A Week with Boo...

Hi guys.
     Thank you all for coming over yesterday to celebrate my exciting  news.  You are all so sweet and  I am truly so thankful to Jessica and Maria for giving me the honor of playing on the Farm with such an awesome set of ladies.  :O) 
     As you can see I am thinking that I will highlight one of our adorable babies each Sunday.  That way you can get a glimpse into this crazy house that we call our HOME!  lol...  As you know Boo is our baby and like all babies she is just so darn adorable.  She will run around and play like a squirrel with it's tail of fire.  Then in the next second she is sound asleep.  As I was trying to type this up she decided for the second time today that napping on my desk was were she needed to be.  For some reason she always ends up laying across the corner were the two sides of my desk meet.  Well, in the middle of all this she rolled over and just about fell head first off the desk.  I am a screamer and of course Jerry and the M&Ms all freaked out and came running to see what had happened.  Boo is A-ok as I caught her, but I am still trying to get my heart to slow down. lol...   Don't feel bad for Lucy or Sunday.  They are both doing just fine and as always being super spoiled.  My mornings always start with my shower then once I am out I head right to the kitchen to get Lucy fresh water and food.  Then it is Boo's turn.  She is still on kitten chow, so her food is in a different room.  I head back to the kitchen and repeat.  Once Boo is fed I head to the front door to get Sundays bowls and repeat for the third time in less than 10 minutes.  I know I did this to myself.  lol... I don't honestly mind it at all.  Boo is so sweet and gentle.  Lucy is my baby and she sleeps above my head every night.  Sunday we saved and is looking so good you would never know that she had ever been neglected. 
    Ok guys,  I will talk at you all later.  I am heading off to dream land as we have an early morning appointment with a cool walk.  heehee... 
Hugs, Lisa G

Getting into trouble, but looking so darn adorable.  Yes, she is that tiny.

Posing for pictures.

 Makes for a very sleepy kitten.

Apparently sleeping on my desk is the best place for this little cutie.

Hi guys.

     It is finally October 1st and I can not believe that I have lasted this long.   I have some AWESOME NEWS to share with all of you.  One night after work in August I received an email from Jessica from The Greeting Farm (my all time favorite stamp company) and she asked me if I was doing anything 'special' between October and March.  Well I replied "no" and ran into our bedroom to tell my husband what I had just read.  Apparently I don't think I am capable of reading when I am excited.  I then returned to my computer and there was another email from Jessica asking me if I would like to be a member of the next challenge team.   I don't even think I was breathing by then.  Of course I emailed  her right way (just in case she had made a mistake,  lol) and told her  that I would LOVE to be involved with anything that had to do with The Greeting Farm.   So as you might have guessed by now,  I am officially a member of the new challenge team for The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Challenge Blog.   I am so excited and I can not wait to make a lot of great things with my fellow team members.  You guys are going to so happy with all the things these awesome ladies are coming up just for you.  :O)  

     So as you know this weeks challenge is to case one of Rachel's spectacular cards.  I had a hard time picking just one to CASE.  Rachel is so talented.  So for today, I decided to use one of her awesome easel cards and make my Great Nephew (who just turned 1 yesterday) a card for his Birthday.  Here is my card.  Hope you like it. 

Rachel's beautiful card...

With my own exciting announcement today comes another HUGE bit of news for TGF! The Greeting Farm is beyond thrilled and honored to have been invited as the newest Member Company at SPLITCOASTSTAMPERS!

For those of you NEW to Splitcoaststampers (SCS), it is the single largest online community for stampers and a wonderful place to access tutorials, a vast online gallery, and tons of ways to get involved with their awesome forums dedicated to stamping and much more!

As one of only ten Member Companies on SCS, The Greeting Farm now has our VERY OWN FORUM to encourage ALL of our customers, new and old to get out there and chat with us, while we keep you up to date on the latest TGF happenings :) With over 700,000 unique hits a month, we are excited about the potential to meet NEW Farm friends, but we are mostly SO, SO very excited about being able to have a 'home' to chat with you, get to know you better, and post fun and important information ALL in one place! We really look forward to this being a means of getting closer to our stamping community, welcoming new stampers and getting to spend more time with our cherished current customers, as well!

Splitcoaststampers also offers a wonderful Member gallery where you can upload ALL your photos, even non- TGF cards, to their gallery and use different keywords depending on what you're uploading. Please use this keyword for all SCS gallery posts: thegreetingfarm (no spaces :)

If you have ANY questions whatsoever, please contact Jess and she will be happy to answer them! With this announcement also brings GREAT news for Galleria users! While we love our galleria and still plan to keep it open for your use, we will now offer the option to post challenge cards, contest entries, etc. to SCS as well. We will be using the INLINKZ system from now on for ALL challenges. Again, we will still keep the Gallery open, but you now will have the option to upload there, to SPLITCOAST, or your personal blogs. All entries will be counted as LONG as they are posted to our INLINKZ below each challenge post. Splitcoasts offers a WONDERFUL gallery option and we can't WAIT to see your cards there!

There is a TON more info about this on the Farm Fresh Challenge Blog today...so be sure to check out my announcement there too! Thank you for reading!

I am going to leave off my supply list today as this is already a very long post.  Be sure to head over and check out the rest of the girls.  Your going to love it. 
Hugs, Lisa G

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     Hi guys.  It is finally Friday.  It is my weekend to work but I have some NEWS that I get to share with you all tomorrow so  I am super happy that it is finally Friday!   Please be sure to check back with me tomorrow so that you can  help me enjoy and celebrate my  news!  :O)  heehee..... I am sitting here with a hugh smile on my face I am so excited!  lol...
     Anyway, as you all know I have been sick this week so I really didn't get too many cards made.  I did however get some new Spellbinder Edgeabilities from Flowers to Flourish, so I just had to play with them.  lol...  I already had the last two girls from Miss Anya Bags colored up and ready to go,  so I added them to my card and made it into a little card to give to my friend.  We don't go for tea, but we sure do love going for coffee.  I am hoping she'll like.  It was really just for fun.   I have to tell you these new Edgeabilities are awesome and I love how you can interchange them with each other. 
     Ok guys,  I am going to get a move on.  Have a great day and I will see you all here tomorrow to share in my Very Big News!  Your going to be so shocked that I have kept my secreat for sooooooo long.  heehee
Hugs,  Lisa G

Dear Santa,

       No, you did not oversleep and it is not  that time already.  I just had a brain hiccup last weekend, and thought that one of the challenges was to make a card for Christmas.  So here is my card for Christmas.  No challenge,  just consider it a really early start to my Christmas planning. lol..   For those of you that know me you know that would never work,  as I would have to give it right away.  lol.... 
     Ok, I am running so behind this morning so I thought I would share this card with you before I hit the road.  I was having fun playing with Lula again and decided to make it look like she just had her hair pulled back instead of in pony tails.  I did however forget to fill in the back by her hoody, but I think all in all it turned out ok.  We'll just say she likes to pull the ends forward.  I also gave her Harlow's outfit because it would be chillier out if it was that magical time of year.  I kind of went overboard with the rub-ons, but as I don't have to enter it in anything so I can live with it as a work in progress.  lol...
     Have a great day everyone.  I will come back tonight and fill in the details of what I used.  I am off to work and feeling much better, so thanks for all your well wishes.  You guys are all just so wonderful.
Hugs, Lisa G

Life is beautiful...

Hi guys.
     I hope that you are all having a great week so far.  I have unfortunately be home sick the last two days.  I am feeling better this morning, however I just wish that I would stop going from cold to hot in less that 10 minutes.  lol...  Oh well, just happy that my throat isn't sore anymore.  I can finally swallow again.  I can't believe I am typing this, but I am actually tired of ice cream.  Yes, Jerry has been kind enough to be giving me chicken broth and ice cream for the last two days.  No, not pregnant just didn't feel good enough to eat anything else. 
     Anyway I am off to work this morning so let me get right to it.   On Saturday after we got home from our walk, and before I really started to feel crappy I pulled out Lula and Leslie from The Greeting Farm and made up a quick Fall-ish card for a friend of mine that love Owls.  I had gotten this new paper pad from WeR Memory Keepers and didn't realize that some of the awesome papers in the pad actually has these sweet little owls.  I wanted her to look like she is ready for the cool weather that is coming, so I paper pieced her shirt and gave her a matching headband. (Just cause it's fall doesn't mean you don't want to be stylish.)  I also doubled up on my sheer ribbon so that it would look a little darker and really add to that fall look.  I hope that she enjoys her card as much as I did when I made it. 
     Thanks everyone for wishing me well.  Just a cold that I knew was coming as both the M&Ms have had it the last two weeks.  I do have to tell you how proud I am of them because they did not miss one day of school over it.  I miss be getting weak in my old age as I just could not get up and about. lol.. I hope that you all have a great day.  Talk at you tomorrow. 
Hugs, Lisa G
 
Supplies:
stamps-CC Lula & CC Leslie-TGF
cs-Neenah, the paper studio-Kraft
dp-Autumn Splendor-WeR Memory Keepers
fluid chalk-creamy brown-ColorBox
sheer ribbon-details & Accessories
gems-e.line-Prima
Copic Markers:
skin-E53-E51-E50-R20-R00
hair-YR0000-YR24-Y23-Y32
eyes-BV29-BV23-BV20
undershirt-YG93-YG91
jeans-BG70-BG10
shoes-E44-C9-C7

Spooktacular !!!

Hi guys. 
     As I am not feeling well yet I thought that I would post my card for tomorrow before I head back to bed.  Yes,  I have spent the better part of my day in bed.  I am telling you I can not stand how my chest, nose, ears and throat all feel at the moment.  I got up this morning around 8am and was doing ok.  I even managed to hit a few of my favorite blogs.  Then my Internet went down.  Our cable company was having a problem that lasted over four hours.  Well, after the first hour and the fact that I only had one card made I decided that it was a sign to go back to bed and get some rest. lol...  I hate wasting my time being sick and in bed, (GGGggrrrr!)  but I know sometimes you just are and it truly is the best thing to do at that point. 
     So, I will get right to it so that I can go to bed and hopefully get some rest as tomorrow is back to work for me.  Wish me luck.  As most of you know over on the Farm Fresh Challenge blog this week's  FF Friday theme is  Halloween.  Well, I really wanted to use my Halloween Bride from last year as she didn't see much ink from me.  So I colored her up in a kind of Frankensteins Bride/new age look.  I took some zombie coloring tips from my friend Amy and I was off and running.  lol..  If you haven's already be sure to check out Amy's blog and YouTube videos.  They are both great and I always get so many great ideas from them both.  Thanks Amy.  It was really fun to give her the look of a zombie and play around with some of my older BG papers.  I then dug up (pun intended, lol) some black lace and fibers to make a bow with.  Black buttons and deep purple pearls completed the whole scene I was going for.  I guess it's not to bad for sicky like me.  lol...
     Have a great night everyone and I will talk at you all tomorrow. 
Hugs, Lisa G

Supplies:
stamps-Spotlight & Halloween Bride-TGF
sentiment-from computer freebie
cs-GP & AC Cardstock
dp-errie-BG
lace & fibers-stash
pearls-e.line-Prima
buttons-BG
fluid chalk-lavender & olive pastel-ColorBox
Copic Markers:
skin-E000-E70-E71
eyes-C5-C7-C9
hair-C9-C7-C5-V09-V17
dress-E87-E81

Sundays with Three Cats !!!

Hi guys.

     I know it isn't technically Sunday yet, but I think that I am coming down with whatever bug the M&Ms have had for the last week or so.  Jerry and I decided that we would let us all sleep in tomorrow, so I figured if I was going to do that I would get my post done now before I head off to bed. 
     We did however get in a good long walk this morning.  I tell ya,  it may have reached the high 80s today but as of 6:30 this morning it was still very cool outside.  I love Fall, I just wish that the afternoons would figure out what season it is. lol...  I know, I know it will be Winter before we know it and we will be complaining about all the snow and cold. 
    So, as for these cats and kitten that we are living with it has been a couple of interesting days.  Boo is just the sweetest little girl.  She is so young and so she will really play her heart out and then sleep for four or five hours.  Awwww the life of a cat in the Gobea house.  lol... Anyway, I think that our walk this morning must have really wore Boo and Lucy out.  As you can see she crawled up on my lap while I was trying to get some cards done and she fell asleep.  While Boo was napping I decided to watch the Flicka movie that Jerry bought for me.  (Great movie!) This whole time Lucy was laying on the floor behind my desk chair and as you can see she too was totally knackered.  lol...   Poor baby however can hear my camera a mile away so she always opens her eyes.  
     Sunday however was starving this morning and as I have finally convinced Jerry that she is better off outside all the time versus being in and out she was more than happy to get a bowl of warm watered down milk and her food.  Good start to her day.  She loves to lay under my Trooper when it gets really hot.  She is quite happy to be outside were she can see everything that is going on.
     Ok guys, my throat is hurting and I am rambling so I think I will turn in for today.  Hope all have a great morning and I will  talk at you tomorrow. 
Hugs, Lisa G