CHF13 Thomas Kincade

Our challenge at Cornish Heritage Farms is presented by Dawn Bennett.  She asked us to make a card using a stamp by Thomas Kincade.

I used  "Graceland Christmas" (TK124) for my card. The sentiment  comes from the new set "Night Before Christmas".  The image is stamped in Olive, and all I added was a pair of flowers.

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you! AND - if you do, you could win a $10 Gift Certificate and a Winner's Badge to put on your Blog!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project come  here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF13. We can't wait to see what you create!

CCEE1244 Faux Pressed Flowers

Vicky Gould is our hostess for the month of November.  For her first challenge, she requested Faux Pressed Flowers.

I punched out flowers to match the dp, then after I added the dp at the bottom, I ran it through the cb, using the lattice folder.  The sentiment comes from Rubbernecker Stamps (600 Phrase Set - Best Wishes), which I stamped in Lagoon and sponged.  It's mounted on a circle, and added to ribbon.

We hope you will join us, linking  your card HERE, and that you will check in with us again next (and every) Thursday!!

A Two-Fer on Monday

Here's the card I made for the Technique Lover's Challenge today..........the theme was WOVEN RIBBON.

Of course I chose to use RED, and since I am on to making Christmas cards, the olive background was a MUST.

I love this adorable snowman holding the bird.  If you click on the card, you can see the bg embossing of the Holiday EF.

Here's the collage card I made for the Clean and Simple Challenge today at SCS. 

The images are all from Rubbernecker Stamps:

500 - Garden Phrase Set
615 - Grunge BG - Paint Splattered Screen
645-01 - Collage Floral Set 1
534-03 - Music, Time, Bikes - Watch Set 3
644-01 - Collage Pattern BG 1

I used the wonderful colors of Autumn - marigold, pumpkin, rust, and thyme.

Have a safe day!

Cornish Heritage Farms and RED!

There are new stamps (both digi and rubber) at CHF!  This card was  made with one of each:

Skiing Snowman (430 K)
Night Before Christmas Set

It's a case of a card made by Janine at SCS (nines) who is our Featured Stamper today.

Be sure to check out the new stuff at CHF HERE!!

I'll Have a Pink Christmas

No blue Christmas for me!!

I really like Christmas cards in non-traditional colors, like PINK and BROWN.
I had a visit from a friend yesterday, and we were talking about how we would like to be remembered.  She said she wanted to be remembered as "admirable".  Not bad.  I had a tough time with this idea, but I guess "crazily spontaneous" would fit.  No one EVER knows what to expect of me (and that's the way I like it!).  Add an idea for yourself if you comment today.

CCEE1243 Challenge - Tag

Our hostess Brenda (Benzi) made her last October Challenge - a card or project with a tag.

I made a tag out of black cs, punching the end with a web.  The tag has ribbons through the hole, and the ghost (Sizzix) holds a spider on a single web.

Please join us every Thursday, linking your card HERE.

Merry Snowman

WOW.  The sketch today was pretty involved.  Mom and I had to decide whether we wanted to do this or go food shopping.  We really didn't want to go, so here is our entry for today.

We like the way it came out, but will probably not do this design again!!

Had a SUPER day yesterday with Uncle and Cousin.  He was celebrating his 82nd birthday, and Julie came up from AZ to be with him.  We gabbed for four hours, slipped in a little lunch and cake, and sang to him in our fashion.

Enjoy your day.  Thanks for joining me here.

CHF12 Challenge

Today our hostess is Steph Ackerman.  She has challenged us to make a Fall card, or one using Halloween colors.

Not only did I use the colors, but went with the theme as well.

The Cornish Heritage Farms image is:
        owl 1074 - Digi


If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you! AND - if you do, you could win a $10 Gift Certificate and a Winner's Badge to put on your Blog!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project come  here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF12. We can't wait to see what you create!

Monday Challenges

  We went to visit our grandson Nate at college yesterday.  We took him to brunch, saw his dorm and room (complete with asleep roommate Eddie!), messy of course (the room, that is), and had a wonderful time with him.  I guess that visit prompted this card today.  It would be perfect for him.

Then, in the afternoon, we camped out in front of the TV to watch football (Pat's won, but it wasn't pretty), then baseball (got tired and found out the Giants kept the NLCS alive this AM).

That's all we did.  We are a bunch of boring, boring people! (But it worked for us!) We did have snacks and wine, so it wasn't a total loss.

Thanks for checking in today.

NEW from Cornish Heritage Farms!

CHF has just come out with some wonderful new red rubber stamps!  One of them is a grouping of fun Christmas images and sentiments.  Check them out HERE!

This is a very simple shaped card that was made in honor of Claudia (cjzim), who is our Queen for the Day at SCS.

I still have that migraine, so that's all from me.......I was able to just do so much and no more. Seeya.

CCEE1242 Challenge

Brenda (Benzi), our hostess for this month, LOVES snowmen.  Her challenge to us this week is to make a winter or Christmas card, being sure to use a snowman.

I happen to love non-traditional Christmas colors........ and especially like blue (and RED, of course).  I really think the blue goes with snow, snowguys, and flakes.  I have even been known to make a RED gingham snow person a time or two!

Anyway, this is an offer to have you join us in the challenge this week, remembering to let us see your creation by linking it to our Blog here.  See you again next Thursday!

RED ......... Finally!

Have you been missing my RED cards???  This one should make you happy if you thought I was forgetting!

This was made for the Sketch Challenge at SCS.  The image is from Rubbernecker (496-08, Wildflowers).  I love inking this stamp in one color!!

Have a great day, and thanks for looking.

Harvest CAS

Today I combined the challenges into one Clean and Simple card.

The images are from Rubbernecker Fall Trilogy Set.  The colors of ink are pumpkin, rust, and durango.

Thanks for looking.

Santa

Here's a close look at the card I made today.  the Inspiration Challenge led us to Pier 1 Imports, where they have LOTS of Santas.

I used a Rubbernecker Stamp(209-07 Winter Holiday #4 Santa) for my image and sentiment.

The only thing you can't see well is the glaze on his glasses.  Trust me, it's there.  Have a great weekend!

Hooray For Shirt!

Today, the Queen For The Day is Shirley McQuarry, also know as Shirt!

I was delighted to case one of her most recent cards, keeping the Christmas theme, but changing the colors.

Congratulations Shirt......how you deserve this honor.  Enjoy!!!

CCEE1241 Fall Leaves

Welcome back to another CCEE!  Our challenge from our Hostess Brenda (Benzi) is to use Fall colors, leaves and a border punch.

I used my border punch on the panel and added a silk leaf.  The only stamping is the owrd "Fall" from SU's set Happy Fall Y'All.

Please join us again this week, linking your card HERE.

CHF11 Give Thanks

Welcome back to the Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge!

This week our hostess, Jacqueline Smith, challenged us to make - In time for Canada's Thanksgiving - a give thanks card in RED and White.

I used CHF's digital image Daisy Trio (810-D), using the marker to rubber technique.  The bg is the Thanks EF from Cuttlebug.  I used a new nestie in RED, my old fence punch and an oval nestie.  Just had to add a RED ribbon too!

Please join us, linking your card HERE.  You just might win a $10.00 gift certificate for playing along, using your CHF stamps.

See you in two weeks with another fun challenge!

Mr. Stix

I love this snowman!

Rubbernecker Stamps (36-03 Winter Holiday #4),
Mr. Stix!

The challenges today were to use plaid, and to use dimension.  The panel is popped up, and the ribbon and bg dp are plaid.

This image is also cut out of the box, which I love to do.
Have a great day!

Halloween Humor

This is a card for our son who always has music with him..........I hope it gets a laugh!

The inside says "wrap".

It's also for the IC challenge today. Our site is called Magpie, and I took inspiration from a mug that had white, orange and gray circles.  Have a great weekend!

A Birthday and Halloween

Here's the card I made for today.........a rosette for the Free 4 All Challenge, and a case for our Queen for the Day, Denise (resqbarbie).

I learned something important.  When a rosette is very small, it's also very hard to turn.

I hope Denise likes the changes I made in her honor.

This is the card I posted yesterday.

It's a birthday card for our very good friend in PA, Elaine.  She loves dragons and cats.  She has two cats (Bill and Joel), and lots of dragon figurines that her cats leave alone!

I used a Rubbernecker image and sentiment from the set "Halloween Cats", and combined them with my favorite colors, of course.

I'll be glad when making Halloween cards is over....I sure miss making cards with LOTS of RED!

CCEE1240 Chipboard

Our Hostess for the month of October is Brenda, aka Benzi.  Her challenge for the CCEE is to use chipboard.

I used chipboard letters colored with a gold pen.  The bg is the Spider Web ef, and the ghost is a die from Sizzix.  All I did was pop up the ghosst and tie some ribbon on the "O".

Please join us this week, and every Thursday, linking your card HERE so we can see what you have done too.

It's Officially Fall! and NEWS!

Today is the last day of Red Sox baseball.  That makes it Fall in my book.  The leaves are changing color, and football has replaced baseball in this house.

My card is for the Sketch Challenge at SCS today.  I love this sentiment, and Kaleidacolor Pumpkin has the most fabulous Autumn hues!

Now to the news.............

I was asked to accept a position at CHF for the next year.  They chose seven of the original 20 to continue, and I was one! I accepted right away.

You'll be seeing more Cornish Heritage Farms images from me in a little while.  Please come back and check often!

Two cards for today

 This card was made for the MMTPT challenge......to make a card with yellow.

This is in the mailbox waiting to be picked up this morning.  It's going to a lady in FL named Jean, who is a terminal cancer patient.  She loves yellow.

I hope this card brings some sunshine to her day!

This one is for the color challenge........purple, orange, green.

How could I pass up an opportunity to add to my stash of Halloween cards?

I used a wonderful die cut ghost and some die cut clouds as well. the grass and moon are punches.  I had some twine that just matched, and I think the BEWARE is the perfect sentiment.

Thanks for looking.  Have a fun day.

Christmas in Blue

My card on the left in BLUE is a case of Vicki's wonderful Christmas card.  She is our Featured stamper today, and has so many lovely cards in her gallery.

I changed the colors and embossing folder, punched out the ornament, and kept a monochromatic theme for the holidays.  I hope you (and she) likes what I have done.

Enjoy the day!

Triple Layer

This is the first triple layer card I have ever made.....and it's EASY!!  I made this card to honor my friend Peggy, who was the QFTD on SCS when I was unaable to stamp.

It's also for the Inspiration Challenge today.  I love blue and RED birds, so this was a no-brainer!

We still are hacking and coughing, and the rain is still with us.  DH is bailing out the basement and garage as usual!  Guess how happy he is!!!!!

CCEE1239 Make Your Own

Our September hostess, Sabrina Friel, challenged us to make our own designer paper today.

I used Rubbernecker stamps from the set 480 Fall Trilogy.  Those in the bg for the dp are done in Sepia, and then run through the cb to add texture.  The leaves on the cb'd leaf are colored with Pumpkin Kaleidacolor.  I edged with sepia, punched out a couple of leaves, and made the veins with Suede.  I finished off the card by adding ribbon.

Please join us HERE, linking your card so we can enjoy it too.  See you again next week for new challenges. 

Halloween Scene

I'm almost done catching up on the QFTD challenges I've missed.  This card is a case of one done by YLM (Cindy) at SCS.

I used the Sketch Challenge for today, and replaced her image with the gravestone.  I really like the way the sppoky clouds came out.  I hope Cindy likes what I did.

CHF10 - Twine/Hemp/Linen thread

Our hostess this week, Holly, asked us to use twine, hemp, linen thread, baker's twine, whatever.  I couldn't resist this beautiful lion (#939), stamped on cork, layered with black, and on a really African dp.  The Twine was a perfect addition, I think.

Please join us HERE, and link your card.  Be sure to check out the entries of the DT, and look for another challenge in two weeks.

Just catching up!

Today I am doing some catching up on the QFTD I have missed. This one is in honor of Barbie P., who was our Queen#125.




Below is the card for Marie-alice, our Queen #126.  Her card was called "Smiles, and had a dog and pawprints.








This last card is for the combined challenges at SCS today.......... the Technique (dots) and Clean and Simple (sketch).

Now I have only three more to honor.  I hope to have them ready by the end of the week!

We all have awful colds, Mom still has Bronchitis!!  Wish us well!
 

Time for Sue

I figured out how to put three images in a picture. Yay!

My card is on the left, in case you wondered. I cased Sue (bensarmom), our QFTD 124 (I'm catching up!), and her card is in the upper right. Belated congrats Sue!

The lower left shows the inspiration that produced my card from the Bella Soleil website. This clock was called "Rustic Iron Wall Clock".

For Queen Joanne

Joanne (jojot) Grzelak is our newly named Queen For The Day.  she is not only a talented stamper (who does fabulous layouts with piercing), but one of the nicest gals I know!

This card is a poor case of hers.  I will never be able to pierce the way she does!!


Congratulations Girlfriend.  Enjoy the cards made in your honor today!

CCEE1238 Food or Drink

Sabrina Friel, our hostess for the month of September, challenged us to make a card with a food or drink theme.

I used Rubbernecker images:
639-01 Martini Glass
639-06 Garnish Set
640-04 Wine a Little

I just LOVE this saying!!

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and join us again next week!

Oh, Frankie!

I am so far behind on my Halloween cards!  The sketch challenge on SCS today was a fun and easy one, so I have added to my meager stash.

Isn't this designer paper just the nuts??  Instead of using an image, I cut out one of Frankie.  The only stamping is the sentiment.

The bg is the embossing folder called Spider Web.

All of us are sick.  Head colds, except for Mom.  She has Bronchitis.  Not fun.  We are all hacking and coughing and blowing.  Not much sleep for any of us.  YUCK!

Christmas Poinsettia

This card is for the color challenge today, and is a case of a card made by Kittie Carricolo (kittie747).

The challenge dessert was to make it a Christmas card, and I think this fits the bill.

We are all sick.  DH started with a "throat", now I have the "throat", DH has an awful cough, and Mom has it now.  Stay away from us!!

A card in honor of yellowrose46

This card celebrates the work of Ina (yellowrose46).  I even put in a yellow rose!  She was our QFTD122, and I missed making a card in her honor while I was having hand surgery.

This is also for the CAS and TLC today.

The images are from Rubbernecker:
480-2010 Fall Sets - Fall Trilogy

I colored the rubber with markers, and added rolled roses with dewdrops and punched aspen leaves.  I hope  you like it.

Owl case of Sophie

This Halloween card is a case of Sophie LaFontaine at SCS.  She was named our Queen for the Day while I was unable to stamp.  I cased an adorable card of an owl in a tree wearing a cowboy hat.
I changed only the sentiment and colors of the owl to make it a card for October 31st. And of course, the hat.

The sentiment is Rubbernecker:475-01 Halloween  Dragon Boy.

It also is for the Inspiration Challenge at SCS today.  Wild Dresses is an Etsy shop selling little girl's dresses.  I chose to be inspired by a dress with an orange owl on the front.

Summer must be over.  #2 son, Paul, is here helping DH close the pool.  Ah well.  Have a great day, and thanks for visiting.

Fern - Just For You

Today I combined 3 challenges, two of which are in celebration of the artistry of Loll Thompson.

I cased her card that had two leaves.  Mine is the same except for using only one, and moving the sentiment.  I rounded the corner, and made it square.

You can see her card in my gallery at SCS, and if you have time, let her know how much beauty she creates!!

CCEE1237 Waterfall or pop-up

Our Hostess, Sabrina Friel, gave us our challenge again, to make a waterfall card or a free-standing pop-up Card.

I hadn't done this in AGES, so of course I made a ton of mistakes, and had to virtually start all over again.  When you glue the squares to the wrong side, they end up upside down......and not a pretty picture!

Below there are pics of what the underlying squares look like.  I used two Rubbernecker sets:

597 - Halloween Cats
473 - Halloween Set







Here are the two other views of the waterfall.  Aren't these cats just the cutest??

If I had been more careful the sentiment would have been straighter, but all I can do is blame the recent surgery I had.........By this time my hand was so sore, I just couldn't do it again!!

I hope you will want to join us this week.  Using old techniques can get the old MOJO sometimes working!!

If you make a card and would like for us to see it, please link your project

HERE.

Sabrina has another fun challenge for us next week.  See you then!

Here's some RED!

Finally, here's some RED!

This is for the sketch challenge at SCS today.
I used Rubbernecker Stamps:

496-08 2010 Wildflowers
600 Phrase Set - Best Wishes

The cardstock is RED, black, and Recollections from Michael's.  I added dimensionals under the flower image after cb'd with the Wonky Rectangle from Spellbinders, and a ribbon. Black ink.

CHF09 - Shaped Card

Our challenge today is to make a shaped card.  I used one of my Nestabilities for the smaller and the larger one, and traced one for the middle and cut it out.

The set is Haute Couture from Cornish Heritage Farms, and the sentiment is a digi from the same place.

Thanks for joining me here again this week, and there'll be another one next Tuesday.

I'm back!!!!!!!! and a Fun Card for DGS!

I had my LAST visit to my surgeon and OT this morning.  I got the okay to do some VERY light stamping.  Hooray!  I can't tell you how much I have missed it!!  My hand is still very sore, hurts to do much, but I am back.

This card is for the CAS colorblocking challenge at SCS.  The image is Rubbernecker:
609-01 2012 Wildflowers - Flower #4.

Very simple stamping on a paintchip, with corner rounder and ribbons.  I added an MFP charm.

Today is also #2 son's birthday.  If you know Paul, wish him a Happy!

.........and here's a fun Twisted Fold card that will be sent off this morning to our grandson Nathan, who is starting his Freshman year at college.

The inside says...." a reminder to do your laundry".  I tucked in a $5.00 bill.  I'm sure his roommates will appreciate his washing his socks!!

The image and words on the front are from Rubbernecker stamps:
82-18 2012 Laundry Days - Washing Machine.  The rest of the sentiment inside was computer generated.

Thanks for looking.

49 years today!

Today Jay and I celebrate our 49th anniversary.  Little did we think when we eloped the night before we went back to college...........that we would get here so soon!!  Happy Anniversary to my best friend and lifetime love!!