Scrapblocks™ Paper Packs at Cornish Heritage Farms!

Cardmakers and scrapbooking enthusiasts alike will love this addition to the CHF offer!  Papers with subtle texture and design for the perfect background are the heart and soul of this collection.

Here's one of the pages for your viewing pleasure!

Lil Sailor:

To get a view of the entire paper pack, stop by Becky Olsen's blog - Life as a Three Legged Dog.

We have one more sneak peek to share tomorrow and then I'm off to Chicago for CHA!  I'm so excited to be going this year.  I've never attended.  If you'll be at the show, please stop by the Cornish Heritage Farm's booth and introduce yourself.  I'll be demoing a couple of times on Friday and Saturday.  I promise to post pictures and some reviews once I'm home.

Thanks and see you soon!!!
lise

CHF Challenge #16 - Masculine Projects

It's Monday again and we have a fantastic challenge for you this week.  When it comes to creating for the men in my life, I'm usually stumped.  How do I create without glitter and ribbons?  Seriously!

So, our challenge this week was to look through the images and product lines at Cornish Heritage Farms and create a masculine project.  There are a plethora of options between Thomas Kinkade images to the Rummage Bin... and many more to come with the new lines that are being introduced post-CHA!

It Doesn't Get Much Better:

I opted to create a project using the Thomas Kinkade image "It Doesn't Get Much Better".  I stamped with Espresso ink and colored with Copic markers, trying to get the same glow of light as the rising sun on our fisherman enjoying his day.  I layered this on a simple black matte and added a small panel of Suede Brown Dark with a strip of dark copper brads.  Not a bit of glitter or ribbon!  It was hard to do, but I managed to keep it simple.

For more inspiration from the CHF Design Team, check out these fine ladies participating:

-Kristine

-Dawn

-Julia

-Michele

-Lori

-Val

-Kim

-Sherrie

 

Thanks for stopping by!

lise

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Supplies:

Stamps:

-It Doesn't Get Much Better (the Thomas Kinkade Series) by Cornish Heritage Farms

 

Ink:
-Espresso Adirondack dye ink by Ranger

 

Paper:

-Herbal Garden Dark, Black Prismatic and Suede Brown Dark cardstock by Prism Papers

-Georgia Pacific white cardstock
 
Other:
-copper brads by Making Memories
-Copic markers
-dimensional tape
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder from www.ellenhutson.com

Seriously Wonderful Sneak

In keeping with the theme of this last week... I'm going to direct you to Lisa Strahl's blog, Mona Lisa Moments, for the latest news!!!!

I am absolutely giddy about this addition!  But... you'll have to stop by Lisa's blog for the deets!

Thanks!
lise

General Motors - A New Line for CHF

That's right!  You heard correctly!  Cornish Heritage Farms is excited to announce the addition of the General Motors Stamp Collection.  Head to Mona Lisa Moments for all the details.

But in the meantime, here's one of the images in the first release - 1957 Family Bel Air

This is my FAVORITE!  Isn't the image wonderful?  Reminds me of road trips, drive in movies and trips to the family cabin.  How fun!

There's more previews to come... so stop by again tomorrow!
Thanks,
lise

Apology...

I didn't want to have to enable word verification for blog comments, but I've been getting some weird ones.  Sorry about that.

Thanks for anyone that does stop by and leave comments.  I appreciate it!
lise

More Previews!!!!

Oh my word!!!  It's too much, I tell ya!  A girl could burst from all this excitement!

Kim Hughes has a major cool announcement today!  She has her own paper!!!!

Here's a peak... Iced Cappy:

Stop by Kim's blog (Paper Hugs) for the full monte!  I know you'll be excited to see all the yummy flavors!  And the other Designers have little tastes available too.

Now, I'm craving Starbucks?  Anyone else?

Thanks for stopping by,

lise

Thomas Kinkade Series Paper Packs - Christmas

So, we've started the sneak peeks and we've more to come.  Today, Becky Olsen has the full preview of the Christmas Series Pack, featuring the gorgeous designs of Thomas Kinkade's holiday art, on her blog (Life as a Three Legged Dog).

These papers have me DROOLING!  I love how you can create the stunning, so simply!!!

Here's a mini peek for you...

Hop around the other CHF Designers for views on the other lovely papers in this pack.

AND... just wait until tomorrow.  Oh my word!!!  It's amazing stuff, I tell ya!

Thanks for stopping by,

lise

Super Sweet!

I received an award from Joanne at Ambrosia and Iron... if you haven't made your way to her blog, you should run (don't walk!!!).  She'll inspire you with each project.  I love to browse her posts and I'm inspired by her unique way of looking at things.

And she nominated me for this award!  Very high praise indeed!

I have so many favorite blogs that I browse... my mom's blog (love to see her creating and sharing her talent - luv ya, mom!), all of the CHF DT's blogs ---> see the list!!!, Joan Bardee (for her fantastic projects and amazing humor), to all the stamping rock stars that I stalk... I mean follow...

Thanks to everyone that reads my blog and for all the inspiration that I find in the stamping community.  Thanks, Joanne!

Hugs,
lise

Edited before this went live!!!!

Christi at Blessings on Paper also nominated me!!!!  Can you believe it?  How wonderful is that?!?!?  Christi has a fabulous sense of style, fun color combinations and creates projects with all the rights details!  Thanks for the nomination, Christi.  I'm blessed to have you come by, comment and spend time with us in the forums.

Thomas Kinkade Series Paper Packs

Cornish Heritage Farms is kicking off a Week of Sneak Peeks! We have 7 announcements to share with you leading up to CHA Summer and Lisa Strahl of Mona Lisa Moments has a HUGE announcement to share!

Are you ready for a preview???

Be sure to stop by Mona Lisa Moments for a complete view of the images... as well as the CHF blog roll, on my sidebar, for little peeks from the Designers.

Isn't this amazing?

Thanks for stopping by,
lise

Tutorials at CHF - Vintage Vellum

For the last couple of months, I've been creating some tutorials for Cornish Heritage Farms' forum.  One of the things I've been most proud of is the level of education about products and projects available to customers.  And now I'm trying to continue to the legacy...

I thought I'd post some of these projects on my blog and post back to the forum for more details on the "how-to".  And I've been doing this for a bit, so I'll slowly make my way through the list of topics we've covered recently.

Vintage Vellum Technique:

Sisters:

CHF became known for a unique line-art offering with the release of the Thomas Kinkade Series.  The exquisite detail, transformed from vibrantly painted portraits, is like nothing else in the industry.  As a recent release of a similar style was introduced in the Sandra Kuck Series, I created this tutorial to give a simple and effective way of coloring detailed line art images.

Using vellum and copic markers, a soft look can be achieved... and it's simple.

Thanks for stopping by,
lise
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Supplies:
Stamps:
-Sisters (The Sandra Kuck Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms
-Spanish Script Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms
-Script Essential Expressions (The Mona Lisa Moments Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink:
-Latte and Espresso Adirondack dye inks by Ranger


Paper:
-Classic Crest Solar White by Neenah
-Baby Blue Light cardstock by Prism
-Translucent Vellum by Prism

Other:
-Hardware (Coppered Out) by We R Memory Keepers
-Sewing machine and thread
-Brayer
-Copic Markers
-Tonic Distressing tool
-Dimensional tape
-Heat gun (optional)