Alli had the greatest idea for this week’s challenge. Our challenge was to come up with three reasons why we love Cornish Heritage Farms and then design our project around it. I had the hardest time limiting it to three and so I squeezed in a few extras. I could have written more too! 🙂
Here’s a few of my thoughts…
- I love all the variety in the lines of stamps that Cornish Heritage Farms creates. Depending on my mood I can stamp anything! If I want fun and funky…the Kim Hughes designs are fabulous, grungy and shabby…I’m loving The Rummage Bin. Some days I want to color and the gorgeous Thomas Kinkade stamps are perfect for that as are the cute and furry Friendly Kritters by Tom Allen. Backgrounders are so versatile and go with all the lines as do Mona Lisa Moment’s sentiments. Add that to the super fabulous new lines that will be released in the upcoming months…there is never a dull stamping moment for me!
- I love the highest quality red rubber that CHF uses. It is fabulous! Deep clean cuts give a perfect impression and they ink up so easily. No fiddling around with inks trying to figure out which will bet a good impression with polymer stamps. Cornish Heritage farms also uses a deep etched engraving process to make the plates ensuring the best possible image. The unmounted cling foam option makes it easy to position the image on your design and frees up storage as well as making for more affordable stamps. I also think it is fabulous that Cornish Heritage Farms press their own rubber as well as cut and package it, right on the farm. Their attention to detail is amazing!
- I love CHF Backgrounders! Did you know that Cornish Heritage Farms/Sonlight Impressions made the first backgrounders out there? Sonlight Impressions actually used to make Stampin Up’s background stamps for them as well. CHF currently has NINETY…yes…that’s right… 90 backgrounder stamps and more to come! I love how flexible the backgrounders are. A lot of the designs will work well with any style of design.
- Richard and Liz…what can I say about them? They are fabulous to work for, dedicated, hard working and family always comes first. Did you know that they run the farm, as well as CHF, press all their rubber and package the orders. Customer service is always a top priority. Liz and Richard have four children as well. I’d like to know how they do it all!
- CHF designers…I just love working with theCornish Heritage Farms Design Team. So talented and caring and every single designer inspires me. I love the variety of styles these designers encompass. From shabby, scrappy, stampy and clean-style stampers…I just love the mix of talent. Their enthusiasm for CHF makes my job a joy.
My design for today’s challenge is based on my first reason above…I decided to use stamps from four different lines together. While there is a huge variety to choose from…a lot of these lines can be used together…especially the backgrounders and sentiments with other lines.
I hope you’ll take some time today to do a little blog hopping to see the other designs created for this challenge. You can check them out at….
–Lisa Silver
–Kim Hughes
–Dawn Lusk
–Kristine
–Sherrie Siemens
–Alli Miles
–Julie Campbell
–Lori Craig
–Lisa Strahl
–Lesley Langdon
Do you love CHF and want to play along? Check out this thread HERE…Simply tell us why you love CHF (one reason is fine) and share a design with us. It doesn’t have to be today. You have all week until next Monday when our next challenge is posted. 🙂
Springtime Garden
Since I wanted to feature stamps from four different lines on this design, I decided to keep my layout and embellishments simple. Actually…all the stamping is simple on this design…just layers of solid colors. While sending some of the boys off on the bus this morning…I noticed some of my garden starting to shoot up from the ground. I just love my daylilies…strong and beautiful. That and the fact that I just can’t kill them! 😉
For my stamps I first used my Woodgrain Backgrounder stamped in white pigment ink. I then added in some flowers and greenery using my new Nature’s Silhouettes from the Kim Hughes line. To add the clock (my springtime inspiration) and my flourish, I used the Time to Stamp and Beautiful sets from The Rummage Bin line. Finally…my main image and sentiment came from the Bird Sampler set from the Asela line.
A little sponging and distressing add to the shabby garden look. My simple embellishment additions are some of my favorites…my Prima flower hydrangea of course and the brown gingham ribbon and dragonfly brad from Creative Impressions.
Whew! That was a long-winded post…even for me! 😉 I hope you managed to stick with me through it! Wishing you a fabulous week!
Hopefully you were blessed with a birthday cake/pie/cupcake and happy hugs and wishes from your family and friends somewhere in the day as well. And thanks for sharing your special day with us by giving us the opportunity to win some cool goodies!
