Monthly Archives: March 2008

The CHF designers thought it would be fun to have a weekly blog challenge. We’re kicking it off this Monday with the theme of flocking. I love flocking a lot of the time forget to use it so this was a perfect challenge to have a little fun. Flocking is also the CHF product spotlight until Thursday night and if you missed Kristine’s flocking tutorial…you may want to check that out as well. For my design I used flocking in two ways…to flock a stamped image and to cover chipboard with it. The fun, fuzzy look of flocking is really hot right now in crafting as well as fashion.

Flocked Silhouette Thoughts

For this design I pulled out one of my favorite stamp sets, Silhouette Blooms. I stamped the large branch of blooms repeatedly in Worn Lipstick ink and then a smaller blossom in Pink Sherbert. To flock and image over top, I simply stamped it using my Essential Glue Pad, Sprinkled it with black flocking and then firmly pressed it into the glue.

Quick Tip: When using flocking…press well into your adhesive and leave to dry before removing excess.

To create my bird, I used a Scenic Paper Route chipboard bird that I picked up at the store last week. I covered it with black flocking in the same manner and allowed to dry. I love how it coordinates with the darling little bird on the patterned paper by the same company. To finish off my design, I added some black flourishes using the Beautiful stamp set from the Rummage Bin line, also from Cornish Heritage Farms.

I know you are going to want to check out all the other cool flocking ideas the other designers have come up with. Here is the links to their designs…

Alli Miles, Kim Hughes, Lesley Langdon, Dawn Lusk, Lori Craig, Lisa Silver, Julie Campbell, Lisa Strahl, Kristine Reynolds, Sherry Siemens

If you’d like to play along…feel free! Just upload a flocked design into the CHF gallery and used the keyword Flocking. 🙂

Wishing you a very happy Monday!

With Spring showers in the air, I thought it would be fun to have a misting or spray challenge. Yesterday I was out to the post office for the second day in a row and it was a downright balmy 4°C…that’s 40°F. 🙂 Actually, it DID feel balmy and just wonderful. Kind of tells you what our winter has been like if that feels super warm, doesn’t it?! 😉

For today’s challenge…almost anything goes…you just need to find ways to spray it. Be it Glimmer Mist, hairspray and pearl ex, airbrush system, spritzer, water misting…just have some fun and create your own “showers” of spray. Check out the challenge here at WT159

I’m All Shook Up

Yes…Elvis is back in da house with a new release. 🙂 I had so much fun playing with the fun elements of this design. I wanted to go with a funky look using the new Elvis’ Guitar release from Cornish Heritage Farms. To create this design, I simply stamped my guitar and sentiment onto some white cardstock with Black Palette Hybrid ink. After stamping, I sprayed the image panels with my Glimmer Mist for a shimmery, mottled look. I had a difficult time capturing in the photograph but I love the cool look.

To create the background panel, I ran some Basic Grey black/charcoal distressed patterned paper through my Cuttlebug with the new Allegro embossing folder and then lightly sanded to expose the inner core. Some stitching adds texture.

Quick Tip: Want embellishments that project off the card but still have it fit in an envelope. Start with your original card size…decide where you want something to project out and how much. Trim the card size down. In this case I started off with a 5.25″ square card design and then trimmed off an inch to allow for the transparency.

Hope your day rocks!

Supply List:

Stamps: Elvis’ Guitar by Cornish Heritage Farms, All Shook Up (Elvis line) Cornish Heritage Farms

Cardstock: Black, Frosted Teal – Prism, white cardstock – Staples

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey 6×6 pad

Other: sewing machine, Office Sheers Journaling, mini arrow chipboard – Maya Road, rhinestone stickers – MAMBI, Glimmer Mist, sandpaper, Allegro embossing folder – Provocraft, brad – Creative Impressions, transparency – Hambly Screen Prints