Release Day Blog Hop ~ Fun on the Farm ~ The Greeting Farm

The May 2025 New Release is now available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store! This month we introduced 3 new stamp sets. Our first set called SPACE KITTIES features four catstronauts having a blast exploring space. In our next set called SURF'S UP ANYA, our sweet girl is on vacation in Hawaii and ready to catch some waves. In our last set called FUN ON THE FARM, Anya and Ian finally bought a farm, and are busy raising chickens, sheep, and piggies.

HAY! I just adore that sentiment! When our family drives anywhere on our adventures and we see big ol' bales of hay we yell 'HAY'! It's just a fun thing and I thought of it when I saw that sentiment and had to use it! I inked up the adorable Anya with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her and the critters up with Copic markers.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R00, R20

Hair: Y21, E31, E35

Hat: E30, E31, E33, E25

Shirt / Socks: R20, R14

Skirt: B91, B93, B95, B97

Pig: R00, R20

Boots / Pail: N0, N2, N4

Food: E31, E33

Chicken: C00, C2, YR04, R20, R14

I paired up the adorable Anya with some old papers in my stash from Doodlebug Designs called Down on the Farm. I was happy to find scraps in my paper pack that worked just perfectly for this card.

Inspiration for my card came from the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 32. I host a fun sketch challenge in a Facebook group. I'd love for you to join and play along with us!

To celebrate this release we are having a short BLOG HOP! One lucky fan will win a $50.00 Gift Certificate to The Greeting Farm Store!! You have until May 18th, 12pm CST/1pm EST to leave your comments on each Designer's Blog. Then head back to The Greeting Farm Blog to let us know you completed the hop. **Remember to qualify for the prize you MUST leave a comment on each Designer's Blog AND The Greeting Farm Blog letting us know you completed the hop.

NOTE: Comments on The Greeting Farm Blog are admin approved so it may take a day for your comment to be visible. Please only comment once, and use the same name on all the blogs when leaving a comment. Do not pick the Anonymous option (otherwise we won't be able to verify that it's you). We will announce the random winner later in the week on the Blog and in our Facebook Group: The Greeting Farm Fan Page.

TGF Design Team:

Crystal

Cynthia

Elisabete

Meg

This is a short hop, and definitely worth playing along! If you want to grab your favorites now, you can purchase the new stamps HERE. We will have more cards featuring the New Release from our Design Team Leaders starting on the 21st so be sure to stop by The Greeting Farm Blog to see more inspiration.

Happy Hopping!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch 25 ~ Bobbie Sue Girl ~ Unity Stamp Co.

 Hello there crafty friend!

Today I'm sharing more inspiration for the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 25 in the Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Facebook group. I've made a few quick cards using the scraps I picked out a couple of weeks ago. And I still had Bobbie Sue Girl from Unity handy on my desk so I inked her up!

I love how fast these cards came together! I'm not usually one for using stickers on cards but they sure made for quick cards. I just need to add sentiments to cards with the stickers and they'll be all done.

Here's another look at the scraps I chose for September. Not Fall like I hoped, but Fall-ish colors and I do love the farm vibe. This is a photo from when I started with the leftover papers. I have just a few scraps left. I'm hoping to finish them up this month. We'll see!

I trimmed the floral paper for the chicken card I shared a couple weeks ago. I also trimmed the green paper and the ruler paper. I used the leftover pieces from that card plus a couple of the longer strips for my three cards today. I adhered the pattern papers to a 4 x 5-1/4" piece of thin white card stock. This was way easier than trying to adhere the pattern papers directly to the Kraft card base and eyeball to make sure I had them evenly spaced.

Here's a look at the fun sketch for Tawny Owl Paperie Inky Inspiration Sketch Challenge 25. The sketch, as always, is meant to inspire not require. So let the sketch lead in your design, but don't feel limited by it. I moved the sentiment for my card today. It just fit better under the ruler paper.

I stamped Bobbie Sue Girl and the sentiment using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Yup, I used a different ink. It was on top of the stack and I was lazy! LOL! Anywho, I die cut the image using a circle die from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. I colored up the image with a bunch of Copic markers and then I blended my brown blending brush around the image. The white was too bright for the papers and the kraft base. It just didn't look right. I also blended or distressed the edges of the sentiment with the same brush. TIP: if you want to add just a tad bit of color, don't add ink to your blending brush. If you are like me, you leave your blending brushes unwashed and inky and they are perfect for just a little bit of color. 

Here's a list of the Copic Markers I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Hair: E70, E71, E74

Dress: BG000, BG02, BG72

Apron: Y11, Y32

Chicken: R20, R14, E11, E13, E08

I popped up the circle and the sentiment using a bunch of foam tape. I love the dimension it gives to the card! This was such a fun and quick card! I hope you've been inspired to pull out those scraps and use them up! Have an inktastic week!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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Inky Paws Challenge #229 ~ Birthday Theme Challenge Reminder

Hello there crafty friend!

There's still time to play along with the Inky Paws Challenge #229 - Birthday Theme Challenge! You have until this coming Friday, August 16th to get your entries in for this fun challenge and a chance to win a $20 store credit to Newton's Nook Designs!

Inky Paws Challenge #229 - Birthday Theme Challenge

Birthday cards are so fun to make! I had a blast mixing and matching stamps and dies for my card!

I really couldn't narrow down what I wanted to play with so I played with them all! First up is the adorable Farmer Newton Stamp Set. I stamped him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink {I use this same ink for all the stamps today} and colored him up with my Copic markers. So fun! I then stamped the Harvest Haul Stamp Set and colored it with my Copic markers. I used the coordinating dies for both stamp sets to die cut the images - Farmer Newton Die Set and Harvest Haul Die Set. I like to use washi tape to secure my dies... my plates for my Big Shot are old and they like to pop sometimes and move the die so securing it with washi tape seems to prevent that from happening.

Here's the list of the Copic markers I used for these two images:

Farmer Newton: R00, R20, C00, C1, C3

Hat: E33, E35, E39, YG11, YG63

Clothes: B91, B93, B95, B97, R20, R14, R46, Y15

Pitchfork: N0, N2, N4, N6, E33, E35, E39

Truck: R20, R14, YR27, R46, E33, E35, E39, N0, N2, N4, N6, C00, C1, B0000, B000, B00

Apples / Basket: YG21, YG11, G14, E30, E33, E35

Corn: YG11, YG63, Y11, Y15

Pumpkins: YR21, YR15, YR27, C00, C1, C3, E30, E33, E35

Blanket: Y11, Y15, YG11, YG63

I paired up the adorable kitty and truck with the awesome Farmyard 6x6 Paper Pad. So many fun patterns in these papers... it was hard to choose! I die cut the yellow paper using the scalloped die from the Frames & Flags Die Set. I wanted to also play with the new Basic Frames Die Set so I die cut the barn paper using the large banner die. The dies in the Basic Frames Die Set compliment the dies in the Frames & Flags Die Set so well... I love it! I didn't want to cover up my fun pattern papers so I die cut a circle of vellum card stock using a die from the Circles Frames Die Set.

All of my pattern papers are adhered to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2" piece of Real Red card stock from Stampin' Up. I adhered the kitty to the truck and then adhered them to the vellum circle. I was then able to add glue just behind the farmer and truck to adhere the vellum circle to the card. This trick prevents any of the glue from showing through the vellum. The fun sentiment from the Farmer Newton Stamp Set was stamped with Candied Apple Distress Ink on a banner I die cut using a die from the Frames & Flags Die Set. It's popped up on the card with foam tape.

I often like to continue my design inside the card but sometimes I forget to take a photo. Luckily, I didn't forget this time! I stamped the three chickens from the Cluck Stamp Set and colored them up with my Copic markers. Aren't they just the cutest?! Love them! Of course, I colored them to look like our chickens. I actually went a little nuts with the Sakura White Gelly Roll pen and added some white to the black chickens head but it was too much so I stamped the head on a scrap of card stock. Colored it up again and then fussy cut it on the line. I colored up the edges of the fussy cutting using a Memento Tuxedo Black marker and then paper pieced the head after I die cut the chickens with the coordinating Cluck Die Set. In person there's a bit of dimension to the black chickens head, but I don't think you can really see it in the photo. I adhered a thin strip of pattern paper to the bottom of the card to ground the chickens. And then I stamped another sentiment... this time it's a sentiment from the Cluck Stamp Set. I just love how this card turned out! I hope you like it too!

Here's the list of the Copic markers I used for the chickens:

Left / Middle Chickens: R20, R14, R46, YR21, YR15, YR27, E30, E33, E35, E39

Right Chicken: R20, R14, R46, YR21, YR15, YR27, N0, N2, N4, N6

Now it's your turn to get your paws inky with your Newton's Nook Designs products and create a project with a Birthday theme. Be sure to link up to the Inky Paws Challenge! Can't wait to see your projects!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See ya next time.

Inky Hugs,

Crystal

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