Category Archives: Tutorials & Techniques

Happy Monday! It’s officially summer and I have a summer-themed project to share. There’s lots going on today as we have a Challenge Chicks blog hop. It’s been a while so we’re really excited to share some projects with you today.

Have you heard about the Summer Stamp Star Challenge at CHF this summer? It’s a fabulous challenge that you won’t want to miss. There are five weeks of challenges with great prizes and the grand finale will be a guest designer spot at CHF for the month of September. As part of the winning prize, the winner will receive a month’s worth of stamp releases from Cornish Heritage Farms. If you’ve  noticed just how many releases we have a month,  you’ll know that it is a boatload of rubber. Whether Thomas Kinkade or Kim Hughes, Scrapblocks or Rummage Bin, Friendly Kritters or Scene-it are your thing…we can’t wait to see your designs. Be sure to check out the details here.

With five weeks of fun, goes five different challenges. I thought it would be fun to try out some of the challenges and perhaps inspire with ideas for them. The CHF design team has a sample for each of the challenges and for a few of the challenges…more. Check out Lisa Strahl, Becky Olsen, Joanne Allison, Sherrie Siemens, Kristine Reynolds, Jennifer Roach, & Lisa Silver.

Ornamental Resist

Resist techniques seem to be hot in the scrapbooking industry right now but they’ve always been a great technique that stampers have come back to time and time again. My design is for challenge #3: resist. To create my resist I stamped the Ornamental Borders Scrapblock onto some Simply Smooth white cardstock and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then freehand cut a butterfly mask out of a roll of repositional masking, discarding the actual butterfly and using the negative shape instead. After placing the masking onto my background, I sponged the butterflies first with Dried Marigold Distress ink and then with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. Any dye ink will work well. I love how the embossing resists the dye ink and highlights the stamped pattern on the project.

Supply List:

Stamps: Ornamental Borders Scrapblock by Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink: Distress Embossing Ink, Dried Marigold & Worn Lipstick Distress ink by Ranger

Paper: Simply Smooth White cardstock by CHF, kraft cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Other: buttons by Melissa Frances, ribbon, corsage pins, clear embossing powder by Ranger, heat gun

Happy creating!
Julia

Just a fun little note today. I love how this card turned out. I love music and I’m sure you know by now that the Aged Sheet Music Scrapblock™ is one of my absolute favorites. Think about it. For so many of our celebrations in life, music is always a big part of them. I decided to experiment a little with this stamp and try something different. While patterned paper makes designing quick and easy, I love going back to stamping techniques again and again for their versatility and there is something so satisfying about creating your own backgrounds from scratch. It’s simply yours and very unique.

Rhinestone Note

To create my “custom patterned paper” background, I stamped my Scrapblock™ onto white cardstock with Versamark Ink. I then embossed it with clear embossing powder to form a resist. Now for the fun albeit messy part. On a protected surface, I sprayed different colors of Glimmer Mist. You can dry carefully with your heat gun to speed up the process. Wipe excess ink from embossing to make the design pop.

Quick Tip: Shake Glimmer Mist well before using to make sure the shimmer particles are not stuck to the bottom of the bottle.

Thanks for stopping by, especially in this very busy season!

Supply List:

Stamps: Aged Sheet Music Scrapblock™, Classic Essential Expressions (mona Lisa Moments line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Versamark by Tsukineko, Black Stazone by Tsukineko
Paper: White simply Smooth cardstock, black, by Prism
Other: May Road Clear note, chipboard by Maya Road, rhinestones by Westim Crafts, sewing machines, Worn Lipstick Distress Crackle Paint  , Glimmer Mist

I have to tell you…I had soooo much fun making this card! I’m loving the masculine, textured look. You’re going to be seeing a lot more corrugated cardboard in my designs as I like fun additions. For this design I stamped this new Western Elvis stamp by Cornish Heritage Farms onto some Kraft cardstock before adhering it to my cardboard. It was then really easy to pull back edges and distress.

Rugged Elvis

The technique I used for the Elvis image is really just a dark brown image stamped onto Kraft Cardstock. Using white colored pencil, I shaded in the highlights of his face, clothing and background for extra interest and dimension. I’ve been having so much fun with this simple concept. It adds a fabulous vintage look.

If you’re looking at the corrugated cardboard…Prima makes a Down Home Kit with yummy “down home” embellishments. I got mine from Jacksonbelle Embellishments. Lindsey is having a sale today through Monday. To get 20% off your order…just use the code THANK08.

Have a fabulous day!

Supply list:

Stamps:
–Western Elvis by Cornish Heritage FArms
–Classic Essential Expressions (Mona Lisa Moments line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
–Cattle Brands Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink:
-vintage Photo Distress ink by Ranger
-Rich Cocoa Memento Ink by Tsukineko

Paper:
-Kraft and Crabapple Dark cardstock by Prism
-patterned paper from Thomas Kinkade Masculine Series paper pack by Cornish Heritage Farms

Other:
-cardboard by Prima Marketing
-linen thread
-white colored pencil
-sewing machine