What I’ve Been Up to Lately

I have been creating a lot lately.  My sister, Rose, was here for over a week.  She went home last Friday but we did so many things while she was here. 

When my mom and sisters used to get together, it usually revolved around shopping.  Every once in a while someone would suggest something different like a drive in the mountains to a place we would go as children.

But lately, when we get together we make art!  It has been so much fun!!!  One day my mom and Rose came over.  I had set up everything outside on the deck and helped them in making some collage art.  This is a new type of art for them.

Another day, we all met up with at my mom’s including my niece, Alicia and of course her bee-bee, Landon.  We all painted faces following along with Willowing’s Art, Heart and Healing.  This is the third face that I have painted following along with lesson 1.  (I’ll share those when my girls get some hair!)  I think it’s now time to move on to lesson 2.  I'm going to have my mom over so that we can work on lesson 2.

Anyway, today I’m sharing an art journal page I did while following along with The Greeting Farm’s He-Art Journal classes.

I used Tim Holtz Sizzix die for all the hearts.

The theme this week was wings.  The page says “Spr(e)ad Your Wings and Fly to where your heart tells you.”  (Yes there is a spelling error.)  This has special meaning for me because I have recently started volunteering with our Organ Donation Registry, “Yes Idaho”.  I can’t wait for our first project.

I also had the great privilege of getting together with some wonderful women, the Design Divas.  They are a group of local women that get together once a month.  Each month, one of the members is responsible for putting together a project for everyone to make.  I’m kind of a slow crafter so I didn’t get mine done but I work on it a bit while waiting on other projects.  I can’t wait to share that one.  I’m hoping that they will invite me to join them again.  I love sitting around with people who love to create as much as I do!

I have so many things to share with you.  I’m going to try really hard to get on here and post a little more often.

Blessings,

Christine

Anya’s Bunny

***2nd Post of the Day***

Hi all!  I’ve started pre-posting in preparation for my vacation so I’m hoping you get to see this!  I’ll still be around for this one to check to make sure it goes live okay!  For the next several posts, I’ll be either on my way to or on the high seas with several of my Brave Girl sisters.  I’ve completed all my DT projects for while I’m away and now have to write all the posts.  I’ll have a tutorial for McMahon Five Designs to share while I’m away as well!!!  Expect that for Thursday.

I’ll be making my posts this evening and then I have two days to decide on what I’m going to where and how to accessorize the outfits.  I plan to make a few new jewelry pieces to go along with the mix!  If I get time, I’ll put those on the blog for while I’m away as well.

Now, about my card for this weeks blog post on Paper Maniac Inspiration.  I love The Greeting Farm’s stamps!  They are so much fun to color with their cute oversized heads and hair!!! 

I used some GCD Homespun Chic paper and a couple of pink and green Basic Grey buttons.  A simple card with a lot of punch, me thinks!

See ya’ next week!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Cheeky Nurse

I love The Greetings Farm’s cheeky girls and the nurse is no exception!  Isn’t she sweet!  I love coloring The Greeting Farm images.  They are so much fun!

I kind of put my dresser projects on the back burner this weekend so I’ll be back to it this week!  I can’t wait to see how it turns out!  I’ll be showing it off for sure!!!

I’ll be adding another prize to my giveaway in a few minutes and don’t forget….

 Every comment left until September 23 will be entered to win my Birthday giveaway.

Blessings,

Christine Nay

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-The Greeting Farm; Ink-Momento; Paper-Papertrey Ink; Flowers-Wild Orchid Crafts; Pearls-stash; Cuttlebug-Nestabillities, Swiss Dots embossing folder.

Challenges:
A Pocket Full of Posies--Floral fantasy
Lexi’s Creations--Flower power
Nutshells--Pretty in pink
The Play Date Café--
Cupcake Inspiration--

Laugh More

I had so much fun with my little hippy the other day that I thought I would color her up again!!!  This time I made it into a scene!  I colored her in my fave pink!!!  Plus, Moxie Fab World is having a “Signs of Peace” challenge and I couldn't help but submit this for there challenge.

Just a quick post this time.  It’s late and bedtime but I wanted to get this on the blogo!  It was a very creative day today.  Another one of those migraine days where I just try to get creative and forget about the headache!  It once again worked and I no longer have a headache!  Yay!!!

I hope you all have a great week!  Monday is a good day because that means you’re one day closer to the weekend.  Right?  Plus, I have been anxiously awaiting the new vintage challenge at Simon Says Stamps.  I can’t wait to see what they come up with for the first challenge!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-The Greeting Farm; Sentiment-Hero Arts; Ink-Momento; Paper-Basic Grey; Cuttlebug-Papertrey Ink cloud dies.

Challenges:
Flourishes--No embellishments
Cute Card Thursday--whateva
One Stop Craft--Summer fun

Give Peace a Chance

I’ve mostly been working on my Brave Girl truth cards and have been neglecting my Copics.  So a couple of days ago, I just had to do some coloring!!!  I {heart} to color The Greeting Farm images and I ordered this little girl a couple of months ago but hadn’t used her yet.  Isn’t she adorable!!!  Sometimes I just have to let my inner hippy out!!!

Just a quick post today!  I have a doctor’s appointment today and need to jump in the shower and get ready. 

Have a great Thursday!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-The Greeting Farm; Paper-Basic Grey; Cuttlebug-Nestabillities; Other from stash-flowers, orange jewels.

Challenges:
Creative Card Crew--Cute and girly
Simon Says--Sing it baby
Daring Cardmakers--It’s a girl thing
Creative Inspiration--Anything goes

A Patriotic Birthday

After I made this card, I thought that it would be perfect for my brother’s birthday card.  He was born on July 6th so I like the idea of a Patriotic theme.  It’s much like the other one but also different!  The sentiment is computer generated and I also put a computer generated birthday sentiment on the inside.  I think he’ll get a real kick out of it!  I hope so anyway!

I have some news that I can share with you on Thursday.  I’m just so excited about it!!! 

Here’s to a great Wednesday!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-The Greeting Farm; Sentiment-computer generated; Ink-Palette; Paper-My Time Made Easy (digital); Punch-The Paper Studio; Cricut-George cartridge (star); Cuttlebug-embossing, Nestabillities; Additional from stash-rick rack, buttons.

Challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut-July 4th theme using a star
Stamp with Fun-birthday
The Cuttlebug Spot-Celebrate Independence DayCharisma Cardz-For the boys
The Greeting Farm-sketch
Allsorts-Embossing
Cupcake Inspiration-
Paper Sundaes-Birthday card

Cheeky Glamour

When I colored the last card, I wasn’t really happy with her hair so I tried another approach… and I think I like it better!  Whata’ you guys think?  I colored her and the patriotic cowgirl one day this week while I was having the migraine.  Once I colored the first one, I stamped and colored this one again right away.  I kinda’ felt like a little kid with my coloring book!!!  I do love these Greeting Farm cheeky girls.  I’m going to have to get more, I’m sure.  They have a nurse now,  She is adorable!!!  Coloring and painting always takes my mind away from my headache.

That’s it for tonight!  Do you have any big fathers’ day plans?  Be sure to honor those wonderful fathers in your life!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-The Greeting Farm; Ink-Palette; Paper-Making Memories; Buttons-Papertrey Ink; Cuttlebug-Sizzix die; Additional from stash-lace colored with watercolor.

Challenges:
Moving Along with the Times-sketch
PaperPlay-Old stash (DP)
Farm Fresh Friday (The Greeting Farm)-buttons

Patriotic Cowgirl

I had so much fun coloring this cute little Cheeky Shooter.  I feel in love with her when she first came out but it took awhile for me to order her!  I’m so happy I have her now!!!!  The Greeting Farm has a sketch challenge this week and when I saw it I new it would be perfect for this little girl!!!

I’m still practicing on my Copic techniques.  I don’t really ike how her hair turned out but live and learn.  They can’t all be perfect.  I’m working on another cheeky girl that I think will turn out a lot better!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-The Greeting Farm; Ink-Pallette; Ribbon and trim-Making Memories; Cuttlebug-Nestabillities, Sizzix embossing plate; Additional from stash-buttons.

Challenges:
Pollycraft Monday-Create with a song in mind-I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy
Flourishes-embossing
Nutshells-Almost free choice challenge.
Daring Cardmakers-The feel of a particular country.
Farm Fresh Friday-sketch

The Greeting Farm Royal Battle

Candy alert – please read further!!!

I was so excited last week when our team, the Friendly Farmers, made it through to the second week of the battle.  Our challenge for week 2 was to make an easel card and the team chose my card.  I sure don’t want to let the team down so I’m asking for some help from you lovely ladies!!!  Please vote for our team.  All you have to do is leave a comment here or you can simply click on the photo of my card to take you there.  If you aren’t a member of the Greeting Farm galleria it’s easy to register and then vote.  Plus, if you leave a comment to vote, come back here and let me know that you did and I will enter your name for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the Greeting Farm store.  What a wonderful and busy weekend I had.  My sister and niece came up from Utah to spend Easter with us.  We celebrated Easter on Saturday with dinner and an indoor Easter egg hunt.  It was rainy and cold all weekend but that didn’t hurt our celebrations any. 

I took my camera with me but, of course, didn’t take pictures.  My 5 year old great-nephew took a few pictures with my camera.  It’s always so much fun to get home and see what he took photos of.

Be sure to come back for Flutterby Wednesday tomorrow!  We have a great sponsor this week that you won’t want to miss.  I’m going to keep it a secret for now!!!

Have a great Tuesday.  My diet starts again today after all the Easter goodies I ate.  My niece, my sister and I have started a Biggest Loser group on Facebook and I’m afraid that the weigh-in on Wednesday is going to be a bad one.  We all broke our diet for Easter together so we’re all on equal ground!!! 

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-watercolor; Image-The Greeting Farm; Paper-DCWV, Kraft cardstock-Roberts Crafts; Punch-EK Success; Buttons-Papertrey Ink; Additional from stash-rayon ribbon.

Challenges:
Kaboodle Doodles-Digi girl (digi image of a girl)
Delightful Sketches-Buttons and bling
Friday Sketchers-sketch
Order of the Opus Gluei-sparkle
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle-wings
Pile it On-Easel card

Pretty Lily

I made this card for last weeks Greeting Farm battle.  We have such a wonderful team.  We decided that each of us, who wanted to, would make a card and we would then vote for the one to use for the battle!  Mine wasn’t chosen by the team but it fits in with the Greeting Farm’s Farm Fresh Friday challenge this week.  Don’t ya’ just love this pretty lady!!!

I still have one more card to share but I’ll wait until another day when I have nothing else to share.

I’ve got a lot planned for this month so I plan to get way ahead on my DT projects so you won’t be hearing from me much.  My sister in Utah is coming up to spend a week with me to help get my life organized.  We’ll mostly be concentrating on my creative space.  Then I’ll be going to her house to help her get organized as well as my rescheduled doc appt.  I think we’ll have a lot of fun and get a lot accomplished with each other to help out!  Expect pictures of my organized room in early May!  I can’t wait to get it all organized!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Copics; Image-The Greeting Farm; Ink-Palette; Paper-Cosmo Cricket; Punch-EK Success; Additional from stash-ribbon, pearls.

Challenges:
Papertake Weekly-open
Crafty Creations-Anything goes

The Greeting Farm Royalty Battle

I’m sorry I haven’t been around this week.  My car is fine!  When the tow truck driver came by, he jump started it so it was only the battery!!!  Yay!!!  Plus, insurance pays for that!

Also, I’ve been having some migraines (so much for the treatment I had) and Friday and Saturday it was pretty bad so I just wasn’t on the computer much.  As a matter of fact, I’m not staying on long today.

Now on to the battle.  The card that our team, Friendship Farmers, submitted for the contest is by 1LuvnMama.  It was a retro color challenge this week.  Would you all please take a minute, and go over and comment on this card.  You can find it right here or just click on the photo and you will be transported their!!!  If you are not a member of the Greeting Farm galleria, you can join now.

So head on over and leave a comment on our card!  While you’re there, you can vote for two other cards that you like.  If we get enough votes, we will move on to next weeks round.  The prize is awesome!!! 

Candy Alert:  If you come back here and leave a comment that you voted, I will enter you in a giveaway for a Greeting Farm stamp of your choice.  No, I’m not above bribery!!!  Each week that you vote will get you one more entry and I will pick a winner after the contest closes and we win!!!  Okay, if per chance we don’t win, I’ll still pick a winner.  Remember you have to vote on the galleria and then come back here and tell me that you voted.

Now I’m beggin’.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, go vote for our card!!!

Blessings,

Christine

P.S.  I made a card as well which I will be sharing later.

Aqua Fairy

If your a Cricut Fan, please scroll down for my earlier post!

One more quick post!  I’ve been trying to get to bed a little earlier lately so, I’ll make this short!  Like 12:30 is early!!! I made this card based on the Curious Case at the Greeting Farm.  This is one of the beautiful seasonal fairies!  This is Autumn but I didn’t color her like Autumn at all!  She’s a lot more summery!!!

I used Twinkling H2Os on her and added some glitter glue to her wings.  I wish I’d have gotten a picture of her where you could have seen all the sparkle!

Blessings,

Christine

Deets:
Medium-Twinkling H2Os;
Image-The Greeting Farm;
Sentiment-Clear Art Stamps;
Ink-Papertrey Ink pure black;
Paper-DCWV Pure Linen;
Buttons-Papertrey Ink;
Additional from stash-fibers, pearls colored with Copics.

Paper Maniac Blog Hop

Welcome to Christine’s blog on your way through the Magical Mystery Blog Hop from Paper Maniac. If you came here from Dana Grothaus’ blog, your headed the right direction. If you didn’t and want to take the hoppity hop hop, you can begin at the Paper Maniac Store blog!

When I thought of about something I could make based on a Beatles song, I immediately thought of this cute paper from Sassafras Lass’s Sunshine Lollipop that I got at Paper Maniac. If you scroll down for several posts, you’ll know how much I love this paper! And it’s on sale right now for just $1.69 for 24 sheets of double sided 6x6 paper! The felties are from the same Sassafras Lass line.

Have you guest what my song is yet?

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds,

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.

Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds,

Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds

Now, before I send you on to the next stop, let me show you what you can win and how to enter.

Don’t you just love Cosmo Cricket paper. It’s one of my favorite lines! You could win all three of these newly released mini decks, the Flourishes clouds background stamp and a pack of American Craft pearl brads. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the blogs along the way. Easy isn’t it?

Those who are new to Paper Maniac have an extra chance of winning. (Paper Maniac is the store where I get my Copics through the Copic Coloring Club.) All you have to do is register January 30-31 to be entered into another random drawing for a $20.00 gift certificate. How great is that?

Now, head over to Rona Mallard’s blog to continue on your way. Don’t forget to leave a comment!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Other Details:
Image-The Greeting Farm
Medium-watercolor paint
Border Punch-Martha Stewart

Red-Headed Charlotte

This is day two of the Greeting Farms relay and we got to play with this cutie pie, Charlotte!

Of course, I watercolored her and used Sassafras Lass DP.  I tied a polka dot bow around it and added some Papertrey buttons and she’s done. 

This has been fun and it’s a great way to keep my mind off of all that’s going on here.   I sure hope I’ll get to play along with the other days.

Blessings,

Christine

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz--Fruity colors with the option of fruit
Dare U 2 Digi--buttons
Allsorts--Hearts and flowers
The Pink Elephant--Polka dots, bow and pink
Creative Card Crew--Punch it

Mer Ian Relay

I snuck away for a few minutes this afternoon to work on this cute Mer Ian!

The Greeting Farm is having a relay race during CHA.  It is so much fun.  I’m sorry I didn’t get my card done earlier so I could have told you about it but I just haven’t had a chance!  On Sunday, they posted this cute little Mer Ian and you had until Monday evening to post your card and then you will get a new image to post by the next day at 6:00 pm the next day.  I got him in with a whole 10 minutes to spare!!!

The paper is Core’dinations Color Core Nostalgia Assortment.  I love the Core’dinations cardstock.  It is so much fun to play with!  I tore a piece of light tan paper and embossed the “sand” with the CB Swiss dots folder and sanded it so the lighter colors would come out.  I then tore and sanded two of the medium aqua colors and sanded them.  Lastly I embossed the “waves” with the swirls CB folder and added some dew drops to the corners.

Now, about Ian!  I colored him with twinkling H2Os.  He is so cute and shimmery in person.  I wish I would have printed him a little bigger though.  He’s so easy to color that I think I’ll print him again to get him bigger!!!

I’m going to try to get a quick card done with today’s image.  My brother-in-law is not doing very well at all.  I haven’t said much about him on my blog except that he is ill so I stayed here in Utah to continue to help my sister.  The truth of the matter is that he is gravely ill.  They are now saying that he probably will only last a few more days.  Please keep my sister (Rose) and my niece (Trisha) in your thoughts and prayers so they may have comfort at this time.  God bless and keep them.

Blessings,

Christine