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Thomas Kinkade Garden Journal

It's Thomas Kinkade new rubber stamp release time at Cornish Heritage Farms again and I'll be showing you the samples I created for this release over the next few days. This sample is with The Rose Garden that I also showed a sneak peek of last week: This journal started life already as a Thomas Kinkade notebook I found at WalMart! I unbound the journal so I could cover it with the Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream cardstock I stamped with Victorian Floral in Versafine Crimson Red. My Bind-It-All assisted in punching holes in the floral cardstock that matched perfectly with the holes already in the journal! The cardstock was adhered to the journal cover with glue stick. Then I put the journal back together with my Bind-It-All and a black wire binding, so it would match my black & red theme (the original wire was antique gold). Thomas Kinkade's The Rose Garden was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Neenah Classic Cream. Then I tried to replicate a colorized old black & white photo by using a pointed beauty applicator Q-tip and Crimson Red Versafine ink to dot color on to just the flowers. A little bit of Spanish Moss... Read more →

Velvet Elvis Note

I was given the okay to go ahead and post a sneak peek of the Thomas Kinkade stamps that will be released for sale tomorrow, so here's the first one! Sorry, I had to do it . . . Elvis on velvet! In honor of the King of Rock & Roll's birthday today, what appropriate timing for this new 50th Anniversary of Graceland Thomas Kinkade painting to be turned into a rubber stamp! It will be released and only available for sale at Cornish Heritage Farms starting tomorrow, Jan. 9. Thomas Kinkade's Graceland is stamped in Versafine Onyx Black on Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream cardstock and mounted with dimensionals to the black velvet SEI paper. Card base is 6" square Neenah Classic Cream. Cornish Heritage Farms' Lined Paper backgrounder was just released in November and is stamped in Adirondack Slate dye ink on Classic Cream and and Always On My Mind sentiment is stamped with Versafine black. The edges were distressed and holes punched on the left side, to resemble torn notebook paper. Decorative heart pin is pierced thru the note, which is applied with foam dimensional tape to the card. All stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: Thomas Kinkade Graceland... Read more →

I'm still here!

Just wanted to let you all know you may not hear from me again until about Wednesday. I'm busy doing some stamping for the Thomas Kinkade release on Wednesday (if all goes as planned!) and doing some other things I can't quite share with you yet. If you haven't seen it and would like to see a sneak peek of the first Elvis release from Cornish Heritage Farms, check out Thomas Kinkade's Graceland on the CHF blog! And watch for some samples next week from Gina K's new Stamps for a Cause set, How Sweet It Is. <= You can check that link to see the set and some samples from some wonderful stampers. I realized we're nearing 250k visits here on the blog AND my one year blogging anniversary is the end of this month, so be watching for a week-long anniversary celebration, coming soon! Read more →

Photoshop 6 Help?

If anyone has experience in Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 . . . I'm having trouble getting my old watermarks created in my older version of Photoshop CS2 to remain transparent in the new program. If you can offer any assistance, please email me (link under my photo). Many thanks! ETA: Thanks for all your wonderful emails -- I think I should have this worked out next week when I have more time to play with it! Read more →

WSC29-Tart of Hearts!

Yippee, it's a new year, I finally got to stamp, and we're back with Beate's Weekly Sketch Challenges! Be sure to check out this week's sketch and play along this weekend! (Please bear with me, as this new year has brought me a new computer AND new editing software, all of which I'm having a little trouble with this morning! I'll probably be back to edit photos, until I get them right)! This adorable image is Karen Lockhart's new release Tart of Hearts. It's also Ellen's Stamp of the Month, which means you get a great deal on this stamp AND a kit of supplies to make lots of projects with it! I stamped the hearts with Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate on Curious Iridescent Poison Ivory cardstock and colored it with a blender pen and Stampin' Up! dye inks (Pomegranate, Regal Rose & Close to Cocoa). The rose frame was made using Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped & Classic Squares embossing die-cuts. I punched holes around the frame and then laced pink polka dotted brown organdy ribbon through the holes and tied the bow to serve as the round element in the sketch. It is popped up with dimensionals over the focal image.... Read more →

Copic Atyou Spica Glitter Pen Review

Ahhhh, glitter . . . Don’t we all love the sparkly look it gives? I know I do and I was amazed the first time I used it in combination with my rubber stamping – I think it lends a professional finish to just about anything. Glitter in pen form is the least messy way to add sparkle to any papercrafting project. I debated for some time about purchasing these new glitter pens by Copic, especially since I already had another manufacturer’s glitter pens. But since I have a weakness for glitter, I decided to try out the Clear Spica pen first. I heard it was totally clear, leaving only a lovely sparkle behind, unlike Sakura’s Clear Stardust Gelly Roll pen which has a silvery base. Here’s a comparison for you: Needless to say, I was hooked and purchased the other 12 colors, too! The big difference in the Spica glitter pen is that the sparkle is actually made up of micro bits of glass. Here’s a closer look at the individual colors: Some additional information about these pens: water based pigment ink acid free non-toxic archival micro glass flakes for maximum sparkle! twice the writing length of other pens... Read more →