Paper Cuts

Ok…so far it’s just a mini album “front,” but I plan to finish the inside at some point.  When I do, I’ll repost and show you. 

Special Delivery

Here are a couple more of those cute images I was telling you about yesterday from the new Kim Hughes set, Baby Love, available from Cornish Heritage Farms on Thursday, June 5th.  (I have a couple more cards to share with you too…I’m going to have to force myself away from this set so I can get some other things done!)

Although I *heart* this set, I also *heart* this Pin Dot Scrapblock™.  It’s 6″ x 6″ size was perfect for this 5″ x 5″ mini album!  I’m just so happy to have bigger background stamps now!

I stamped the tree branch (from “The Landing Pad,” one of Kim’s releases from this month), then masked it and stamped the Pin Dot Scrapblock™.  The baby’s blanket is paper-pieced and the little giraffe (isn’t it SO cute?) was stamped, colored, cut out and adhered.  To “hang” the baby, I used a craft knife to cut little slits just above and below the branch and used a large needle to thread the white string through the slits.

Cardstock:  Prism Natural Smooth  Patterned Paper:  Crate Paper Baby Bee (tan-ish solid)   Stamps:  Cornish Heritage Farms:  “Baby Love,” “The Landing Pad,” “Pin Dot” Scrapblock™   Ink:  Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black, Rust    Accessories:  Copic markers, American Crafts eyelet, ribbon (Michaels), white string, craft knife/needle, Crop-a-dile, chipboard 5” x 5” accordion album (source unknown).

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I’ll have more on the Scrapblocks™ very soon! I’m so excited for their release on Tuesday!!  

It’s soon time for another Kim Hughes release at Cornish Heritage Farms.  There will actually be two new sets available on Thursday, June 5th, and one of them is right up my alley!  It’s called Baby Love and I do love it!

Special Delivery

My card is totally “off the wall” as far as baby cards go, but in the set there are about twenty (!) images and this adorable little dino is one of them.  (There are quite a few sentiments too!)  I thought this little guy was perfect with Basic Grey’s new Archaic paper.  I stamped the dino, then masked him and stamped the bottle.  Images were colored with Copic markers.

To go along with the new releases, CHF is having a Kim Hughes Blitz.  You won’t want to miss this one!  There will be daily challenges and great prizes!  Details here.  All challenges are listed so you can plan and “work” (ha!) ahead!  Each day two names will be randomly drawn from that day’s challenge entries and each winner will receive a Kim Hughes stamp set!  How exciting is that?!  Hop on over there and check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a FABULOUS Friday!!

Cardstock:  Prism Suede Brown Dark, Super Smooth White   Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey Archaic paper pad   Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms “Baby Love” from the Kim Hughes Collection   Ink:  Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, ribbon, eyelet, sewing machine, pop dots.  Card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.

A while back, I asked my friend Carole (a.k.a. TruCarMa on Splitcoast) if she’d like to do a fun challenge with me.  YAY!  She said yes!  I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Carole’s blog or gallery (if you haven’t, you must), but she is moi-talented and uber-entertaining.  She certainly has a way with words and always makes me laugh.  Each month, we plan to pick an image and then one of us will send the other the patterned paper we are to use.  This month, we decided on Lattebella from Stamping Bella (since we’ve both had this stamp for a while and it had yet to see ink from either of us). 

How ya bean?

I am a huge, HUGE fan of the latte.  There’s a Starbucks about two miles from my house and I stop by pretty much every day.  Do they know me?  Um….yes.  The basics of my order stay the same (i.e. Grande, skim, extra-hot, light whip…I know, slightly “Frazier-ish”) so all they need to know when I walk up is what flavor I want.  Lately I’ve been on a Caramel Macchiato binge.  Anyway, I love my lattes so when I saw Lattebella I had to get her.  (There was another I had to have, but we’ll save that one for next month.)

I used Copic markers to color the image, pulling the colors from this fun patterned paper Carole sent to me.  When trimming the image, I decided to let her foot hang just a tad past the border (just because I like to do that).  And it’s a bit hard to see here, but I used a coffee bean background stamp (from Lizzie Anne Designs) on the “Razzleberry” paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and be sure to check out Carole’s card! I can’t wait to see it!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  Prism Razzleberry Dark and Super Smooth White; Stampin’ Up! Gable Green   Patterned Paper:  Flair Designs “Tahiti Graffiti”   Stamps:  Stamping Bella “Lattebella;” sentiment A Muse Artstamps; Lizzie Anne Designs “Coffee Beans”   Ink:  Adirondack Pitch Black and Watermelon   Accessories:  Copic markers, white gel pen, American Crafts eyelets, sewing machine.  Card size: 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.

Happy Memorial Day, everyone!  Today’s Monday Chick Challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms is to make an altered project.  Making any kind of altered ‘anything’ is always a challenge for me…totally out of my comfort zone.  But one thing I do need is a book I can use for notes, ideas, deadlines, anything like that. 

I’m a Mess

I’m always inky, my table is always messy and well, I’m just usually a mess in general (with my stamping)…so I decided to make a messy book.

A while back, I picked up a few of these $1 journals from Michaels thinking someday I’d use them.  Here I am about two, maybe even three, years later using the second one. 

All of the phrases, the coffee stain and spots are from Ledger Me (The Rummage Bin), the clock is from Time to Stamp (also from The Rummage Bin), the French Script backgrounder is lightly stamped over the clock and the last stamp I used is from a new line at CHF.  You know how sometimes you want to use a background stamp, maybe for a 4 3/4″ or 5″ square card and the stamp isn’t wide enough, or maybe you want to turn the background stamp horizontally but then the pattern isn’t going the right way…or maybe you want to use one for a scrapbook page and the overall size is just too small?  June 3rd will bring the first release of Scrapblocks™ from Cornish Heritage Farms…6″ x 6″ background stamps!!!  Holy smokes! I can’t tell you how excited I am about this line!  They are perfect for bigger square cards (which I love to make) and, of course, they can be used on the standard card sizes as well.  I used the Vintage Ledger Scrapblock™ on this project.  It was the perfect size for my 6″ x 6″ book!  Be sure to check out Lisa Strahl’s blog (link below) for more info on the Scrapblocks™. (She’s the orginator of this brilliant idea!)

As soon as I have a chance, I’d like to take this book apart again and add some cardstock dividers with tabs. 

Cardstock:  Prism Spring Willow Dark, Tawny Light   Patterned Paper:  We R Memory Keepers Urban Window Boho Chick Fancy Free   Stamps:  CHF Ledger Me, Time to Stamp, French Script backgrounder, Vintage Ledger Scrapblock™   Ink:  Ranger Adirondack Espresso, Latte; Ranger Walnut Stain Distress (to sponge all edges); Colorbox Dark Brown chalk ink (to cover front and back cover edges)   Accessories:  EK Success ¼” square, American Crafts medium Chestnut brads, Martha Stewart brown twill, hemp, binder clip, paper clip, edge distresser, sponge, Copic marker-E49 (to color silver metal of binder clip). 

Be sure to check out these other CHF chicks to see what they’ve altered.  (I can’t wait to see for myself!)

Julia Stainton

Julie Campbell

Lesley Langdon

Kristine Reynolds

Lori Craig

Dawn Lusk

Sherrie Siemens

Lisa Silver

Becky Olsen

Kim Hughes

Lisa Strahl

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

It’s the weekend…yay! And a long one at that!  We have no special plans, but it looks like the weather will be perfect so we’ll most likely spend time at the pool.  How fun!

Never Underestimate

The image and sentiment I chose for this card are from The Shoe Boutique, a new release from The Rummage Bin line at Cornish Heritage Farms. 

The shoe in the front was stamped and cut out, then placed over the other shoe, raised on pop dots.  It’s hard to see in this picture, but along the bottom I placed large black eyelets in the solid black circles.  The paper is from the new Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine paper pad.  The eyelets and paper are both from Jacksonbelle Embellishments where there is a 15% off sale through Tuesday.  Just enter code JBE15 during checkout to get your discount! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a great weekend!!

Cardstock:  Prism Black, Intense Yellow, Super Smooth White   Patterned Paper:  Cosmo Cricket Hello Sunshine paper pad   Stamps:  Cornish Heritage Farms “The Shoe Boutique” (The Rummage Bin)   Ink:  Adirondack Pitch Black   Accessories:  We R Memory Keeper Extra Large Black eyelets, sewing machine, pop dots.  Card size:  5 ½” x 4 ¼”. 

Happy McThursday!!!!  You know where I’ll be tonight! Glued to my tv!

So today Lindsey is filling in for Julia for the WT challenge at Splitcoast.  I wanted to make an anniversary card for my hubby (it’ll be ten years on Saturday) so I put on my thinking cap…

Happy Anniversary

My first thought for a guy card is always brown.  I know I need to break away from using so much of that color, but I *really* like it. 

I used several sets from The Rummage Bin line at Cornish Heritage Farms.  From The Art of Framing I used the ‘Live Love Laugh’ sentiment, the word ‘happy’ from the ‘happy birthday’ sentiment, and the swirls.  The word “anniversary” came from the So Happy set. And the clock is from Time to Stamp.  I also used my all-time favorite (and most used) backgrounder, Canvas.  The faint little “i love you” in the lower right corner is from Script Essential Expressions from Mona Lisa Moments at CHF.  The sentiment is embossed using “Coffee on the Rocks” embossing powder (also from CHF).  Wow, does it ever smell yummy!

Cardstock:  Prism Suede Brown Medium and Dark, Natural Smooth   Stamps:  Cornish Heritage Farms “The Art of Framing,” “So Happy,” “Time to Stamp,” “Canvas” backgrounder, “Script Essential Expressions”   Ink:  Adirondack Espresso, Latte; Ranger Walnut Stain Distress; Versamark   Accessories:  Coffee on the Rocks embossing powder (CHF), heat tool, We R Memory Keepers large copper eyelets.  Card size 5” x 5”.

Ahoy Matey!

And…here’s another brown card.  I still had the pirate on the table so I thought I’d use him again.  (That didn’t sound right, did it?) 

This little guy is by Lizzie Anne Designs.  I paired him with my current favorite patterned paper, Basic Grey Archaic.  I used Copic markers to color the image and faux stitched around the edges.

Cardstock:  SU Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla   Patterned Paper: Basic Grey Archaic paper pad    Stamps:  Lizzie Anne Designs Pirate and Ahoy Matey   Ink:  Adirondack Pitch Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, SU Jumbo eyelet, hemp, piercing template/needle, brown marker, pop dots.  Card size 5” x 5”.
Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!!

I haven’t had a chance to participate in a Dirty Dozen (past and present) challenge for a while!  This month’s challenge was to use an owl…easy enough!  The only restriction was to use no rhinestone/crystal/Dew Drop-type embellishments.

You’re a Hoot, Friend!

I chose a few Kim Hughes sets (from Cornish Heritage Farms) for this card.  I used The Landing Pad for the branch and “Friend,” one of the owls is from Pretty Birds,  and the other owl and “You’re a Hoot” are from the U R A Hoot set.

I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to place the owls on the branch, stamping the  claws for each a second time, cutting them out and placing them over the branch.  (It was a little easier to place the owls that way and the cut out claws add just a bit of dimension.)  I cut the prongs from a couple of pink brads and glued them to the center of the big flower brads.  The sentiment is black embossed.

You can see the other DD challenge projects here.  Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!

Cardstock:  Prism Super Smooth White   Patterned Paper:  Fancy Pants “Love Bird” and “Honeybunch”   Stamps:  Cornish Heritage Farms “The Landing Pad,” “Pretty Birds” and “U R A Hoot” from the Kim Hughes Collection   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black, Versamark   Accessories:  Copic markers, black embossing powder/heat gun, corner rounder, Provo Craft Big Flower Bradletz, Doodlebug brads.  Card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend!   Back to work? (Ugh.)

This week’s Chick Challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms is to use Clear Card Sheets.   They are like transparencies but a little thicker (the same clear sheet that comes with the unmounted CHF stamps).  They’re perfect as a card base and are available in 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheets so you can get two standard cards from one! 

A Long Talk with a Good Friend

How true is that sentiment?  I always feel better after talking with a good friend (even if it’s a short talk)!

I chose Silhouette Blooms I and Friend Centers for my stamps.

All the stamping here is on a 4″ square clear sheet using Stazon inks.  I first stamped the sentiment then added the flowers.  I inked the flower stamp with Vibrant Violet then just touched the corner of an Olive ink pad here and there on the stamp to add a bit of green. I tried stamping the flowers on a square of natural cardstock to place behind the sentiment, but the image was very defined.  I like the softer look of stamping on the transparency.  I placed a square of natural cardstock behind the clear stamped square then tied the ribbon around the two, placing glue dots in several places beneath the ribbon to hold the two together, then adhered the assembled squares to the card front using glue dots.

I adhered another 4″ square of natural cardstock inside the card for a personal message.  To perfectly align the square, I placed glue dots on the back of the square (in the corners), held the square behind the front square and closed the card.

Be sure to check out the other CHF chicks’ clear challenges:  Alli, Becky, Julie, Lisa, Lori, Kim, Sherrie, Valerie, Dawn, Julia, Lesley, Kristine, Lisa.   If you’d like to play along, check out the thread in the CHF Challenge forum (here)! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  Prism Natural Smooth, Clear Card Sheet   Stamps:  Silhouette Blooms I from the Kim Hughes Collection (CHF) and Friend Centers from Mona Lisa Moments (CHF)   Ink:  Stazon Jet Black, Vibrant Violet and Olive Green   Accessories:  Ribbon (May Arts), glue dots.  Card size 5” x 5”.

Welcome the weekend, right?  I have a lot going on today, but tomorrow…sweet nothing.  I love days like that.

Ahoy Matey!

I came across this paper a while back, probably thinking I’d use it to scrap a page from when my son was into pirates.  But that never happened.  I haven’t had the best success with scrapbooking although I have every intention of trying again…someday.  But as a card/paper crafting designer, I never know what’s ahead as far as stamps or pub calls, so I do tend to pick up odd sheets here and there, not really knowing if I’ll ever use it.  But look what I have…a Lizzie Anne pirate!!   And I had that one sheet of perfect paper!  I love when that happens! :) 

I used Copic markers to color my little pirate and although it doesn’t show well in the photo, I outlined him in gray.  The anchor charm is tied onto the card using black hemp that I’ve had forEVER.   Why I ever bought a pack of colored hemp is beyond me.  The only hemp I’ve ever used is natural.  It’s funny, the things you find when moving from one spot to another.  I had so much “stuff” crammed into one small space.  It’s so nice to have a spot for everything now…well, almost everything.  My room isn’t quite finished but it’s close!  (I’m still waiting for my project table….arrrrrgh!)

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you have a great weekend!! 

Cardstock:  SU Basic Gray, Black, Papertrey Ink (white)   Patterned Paper:  Karen Foster Pirate Tapestry   Stamps:  Lizzie Anne Designs “Pirate” and “Ahoy Matey”   Ink:  Brilliance Graphite Black   Accessories:  Copic markers, Karen Foster Pirate Charm, black hemp, pewter brads.  Card size 5 ½” x 4 ¼”.

TGIF!!  Today there is a new Thomas Kinkade release at Cornish Heritage Farms, Hometown Pride.  Also available is the perfect sentiment to go along with the image, Land of the Free.  I am not all that familiar with Thomas Kinkade.  Of course, I have heard of him and I have seen his amazing paintings, but this is my first actual stamping of one of the images. 

The Land of the Free

As you can see, I didn’t do much coloring on this one.  There are a few reasons for this…  1) I chose to focus on the flag since I felt that was the most important part of the image, 2)  I love every Thomas Kinkade image I’ve seen when done monochromatically, and 3) I’m a bit fearful to even attempt to replicate Thomas Kinkade’s coloring, but I am trying.

Here’s a closer view of the card…

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Come back tomorrow for a Lizzie Anne pirate!  (And I’m still working on that give-away!  I haven’t forgotten!)  Have a great day!

Cardstock:  Prism Suede Brown Medium and Dark, Natural Smooth   Stamps:  Thomas Kinkade “Hometown Pride” and “Land of the Free” by Cornish Heritage Farms, “Dots & Circles” Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms   Ink:  Espresso Adirondack by Ranger   Accessories:  Prismacolor pencils, Spare Parts mini square brads by Paper Studio, pop dots.  Card size 5 ½” x 5 ½”.