Home Decor Challenge

Oh, this was a fun one!! Making something for the home. I got kind of carried away! I had one idea...then another...then another....well, you catch my drift *wink*



I'll give all the recipes at the end as well as the other girls who are doing this challenge. I can't wait to see what they did!!

How easy would it be to cover a light switch cover using the new Thomas Kinkade paper packs? I figured I'd find out! It was super easy! Decide what you want where on your cover plate and trace around it on the back side of the paper adding about 1/4" around the edges.
I used my ATG applicator (double sided tape) to stick the paper to the cover, mitering the corners, trimming close to the edge. (make sure you apply it around all the edges and at least 3 strips, one being in the middle)

For the switch hole, flip the cover over so you're looking at the backside, take a craft knife and make an "X"from corner to corner. Fold the pieces inward and stick down.
Hold the cover up to the light and using a piercing tool (a sharp pencil will do), poke holes where the screws go.
On the Snowman scene I added white gel pen and stardust pen.

This next project is one of the classes from CHF. Lesley had this cool tutorial making coasters using tiles. You can see how to do them here. I didn't have the supplies at the time of the class, but when I went to Lowes on Friday, I found tiles reduced(small and large)!! Woohooo....

I made this one for a housewarming gift for a friend that just moved. She can use it for a trivit or she can display it like I have here.

And my final project.....SEE, I told you I kept thinking.....................anyone smell smoke?

I have a friend that loves things with sheep. She really liked my "Home Is Where The Heart Lives" frame, so Elsie, this is for you!

Super simple. I cut my cardstock to fit the frame and stamped the hills twice, then stamped only the trees several times. I sponged the hills and sky with several distress inks.....then......
I smeared glue and sprinkled Flower Soft over the trees.
Next, I stamped the sheep and did the same. I stamped the sheep's heads on a scrap, cut them out and attached with glue dots. Stamped the sentiment and voila! Done!

The frame was a bright, bold gold, so I sprayed it with 2 Krylon colors of "Make It Stone". This let just a hint of gold show through, giving it texture and a really cool look! It takes about 15 minutes to dry.

I hope you got inspired to find something around the house to cover or stamp on and turn it into a decoration for yourself....or better yet, bright someone's day with an unexpected gift!

Click on each name to see their project!! And here's the CHF link if you'd like to play along.
Julia
Carole
Kim
Kristine
Val

RECIPES:

All Images and Thomas Kinkade Papers are Cornish Heritage Farms

Switch Covers:
Thomas Kinkade Masculine and Christmas series
Inkssentials white gel pen
Stardust gel pen
Ric Rac
Craft Knife

Tile Tivit:
Unfinished Tile- mine is approx. 5 3/4 x 5 3/4
Stazon Ink-Olive Green, Jet Black, Cactus Green, Azure
Silhouette Blooms
Nature Silhouette
Primitive Beginnings
Think Of Me
Krylon Clear Sealer

Farm Life Frame:
Purchased Frame
Primitive Beginnings
Row Of Trees
Adirondack Pitch Black
Distress Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Weathered Wood
Daubers
Glue
Flower Soft
Glue Dots
Krylon Make It Stone

Thanks For Stopping!!

Dawn

Wooly Mittens

I know we just ended the dog days of Summer, the air is full of the hint of Fall, and Winter won't be far behind!! I LOVE Fall and Winter!! Crazy, I know!

I'd started this pair of mittens a while back and had just set them aside. After getting Primitive Christmas and Winter Vintage Signage I knew I had to finish them and make a band for them. The yarn is from my sweetie llama, Chungara, who died this Spring. I'm thankful I still have roving to spin and remember him by.

Sorry...these were snatched up soon after this blog post! Watch for them early next year!!

One of the grandkids will probably end up with these...LOL they won't give a rip about the band....But I like it!!

Other stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms are:
Canvas Backgrounder (on the band)
Woodgrain Backgrounder (on the sign)

Paper:
Kraft by Prism

Ink:
Adirondack Latte, Mushroom, Espresso by Ranger

Other:
Prismacolor pencils (on the sign)
Eyelets
Dimesionals

Thanks for stopping!

Chicks In The Adirondacks

No, it's not a group vacation (oh wouldn't that be FUN!!)... it's Adirondack ink! And there's a sale too, September 5-18!!

It will be interesting to see all the ideas using this ink, so be sure to check out the other chicks...I'll link them later *wink*
Here's mine....I said I'd do watercolor.
I just stared playing and this is what happened!

I started by stamping the house from Primitive Christmas on Natural Smooth Prism cs with Versamark and Adirondack Pitch Black, embossed with clear embossing powder, then watercolored it with Adirondack Pesto reinker.

I really like how my sky turned out...here's how I did it.

I lightly watercolored a base color around the house with Adirondack Denim, Sail Boat Blue and Stream.
Then taking my waterbrush, I dripped water along an imaginary horizontal line just above the rooftop and dropped Sail Boat Blue into the puddles. I let this run wherever it wanted, pulling a little bit down with my waterbrush toward the 'ground line'. Then I did the same at the top with Denim.
When I had the colors to my liking, I blotted my piece on copypaper then set it aside to dry. (I did help it a bit with my heat gun...no patience!!)

Since it's a 'night scene', I cut out the windows and smooshed some Lemonade ink on cardstock and stuck it behind the windows. Masking the house, I stamped Starry Night and the 'Snow' dots from Primitive Christmas using my Pearl Paint Dabber.

Let the tearing begin! I tore up lots of scrap pieces for my 'snow drifts, curling the torn edges and attaching them to my scene. I applied Liquid Applique, Puff Paint...or whatever you want to call it and heated it gently with my heat gun to puff it. I added some Crystal Stickles to the snow, Stardust gel pen to the windows and set it aside to dry.

For the sign, I stamped Wood Grain backgrounder in Latte and Mushroom, then took the Latte pad and drug it across the cardstock here and there.
I stamped the sign from Winter Signage in Pitch Black, then using Versamark and Pitch Black, stamped the sentiment and embossed with clear ep... added Puff Paint and Stickles and attached it with dimensionals to my scene.

I thought the warm, tweedy look from the Scrapblock Paper Pack was the perfect layer.

Hope you had as much fun looking and reading this as I did creating it for you!

Now, let's see what the other girls did!!
Julia
Joanne
Kristine
Lisa Silver
Julie
Jen
Kim
Alli
Michele
Becky
Val

Thanks for stopping!

Making A SCENE!!

no,
not that kind of scene!

This kind....

ever wonder how one goes about stamping a scene?


In this week's Technique Talk at Cornish Heritage Farms, I'll show you how! Pop on over and have a look then try your hand at it. C'mon, it's easy!

thanks for stopping!

Aimee Nugent

Today marks the release of a new designer at CHF, Aimee Nugent! You've seen some sneak peeks already, be sure to check out the gallery for more.

I've had this idea in my head since I got this image and decided yesterday to put it to paper and see how it would come out! I'm super happy with the results.

I started by using my Top Score, on the main panel, to get the embossed curve and cut the extra away.

Next, I stamped the Cross With Vines 3 times with Black Soot (remember Ranger distress ink stays wet long enough to emboss) and heat embossed with detail ep.

I took my ol' trusty piece of torn copy paper, two sizes of daubers and started sponging off the edge. For this one, I turned the panel upsidedown and sponged down with Tea Dye, moving the copy paper at angles to get the 'hilly' effect. Then I took Frayed Burlap and darkened various places, adding some Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint lightly in a couple places. Walnut Stain was lightly added to the tops of the hills for definition.

I masked where I wanted the sun with a circle cut sticky note and sponged down with Broken China, stopping just before the horizon.

I removed the sun mask and took my reverse mask (a piece of copy paper with a circle cut out) and placed it over the area where the sun would appear....and started sponging with Mustard Seed from the center outward. Using a small dauber in Spiced Marmalade, I sponged just the edge inward a little ways. *you can see where the paper slipped and my sun oozed a little! the camera makes it look worse than it is IRL....honest!

Using what yellow was left on my dauber, I lightly sponged the horizon.

Leaves on the vines are colored with a copic marker.

Cut the black mat the same, using the Top Score for the dry embossed arch.

• Stamps
• Cross With Vines, Aimee Nugent, Cornish Heritage Farms
• Geometric Flowers, Mona Lisa Moments, Cornish Heritage Farms
• Ink
• Black Soot, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Shabby Shutters, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain Distress by Ranger, Adirondack Pitch Black by Ranger
• Cardstock
• Georgia Pacific White
• Sunflower med, Mystic med by Prism Papers
• Accessories
• detail embossing powder
• Top Score by Crafter's Companion
• Small and Jumbo Daubers by Tsukineko
• Copic marker www.ellenhutson.com

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Two more Easter cards with Aimee's images, this time coupled with Beautiful from The Rummage Bin.

I so admire Michelle Zindorf, her work is so beautiful and she's so creative! So artsy!! The other day she did this absolutely gorgeous card, you can see it on her blog and see just how she does it!!

I decided to give it a try............well, I'm nowhere near the artist Michelle is, (practice makes perfect right?!) but I'm pretty pleased with the 2 cards. As you can see, I used my Top Score again....LOL, because several ideas going at once for one card turned into two!

Using a Copic marker, Sakura white and Stardust gel pens and a super fine Faber-Castell artist pen, I highlighted parts of the flourishes.

Sponged, again using Ranger Distress inks.
Here is a close-up of the Stardust pen.

A Sketch Challenge!

Tami Mayberry posted a sketch for us. She comes up with great ones! Feel free to play along too.
Julia, Anne and Kristine have their sample on their blogs. It's always fun to see the variety of styles! Enjoy!!

I started out with a leftover piece of glossy from the technique challenge on SCS, the "spritz-ink-smoosh" one *wink*... cut an oval with my nestabilities, then decided on the image to put inside and color.

• Stamps:
• Time to Stamp, The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Spanish Script by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Friendship Lighthouse by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Tulle backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms

• Ink:
• Pitch Black by Adirondack
• Faded Jeans, Mustard Seed distress by Ranger
  
• Cardstock:
• Georgia Pacific white
• Sunflowers med, by Prism Papers
• Glossy

• Tools:
• Nestabilities oval by Spellbinders http://www.ellenhutson.com/
• Corner Rounder by Marvy

• Accessories:
• Copic markers www.ellenhutson.com
• Sakura stardust gel pen
• Charm Frame on dimensional by Pixie Express
• Dauber by Tsukineko

• Technique:
• Similar to smacking acetate
• Faux Colored CS (colored with copic marker)

CHA Week

While everyone is at CHA, us girls left behind decided we'd do some challenges. This color challenge was suggested by Julia, using the Prism Paper colors Birchtone dark, Spring Willow medium, Intense Pink and Papaya Puree (I used dark).

At first when I got the colors together I thought...UGH!...Ewwww! But once I got my idea together and assembled, I was pretty pleased with the outcome! I went back to an older CPS sketch, #4.

Here are the girls playing along, click on their name and you'll go to their blog.

Julia

Tami

Anne

Mary

Kristine (who was also lucky enough to go to CHA!)

What you can't see in the photo is that the sheep have Flocking on them, awwwwww, cute IRL *wink*!

• Stamps:
• Primitive Beginnings, The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Beautiful, The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Hinges by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Ink:
• Pitch Black, Espresso by Adirondack
• White Cotton by Stazon
  
• Cardstock:
• Georgia Pacific white
• Papaya Puree dark, Birchtone dark, Springwillow medium, Intense Pink by Prism Papers
  
• Pattern Paper:
• The Paper Studio
• Tools:
• Crop-a-dile
  
• Accessories:
• Artist Pen, super fine, by Faber-Castell
• Brads, Scrap Essentials, JoAnn’s
• Flocking, white, Cornish Heritage Farms
• Glue marker by Marvy
• Dimensionals

Hugs & Flourishes

Tami posted a challenge along with the CPS card sketch for this week, so I decided to play along *wink*.

I found this chipboard heart in my stash, lucky me! I inked up the delicate flower image from Beautiful (The Rummage Bin) with Peeled Paint then took a q-tip and removed the ink from the flowers and dabbed on Tangarine. The flourishes are stamped with Broken China. Then sponged the edges with Shabby Shutters and Broken China

The flourishes on the DP look green in the pic =(...but they're not. I added some dots and filled in several diamonds with my gel pen.

Scalloped Lace backgrounder stamped in Cotton White on Intense Orange. White dots added with a Painter's marker.

Hugs oval sponged with Broken China layered on an oval colored with a copic marker.

• Stamps:
• Beautiful, The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Classic Essential Expressions by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Scalloped Lace Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Ink:
• Cotton White by Stazon
• Tangerine Fluid Chalk by Clearsnap
• Broken China, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint Distress by Ranger
• Cardstock:
• Intense Orange by Prism Papers
• Pattern Paper
• My Mind’s Eye
• Tools:
• Corner Rounder by Marvy
• Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders, www.ellenhutson.com
• Accessories:
• Apricot Copic Marker www.ellenhutson.com
• Rhinestones unknown
• Chipboard heart by Scrap Essentials, JoAnn’s
• Jumbo Daubers by Tsukineko
• White gel pen by Sakura
• Painter’s marker, white, by Elmers
  

Welcome To The Olde Crowe

This was done for the Inspiration Challenge on SCS, bedding with a backdrop of the ocean. Wouldn't it be so relaxing to be in this Inn by the sea!!

Colored with a combo of copics and prismacolor pencils, heavily distressed both with inks and a tool. The base is faux layered by using a copic marker and ruler with the hinges being stamped in a darker color. Faux brads on the hinges made by punching black cs with my crop-a-dile and adding a little silver gel pen.

• Stamps:
• Geometric Flowers Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Primitive Beginnings, The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Hinges by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Ink:
• Burnt Sienna, Colorbox Fluid Chalk by Clearsnap
• Fired Brick, Broken China, Frayed Burlap, Tea Dye, Old Paper, Walnut Stain Distress by Ranger
• Terra Cotta, Cloudy Blue, Adirondack by Ranger
• Cardstock:
• Georgia Pacific white
• Black unknown
• Tools:
• Crop-a-dile
• Accessories:
• Prismacolor Pencils, Baby oil for blending, blending stumps
• Copic markers www.ellenhutson.com
• Jumbo Daubers by Tsukineko
• Distressing tool
• Deckle Scissors
• Foam mounting tape
• Silver gel pen
• Quickie Glue Pen by Sakura
• Technique:
• Sponging
• Distressing
• Faux Brads
• Faux Layering

Country Charm

Remember I said I got new rubbah!!

Here's a 5x5 card done with Primitive Beginnings from The Rummage Bin at Cornish Heritage Farms.

I started off by making a mask of the house - stamping on a post it note so the bottom of the house was on the edge of the sticky part, and cut it out.

Since I already had a layout in mind, (CPS#50) I stamped the house high on the right, masked it and stamped the rolling hills and trees....then peeled off the mask and voila!, my house looks like it's in this peaceful country setting!

The front looks so different from the start of the card! I should have taken a picture so you could see the transformation! It's totally white cardstock, sponged with distress inks. The oval is a light creamy yellow sponged with dried marigold and faded jeans is sponged on the sentiment....which leads me to the sheep!

Mr Sheep kinda got in the way of the dauber whilst sponging, so I stamped him again, cut him out and popped him on a dimentional. Since he was already stamped on the sign I only had to cut out his body, leaving those tiny little legs behind *wink*. The sentiment is also popped on foam mounting tape.

I stamped 3 sheep on my card and 3 more on a scrap, cut out their bodies and placed them on adhesive dots (2 paper thin ones together so they're just barely raised off the paper)...again leaving their little legs behind.

Oh yeah, and I doodled around the oval too and stamped part of another sentiment, inking only the flourish part. And I did my faux layering again using a copic marker.

Hey, if you've made it this far, thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

• Stamps: Primitive Beginnings, The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms

• Ink: Pitch Black by Adirondack
• Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Tattered Rose, Faded Jeans, Shabby Shutters by Ranger
• Prussian Blue, Dark Moss Fluid Chalk by Clearsnap

• Cardstock: Georgia Pacific white, DCWV

• Accessories:
• Nestabilities by Spellbinder, www.ellenhutson.com
• Copic markers, www.ellenhutson.com
• Adhesive Dots by Zots- Dimensional
• Foam Mounting tape
• Jumbo Daubers by Tsukineko
• Ribbon by Martha Stewart

• Technique:
• Sponging
• Masking
  

Wild Rose Hello

This was for the color challenge (cc152) on SCS again using the sketch from CPS.

Watercolored with reinkers, sponged and faux layered using Copic markers. I stamped off distress Marigold Morning before stamping on Papaya Puree light cardstock.

After lightly tracing the oval, I used one of the smaller flourishes from Beautiful and stamped Faded Jeans around the oval.

The ribbon was colored with a Copic marker to match. Card measures 5x5

• Stamps: - Scripty Words, Kim Hughes Collection by Cornish Heritage Farms - Wild Rose by Cornish Heritage Farms - Beautiful, The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms

• Ink: - Jet Black by Stazon- Faded Jeans by Ranger - Reinkers by Adirondack
  

• Cardstock: - Papaya Puree light by Prism Paper

• Tools: - Nestabilities by Spellbinders, www.ellenhutson.com

• Accessories: - Copic markers, www.ellenhutson.com- Ribbon by Offray- Jumbo Dauber by Tsukineko- Waterbrush by Niji
  

• Technique: - Watercolor- Sponging

Every Day A Blessing

I enjoy seeing what the new sketch will be at CPS (card positioning systems) each week and hope to start doing them on a regular basis!
Here is mine for this week.

I colored the butterfly and flower with copic markers, masked them and stamped off the flourishes before stamping them over my image. This softened them and made it possible for the sentiment to be better visable.

Oh, did I mention I got new rubbah today!!

• Stamps:
• Time to Stamp, (sentiment) The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Beautiful, (flourishes) The Rummage Bin by Cornish Heritage Farms
• Delicate Winged Thanks (Jan/Feb SOTM), Asela’s by Cornish Heritage Farms

• Ink:
• Pitch Black, Rust by Adirondack

• Cardstock: - Georgia Pacific white
• DCWV
• Patterned Paper - My Mind’s Eye

• Tools:
• Nestabilities by Spellbinders, www.ellenhutson.com
• piercing tool
  
• Accessories: - Copic markers, www.ellenhutson.com
• Grosgrain ribbon by Morex
• Twill, Joann’s
• dimesionals