the only difference with these is the fact that the binder is a 'box'. 

I just knew, with the way I use my stamps ... and sometimes the sticky isn't as sticky as it was on day 1.... pretty soon all the stamps would be at the bottom of the boxes. 

What to do... What to do... 

Off to Office Depot... 

I spotted these little gems...


*** In the store they are like $3.00 rather than the $5.50 online price... I don't know why it's so different. I wouldn't have bought them for $5.50 YIKES!! ****

Zipper Envelopes

And I thought to myself, 'Nicole, those just might work'

I took a pack home and tried it out... and ... 

Hot Dog! They do work~!

So step one was to get all my stamps into the bags. And make a box out of foam core to house the bags.

Box Measurements: 22 inches long 11 inches wide 4.5 inches tall

Zipper Measurements: 10 3/4 wide by about 6.5 tall 

Basically, it fits perfect on my shelving unit and I can rummage through the little bags fast and easy. I'm liking it. A LOT!

Step 2 will be making sure each bag has a paper in front with the stamped images on it... so I can rummage through it fast looking for a stamp. 

Step 3 will be beautifying the box and labeling the groupings of stamps by company and type. 

So, stay tuned!