Monthly Archives: June 2009

Oh Canada!

Posted on June 10, 2009 | 30 comments

My favorite day of the summer has to be Canada Day. Friends, fun, fireworks, the beach. It’s always the best. I’m looking forward to Canada Day and I’m sure quite a few of you are as well. I was really excited to be asked to create this fun Canada Day themed project for the latest issue of Crafts ‘n Things. I can’t wait to pull it out this July 1st to decorate the table with. The flags are designed to pull out and give to each child. They have a fun little tag on them that says {celebrate} Eh? I just couldn’t resist, eh? wink

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I have a fun giveaway to share with my Canadian readers. One of my favorite stamp sets is the Great Canadian Stamp set and I have one extra set that is looking for a good home. This set is sadly retired so you’re only going to be able to get it here. Oops…just in case you’re interested… there are a few of these sets still for sale here. If you think you’d make some great Canadian themed projects, leave me a comment on this post and I’ll enter you for a chance to win. You have until Friday morning 9am EST to leave a comment. Winner will be drawn randomly and announced on Friday.

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Good luck!
Julia

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Posted in Cornish Heritage Farms

Golf anyone?

Posted on June 9, 2009 | 4 comments

I have a couple simple summer designs to share with you today. I love Nancy’s beautiful sketched images and these are both from her Shady Tree Studio line. I’ve always been fascinated with hands and the Athletic Hands set focuses on hands doing their thing. I think this golfer image is my favorite. I decided to go with a round image panel as it was a great shape for the image and sentiment combined as well as the idea of a ball. To create a fun dimpled background, I embossed my white background with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and used the reverse side.

Golfer Birthday

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Quick Tip: Try using the reverse side of your embossed paper for a totally different look.

Supply List:

Stamps: Athletic Hands (Shady Tree Studio line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black Memento By Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth White cardstock by Cornish Heritage Farms, Frosted Teal by Prism Papers
Other: Copic Markers, Nestability circle die by Spellbinders, Cuttlebug and embossing folder by Provocraft

Floral inspiration

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I realized that I’d missed sharing this design with you from the last Shady Tree Studio release. I love this big bold bloom. The background is the Ornamental Borders Scrapblock stamped onto vellum cardstock for a subtle translucent look.

Supply List:

Stamps: Large Bloom (Shady Tree Studio) by CHF
Encouragement Expressions (MLM Line) by CHF
Ornamental Borders Scrapblock by CHF

Ink: Black Memento by Tsukineko, White Versamagic by Tsukineko
Paper: Vellum cardstock by Prism
Other: chipboard by Maya Road, Distress Crackle Paint by Ranger, button by Autumn Leaves, ribbon by May Arts, Copic markers

Have a lovely day!
Julia

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Posted in Card Designs, Copics, Cornish Heritage Farms

hi there

Posted on June 8, 2009 | 9 comments

No stamping from me today…just a fun little card to say hello. I’ve never been much of a “red” girl but paired up with this fun turquoise..I’m really having fun with small hits of it.

Hi You

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To create the sentiment, I paired up some chipboard letters with a fun velvet rub-on transfer for a textured look.

Quick Tip: Step outside your color comfort zone and try new things. I was glad I did!

Supply List:

Paper: cardstock by Prism, cardstock by Bazzill, patterned paper by October Afternoon

Other: flower & trim by Prima, ribbon by Making Memories, stapler, velvet rub-on by Heidi Swapp, chipboard letter by Chatterbox, Labels 2 Nestability dies by Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by!
Julia

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Posted in Card Designs

No. 1

Posted on June 7, 2009 | 7 comments

I love text in projects. It’s such a great look. While I do have some patterned paper in this design (isn’t that Cosmo Cricket perfect for this), the text is not patterned paper and it’s not newspaper. It’s a new Scrapblock, 6″ x 6″ of red rubber so that you can stamp text anywhere you want it. That’s a sneak peek of one of June’s Scrapblock releases. I have another one up my sleeve too but we’ll just have to wait.

The baseball image is a new Shady Tree Lane stamp from the Athletic Hands stamp set. It’s perfect for those guy cards and of course, athletic girls as well. The Cosmo Cricket paper just reminded me of baseballs and I thought this was the perfect match.

#1 Fan

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Supply List:

Stamps: Athletic Hands (Shady Tree Studio line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Vintage Text Scrapblock by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black Memento Ink by Tsukineko, Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger
Paper: Kraft cardstock by Bazzill, Simply Smooth Vanilla by CHF, patterned paper by Cosmo Cricket
Other: sewing machine, Copic Markers, button by Autumn Leaves, twine

Have a beautiful Sunday!
Julia

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Posted in Card Designs, Copics, Cornish Heritage Farms

Simply Saturday, simply Sweet Bee

Posted on June 6, 2009 | 6 comments

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I  promised an early sneak peek of my June stamp set release. It’s called Sweet Bee and I’m pretty excited about it. I had these scraps left over from another project this week and just had to make a fun simple card. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed but lately I’ve had a serious addiction to these gorgeous Prima flowers. I just bought them last week and I only have one left. Sniff, sniff. I think another shopping trip is in order. Release date for Sweet Bee is set for Friday June 19th.I’ll be sharing a few more peeks in a week or so.

Life So Sweet

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This is just a fun simple design so I’m not going to ramble. We’re off to buy a suit for my son’s grade eight grad and then hopefully…off to the beach. I could use a little R&R! It’s been a busy week.

Supply List:

Stamps: Sweet Bee (Rummage Bin line) by CHF
Ink: Black Memento by Tsukineko, white craft ink by Clearsnap
Paper: Simply Smooth white cardstock by CHF, Kraft cardstock by Bazzill Basics, Just Chillin’ paper pad by Making Memories
Other: rhinestones by Queen & Co., flower by Prima, foam adhesive squares

 Have a Simply Sweet Saturday!

Julia

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Posted in Card Designs, Cornish Heritage Farms

Friendly Friday

Posted on June 5, 2009 | 12 comments

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Hooray for Fridays! And I have a sweet Friendly Kritters design to share with you today. Seriously…I think this is my favorite FK image to date. It is soooo sweet and so much fun to color. One of my favorite parts of this design, you just can’t see. Sorry! The camera didn’t pick it up in the light I had. It’s that little water droplet. I covered it with a Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Glaze pen after coloring and the light just catches it in real life.

I know you’re waiting so I’ll get right to announcing the winner of the Revved Up stamp and ribbon giveaway. It seems like number thirteen is actually lucky today. Congrats Stella Boatman! That’s you! E-mail me with your address and I’ll get them in the mail. Thanks so much to all of you who commented and shared your summer driving plans with me. Safe travels!

I also wanted to mention that Becky is giving away the latest Kim Hughes Go Fish stamp set on the CHF Creative Blog. You have until Saturday night to comment so hop over and good luck!

A Helpful Hand

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Quick Tip: Highlight spots of interest with a Glaze pen. The dimension and shine make it special.

Supply List:

Stamps: Lending a Hand (Tom Allen Friendly Kritters line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black Memento Ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth white by CHF, patterned paper by October Afternoon
Other: Copic Markers, ric rak by Creative Impressions, pin by Fancy Pants Designs, button by Autumn Leaves, flower by Prima

Have a great weekend!
Julia

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Posted in Card Designs, Copics, Cornish Heritage Farms

Get Creative

Posted on June 4, 2009 | 9 comments

Recently I was going back through my old picture files and cleaning out unneeded images. What a huge job! But it’s something that needed to be done and really…I had fun revisiting some past designs. It’s interesting to see how styles and products change. While purging and making room for new files on my computer, I came across a fun card that I realized I never have shared on-line. It also makes a very fun challenge and so today seemed like the perfect time to dust it off, so to speak.

Do you ever find yourself wanting to create a design along a certain theme but don’t have stamps or product that really captures it? The great way to get around that without running off the store is to create your own image. It’s really easier than you might think and today’s challenge will push you out of your box if this is something you have never tried. You can put an image together using punches, create a shaped card such as a flower to create your image, arrange brads or buttons to create an image or draw out your own and cut it out of cardstock. I’m sure there are other ideas as well and I’d love to see what you create! Check out the challenge here.

***** Also…. if you missed the Revved Up Giveaway post, you have until 9 pm EST tonight if you want a chance to enter.

Ruff Day

ruff-day.jpgTo make this design, I created a fun little fire hydrant by simply using my paper cutter and a few circle punches. The edges were sponged to give it a little dimension and pull the design together. To create my inside sentiment, I simply found a font I liked and printed it out onto cardstock.

inside…

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Supply List:

Paper: cardstock by Stampin Up, patterned paper by Crate Paper & Basic Grey

Ink: by Stampin Up

Other: hydrant brad by Karen Foster, circle punch, mini brads

Have a fun and creative day!

Julia

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Posted in Card Designs, Challenges