THE GREETING FARM: Small Surprises with Guest Designer Heather Conklin

 

Hello, Greeting Farm fans! Heather here again with my final Guest Designer post. For today’s project, I wanted to create a celebration card, specifically a birthday card. My own birthday is this week, and I thought it would be fun to create something that would be just as fun to receive. 

I started by stamping the cute cake image from the Small Surprises clear stamp set onto a tag cut from the Elle’s Studio Perforated Tags metal die. I colored the image with alcohol markers, layering colors to add a bit of depth, and finished with a touch of white gel pen on the bunny cheeks. 

 

Once the tag was complete, I added the sentiment from the same stamp set, threaded a coordinating ribbon through the hole, and secured it with my tiny attacher. I then pulled a few papers from my stash and used a set of scalloped rectangle dies to create the card base. 

To finish this cute project, I stamped and colored a few more of the bunny images from the Small Surprises clear stamp set and added them to the card using some foam tape for extra dimension.  

Thank you to The Greeting Farm for one of the most fun months of crafting I’ve had in a while!

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THE GREETING FARM: Mermaid Fun with Guest Designer Heather Conklin

 

Hello Greeting Farm fans! Heather back again with my second Guest Designer project for January. I had SO much fun with The Greeting Farm stamps on this fun card featuring the Mermaid Fun – Clear Stamps set.

I wanted to create a fun scene and had in my mind a tunnel card. Tunnel cards are fun as you can use any layered shape dies (circles, rectangles, etc.) and cut out the same shape in a repeated pattern, creating a smaller tunnel as you go. To achieve this look, I used a set of standard circle dies and skipped every other die in the set.

Pop each layer up with foam tape, and you can tuck in those fun mermaids, whales and sharks, in between layers of paper.

I finished this cute card off by adding a fun sentiment on a handcut banner, and little pearls that act like bubbles throughout the card. Isn’t the Mermaid Fun set just so cute?!

 Thanks for stopping in and looking at my guest designer work with The Greeting Farm. I’ll see you soon with my last January project!

Heather

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I LIKE COFFEE + YOU - I'm Guest Designing over at The Greeting Farm!

Hello Greeting Farm fans! My name is Heather Conklin, and I am so excited to be the Guest Designer for January. I have admired The Greeting Farm for a long time, and I can’t wait to share the cute projects I have been working on, starting with this fun card that uses the Caffeine Critters – Clear Stamps.

 

I started this card by using a variety of alcohol markers to color each of the caffeinated critters. Arranging them all together, I loved placing the fox looking towards the racoon. It made for such a silly scene.

 

Once everyone was colored and cut out, I started on the background. This card features an older coffee ring stencil from Diamond Press, but you could use any stencil or simply an actual coffee cup and coffee (or brown inks & paints) to achieve the same look. Paint the bottom of the cup and place onto the paper in various spots to create rings.

 

I added the blue strip to place everyone on, and added the cute sentiment with some white embossing ink. 

 

Once the background of the card was created, I just popped each Caffeine Critter up with some dimensional tape.

 

Thanks for stopping in and looking at my guest designer work with The Greeting Farm. I’ll see you soon!

Heather

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PAPER GIRLS CHALLENGE #204 - Christmas in July

While some of you may be experiencing a heat wave, the gals over at the Paper Girls Challenge Blog is already thinking about Christmas! Christmas in July is this week's challenge. Grab those new papers that are coming out (like Authentique Paper's Magical Christmas!!) and those amazing stamps and dies, and create something that is Christmas-themed. Don't want to think ahead... Scrap those pictures from last Christmas that you haven't even looked at yet!

For this card, I started with the Mama Elephant Slimline Basic die set. I love slimline cards (if you've seen the past few projects, you'll totally understand my obsession!!), and this die set is fabulous for creating easy-peasy slimline cards.

I also used the NEW Diamond Press Believe in Magic #247188 stamp and die set. I colored all of the stamped images with my Chameleon markers, then backed it all with the wonderful NEW Authentique Paper A Magical Christmas (Four). Pin It

AUTHENTIQUE PAPER: Happy 4th of July

Heather Conklin

Happy Fourth of July! I wanted to grab a few of my older papers from the Liberty collection and create something that would be both fun and functional.

The pinwheel is a five-point 3D pinwheel, that has been glued to a straw. Instead of the center that was present in the cut file, I just added a simple vintage brad. This was then glued into the inside of the star gift bag. Gluing it in the bag makes the placement of the pinwheel permanent. Hot glue works the best for this.

The front of the star gift bag is a layered front. The star is simply white cardstock that has been glued using liquid glue, and then the layers of the Liberty collection papers are layered with foam adhesive.

To top this packaging off, simply find white or white patterned tissue and add in your present. No present... This also doubles as a home decor item! Hope this inspires you, and have a great 4th of July.

 Authentique Supplies: Liberty Collection (retired)

Other Supplies: white cardstock, foam adhesive, Silhouette Cameo 3, cut files (#135146, #61640), tissue paper, straw, hot glue gun

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AUTHENTIQUE PAPER: Happy Father's Day Group Blog Post - Day One with Kathy & Heather

Over on the Authentique Blog, we are celebrating all of our wonderful fathers, dads, sons, grandfathers, uncles, and other father-figures.

Hello, and Happy Father's Day week! If your house is anything like mine, you've been working, teaching, and have been spending ALL the time with your kiddos. This Father's Day, I really want to thank my lovely husband for all of the hard work that we have done this season. 

 I started with this fabulous Dad Accordion Fold Card by Lori Whitlock. I really liked the little tools that were on it. It was also fun and graphic. The base for this card was Manly Four. I really liked the dark blue tone of this paper. 

Each of the letters was cut from various sides of the Manly Collection papers. I used Manly Three, Four and Five respectively.

The tools were cut from a combination of brown cardstock, Manly Four and Spectrum cardstock in Silver Dollar. All of the pieces are popped up using foam adhesive. This creates depth and interest.

Once each was cut, I inked them all lightly with Stampin' Up ink in Tip Top Taupe. 

Once the card was complete, I used the A2 Notecard Envelope Box, sizing it to my card. To create some more interest on the front and make it more gift-like, I also cut the Best Dad Handlettering Brush Script from Manly Five and offset it. After inking both pieces, I added it to the envelope.

 This was a fun card to put together, and I know that it will be a fun card to display on Father's Day. 

Supplies Used: Authentique Manly Collection (12x12 Paper Pad, Manly Three, Manly Four, Manly Five), Spectrum Series (Silver Dollar), brown cardstock, kraft cardstock, foam adhesive, ink

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AUTHENTIQUE PAPER: Everything You Need for a Birthday Kit with the Hooray Collection

Hello! Birthdays look a little different right now. Video birthdays, calling, being apart from the ones that you want to celebrate can be difficult. This Hooray collection birthday kit includes everything you need except cake! I'm sending this one out with a mug cake package so that my recipient can celebrate, even though I cannot be with them.

I started with a base of Hooray One, and cut that to accommodate the 5x7" envelope that I knew that I was going to make. I folded this about 3 1/4" on both sides, so that the envelope could be adhered to the center. The belly band was a larger strip of Hooray Three that I waited to glue together until the entire project was complete. The bow was a strip of cardstock layered with Hooray Three. A little bit of foam tape let the Details cardstock sticker stand out.

Inside, I took two large dies and created layered die cuts by tracing the outer edges onto a piece of Calendar collection cardstock (July) and another piece of red cardstock. The little bit of striped cardstock came from a leftover strip of Hooray Six after making the envelope. The banner pieces from the Details sticker sheet was perfect to create some interest as you are opening the birthday kit.

Another Details cardstock sticker and some more striped Hooray Six allow for some easy interest as the recipient opens the birthday kit. 

Once the entire birthday kit is opened, you can see all of the fun pieces that create this special project. 

In the right flap, there is a tag (cut from the collage images on Hooray One using a die set) that is lightly adhered with a removable glue dot. This way, your friend can add that tag to their own present. The candles are also attached to the card using removable glue dots, and then banded to their card so they don't get moved in transit. This flap uses a combination of Hooray Two, Four, Eight and papers from the Hooray 6x6" Bundle.

The right hand side has a little pocket created with pieces of Hooray Two and cutaparts from Hooray Eight. You could also use this pocket to tuck in a gift card. There is also an envelope (cut from vellum so you can see inside) created using an envelope tool that holds confetti created by punching strips of leftover paper once the project was complete. Once those are decorated with some of the Details stickers, they are perfect.

The large dies were perfect for this, as they filled a larger space were cut from red cardstock and the blue side of July cardstock from the Calendar collection. I really wanted to play off the red in the striped paper.

The bottom section uses another die from the same set, and a cutapart from Hooray Eight. To make the cutapart fit the area, it had to be cut down quite a bit.

I kept the card inside this project flat so that it fit inside the envelope. I layered red cardstock with a Hooray Eight cutapart, a base of Hooray Two, and a pair of stickers from the Details cardstock sticker sheet.

I cannot wait to send this on to a lovely friend.

I hope that this inspires you to find alternate ways to celebrate your family and friends during this time.

Authentique Products: Hooray Collection (One, Two, Three, Four, Six, Eight, Details, 6x6" Bundle)
Other Supplies: cardstock, vellum, envelope punch board, confetti punch, tag dies (Felicity Jane), sentiment dies (Diamond Press), twine, foam tape, candles Pin It