THE GREETING FARM: Welcome to the Minkie Neighborhood

For today's project, I wanted to play with a stamp set that I had purchased from The Greeting Farm a little bit ago, Minkie Neighbors. Currently, Minkie Neighbors is out of stock, but if you would like this retired stamp to be brought back for a future Farmer's Market - use the Contact Page on the store website to let The Greeting Farm know!  

 

I also wanted to continue the love for the "Use Some Green" challenge over at the The Greeting Farm Fan Page Facebook Group. Make sure to check out the last post and see more of how you can win a $50 gift card to The Greeting Farm as well!  

The start of this card was pretty simple - use as much green as you can! I colored most everything with green Copic markers, then added skin and hair, and a few extra details. Once everything was colored and cut, I used a few shades of green paper, stamped a bunch of bricks, and added some gold watercolor paint to create details. 

Then I popped everything up on dimensional foam, added a sentiment, and arranged in all as if each little Minkie Neighbor was popping their heads outside of their apartments on a fun, spring day. 

Make sure to check out the March "Use Some Green" challenge over at the The Greeting Farm Fan Page Facebook Group, and if you would like to see the Minkie Neighbors stamp set again, use the Contact Page on the store website to let The Greeting Farm know! 

 

Thank you for stopping by, and happy creating!

<3 Heather

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THE GREETING FARM - MARCH 2026 NEW RELEASE

The March 2026 New Release is now available for purchase in The Greeting Farm Store! This month we introduced 3 new stamp sets. Our first stamp set called BE CAPPY features five relaxed and playful capybaras enjoying life in the cutest ways. Next, we showcased BOOKISH KIDS, a set celebrating the joy of learning and perfect for classroom-themed cards, teacher gifts, and encouragement projects. Lastly, we have CAT MOM ANYA, a set that brings warmth, cuteness, and a little bit of purr-sonality to every project. 

Instead of a blog hop every month, we are doing challenges in The Greeting Farm Fan Page Facebook Group for a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate to The Greeting Farm Store. You guys have asked for more challenges so we are giving you one every month! The challenges will start on the 15th of each month and run until the 14th of the next month so you have several weeks to work on your project. The full list of rules will be listed under the challenge album on Facebook.

Our March 2026 Challenge is: USE SOME GREEN.

To enter, upload your card to the Challenge Album in The Greeting Farm Fan Page Facebook Group (challenge rules will be shown under the Album).
(Click on "Media" > "Albums". Find the challenge album for the month and click on it. Click on "Add Photos". After you upload your card to the album, leave a comment under your card so it shows up on the Discussion page.)

For this month's contest, I used ALLLLL of the green Copics I could find, coloring everything except the two Bookish Kids green. I loved creating the green-tinted glasses amongst all of the other fun features. I paired all of the colored images with a fun rainbow paper from Diamond Press. Rather than adding a sentiment, I am just leaving it like this. 

Check out the AMAZING cards from our Design Time featuring the new products! Please leave them some love!

TGF Design Team:

Cynthia

Elisabete

Heather

We are so excited to see your take on this challenge! We will have more cards featuring the New Release from our Design Team Leaders starting on the 16th so be sure to stop by The Greeting Farm Blog to see more inspiration.

Happy Creating!

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Challenge #192 - Winter Color Challenge

Hello! Heather here, and I'm so glad that I can share with you today's challenge. I love creating based off of color palettes and images. It's a great way to challenge yourself to use materials or items you normally wouldn't use, create during a rut, or just use up what you have.

Today challenge is all about winter colors, snowflakes, silver, and texture. Or not! It's all about how YOU read the color palette, the reference image, or both! Create something that is inspired by this image and/or color palette.

Heather

For this project, I combined both the image AND the color palette to create this card. I knew that I wanted to emphasize the texture of this card, so I started by embossing the dark blue cardstock with silver embossing powder. Once that was complete, I die cut the embossed piece, the snowflakes and the sentiment. Once this was complete, I added the burlap ribbon, glued down all of the pieces, and added an enamel dot for interest.

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PAPER GIRLS CHALLENGE BLOG: Challenge #174 - Spring Color Inspiration

Today's Paper Girls Challenge is all about Spring! I chose to use the color palette to create a color block card using a die that I got awhile ago.

I die cut the heart multiple times, then paper pieced the pieces together in a spectrum order.

After that was complete, I used some matching paper for the background, embossing it with a WRMK Next Level Embossing Folder. This one was from a few years ago.

Popped the heart up on some dimensional adhesive, added a sentiment from an old A.muse stamp set, wound up some Hand and Hearth twine, and done. The little banner was just trimmed on the ends for detail.

Come play with all of us at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog!

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PAPER GIRLS CHALLENGE BLOG: Challenge #146 - Black & White

Today on the Paper Girls Challenge Blog is our fantastic challenge #146, using only Black and White. I adore challenges. I love re-imagining how I can use up my materials in different ways to  create fun new things. I'm often inspired by techniques that I see online, especially YouTube. My favorites are Kristina Werner and Jennifer McQuire. Both ladies are uber-talented, and have so many ideas.

I was watching one of Kristina's videos, when I realized I had everything I needed to recreate my version of her project using supplies I had on hand.

Concord and 9th is one of my current obsessions. I adore almost everything they come up with, and I'm pretty picky, so that's saying a lot. One of my favorite stamps that I love trying to play with in different ways is their Hello Lovely stamp set. I really love that depending on how you use it, it takes on completely new levels of complexity.

This is pretty simple, and came together rather quickly. Use an embossing buddy, or some sort of prep powder for this, as you really do not want any stray white powder on the black paper. Then with Versamark and your favorite white embossing powder, heat emboss the image. Then use the white gouache paint to create areas of lights and darks in the embossed image. Let dry, and finish with a sentiment. That's it!

Check out the blog for our PG Challenge #146 - Black and White and share with us your new creation! We have quarterly prizes and would love to see you create with us.

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After creating this, I also realized that it would also fit the Concord and 9th challenge blog, Where Creativity Meets C9 challenge for Watercolors. Enjoy!

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UPDATED: September Shop Your Stash Kit

UPDATE: Check out THIS PAGE on how to "Shop Your Stash"!! 

I'm on month two... Or at least "Kit Two" of my personal challenge. Nothing official or anything... I just have SO much stuff, and really want to just use it and buy things I really want, or that are multi-use (stamps, tools, etc.) I also have a ton of things that I love... But am hiding away for some obscene reason. No more hoarding pretty things!!

This month's kit was inspired by this picture of the lovely kit from Noel Mignon. (FYI, at this current moment... It's not been released, so this is just a sneak of the Tea for Two Kit). I really loved the colors, the woodgrain (of course!) and the deer. Seriously, the deer. I am going to make a custom deer stamp using some of my Silhouette stamp material, and already have the shape chosen!!

And... This color inspiration. I found the link on Pinterest, but am posting the original link here.

Here's my "kit". Once again, I've not packed a ton of paper into it, but will attempt to use it all... But it is pretty embellishment heavy. My goal, once I've completed quite a few layouts is to use it as a card kit. I love card kits, as all of the pieces go together, and the embellishments are fun.

Paper Top Row L-R:
Parfait (Madeline Collection) - Prima Marketing
Chocolate & Kraft Ribbon Stripe - Canvas Corp.
April Showers (Simply Spring) - WeRMK
Dishes (Nook & Pantry) - Basic Grey
Beaters (Nook & Pantry) - Basic Grey
Living Proof (So Sophie) - My Mind's Eye

Paper Bottom Row L-R:
Lots O' Luck (Hog Heaven) - Sassafras Lass
Beaming (Sunshine Broadcast) - Sassafras Lass
Cinnamon (Nutmeg) - Cosmo Cricket
Lunch Break (Ready Set Go) - American Crafts
Love Letters (Fawnd of You Too) - Sassafras Lass

Cardstock
kraft - American Crafts
darker teal - Bazzill
light teal - American Crafts
butter yellow - American Crafts  

Embellishments:
Some additional scraps of fun wood patterned paper...
Alphabet Stickers (Life of the Party) - Basic Grey
Yellow Tiny Type - Cosmo Cricket
Label Stickers (Lost & Found Two) - My Mind's Eye
Tiny Tags (Serendipity) - Elle's Studio
Chipboard Hearts - Um Wow Studio
Die Cut Kraft Doilies - Maya Road
Rose Ribbon - American Crafts
Stickers (Fawnd of You) - Sassafras Lass
Tickets... ??
Doo-Dads (Woodland Park) - October Afternoon
Vintage Brooch (Soft Pink) - Sassafras Lass
Metal Tabs (Carte Postal) - Basic Grey
Button Market - Bella Blvd
Tags - Martha Stewart
Chipboard Die Cuts - Sassafras Lass
Badges - Studio Calico
Canvas Pieces - Basic Grey
Wood Veneer Butterflies - Studio Calico
Fabric Brads - Basic Grey
Woodgrain Stamp - Hero Arts
Twine - ??

PS. If you're not too big on making everything all matchy-matchy, make sure to check out places like Tuesday Morning, TJ Maxx, Ross, Marshall's, and the clearance racks of places. Quite a few of the items that are here were from those places too! Pin It

Pretty Little Studio & Peridot 10

I love color challenges. As in, simply adore them. I often scour Pinterest for color palettes and wish that I could just zap my magic wand and make things in my house match them. But then again... It's probably for the best that I can't.

 

When I saw this lovely color collaboration from Pretty Little Studio, it got me thinking about how I could pull some of my older stuff from my stash and use away. Which was a great idea, because I had some amazing papers that were needing to be used up: Cosmo Cricket, Kaisercraft, Basic Grey, American Crafts. I really loved how the fabric paper frayed, and how I was able to make the black chalkboard paper look like a chalkboard with a little bit of ImagineCrafts chalk ink. Just 'dirty' it up, and buff it out.

I even used the Peridot Sketch 10 from Scrapbooksteals.com. And of course, I had to change it up a bit. I only used the left side, swapped out the squares for feathers (made sense with the colors), rotated the pics, and moved the title to the other side. LOVE IT!

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Pretty Little Studio Color Challenge

I don't have a finished project yet... But here's a start! I went deep into my stash for these. My goal was to find products that were 6 months or older. 

My papers:

Kaisercraft-Devonshire Collection (Guinevere)

Basic Grey-Nook & Pantry (Waffles)

American Crafts-Amy Tangerine (fabric paper)

Cosmo Cricket-Nutmeg (Autumn)

American Crafts-Nightfall (Fall Moon)

With that success, I'm off to find matching embellishments. I'll try to stick to the same "rules"... But those enamel dots get me every time!

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Pretty Pink Posh Craft Dash Marathon

Seriously... These Pretty Pink Posh Craft Dash cardmaking challenges are a serious blast. One day, I'm going to have to attempt a layout using the same idea. Today, I have three challenges that I completed both last night and today. SO much fun!!



This card uses a My Mind's Eye card base, some Simple Stories Sn@p paper, a few sequins, some misting, and a May Arts ribbon. I pop dotted that bicycle image to make it more dimensional. I loved the bright colors on this card, and I know of a few people that would love having this sent to them.

Time to complete this card, including cutting the pieces, etc. 9:20 min.

I knew when I saw this color palette, I knew that I wanted to create a cute birthday card using the fun pink, aqua and brown. I also had a perfect set of Thickers that I was planning on using. On this card I used some Core'dinations paper, Echo Park and MME patterned papers, a few Studio Calico chipboard pieces, fabulous brown Thickers, and a cute teal sequin. I really love those sequins. I also used my Silhouette and a Project Life cut for part of the sentiment.

Time to complete this card, including cutting the pieces, etc. 8:38 min.

To be honest, (and I think I've said this before...) I'm not a stamper. Not really. I try... I'm getting better. And I really have paid attention to a few of my fellow crafters who are MUCH better at stamping than I. I'm actually pretty proud of this little card. It uses some Crate Paper patterned paper, and MME and Studio Calico stamps. The inks are all from Memento (ImagineCrafts).

 

Time to complete this card, including cutting the pieces, etc. 8:13 min.

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Pretty Pink Posh Challenge #18: Green, Yellow & Violet

I'm really loving the challenges from Pretty Pink Posh. This week's challenge was combining green, yellow and violet. I never knew how many companies shy away from violet until I really started looking for the color in all of my stash.

I remember chatting with Samanatha over at Authentique about this over a year ago. And she created a fantastic line that includes a deeper violet than I could use for this project in her Remembrance line. However, for this card, I used a combination of Cosmo Cricket, Crate Paper (Maggie Holmes) and Simple Stories. For all of my embellishments: MME enamel dots, May Arts ribbon and some sequins from JoAnns.

This one uses a few layers of dimensional adhesive. I now know why the ladies at PPP suggest tape. It ate up quite a bit of time to take off the plastic off of each piece of adhesive. And my ribbon was too big for the sentiment tag. So I made a knot. Love it!!

Time to complete this card, including cutting the pieces, etc.

9:02 min.

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Pretty Pink Posh Challenge #17

I love a challenge. I recently found the Pretty Pink Posh blog from the Gossamer Blue blog. It was a fun challenge that I participated in a few weeks ago. Since then, I've signed up for their emails to remind me when their next challenge is, and I'm working on a few past ones to sharpen my skills (and build up my card stash...)

This challenge was from a few weeks ago, but I really loved the color palette. Kraft, melon and aqua... Who wouldn't love that?

I will admit that I was playing around on my Silhouette awhile ago, and made a card cut file for this adorable envelope card. Well... I gathered a bunch of elements that I liked, placed them all on the same "page" and realized that I could cut them out and layer them later.

A few things about this card... I used spray glue. YUP! Spray glue!! You'll notice that the sentiment went a little wonky. Oh well. Don't care. It works. I also used ink to color the arrow. And everything is not quite perfect. And my response... I don't think the recipient will care one iota.

It is a pretty cute little card, is it not? Play with Pretty Pink Posh soon!! It really is a fun challenge.

Time to complete this card, including cutting the pieces, etc.

8:43 min.

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AUTHENTIQUE COLOR CHALLENGE: September

I love the new Curiosity line. It's bright, fun, and doesn't always have to be used for school-related items! Loving this picture of my little girl who turned three over summer. <3 br="br">

Authentique Patterned Papers in Studious, Academic and Interested,  Details Stickers

AC Kraft, ribbon and Thickers, Pebbles sticker, OctoberAfternoon Mists, Chalk Ink

 

ABOUT THE COLOR CHALLENGE:

We have two challenges per month:
• Inspiration Color Challenge - The Inspiration Color Challenge will be posted on the third Saturday of each month. There will be a color storyboard posted for you to use as inspiration.

I would love for you to play along!

A few details:

Just use the challenge inspiration to create as many projects as you'd like.
A winner will be randomly selected from all the qualified entries to receive an Authentique Paper prize pack!
{The more projects you create, the better your chances are of winning!}

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AUTHENTIQUE PAPER: June's Color Challenge

I really love color challenges. And I really hope that you play along with Authentique's color challenge this month. It fits perfectly with the Fresh Collection that has been just recently released by Authentique. I just loved the blues, grays and reds. They worked perfectly with this lovely photo of my Miss I as a newborn, in contrast to the black and white photographs from the past few months.

I really loved how the ledger paper lent itself to a great section of journaling. I've been tossing around the idea of how big my little girl has gotten, and how fast three years has really flown by. Especially with the upcoming birth of the new little bunny. 

Those great stickers from the Details sheet are fun to add some good comments, when sometimes journaling just doesn't explain everything.

And the Diction is fantastic too! Those Elements sheets with both the Diction and the Petite Type are great.

If you want to play along this month, here is the color board:

Come join us at the blog today, and enter!!

Authentique Products Used: Fresh Collection: Pure, Crisp, Light, Clean papers, Details & Elements stickers

Other Products: AC Thickers, Core'dinations cardstock

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Woodgrain Mustache: Color Challenge!!

I am in charge of today's post for Woodgrain Mustache! Check out the color challenge here:

(Design Seeds)

And a sneak peek of how I used these colors!!

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AUTHENTIQUE: September Color Challenge

From the AUTHENTIQUE BLOG:

We will have two challenges per month:

• Sketch Challenge - The Sketch Challenge will be posted on the first Saturday of each month. There will be two sketches posted {one card sketch and one layout sketch} for you to use as inspiration.
• Color Challenge - The Color Challenge will be posted on the third Saturday of each month. There will be a color palette posted for you to use as inspiration.

We would love for you to play along!
Just use the challenge inspiration to create as many projects as you'd like.
A winner will be randomly selected from all the qualified entries to receive an Authentique Paper prize pack!
{The more projects you create, the better your chances are of winning!}

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Here is the color palette for September 2011:

Here is my interpretation of the color options. I really wanted to focus on the Foundations paper, as well as use more of the Splendid that I received. I also used some of the Blissful papers and die cuts for the sentiment. The pink bow is actually paper rafia that I unwound and tied around the card.

 (Supplies Used AUTHENTIQUE: Journey Foundations Front, Splendid Renown, Blissful Prosperity, Splendid Icons; OTHER supplies: paper rafia, a•muse studio stamp, cardstock)

I used an a•muse studio stamp for the sentiment. I like how the script works really well with the Blissful die cut.

It's a brighter card, but I like the fact that it will help to brighten my friends day. 

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Make sure that you link your color challenge to the AUTHENTIQUE blog!! Also, check out the AUTHENTIQUE Facebook page for information on getting the new Free Bird loose 6x6 papers!!

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Snippet: Counterfeit Kit Challenge & Design Seeds Preview

My lovely friend Brenda over at The Imperfect Scrapper found a great blog called the Counterfeit Kit Challenge. The goal over at The Counterfeit Kit Challenge is to use your own supplies to create an amazing kit! Why buy more, when you have TONS of stuff already?

Their kit used a great kit from Sweet Peach Crop Shop's September 2011.

While it is completely cute and lovely... It's a lot of Sassafras Lass. Sass that I don't have. While I could just toss a bunch of Sass in and call it a day, I wouldn't go the easy route. When do I ever do that? So... I found a piece of paper that I love, but was challenging me... And was floral. Which I hardly EVER use!

(Crate Paper "Bouquet" from their Portrait line)

I then matched the colors with a great color palette from Design Seeds that I found on Pinterest.

I ended up including quite a bit of yellow and green. Again, colors I don't use a lot of. My kit includes 8 pieces of "cardstock", 14 pieces of patterned paper, a mini chipboard book that I have NO idea what to do with, 2 mists, a handful of ribbon, chipboards, alphas, twine, wood veneer, brads, tags, and a few more embellishments. Okay, so a couple of "add-on" kits...

I'll post my own pics tomorrow!! Pin It