SCRAPBLOCKS!!! Brand New Stamps Here!

SNEAK PEEK>>>>>>>

If you haven't heard the buzz, let me share with you what Lisa Strahl and CHF have been cooking up for some time now. NEW, never seen before, 6 x 6 rubber stamp backgrounders. I just got mine and had to apply them to scrapbooking, otherwise known as "stampbooking". Here, I used the 6 x 6 Vintage Ledger Scrapblock (TM) to make a 12 x 12 pattern and then used it for a layout. LOVE this product. Lisa made a great video that demonstrates how to use them and it can be seen on You Tube. Click here to see it!

Good news - they will be released for sale on Tuesday and have so many applications. It's hip to be SQUARE and RUBBER!

Supplies:

CHF STAMPS: Vintage Ledger Scrapblock, Rummage Bin "Ledger Me" (stain and ink blots, date:, quotes to remember:, binding), Ranger Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain), Autumn Leaves Rub-on, American Crafts Ribbon, Basic Grey Chipboard, Prima Flower, Tag, Buttons, Magic Mesh (seafoam), Faux Wood "girl" from We R Memory Keepers, floss.

CHF Challenge Chicks! Clear Cards...

Well, I found this challenge to be a challenge. There is a lot of planning that goes into making a clear card. Making sure that every element works well together. I didn't worry so much about the back, but if I had more time, I would probably make sure that my glue covered back was covered with more patterned paper.

CHF is now carrying these thick clear sheets, and they are worth experimenting with. They fold nicely with a bone folder, and have so many possibilities. They are thick enough to make a mini album too, which will be my next project. ;)

Supplies: CHF Stamps:Kim Hughes Bold Curls, Kim Hughes Tag You're It!, Paper: My Minds Eye, Ink: Staz-on Jet Black, Tape: Heidi Swapp, Clear Card Sheet: CHF, Stickles: Ranger

Supplies: CHF Stamps:Kim Hughes Scripty Words, Kim Hughes Silhouette Blooms II, Paper: My Minds Eye, Ink: Staz-on Jet Black, Distress Ink Mustard Seed, Die Cut Strip: Doodlebug Inc., Clear Card Sheet: CHF, Stickles: Ranger, Chipboard: Basic Grey, Tools: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Nestabilities

The whole design team is playing today, so you can click on any of their links on the left side of blog to see what fantastic cards they made with clear sheets. Enjoy!

CHf Scrapbook Layout Challenge #2

Julia Stainton prepared this wonderful layout sketch for us to be inspired by this week. I just love the design and its possibilities. I used the Lined Paper Backgrounder for the journaling - I will never get sick of using this stamp in my layouts. I also pulled out my Photo Op! set and used the grungy frame stamp to frame my photo. I also used Story Book (introduction, The, and beginning stamps).

Other CHF ladies playing:

Kim Hughes
Kristine Reynolds
Alli Miles
Becky Olsen
Julia Stainton

Feel free to play along too! You can upload to the CHF gallery and link to the post that Julia will have started.

Thanks for looking!

It's That Day Again...Another Rummage Bin Release!

I want to share with you the 2 Rummage Bin releases for May!! Wohoo! I just love these days when you get to see all of the creations that the design team has come up with. The first one is called "Boys Will Be Boys" and the second is a fun set filled with shoes for everyone called "The Shoe Boutique"! Both stamp releases are below and available at Cornish Heritage Farms. I'd love to hear what you think!


You can see what the design team did with the stamps HERE for the collage and HERE for The Shoe Boutique.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

CHF Challenge Chicks! A Casing Challenge...

This week, the CHF design team were challenged to case one other member. I was the lucky one to case Dawn Lusk. She is an inspiration to me, for her use of MANY techniques and use of colour, mediums, stamps, and ink. She obviously knows what she is doing and takes the time to perfect cards and experiment. No 2 cards look the same. Oh and did I mention all of her projects! This woman is so creative! Look here for her entire gallery at CHF. I chose to try and make a "Dawn-like" card. Mind you, her cards are much more complex, I thought I'd start easy! I am out of my element not using patterned paper. I rely on that which Dawn creates herself with stamps, markers, watercolours, ink, and backgrounders. Amazing! You would think she uses patterned paper, but if you look closer, she does everything herself. I did use this gorgeous card of Dawn's for inspiration.

How to:

Take 3 shades of Distress inks (shabby shutters, peeled paint, tea dye) and apply to the backgrounder. Take cut n' dry foam and apply shabby shutters all around the card for more variance. Trim to 4x5. Take a dark brown ColorBox ink to the edges. On a cream coloured cardstock, stamp quote and ink with foam around edges. Stamp booms. Glue to dark brown cardstock and adhere to card. Place whole piece onto folded cardstock.

CHF Stamps: Weave Backgrounder, Kim Hughes: Silhouette Blooms, Mona Lisa Moments: Friends Centers.

Ink: Ranger Distress Inks, ColorBox

Cardstock: Prism

PS: All the girls are playing this week - just click on the links over to the left. Thanks for looking. Cheers.

Lisa Silver's Rummage Bin Challenge #1

So Lisa Silver, a fellow CHF Designer, gave me a Rummage Bin challenge last week to use the Coffee Co. stamp from CHF's - The Great Canadian Stamp Set. Since I designed the set, I should be able to come up with something right?? When I designed the set, I was thinking of our beloved Tim Horton's coffee shops, that have been around sice I was a kid.
See the set below:

So there you have it! My take on Lisa's challenge. I like to give coffee as gifts, so here is a card that will accompany some coffee for some luck person to enjoy!

Supplies:

CHF Stamps:Rummage Bin: Great Canadian

Kim Hughes: Scripty Words

Paper: Bo Bunny, Webster's Pages, My Mind's Eye

Ink: Staz-on Timber Brown

Bakers Twine: Martha Stewart

Other: Coffee BeansAdhesive: Zip Dry

Just a Mix of Stuff

Thought I would share something other than cards and layouts to peek your interest in applying stamps to almost any product! They key ingredient is Staz-on!

Primitive Bowl: CHF Stamps: Rummage Bin - Primitive Beginnings

You & Me Canvas: CHF Stamp - French Script Backgrounder, Gel-a-tins Bold Punctuation

Thanks for looking!!!

A Scrapbooking Day!

So, this Saturday is National Scrapbooking Day, who can believe that we get our own holiday! Whoot! Whoot! At CHF, from Noon to 3PM this Saturday, we are having some fun challenges, a tutorial by yours truly and some chatting with Becky Olsen and Kim Hughes. Mark your calenders! Here is more info: National Scrapbooking Day.

Until then, at CHF, we have started scrapbooking with our stamps, and I have created a sketch for the design team, and they are doing wonders with it!

Here is the sketch:

CHF Stamps: Kim Hughes (Pretty Birds), Fancy Pants Rub-ons, Ranger Stickles, Basic Grey Paper and Chipboard, Doodlebug Brads, Strano Ribbon, Prima Flowers.

Other girls playing along:

Alli Miles

Lisa Silver

Lisa Strahl

Kim Hughes

Dawn Lusk

Kristine Reynolds

Becky Olsen

CHF Challenge Chicks! A Chalk Challenge...

This week, we took to working with chalks! I have one set of shimmery chalks from Pebbles Inc. I decided to chalk up a background and some pink scallops for my card design today. I also took a little chalk to the little Kim Hughes lady bug from the Hugs and Kisses set. :)

Check out the creations done by this weeks players:
Julia Stainton
Lisa Silver
Kim Hughes
Dawn Lusk
Kristine Reynolds
Val Stangle
Lori Craig

You can play too! Upload your project using chalk and CHF stamps in the CHF gallery.

Elvis Sketch Released Today!!!

As the exclusive stamp producer for Elvis images, CHF just released another stamp today! It's called Elvis Sketch and is available now, wood mounted. Here is a card I made using the new stamp, along with some Distress Ink and Cut n' Dry Foam. I just think this image has so many possibilities for masculine cards. Inside, it can read Love me tender or thank you, thank you very much.

Supplies:
CHF Stamps:Elvis Sketch
Ink: Distress Ink (Vintage Photo, Frayed Burlap)
Paper: Making Memories, K & Co.
Other: Tag and String, Cut n' Dry Foam

CHF Challenge Chicks: A Sketch!

For this Monday, we are taking our inspiration from a sketch which can be seen at CHF. Here is my take on it, using Little People Collage Stamp, and "just a note" from Script Essential Expressions. I picked up that little frame at the dollar store, cut a little piece of paper to place on back, and used clear lacquer to make it glossy.

If you have some CHF stamps and want to play along, just upload your card at CHF and let us know in the forum that you've played along and we can oogle your design!
Supplies: Stamps (CHF), Paper (Cosmo Cricket, Rusty Pickle, Bo Bunny, Prism), Die Cut (Making Memories), Chipboard (Basic Grey), Ink (Ranger Distress Inks, Staz-on), Other (Spellbinders Nestabilities, Cuttlebug).

Other girls playing are:
Julia Stainton
Lisa Silver
Kim Hughes
Dawn Lusk
Kristine Reynolds
Sherrie Siemens
Julie Campbell
Lisa Strahl
Val Stangle

CHF Backgrounder Blitz

I need to spread the word - giveaways happening!

Quote from the CHF Forum:

The week before the next backgrounder release, we’re going to be focusing on innovative ways to use backgrounders and we’ll have daily challenges with designer samples.

We’d love you to play along too! Design some backgrounder projects and upload them to our CHF gallery. The more samples you upload the better, because it increases your chances of winning some backgrounder stamps.

Each day, two names will be randomly drawn from the Backgrounder Challenge submissions and each winner will receive a backgrounder stamp. Sound like fun?! Now because we really want you to play along…we’re giving you some advance notice of the challenges. That way you can work around YOUR schedule. We know how busy life gets. It doesn’t really matter when you create your challenge designs…you can start now.

The Backgrounder Blitz kicked off this Friday (past) evening at 7 pm EST in the CHF Forums. Make sure you stop by for a chance to win then as well. Challenges start on Saturday April 19, and follow through each day including Friday April 25, the release date for our new latest backgrounders. The list of challenges is below. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have on this thread. I hope you can join us!

Mona Lisa Moments: New Script Essentials!

A stamp set with every word and sentiment you can possibly need for card making is here! CHF has come out with Mona Lisa Moments: Script Essential Expressions, designed by Lisa Strahl. I just love how versatile this set is, I know I will get a ton of use out of it.

Available today (release day) for $24.99 at CHF. See other designs using this set in the gallery here.

Card: Shasy Daisy (CHF), Scrip Essential Expressions (CHF), Ink: Ranger Distress Ink, Paper: Basic Grey, Doodlebug, Prism Cardstock.

CHF Challenge Chicks! What I Love About CHF...

Well, there are quite a few things, but let me name three reasons:

1. CHF promotes and sells only the BEST and TESTED products. Distress Inks and Ranger products come to mind.

2. The images are so versatile and can suit any stamper or scrapbooker.

3. I love that CHF is committed to helping people stamp their images to their full potential (ie techniques, blog tutorials, etc.) See Technique Talk here to learn new stamping techniques.

Going back to my Number 2 - I have created a layout using 2 CHF backgrounder stamps (Grid Paper and Large Polka Dots). I know that typically, backgrounders are perfect for card making, but I couldn't wait to put them to the test on other projects. I applied the grid paper backgrounder 2 times to make a pattern on the cardstock. I also used the large polka dots to create a piece of patterned paper as an accent. FUN possibilities here. And they have so many backgrounders available too. I could find ways to use them all on projects other than cards.

Check out the other CHF girls playing along this week!

They are:
Julia Stainton
Lisa Silver
Kim Hughes
Dawn Lusk
Kristine Reynolds
Sherrie Siemens
Alli Miles
Julie Campbell
Lori Craig
Lisa Strahl

A New Release! Photo Op! and Flower Backgrounder

It's release day!!!! I am excited for yet another Rummage Bin release. What do you think? They are available for sale today at CHF ~ Click here for Shady Daisy! Click here for Photo Op!

The girls on the design team at CHF have had fun these last couple weeks designing with these stamps, and their projects look FANTASTIC. Click here for the Shady Daisy Gallery, and here for the Photo Op! Gallery.

Thanks for stopping by!

CHF Challenge Chicks! A Distress Ink Challenge...

If you have these inks, any of them, you will fall in love! These inks by Tim Holts for Ranger Industries have phenomenal stamping, distressing, and blending capabilities, not to mention a WIDE range of colours with re-inkers available. Right now, they are on sale at CHF, you can find them here > Distress Inks. To showcase these inks and to have a little fun, the challenge chicks at CHF have been working with distress inks to show you what can be done with them.

I used Mustard Seed as my distress ink for today's challenge. I used CHF stamps from The Rummage Bin: Story Book, The Ticket Counter, Mona Lisa Moment: Cardmaker's Shapes, and Kim Hughes: Silhouette Blooms II. I love the look of the distress ink on photo paper, which you can see on my ticket and corner embellishment. Thanks for looking!

Visit the other ladies blogs - you'll be in for a treat! They are: Julia Stainton -Lisa Silver -Kim Hughes -Dawn -Kristine -Sherrie Siemens -Alli Miles -Julie Campbell -Lori Craig -Lisa Strahl.

The Greatest Gift

Hmmm...I was thinking of what I could show you, something new. And since I have been scrapping lately (as opposed to card making), I will show you my newest layout. The pictures go back about 2.5 years! And I had a whole bunch of them printed, so I cut them all up and used multiple photos for this layout.

Is anyone out there tired of the 1 photo layouts? Don't get me wrong, I adore white space and have been known to mostly craft 1 photo layouts. I am now deliberately trying to use 2+ photos. For goodness sake - I have so many images I need to scrap!!!

Supplies:
Paper: Making Memories, Flair Designs, Rusty Pickle, Autumn Leaves
Flowers: Prima
Brads: Making Memories
Chipboard: Basic Grey
Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms (flourish from Beautiful Set, clock from Time to Stamp, hearts from Hugs and Kisses, sheep from Primitive Beginnings)
Markers: Copic
Clip: Heidi Swapp
Eyelets: Karen Foster

Other: fabric paint, ribbon, pins, effloresce font

CHF Challenge Chicks! A Flocking Challenge...

The design team at CHF has come together to create weekly challenges and this one is the first! A flocking challenge! This is the first time I've tried it, as I FINALLY got my glue pad to be able to use flocking. However, if you don't have a glue pad, you can stamp an image and go over it with liquid glue to adhere the flocking. There is also a great tutorial with tips from Kristine Reynolds. Click here for the tutorial. If you want to play, upload your card to the CHF gallery and put FLOCKING in your keywords.

Instructions:
1. Stamp willow tree once with green staz-on.
2. Stamp again with glue pad (avoid applying glue to the tree trunk), and don't worry about stamping over the original image, the flocking will add a nice layer and texture to your tree.
3. Apply green flocking to the image, ensuring coverage.
4. Remove excess flocking right away and scrap areas of the tree to remove flocking here and there.
5. Colour in the tree trunk with a brown marker.
6. Take a black pen and outline some of the tree branches.
7. Stamp saying from Time to Stamp.
8. Stamp swirl from Story Book.
9. Apply shimmery green and blue chalk from Pebbles Inc. to your card.

Other CHF chicks playing.... (see links to your left)....Alli, Kristine, Julia, Dawn, Sherrie, Lisa Strahl, Julie, Lori Craig, and Lisa Silver.

All stamps by CHF, paper: Basic Grey, chalk: Pebbles Inc, ink: Staz-on, glue pad, flocking: CHF.

The Square Card!

I just love the 6x6 square card. I think it is because it reminds me of a scrapbook layout, which is my first love. I tend to cluster items together in one area to create a focal point, and try to leave some white space. For details of these cards, please click on the cards. It will take you to the card in my CHF gallery.



I don't have a link for this card, so I will tell you what I did for this one. I printed out a photo of my grandparents from the 1930's. I took 2 Copic Markers and coloured in their clothing for fun. The flourish stamp is from my Beautiful Set available at CHF. See below. For added colour to the black and white, I added pink marker to the flourishes and threw in some pink gems for bling. Paper and Brad: Making Memories, Prima Flower, Bazzill Cardstock, VersaColor Pink Ink.

Paper Crafts Button Up Challenge

This is one of my submissions to the Paper Crafts on-line gallery contest. I found these buttons at a re-use it centre where I picked up 3 bags of old buttons. They make me happy, and can give any card a unique look.

Tip: Try stamping on ribbon (Strano Ribbon is the best and inks that work well include Staz-on and Ranger's Adirondacks). Some ribbons lend themselves to bleeding, so try a little sample before you start stamping large images/sentiments.

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms (Kim Hughes Scripty Words, Rummage Bin: Beautiful, Grid Paper Backgrounder), Paper: Basic Grey and Prima, Die Cut: Basic Grey, Ribbon: Strano and Prima, Ink: Staz-on Jet Black, Other: Buttons, Floss

CPS Sketch #56

CPS Sketch #56 was a whole lotta fun! I have had this moose stamp since January and only used it a couple times on layouts. So here it is, the focal point of my card for the CPS sketch. Here is the whole stamp set, designed for my fellow Canadians!

The Great Canadian Stamp Set from Cornish Heritage Farms:

For Mary's Challenge

Quoted from Mary's blog:

The Challenge if you choose to accept is to make a card and your focal image can not be stamped...it has to be from a book, a magazine, some other type of art medium that is not a stamp. You can use stamps, but not for your focal image. =)Please add a comment and a link to your card that you made for this challenge, between now and next Friday, March 21, 2008. On Friday, March 21, 2008, I will pick a winner from the comments that link to your cards and I have an awesome prize package for the winner......

And check out Mary's card "Vintage Fairies"! It's beautiful!

Here is my take on the challenge - a picture from Classic Pooh.

CHF Stamps: Ticking Backgrounder, Time to Stamp (Rummage Bin)

Caardvarks Challenge! Transportation....

Caardvarks is a great card challenge blog and they have up for grabs, a Cornish Heritage Farms - Kim Hughes Stamp Set (U R A Hoot)! Their challenge is to come up with a card with transportation theme. I made this half-digital card, by creating the orange piece in Photoshop with backgrounder paper and stitching from Little Dreamer Designs. The star and "all boy" are Kim Hughes stamps from "Supah Star". The little car is a sticker from Sandy Lion.

Supplies:
Paper: Making Memories
Cardstock: Prism
Sticker: Sandy Lion
Stamps: CHF
Digital: Little Dreamer Designs
Fonts: LD Print 9
Other: Staples

Little People and Sweet Little One: Rummage Bin Stamps

Well - today is release day and you can see the stamps here in the CHF store. $849US for unmounted and $13.99 for wood mounted.

Other news than the release, if you are in Ontario, you know what we've been doing lately. Digging ourselves out of a HUGE snowstorm. Here are some pics.

Our neighbours HUGE snow pile at the end of their drive.

Our BBQ, and Patio Table - COVERED in snow!

My husband hoisting snow to 5 feet - there was no where to put it, but on top of the already huge piles!

Sneak Peek of a NEW CHF Stamp from The Rummage Bin!

A few design team members have been working with 2 new collage stamps that I had the pleasure of designing for Cornish Heritage Farms' Rummage Bin line. This one is called Little People. The release day is officially tomorrow! The vision I had in mind for these stamps was to create a collage piece that could be used on cards, for Artist Trading Cards, and Altered Art. Not to forget my fellow scrapbookers, I am also playing with these stamps on layouts and tags. The stamp size was designed so that you could have a nice large stamp/focal point and have plenty to colour. Don't panic! Even if you don't colour, the stamps work well just inked up and distressed around the edges! The only colour I added to my card below was a light pink for the dress and askin coloured copic marker for the little girl's face, legs and arms. For a great monochromatic card, check out Lori Craig's gorgeous card (link below).

You can also check out the following blogs to see more sneaks: Lisa Strahl, Lisa Silver, Kristine Reynolds, Sherrie Siemens, Julia Stainton, Alli Miles, and Lori Craig.

Supplies:
Paper: My Mind's Eye

Ink: Staz-on Timber Brown, Ranger Distress Ink Vintage Photo, VersaColor Bark, Adirondack Lake Mist.

Stamps:
Cornish Heritage Farms: The Rummage Bin - Little People
Cornish Heritage Farms: The Rummage Bin - Beautiful (Flourish)
Cornish Heritage Farms: Kim Hughes - Scripty Words (smile)

Other: Ribbon, 7 Gypsies Photo Anchor, Brad, Copic Marker

Thank you for coming over to check out my blog. I appreciate it and hope you like what you see. :)