Paper Cuts

Jun 23 2008

Thomas Kinkade–Quick & Easy

Published by Michele Boyer at 6:38 am under Cornish Heritage Farms, My Designs

Hi! As promised, here’s Part 2 of my previous post. I wanted to use the same image but show a much easier design.

Streams of Living Water — Monochromatic

FANMNC4

Once again I’ve used the new Thomas Kinkade image, Streams of Living Water, from Cornish Heritage Farms (to be released tomorrow, June 24th).

I stamped the image using Eggplant Adirondack ink onto Natural Smooth Prism cardstock. After trimming the image, I cut out thin strips forming a “frame” on the sides and top. (If you just make one cut on each side, the image will look stretched, so I actually made two cuts on each side and removed the thin strips.)

The sentiment (from Friend Centers by Mona Lisa Moments for CHF) was stamped using Pitch Black Adirondack on another strip of Natural Smooth cardstock. I stamped the sentiment again onto a Post-it Note, tore around the words and aligned the stamped/torn Post-it over the sentiment on the Natural cardstock. I then inked the bottom portion of the large Thomas Kinkade stamp and stamped over the Post-it note. Next, I trimmed the sentiment piece to the same width as the image and cut out the thin strips as before, aligning the cut lines. The pieced/matted image is raised on pop dots.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a marvelous Monday! (And yes, that’s a CHF backgrounder on yesterday’s card.)

Cardstock: Prism Majestic Purple Dark, Natural Smooth Stamps: CHF “Streams of Living Water” (Thomas Kinkade), CHF “Friend Centers” (Mona Lisa Moments) Ink: Adirondack Eggplant and Pitch Black by Ranger Accessories: Pop dots. Card size: 5 ½” x 5 ½”

18 Responses to “Thomas Kinkade–Quick & Easy”

# Sue Bon 23 Jun 2008 at 8:04 am

This is pure elegance, Michele. Thank you for the great tips on cutting.
# Vicki DiGerolamoon 23 Jun 2008 at 8:32 am

I really love these TK cards. Beautiful!! Very realistic.
Vicki
# Ann C.on 23 Jun 2008 at 9:10 am

This is very well done. It makes a simple and impressive card - very nice!
# Dawn Eastonon 23 Jun 2008 at 9:23 am

Oh my word Michele….LOVE your design of this card…WOW~! I’ll have to try this sometime soon! Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent!
# flossieon 23 Jun 2008 at 9:24 am

this is such an elegant card, love the simple elegance of it.
# Bonnie aka raduseon 23 Jun 2008 at 9:29 am

Oh my word! Yep, definitely buying this one tommorrow! Is it Tuesday yet?
# Samon 23 Jun 2008 at 12:17 pm

BEautiful!….This makes an incredible card, easily, yet so very elegant,gotta love that! I really like what your did to frame it ,great idea…Love Monochromatic!
Sam
# Rose Annon 23 Jun 2008 at 1:19 pm

This is gorgeous, Michele!! I love the colors and your frame is awesome!! I love the beautiful sentiment too!!
# Pinkyon 23 Jun 2008 at 5:34 pm

Michele, this is absolutely beautiful and no coloring! I love quick and easy cards.

Pinky
# trudeeon 23 Jun 2008 at 6:59 pm

OMGoodness, SO stunning! Love how you did that sentiment!! Clever girl
# bronihon 23 Jun 2008 at 7:53 pm

I really love the blue monochromatic look! And cutting the strips out! It looks wonderful!
# terion 23 Jun 2008 at 11:19 pm

Really pretty and I love the sentiment!
# Liz S.on 23 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm

Thank you for the tip about trimming the image so it doesn’t look stretched! This is gorgeous!
# jacksonbelleon 24 Jun 2008 at 9:56 am

Gorgeous M!! I love the blue and white…ALOT…I may have to copy you! Lol. Love it!
# Anaon 25 Jun 2008 at 12:14 am

STUNNING!!
# leslierichon 25 Jun 2008 at 2:06 pm

This is an absolutely fabulous design for this large stamp! I love the cuts and the way you did the sentiment. Exceptionally creative and beautiful, Michele!
# Kathy V.on 25 Jun 2008 at 2:27 pm

Absolutely beautiful. Creative, elegant, beautifully executed. Just stunning. WOW.
# Katon 03 Jul 2008 at 5:42 pm

Wow. So beautiful. Went straight to the heart. Gorgeous!