Farm Fresh Friday

TGIF peeps! Still under the weather here so I gotta keep this post short and get back to bed. One thing is for certain though, under the weather or not, the snow is melting the birds are back and spring is most definitely here. With the pretty blue sky returning, we just couldn't help ourselves over at The Greeting Farm so this week's challenge is Spring Colors! So even though the temperature is still below freezing, here's my fun bright card to welcome the change of season

Garden Anya

I used Garden Anya paired with some flowery springy paper from Doodlebug designs called Hello Spring (go figure huh?) and a new climbing vine die from cottage cutz I got specifically for the spring season, isn't it adorable? I colored Ms Anya up on Cryogen white cardstock with my copic markers and some stickles glitter glue. The sentiment I used is part of the Delicate Words die set released by The Greeting Farm a few years back and its also been stickled like crazy. I used a scrap of purple ribbon from my stash and a flower that I recolored with my copics to match, for a little embellishment. Don't forget to stop by The Greeting Farm for more springtime fun colors and inspiration from the DT!

Lots-O-Love
-Krys

Farm Fresh Friday: Boys Only!

TGIF fellow farmers! The last week has been really stressful on me and I'm glad its coming to a close. Between getting over a cold while nursing two sick babies back to health, coping with a death in my family, and preparing my hubby for a mini deployment cycle, I've been super preoccupied leaving almost no time for crafting! I did however manage to squeeze in a cute little card for this week's Farm Fresh Friday challenge, Boys Only, over at The Greeting Farm.

Roll Call Kit (Dylan)

Both this little cutie and the sentiment was part of one of the large 8x10 rubber sets released by The Greeting Farm called the Roll Call Kit, which features 10 adorable full size stamps of the Wild Sprouts line. I colored Dylan using my copic markers on Xpress it blending card. The papers I used are from the Hip Hop Hooray 6x6 doodlebug designs 6x6 pad layered on top of bazzill heavy weight card shoppe cardstock in the color whirlypop. I heat embossed the sentiment in white EP and added a few enamel dots and a piece of orange and white bakers twine. The sketch I used for the layout was from the Retrosketches challenge blog. Since the challenge was Boys Only, I contained my urge to add stickles and wink of stella to every inch of this card, believe me, it drove me NUTS! Now it's your turn, pop over to The Greeting Farm and check out the rest of my D.Teamies' projects and link up for your chance to win an awesome prize!

Lots-o-Love,

-Krys

A Reason To Smile

Happy Monday all! As you (hopefully) know, I finally reached a huge goal of mine to become a member of one of my long time favorite stamping company The Greeting Farm's Design Team. I am blessed enough to work with some of the most amazingly talented women out there and to me, that is more than a reason to smile! Things have finally slowed down around here as the holiday season comes to an end and since I  never got a chance to tell all my followers how grateful I am for their supportive comments and taking time out of their day to see what my crazy mind has come up with, this is a card to thank you all and let you know, you guys give me a reason to smile!

Winky Bean

I used the 3D technique I learned from watching a tutorial from an enourmously talented lady by the name of  Mariska. I wanted to keep this card CAS to let the image take center stage so I only used a few buttons and a strip of ribbon to embellish. I colored Winky Bean using my copic markers and used my TH black soot distress marker around the edges. Winky Bean came from a 8x10 set with several other retired beans and a bonus of two exclusive beans available only in the kit. TGF released it for pre order a few months back and at a cheaper price so I just had to have it. Those beans are so stinkin cute and versatile they work on just about any type of card! The banners were cut from various pieces of DP from the doodlebug Sugar Shoppe 6x6 pad I got on E-bay. I hope you guys like my card and thank you for the support!

Lots-o-Love,
-Krys

Made with Love

Merry Christmas Eve bloggers! I wanted to sneak in a quick post on a project for you guys before the madness in my house begins. Since tomorrow is Christmas, my little ones will have all of my attention for the next few days. But don't worry, remember that huge surprise I mentioned a while back? It's almost time for the big news. in just a few days I can finally tell you all and I can't wait to share! To say thank you and show just how much all of my wonderful followers mean to me, I'm dedicating my latest project to you guys, so here it goes!

Valentines Anya digi

Cuteness overload right?! How can you stand it! This is one digi that I hope TGF releases in rubber so I can watercolor her with my TH distress markers too! The papers and stickers I used came from the Doodlebug Sweetheart collection which I am in love with so if anybody knows where I can still get the 6x6 pads pleeeease share that valuable information <3 <3 <3 Anywho, I started this altered frame off by sanding down a frame I purchased at Michael's craft store for $1. After cleaning the dust off I selected a soft pink paint from my stash and pained the front and sides of the frame with a sponge brush. While the frame was drying I put it to the side and started working on my image. I hope you can see the dimension, I used a paper piecing technique that I found here. Can I just stop and say holy WOW that woman is talented! I love stopping by her blog and seeing her work, I have a long way to go but I think this project was a nice start! I started off by printing several of the Valentines Anya digis (available in the TGF Store) in a larger than average size on Xpress it blending card and one on a cute pink polkadot patterned paper from my stash. Next I colored each part of  Anya on different images so that none of the colored parts were touching. I wanted to add some shadows to the polkadot paper that would be used for her dress and hair bow so I used my copic markers in the colors RV32 R81, RV10, and RV000 for the shading and LOTS of wink of stella. Next I fussy cut out each part of my digi individually and rounded the edges using the McGill paper blossom embossing kit I purchased from here. I followed the technique shown on Mariska's tutorial I mentioned earlier to complete my image and set her to the side to dry. Right now I'm using Helmar's liquid scrapdots for my 3d effect but I will not be purchasing again because it tends to be a bit greasy and actually left a grease spot on my image, not cool! I'll be trying out a different brand as soon as I finish using up this tube so as not to be wasteful but I DID NOT like that product for card making! Once the frame was dry I began cutting out strips of DP and arranging them where I wanted them to be. Finally all that was left to do was glue all the pieces onto the frame. Normally I would use my Homemade Mod Podge but since I had something 3D and fairly heavy, this time I used the clear gloss medium I use for my mixed media canvases to stick everything down real good! A heart banner with my LaLa Land heart banner die and some cutie precious hearts from memory box and this frame was finished! If you guys have never tried 3D paper piecing it is a must, if for nothing more than to be able to say you did it. Yes it is time consuming but OMG the results are so very worth it. My advice is to try it out on a bigger image with large pieces like this anya digi when first beginning and get a good 3D glue and some good sharp precision scissors and you are ready to go! If you give it a try I'd love to see it, leave me a link in the comments and I'll be sure to check it out. 'Till next time!

-Krys