Vintage Geese - CHF

This gorgeous Vintage Geese stamp is the new Stamp of the Month for May over at Cornish Heritage Farms. They released this stamp today, a day early, and it is a wonderful old-timey image. It reminds me of those old Victorian toile images.

I wanted a vintage, distressed, aged look for my card, so I used a lot of sponging on all the layers here. To offset all the feminine touches on this card, I used the Fine Lines backgrounder behind the Vintage Geese image. You can see some more wonderful samples in the gallery here.

The Stamp of the Month is on sale for the entire month, so you can save 20% when you purchase this stamp before the end of May. Head on over to Cornish Heritage Farms to start your shopping.

Stamps:
Vintage Geese (May 2010 SOTM) from Cornish Heritage Farms
Fine Lines backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink:
Timber Brown Stazon (Tsukineko)
Tea Dye distress (Ranger)

Paper:
Simply Smooth Vanilla from Cornish Heritage Farms
patterned paper (Making Memories)

Other:
sponge
flowers (Prima)
vintage button
twine (May Arts)
Dotted Scallop Edge Punch (EK Success)
rectangle and scallop rectangle dies (Spellbinders Nestabilities)

Pinwheel Mother's Day

Have you got your Mother's Day cards done yet? Here's a quick and easy idea for you. Make a quick little pinwheel, add a button to the front, and stick it down on a card. Add the sentiment and you've got a cute and fun card to give to a lucky lady.

I used this Happy Mother's Day sentiment from QKR Stampede, which can be found as part of this Happy Birthday set. I didn't want to cover up the stem from the pinwheel, so I cut the words apart and loosely arranged them to one side.

I can just hear you asking "how did you make the pinwheel???" LOL Easy peasy.

Get yourself a piece of paper that has a pretty pattern on both sides. Cut it down to 3" x 3". (You can do any size square - 3x3 is just what I happened to use here.)

Now draw a line from one diagonal end to the other so you have an X lightly drawn on the paper.

Cut those diagonal lines about an inch or so - DO NOT cut all the way across.

Pull one of the points down to the center and adhere. Pull every other point down and adhere to the center until you have four points adhered in the center. You can cover this with a button, a brad, a sticker, anything.

If you have any questions, please feel free to leave a comment or email me. I hope this inspires you to get your Mother's Day cards done. :-)

Stamps:
sentiment from Happy Birthday set - QKR Stampede

Ink:
Melon Mambo

Paper:
Kraft
Melon Mambo
Razzleberry Lemonade

Other:
button (PTI)

Belli Challenge #90 - Birthday Theme

This week's Belli Challenge is all about birthdays. Instead of an actual embellishment, we decided to go with a Birthday Celebration theme. This coincides perfectly with our sponsor, Creative Cuts and More. They have sent all the Belli Girls some die cuts and accessories from their Birthday Kits for us to play with. I had so much fun playing with the die cuts and papers and stickers and rub-ons that are included in the kit.

For this purple tag card, I added my own ribbon, leaves, and pink flowers. The big brad inside the flower came from the Birthday Girl Card Kit as well as the paper and the "party girl" rub-on.



Here is the inside of this tag. I used one of the rub-ons from the kit as well as some of the same patterned paper from the front.



For this yellow tag card, everything is from the Birthday Girl Card Kit except for the chipboard cupcakes and the ribbon that I used. These papers are great for a birthday card and I just had to add the two chipboard cupcakes so they would coordinate with the cupcake paper. How fun!



Here's some more exciting news: Creative Cuts and More is giving away a FREE Boy Birthday Card Kit to one lucky winner. To enter this drawing, create a birthday card and enter it into the Mr. Linky widget on the Belli Challenge blog. Good luck!!

MOJO #135 - Lemonade Flower

Don't rub your eyes! Yes, this is Holly's blog and yes, she created this wild and crazy card. LOL

I had some leftover flower pieces from when I did the Layered Flowers tutorial over on the CHF blog, so I put them to use on this card for this week's Mojo sketch. I didn't have room for a sentiment or that button/ribbon tag on the upper left side, so I just left those off.

I wanted some bold and bright colors to go with the hot pink color I used on my flower, so I pulled out my Basic Grey Lemonade papers and started mixing and matching to see what would look good. I wanted the chipboard butterfly to stand out, so I used some bright turquoise colored crackle paint on that. I had fun putting this wild card together.

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Stamps:
Daisy Chain Scrapblock from Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink:
Watermelon Adirondack dye (Ranger)

Paper:
Simply Smooth White from Cornish Heritage Farms
Simply Heavy Black from Cornish Heritage Farms
Lemonade (Basic Grey)

Other:
ribbon (Dots, Dashes, and Checks)
button
chipboard butterfly (Maya Road)
Broken China distress crackle paint (Ranger)
scallop punch (EK Success)
Blossoms die (Spellbinders)

CHF release - A Fond Farewell

Cornish Heritage Farms has released the newest B&O Railroad stamp set today, and it is called A Fond Farewell. This is a beautiful set with sentiments and a gorgeous image that looks like an old fashioned wood-cut scene. I love those rolling hills, and you can see the train moving along down in the valley.

Would you like to see more samples with this beautiful set? Check out the gallery here. I'd love to know what color you would stamp this with. Would you try pink? Green? Rainbow colors? :-)


Stamps:
A Fond Farewell (B&O Railroad) from Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink:
Rich Cocoa Memento (Tsukineko)

Paper:
Simply Smooth White from Cornish Heritage Farms
Bazzill Canvas
Basic Grey

Other:
flowers (Prima)
pearls (Kaiser)

QKR Girl in the tub

Here is another ragdoll stamp from QKR Stampede. Every time I look at these ragdoll images, I am reminded of the old Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls that my cousin had when we were growing up. I loved those dolls, and I love these ragdoll stamps.

I chose this Bubble Bath ragdoll stamp so I could play with my Stickles again. I stamped the image with Memento black ink, colored it in with Copic markers, and then used my favorite Star Dust Stickles to fill in the bubbles. I pulled out some old retired Stampin Up designer paper to use for my background and I paired it with some Prima flowers. Some yellow grosgrain ribbon is the last finishing touch.

Head on over to QKR Stampede to see what other ragdoll stamps they have. One of these days, I'll probably have every single one in my studio. :-)

Stamps:
Bubble Bath from QKR Stampede

Ink:
Pitch Black Memento

Paper:
Turquoise
White
retired Stampin Up designer paper

Other:
yellow grosgrain ribbon
Prima flowers
yellow dew drops
Copic markers
Star Dust stickles
Circle and Scallop Circle dies (Spellbinders Nestabilities)

Fence Critters

Cornish Heritage Farms released their newest ATC set called Country Charm Textures yesterday. This set has three mini-backgrounders that are perfectly scaled for doing small projects like ATC's, cards, mini-notecards, and tags. For this card, I stamped the little woodgrain stamp from Country Charm Textures on the fence. You can see how this size is PERFECT for small scale things like little fences.

Wanna see more fabulous samples with this set? Click here to go to the gallery - lots of great ideas to jump-start your imagination. CHF is also offering a great special: buy 3 or more sets and you get all your stamps cut out for free! This ends on Thursday (tomorrow) so get your shopping done now. :-)


Stamps:
Country Charm Textures (ATC) from Cornish Heritage Farms
The Birds and the Bees (Kim Hughes) from Cornish Heritage Farms
On the Farm (Kim Hughes) from Cornish Heritage Farms
Spring Trees (Kim Hughes) from Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink:
Rich Cocoa Memento (Tsukineko)
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)

Paper:
Simply Smooth White from Cornish Heritage Farms
Simply Kraft from Cornish Heritage Farms
Bazzill Smoothies
Origins (Basic Grey)
Farm Fresh (October Afternoon)

Other:
rhinestones (Kaiser)
flowers (Prima)