It's Thursday!

Hello! It is day 3 (and sadly the final day) of The Greeting Farm's Sneak Peeks. But don't be sad - that just means you can order all of these cuties tomorrow!! (And be sure to check out Club Anya and Friends tomorrow for a Super fun contest!!) I adore the two new Sweeties we have previewed the past two days, but the new Creeper, Thursday, just made my wicked little heart gleeful! I love her tomboy/punk style, and would you look at those eyes! WOW!



The Details:
Stamps: Thursday, sentiment from Talk Loud - both The Greeting Farm
Paper: We R Memory Keepers, Lovely Lilac, Lavender Lace (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: C3,C5,C7,C9,V04,V06,V09
Clothes: C5,C7,C9,BV000,BV01,BV02.B23,B26,B28,YG00,YG03,YG17
Misc: Heat and Stick Powder, Black Glitter,

Don't miss your chance to win Thursday - there is one hiding on one of the DT's blogs and all you need to do is comment on the right blog for your chance to win! Be sure you hit them all so your don't miss out!

Jess
Amy
Kelly
Kim
Pam
Rachel

This may be the final day of previews, but we have something exciting in store tomorrow so be sure to check back at Club Anya and Friends! And most important of all - all of the new releases will be available tomorrow!

See ya tomorrow!
:-)Traci

Hello Friend.....

I would like to introduce you to Cuddle Anya! She is a little shy but very sweet! I think she would appreciate a good bedtime story! She is a new release from The Greeting Farm, and will be available on May 1st!

I decided I wanted to give her a little extra dimension, so I stamped her 3 times and popped up the teddy bear once and her arm twice. I also wanted to put the word "friend" at the bottom but all of my chipboard letters were to big to fit on the card so I cut the word out with my Cricut 4 times and glued them on top of each other so they would be thick like chipboard, then I inked the edges and covered them with glitter!

The Details:
Stamp: Cuddle Anya - The Greeting Farm
Paper: Imaginisce, Chocolate Chip (SU), Candle Glow Light (Prism), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair:E50,E53,E55,E57
Bear: E25,E27,E29,E50,E53,E55
Clothes: R81,R83,R32,R35,R37,YG21,YG23,YG25,YG27
Misc: Ribbon (SU), Cricut, Stardust Stickles, Foam Tape

One of these little sweeties will be given away to a random commenter on one of the Club Anya and Friends DT's blogs, so be sure to visit them all:

Jessica
Amy
Kelly
Kim
Pam
Rachel

Well, that's all for me for today, but be sure to stop by tomorrow because I will have one more fabulous Sneak Peek (and don't tell the other girls, but I think she's my new favorite)!
:-)Traci

Sneak Peeks From TGF - WooHoo!

(Please scroll down to see my ATS challenge post!)

Hiya! Guess what?! It is preview time for the new releases from The Greeting Farm! WooHoo!! Today's little cutie is called Fleur Anya! Isn't she just the Sweetest? She will be available on the 1st. Speaking of the 1st - there is going to be a Blog Hop and a surprise contest that I think a LOT of you will be really excited about!! I know I am! Until then, you have some other chances to win some goodies! Jess will be giving away one of each stamp previewed each day! The stamp will be "hidden" on one of the DT's blogs, so you will need to leave comments on each of the blogs as you go around to see the Sneak Peeks!


Here is the rest of the team:

Jessica
Amy
Kelly
Kim
Pam
Rachel - Our Fabulous Guest Designer this month!

The Details:
Stamp: Fleur Anya, Butterfly Wishes - The Greeting Farm
Paper:The Girls Paperie, Spring Rain, Dark Chocolate, White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E43,E44,E47,E49,110
Clothes:R81,R83,R85
Flowers:B21,B23,YG00
Misc: Buttons (SU), Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Martha Stewart Grass Punch, Corner Rounder (SU), Sewing Machine

Thanks so much for visiting today! I hope your day is wonderful!
:-)Traci

Pink and Brown at ATS!

Hello! We have a color challenge for you today at the ATS Challenge Blog - pink and brown! I used some older My Mind's Eye paper from my stash and slightly altered a new Sweet November Fairy, Clover Greenfield, so she could hold a cupcake. I just rubbed away the ink on the arm that was tucked behind her back before I stamped her, which just left me to draw fer arm from the elbow out. The cupcake is from the CC Designs stamp Cupcake Kiki. I am not fond of masking - I would rather stamps something a few times, cut it out and layer it to get that same look, so that is how the cupcake was put in her hand!

The Details:
Stamp: Clover Greenfield (Sweet November Stamps), Cupcake Kiki (CC Designs), Amy R Big Words - All from All That Scraps
Paper: My Minds Eye, Iced Azalea (Prism), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Walnut Stain Distress ink
Copics: Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Clothes: E44,E47,E49,R83,R85,R89,
Wings: R81,R83,R85
Hair:R81
Misc: Maya Road Chipboard Butterfly, Pink Stickles, Cinnamon Stickles,Stardust Stickles, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Taylors Tiny Twinkles (colored)

I hope you will join us in the ATS Challenge this week! There is a prize offered every week - just be sure to use one of the many stamps sold at All That Scraps and link your creation with Mr Linky at the ATS Challenge Blog!

Thanks for stopping by~!
:-)Traci

Happy Mother's Day and Sweet Pea Candy Winners

Hello! Today is all about Sweet Pea here at Wicked Pixie Creations! First, lets get to the blog candy winners! Here is how I went about it: For the larger candy (which includes several images, sentiments and my Anniversary/Birthday card) I put all of the names of everyone who left me a link to their Birthday/Anniversary card into a hat and drew the winner:

Tami

For the smaller candy I added all of those names to the names of those who left a comment (yes, the people who made a card basically got two chances to win!) and drew again and that winner is:

A Little This and A Lot of That

Please contact me with your address and I will get those mailed out to you! Congratulations!

Sweet Pea will be continuing the celebration of their One Year Anniversary tomorrow (April 28) at SNR at 10:00 PM Eastern Time Zone! Please join us for some chit chat, sneak peeks, and chances to win more stamps!

I have made a card today using another beautiful stamp from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 15, Plate 45). I used the image "Aloha" and the sentiment that comes with the full sheet. I think this is just the most wonderful Mother's Day image!

The Details:
Stamp: Aloha from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 15, plate 45) - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Pink Paislee, Dark Chocolate, White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,E13,R20
Hair: E21,E25,E27,E29
Tails: YG03,YG95,YG97, YG99,W1
Background:B000
Clothes and Flowers:R20,R22,R24,R27
Misc: Fiscars Edge and Corner Punch, Scallop Edge Punch (SU), Ribbon (PTI)

I hope your day is wonderful!
:-)Traci

Monday Mania Color Challenge

Hello! First, I want to say I am so sorry about the title of my post this weekend! I wasn't trying to play a joke or be funny - it never occurred to me that by making my title "Saying Goodbye with a Sketch" anyone would think I was saying good bye to blogging or card-making! My mind didn't even go there!
My card today is a birthday card for my daughter's friend, and I used the color challenge over at Club Anya and Friends Monday Mania for inspiration! The Monday Mania challenge this week is brought to us by Michey Moo and it is to use the colors Olive, Kraft, Khaki and Sand. I think I got them all in there! This one scared me a little because I usually like brighter, more saturated colors, but I am really happy with the end result! Great color combo Michey Moo!

The Details:
Stamps: Oliver and Amelia Buddies, sentiment from Oliver and Amelia Happy Day - both The Greeting Farm
Paper: DCWV (dots), Retired SU (olive print). Old Olive, River Rock, Kraft (all SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E47,E49,100
Clothes: YG03 w/W1 over it, YG95,YG97,E30,E31,E33,E40,E43,E44
Dog: E40,E43
Misc: Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels 8 and Ovals, Linen Thread and Button (SU), Ribbon (Offray), Pinking Scissors, Sewing Machine

Be sure you check back on Wednesday, because I get to start showing you Club Anya and Friends Previews that day! YAY!!

Have a wonderful day!
:-)Traci

Saying Goodbye With a Sketch

Hello! How are you on this wonderful weekend!? I hope you are getting to do lots of things that you want to do! I have made a card with one of Pam's fabulous sketches for Club Anya and Friends Sketch Saturday!


If you look closely you may be wondering why in the world I combined the very kid/school oriented Nerdy Bird paper with Handy Ian!? Well, I made this card for a co-worker who is leaving and he is the custodian at our elementary school.

The Details:
Stamp: Handy Ian (digi)-The Greeting Farm, AmyR Spring Sentiments
Paper: Sassafrass Lass Nerdy Bird, Prism Intense Yellow, Prism Classic Yellow Green, White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E47,E49,110
Clothes:E44,E47,E49,E25,E27,E30,E31,E43,Y11,Y15,Y17
Misc: Spellbinder Circle Nestabilities, Screw Brads (Gina K - bought a long time ago, I don't know if they still carry them).

Please stop by the Club Anya and Friends blog to see other takes on Pam's sketch! I hope you will try it yourself, too!
:-)Traci

Mushroom Fairy

Hello! How are you today!? I have been dealing with a freak snow storm! Yes, I know it's Alaska, but it was pretending to be Spring until the middle of today!!

I have made a card today with an image from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 15, Plate 45). I used some of my all time favorite paper - Basic Grey's Romani and layered some flowers punched out of the same paper. I hope you are not getting sick of that red and white polka dot ribbon! I am just in love with red and white polka dots right now!

The Details:
Stamp: ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 15, plate 45) - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey (Romani), White for base (Gina K), White for Image (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,E13,R81
Hair:E50,E53,E55,YG00,YG03
Wings: YG00,YG03,YG25,BG11,BG32,BG13
Clothes: Y17,Y38,YR04,BV000
Background: B63,BV000
Mushrooms: R24,R29,R39,E50,E53,E55
Misc: Stardust Stickles, Sakura Clear Stardust pen, Taylors Tiny Twinkles, Flower Punch (SU), Ribbon (PTI)

Thank your for stopping by today!
:-)Traci

Anyone for Lemon Tea?

Please scroll down for my ATS Challenge Blog Card! And you can enter to win my Sweet Pea Candy HERE.


Hello! It is time for another Wild Card Wednesday at Club Anya and Friends! This week Kim is challenging everyone to be inspired by fruits and vegetables in what we are calling WCW - Fresh and Fruity!! I just HAD to play with the new digi Classy (you have a chance to win her by commenting on the TGF Blog this week, then she will be available in the store shortly after!)

The Details:
Stamps: Classy (digi), sentiment from Spotlight - both The Greeting Farm
Paper: K&Co, Gina K white base weight cardstock, White for image (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E21,E25,E27,E29
Clothes: B21,B24,B26,Y11,Y15,BV000,E50,E53,E55
Teacup: C0,C1,C3,RV00,RV02
Misc: Ribbon (SU), Brads (SU)

Thank you so much for visiting today!
:-)Traci

More Than Sew Sew!

Hello! In case it isn't obvious by my card, the ATS challenge this week is to use sewing on your card! I thought, well, I might as well make is super noticeable! My finished project actually reminds me of something from my childhood in the 70's!! I really had a lot of fun with this!

The Details:
Stamps: Birgitta on a Tree Stump, AmyR Spring Sentiments - both from All That Scraps
Paper: Doodlebug Designs, Brilliant Blue (SU), Raspberry Fizz, White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair and Grass: YG00,YG03,YG25,YG17
Clothes: Y17,Y38,YR16,RV23,RV25,RV29
Mushrooms:R24,R27,R29,E50,E53,E55,E57
Flowers:RV32,RV34,E25,E27
Misc: Embroidery Floss, Buttons from Stash, Ribbon (Paper Trey Ink), Stardust Stickles

I hope you will join us at the All That Scraps Challenge Blog and try some sewing on your card this week! If you use a stamp sold at All That Scraps (there are lots to choose from!) and link your card with Mr Linky at the challenge blog you will be elligable to win a prize! There is a different one given out each week!

Thanks for stopping by!
:-)Traci

Happy Anniversary Sweet Pea (and Some Candy!)

Hello! We are celebrating the One Year Anniversary of Sweet Pea Stamps today with a Customer blog Hop, a new ching-chou kuik image, and some blog candy! Each of the Sweet Pea DT members has some candy and we each are giving it away in our own way, so be sure to visit everyone's blogs to see how you can win theirs. Here is how you can win mine:

I will give one random Sweet Pea image to someone who comments here, chosen randomly. You have until next Monday night to leave a comment - Easy Peasy!

I will give 4 images, plus 2 sentiments and the card shown above to one random person who makes a card and posts it to their blog (or to a site like Splitcoaststampers or PaperCraftPlanet or SNR Universe), and wishes Sweet Pea a Happy One year Anniversary. The card does not have to be a birthday or anniversary card. I would prefer you use a Sweet Pea image, but will not require it (just in case the one's you are trying to win here are your first Sweet Pea images!) Please be sure to leave me a link to your creation so I know to enter you in the drawing! I will keep this one open until next Monday night, too!

My Card Details:
Stamp: New Year Celebration - ching chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection, sentiment from Elaine Cox Art Collection Sheet 1 (Plate 34) (both from Sweet Pea Stamps)
Paper: Basic Grey, Rich Razzelberry, Basic Black (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Rich Razzelberry (SU)
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: V000,V01,V04
Clothes: BV000,BV01,BV02,BV04,R81,R83,R85,V04,V06,V08
Flowers:R81,R83,R85,Y21,YR21,YR23
Background:BV000,BV01,BV02,BV04,BV08
Misc: Martha Stewart Border Punch, Stardust Stickles, Darice stick on gems, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, Butterfly (Petaloo Flora Doodles), Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Here is a list of the other Sweet Pea DT Members! Please go check out their Anniversary cards and their candy, too!

Alex
Angela
Connie
Holley
Jennifer
Katarina
Mag
Micki
Randi

Good Luck and thanks for stopping by!
:-)Traci

Happy Anniversary!

Hi Everyone! I don't have a new card to show you today, but I just wanted to let you know that Sweet Pea Stamps is having it's One Year Anniversary tomorrow and we are celebrating with a Customer Blog Hop! (You can get all of the details HERE.) In addition, all of the Sweet Pea DT will have some fabulous candy to give away, so be sure you stop by each of our blogs tomorrow to see how you can win!

I hope your day is magical!
:-)Traci

Jamie Frasier and Claire!

Hello! It is time for Sketch Saturday over at Club Anya and Friends! I used Pam's sketch to feature my literary love, Jamie Frasier and his wife who traveled through time to be with him, Claire. (They are from the series by Diana Gabaldon and the first book is Outlander.) I used the new digi from The Greeting Farm called Sassenach Anya for Claire (since she is based on Claire!) and I used Ian Laddie for Jamie (I did lengthen his hair a little!). Claire is a British nurse, living right after World War II at the beginning of the series, so I used the floral prints because they made me think of the Forties.

The Details:
Stamps: Sassenach Anya (digi) and Ian Laddie - both The Greeting Farm
Paper: October Afternoon (Road Map and Thrift Shop), Basic Black (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin for both: R00,E00,E11,R20
Jamie - Hair: YR04,E08,E09,E18
Clothes:R24,R27,R29,R39,C5,C7,C9,110,Y21,Y26,Y28
Claire - Hair: E40,E43,E44,E47
Clothes: E50.E53,E55,BG10,BG11,BG32
Misc: Rub On Sentiment (SU), Ribbon (SU), Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals and Scalloped Ovals

If you haven't already, go check out Club Anya and Friends for more inspiration with this sketch! I hope you will try your hand at it, too! Have a great weekend,
:-)Traci

WCW Room Inspiration

Hello! (If you are here to see my ATS challenge post, please scroll down!) I am so in love with the room shown in the inspiration picture for the Wild Card Wednesday challenge at Club Anya and Friends this week! It seemed so familiar and made me so happy and I couldn't figure out why at first. Then when I sat down to make my card I realized - it matches some of my all time favorite DP!! I have been hoarding this paper and have barely touched my 6x6 pad of it, but I let myself finally cut into a few pieces! I really am getting better at that!


The Details:
Stamps: Dee Dee, sentiment from Spotlight Scrapbooking Kit - both The Greeting Farm
Paper: Basic Grey, Whisper WHite, Chocolate Chip (both SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
hair:E21,E25,E27,E29
Clothes: E25,E27,E29, R27,R29,R39
Misc: Nestabilities Impressabilities Fleur de Lis pattern

I hope you will join us at CA&F and make something inspired by this gorgeous room! I can't wait to see what everyone else does!
:-)Traci

We Have a Distressing Challenge...

Hiya! Today at the All That Scraps Challenge Blog we want you to get distressed!! On your cards, that is!! Any kind of distressing goes - ink distressing, scraping, scratching - do your best to make it look old or worn! I stuck to just ink distressing by sponging some ink around all of the edges of my panels and then rubbing some darker ink along the edges.

The Details:
Stamps: Coriander (Sweet November Stamps), Mushroom from the Swiss Pixie Kit - both from All That Scraps
Paper: October Afternoon, Vintage Cream, White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen, Old Paper and Walnut Distress Inks
Copics:
Skin; R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E21,E25,E27,E29
Clothes: R24,R27,R29,R39
Wings and Mushroom:E50,E53,E55, E57, BG10,BG11,BG32,YG03,YG25,YG17
Misc: Sakura White gel pen, Stardust Stickles, Ribbon (Paper Trey Ink)

I hope you will join us at the ATS Wednesday challenge blog and try you hand at distressing. There is a prize up for grabs every week - you just need to use one of the many stamps sold at All That Scraps and link your card at the challenge blog!

:-)Traci

New Elaine Cox

Hi! There is a new set of Elaine Cox stamps coming out at Sweet Pea Stamps! They are on sale through the 14th and will begin shipping on the 17th. This is the whole set, so you can see the other adorable images:



This card is one of those cases where I had an idea and it didn't exactly go the way I had planned or pictured it. I love the stamp, and I am definitely going to play with it some more to see if I can make my card closer to what I had in mind! To start with, if I use the dew drops again, I think I will try to put them on in a pattern. I was going for random, but it just kind of looks sloppy to me now!

The Details:
Stamp: from Elaine Cox's sheet 5 Plate 46 - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Imaginisce, Nautical Blue Dark and Medium (Prism), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair, Eyes, and Tail: B91,B93,B95,B97,BG11,BG32,BG13
Clothes: R81.R83,R85,R30,R32
Fish: Y11,Y15,Y17
Misc: Microbeads, Gold and Stardust Stickles, Seed Beads and other misc beads, Ek Success Border Punch, Dew Drops

Thanks for stopping by today!
:-)Traci

Monday Mania Ephemera

Hello! Today we have the Monday Mani challenge at Club Anya and Friends and Rinne has challenged us all to use ephemera on our cards. You may ask "What is ephemera?" (I am really hoping I am not the only one who had to ask that!!) Amy tells me, "Ephemera is all those little bits and pieces of paper and what not that usually get thrown away as you go about your day, like: newspaper clippings, business cards, shopping bags, fabric and clothing tags, ticket stubs, candy wrappers, junk mail, even broken jewelry". So I added two tags to my card today - one came from a reusable grocery bag and the other from a basket I had just bought. My daughter was going to do this challenge with me and she was loving adding all of her findings to her card - she had some bubble wrap, candy wrapper bits and parts of a fruit chip package. Alas, she ran out of steam before she finished her card!

The Details:
Stamps: Wild Sprout Gigi's head and WS Ruby's body, sentiment from Spotlight (scrapbooking set) - The Greeting Farm
Paper: Basic Grey, Vintage Cream and WHite (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Walnut Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair:YR00,YR14,E08,E09,E18
Clothes: YG03,YG05,YG17,G02,G05,G09,Y08,Y17,E25,E27,E29.E49
Misc: Corner Rounder (SU), Sakura Glaze Pen (Black)

Do you think it would be fun to use ephemera on your card? Check out the details for the challenge at Club Anya and Friends - you have the chance to win a CA&F stamp of your choice (that is in stock)!

I hope your day is wonderful!
:-)Traci

You Rock Sketch Saturday!

Hello! Do you have big plans for the weekend? I don't!! And those are my favorite kind of weekends!! I hope to get to play a lot with my stamps and new papers (I had several online stamping supply orders arrive yesterday and I am a happy puppy!!) But for today I have a card made with Pam's sketch for Sketch Saturday at Club Anya and Friends!! I am experimenting with making bigger cards and my first couple of attempts looked a little bare but I am thrilled with the extra size on this one. I don't think I could have put all of these guys together on a smaller card (this one is 5x7 when I usually work 5x5 or 4.25x5.5).


I decided to make my own little CA&F rock band using the new Drummer digi, Eric (with a microphone drawn to go in his hand) and Ebony (she has Rockstar Anya's hands and guitar). I used some new Artisan Tape from Pink Paisley instead of a flourish in the upper corner. The black layer behind the circle was made by cutting out a scalloped circle with my Nesties, then repositioning it in the die so it would cut off a portion of each scallop when I ran it through again.

The Details:
Stamps: Drummer Digi, Eric, and Ebony - The Greeting Farm, Sentiment You Rock (Verve)
Paper: Lilly Bee, Basic Black, Whisper White (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Black (SU)
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E00,R20
Drummer:
Hair: C5,C7,C9,YG21,YG23,YG25
Clothes: B21,B23,B26,C3,C5
Drums:R24,R27,R29,R39,C0,C1,C3
Eric:
Hair: E50,E53,E55
Clothes: C5,C7,C9,B21,B23,B26
Ebony:
Hair: R24,R27,R29,R39,R89,RV02,RV04,RV06,RV09
Guitar: B21,B23,B26,B28
Misc: Pink Paislee Artisan Tape, Brads (Bazzill), Stardust Stickles, Crystal Effects, Circle and Scallop Circle Nestabilities, Corner Rounder (SU)

I hope you will join us and try your hand at the sketch at CA&F!
Have a great weekend!
:-)Traci

Moonlight Whispering

Hello! For my card today I have used the gorgeous Moonlight Whispering from ching chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 11, plate 38). The sentiment is from sheet 2, plate 21 - Sweet Pea Stamps.

The Details:
Stamps: Moonlight Whispering - ching chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection (sheet 11, plate 38), sentiment (sheet 2, plate 21)
Paper: Basic Grey (Urban Couture), Dark Chocolate, White (Paper, Trey, Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Walnut Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,E13,R20
Hair:BV000, BV01,BV02,B63,BV04
Clothes: R32,R35,R37
Cat: E25,E27,E29,E49,R00,R20, YG00,YG03,YG17
Misc: EK Success Border Punch, Recollections Pearls, Stardust Stickles

I hope you day is wonderful!
:-)Traci

Punk It Up

(If you are here to see the ATS challenge card, please scroll down.)

Today at Club Anya and Friends, our guest designer for the month of April (Caz) has a challenge for this week's Wild Card Wednesday - Punk It Up! I have made this card for my brother, who always request a stack of "U Suck" cards to be made for him each year. He gives them out to those he really cares about, and they seem to "get it" and appreciate the cards!


I altered the new Stamping Anya by wiping away the "stamps" on her shirt before stamping and drawing in the "U" and the "No" sign on the heart. I also gave her new hair by stamping her once, cutting her out, and tracing her head to draw her new hair which I placed on the original head like a wig.

The Details:
Stamp: Stamping Anya - The Greeting Farm
paper: Creative Imaginations, Basic Grey, Basic Black (both SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Going Gray, Basic Gray, Basic Black (SU)
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: C3,C5,C7,C9,110,B000
Clothes: C1,C3,C5,R24,R29,R39
Misc: Brads (JoAnn's Scrap Essentials), Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Rub On letters (old K&Co from my stash)

I think this is a really fun challenge, with a lot of room to GO Crazy, so please join us at CA&F to check it out! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
:-)Traci

ATS Shaped Card Challenge

Hello! Our challenge today at the All That Scraps Challenge Blog is to make a shaped card. I admit that this is a challenge for me!! (And apparently taking a picture of a shaped card is also a challenge! I don't know why it is so stretched out and strange looking.!)


I decided I wanted to put Chenille (from the new Sweet November set Darby and Chenille) on a flower. I used my Tinkerbell Cricut cartridge to cut the flower. I cut a circle out of Kraft cardstock and attached a lot of Dew Drops with Crystal Effects. (I hope that will hold them on there permanently!)

The Details:
Stamps: Darby and Chenille (Sweet November), Amy R Spring Sentiments - both from All That Scraps
Paper: Summer Sun, Kraft (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Walnut Distress Ink
Copics:
Chenille: YR04,E08,E09, R22,R29,R39
Misc: Ribbon (Offray), Espresso (?) Liquid Pearls, Corner Rounder (SU), Dew Drops, Cricut

I hope you will join us this week for our challenge. There is a prize up for grabs each week, you just need to use one of the stamps sold at the ATS store and link your card up at the challenge blog!
:-)Traci

Darby and Chenille

Hello! I promised I would have one more Sweet November sneak peek to show you, and it is the Super Adorable Darby and this time she has her little caterpillar friend Chenille with her! I think they are just as cute as they can be! They will be available at All That Scraps on April 7th!


The Details:
Stamps: Darby and Chenille (Sweet November), Amy R Spring Sentiments - both from All That Scraps
Papers: October Afternoon (Stripe), My Minds Eye (Red Dot), Mystic Dark, Spring Willow Md, Intense Yellow (all Prism), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: YR00, YR04,YR07,YR09
Clothes and Chenille: B34,B39,B000,B01,YG03,YG25,Y15,Y17,YR15,YR18,R05,R08
Misc: Prima Flower, Martha Stewart Grass Punch, Nestabilites Labels die, button from stash

If you haven't already you should really go see the other samples made with Darby by Amy and Maire. Amy always has the most wonderful candy to give away with her Sweet November releases. In some ways I am a lot jealous because I am not eligible for the candy - I would love to get one of her card kits!! Good luck to you if you go enter!

:-)Traci

Monday Mania ABC

Hi! How are you today? Pretty good here after a lovely weekend! My family and I went to see How to Train Your Dragon and it was a fun, sweet movie! Definitely one we will want to buy when it comes out! The main dragon reminded me and my DD of our kitty, Zora. Speaking of my DD - I decided the other day that she really needed some bookmarks. This was really brought home to me yesterday when I walked into the kitchen and saw her book on the counter. I picked it up to bring it to her and a steak knife fell out and hit me in the foot! She had apparently walked into the kitchen reading her book and when she had to set it down for something she picked up the nearest thing to mark her place! So, when I found out that the Club Anya Monday Mania challenge today was to make anything but a card, I decided to make her a couple of bookmarks with Oliver and Amelia!


The Details:
Stamps: Oliver and Amelia Buddies - The Greeting Farm
Paper: October Afternoon, Real Red (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E21,E25,E27,E29
Oliver Clothes: R24,R27,R29,R39,B000,B01,W0,W1,B34,B39
Puppy: E11,E13,E15
Amelia Clothes: R24,R27,R29,R39,R11,R12,R20,Y15,Y17,YR14
Cat: Y15,Y17,YR14
Misc: Fiskars Border plus Corner Punch, Ribbon (SU), buttons from stash

Thanks for stopping by today! I will also have the last Sweet November sneak peak for this month a little later!
:-)Traci

Corriander

Hello! I have another sneak peak to show you today! This lovely lady is Coriander. To me she seems a little shy and thoughtful, but is a loyal and fierce friend!

I wanted to have Coriander swinging as she was contemplating, so I used the Sugarplums Swing stamp (also available at All That Scraps). The rope tying the swing to the tree was a little short for Coriander, so I stamped the image, colored it, and cut it out, leaving behind the "rope". Then I spread the tree and the seat a little further apart before I glued them to my background paper and used a ruler to redraw the connecting "rope". You might have noticed the swing is not straight up and down, but I don't think it really matters. It kind of looks like it might actually be swinging that way! I also paper pieced her dress and paper pieced her wings with vellum (I am loving that look with the beautiful wings on Amy's Spice Fairies!)

The Details:
Stamps: Coriander (Sweet November), Amy R Spring Sentiments, Sugarplums Swing - all from All That Scraps
Paper: My Minds Eye, Vellum, Chocolate Chip (SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: YR00,YR04,YR07,YR09,E08,E09
Dress: YG95
Misc: Stardust Stickles

Be sure to check out Coriander's debut at Maire and Amy's blogs, if you haven't already!

I will have one last Sweet November Sneak Peek tomorrow (and all of these sweeties will be available on the 7th at All That Scraps!)
:-)Traci

Sweet November Sneak Peeks - Clover

Hello! It is day 2 of the Sneak Peeks for the upcoming Sweet November release and today I get to show you the fabulous Clover Greenfield! Isn't she just darling with her fluffy skirt? She will be available at All That Scraps on April 7th!

The Details:
Stamps: Clover Greenfield (Sweet November) Spring Sentiments (Amy R) - both from All That Scraps
Paper: Basic Grey, Iced Azalea (Prism), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: RV10, V01
Clothes and Wings: V000,RV10,V01,YG00,YG21,YG23,YG25,YG17
Misc: Recollections Sticky Pearls. Stardust Stickles

Please be sure to visit our Sweet November guest designer for April, Marie Elli Sarefiia Yla-Tuuhonen and Amy, the amazing artist behind Sweet November stamps for more samples with Clover (plus Amy always has really sweet candy to celebrate her releases!)

Thanks for stopping by! I will see you tomorrow with more Sneak Peeks!
:-)Traci

What do you call 2 Bananas?

.....Slippers!! Ha Ha! My 10 year old DD told me that tonight when I showed her my card!! This little cutie that is on my card is one of the new Sweet November stamps that will be available April 7!! She is one of the Fruit of the Month fairies - the Banana Fairy! I love the sentiment that comes with her!

The Details:
Stamp: Fruit of the Month - Banana (Sweet November through All That Scraps)
Paper: Basic Grey, Orchid Opulence and Elegant Eggplant (SU), White (Paper Trey ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Elegant Eggplant, Orchid Opulence
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E50,Y21,Y26,Y28
Banana and Wings: Y000,Y02,Y04,Y08,BV000,BV01
Misc: Nestabilites Circle and Scallop Circle, Corner Rounder (SU), Ribbon (Darice), Sakura Glaze pen, the Bow Easy

To see more of this cutie, be sure to check out the blog of Marie Elli Serafiia Yla-Tuuhonen our Sweet November guest designer this month! And Amy, the fabulous creator of Sweet November stamps always has the sweetest candy, so be sure to pay her a visit if you haven't already!

I will see you again tomorrow with some more Sneak Peeks!
:-)Traci

Tea Party!

Hello! As soon as I saw the Alice Sentiments I knew I wanted to play around with them to make background papers! For this card I first colored my main image Alice Mad Tea Party from Elaine Cox's Alice Series (sheet 2, plate 35). I then rubbed inks that matched the main colors in my image on a sheet of white cardstock. I randomly stamped the sentiments in Versamark ink, embossed in clear, then rubbed black ink all over. I really like the way the random colors appear, although I do wish I had spread the words out a bit more....

The Details:
Stamps: Alice Sentiments (Plate 37), Elaine Cox Alice Mad Tea Party (sheet 2, Plate 35) both from Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Orchid Opulence (SU) Whisper White (SU), White for image (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Basic Black (SU), Misc Dew Drops Versamagic colors (sorry I forgot to write them down as I was working)
Copics:
Skin:R00,E00,E11,R20
Alice Hair: E50,E53,E55
Clothes:B91,B93,B95
Hatter Hair: YR00,YR04,YR07,YR09
Clothes: V15,V06,V09
Hare:W0,W1,W3,R00,YG03,YG25,YG17
Background:YG03,YG25,YG17,E44,E47,E49,RV23,RV25
Misc: Clear embossing powder (SU), Stardust Stickles

Have a magical day!
:-)Traci

Alice and the Queen of Hearts

Hello! Today I have made a card with a new stamp from the artist Elaine Cox (Plate 44, Sheet 4). This set will be on sale at Sweet Pea Stamps through April 3 and will begin shipping April 5.

The Details:
Stamp: Alice and the Queen of Hearts (Elain Cox Series - Plate 44, Sheet 4) from Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: My Minds Eye, Real Red, Basic Black, Yo Yo Yellow (all SU), White (Paper Trey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Alice Hair: E50,Y21,Y26
Clothes:BG00,BG02,C0,C1
Queen Hair: R29,R39,R89,E29
Clothes: R29,R89,E50,Y21,Y15,Y26,C5,C7,C9
Misc: Ribbon (SU), Martha Stewart Edge punch

Thanks so much for stopping by!
:-)Traci

TGF Release Day!

Hi! I just wanted to post a quick reminder that all of the fabulous Greeting Farm stamps that we have been previewing over the past couple of days are available NOW at The Greeting Farm!!