{Hugs 4 Megan} FFF & Saturday Sketches

Hi guys!! You're probably getting a bit tired of seeing me combine challenges but what can I say?! It just makes sense when you want to play along in multiple challenges but only have so much time on your hand. I'm sure you know exactly what I'm talking about.

On that note let me tell you which challenges I combined this time: I took this week's Farm Fresh Friday Color Challenge and put it on this weeks Saturday Sketch Challenge all from the Greeting Farm.

Their cute images have a special place in my heart although the TGF gallery has quite the opposite effect on me. Argh! Some of my photos just won't show! It's infuriating!

But that's a whole 'nother can of worms - let's talk some details shall we?

The challenge was to use the colors cream, pink and red and you know what that screams right? Yup you got it - Valentine's day!

And I still had some left over Valentine's day paper! Handy!!! So this paper here is from an old Martha Stewart Valentine's Day Paper Pack I had gotten at Michael's back in February.

Who's the cutie on my card? Meet Miss Wild Sprout Megan. She is one of my all-time favorite WS. It's probably because Miss Sassiness kinda reminds me of me. hehe

I colored her in with Copics, cut out her head and propped it up a little and of course I just had to add some Stickles Glitter to her top and bow.

I also got to use my new Martha Stewart border punch. I've

been eyeing this punch for a while now but had to wait until my coupon was valid. I am a poor student after all!

Thanks sooo much for coming by!

take care and see ya next time!!

~ Sony

Stamps: WS Megan (TGF), O&A Buddies (TGF)

Paper: Valentine Day (MS), Cream, Real Red (SU), Pink (PTI)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink)

Accessories: Buttons, Stickles Glitter, Deco Fan Border Punch (MS), Nesties, Sponge, Kraft Thread, Twill Tape, Pop-Up Dots, Copics

Copics: Hair - E33, E57, E29; Skin - E000, E00, E53; Clothes - R20, RV02, RV06, R17, R29, T3, T5

{I Smooch U} FFF

I'm soooooo stoked you wouldn't believe it: my World Market Cost Plus is now carrying my favorite chocolate!!! It's called Kinder Chocolate and I grew up with it in Germany. It's YUMMY!!!

And up until now I couldn't get it here in the states so now that I can - I'm totally beside myself. :)

Soo todays' Farm Fresh Friday challenge over at the Greeting Farm is presented to us by the amazing Cindy and she came up with this fun sketch.

A little while ago Marie found some discontinued sets and put them in the clearance bin. Well, one of them was this cute-petutie here and as soon as I spotted this I was gone, smitten, had to have this set. It's called Pupstar and this pup comes with a bunch of cute little accessories and toys...there are so many possibilites I can't wait to play around with them all but for now here's just one of them.

The papers I used don't necessarily match but I think that makes for a fun funky card - something a little bit different. I used papers from the Cosmo Cricket's Boyfriend Collection, My Mind's Eye Quite Contrary Collection and Fly a Kite by October Afternoon.

I'm also using Kraft colored Thread - yeah you heard right - colored thread again!! I really liked how my Thirsty? card with the burgundy thread turned out so I had to give it another go. I'm starting to like playing around with different threads. hehe I may have to go get some more colors now.

What else can I tell you about my card...oh yeah - the sentiment. The "I" and the "U" come from the Nightie Alphabet set by the Cat's Pajamas and the "Smooch" is from the Pupstar set by the Greeting Farm.

That's all for now folks!! I hope I was able to inspire you a little to get funky and try something a bit different, think out of the box. :)

~ Sony

Stamps: Pupstar (TGF), Nightie (TCP)

Paper: Fly a Kite (October Afternoon), the Boyfriend (CC), Quite Contrary (MME), Kraft, Basic Black

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Soft Suede (SU), Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink)

Accessories: Kraft Thread, Copic Markers, Ribbon, Screw Brads, Nesties, Pop-Up Dots, Sewing Machine

{Thirsty?} Two-fer

Happy Monday!! It's a new week and I'm super excited to share this card with you because it's the first time I've dared to use colored thread!! Eeekkk - how exciting!!! lol

This card here combines this week's Mojo Monday sketch challenge and TGF's Farm Fresh Friday Inspiration challenge. I did take a little bit of creative license with the Mojo Monday sketch but shh...don't tell anyone. ;)

The Farm Fresh Friday challenge was to create a gothic card inspired by the bedroom picture below.

Well I don't know about you but when I hear goth I think of Vampires!

My image is the Dressy Edward Digi Stamp by the Greeting Farm. I love their new Creeper line and I wanted to make my Edward a bit more like them so I took a thin black pen and thickened his eyelashes and changed the shape of his eyebrows to give him a bit more sinister look.

The sentiment was typed up on the computer.

The paper I started out with is from the Cosmo Cricket line Snorkel. I s

ponged the edges with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo ink by Ranger Distress Ink. After that I added some gold shimmer with Smooch Spritz. Now I have to tell you that I do like this Spritz but I don't like their spritz bottles. They don't work properly so I bought some empty Mini Misters from Michaels' and used them instead. Works like magic!!

On top of all the sponging and misting I went to town with my scissors and distressed and tore the edges.

The four little panels on the left are embossed with a Cuttlebug Folder and stitched together with burgundy thread. I also spritzed some Gold Shimmer on them.

The netting underneath Edward is actually Floral Wrapping and I streaked some Scattered Straw Distress Stickles over it.

Thank you soo much for coming by! I hope you have a great week!

~ Sony

Stamps: Dressy Edward (TGF)

Paper: Snorkel (CC), Kraft, Dark Chocolate (PTI), Bravo Burgundy (SU)

Ink: Antique Linen (Ranger Distress Ink), Vintage Photo (Ranger Distress Ink)

Accessories: Smooch Spritz (Gold), Sponges, Floral Wrapper, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Glittery Chipboard Sticker, Computer, White Gel Pen, Copic Markers, Sewing Machine, Scattered Straw Distress Stickles

{{{Hugs}}} Farm Fresh Friday

Well it's beginning to look more and more like I won't be going to Germany next week. My grandma is turning 90 so my parents and I were planning on a little, short trip over there but now with this volcano eruption in Iceland?!

Even if they open air traffic again by let's say Monday - the airports are going to be a major mess and I don't really feel like adding that much drama to a one-week trip that's already going to be stressful.

But when you look on the bright side of this situation I can't even tell you how thankful I am that this happened now and not while we were in the middle of traveling. I feel terrible for all the travelers who are now stranded somewhere because of this. I hope everyone makes it home safe and sound!!!

I was also able to play along with this weeks Farm Fresh Friday Sketch Challenge over at the Greeting Farm because I didn't run all those errands I had planned on for the journey.

Yay - time to ink up my brand new O&A Buddies set. Isn't little popped up Oliver with pooch just adorable? What a cutie pie!! Anywho I also love this image because it gives you so much to color and play with. Can you say Copic Practice Time?!

The papers I used here are from a long forgotten mat pack by Me&My Big Ideas that I found when I was looking for another DP. I love the doodle look - I think it's perfect for a boy's card.

The big fabulous button is from the Cat's Pajamas the Great Outdoors button collection.

Thank you so much for stopping by - I hope you're not one of the stranded folks at airports all over Europe but if you are - hang in there!! Stay positive!!!

Know that everything does happen for a reason and even though you may not understand why and even though this kinda sucks at the moment, it could be worse! You are alive, you are healthy and that's more important than anything in this world...in my humble opinion.

take care,

~ Sony

Stamps: O&A Buddies (TGF)

Paper: Reese Mat Pack (M&MBI), Kraft

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen (Distress Ink), Soft Suede (SU)

Accessories: Copic Markers, Great Outdoors Button (TCP), Notebook Style Punch, Pop-Up Dots, Jute Twine, Sewing Machine, Sponges

Would you...

...be so kind and vote for my card in the TGF Battle of the Design Teams Contest? All you have to do is become a member of TGF (no spam no worries) so you can leave a comment HERE.

You have until Tuesday to place your vote!!

Bascally the Greeting Farm is having a 5 week contest of Design Teams and whoever gets th

e most comments aka votes gets to move on to the next round. The top three DTs will get some free stamps!!

This is the first week and my DT has picked my card to be our first entry and even though I'm seriously flattered I also don't want to be the maker of the card that will get us kicked out - so can you pleeassee vote for me?!

Thank you sooo much!!

~Sony

A little bit more about my card:

The challenge was to create a Retro-looking card using the color scheme from the body scrub jar.

LOVED this challenge!! I love a good funky, retro look anyday and I had the perfect paper for this challenge too: the Lil' Man collection by Cosmo Cricket!!

Thank heaven for Digi Stamps because I only own one set of TGF rubber stamps and let's face it bubble bath Anya just wouldn't have worked out for this one. lol I downloaded Mr. Autumn Guy in their Digi Stamp section and he was just perfect!!

The big red striped ribbon is from the Cat's Pajamas and even though I absolutely love this ribbon I always find that I have a hard time incorporating it but not today!! :)

I hope you like it!!!

Stamps: Mr. Autumn Guy Digi (TGF)

Paper: Lil' Man (CC), Bermuda Bay (SU), Kraft

Ink: none

Accessories: Paperclips, Post-it Sticky Flags, Notebook Style Punch, Buttons, Jute Twine, Ribbon (TCP), Pop-Up Dots, Sewing Machine, Copic Markers

Come Rain or Shine

OMG - can I tell you that I absolutely love how this card turned out (by sheer coincidence - truly)?!

You see the sun?! Yeah - not planned - pure coincidence!

I had just layered the papers I wanted to use and the yellow seemed right for the circle. Once I had cut it out I thought of the saying "Come rain or shine" and that's when I realized my circle looked like the sun! How funny is that?!

This card is my first Farm Fresh challenge!

Farm Fresh is a challenge hosted by the Greeting Farm and I believe it's every Friday. {I'm brand new to the Greeting Farm and I'm still exploring all their blogs and stuff. They have a lot going on!}

This week Mary has come up with this wonderful sketch which totally inspired me to use the cute little raindrop papers from the Quite Contrary collection by My Mind's Eye. Isn't it just too cute for words?!

BTW all the papers you see here are from the Quite Contrary collection.

I stumbled across this adorable stamp from the Wild Sprouts Series a few days ago and I was just waiting for the right card to come along so I'd have to have it, right?! Well...I had to have it! lol

I truly adore this Digi Stamp!!

I don't know why but I noticed that I'm really drawn to rain stamps. My very first Pure Innocence stamp from MFT (just ordered) is the one where she's in the rain with that cute umbrella.

I can only guess that it's because I associate rain with coziness, hot chocolate and cuddling up on the couch with a good book...lol...plus it doesn't really rain that often here in LA.

Oh and in case you're looking for the sentiment - I simply created that in the computer and printed it out. :)

Thank you so much for swingin' by! Have a great weekend!!!

Stamps: WS Rain Rain Digi (TGF)

Paper: Quite Contrary (MME)

Ink: none

Accessories: Computer, Button, Jute Twine, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Nesties, Ribbon, Copic Markers