CC&M June Blog Hop

Welcome to the next stop on the Creative Cuts and More blog hop! If you came here from the Die Cut Diva blog, you are on the right track. If not, please start at the Die Cut Diva blog so you don't miss out on anything. If for some reason one of the links is broken along the hop, don't worry. Hop back over to Die Cut Diva where the complete list will be.

We are focusing on Picnics and Patriotic themes for this blog hop today. I showcased a summer picnic waterfall card a few days ago, and today I am sharing my Kinkade Flag card with you.

I used a Decorative Window Square Scallop Card which is cut from Bazzill White Canvas cardstock. I stamped the Thomas Kinkade Hometown Pride image with blue ink onto some smooth white cardstock, cleaned the stamp, and then repeated this step with red ink. After the ink dried completely on both sheets, I carefully cut out the red flag and paper pieced it over the blue one. I love how this red flag just pops out from this image. To reinforce the pop of red color, I tied some red twill ribbon around the top of the card.




I hope you have enjoyed my Kinkade Flag card today. Be sure to check out all the great die cuts at Creative Cuts and More when you are done with this blog hop. Are you ready to see some more CC&M eye candy? Then it's time to hop on over to Lisa's blog to see what she has created for you. Enjoy!!



Die Cut:
Decorative Window Square Scallop Card from Creative Cuts and More
--- cut from White Bazzill Canvas cardstock

Stamps:
Thomas Kinkade Hometown Pride from Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink:
Satin Red Versafine
Majestic Blue Versafine

Other:
red twill ribbon - May Arts

Summer Picnic Waterfall Card

What comes to mind when you think about a summer picnic? I always think of watermelon and cheap plastic red gingham tablecloths and a BBQ grill. It was fun to pull out a stamp set that had these picnic images and put them together for a special card. I used this exclusive Waterfall Card Set from Creative Cuts and More and let me tell you - it was SO easy to put this together.

I really don't like numbers and measuring and cutting and scoring. CC&M made this so easy because everything is already cut to the perfect size and all the parts are scored just right. I don't have to think if this is too big or that score line is 1/8" off. It's great to have all that taken care of so I don't give myself a headache. :-)

To put this waterfall card together, I followed the tutorial on their website HERE. That tutorial really helped me understand what goes where, and all I had to do was stamp and color my images for the four panels.

I had stamped the red gingham "tablecloth" directly on the waterfall card mechanism, and then I smudged and made a big boo-boo. Grrrrrrrrrr. So I stamped it again on a sheet of white paper, and then cut it to size to cover up my boo-boo. It's a quick and easy fix for those inevitable boo-boo's that we always seem to make at just the wrong moment. LOL











Are you itching to make your own Waterfall Card now? Head on over to Creative Cuts and More and order yours today. :-)


Die Cut:
Waterfall Card Set from Creative Cuts and More
--- card is Blackberry Swirl Bazzill Smoothies cardstock
--- waterfall mechanism is White Bazzill Smoothies cardstock


Stamps:
Summer Trees (Kim Hughes) from Cornish Heritage Farms
Fine Gingham backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento
Satin Red Versafine
Citrus Adirondack dye

Other:
Killer Red Tacky Tape from Creative Cuts and More
Copic markers
red eyelet
red gingham ribbon - Offray

QKR June Blog Hop

Hi blog hoppers! Wasn't Sarah's project great? If you didn't arrive here from Sarah's blog, you don't want to miss what our designers have in store for you. The QKR Stampede Blog Hop starts at www.qkrstampede.blogspot.com.

If for some reason one of the links is broken along the hop, don't worry. Hop back over to the QKR Stampede Blog - www.qkrstampede.blogspot.com - which will have the complete list of participating blogs.

We are focusing on patriotic and/or picnic themes for this blog hop. I wanted to show off this fun Patchwork Star from QKR Stampede today. This primitive star is sorta folksy, sorta country, and a whole lotta cute. :-) I stamped it three times, and then I colored one red, one blue, and left the third one white. Cutting these stars out was easy because they are all straight lines.

Instead of bold bright red, white, and blue, I wanted a softer, more Americana look for my card. I sponged some Old Paper distress ink on all the stars and on the white layer on my card. The sentiment is a rub-on that fits this card perfectly.



I hope you've enjoyed my Americana Star Card today. Now it's time to hop on over to Laralee's blog!


Stamps:
Patchwork Star from QKR Stampede

Ink:
Rich Cocoa Memento
Old Paper distress

Paper:
White
Ruby Red
Not Quite Navy

Other:
buttons - Paper Studio
Copic markers
rub-on - Melissa Frances
twine
sponge

Belli Challenge #93 - rub-ons

Happy Wednesday! Are you ready for another Belli challenge today? This one is easy: rub-ons!!! Just create something (card, scrap page, box, other 3D item) and add a rub-on (or two or three) to that project to qualify for the Belli Challenge. If you are like me, you've got several packages of rub-ons somewhere in your crafting area that have never been opened. LOL

I opened one such package and used the biggest rub-on (the "celebrate" sentiment) from this package on this fun and summer-y card:



This card literally took me 10 minutes to make. I just got into that groove and it all clicked together just perfectly. The longest part about this card was waiting for the crackle paint to dry on the chipboard circle.

Ya like my ribbon flower? LOL That idea just popped into my head and I thought, hey, why not? I found a chipboard circle in my stash and added a pop-up glue dot to the back. Then I cut small lengths of ribbon and just started pressing them into the glue dot. When I was done, I added another glue dot on top of the one with the ribbon ends pressed into it, and then stuck it on my card. Fun and different, huh? :-)

Wanna see what the other Belli Girls have created? Go check them out on the Belli Challenge blog, and hopefully you will be inspired to create your own project with a rub-on. We'd love to have you enter your creation in our Belli Challenge.


Stamps: none
Ink: none
Paper: Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Real Red, retired SU paper
Other:
chipboard circle
red gingham ribbon (Offray)
white distress crackle paint (Ranger)
large ric rac die (Sizzix)
rub-on (Melissa Frances)

New tutorial on CHF blog

Hi folks! Just a quick note to let y'all know that I have a new tutorial on the Cornish Heritage Farms blog today. If you are participating in the Summer Fling challenges, this tutorial shows you a quick and fun way to create a quilted card. You could upload your own creation to the special Summer Fling gallery for a chance to win a FREE backgrounder of your choice!

Click here to view my Quilted Card Tutorial. :-)

CHF Summer Fling - Blog Hop Week 1 (Backgrounders)

Happy Monday, everyone! Are you ready for the very first CHF Summer Fling blog hop?? If you arrived here from Melony's blog, then you are on the right track. If not, please start at the Cornish Heritage Farms Be Creative blog for all the details.

This week we are focusing on Backgrounders. There are lots of wonderful new samples in the special gallery HERE. I've chosen to use the Fine Lines backgrounder to decorate some stars instead of using it as a traditional background.





You can do so many different things with backgrounders instead of just stamping backgrounds on your cards. Stamp them on die cut shapes, use them to accent embellishments, or use them for paper piecing line art images.

Two Gift Certificates will be awarded to 2 lucky winners who successfully follow the blog hop & comment as they go in the time allotted. This is not a race. All Blog Hops will start from the CHF Be Creative Blog on a Monday, comments must be made before midnight EST on the Thursday of that week & winners will be announced on the Friday.

1st prize is a $20 CHF Gift Certificate, 2nd Prize is a $10 Gift Certificate which will be emailed to the winning participants. The Gift Certificates will be valid for 6 months from date of issue. PLEASE NOTE that if you have a Club CHF award awaiting you on your next order, you will need to wait for the following order to use your Gift Certificate as the store only allows one discount per order.

If you upload a qualifying card (using the featured week’s stamp line) to the CHF special gallery for that week you will be eligible for the Design Team’s Favorite prize which will be a rubber stamp/stamp set of your choice up to the value of $16.99. The deadline for uploading cards for the prize will also be Thursdays at midnight.

This week will feature backgrounders. Next week we will feature a different stamp line, so keep tuning in for more great artwork and sales! This week, all backgrounders are on sale, 25% off! Sale ends Thursday at midnight. Now is the time to stock up on those backgrounders that have been on your wish list.

Don't forget to leave comments at each stop on this hop for a chance to win a gift certificate! If you upload your artwork to the special gallery HERE, you could win a free backgrounder stamp! Now it's time to go to Laura's blog and see what she has created with CHF Backgrounders.

What’s the 12 Weeks of Summer Fling?

Each week will feature one of the rubber stamp lines at Cornish Heritage Farms with a blog hop and special gallery showing new samples using stamps from that line. The featured line will also be on sale for the week so definitely the time to add to your collection. :)

Two Gift Certificates will be awarded to 2 lucky winners who successfully follow the blog hop & comment as they go in the time allotted. This is not a race. All Blog Hops will start from the CHF Be Creative Blog on a Monday, comments must be made before midnight EST on the Thursday of that week & winners will be announced on the Friday. 1st prize is a $20 CHF Gift Certificate, 2nd Prize is a $10 Gift Certificate which will be emailed to the winning participants. The Gift Certificates will be valid for 6 months from date of issue. PLEASE NOTE that if you have a Club CHF award awaiting you on your next order, you will need to wait for the following order to use your Gift Certificate as the store only allows one discount per order.

If you upload a qualifying card (using the featured week’s stamp line) to the CHF special gallery for that week you will be eligible for the Design Team’s Favorite prize which will be a rubber stamp/stamp set of your choice up to the value of $16.99. The deadline for uploading cards for the prize will also be Thursdays at midnight.

This week will feature backgrounders.

All backgrounders are on sale, 25% off! Sale ends Thursday at midnight.

On Monday the DT will be blog hopping with all new samples using backgrounders. You'll want to leave comments for chances to win prizes! Start at the CHF Be Creative Blog on Monday morning to see some great eye candy!

Plus, now that you know we will be featuring Backgrounders, you can work on creating a card to upload to the gallery starting on Monday. The more cards you upload to the special gallery, the more chances you have to win a FREE stamp!