Cupcakes and Blog Goodies!

Taking a break from Christmas today and sharing in some cupcake goodness with you...as well as some blog treats...keep scrolling!
How fun are these little felt cupcake goodies! I have them hanging from the coat hooks in my main entry and they look so sweet. SUPER easy to make.....
I used the largest petite scallop nestie die from spellbinders and cut the felt for the tops in my cuttlebug. I also wanted to add the softness of pattern and color to the felt so I chose a few of my favorite copics and colored directly to the rubber of a couple of my favorite scrapblocks (in this case the stitches scrapblock). I then misted my colored scrapblock with blender solution and stamped directly to my felt...LOVED the results!
I folded the circle in half and stitched around the top catching a ribbon in my stitching for it to hang from.
The bottom of the cupcake I just cut out free hand and stitched it to the top, this left a little lip that I added some glue and glitter to...just for fun!
Embellished with a cute button and tag.
This one I used the large polkadot backgrounder. I just love that I now have fun things to dangle in the summer not just at Christmas time. You gotta try these they are so simple and fun to make...they would make great decor for a cupcake theme party!
On to the "candy"....I have some lovely goodies to pass onto my readers. I truly appreciate you coming by and leaving comments here and there...you really make my day! So here are some treats that I will mail out to one lucky winner. A fabulous addition of CARDS magazine (I've got two designs in this one!), two background stamps from CHF, some fun embellishing items too! All you need to do is leave a comment and I'll announce a winner monday morning!

Have a great weekend!

So much to show you!

Yes, still on the Christmas kick as there is so much to show you that is coming. This is a peek at one of the images from a set I am THRILLED is coming to the farm JULY 14th! I love the primitive look and this snowman is adorable and easy to cut out and color so that he can be "white as snow".
This close shot shows you that I stamped him first on the kraft card stock then again on a scrap piece of white card stock.
I colored him using the new W00 copic marker as I am going for a warm look to suit the primitive country style.

How could I resist playing along in the "Ways to use it" challenge today...it is Christmas in July....the hardest part was picking which of the new stamps I have to play with! Tough...I know....











Look at this layout....how simple is that! You could easy mass produce this one and make little gift cards for teachers and such at Christmas. The snowflake is some grungeboard that I slapped some acrylic paint on and added glitter. The paint also acts as glue for the glitter so accomplishing 2 things in 1!
Here are all the deets:
Just Believe (Shady Tree Studio) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Kraft, Simply Smooth White (Prism)
Wassaii (Basic Grey)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Grungeboard (Tim Holtz)
White Paint (Ranger)
Glitter (Martha Stewart)

That's it! Easy Peasy!
I have some goodies to show you tomorrow....blog treats and cupcakes...see you then!

Christmas in July

More Christmas goodies to show you! I know...too early for Christmas? Not at all. I don't want to be thinking what I will make 1 month beforehand and not even have the right supplies yet. Yes, I'm a work ahead gal....and it isn't too hard to do with all the fabulous new Christmas rubber that has landed on my doorstep!
I played along with the sketch challenge today on SCS as it was the perfect layout for this great image. This is part of another ATC set (All Things Considered) and as it makes great Artist Trading Cards it also makes fabulous full size cards too!
Here is a close up of my image. I just love how my sky fades away to white....SO MUCH EASIER to achieve with the new pale shades of copic. Here I used my new BG0000 (snow green).
For the sentiment I chose one from the new Vintage Christmas Expressions that is being released this week as well. I love all the great vintage fonts.

Here are all my card deets:
Stamps:
Evergreen Holiday (ATC), Vintage Christmas Expressions (Mona Lisa Moments) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Espresso Adirondack (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Simply Smooth White (Prism)
Patterned Paper (My Mind's Eye)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Ribbon (Offray)
Grungeboard Snowflake (Tim Holtz)
White Acrylic Paint (Claudine Hellmuth)
Glitter (Martha Stewart)
Sewing

Enjoy your day!

Christmas in July....no peeking!

Well maybe just a little peek....there's no harm in that! I have a ton of new Christmas stamps to play with so I wanted to show you just a peek of what is hitting the farm this week.
This stamp is a new BIG set in the Rummage Bin line called "Night Before Christmas".

Now only in Christmas fairy tale land would you have 4 children sleeping peacefully in bed. LOL! I thought this sentiment from this set was especially clever...yeah right, no peeking.

I had some of these vintage Melissa Frances papers kicking around and thought they went great with this vintage looking image. I stamped it in London Fog, I did this so that your eye would be drawn to the sentiment in black. A few touches of color with copics...yes a new one too R000 is wonderful!

I also played on the oval shape of the image, dragging out my coluzzle and the acrylic oval is one of the large fragments in the Tim Holtz set.
Stitching to finish the vintage look....yup, it is that time of year....get started on those Christmas projects early....it creeps up SO fast!

Yummy new colors!

I'm sure most of you have "herd" the news about the fabulous dozen new colors of copic! I played with them tonight and they are as yummy as they seem....LOVE THEM! I wanted to do a card to show you how nice and soft they color.

Here is a close up of the chicks. They are colored with the Yoooo and then shadowed with the Y11. I also colored a soft gray shadow underneath them. It is so easy to blend away to white with these soft colors!
Here are the colors I used on this particular card. If you look close at the chicks cheeks...they are a beautiful evening primrose :)

Here are all my card deets:
Stamps:
On the Farm (Kim Hughes Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Simply Smooth White, Kraft (Prism)
Lil' Man (Cosmo Cricket Collection)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Buttons (Making Memories)
Sewing

Copic is now beginning to ship these new colors! You are gonna want these!

Hay!

Is everyone enjoying their weekend?
My family has had a great summer weekend. We took the family out on a "cherry run". I am a little nuts about fresh cherry season and we made a trip into the Okanagon to score some BEAUTIFUL berries!
The kids and hubby camped in the yard last night and we have all been enjoying the fun things of summer. Hope you are too!

Today's card....still playing with "On the Farm" by Kim Hughes. I paired this up with the lil' man paper line from Cosmo Cricket...totally sweet!

A little tip:
Sewing in a circle....Circles are not scary to sew around, you just have to take a little more time. I generally do about 4 stitches in a row, stop with my needle in my paper, lift my presser foot and rotate my paper slightly. I tend to use a zig zag stitch with a long length. This is very forgiving compared with trying to do a straight stitch in a circle.

Here are all my card deets:
Stamps:
On the Farm (Kim Hughes Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Rich Cocoa Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Lil' Man (Cosmo Cricket)
Simply Smooth White (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Ribbon, Button (Making Memories)
Fragment Charm Tag (Tim Holtz)
Twine
Sewing
Round Circle Die (Spellbinders)

Enjoy your day!

Release Day "On the Farm"

Yeah, release day for the new Kim Hughes set "On the Farm" that you can find AT the farm!
Who doesn't love barn animals....having relatives that run a turkey farm makes for a special place in my heart for farmers. No turkeys in this set though.
Here is a look at the sheep and a little fence to go with it. I loved this sentiment as I seem to be chasing my tail lately. Anyone else find that their house goes into summer chaos mode when school is out?
In honor of all those "falling a little behind" my card is for you today!
Here are all the deets:
Stamps:
On the Farm, Number Fun (Kim Hughes Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Spicy Marmalade (Ranger)
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Lil' Man (Cosmo Cricket)
Black, White (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Felt Stickers (Martha Stewart)

Have a great day!

Hey Chick!

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadian friends! I made this card quick before heading out to the parade (my daughter marches in her school marching band). I tried to quickly load it up before I left and alas the internet connection wasn't cooperating with me. So a little late today but here is a sneak peek at what is hitting the farm on Thursday....new Kim Hughes....YEAH!
I did this with the sketch challenge inspiration on SCS today.

Here is a close look at some paper piecing I did on the chicken. You don't always need to use pattened paper when doing this technique. I just stamped this image out on white card stock a couple of times, colored with my copics and then layered up my chicken!

Here are all the deets:
Stamps:
On the Farm (Kim Hughes Collection) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Kraft, Simply Smooth WHite (Prism)
Accessories:
Copic Markers
Ribbon, Buttons (Making Memories)
Twine

Enjoy your holiday!!!

Inky Delight and Certification News

Getting back to some of my stamping roots today. I played along in the "burnt edge" technique over on SCS today. Perfect for those vintage piece looks! I just loved this image as soon as I saw it. My FIL is a "whistler". You can always tell when things are going well as he works out on the farm because you will hear him whistling.
I used some fabulous Graphic 45 paper that I got from the wonderful Joy and Daisy at Eclectic Paperie....fantastic for vintage cards!
I used distress ink for the office tag and then dropped a few drops of water for an aged effect.
This fun image is being released tomorrow at CHF.
Here are all the deets on this card:
Stamps:
The Whistling Post (B&O Railroad), Vintage Text (Scrapblocks), Encouragement Expressions (Mona Lisa Moments) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink:
Tea Stain, Walnut Stain, Faded Denium, Black Soot Distress Ink (Ranger)
Paper:
Manila Tag (Office Depot)
Fashionista (Graphic 45)
Clear Label (Little Yellow Bicycle)
Accessories:
Twine
Edge Distressor (Making Memories)
Button
Sponge


Certification News:
The AUGUST Copic Certification Applications are now available:
AUGUST 15th Vancouver
AUGUST 22nd Calgary
AUGUST 29th Edmonton

If you are in need of an application form just e-mail me and I will send one to you!
sherrie@cardcreme.com


Enjoy your day!