Tea-rrific!

Good morning friends :) 

Did this week feel like the longest one ever to exist? lol, it really did to me! 

I am so happy to be able to post something today!!! 

Real life has been keep me so very busy, doesn't it understand that this girl need's to get her bumble-y going on as much as possible! lol! 

The Greeting Farm - Farm Fresh Challenges 

has another Spy Day to play along with today!

It's all about 'case-ing' Lori Craig's beautiful Kraft-y card! 

I just had to use the same stamp set that she used, Tea-rrific! 

I also tried to stay true to the layout and elements she used too; 

krafty cardstock, scalloped circle, button/twine :) 

All good happy stuff to play with!!! 

Please be sure to check out what the rest of my teammates came up with too! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Have a fab TGIF!!! 

xoxo 

My Sweet Angel Card...

Good Friday everyone!!! 

Wow, another week just blew away and it's February!!! 

I have to be honest, I was actually a bit afraid to post for today, lol! 

It's been so long since I've posted anything here, I'm thinking that people have either forgotten about me or are mad or both! ha! Sorry! 

I had to step back for a bit and figure out why my mojo has been lacking so much lately. It's never been this bad before and I have felt so overwhelmed and sad by it. I've been blogging and doing my thing here for 3 1/2 years now, and I have never stayed away for more than 3 days at a time. 

It's time to make some changes! and have some fun! 

So for now, I want to share with you the card I made for today's

Spy Day Challenge at The Greeting Farm!!! 

This week, we are 'case-ing' Jas' card!!! 

and this is what I came up with: 

This is my first time using my sweet Angel Anya rubber stamp!!! 

Isn't she gorgeous!?

I used a scrap of Echo Park DP, found a paper silver doily and colored her up with my Copics... even did a bit of distressing there, lol! Quick simple card... wondering what occasion I could use this one for...??? 

Here's a close up at her sparkly halo and wings :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

I truly do love my visitors and comment-ers :) 

Please be sure to check out the rest of the DT and see what they've been up to!!! 

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

Don't forget that tomorrow TGF will have another 

sketch challenge posted on their SCS forum!!!

Happy weekend!!! 

xoxo 

"Open Me!!!" AND MY BLOG CANDY WINNERS!!!

Merry Christmas Eve!!!
I hope that you all are settling down for a wonderful holiday with loved ones :)
We are just about ready for the festivities to begin!!! I still have some cleaning to do and some gifts to wrap - but all is good and we cannot wait to spend some wonderful quality time around the tree :)

I am very late posting my card for the latest Friday Spy Day at 
The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog yesterday! oops!
and I also want to share who my two blog candy winners are :)

First, my card :)
I decided to have a bit of fun with my new TE December Key Ingredients Kit
and pair it up with sweet Amelia from my 'new to me' TGF Surprise Stamp Set!

I also used the following challenges for my card:
- iCopic Weekly Challenge #61: Last minute Holiday projects
- Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #38: Anything Goes {with Twine}
- Wee Memories Challenge #80: Anything Goes
- The Sisterhood of Crafters: Celebrate the Holidays

I love her unruly hair! Kinda reminds me of my own hair - thick, wavy, messy! lol!
I tried to stick with the same layout as Beate's card, and a similar color combo - with different shades... and as you can see - I went a bit overboard with my Paper Pen again, hee hee! I am loving this stuff! More and more pearls everywhere!!!
It's not your typical Christmas card (hubs kept telling me to add green, lol!) but I love it! and I know that this little girly-girl will definitely love it too :)

Thanks for looking! and I hope you decide to play along with us this week!
Please be sure to check out the rest of the DTs creations too :)

Jessica Diedrich 

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith 

PS - what do you think of my new blog makeover??? :) 

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And now it's time to announce my TWO birthday blog candy winners :) 

Prize 1 goes to #11 Ashley N Newell 

and Prize 2 goes to #13 April!!! 

Congrats to you both!!! 

Please email me at TheBumbleGirl at Rocketmail.com with your addresses 

and I will try to ship these out to you next week!!!

Lots and lots of fun new things are coming in the New Year!!!
My blog is going to be hopping with fun new projects and releases!!! 

Be on the lookout for more candies along the way too :)
So don't forget to follow and come back often, hee hee!!! 

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas everyone!!! 

xoxo 

Side-Stepping in Matilda's Garden

Good morning :) 

WoW! I cannot believe that I managed to stay off my blog almost the entire week! 

I have discovered that sometimes I need to take an unplanned mini-break from here to get the mojo flowing again! It always feels so good to come back to it and get into the swing again :) 

It's another "Spy Day" at The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog today!!! 

and this time, Sharette spied Danni's Card on SCS!!! 

Danni created a beautiful stair-step card using a orange/green color scheme... 

I have to admit, I just could NOT get a stair-step card put together for this challenge, oi! LOL! 

I tried using the SCS step-by-step directions and video! Which are by far, excellent resources and very clear - but I just could not grasp the exact cutting measuremenst! eek! 

So I decided to be inspired by the color scheme, layout and butterflies that Danni used :) 

AND!

I also used the following challenges for my card too!!!
- Touch Twin Marker Color Challenge:
Melon Yellow, Olive Green, Brick Brown, Rose Red
- Ribbon Carousel Challenge #27:
Anything goes! (must have ribbon, twine, etc.)
- Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #178:
Thank You (much have a buttefly, fairy, angel)
- Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #134

I also used one of the latest released stamps by The Greeting Farm, 

Wild Sprout - Matilda 

You cannot see it in my picture, but the sides are 2 separate panels! 

I tried to recreate the stair step look by using what Danni did as a layout/sketch :)

and I was so lucky to have just enough of these scraps for it too!

Oh, and when I first colored Matilda, I thought her clothes were a bit too mis-matchy, lol! 

but with the papers surrounding her, she matches and blends pretty good, right? :) 

Please be sure to visit the rest of the DT and see their gorgeous stair-step cards!!! 

Jessica Diedrich

April Davis

Joni Wilson

Lisa Gobea

Sharette Smith  

Thanks for stopping by today!!! Happy TGIF!!!
I will be packing up a few things for a scrappy night with the girls :) 

Yippeee!!! 

my Princess :)

GOOD Morning peeps!!! 

I have been feeling a bit under the weather for the last few days, 

a small cold and no energy at all :p 

My mojo is still playing games with me and has been very temperamental, lol! 

We're going to have to have a talk soon, 

these late night craft times are definitely not helping me get rid of this lingering cold! ha!

It's FRIDAY!!! Yay!!! What are you up to today??? 

First things first! For me, it's all about The Greeting Farm's 

Farm Fresh - Spy Day Challenge :) :) :) 

And this time, we "spied"... Sheri Gilson's card over HERE!!! 

Ian is SO handsome with his cap and gown surrounded by green! 

Very inspiring layout too! 

I thought that "Babette" from TGF's Blush Society Collection 

would be fun to color up! I just looove all that hair!!! 

and used a senti from the new "Build a Onsie - Girl" clear stamp set... 

Except for the card's base and the twine, I used all scraps again!!! 

I will be posting pics soon of my new scrappy area and how I keep track of all my scraps; 

My crafty area is small and I don't have a lot of room, 

nor do I have a lot of product! and since I'm right in the living room, I have to be sure not to leave much of a mess and that it all can fit nicely in my one spot :) 

My happy place ;) hee, hee 

Ohhhh!!!... and for some extra fun!!! 

Since last week, the TGFC DT got to play along with the Bugaboo-ers, 

THIS WEEK Bugaboo Stamps gets to play along with us!!! Woo hoo!!! 

Waving HI!!! 

So please be sure to stop by both TGFFFC's Blog and Bugaboo's Blog 

for all the wonderful inspiration this week :) :) :) 

Have an awesome TGIF everyone!!! 

{hugs!!!} 

Smiley :)

Wooo hooo!!! It's finally TGIF!!! 

What should have been a short week for us, because we had Monday off from school, turned out to be the most dragged out, longest week ever in existence, lol! We are all super tired and cranky and in much need to some weekend fun! Unfortunately, kiddos have to start their weekend tomorrow to a check up at the dentist first, lol! Then we're off for a Fall Festival at school and other fun stuff :)  Can't wait! 

There is another Farm Fresh Friday - Spy Day Challenge 

at The Greeting Farm Challenge Blog today!!! 

And for this week, we are casing Rachel's card that you can see HERE!

I decided that I really neeeded to use myyy "Edward" stamp!!!

Yes, MYYY Edward ;) hee hee!!!   

I lightly colored Edward with my Copic markers and used my Colorless Blender to lighten and blend my coloring to give him a 'washed-out' kind of look... I used scraps of Crate Paper and some Washi tape that I purchased (and have been hoarding) from TGF Store a looong while ago :)  

Please be sure to visit the amazing DT today too!

(Links are all in my sidebar, thanks!) 

Sorry to type and run, but I really need to catch up on some sleep, my neglected chores and get some much needed crafty time in between ;) 

Have a wonderful TGIF!!! 

See you back here in a little while ;) xo

Friday Spy Day with Sassy Friends! and FREE TGF SHIPPING!!!

*Please scroll down for my Sparkle Creations/Karber Preview 
of "You are So Sweet", thank you :) 

Hello again, and Happy Happy Happy TGIF!!!
Today, The Greeting Farm - Farm Fresh Challenge Blog 
is having its first Friday Spy Day!!!


Friday Spy Day willl run VERY similarly to the former "Mystery Monday" challenges, meaning we will still "spy" a card from the TGF Gallery and then you will be able to pick an element/sketch based on the card to CASE. 
Today's 'spied' card can be found HERE, created by the very talented Dictionary! 


For my card, I decided to use one of the latest clear stamp sets to be released... 
"Furever" 

Again, I used MORE scraps!!! Yaaay!!! 
These are all by Jillibean Soup, a definite must have pad! 
and mooore baker's twine! This strand is from The Twinery, love their colors! 


I have to say that these new TGF clear stamps are made from the most high-end quality that you can ever imagine! Seriously! If you know me, I'm mostly a digi and rubber stamp girl, lol! But these clear sets have totally turned me around!!! With every stamp that I have used from my sets - I just attach it to my acrylic block, rub-tap-tap on my Memento ink pad and stamp!!! Instant bold and clean lines!!! I am looooving it :) These will definitely feeeed my paper piecing needs ;) 


More TGF news :)
In celebration of... 

The Greeting Farm becoming a SCS Member Company!!! 

"FREE SHIPPING FRIDAY!!!" 

To celebrate TGF's NEW SCS home, Marie is offering 

"Free Shipping Friday" for TODAY ONLY!!! 

For anyone who either:

a.) signs up for SCS if they're not on already and leaves a comment saying hello in the NEW TGF Forum before 11pm CST TONIGHT!!!
b.) already has an SCS account and comes to chat on in the NEW TGF Forum as well :)

The promotion will ONLY run until 11pm CST!!! 
SO be sure to run over and stock up on your cute singles and awesome stamp sets TODAY!!! 


Thanks SO much for stopping by again!!! 
Be sure to visit the rest of the DT too :) 
TGIF!!! xo 


Jessica Diedrich
April Davis
Joni Wilson
Lisa Gobea
Sharette Smith