Happy New Year!

I wish all of you and your families many joys in the year to come!

I am going to make this very quick and then get back to celebrating with my family! I have my cards for Sketch #8 and #9 of the 12 Days of Christmas Sketch challenge at The Greeting Farm.



The Details:
Stamps: Forest Friends - The Greeting Farm, Sentiment - Verve
Paper: My Minds Eye, Pumpkin Pie, Real Red - SU, PTI White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pumpkin Pie
Copics:
Y21,YR21,YR23,YR04,YR07,YR09,R24,R27,R29,G000,G00,G02 - all 3 w?BG000 over them, YG21,YG23,YG25
Misc: Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circle, Scallop Circle and Oval, Stardust Stickles



The Details:
Stamp: Joseph (limited edition digi) - The Greeting Farm, Sentiment - Fictionally Inspired - Artful Inkables
Paper: Fancy Pants Designs, Chocolate Chip - SU, PTI White
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Copics:
Skin: E00,E11,E13,R22
Hair:C3,C5,C7,C9,100
Clothes:B95,B97,B99, R37,R39,R89

Thanks for visiting me today! If you swing by the big release party at The Greeting Farm today I'll probably see you there!

:-)Traci

Hoppin' With Anya and Ian

Hi! I hope your weekend was wonderful!! I had just a little time for stamping and so I was able to finish up my projects for the Club Anya Customer blog hop!! My first project is a Christmas card holder in the shape of Santa's cottage. (I got the idea of using one of these houses I found at Micheals from Joni - A Sticky Situation. She has made some of the most wonderful house creations!!) I like to think of Santa and Mrs Claus living in a very Gingerbread-y house. There is snow on the roof (liquid applique) , icicles hanging off of the roof (Martha Stewart punch), "gumdrop" buttons with Dazzling Diamonds glitter for their sparkle. The entire house was sprayed with Baby's Breath Shimmerz Spritz so it's very sparkly in real life. Mr and Mrs Clause also have several of their elf friends and Rudolf on their way over for a visit! (And please ignore the white plastic container - that is what I usually place my cards in when I take a picture and I just wasn't thinking about this project being much bigger than a card!!)

(You can click on any photo for a closer look.)


I also made a card for the KISS challenge (Keep It Simple Shaped) for Farm Fresh Friday at The Greeting Farm. Please don't yell at me about Hula Anya getting cold - she was very excited about the snow and couldn't resist going out to play in it! I gave her hot cocoa and told her to dress more warmly next time!! But back to the challenge - we were to use only our straight cutters, but were allowed one punch (which I used for the snowflakes. They are the leftover flakes that come off when you use the EK Success Snowflake Border punch.)

The Details:
Stamp: Hula Anya, Hat from XMas Sweeties - The Greeting Farm
Paper: DP - SU, Real REd, Cameo Coral SU, PTI White
Copics:
Skin:E11, E13,R22,R20
Hair:C3,C5,C7,C9,110
Clothes: YG03,YG07,YG09,R24,R27,R29,R59
Flowers: R20,R22
Misc: EK Success Snowflake Border punch, Stardust Stickles, Liquid Applique, Ribbon - JoAnn's?

Thank you for visiting me today, and if you are here on the Hop, I hope you are having a great time!! For the rest of the Hop List, go to Club Anya.
:-)Traci

Rudolph and Vivi

Hello! I hope your week is going great so far! I am so excited about the four day weekend! I don't do the Black Friday shopping thing - way too stressful! But I am looking forward to a day of relaxing with my family and maybe watching a few Holiday movies.....What are you looking forward to?

I had this idea of turning the deer from the Forest Friends set by The Greeting Farm into Rudolph. I used Amy's method of altering (she does a great tutorial on Club Anya). Her method is much easier and better than what I have always done, so I think I will go to it first from now on! My method always involved a lot of tracing and cutting out and layering.....Anyway, once I had Rudolph I thought he and Vivi could be delivering packages to their friends at the North Pole.I did a little altering on Vivi too, giving her a bit more hair. I also used NO patterened paper on this so it qualifies for the Farm Fresh Friday challenge! Woo Hoo!

The Details:
Stamps: Forest Friends, Vivi - The Greeting Farm
Paper: Bermuda Bay - SU, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, White - PTI
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White Craft
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair:E21,E25,E27,E29
Clothes and Present: R00,R20,R22,R24,R27,R29,BG10,BG11,BG13,BG15
Rudolph: E21,E25,E27,E29,R00,R20,W0,W1,W3, R27,R29
Misc: Stardust Stickles, Burgundy Stickles, Adirondack Cranberry Dimensional Pearls, Sakura Glaze Pen - Red, White Opal Liquid Pearls, Uniball Signo White Gel Pen, Swiss Dots CB Embossing Folder, Trees cut out with a Cricut Machine

Thanks for stopping by!
:-)Traci

Club Anya Couture

Hi Everyone! Just in case you missed the announcement yesterday, Club Anya is having another fun contest! This one is a fashion show called Club Anya Couture: Spring Fashion 2009! You can get all of the details HERE. Be sure to check it out because you can win the new, fantastic Rain, Snow, Shine set!! I had the idea for this card with Princess Anya and her little forest friends, and although I know it is not "high fashion", I think it is my first sample for the contest. After all, it is a "one of a kind" outfit she is wearing!


First, I drew on Anya's dress to try to make it coordinate with the DP I wanted to use (My Mind's Eye). I also drew her a new hat, colored it, cut it out and placed it over the crown. I drew the veil for her hat on vellum and colored it with Copics. The deer and the squirrels are from Forest Friends and the little bird is from Pretty Hat. (All of the stamps are from The Greeting Farm.) Everything is colored with Copics:

Princess:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,RV11,RV13
Dress: Y21,Y17,RV11,RV13,RV14,BG13
Deer and Squirrels: E21,E25,E27,E00,E11,RV11,RV13
Bird: BG11,BG13,BG15,BG49

Thanks for coming to see my creation! I hope you have a lot of fun making yours!
:-) Traci

Wise Guy

Boy, where did this weekend go? I swear a few minutes ago I tried to think of what I did on Saturday and couldn't come up with anything. My mind was so blank I started think I missed a day and this was really Sunday!


Today's card uses the little owl from The Greeting Farm's Forest Friends. When this set was first sneak peaked I couldn't wait to be able to get my hot little hands on it, mostly for this darling owl. The rest of the set is adorable too, but I had to have HIM! And then I did nothing with him. I don't know if I was just building the anticipation for myself.....but I finally played with him this weekend. The sentiment I used is from a Cornish Heritage Farms owl set (I kinda like owls!). The paper is DCWV.

Thanks for visiting me today!

A Couple of Sketch Challenges

Hi Everyone! I am getting such a late start today! Since it's the start of Spring Break I let my daughter have a sleep-over and we have all just been lazing around all morning!

My first card is for the sketch challenge over at Club Anya. If you love these stamps like I do you should head over and take a look because you can win one of the new stamps sets just by participating in the sketch challenge! So, for my card I used the new set Forest Friends - so adorable! I colored the deer with my Prismacolor markers. The DP is from Imaginisce and the card stock is Stampin Up. The brads are some I've had sitting around forever from Queen & Co.



My second card is for the Sketch challenge this week over at Splitcoast. I used Rockstar Anya - I think she's my favorite Greeting Farm stamp although it's so hard to choose. Ask me when I'm in a different mood and I'll probably pick another one! The DP and card stock is Stampin Up.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!