CCEE1332 Make Your Own Embellishments

Our Hostess Vicky challenged us to :

Make our own embellishments
   (buttons, flowers, brads, etc.)
   AND - use at least 2 designer papers
        and an embossing folder.

I made my own buttons, something I seldom do, but I love them!!

Please join us, linking your card HERE.  See you next week.

Thomas Kinkade Lighthouse

This TK lighthouse was brayered with Kaleidacolor ink in shades of blue.  I think the central portion with the very light blue looks like fog or haze int he morning!!

You can find a collection of Thomas Kinkade images at Cornish Heritage Farms Stamps.

CCEE1331 Guy Birthday

Our hostess for the month of August is Vicky Gould.  Since it's her son-in-law's birthday, she challenged us to make a masculine birthday card, using brown, tan and green.

It occurred to me after I made a spinner that it could be a little dangerous have a car spin around, but since it's an old car, and there are no occupants, it would be a wild ride!!

Please join us, and link HERE!  See you next Thursday.

CHF32 Sketch Challenge

Kristine challenged us to use this sketch:

And here is the card I made using it:

I used a digi image and saying from Cornish Heritage Farms, some pink paper, and some green.  The grass is done with a punch, the clouds are die cuts, and I added some sponging, flowers, and googly eyes.

Please join us, using your CHF stamps or digi images, linking  your card HERE.  You just might win some new stuff from CHF!  See  you next time.

CCEE1330 Color Blocking

 For Sabrina's last challenge, she has chose COLOR BLOCKING - with paper as well as stamps.

I sure hope this qualifies.  The bg is indeed color blocked, and each of the panels is stamped differently, so I'm going with it.

I found this fun digi stamp on the internet, and really couldn't wait to use it.  All the images are colored, and some are cut out and paper pieced.  I like it!

Please join us in the fun, linking your card HERE so we can enjoy it too.  Come back to find out who our hostess is for August.

CHF Elvis the King

                                            

This week I decided to post the card I almost gave my DH for Father's Day.  I made two, and went with the other. 

This is an old image from CHF I just had to ink up!

Next week we have a sketch challenge from Kristine.  I hope  you will join us.

Faux Metal Fun

I had such a good time (and made such a mess!) with this metal foil tape technique.

It was the challenge at SCS last Monday, and I just didn't get around to looking at it until yesterday.  I happened to ask DH if he had any of this tape, and he had two rolls!

Now that I know how to do this, I'll try it again.  I need practice.

CCEE1329 Sing A Song

Sabrina challenged us this week to make a card inspired by a song.  I chose "I'm In Love With You, Honey", a song from the 1930's.  Here are the words:

    I'm in love with you, Honey,
    Say you love me too, Honey,
    No one else will do, Honey,
    Seems funny but it's true.

    Loved you from the start, Honey,
    Bless your little HEART, Honey,
    Every day would be so sunny
    Honey, with you.

I just loved this image from Melonheadz!

Join us, and link your card HERE.

CHF31 Lighthouse/Beach

This week I chose our theme at Cornish Heritage Farms - Lighthouse or Beach.  I used a CHF digi stamp #1612, coloring only the spotlighted portion of this wonderful scene.  I added waves at the bottom, and voila!

Please join us HERE, and see what else has been done by the design team.  You just might win some stamps!

Join us again next week.

CCEE1328 Collage

Sabrina's theme this week at CCEE is to create a collage panel, using at least four different stamps.  This is something that intrigues me, but I find difficult.  I am really pleased with how this one came out, on the first try, yet!!!

I kept the travel theme, using five different images, then inked and punched out letters to spell TRAVEL.

Please join us, linking your card HERE.

See you next week!

Thomas Kinkade Week at CHF

Kristine had a new technique using TK stamps.......spotlighting with another color.

IRL, you can tell the difference very easily between the black background and the gray popped oval, edged  in black.

Each month features a card made with an image from Thomas Kinkade found at Cornish Heritage Farms.  Check back with us again.

Blue and White

This card was made for the Mixability challenge on SCS.  The idea was to use different textures, media, etc. 

I embossed the blue cardstock background, then foam-brushed on white acrylic paint.  Embossing some vellum, I punched out butterflies, and added pearls.  the final thing was a ribbon bow, but now I'm not sure .... maybe the best thing to do would be to take the ribbon off and add a couple of large pearls in the upper corner to balance it off.  What do you think?

Enjoy the rest of the long weekend ..... .we celebrate with family and friends tomorrow.

CCEE1327 Let's Go To The Beach

Sabrina is our hostess for the month of July. Here is her challenge, in her own words:
"I grew up by the seaside and we spent most summer days there - when it wasn't raining,  Bring your Independence Day picnic along if you want, just keep the sand out of the sandwiches."

I brought the whole beach, collected shells, and left my flip-flops at the edge of my blanket.

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and show us what her words mean to you!

See you next week for Sabrina's next theme.

CHF30 Summer

Welcome back to another Cornish Heritage Farms Challenge.

Steph chose as our theme "Summer", so I used this fun digi #352F called SUN.

I added only sky. sand, and flip flops.  I think that's all the summer needs.

Please join us, and link your card HERE on our blog, where you'll find the connections to the DT.

CCEE1326 Dryer Sheet Flower

Brenda's last challenge for the month is to use the tutorial on SCS to make a dryer sheet flower.  I had never done this before, and it was so easy!!

I sprayed the sheet with Summer Sun, and used gold glitter around the edges.  I put the flower together with a punched flower in yellow and orange, and a pale yellow brad.  The flourish is pale green, and the ink is marmalade.

I hope you will try this fun technique, and link your card HERE so we can see it too.

Come back next week for another challenge.

CHF Extra!

Here's a card I made strictly for a guy.  I guess you could tell, right?

Stamped in gray, sponged in colors, mounted on dark gray, and on gray script.  All I added was some gray ribbon and a button.

Thanks for taking a look.  Be sure to come back next week for a CHF challenge.

CCEE1325 CAS Masculine Card

Brenda challenged us to make a CAS Masculine Card for today.

This one really is simple, since I had this computer generated saying, and the A Muse lawn mower.  I had some scraps of DCWV grass dp, and I think this makes a fun one.

Please join us, linking your card HERE, and join us again next Thursday.

Birds of a Feather

This is the card I made this morning for the SCS challenge, which gave us a sketch.

I guess the newest thing is to use feathers, and I just happen to have this image, and some real ones.  They will be showing up more and more.

Spent the last two days with a migraine, so today I am feeling out of the picture, but I will get better as the day wears on.

Have a good day, and be sure to come back tomorrow for the CCEE Challenge card here.

CHF29 - Graduation

Steph is our hostess today on Cornish Heritage Farms.  Her challenge to us was to make a Graduation card.  This is very timely, as we have our grandson Jake graduating from Middle School.

I used blue cardstock, run through the Cuttlebug and "Congratulations" embossing folder.  I printed my CHF digi (All Ears Dog 582D)  on brown paper and cut him out, using only a little pink marker on his ears and face.

I had Jolee's graduation cap and diploma, so I added those, placing the diploma under the dog's paw as I popped him up.  Easy peasy.

Please join us using your CHF images, and link HERE.  You could win some fab images!!!

Ack!! Black??

The challenge today was to use black for stamping and painting.  ACK!!  That's something I never do.

To counteract the black, I of course used RED, and had this fab paper with all my fav colors in it.  

I stippled over mesh with Twinkling H2O in garnet, removed the mesh, stamped, and painted.

This layout is from Diane,  our QFTD at SCS.

Have a great day.  We are hoping the rain will stop soon.

CCEE24 Baby Boy/Girl card

Our hostess Brenda challenged us to make a baby card for a boy or girl, and there are bonus points if you add in some soft green or yellow.

Looks like bonus points for me!!

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

Thomas Kincade Week

Here's another Thomas Kinkade image, straight from Cornish Heritage Farms.  This one is called Friendship Cottage (TK-301P).


 The stamp is inked in Versafine Spanish Moss....what a gorgeous color!  There's just enough blue in the dp to go with the ribbon, don't you think?

Please check out the wonderful Kinkade cottage stamps at Cornish Heritage Farms, and join me here next Tuesday for another CHF challenge.

Smile!

Sometimes you just have to make a pretty card.  I don't usually work with pink, but this image really called for it.  If you look closely, the lovely woman is fingering her strand of pearls, so those were a must too.

This was made for the Featured stamper today at Split Coast Stampers, and someone will receive it as a birthday or encouragement card.  I do hope it brings a smile.

The sun is shining today, DH is officiating as the Starter in Providence at a track meet, and Mom and I are fending for ourselves.  I see going out to lunch in our future!!

Have a great day, and thanks for visiting.

Excitement!

What  a night we had!! It had rained all day, and when the Red Sox were postponed, we were able to see the Bruins win a shut-out against the Penguins! They get a shot at the Stanley Cup again. WOW!  Then.........the rain kept coming and coming. Four inches of it (and most of it in our basement!!), and DH was up mopping until 6:10 this morning!  We had plans to see friends for the first time this year, but he's just too tired for dinner and cards tonight.

The computer was sooooooo slow this morning, it took me FOREVAH to download my card for the Inspiration Challenge at SCS.  It should have occurred to me it was because of the storm! DUH!  Anyway, here it is.  I love this set from SU - Autumn Days.  It makes fab masculine cards.  I hope you like it.

Lotsa Flowers for Three!

Well this was messy, but fun!  I combined three challenges this morning.  It's dark and raining, so I have plenty of time to clean up.

The MIX challenge was to smudge and smear......calls for gelatos, right?  After adding the pistachio gelato to my paper, I painted with white acrylic before stamping Tapestry flowers around to frame my sentiment panel (Free4All - more than 4 flowers).

Our QFTD, Phyllis, had a simple card with a circle in the center which I cased.

We will be getting days of rain from the first tropical storm of the season (Andrea), which comes just in time for all the Hosta that has been transplanted from the front walk to around the trees.

Have a great day, and a fabulous weekend!

CCEE1323 Direct to Paper

Our hostess for the month of June is Brenda O'Rear (Benzi).  She challenged us to use the direct to paper technique.

I stamped my ink directly from the pad (Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads) to the white background, then inked stamps to place on the squares made by the pads.

I hope you will want to join us, this week and every week for FUN!  Please link your card HERE , and be sure to check out the whole team's entries.

CHF28 Father's Day

Happy Father's Day !!!

Our hostess for the Cornish Heritage Farms challenge today is Steph, who asked us to make a Father's Day card.  Here is a digi from CHF that shows Dad fishing on a beautiful day.  Every Dad should get to do what he wants on his "special" day!


Please join us, posting your card HERE, and check out the rest of the design team!

Origami!

 This morning the challenge (one of three) at SCS was to make a card using origami.  It was suggested that something flat would be best.

I went looking around the web, and found these simple directions for this cute bear.

The card I made with him is below.  If you click on the directions you can see them full sized.

This afternoon, Julia (artystamper) is picking me up to go to the Stamp Show in Springfield.  We worked this show last year for Dave Miller, the owner of Rubbernecker Stamps.  We had a really good time, and when he asked us to join him again, of course we said yes!  It's a lot of work, but we had fun too.  It was sort of like a Big Girls Slumber Party, as Julia and I have become good friends.

We hope  you will be able to get out to the Show, and hope you will come and see us at the Rubbernecker Booth, where we will be demo-ing new stuff!!

CCEE1322 It's A Picnic

For our last May Challenge, Shirley chose the theme "It's A Picnic".  What could be more picnic-y than ants and watermelon???

I was happy to use my three favorite colors, RED, Black, and White.

I hope you will want to join us in making a card to go with our challenge.  Please link up your card HERE
and be sure to check out the design team's cards as well.   Come back and see us again next week.

Blue, Blue, Blue!

 

This is really funny.

For the past three days, my cards have been blue.

I didn't plan it that way, but that's how it turned out.  Not a speck of RED.  Never even thought of it!

Each of these cards was for a challenge at Split Coast Stampers.......
Feathers, Colors (two blues and 
green), and the Sketch.

I think in all fairness, my cards for the rest of the   

week should be RED, don't you think???

I hope you enjoy these cards, in spite of their color.  

The rain continues, and we are so sick of it.  I guess the rest of the week is supposed to be fabulous, and that just figures.  Julia Aston (artystamper) and I are going to be demonstrators again for Rubbernecker stamps in Springfield MA Saturday and Sunday.  If you are close enough, we would love to have you stop by and say hello!!

See you tomorrow for the CCEE challenge!

CHF Extra!

This week I have a CHF card for you.  This image and sentiment come from a Rubber stamp sheet at Cornish Heritage Farms, called "Haute Couture".

I stamped the "girls" and words with fired brick RED on a beautiful pink designer paper.  The matching paper is the stripe.

All I added for embellishment was the prima flower and pearl.  I hope you like it!

Peacock

I combined three challenges this morning in the making of this card.  I wish you could see how pretty the colors are, but taking pictures on a rainy dark day is a challenge all by itself.

The peacock is a copy from peachytattoo.com.  Isn't it gorgeous?  I colored it with water color pencils, wet washed it, then cut it out.  When it was dry, I clear embossed it.  It's popped up - on three embossed panels that are sponged in turquoise, and stamped with a feather in three blue shades of ink.  The dp is from Miss Elizabeth.

I finished the card with ribbon and pearls. I really like it.  Thanks for looking and visiting me.  Have a great weekend.

CCEE1321 Let's Go Fishing!

Our Hostess, Shirley, challenged us to make a card called "Let's Go Fishing".

I used some fabulous dp with embossed fish as a bg for the digi of creel, rod, and rainbow trout.  I added a strip of fishing lures, but left off an outside sentiment. 

We have some avid fishermen in the family.  This will go to one of them.

Please join us, linking HERE.

CHF27 Pink and Green

Michele is our hostess for the new Cornish Heritage Farms challenge......use pink and green.

I love this Asian bird digital stamp.  I guess you can see the colors of pencil I used.  I only added some punched flowers and leaves, liquid pearls, and a punched strip.  easy Peasy!

Please join us, entering your card HERE, to win some wonderful CHF images!!

Come and see me again next time.

RED!

Here is my card for the Inspiration challenge at SCS today.  I chose a RED hand painted pot with a white bird and ferns to get my brain working this morning.

I know you haven't seen a lot of RED from me lately.  I seem to go in fits and starts.

DH is in Springfield officiating at a Track Meet this weekend, so my mom and I are left to our own devices.  LOOK OUT!!

I am anxious to go to Springfield myself......my friend Julia (artystamper) and I will demonstrate Rubbernecker Rubber Stamps for the owner at the Stamp Show the 1st and 2nd of June.  What fun!! Come and see us if you can!!! 

CCEE1320 What Does It Mean?

 Our Hostess, Shirley, challenged us to "Let it all hang out or over".  There was a bit of discussion between members of the team as to what exactly that meant.  I have to tell you truthfully, this is not the first card I have made for this challenge.  When I found this image, I just had to discard the other one I had made.

I think you can see for yourself how I thought this little "old" lady really fit what Shirley had in mind.  Enough said.

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

Thomas Kinkade Week

Today I'm posting this card made with CHF's TK109 - Cobblestone Bridge.  Cornish Heritage Farms has a whole group of images from this wonderful painter.  Check them out HERE.  Come and join me next Tuesday for a challenge from CHF!

To The Prom

Here is my beautiful Granddaughter, Erin, and her boyfriend Bill dressed for his Junior Prom.  The pictures are hot off the press from my DD.  I couldn't resist sharing them with you.

Oh, to be 16 again! NOT!  Erin was 16 on Monday of this week.  Enjoy!!!

CCEE1319 Scraps

Our Hostess for May (Shirley) challenged us to make a CAS card with scraps.

My butterfly background is the negative I saved (a scrap!) from a die cut.  I filled in the empty space with scraps of RED, and I'm sure it's no surprise to you that I have plenty of those!

Please feel free to join us, and link your card HERE.