Design Memory Craft

Hello everyone! Today I have some cards I've made using some of the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Mix & Match mediums. If you've received the most recent Splitcoaststampers Newsletter, you may have already noticed there is a new Product Review. If not, check this out. There are wonderful product descriptions, reviews of the products, tutorials on how to use them, and beautiful samples in the gallery. Take a peek over there, and let me know what you think. ☺

The first card is one that I've made for a tutorial I wrote about Stamping with Gelatos. The images are PaperTrey Ink.

My next card is one in which I've used the PITT artist big brush pens to color the background and sentiment image with before stamping onto paper. The backgrounder is an older Cornish Heritage Farms image, and the sentiment is from Verve.

I've previously posted some other cards created with some of the Design Memory Craft Products. This card uses Gelatos for the background, and this card uses the Big Brush pens for stamping and coloring, along with a little Gelatos for coloring as well.

Thanks for visiting!!

Rubons and a Snowman

Happy weekend all!! I have some fun, quick cards to show you today. The first uses rubons only. I really need to use them up, because I have too many hanging around. I can't remember where I read they can get old after a while, and I'm not sure if that is true or not. Do you know? Anyhow...I'm going to try and use some of them up.

I love the classic look of a black & white card. I used the wonderful Pure Luxury 120 lb. white card stock as my base, and it gives such a nice richness to it. It's my very favorite white base card stock now! The ribbon is from A Muse (love it!!).

Stamps: none
Card Stock: Pure Luxury 120 lb. (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: none
Accessories: Cherished Memories & Eastern Elegance rubons (SU), A Muse sheer ribbon

Stamps: Heart Warmers (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card Stock: Kitchen Blue 4 Bar Notes (A Muse), Neenah Natural White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copic markers, Red Spica glitter pen
Accessories: Quickie Glue pen & Dazzling Diamonds, A Muse sheer ribbon, Scotch foam tape

I'm a true lover of all snowman, and this one from the Kim Hughes Collection at Cornish Heritage Farm is definitely one of my favorites! He is stamped and mounted with dimensional tape. The card base is an A Muse note card, and I love how this one works for a wintry scene. My snowy hill was cut with my Creative Memories 12-inch Decorative Trimmer, and I added the sparkly snowtop with my Quickie Glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds. I used more A Muse sheer ribbon here as well!!

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

Gobble Til You Wobble

Stamps: Tiled Scallops Backgrounder (Cornish Heritage Farms), Cartoon Turkey & Gobble Til You Wobble (Cornish Heritage Farms/The Kim Hughes Collection
Card Stock: Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Neenah Solar White, Autumn Vine (SU)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa, VersaMark, Copic markers
Accessories: Large Oval punch, Photo Corner punch, Scotch Foam Tape, penny, Mini-Scallop paper edgers (Fiskars), Bitty Brads (CTMH), A Muse sheer ribbon, Curved Rectangles Mega Nestabilities

Happy Sunday! I finally got around to trying Charmaine's Tilt card (I used the tutorial she did for SCS here). I thought this CHF Turkey and sentiment from the Kim Hughes collection would be perfect for the technique. The layout of my card used Beate's WSC67, as well.

Thanks for visiting today, and I hope you enjoy the remaining of your weekend!!

Trash Bin?

Okay...so my DH doesn't care for this card at all. I love monochromatic cards personally, and the Thomas Kinkade images are perfect for them (IMHO). So....this was a dud for the DD gallery this month, but if you would like to see what made it in...click here (you must be a fan club member of Splitcoaststampers to view this gallery). Welcome the awesome new "Dirty Girls", and check out the fantastic gallery this month. You won't be disappointed! This is the last time you'll see my creations in this gallery, tho. :( Can you believe six months can go by so quickly?? Well...maybe I'll be able to keep up with my blog a bit more, and my blurfing that I'm so addicted to as well. *wink*

Stamps: It Doesn't Get Much Better (Thomas Kinkade Collection/Cornish Heritage Farms, Montana Tree Bark (Cornish Heritage Farms), Adorable (CTMH)
Card Stock: Close to Cocoa, Vanilla
Ink: Adirondack Espresso, Chocolate Chip Craft
Accessories: Twill Tape, Antique Brass Hodgepodge, Small Oval Punch


As always, thanks for visiting!!

Happy Saturday!!

I will be on my way in just a little while for the SCS gathering. I just wanted to post this quick picture of the three card samples with the color choices for the demo I will be doing. The floral image and sentiment is from Gina K. Designs "Baskets of Happiness", and the "Pretty Pattern" backgrounder is from Cornish Heritage Farms (designed by Lisa Strahl).

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!!

Stamps: Baskets of Happiness (Gina K. Designs), Pretty Pattern (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card Stock: Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Almost Amethyst, Basic Black, Georgia Pacific White (Wal-Mart)
Ink: Adirondack Pitch Black, Cameo Coral, Summer Sun, Almost Amethyst, Copic Sketch markers
Accessories: Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities and Big Shot, May Arts ribbon, Word Window punch (SU), Stampin' Dimensionals

*My cards are 4¼ x 4¼ inches

Just So Hoppy!

Hi everyone! Today's card is another that I did for the February Dirty challenge over at SCS. This one uses Melanie's new "Just so Hoppy!" set (Gina K. Designs). What a super cut set this is!!

Images © Melanie Muenchinger & Cornish Heritage Farms

The base of the card is Certainly Celery, and the Barely Banana panel is stamped with Geometric Flowers (Cornish Heritage Farms backgrounder designed by Lisa Strahl). The little bird is stamped on white card stock with Adirondack Pitch Black ink and colored with my Copic Sketch markers. The dotted Celery panel is from the Prints SU designer paper and is punched out with my Scallop circle punch. I used a flower from the Flower Fusion Kit (SU), and a Rhinestone Brad (Circle Ice, SU). The ribbon was a little piece I had in my collection, and I cannot remember who it came from...sorry!

Thanks for stopping by!

Carte-licious Four {A-La Joan}

Images © Cornish Heritage Farms & Verve Visual

That's right...it's time for another bloggers challenge with Joan, Melissa, and Sue. It was Joan's turn to send out the images in this round, and she chose Asela's "Daisy Jar", found at Cornish Heritage Farms. I love this image, and had so much fun coloring it with my Copic Sketch markers to resemble Purple Coneflowers. This image is quite large, and I used my largest Oval Nestabilities die to cut it. The image over-lapped the embossing a bit, so I decided to color another of the images that Joan sent, and trim it out with my scissors and hobby blade. I mounted the trimmed blooms to my oval piece with Stampin' Dimensionals. The patterned paper is from the BasicGrey Figgy collection. As I was working with my design....I realized that it was looking very familiar to a sketch that Debbie Olsen did a couple of days ago, so I am crediting her with the layout. The bling is Adornit Gems from Eclectic Paperie, and the ribbon is Martha Stewart (a gift from Libby). Be sure to click on the names of the other participants in this challenge, to see their beautiful creations. I can't wait to see them myself!

Thanks for all of the images and special papers, Joan! I enjoyed the challenge very much!


***I would like to share some beautiful RAK's I received.

The first is from Charmaine Ikach. She is so talented, and I love this gorgeous snowflake card in the non-traditional colors. The sparkle and wide satin ribbon really make this extra special. Thanks Charmaine!! Please click on Charmaine's name to visit her blog, and see all of her other beautiful work. (You probably already do. *wink*)

Images ©Verve Visual

Aren't these little Valentine treats sooooo adorable!! I love them both, and they were sent by the uber talented (and super sweet) Dawn Griffith. I love the cute images, and how Dawn decorated both of these!! Dawn even has tutorials for these at her blog, that you may find here and here. Thanks so much, Dawn! I will use these along with your tutes, when I make some of the holders myself. :D

Images ©Stampin' Up!® 1990-2008

Last and not least....I received this soft and pretty card from the very talented Dirty Girl Alum., Valerie Stangle. I really love that patterned paper she used, and how she made the cute little flower pot. It's soooo beautiful (some of my favorite colors)....thanks a bunch, Val!! Click on Val's name to hop over to her blog, and see what she's up to.



Thanks for your visit today! I appreciate it, as always!!

Sledding

The kids have been off school, so my schedule has been way off from the norm. They were sooo thrilled when we had the big snow on New Year's Eve, and have been having so much fun sledding in our front yard. Here's a picture of Lance taking his turn down the cool sled run my DH built for them.

Here's the sledding snowman card I made. This snowman is Sledding Snowman from Cornish Heritage Farms, and is one of Asela's adorable images.

Stamps: Sledding Snowman (CHF), Christmas in the City(LAD)
Card Stock: Blue Bayou, Soft Sky, Naturals Ivory
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Clear Spica Glitter pen, Dye Inks--Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky, Blue Bayou, Only Orange, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder & Big Shot, Adornit Jewels, May Arts ribbon, Word Window punch, Ticket Corner punch, Quickie Glue pen & Dazzling Diamonds, Aqua Painter, Stampin' Dimensionals

 I used a Blue Bayou base, and the embossed snowflake layer in Soft Sky. The image is stamped on Naturals Ivory with StazOn Jet Black, and colored with my Aqua Painter and dye inks. I omitted the holly from the front of the sled so that I could use this card for a winter greeting card instead of a Christmas card. I highlighted the snow with my Quickie Glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds. The sentiment is from my Lizzie Anne Christmas in the City set, and punched out with my Word Window punch. My Ticket Corner punch was used for the corners, and decorated with Adornit Jewels. Ribbon is May Arts.

Thanks for visiting today!!

DCP1207 Challenge

Images©Cornish Heritage farms, Hanna Stamps & PaperTrey Ink

This is my challenge card for DCP1207 over at Splitcoaststampers. We were supposed to use a penguin in our design. No blue allowed, and make it icy and glittery.

My Skating Penguin is from Cornish Heritage Farms (Asela's design). The tree is from Tis the Season (Hanna Stamps). The sentiment is from Take a Bough (PaperTrey Ink).

I made my "pond" using a piece of acetate cut with my Oval Nestabilities. I scuffed it up with sandpaper to make it frosty. The ground snow is Liquid Appliqué sprinkled with Dazzling Diamonds and heated to puff. The patterned paper is BasicGrey Figgy (from Jacksonbelle Embellishments at right margin).

I will have to fill in more links and complete recipe later. It's the most wonderful time...of the year (and busy too).

Thanks for stopping by!

Drawing & Christmas Cards

***I will be drawing for the SCS Fan Club memberships, at 6:00 PM eastern. Be sure to check back here later to see if you've won.***

In the meantime...here's what I've been up to.
I am just finishing up my Christmas cards. Mine are usually sent out the first of December, but not this year. Ugh!! Anyhow... here's a few of them.

This adorable House-Mouse Christmas Cottage image was sent to me by a super sweet blogging friend, and I had a lot of fun coloring it! The layout is from the September DD sketch, though it's a bit modified. I used BasicGrey Fruitcake paper from Jacksonbelle Embellishments, and colored it with my Copic Sketch markers. I used my Quickie glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds for the frosting, and the ribbon was a gift from Lindsey. The sentiment is from the SU Circle of Friendship set.

Julie Masse has the most gorgeous Kinkade card at her blog, I had to try it for myself. I used a different image and sentiment, but the colors are the same. I also added a gold organdy ribbon and didn't glaze my windows. Thanks for letting me borrow your design, Julie!!

Ever since I saw this Santa Collage stamp from Rubber Stampede last year, I wanted it. I was unwilling to pay the 'big bucks' at Ebay. I kept an eye on it there, anyhow...and found one for a reasonable price. The designer paper is daisy d's, and this is for Lindsey's product spotlight challenge at SCS. I used my Quickie glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds for the snowflakes, whitened Santa's eyes with my white gel pen, and glazed his glasses with my Crystal effects. I used the SCS Sketch Challenge 68 for my layout.

I needed to get a lot of cards done...and quick! I remembered my leftover SAS kits from last year, and made these up. The Flaky Friends card was already posted a little while back, but I decided to make up some more to send out. All of these cards are SU images.

I will be back later with recipes, if you're interested.

Thanks for visiting!

Christmas Cottage Card
Stamps: Christmas Cottage (House Mouse Designs), Circle of Friendship (SU)
Card Stock: More Mustard, Whisper White, Ruby Red, Fruitcake (BasicGrey)
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber, Copic Sketch markers
Accessories: Quickie Glue pen & Dazzling Diamonds, Rain Dots, 1 & 1 ¼ inch circle punches, ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Stonehearth Hutch CardStamps: Stonehearth Hutch (Thomas Kinkade Series from Cornish Heritage Farms), Believe (PaperTrey Ink)
Card Stock: Close to Cocoa & Always Artichoke textured card stocks, Neenah Natural White
Ink: Palette Burnt Umber, Always Artichoke Classic, Copic Sketch markers
Accessories: Gold organdy ribbon, Cutter's Kit

Santa CollageStamps: Santa Collage (Rubber Stampede), Holiday Wishes (PaperTrey Ink)
Card Stock: Soft Sky, Blush Blossom, Neenah Natural White, Snowflakes & Holly (daisy d's)
Ink: Palette Noir, Ruby Red, Copic Sketch markers, Gold Spica pen
Accessories: Soft Sky stitched ribbon, Quickie Glue pen & Dazzling Diamonds, Crystal Effects

The Light of Peace

Every card I've made using the new Thomas Kinkade stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms, has been done in monochromatic colors. I'm not quite ready to try my hand at coloring these gorgeous images yet. I'm also not sure that I like this "The Light of Peace" image in monochromatic, but I thought this would be a nice card for a gentleman who will be going through surgery, and a long road of treatment for cancer.

The image is stamped on Very Vanilla with Blue Bayou. I added just a little "glow" from the light with my Gold Spica pen. For the background embossing, I used my Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls folder with my Big Shot. I used my SU Photo Corners punch for the photo corners, and added the silver brads. The ribbon is retired from SU, and I'm not sure that I'm going to leave it there. (I hear guys don't particularly care for ribbon, so I will ask DH what he thinks).

ETA: I ended up taking the ribbon off. Looks much better.

Enjoy your Sunday, and thanks for stopping by today!

Stamps: The Light of Peace (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card Stock: Basic Black, Blue Bayou, Very Vanilla
Ink: Blue Bayou, Gold Spica pen
Accessories: D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder & Big Shot, Photo Corners Punch, Silver Brads, Black Organdy ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals

Sledding Snowman

This card uses Beate's Weekend Sketch #27 and is also for Joan's Hop-A-Thon contest. This adorable snowman is one of Asela's awesome stamps that Cornish Heritage Farms carries. I LOVE this snowman, and so many of Asela's other stamps that you can find here at Cornish Heritage Farms.

I stamped the snowman with StazOn Jet Black and used my Coluzzle to cut out the big circle, and then matted with Always Artichoke. I then trimmed around the circle with my Fiskars Mini-Scallop Paper Edgers. I colored the image with my Classic SU inks and my Aqua Painter. I used my 2-Way Glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds to add some sparkle here and there. The designer paper is Wintergreen from SU! The chipboard snowflake was a suggestion from my DH, and is from the SU On Board Garland Greetings found in the Holiday Mini catalog (I've been hoarding those way too long). Whisper White Craft ink and Iridescent Ice Embossing powder was used to add color and sparkle. The ribbon is May Arts.

Thanks so much for visiting!!

Stamps: Sledding Snowman (Cornish Heritage Farms, Asela's Collection), Festive Favorites (SU)
Card Stock: Always Artichoke, Sage Shadow, Naturals White, Wintergreen
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Real Red, Pumpkin Pie, Always Artichoke, Soft Sky, Creamy Caramel, Whisper White Craft
Accessories: Aquapainter, 2-Way Glue Pen/Dazzling Diamonds, Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder/Heat Tool, On Board Garland Greetings (SU), Fiskars Mini-Scallop Paper Edgers

Mad About Maddy FS31

If you are a member of Splitcoaststampers, you know all about Maddy. She was the featured stamper this past Sunday, and I made this to send her. I cased this card from her gallery, and wanted to keep the chapel theme going using my Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kinkade "The Forest Chapel" stamp. I used clear embossing powder to emboss the Blue Bayou Panel with the Tres Chic background stamp ("Believe" is also from Tres Chic). My oval is created using the Coluzzle, and the scallops for my frame were created using my Fiskers scallop paper edgers. If you click on the photo to zoom, you will notice the cream-colored paper is shimmery. You can find this Pearlized Paper at Verve Visual. It's beautiful, and very similar to SU Shimmery White.

Thanks for visiting!

Stamps: The Forest Chapel (Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kinkade Series), Tres Chic (SU)
Card Stock: Cream Pearlized Paper, Blue Bayou, Sahara Sand
Ink: Blue Bayou, VersaMark
Accessories: Coluzzle System, Word Window Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Fiskars Scallop Paper Edgers, Ivory Wide Organdy (SU retired), Silver Elastic Cord (SU Holiday Mini), Sticky Strip & Stampin' Dimensionals

Thomas Kinkade

So what am I doing with a Thomas Kinkade stamp??? Monochromatic, of course! I need way more practice before I'll attempt coloring one of these gorgeous images! But monochromatic looks very nice with these stamps...don't you agree? You can find the Thomas Kinkade collection at the Cornish Heritage Farms Web-site. The sentiment is from Faux Ribbon by PaperTrey Ink. I've been so busy, I haven't had much stamping time. This card was quick, and simple. It makes a very nice masculine card, and I'm always having a tough time coming up with those.

Enjoy your day, and thanks for visiting!

Stamps: It Doesn't Get Much Better (Thomas Kinkade Series from Cornish Heritage Farms), Faux Ribbon (PaperTrey Ink)
Card Stock: River Rock, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Ink: Always Artichoke
Accessories: Vintage Brads, River Rock Double-Stitched Ribbon, Large and Small Oval Punches

Butterflies & Polka Dots

Here's another simple card made with the Butterfly Kisses stamp set from PaperTrey Ink. It's almost impossible to make an ugly card with this set! I used all SU card stock with Palette Hybrid Cubes on this card. The button came from a little packet of buttons found in Michaels $1 spot, and the ribbon is May Arts from StarLitStudio.

Stamps: Butterfly Kisses, Polka Dot Backgrounder (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Card stock: Sage Shadow, Pretty In Pink, Whisper White
Ink: Palette Ink in New Canvas, Belle Rose, Toile Pink
Accessories: May Arts Ribbon, Michaels Button, Stampin' Dimensionals

Big Sable Point Lighthouse

This is an image of the lighthouse at our favorite camping spot in the state (Ludington State Park). The layout is from the SCS120 challenge. I just got the cool Diamond Plate Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms, and thought it would look cool with this lighthouse. I used my markers to ink up the image because I didn't want a black tree. I used my chalks for the light wash of the sky and sand. I wish the green of the tree would have been stamped off once, but inking the stamp with the markers was a bit difficult as it was (trying not to bleed the colors over).

Edited to add: I thought you might like to see the banner at the state of Michigan campground reservations site. You see the lighthouse right there. ;)

Stamps: Diamond Plate Backgrounder, Unknown manufacturer for the lighthouse
Card stock: Basic Black, Going Gray, Whisper White
Ink: Going Gray, Stampin' Write Markers: Basic Black, Old Olive
Accessories: Bigger Brads, Twill Tape, Stampin' Dimensionals