Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 31!

It's cupcake friday! Woohoo! My kids go back to school next week so I was inspired by a school theme and......the CHF design team were each given one of these funky mushrooms from the mushroom lane line to play with. It actually kinda looks likes a cupcake!
Here is a close shot of the coloring. I colored it with my copic markers I imagined my light source to be in the top right hand corner so I shaded with my markers accordingly. Here are all the funky mushroom deets:
Stamps:
Mushroom Lane School by Cornish Heritage Farms
Making The Grade (Kim Hughes) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Paper:
Simply Smooth White, Black (Prism)
Off Beat Patterned Paper, Chipboard (Basic Grey)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Ribbon (Offray)
Slot Punch (EK success)

Here is the sketch so you can play along in TAYLOR'S challenge.
Don't forget to see what the rest of the cupcake crew came up with:
Stephanie Hargis: Steph's Stampin' Stuff
Vicki Chrisman: This Art that makes me Happy
Jami Sibley: More is More
Mary Jo Albright: Beauty Lies Within
Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper
Lynn Mercurio: Stamperosity
Ana Wohlfahrt: Ink A Stamp
The cupcake sampler this week is Nancy! You can see her fabulous work at Paper Smiles!
Enjoy your weekend!

SPECIAL NOTE:
Friday, August 29th, 2008 (12amMST) until midnight (MST) on Monday, Sept 1st, 2008, Cornish Heritage Farms is having double CHF points! Now is your chance to stock up on some of those "wish list" items and get DOUBLE credit for them! Woohoo!

Fall Sheltering Tree

Hi everyone! I wanted to show you this picture first because it shows my favorite part of this whole card!
This Kinkade tree is meant to be more of a spring time purple color (according to the label) but today I felt the fall breeze in the air and went with a fall theme. I love the harvest reds that we see out here in BC!
One other little touch that you might not see in the large photo is that after coloring my images with my copic markers I went over this tree with the clear spica glitter pen by copic as well. The tree just SHIMMERS!
Here is the full card, it is for today's sketch challenge on SCS. Here are the complete card deets:
Stamps:
Streams of Living Water (Thomas Kinkade) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Friendship Centers (MLM) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Espresso, Cranberry, Hazelnut Adirondack Dye Ink (Ranger)
Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper:
Thomas Kinkade Patterned Paper (Masculine Series) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Simply Smooth White (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers and Spica Pens
Corner hardware (We R Memory Keepers)
White gel pen (Inkssentials)
Piercing template (ornare)

Chugga-Chugga

Thomas is in my house.....again! My kids are a little older but they just LOVED Thomas when they were preschoolers but now I am at the stage where I have a lots of nephews and other little boys I know that adore this stuff too! This was for my nephew's party that was on the weekend and I snapped a quick photo before it went out the door.
I loved that I could make some quick wrapping paper to match my card. The images in the Thomas line are fun to color. I can imagine young boys and girls using the stamp themselves to create birthday cards for cousins and friends or even just to color.
You can see the whole Thomas line HERE.

And what is in the package? Thomas trains and DVD's of coarse....I was working with a theme here......

Happy Monday!

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 30!

It's Friday! You know what that means....Cupcake time!
First off, thanks to the MANY of you who made me feel so special yesterday! I {{{{heart}}}} you all!
Secondly, it is not only cupcake day but also MochaChica day!
Yes, it is the release day for Kim Hughes' new patterned paper line! Woohoo! So this scrappy card was made in honor of her and her fabulous paper release! You can find it HERE!

Here is the sketch so you can play along in TAYLOR'S challenge.
Don't forget to see what the rest of the cupcake crew came up with:
Stephanie Hargis: Steph's Stampin' Stuff
Vicki Chrisman: This Art that makes me Happy
Jami Sibley: More is More
Mary Jo Albright: Beauty Lies Within
Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper
Lynn Mercurio: Stamperosity
Ana Wohlfahrt: Ink A Stamp
The cupcake sampler this week is Lynn Put! Congrats Lynn!
Wishing all my blogging friends a FABULOUS weekend! See ya Monday!

Birthday Play

Guess what I get to do on my birthday! Stamp! Here is a fun card that I came up with as I played with Kim Hughes new patterned paper. Her wonderful new paper line is making it's debut tomorrow at Cornish Heritage Farms. This set is called "Mocha Chica" and it suits the style of Kim's stamps soooo well!
I wanted to play a little game of "Can you spot the stamps?" I used two...... Here are the card deets that will give you a hint:
Stamps:
Pindot (Scrapblocks), The Landing Pad (Kim Hughes) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Latte, Pool Adirondack Dye Ink (Ranger)
Paper:
Mocha Chica (Kim Hughes Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms (to be released tomorrow)
Accessories:
Jewels, brad (Heidi Swapp)
Flowers (Prima)
Grungeboard Heart
Pink Paint (Golden)
Chipboard frame (Crafty Secrets)

I love doing these tall cards, it lets me focus on clustering a group of images. This is something that I have been working on more as it doesn't come as naturally to me. I tend to spread everything out and make it look symmetrical...which isn't alway as effective. Fun to shake things up a little.
Enjoy your day and have some birthday cake with me! I think I may be having some cheesecake!

30ish....

Tomorrow I turn 30ish...I thought this would be a cute little sentiment for those of us in our 30's! We can welcome Jen to the thirty club this month too...Happy Birthday Jen! This card is for the August Dirty Girl Challenge. I just got the new Kim Hughes patterned paper in the mail and you know I gotta play! This new paper will be available at the Cornish store on Friday!
I love this paper as it goes PERFECTLY with her stamps! If you want to check out the DD gallery for this challenge HERE is the link!
I did stamp this owl and color her with my copics. I put a little flower in her hair and finished it with a jewel that I colored to match. My friend turns 30ish next month so I think I will save this one for her.
Here are the card deets:
Stamps:
URA hoot, Quirky Alphabet (Kim Hughes) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Black (Memento)
Paper:
Black, White (Prism)
MochaChica Patterned Paper (Kim Hughes) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Accessories:
Copic Markers
flower (Prima)
Jewels (Hero Arts)
Blackboard (Cosmo Cricket)

Holly-Day House

Good morning and happy Kritter release day to you! Yup, these little birdies in their holly house are released today at Cornish Heritage Farms. I colored this image with copic markers and then made a quick little mask out of scratch paper and sponged the background in aqua ink. I ran it through my CB with a heart die cut and then it dawned on me that the little house looks like it has the woodgrain running it. Perfect! I have a backgrounder that matches that!
I tried to lay my elements out a little differently and was pleased.....

Here is a close up and all the card details:
Stamps:
Holly-Day House, Sentiment (Friendly Kritters) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Woodgrain (Backgrounder) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Latte, Aqua Adirondack Dye Ink (Ranger)
Rich Cocoa Memento Dye Ink (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Simply Smooth White, Rose Red Dark, Suede Brown Dark, Mystic Blue Medium (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Heart Die Cut (Spellbinders)
Chipboard (K&Co)
Snowflake Brad (Making Memories)
Ribbon (Offray)
Distress Tool (Making Memories)
Sponge Dauber
I'm off to play on my sewing machine today...I had inspiration hit at about 1:30am....LOVE that (groan).
Happy Stamping!

CHF Challenge Chicks Favorite Product!

It's Monday! CHF Challenge Chick time! Lots of us are in on this today! Our favorite CHF product....hmmm, I love so many of them so I went with my latest passion....The new TK paper! These images are from the masculine pack. I mounted them on some chipboard went around the edges with my copper Krylon leaf pen added a button with some twine, a sentiment and some finishing stitching. Easy elegance!
Here is a close shot of one of the images (the base of the lighthouse). This card is tall and fits in a business size envelope.
Here are the links to the other CHF chicks playing along:
Julia, Alli, Kristine, Michele, Kim, Joanne, Dawn, Lori, Carole, Becky, Val, Julie

Happy Blurfing!

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 29!

Woohoo! Cupcake friday again! Have you noticed all the "tickets" around lately...me thinks it may be a new trend starting. The set "the ticket counter" was the perfect set for this sketch!

Here are all the card deets:
Stamps:
Baked with Love (Kim Hughes) by Cornish Heritage Farms
The Ticket Counter (Rummage Bin) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Espresso, Willow Adirondack Dye Ink (Ranger)
Paper:
Simply Smooth White (Prism)
Patterned Paper (Webster's Pages)
Accessories:
copic markers
button (making memories)
hemp

Here is the sketch so you can play along in TAYLOR'S challenge.
Don't forget to see what the rest of the cupcake crew came up with:
Stephanie Hargis: Steph's Stampin' Stuff
Vicki Chrisman: This Art that makes me Happy
Jami Sibley: More is More
Mary Jo Albright: Beauty Lies Within
Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper
Lynn Mercurio: Stamperosity
Ana Wohlfahrt: Ink A Stamp
The cupcake feature sampler this week is Noelle! You can find her creations at her blog Scrap Pirate!
Now let's see what you do with this sketch!
Happy Stamping and have a great weekend!

Copic Kinkade

When I saw Julia's ways to use it challenge on SCS....I just HAD to play along. We were challenged to use our copics. This entire image was colored with copics. I even colored the prima flower and button to match with my markers.
Here is a nice close shot of the image and my coloring. I am always just tickled when I lift my Kinkade stamp off my paper and oooh and ahhh at the wonderful detailed image it leaves behind!
Here are all the card deets:
Stamps:
Make a Wish Cottage (Thomas Kinkade) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Aged Sheet Music (Scrapblocks) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Motivational Centers (MLM) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Espresso, Lake Mist (Adirondack)
Paper:
Suede Brown Dark, Simply Smooth White, Mystic Blue Light (Prism)
Green paper (Thomas Kinkade Masculine pack by Cornish Heritage Farms)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Edge distresser, button (Making Memories)
Wood Flourish (Kaiser)
flower (prima)
Sewing Machine

Enjoy your day, thanks for coming to look!

New Kritter Peek!

I wanted to show you an image that is coming to Cornish Heritage Farms on the 19th. A new Kritter! These adorable little birds make a wonderful Christmas card. I played along with today's sketch challenge on SCS. I also used the new Thomas Kinkade patterned paper in this design. Here are all the card deets:
Stamps:
Holly-Day House (Friendly Kritters) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Family and Friends (Friendly Kritters) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Chocolate (Brilliance)
Paper:
Simply Smooth White (Prism)
Thomas Kinkade Patterned Paper (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Felt flower, button (Making Memories)
Hemp
Stitching
Make sure you check back on Friday for the cupcake sketch!
Happy Stamping!

Thomas Kinkade Paper Released!

The new Thomas Kinkade papers are here! I promised you a look at the Masculine series today, so here it is. I wanted to give you a really close shot because I wanted to show you that they are a lot more than simply a print.... Look at all the distressing and etching on this image, I think it adds an authentic aged quality to this image. You know me, I love all things roughed up a little!
I chose these words from a new set of petites in the Mona Lisa Moments line called "everyday petites". This line is being released on Thursday.
Here are the card details:
Stamps:
Everyday Petites (MLM) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Stonewash, Red Pepper, Pebble Adirondack dye ink (Ranger)
Paper:
Masculine Series (Thomas Kinkade) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Accessories:
Button, Ribbon (Making Memories)
Sewing

For anyone who is a little unsure of stamping with the Kinkades this is a wonderful alternative. It is all done for you! For those of you who already own Kinkade stamps....these are a wonderful addition! There are lots of patterned paper solids (like the brown and the blue that you see in this card) to go with your Kinkade stamps. I know I will probably be through these packs in no time! I hope you enjoy your day to....
Journey
Reflect
Live and
DELIGHT!

Thomas Kinkade Paper

Yes, sometimes it is all about the pretty package things come in! This was so quick and inexpensive to create! This is just a peek at the NEW THOMAS KINKADE PAPERS that are being released tomorrow! There are two packages (this is the Christmas Series) and they are in that wonderful 8x8 size. All I did on these was add the TK sentiments and a little snowflake and the rest the paper did.
Here is a shot so you can see my box a little better. I thought this would make a lovely teacher gift or a gift to bring to a Christmas hostess. You could line the bottom of the box with scented tealights or fill it with your own decorative cards.
The box was a $1 at my dollar store! Now that is cheap (but pretty) packaging!
Here are the supplies I used:
Stamps:
Sentiments (Thomas Kinkade) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Paper:
Christmas Series (Thomas Kinkade) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Accessories:
Antique Linen Distress Ink (Ranger)
Latte Adirondack dye ink (Ranger)
Snow Cap Paint Dauber (Ranger)
Satin Ribbon
Snowflake Jewel
Corner Rounder (Marvy)

I'll be back tomorrow to show you something from the Masculine Series!

Saturday Evening Post Debut!

It is released! The first image from the Saturday Evening Post line at Cornish Heritage Farms. Oohlala! I Loooooove vintage! I colored this image with my copics and was just tickled with the results! (yes, a little self hugging here)....Here are all the details to this card:
Stamps:
Santa's Lap (SEP) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Fine Houndstooth (Scrapblocks) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Espresso, Latte Adirondack Dye Ink (Ranger)
Antique Linen, Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper:
Simply Smooth White, Tawny Brown Light, Rose Red Dark (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Silver paint dauber (Ranger)
Grungeboard Flourish (Tim Holtz)
Button (Making Memories)
Sewing
Sponge

HERE is a link to what all the girls have done with this design! Enjoy....and have a great weekend!

Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge 28!

It is cupcake challenge time again! I have something sweet for you today. It isn't a cupcake but who wouldn't want to lick this yummy sucker! I had to show you a close up of this shimmery sucker from the "sweet thang" set by CHF. I applied glaze accents (Ranger) on the red portion then dusted it with Barbara Trombleys' art glitter. This is so cute and the penguins' eyeshadow matches her sucker. Here are the details to this card:
Stamps:
Christmas Critters, Sweet Thang (Kim Hughes Collection by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Pitch Black, Watermelon Adirondack Dye ink (Ranger)
Paper:
Spring Moss Light and Dark, Simply Smooth White, Black (Prism)
Urban Lily Patterned Paper
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Circle Dies (Spellbinders)
Art Glitter (Barbara Trombley)
Glaze Accents (Ranger)

Here is the finished card. I did do some "out of the box" cutting on the main image and paper pieced the center part of the penguin. I stamped the penguin on both the green and white cardstock then cut the center of the white cardstock image and pieced it on top of my green stamped image. I colored it with copics. Yummmm, I could use some sugar right now!

Here is the sketch so you can play along in TAYLOR'S challenge.
Don't forget to see what the rest of the cupcake crew came up with:
Stephanie Hargis: Steph's Stampin' Stuff
Vicki Chrisman: This Art that makes me Happy
Jami Sibley: More is More
Mary Jo Albright: Beauty Lies Within
Monika Davis: M.A.D. Stamper
Lynn Mercurio: Stamperosity
Ana Wohlfahrt: Ink A Stamp
The cupcake sampler this week is Sarah. HERE is the link to her blog to check out!

Kritter Christmas

Oh how could I resist today's ways to use it challenge using jewels! I love sparkley things! I colored my clear jewels to match my image with my markers. These are the newest Kritters from Cornish Heritage Farms! I am also finding that I am using this "aged sheet music" scrapblock on everything! So versatile, but it helps that I am a music lover too....
Here are the card details:
Stamps:
O' Christmas Cone (Friendly Kritters) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Aged Sheet Music (Scrapblock) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Coffee Bean (Brilliance)
Hazelnut (Adirondack)
Paper:
Rose Red Dark, Birchtone Dark and Light, Simply Smooth White (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Jewels (Hero Arts)
Ribbon (making Memories)
Microbrads (Creative Impressions)
Flowers (Prima)

Moose you

I don't often tackle masculine cards but I thought today I would try. I love the cute little sentiment that comes in this "All things Fall" set in the Rummage Bin at Cornish Heritage Farms. I did the card first and thought it needed a cute envie to finish it off. The tickets are for free hugs and lots of love and attention...what guy doesn't want that?!!
Here are the card details:
Stamps:
All things fall, The ticket counter (Rummage Bin) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Tree Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Walnut (Martha Stewart Crafts)
Merlot (Colorbox)
Latte (Adirondack)
Paper:
Kraft, Rose Red Dark, Natural Smooth (Prism)
Accessories:
Eyelets (Making Memories)
Ribbon and Twine
Crop-a-dile

Today is also release day for the newest Scrapblock™ "Aged Sheet Music". I have used this new stamp in my last few posts and it is now available for purchase HERE.
Here is a look at it!

CHF Challenge Chicks Technique Challenge

Are you ready for some techniques?! The challenge chicks are at it again and this week we challenged each other to try a technique from our forum. Well that is where I started.....but then couldn't stop!
The technique I started with was the burnt edge technique by Lisa Strahl, you can view it in the forums HERE.

I am so pleased with this final project, recycling an unused tin. I used the new ScrapblockTM that is being released tomorrow called "Aged Sheet Music". I rounded the corners like the tin and placed this down first.
Another technique you say?...How about the Alcohol Resist technique, you can see it here on Tim Holtz's blog. I wanted to see how it would work with a highly detailed image.....

Here you can see my results up close. Now I have to admit something....this result was after trying it 6 times!
Here is what I learned....MAKE SURE you let the alcohol ink dry FULLY before you do the resist technique. I was impatient and wasn't waiting long enough and was wiping some of the ink away and therefore not getting a clean image.
Ah, yes, patience.....something this technique taught me today.
But oh....the results were SO WORTH IT!

One more little aside, the image is mirrored when you use this technique which I thought was rather fun.

Here is the list of supplies:
Stamps:
Santa's Lap (SEP) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Aged Sheet Music (Scrapblock) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Sentiment (Thomas Kinkade) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Butterscotch, Espresso, Wild Plum, Raisin Alcohol inks (Ranger)
Black Archival Ink (Ranger)
Vintage Photo, Shabby Shutters Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper:
White Glossy (ranger)
Fleuriste Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket)
Accessories:
Snow Cap Paint Dauber (Ranger)
Red Dragon Embossing Powder
Fragment , Grungeboard (Tim Holtz)
Corner Rounder (Marvy)
Alcohol Ink Applicator
WeRMemories Tin I recycled

Now to go and hop around and see what the rest of the CHF chicks came up with for the technique fun. Here are their links:
- Julia,Lisa Silver,Dawn,Kim,Michele,Kristine

Sneaks and some camping pics!

I have my hands on the first Saturday Evening Post image! Woohoo!!!! The detail on this image is incredible! I love stamps that have the option on whether they can be colored or not and this is one of them. I am showing it in the non colored version (except for the twig of holly in Santa's hat).
I think we all must have that nostalgic memory of sitting on Santa's knee, I love the look of wonder in this boy's face and the warm joy in Santa's face.

Here are the details:
Stamps:
Santa's Lap (Saturday Evening Post) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Aged Sheet Music (Scrapblocks) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Sentiment (Thomas Kinkade) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Coffee Bean, Beige, Olive (Brilliance)
Vintage Photo Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper:
Natural Smooth, Kraft (Prism)
Accessories:
Ribbon, Buttons (Making Memories)
Flower (Prima)
Edge Distressing Tool (Making Memories)
Circle Die (Spellbinders)
Sewing Machine
Copic Markers
Here is the full card....did you know that this is actually TWO sneaks? Yup, that is a new ScrapblockTM that you see as my background. This card is 5.25" square and I LOVE having the coverage of a ScrapblockTM (being that they are 6" square in size)! Aged music, isn't that just perfect for Christmas time. I was humming "have yourself a merry little Christmas" the whole time while making this card.
The Dates for release you ask????

The ScrapblockTM is released Tuesday (the 5th) and the Santa's Lap image is on Friday (the 8th)! You will be able to find them HERE.


If you are interested in seeing some family photos from last week camping, here they are....
My family....I love them so much!
The kids had so much fun feeding the multitude of gophers in Manning Park. This is a regular family pit stop on the way to the Okanagon.
Home sweet home for one week. Actually our site was very pretty and private. We had neighbors on either side but none in behind or in front of us. It took a little adjustment sleeping in a tent though, all the sounds of the outdoors. I sent Mike out regularly to check for possible bears when I heard rustling by the tent.
Gorgeous landscape, the picture says it all!
Very fun times at the beach and a fun action shot of Mike catching the football.
This is how I liked to spend my time on the water, just floating and enjoying the sun!
Some of the best times were right at our campsite just sitting and visiting with each other....no TV, ipods, computer, nintendo....it was a nice change of pace.
I must say though....my bed felt WONDERFUL last night!