It's a Wrap!

Today's Challenge Chick's Challenge is perfect for those of you working on your last minute shopping and gift wrapping! Julia challenged us to come up with some last minute gift wrap ideas. I spent Sunday in the kitchen making Almond Roca so I needed a cute way to wrap it up. Here's what I came up with:

CHF Stamps:
-Heart Warmers, Christmas Critters, & Baked with Love (Kim Hughes)
Paper:
-Nautical Blue and simply smooth white by Prism Paper
Ink:
-Adirondack pitch black and stonewashed dye ink by Ranger
-Copic markers
Accessories:
-Offray Ribbon
-silver cord
Tools:
-nestabilities by Spellbinders

Very quick and easy little bag. I am going to make a bunch more of these for Jeff to take the candy into his employees at work. I know the rest of the gals came up with some great ideas too so have fun hopping through their blogs!
-Julia
-Lesley
-Kim
-Carole
-Becky
-Jen

Thanks for stopping by!

Mister Challenge

Today's challenge chick's challenge is to use mini misters, which happen to be on special at the CHF store right now. I love this little mister. No funky blobs of water on your project because it comes out in such a light mist.

For today's challenge I used my mister to lightly spray water on my glossy paper after brayering. This helps to blend the edges of the colors and gives a cool effect to the "sky".
CHF Stamps:
-Bird Watching (SEP)
-Big Inspiration (MLM)

Paper:
-Prismatic black by Prism Paper
-glossy paper by Ranger

Ink:
-Adirondack Pitch Black Pigment Ink
-Kaleidescope by Tsukineko

Accessories:
-DMC Embroidery Thread

Tools:
-EK Success scallop punch

You can check out some other projects using the mini mister by going blog hopping:
- Julia
- Kim
- Joanne

And when you are done blog hopping...hop on over to the CHF Store because there is a big sale going on now through December 16th!

For all orders over $50 get $10 off
For all orders over $100 get $25 off
Orders over $150 get $45 off and...
Orders over $300 get $100 off!!!

It's the perfect time to finish up your Christmas shopping or do a little shopping for yourself! Have a great Monday!

Finally...a Monday Challenge Chick Challenge

November was so busy that I didn't dare commit to doing the weekly CHF challenge chick's challenge but life is feeling a little more on track so I get to play today! Well really, I had to play today because this weeks challenge is to use backgrounder stamps and I LOVE backgrounder stamps. They have so many great uses! Julia Staiton came up with these great ways to use backgrounders:

-you will never be out of style again as you are using classic patterns to create your own patterned paper in the freshest color combinations
-you can customize how you stamp the image or use a technique to suit the latest trend or style: clean, elegant, shabby, grungy, funky, whimisical, etc
-you can literally re-create anything you see in fashion, home decor, etc
-add a partial or full image to embellish already patterned paper
-bead creating and polymer clay possibilites

I didn't do anything really fancy with my backgrounder but I like how this card turned out. I used the open circle backgrounder because it reminds me of honey comb and I thought it would work perfectly with my new Kim Hughes set, The Birds and the Bees.

The bees wings are stamped on clear card sheets. How fun is that?

CHF Stamps:

-The Birds and the Bees (Kim Hughes)

-Open Circle Backgrounder

Paper:

-Sunflower Medium, Sunflower Dark, Black, and Natural smooth by Prism

-Clear Card Sheets by CHF

Ink:

-Colorbox Yellow Citrus fluid chalk

-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

-Black Stazon by Tsukineko

Accessories:

-Darice black ribbon

tools:

-paper piercer

-nestabilities by spellbinder

-sponge

cuttlebug embossing folder

Have fun checking out what some of the other gals did:
-Julia
-Dawn
-Joanne
-Carole
-Michele
-Mona
-Val

In Shape Chicks...

Today's Challenge Chick's challenge for the CHF Design Team was to make a shaped card.  It could be any shape but something different than the normal square or rectangle.  I have been so busy this weekend that I have hardly been in my stamp room and nearly forgot about the challenge until just before bed time on Sunday night so I ran up to the craft room and threw this ice cream invitation together.  It was really quite simple.  I didn't have a pattern...just a little creative free hand work!

 

The sentiment is your first sneak peek at a new Mona Lisa's Moments set that is being released this week at the farm.  It's called Invitation Essentials and you are going to love it!

Stamps:

-Scratched Grid Backgrounder
-Polka Dot Backgrounder
-Invitation Essentials (MLM release date 10/24/08)

Paper:
-Suede Brown light, Suede Brown Medium, and frosted pink by Prism Papers

Ink:
-Adirondack Hazlenut and Pink Sherbet dye ink by Ranger

Accessories:
-pink gingham ribbon by Ofray

Tools:
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder
-Sponge

I'm not sure who got their challenge card done but if you check out the other gals blogs which are listed to the right (and a little down) I'm sure you'll get to see a lot of fabulous projects!

Hope you have a great Monday!

Memento Ink challenge

Today's challenge chicks chalenge is to use Memento inks. These are FABULOUS inks. Learn more about them here.

One of the things that I really love about the Memento inks is how they cover solid image stamps with out beading up. You can see that on my sample that I made for the challenge. All the stamps are by Cornish Heritage Farms.

A lot of the Design Team Chicks are playing today so make sure you check out their blogs to see what they made with these great inks.

- Alli
- Julia
- Kim
- Sherrie
- Val
- Michele

Thanks for stopping by,

Home Decor Challenge

Another Monday...another challenge chick's challenge. This weeks challenge is to make something fun and special for your home or to give as a gift.

I bought this little silver water can from Michael's craft store a while back on clearance. It was $2 and though I wasn't exactly sure what I would do with it, I thought it was cute. It's been sitting on my craft table full of my colored pencils since then but it was a little boring looking. This challenge was the perfect push I needed to dress it up a little.

I stamped these Cuddling Cardinals on Simply Smooth White paper and colored with copic markers. Then I cut it out and attached it to the water carn with glossy accents and covered the entire image with the glossy accents. A little bow and wala! a cute little home decor project! I think it would look great with some greenery or flowers in it too but I am going to keep it on my craft table with the pencils because it makes me happy everytime I see it now!

I know the other design team members who participated in today's challenge came up with some great projects so grab your cup of coffee and have some fun blog hopping!

- Julia
- Carole
- Dawn
- Kim
-Valerie

Hope you have a great week...thanks for stoppin by!

Dabber Challenged...

Today's Monday Challenge Chick's Challenge is to use Ranger Acrylic Paint Dabbers.  I LOVE these things.  They come in a bunch of great colors and are on special at the CHF store right now!

One of my favorite products to use on a clear card is the acrylic paint dabbers.  It's easy to apply and looks great on the card!  Here is the card I made for today's challenge:

It uses the new "comeback Elvis" image which was released last week.  Elvis is embossed on the Candle Glow Oval panel. I used the Ranger Gold Acrylic paint dabbers on the clear card stock and for the sentiment on the black panel.


Here is a closer look at the card:

I am sure the other girls came up with some great projects too!  Have fun blog hopping!
-Julia
-Kim
-Lisa Silver
-Sherrie
-Joanne

Blog Header Challenge

Well...Monday means another Challenge Chicks challenge.  Today's challenge has to be my all time favorite one so far!  Julia Staiton challenged the CHF design team to scrap a new blog header as our challenge this week.

I have seen a lot of cool blog headers on other peoples blogs and wanted one but truly had no clue how to make one.  With just a few pointers I was able to put one together and make it a part of my blog. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out.  What do you think?

It was really easy!  I started with a 3 3/4 x 5 3/4 piece of  Frosted Kiwi Prism paper and backed it with a piece of 4 x 6 Intense Kiwi Prism Paper.  The blue scalloped paper at the Top is from the Kim Hughes Moca Chica Paper pack.  I cut the orange words out of a piece of Scrapblock paper with my Cricut machine.  I stamped the chicks and the moose on scraps of simply smooth white prism paper, colored with copic markers, cut them out and attached them to the panel.  Then I attached the two prima flowers with a white Bazil brad.  I scanned the panel and then added "in California" with the paint program.  So EASY!

If you've been wanting to make a custom Blog Header,  I challenge you to stop procrastinating and just do it!  You'll be glad you did!

Jen and Lesley made new blog headers too so be sure and stop by and check theirs out!

Adirondack Challenge

It's Monday...my favorite day of the week...well, not really, but I do look forward to our Design Team challenges!  Today's challenge was to create a project with Adirondack ink.  Julia has more info about Adirondack inks in the Product Spotlight forum.  I stamped my chicks and sentiments (Asela's Easter stamps) in Pitch Black Adirondack ink and then sponged most of the ink on with my daubers.

 

Most of the ladies are playing today so have fun checking out their blogs! 

-Julia
-Joanne
-Lisa Silver
-Julie
-Dawn
-Jen
-Kim
-Becky
-Michele
-Val

Challenged Chick

Well today is Monday so you know that means I should have a challenge chicks project for you but I flaked out on it! This weeks challenge is a sketch by Lisa Strahl.

It's a great little sketch but I just couldn't come up with anything worthy of sharing and I have a trash can full of cardstock to prove it! I think it's because the top and bottom circles are chopped off and my neat, symmetrical mind just couldn't do it...

Some of the other girls played and they came up with some terrific cards so you should go check them out!

Kim

Dawn

Sherrie

Julie
Michelle
Jennifer
Lisa

Maybe I'll try again later today....for now, here's a card I made on Saturday for the weekly CHF Prism Paper Color Challenge:

CHF Stamps:
-Naughty Kitty
-Script Essential Expressions
-Paisley Backgrounder

Paper:
-Island Mist Medium, Sugar Cream & Tawny Dark by Prism Papers

Ink:
-Adirondack Espresso & Stonewashed Dye ink by Ranger
-Copic Markers

Accessories:
-Ribbon from Michael's

Tools:
-sponge
-corner rounder punch and oval punches by EK Success

I hope you've had a great three day weekend!

Challenge Chicks #20~Vellum

Today's CHF Challenge is to use Vellum.  Prism Papers makes an awesome vellum.  It's thicker than most vellums so it's easier to stamp on, emboss, or created boxes and bags out of.  I got the idea for this card from SCS.  It was a challenge a while ago but I never got a chance to try it. You can find the directions for the star here. 

 Stamps:
-Daisy Chain Scrapblock
-Sentiment from Supah Star (Kim Hughes)

Paper:
-Candle Glow Light and Medium and Vellum by Prism

Ink:
-Mustard Stazon by Tsukineko

Tools & Accessories:
-Tag punches by EK Success
-bling

You can check out more great vellum projects on some of the other DT blogs.  Go check them out!!!
-Kim
-Julia
-Carole
-Michele
-Lisa

Challenge Chicks #19 ~My Favorite Product

Happy Monday! I can not believe it is all ready August 18th! 9 more days till the kids go back to school! Well, mine are off at marching band practice till 8 pm so I am hoping to get some time to stamp after work today. I had just enough time on Sunday to work on a card for today's CHF Challenge Chicks Challenge.

You probably all ready know about all the great stamps CHF carries in their store but did you know that in addition to all the great stamps, they also have a wide variety of other products available. Today's challenge for the design team chicks was for each of us to pick our favorite product and make a project using it. Well...it was pretty hard to choose just one but there are so many of us playing this week that if you go blog hopping you'll get to see a ton of great products!

The product I chose is Shimmers I-kan-dee Pearlescent Chalking Set.  These chalks are fabulous!  Julia Staiton wrote a great product spotlight on them here.

 For this project I stamped the Streams of Living Waters in Adirondack ink and heat set it.  Then I covered the image in Versamark so that when I added the chalk it stuck to the paper.  When I was done adding chalk I sealed it.  I wish you could see the shimmer in the picture.  It's so cool in real life!

 

Most of the design team are playing today so have fun checking out their favorite products:

Julia

Alli

Michelle

Kim

Joanne

Dawn

Lori  

Sherrie

Carole

Val

Becky 

Julie 

challenge chicks #18~All Grunged Up!

Before I share my challenge chicks card I wanted to let you know about the rest of the new Design Team. We've added three new gals to the team. I told you yesterday that one of the new members was Joanne Allison. The other two wonderful additions are Carol Burrage, Jennifer Roach. So excited to be adding these talented ladies to the farm! Please take a moment today to stop by their blogs and congratulate them!

Now to the challenge. Today the CHF Chicks were challenged to use Tim Holtz grunge board for their project. Have you tried this stuff yet? It's amazing. It's like a soft flexible chip board. You can paint it, hammer it, distress it, bend it....your imagination is your only limitation. It's on special this week at the store so it's a great time to try it! There are all kinds of great swirls, wings, crowns, etc in the set but today I thought I would try a card using one of the more unusual pieces of grunge board.

What do you think?

So not my style but really fun! Lot's of members of the DT playing today so go check out their grunge board creations!
Lori
Julia
Kim
Dawn
Lesley
Michele
Becky Olsen

Challenge Chicks #16-Technique Talk

Today's challenge amongst the CHF Design Team was to choose a technique from the Technique Talk forum to make a project. The Technique Talk forum is just another great reason to stop by the CHF Forums to check things out...great friends, sample cards, and lots of classes and tutorials!!!

The technique that I chose to use is the cracked glass technique. This is an oldie but goodie that I hadn't used in a while. Here is the card I came up with:

Stamps:
-You Light up my Life
-New Cape Henry, VA Lighthouse

Paper:
-Suede Brown Medium, Frosted Teal, and simply smooth white by Prism

Ink:
-Adirondack Espresso and Pitch Black dye ink by Adirondack
-Copic Markers

Accessories:
-Ribbon by Ofray
-Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
-UTEE by Ranger

Tools:
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder

Now, go check out what the other "chicks" created:
Julia, Lisa, Dawn, Kim, Michelle, and Sherrie

Challenge Chicks #16-Bouncing Brayer

Well, today's Challenge Chicks challenge was  to use a brayer.  I decided to use my brayer for the bouncing brayer technique.  I just love the cool look this technique gives your projects.  I did the technique with a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of glossy paper and then cut it in half and made two cards. I just love the bright, vibrant look of these cards.

Here's a closer look at the cards:

 

  

Stamps:
-Bare Oak Tree
-Row of Trees
-Script Essential Expressions (MLM)

Paper:
-Frosted Teal, Intense Teal, and Black by Prism
-white glossy Paper by Ranger

Ink:
-Kalaidescope Fiesta Spectrum pad by Tsukineko
-Brilliance Graphite Black pigment ink by Tsukineko

Accessories:
-MM black brads

Tools:
-cuttlebug embossing folder
-Martha Stewart scallop punch
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder
-oval punches by EK Success

I hope you've enjoyed my brayer cards...now go check out what the other ladies made:
Julia    Lisa   Val    Dawn     Alli

Have a great Monday!

Challenge Chicks #16 or Glitter Girls Challenge....

Barbara Trombley's Art Glitter is still on special at the store so we thought it would be fun to challenge ourselves to use glitter on our cards this week.

Most of the team has been at CHA since Tuesday so I think Julia , Lisa and I are the only ones playing.  I just love this glitter!  It is so shiny in real life!  Learn more about this product here.   Learn more about the CHF Weekly challenges here.

Here's my card!

 

 Stamps: 

The Shoe Botique 

Paper:

Prismatic Frosted Kiwi, Cerelean, and Razzleberry Dark

Simply Smooth White by Prism

DP is Basic Grey

Ink:

Adirondack Mountain Rose 

Tsukineko Essential Glue Pad 

Accessories:

Dots and Dashes Ribbon

Doodle Bug Brads

Miss Muffet glitter

Maya Road Chip Board Flower

Dew Drop by The Robin's Egg

Thanks for stopping by today!

Challenge Chicks #15-Masculine Challenge

Today's challenge chicks challenge was to do a masculine project. Since I am on the GM team I was really excited to play with my new stamps that are coming out on the 22nd. I decided to make a box. This box could be used for a gift box or it would look great sitting on a work bench, desk, or dresser.


It was pretty quick and easy to make. I started with a 99 cent paper mache box from JoAnn's. I painted it with Adirondack's Pitch Black Acrylic Paint dauber. After it dried I stamped the sides and top with Diamond Plate Backgrounder with Brilliance silver pigment ink and then embossed with silver dollar EP. Stamped the Truck image on a white panel, colored with copics. The brads are from Michael's. I trimmed the panel and box top edges with silver leafing pen and then backed with black and red Prism cardstock and adhered it to the box. The ribbon around the edge is by Ofray.

Here's a closer view of the Top:



Check out what the other DT members created for this challenge:
-Dawn Lusk
-Julia Stainton
-Michele Boyer
-Lori Craig
-Val Stangle
-Kim Hughes
-Lisa Silver
-Sherrie Siemens

See you later with today's sneak peek!

Challenge Chicks #14-Krylon Leafing Pens

Today's CHF Challenge is to make a project using the Krylon Leafing which have been on special at the store for the last couple of weeks.   These pens create beautiful results and they are easy to use!  This card is only two layers!  all the faux lines and layers were created with a ruler and a Krylon Gold Leafing Pen.  The Sandra Kuck,  Ready for Christmas Image was colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with stumps and OMS and the sentiment was embossed with gold EP.  I created the gold dew drops by coloring some clear dew drops that I had with the leafing pen too!

There are a lot of the CHF Chicks playing today so have fun blog hopping!
-Lori Craig
-Julie Campbell
-Dawn  Lusk
-Kim Hughes

-Julia Stainton
-Sherrie Siemens
-Lisa Silver 
-Michelle Boyer 

Challenge Chicks #13-Goin' Green!

I can't believe I haven't posted since Wednesday. Well, Wednesday night was Tyler's 16th birthday party. 15 kids over playing video games and watching movies! The boys went home at midnight and the girls stayed the night. After work on Friday and all day Saturday I was at the high school helping with a leadership workshop. Today, I just got the laundry done and went to see "Get Smart" with the family-which, I highly recommend!

I will try to be a better blogger this week for you! Today is challenge chicks Monday and the girls decided to "go green" which meant we had to come up with a project from something recycled. I chose this jar to recycle:


It started as this and quickly turned into this:


The plan is to fill it with some patriotic colored candy. But....I can't seem to find any. Don't they make red, white, and blue M & M's? Hershey's Kisses? Anything? If you know where to find some red, white, and blue, candy, be sure and let me know!

I punched scalloped ovals in the side so that the candy (when I find some) will show through!

Some of the other members of the design team joined the challenge this week. Have fun checking out their projects too!

Julia Stainton -Lesley Langdon -Dawn Lusk-Lisa Silver -Kim

Challenge Chicks #11-Glossy Paper

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend. We are beginning our last week of school here and I am ready for it to end so we can start the summer!

We attended the high school band banquet on Friday night and got the exciting news that my daughter was chosen to be the Drum Major of the High School Band next year. We are so very excited for her! It's become a tradition with out family. My father was the Drum Major of his HS band. My Husband was the Drum Major of our HS band and now our daughter. She has been floating on a cloud the whole weekend after the news but finals start today so hopefully she'll be able to pull her head out of the clouds!

Well...it's Monday so you know it's time for the CHF design team challenge. This week we were challenged to use glossy paper in our design. I decided to play with the crayon resist technique. It's a fun and simple technique with really cool results.

First I stamped my image with Adirondack Pitch Black dye ink on glossy paper and let it dry. Once dry I took a white crayon (yep, just the regular ole' Crayola crayon...your kids never use it) and I colored the light house and parts of the rocks and then I drew in the "light" shining from the lighthouse. I used my sponge daubers to add color to the picture and then I rubbed across the image with a kleenex to pick up the color from the crayon. I used a Copic marker to color the roofs. Finally, I assembled the card.

Here is the finished project:

CHF Stamps:
-Friendship Lighthouse

Paper:
-Ranger Gloss Paper
-Prismatic Frosted Teal by Prism Papers
-Designer Paper is by Basic Grey

Ink:
-Adirondack Pitch Black, Pool, Aqua, & Hazlenut dye inks by Ranger
-Copic Marker

Accessories:
-Hemp (unknown source)
-Buttons from my stash
-Metal from 7 Gypsies

Tools:
-Sponge
-Paper Piercer

Now, go jump around and see what some of the other CHF Chicks created:
Julia Stainton -Dawn Lusk-Sherrie Siemens -Lisa Strahl -Kim Hughes