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Rose Open Gate

Who needs patterned paper with a backgrounder stamp as gorgeous as this! This is my favorite out of the 16 Winter releases this past November from Cornish Heritage Farms -- Geometric Flowers II. You can see all 16 of those backgrounders and beautiful samples in this CHF gallery. I stamped the backgrounder flowers with Versafine Spanish Moss on Prism's Spring Willow Medium textured cardstock -- it really makes for an interesting background: The corners of the background were clipped with Ticket Corner punch and mounted to a standard A2-sized card base of Prism Blush Red Medium. The focal image was masked (did not include the rectangle frame) and just the oval vignette stamped in Spanish Moss ink on Neenah Classic Cream cardstock. Just the roses and gate were colored with Copic markers (R11-Pale Cherry Pink & R22-Light Prawn). The image was cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Oval and matted with Scalloped Oval Nestabilities in the same Prism Blush Red Medium cardstock as the card base. This piece is popped up on foam dimensional tape. The sentiment is another new Kinkade release, "A Birthday Rose". It's stamped in Spanish Moss on Classic Cream and tag shape cut and mounted to more... Read more →

Blissful Gate

If you can't tell by now, I REALLY like stamping these Thomas Kinkade images monochromatically and black/white is my favorite combo! Plus, they make for a really quick & easy card with a lot of pop. This is the vignette size of The Open Gate that I posted yesterday -- which is just a smaller section of the stamp that has been reduced in size a bit and put into an oval shape with a rectangle frame. Now, if you don't like that rectangle frame (and maybe think you'll never use it that way), then you can certainly just cut that part off your rubber stamp OR mask it before inking it. In tomorrow's sample, I just masked it off. The image was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black -- I've found the Versafine line of inks to the best at retaining all the fine details of these stamps. It is stamped onto Neenah Classic Crest-Solar White cardstock and cut with just a paper trimmer. The black scalloped rectangle frame around the focal image is Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangles. The image is popped up on dimensional foam tape and accented with clear crystal stickers. The sentiment is also a new Thomas... Read more →

Framed Spring Open Gate

5" x 7" framed art. Thomas Kinkade's The Open Gate was stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia ink on Neenah Clasic Cream cardstock and colored with the following Copic markers (click on photo for a larger view): 5" x 7" mat is Weathered Wood backgrounder stamped in Adirondack Slate dye ink on Neenah Clasic Cream cardstock and then more of the Slate ink sponged on the edges and randomly on the wood. 4.50" x 2.50" rectangle was cut in the center of the mat and the edges distressed & inked. 'Each Day...' sentiment was selectively inked and stamped onto Prism Frosted Orange cardstock, to fit within the metal frame. Gray satin ribbon ties off one side of the frame: All stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms: Thomas Kinkade 'The Open Gate' & 'Each Day...', SonLight Impressions Weathered Wood backgrounder. Paper: Neenah Classic Crest-Classic Cream, Prismatics Frosted Orange. Ink: Ranger Adirondack Slate dye ink, Tsukineko Versafine Vintage Sepia, Copic Markers. Accessories: WeRMemoryKeepers pewter metal bookplate, May Arts ribbon, Tonic Edge Distresser, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, 9.25" x 7.25" silver frame. Check back in tomorrow for another Kinkade sample & Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge! Read more →

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 →

Free Stamp!!

I bet that caught your attention! For the chance to win a new Thomas Kinkade rubber stamp to be released in early January, go to the Cornish Heritage Farms blog and enter your guess! You could win this soon-to-be-released A Perfect Summer Day: Also scheduled for the January release are three other stamps, one of which is The Rose Garden -- isn't it gorgeous? So keep an eye out and I hope to be able to share the other releases and my samples soon! Read more →

CHF Birthday Bash

Today is my friend & CHF's Art Director, Lisa Strahl's, birthday and to celebrate Cornish Heritage Farms is hosting a big birthday bash with hourly challenges and prizes! To top it off, CHF is releasing 16 new background stamps today that Lisa designed! You can view them all HERE in the New Products listing at CHF's online store. CARD DETAILS -- Stamps: Thomas Kinkade Make a Wish Cottage Vignette, Kim Hughes Silhouette Blooms I. Paper: Prism Black, Curious Iridescent Poison Ivory. Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black. Accessories: Spelbinders Nestabilities, SU Ticket Corner Punch & Black Brad, Crystal Stickers, Dimensionals. My challenge will be at 5pm EST and will be a sketch challenge, based on the card above. Here it is (I'm giving you a little bit of a head start!): So hop on over the the CHF Birthday Bash Forum, check out all the excitement and join in the fun today! "Best Wishes" to Lisa on her birthday today! Read more →

Thomas Kinkade Village Christmas

Somehow, I forgot to post this after making it this summer, so since it's nearing the holiday season I thought I'd share it. This is Thomas Kinkade's Village Christmas by Cornish Heritage Farms. It was stamped in Stampin' Up's Pomegranate ink on SU's Vanilla cardstock. The main image was matted with Marvy scalloped punches of Pomegranate cardstock and is adhered to the card base with dimensionals. The red velvet ribbon is May Arts from StarLitStudio, adorned with a Making Memories rhinestone buckle. The backgrounder is Cornish Heritage Farms' Victorian Leaves, also stamped in Pomegranate ink. The sentiment is a "We Wish You . . ." also from the Thomas Kinkade line by CHF. Making Memories crystal brads finish off the corners of this card, which I believe was about 5.50" square. I hope you all are enjoying the week. I'm trying to catch up on some deadlines and hope to have a new card to share with you by Friday, for Beate's sketch challenge! Read more →

WSC23-Thomas Kinkade Cobblestone Bridge

Here's what I did with Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge #23 -- a square focal image on a square card. My card base is 5.25" square copper metallic. Cobblestone Bridge is another Thomas Kinkade rubber stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms that was just released for sale today. You can check out the full line of Thomas Kinkade stamps HERE. There are now 12 full-sized images and vignette-sizes of the same images available, along with many complimentary sentiments. Here, the full-sized Cobblestone Bridge was trimmed down to 3.25" x 2.5" and matted with shimmer ivory cardstock. It was then layered onto a chocolate rectangle embossed die cut-out created with the Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Rectangle dies. This is the largest 4-inch wide rectangle. The same sized scalloped rectangle was then die-cut from the card base and the focal image nested back inside it, so it's flush with the card. The piece is secured from the back side of the cardfront with another piece of cardstock to hold it in place. Here's a closeup -- hopefully you'll be able to see the beautiful embossing these dies create. Such a professional finish, I think: I finished off the card by stamping the sentiment onto shimmer... Read more →

A Thomas Kinkade Christmas

What gorgeous Christmas and winter holiday cards & projects this image will make! You can always depend on Thomas Kinkade for that classic style. This is another of Mr. Kinkade's images that were transformed into rubber art stamps by Cornish Heritage Farms and is available for sale beginning tomorrow. I stamped it in Tsukineko's Versafine Vintage Sepia ink onto Curious Irridescent Poison Ivory cardstock and lightly colored it a bit using Copic markers. The snow is white dimensional paint that I applied thickly over the rooftop snowy areas and then added glitter to it: The snowflake is Jolee's by EK Success and started out silver & blue -- I colored it using a Encore metallic copper ink pad. The image was then adhered to a chipboard box that I painted with a metallic espresso colored paint. << Here's how the box started out. The lid top and bottom of the box were trimmed with chocolate May Arts loopy ribbon and the outside rim of the lid was further accented with brown velvet ribbon: The sentiment was rearranged and stamped onto poison ivory cardstock by using a brown marker to selectively ink the words I wanted, arranged where I wanted them... Read more →

Thomas Kinkade-The Light of Peace

Well, there's been a little glitch and the Thomas Kinkade rubber stamps won't be released until tomorrow now. But if you hang tight, I'm sure you won't be disappointed! Keep at eye out at the store: Cornish Heritage Farms or blog for details. So finally -- the lighthouse image you all had been requesting! Isn't it beautiful? I decided to make a rather non-traditional holiday card and ornament -- I thought this beautiful sentiment would be appropriate for both just a lighthouse in general and for the holidays. Cheesecloth backgrounder (SonLight Impressions line by Cornish Heritage Farms) was stamped in white StazOn on acetate sheet which is folded over the front & back of card. Ribbon tied thru a slot in the tops of both cards helps hold the overlay in place. Cryogen White shimmer card base is large size (6.25" x 4.5"). A rectangle was cut out of the middle of the card front, leaving a 1/2" frame all around. It is backed with navy cardstock, so the white Cheesecloth shows up better: Lighthouse vignette/oval image was inked with a dye marker, omitting the rectangle frame and stamped on Cryogen White shimmer cardstock, adding the separate sentiment below. The... Read more →

One More Sneak

Here's a last sneak peek at another Thomas Kinkade rubber stamp project . . . I hope you have enjoyed the peeks and will be back on Thursday, when I'll post all of my full samples and the stamps are officially released for sale! Keep a watch on the Cornish Heritage Farms' blog, too, as I'm sure Liz will have some announcements! Read more →

Another Thomas Kinkade Sneak Peek!

Are you ready for some beautiful winter/holiday-themed stamps? Then you won't be disappointed with Cornish Heritage Farms' next release of Thomas Kinkade rubber stamps! There will be TWO beautiful full-sized and vignette-sized winter images that will be perfect for your holiday cards for years to come! Plus, a couple of new holiday sentiments as well. The release is scheduled for this Thursday so until then, when I'll post my full projects for you to see, check back here tomorrow for another sneak peek (yes, I know I'm a tease)! Read more →

Thomas Kinkade Sneak Peek

Here it is . . . a little sneak peek at the next Thomas Kinkade rubber stamp release by Cornish Heritage Farms to happen later this week. And one is the lighthouse you all have been asking for! So stayed tuned for that . . . Don't forget to check out the blog giveaway I have going in the post below . . . it ends at 10am tomorrow (Tuesday)! Read more →

Toile Christmas

I wanted to try my new Thomas Kinkade rubber stamps stamped in a monochromatic theme, just to see what kind of quick Christmas card I could make. The results reminded me of a toile pattern! There has been much discussion over what types of ink & paper work best with these highly detailed images, so I thought I'd post a few references for you. One of our Thomas Kinkade designers (Keri Sereika) put together her findings of what inks worked best for her on Stampin' Up's Whisper White cardstock here. Another compilation of the Design Team's ink testing was posted by Lisa Strahl here. And here is another compilation by Lisa on papers we all tested. I hope these lists help you with your new Thomas Kinkade rubber! So here's what I used on this card: Stampin' Up's dye ink in their fabulous new color of Purely Pomegranate (this is by far my favorite new SU In Color!). I used a brayer to ink up the TK Village Christmas Vignette image -- this way, you don't get too much ink on your stamp and it's all evenly placed, with no puddles to worry about. I found a lighter hand when... Read more →