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Rose Open Gate

Who needs patterned paper with a backgrounder stamp as gorgeous as this!  This is my favorite out of the 16 Winter releases this past November from Cornish Heritage Farms -- Geometric Flowers II.  You can see all 16 of those backgrounders and beautiful samples in this CHF gallery.

I stamped the backgrounder flowers with Versafine Spanish Moss on Prism's Spring Willow Medium textured cardstock -- it really makes for an interesting background:

The corners of the background were clipped with Ticket Corner punch and mounted to a standard A2-sized card base of Prism Blush Red Medium. 

The focal image was masked (did not include the rectangle frame) and just the oval vignette stamped in Spanish Moss ink on Neenah Classic Cream cardstock.  Just the roses and gate were colored with Copic markers (R11-Pale Cherry Pink & R22-Light Prawn).  The image was cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Oval and matted with Scalloped Oval Nestabilities in the same Prism Blush Red Medium cardstock as the card base.  This piece is popped up on foam dimensional tape.

The sentiment is another new Kinkade release, "A Birthday Rose".  It's stamped in Spanish Moss on Classic Cream and tag shape cut and mounted to more of the Spring Willow Medium Prism cardstock that was inked with Spanish Moss.  The tag is also popped up on dimensional foam tape.  The ribbon was originall white taffeta but I colored it with the Light Prawn #R22 Copic marker so it would match the roses and cardstock!

A final bit of bling was added -- a row of pink twinkle stickers.

All stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: Thomas Kinkade The Open Gate Vignette & A Birthday Rose sentiment, Geometric Flowers II Backgrounder.  Paper: Prism Blush Red Medium & Spring Willow Medium, Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream.  Ink: Tsukineko Versafine Spanish Moss, Copic Markers (R11-Pale Cherry Pink & R22-Light Prawn).  Accessories: Spellbinders Paper Arts Nestabilities Classic & Scalloped Oval embossing dies, A Muse Creative Candy Twinkle Stickers, Ticket Corner Punch, White Taffeta Ribbon (colored with R22 Copic marker, to match image roses & cardstock), foam dimensional tape.

That's all of my Thomas Kinkade samples for now -- I hope you've enjoyed them!  As you read this, I've actually been in training this week at Spellbinders Paper Arts for my Design Team position this year.  I can't wait to share what I've learned with you!

Blissful Gate

If you can't tell by now, I REALLY like stamping these Thomas Kinkade images monochromatically and black/white is my favorite combo!  Plus, they make for a really quick & easy card with a lot of pop.

This is the vignette size of The Open Gate that I posted yesterday -- which is just a smaller section of the stamp that has been reduced in size a bit and put into an oval shape with a rectangle frame.  Now, if you don't like that rectangle frame (and maybe think you'll never use it that way), then you can certainly just cut that part off your rubber stamp OR mask it before inking it.  In tomorrow's sample, I just masked it off.

The image was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black -- I've found the Versafine line of inks to the best at retaining all the fine details of these stamps.  It is stamped onto Neenah Classic Crest-Solar White cardstock and cut with just a paper trimmer.  The black scalloped rectangle frame around the focal image is Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangles.  The image is popped up on dimensional foam tape and accented with clear crystal stickers.

The sentiment is also a new Thomas Kinkade release and was selectively inked and stamped onto Solar White cardstock with a black marker (the original sentiment is in one line).  Then the sentiment was cut out with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circles and matted with a Scalloped Nestabilities Circle; it is also popped up on dimensional tape.

A piece of white-edged black sating ribbon finishes off this card.

All stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: Thomas Kinkade The Open Gate Vignette & Follow Your Bliss, SonLight Impressions Victorian Leaves backgrounder.  Paper: Prism Black, Neenah Classic Crest-Solar White.  Ink: Tsukineko Black Onyx.  Accessories: Spellbinders Paper Arts Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangles & Classic/Scalloped Circles, Doodlebug black brad, Michael's ribbon, clear crystal stickers (unknown source), Stampin' Up/EK Success Ticket Corner punch.

I've got one more sample to you show you tomorrow!

Framed Spring Open Gate

5" x 7" framed art.  Thomas Kinkade's The Open Gate was stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink on Neenah Clasic Cream cardstock and colored with the following Copic markers (click on photo for a larger view):

5" x 7" mat is Weathered Wood backgrounder stamped in Adirondack Slate dye ink on Neenah Clasic Cream cardstock and then more of the Slate ink sponged on the edges and randomly on the wood.  4.50" x 2.50" rectangle was cut in the center of the mat and the edges distressed & inked.

'Each Day...' sentiment was selectively inked and stamped onto Prism Frosted Orange cardstock, to fit within the metal frame.  Gray satin ribbon ties off one side of the frame:

All stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: Thomas Kinkade 'The Open Gate' & 'Each Day...', SonLight Impressions Weathered Wood backgrounder.  Paper: Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream, Prismatics Frosted Orange.  Ink: Ranger Adirondack Slate dye ink, Tsukineko Versafine Vintage Sepia, Copic Markers.  Accessories: WeRMemoryKeepers pewter metal bookplate, May Arts ribbon, Tonic Edge Distresser, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 9.25" x 7.25" silver frame.

Check back in tomorrow for another Kinkade sample & Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge!

Thomas Kinkade Garden Journal

It's Thomas Kinkade new rubber stamp release time at Cornish Heritage Farms again and I'll be showing you the samples I created for this release over the next few days.  This sample is with The Rose Garden that I also showed a sneak peek of last week:

This journal started life already as a Thomas Kinkade notebook I found at WalMart!

I unbound the journal so I could cover it with the Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream cardstock I stamped with Victorian Floral in Versafine Crimson Red.  My Bind-It-All assisted in punching holes in the floral cardstock that matched perfectly with the holes already in the journal!  The cardstock was adhered to the journal cover with glue stick.  Then I put the journal back together with my Bind-It-All and a black wire binding, so it would match my black & red theme (the original wire was antique gold). 

Thomas Kinkade's The Rose Garden was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Neenah Classic Cream.  Then I tried to replicate a colorized old black & white photo by using a pointed beauty applicator Q-tip and Crimson Red Versafine ink to dot color on to just the flowers.  A little bit of Spanish Moss Versafine was usued to accent some greenery (which you probably can't even tell from the photograph).  Next, the focal image was inked with a sponge dauber & Ranger Antique Linen Distress Ink (fabulous stuff recommended by my friend, Debbie -- thanks again, Deb!), the edges distressed and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  It was matted with a distressed piece of Black Prism cardstock and mounted to the journal with dimensional foam tape.

 

The Garden Journal "Scrabble tiles" were stamped with Kim Hughes' Quirky Alphabet onto Cream Neenah Classic Crest with Versafine Onyx Black ink and fit perfectly within a 1/2-inch square punch.  They were then matted with Black Prism cardstock.  The edges were inked with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

The photo corners were punched with EK Success Corner Punch and faux stitched with white gel pen.  Mini pewter square brads by Making Memories accent the corners.  May Arts black/ivory striped ribbon is tied underneath the focal image.

A beautiful jewelled metal dragonfly embellishment serves as a bookmark, by tying it to black grosgrain ribbon and the top binding wire.  I don't know the exact source of this dragonfly, but about 90% sure it was a gift sent to me by Lisa Strahl (our Cornish Heritage Farms' Art Director) a few years ago!

What I liked about using this Thomas Kinkade journal to alter, was that the pages are also imprinted with some Thomas Kinkade outdoor scenes!

All Stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: Thomas Kinkade "The Rose Garden", SonLight Impressions "Victorian Floral", Kim Hughes Collection "Quirky Alphabet".  Paper: Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream from Ellen Hutson, Black Prism.  Ink: Tsukineko Versafine: Crimson Red, Onyx Black & Spanish Moss, Tim Holtz Distress Ink by Ranger: Antique Linen, Vintage Photo & Black Soot.  Accessories: Tim Holtz Edge Distresser by Tonic, EK Success Corner & 1/2-inch Square Punches, May Arts Striped Ribbon from StarLitStudio, Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Making Memories Mini Pewter Square Brads, Paper Piercing Tool, White Gel Pen, Sponge Dauber, Jeweled dragonfly metal embellishment-unknown source, Thomas Kinkade journal from WalMart, Bind-It-All & 7/8' black wire binding, glue stick.

Check back in tomorrow for another Thomas Kinkade sample!

Velvet Elvis Note

I was given the okay to go ahead and post a sneak peek of the Thomas Kinkade stamps that will be released for sale tomorrow, so here's the first one!  Sorry, I had to do it . . . Elvis on velvet!   

In honor of the King of Rock & Roll's birthday today, what appropriate timing for this new 50th Anniversary of Graceland Thomas Kinkade painting to be turned into a rubber stamp!  It will be released and only available for sale at Cornish Heritage Farms starting tomorrow, Jan. 9.

Thomas Kinkade's Graceland is stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream cardstock and mounted with dimensionals to the black velvet SEI paper.  Card base is 6" square Neenah Classic Cream.

Cornish Heritage Farms' Lined Paper backgrounder was just released in November and is stamped in Adirondack Slate dye ink on Classic Cream and and Always On My Mind sentiment is stamped with Versafine black.  The edges were distressed and holes punched on the left side, to resemble torn notebook paper.  Decorative heart pin is pierced thru the note, which is applied with foam dimensional tape to the card.

All stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: Thomas Kinkade Graceland & Always on my Mind, CHF Lined Paper backgrounder.  Paper: Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream, SEI black velvet paper.  Ink: Tsukineko Versafine Onyx Black, Ranger Adirondack Slate dye ink.  Accessories: Heidi Grace red decorative heart pin, Tonic Edge Distresser, foam dimensional tape, hole punch.

You can see more samples of the new releases of Thomas Kinkade stamps HERE in the CHF gallery, after it's opened up tomorrow.  Check back for the next few days for some more new Thomas Kinkade samples!

Free Stamp!!

I bet that caught your attention!  For the chance to win a new Thomas Kinkade rubber stamp to be released in early January, go to the Cornish Heritage Farms blog and enter your guess!  You could win this soon-to-be-released A Perfect Summer Day:

Also scheduled for the January release are three other stamps, one of which is The Rose Garden -- isn't it gorgeous?

So keep an eye out and I hope to be able to share the other releases and my samples soon!

CHF Birthday Bash

Today is my friend & CHF's Art Director, Lisa Strahl's, birthday and to celebrate Cornish Heritage Farms is hosting a big birthday bash with hourly challenges and prizes!  To top it off, CHF is releasing 16 new background stamps today that Lisa designed!  You can view them all HERE in the New Products listing at CHF's online store.

CARD DETAILS -- Stamps: Thomas Kinkade Make a Wish Cottage Vignette, Kim Hughes Silhouette Blooms I.  Paper: Prism Black, Curious Iridescent Poison Ivory.  Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black.  Accessories: Spelbinders Nestabilities, SU Ticket Corner Punch & Black Brad, Crystal Stickers, Dimensionals.

My challenge will be at 5pm EST and will be a sketch challenge, based on the card above.  Here it is (I'm giving you a little bit of a head start!):

So hop on over the the CHF Birthday Bash Forum, check out all the excitement and join in the fun today!  "Best Wishes" to Lisa on her birthday today!

Thomas Kinkade Village Christmas

Somehow, I forgot to post this after making it this summer, so since it's nearing the holiday season I thought I'd share it.  This is Thomas Kinkade's Village Christmas by Cornish Heritage Farms.  It was stamped in Stampin' Up's Pomegranate ink on SU's Vanilla cardstock.  The main image was matted with Marvy scalloped punches of Pomegranate cardstock and is adhered to the card base with dimensionals. 

The red velvet ribbon is May Arts from StarLitStudio, adorned with a Making Memories rhinestone buckle.  The backgrounder is Cornish Heritage Farms' Victorian Leaves, also stamped in Pomegranate ink.  The sentiment is a "We Wish You . . ." also from the Thomas Kinkade line by CHF.  Making Memories crystal brads finish off the corners of this card, which I believe was about 5.50" square.

I hope you all are enjoying the week.  I'm trying to catch up on some deadlines and hope to have a new card to share with you by Friday, for Beate's sketch challenge!

WSC23-Thomas Kinkade Cobblestone Bridge

Here's what I did with Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #23 -- a square focal image on a square card.  My card base is 5.25" square copper metallic.

Cobblestone Bridge is another Thomas Kinkade rubber stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms that was just released for sale today.  You can check out the full line of Thomas Kinkade stamps HERE.  There are now 12 full-sized images and vignette-sizes of the same images available, along with many complimentary sentiments. 

Here, the full-sized Cobblestone Bridge was trimmed down to 3.25" x 2.5" and matted with shimmer ivory cardstock.  It was then layered onto a chocolate rectangle embossed die cut-out created with the Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangle dies.  This is the largest 4-inch wide rectangle.  The same sized scalloped rectangle was then die-cut from the card base and the focal image nested back inside it, so it's flush with the card.  The piece is secured from the back side of the cardfront with another piece of cardstock to hold it in place.  Here's a closeup -- hopefully you'll be able to see the beautiful embossing these dies create.  Such a professional finish, I think:

I finished off the card by stamping the sentiment onto shimmer ivory cardstock and making a tag out of it, accenting it with organdy & satin ribbon and a copper brad.  It is mounted with dimensionals.

Supplies:

Stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: Cobblestone Bridge & "Love Is ..." (Thomas Kinkade).
Paper: Stampin' Up! Copper Metallic & Chocolate Chip, CutCardStock.com Curious Poison Ivory.
Ink: Archival Coffee by Ranger.
Accessories: Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangles-Lg, May Arts ribbon, copper brad, tag punch, dimensionals.

If you like the looks of the Nestabilities embossing die-cuts, be sure to check back a little later today when I'll have a review posted here of this wonderful new Spellbinders product.  My review will also be posted on the Craft Critique website, for which I'm a Feature Reporter.

I hope you all enjoy the weekend . . . I'm actually away today in Portland, OR for a little weekend fun with friends!

A Thomas Kinkade Christmas

What gorgeous Christmas and winter holiday cards & projects this image will make!  You can always depend on Thomas Kinkade for that classic style.  This is another of Mr. Kinkade's images that were transformed into rubber art stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms and is available for sale beginning tomorrow.

I stamped it in Tsukineko's Versafine Vintage Sepia ink onto Curious Irridescent Poison Ivory cardstock and lightly colored it a bit using Copic markers.  The snow is white dimensional paint that I applied thickly over the rooftop snowy areas and then added glitter to it:

The snowflake is Jolee's by EK Success and started out silver & blue -- I colored it using a Encore metallic copper ink pad. 

The image was then adhered to a chipboard box that I painted with a metallic espresso colored paint.

<< Here's how the box started out.

The lid top and bottom of the box were trimmed with chocolate May Arts loopy ribbon and the outside rim of the lid was further accented with brown velvet ribbon:

The sentiment was rearranged and stamped onto poison ivory cardstock by using a brown marker to selectively ink the words I wanted, arranged where I wanted them -- to fit within this oval Making Memories Tag Maker frame.  The only frame I had on hand was silver, so I colored it using a gold leafing pen and then aging it with Timber Brown StazOn!  The side embellishments are from We R Memorykeeper's Coppered Out hardware kit.

Stamps: Skater's Pond & "Have Yourself..." (Thomas Kinkade).
Paper: Shimmer Ivory.
Ink: Versafine Vintage Sepia by Tsukineko.
Accessories: Chipwood box painted with espresso metallic paint, Copic Markers, leatherette snowflake embellishment (copper), transparent ultrafine glitter, white dimensional paint, May Arts ribbon & velvet, copper hardware.

Tomorrow I'll show you my final project, combined with Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge!

Thomas Kinkade-The Light of Peace

 

Well, there's been a little glitch and the Thomas Kinkade rubber stamps won't be released until tomorrow now. But if you hang tight, I'm sure you won't be disappointed! Keep at eye out at the store: Cornish Heritage Farms or blog for details.  So finally -- the lighthouse image you all had been requesting!  Isn't it beautiful? 

I decided to make a rather non-traditional holiday card and ornament -- I thought this beautiful sentiment would be appropriate for both just a lighthouse in general and for the holidays.

Cheesecloth backgrounder (SonLight Impressions line by Cornish Heritage Farms) was stamped in white StazOn on acetate sheet which is folded over the front & back of card.  Ribbon tied thru a slot in the tops of both cards helps hold the overlay in place.

Cryogen White shimmer card base is large size (6.25" x 4.5").  A rectangle was cut out of the middle of the card front, leaving a 1/2" frame all around.  It is backed with navy cardstock, so the white Cheesecloth shows up better:

Lighthouse vignette/oval image was inked with a dye marker, omitting the rectangle frame and stamped on Cryogen White shimmer cardstock, adding the separate sentiment below.  The image was then die cut and embossed with the Rectangle Spellbinder Nestabilities.  Ribbon was tied thru a slot in the upper left focal image, which helps hold it to the card (adhered with dimensionals).  The image was then matted with the Scalloped Rectangle Spellbinder Nestabilities, using Stardream Metallic Sapphire cardstock:

For the ornament, the vignette image was cut into a circle and matted with scallops; adhered on the inside bottom of a round clear top metal tin (2.5 oz size, roughly measuring 1" tall and 2.5" in diameter).  Navy scalloped circle frame was adhered to the inside top of clear lid.  Snow shred fills the inside bottom of tin.  A hole was punched in top of tin to tie a ribbon hanger thru and the lid was finished off with silver metallic ribbon (see inset in photo below):

Supply details:

Card:

Stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: The Light of Peace Vignette & "Wise Men..." (Thomas Kinkade), Cheesecloth Backgrounder (SonLight Impressions).

Paper: Cryogen White shimmer & Stardream Sapphire metallic.

Ink: Stampin' Up! Night of Navy dye ink pad & marker, StazOn White.

Accessories: Acetate, Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic & Scalloped Rectangles, May Arts ribbon, dimensionals.

Ornament:

Supplies same as above + clear top round tin, Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Circles, Crop-A-Dile, snow shred.

Coming up a little later today will be my second project, so check back in!

One More Sneak

Here's a last sneak peek at another Thomas Kinkade rubber stamp project . . . 

I hope you have enjoyed the peeks and will be back on Thursday, when I'll post all of my full samples and the stamps are officially released for sale!  Keep a watch on the Cornish Heritage Farms' blog, too, as I'm sure Liz will have some announcements!

Another Thomas Kinkade Sneak Peek!

Are you ready for some beautiful winter/holiday-themed stamps?  Then you won't be disappointed with Cornish Heritage Farms' next release of Thomas Kinkade rubber stamps!  There will be TWO beautiful full-sized and vignette-sized winter images that will be perfect for your holiday cards for years to come!  Plus, a couple of new holiday sentiments as well.

The release is scheduled for this Thursday so until then, when I'll post my full projects for you to see, check back here tomorrow for another sneak peek (yes, I know I'm a tease)!

Thomas Kinkade Sneak Peek

Here it is . . . a little sneak peek at the next Thomas Kinkade rubber stamp release by Cornish Heritage Farms to happen later this week.  And one is the lighthouse you all have been asking for!  So stayed tuned for that . . .

Don't forget to check out the blog giveaway I have going in the post below . . . it ends at 10am tomorrow (Tuesday)!

Toile Christmas

I wanted to try my new Thomas Kinkade rubber stamps stamped in a monochromatic theme, just to see what kind of quick Christmas card I could make.  The results reminded me of a toile pattern!

There has been much discussion over what types of ink & paper work best with these highly detailed images, so I thought I'd post a few references for you.

One of our Thomas Kinkade designers (Keri Sereika) put together her findings of what inks worked best for her on Stampin' Up's Whisper White cardstock here.  Another compilation of the Design Team's ink testing was posted by Lisa Strahl here.  And here is another compilation by Lisa on papers we all tested. I hope these lists help you with your new Thomas Kinkade rubber!

So here's what I used on this card: Stampin' Up's dye ink in their fabulous new color of Purely Pomegranate (this is by far my favorite new SU In Color!).  I used a brayer to ink up the TK Village Christmas Vignette image -- this way, you don't get too much ink on your stamp and it's all evenly placed, with no puddles to worry about.

I found a lighter hand when stamping the image on Very Vanilla worked best to preserve the detail -- this is a little hard for me to do since I typically stamp pretty hard!  The vignette image was trimmed around the oval using Coluzzle's Long Oval template and then I trimmed the rectangle close to its line image, leaving a small barely over 1/8" of the frame that was adhered to the Pomegranate mat.  The oval was popped up on dimensionals.

I also inked the Leaves #3 backgrounder stamp in the Pomegranate ink using the brayer.  It's also stamped on vanilla cardstock, the edges distressed and adhered to the Pomegranate card base.

To accent the roof-top snow on the houses in the scene, I used 2-Way glue & Dazzling Diamonds glitter.  A bit of wine narrow organdy ribbon (retired Stampin' Up!) finishes off this card.  Here's a close-up, so you can see the detail a little better:

Stamps: Village Christmas Vignette (Thomas Kinkade), Leaves 3 (SonLight Impressions), all from Cornish Heritage Farms.
Paper: Stampin' Up! Purely Pomegranate & Very Vanilla.
Ink: Stampin' Up! Classic Purely Pomegranate.
Accessories: Tonic Edge Distresser, Coluzzle Long Oval Template, Brayer, Zig 2-Way Glue. SU Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Wine Narrow Organdy Ribbon, Dimensionals.

As you can see, you can create a very striking card with no coloring of these Thomas Kinkade images, so don't be afraid to try them, even if you think you can't (or don't want to take the time) to color them in!