Kindergarten Day

Did you know that “National Kindergarten Day takes place on April 21. The day celebrates the preschool educational institution for children and honors the creator of the concept of the “kindergarten”. The term "kindergarten" was created by Friedrich Fröbel (born on April 21, 1782) for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school. His goal was that children should be taken care of and nourished in "children's gardens" like plants in a garden.”

So let’s make a card for a little kid is the challenge I issued my Cornish Heritage Farm friends.

I used this cute little kitty playing with the flowers digi image. Just love this digi and thought it looked like something a little kid would like also. Used some stickles on the kitty’s bell for some shine and some Mudd Puddles dry sand for the dirt. Image is colored with copics.



Want to play along?????

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project ... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to the CHF blog post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to included the keyword CHF77. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today to see what they created for this challenge.

• Amber Hillman
• Monica Taylor
• Steph Ackerman

                Thanks for stopping by!

                           Amber

Inlaid Die Cuts card

Time for another challenge over at CCEE! Sabrina tells us that It wouldn’t be a month of challenges from her without a technique challenge,  so here’s a technique challenge pure and simple...or not so simple; it’s up to you.

Inlaid die-cuts

Here are a few links which might help you create something using this technique.

Easy: Inlaid Die Cuts

More Complex:

Puzzle Piece Resist

Inlaid Die Cuts Tutorial

I wasn’t sure how I’d do this so I just pulled out a die that had multiply layers and went to work. (yes, the sentiment is a little crooked as I worked the entire card backwards! lol)

Kept it simple by just making it two tone. Used new set from Cornish Heritage Farms called Scripture Essentials. Added some bling in the corners.

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

• Amber Hillman
• Anne Harmon
• Joanne Grzelak
• Liz Williams
• Lois Bak
• Lynn McAuley
• Maryann Einam
• Sabrina Friel
  Vicky Gould
  
  
  Thanks for stopping by!
  
              Amber

Hello Friend

Challenge time over at Cornish Heritage Farms! This time around I am the hostess! My challenge to you is to make a snowy card. I love my snow and all too soon it will be over for another year (yes, I know, most are waiting for that day when the snow is gone.). So create a card using a snowman or a snowy scene.

I used Snow Dog digi stamp for my card. Colored him with prismacolor pencils and blended them with odorless mineral spirits. Used some White Flower Soft for the snow and added some bling in behind the image layer. The sentiment is from one of the new sets released at CHF called Friend Expressions.




If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project ... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to the CHF blog post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to included the keyword CHF73. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today to see what they created for this challenge.

Amber Hillman

Steph Ackerman

Monica Taylor

Thanks for stopping by!

Amber

The plane

There is still plenty of time to play in the CHF challenge over on the Cornish Heritage Farms Blog.  This week the challenge is hosted by Kelly.

This time round our challenge is to Create a card based on a favorite storybook character.

I used Toy Airplane Digital Stamp for my card. Colored it with copics and popped it up. Don’t ask me what favorite storybook character as I have no clue but there has to be some storybook out there that has a plane in it… right?? Shoot, it could be Jay Jay the Jet Plane… that is in storybook form too, right? Anyways here is my card.

Want to play along????

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!
To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)
Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF63. We can't wait to see what you create!
Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs to so see what they created for this challenge.

Amber Hillman

Ann Marie Saunders

Irit Shalom

Kelly Santi

Kristine Reynolds

Maureen Russell

Steph Ackerman

        Thanks for stopping by!

                Amber

Happy first day of Fall

Happy Fall!! Today is the first day of Fall for us and I am so in the mood for Fall. Pumpkins, Apple Cider, Fall Colors, Hoodies, Bonfires, Hayrides, Boots and the list goes on.

It is also time for another Cornish Heritage Farms Blog challenge! This week’s challenge is hosted by Frances. She has a sketch for us.



I used Pumpkin Wheelbarrow digital stamp for my card. Decided to use watercolor pencils to color the image. Did a little out of the box cutting and added some leaf brads. Thought I had the sketch in my head but when I started to do my post, I saw that I forgot to layer my sentiment. Oops!!

Want to play along????

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)
Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF62. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

Amber Hillman

Ann Marie Saunders

Irit Shalom

Kelly Santi

Kristine Reynolds

Maureen Russell

Steph Ackerman

Since it is the first day of Fall, thought I’d share some Pumpkin goodies that I have made lately with you. Recipes can be found by clicking the titles.


                      Pumpkin Streusel Muffin


                           Pumpkin Spice Donuts


          
            Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

Happy birthday, boys.

Time for another CHF challenge over on the Cornish Heritage Farms Blog.  This week the challenge is hosted by Me! I challenged everyone to create a masculine/little boy birthday card because today is my son’s 12th birthday and my nephew’s 11th birthday!

I used Pirate Map 1 Digital Stamp and Skull and Crossbones Digital Stamp for my card. Colored in the map with prismacolored pencils and distressed it with inks. Even ripping the bottom and crumpling up the map to make it look “old”. Also distressed the skull/crossbones.

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!
To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)
Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF61. We can't wait to see what you create!
Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

Amber Hillman

Ann Marie Saunders

Irit Shalom

Kelly Santi

Kristine Reynolds

Maureen Russell

Steph Ackerman

and of course here is the cake I made my son for his birthday party over the weekend. A giant ice cream sandwich!

       Thanks for stopping by!

                          Amber

Cow Pillow Box

Time for another CHF challenge over at the Cornish Heritage Farms Blog.  This week the challenge is hosted by Irit. This time round our challenge is to create Anything but a Card.

I used Cow 1 digital stamp and the digital sentiment that went with it from CHF and made a Pillow Box. Colored the cow with copics, cut it out completely and added some prima flowers for it to stand in.

To play along, create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project head over to the CHF blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF60. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

Amber Hillman

Ann Marie Saunders

Irit Shalom

Kelly Santi

Kristine Reynolds

Maureen Russell

Steph Ackerman

         Thanks for stopping by!

                         Amber

Thank you

It's time for another CHF challenge over on the Cornish Heritage Farms Blog.  This week the challenge is hosted by Irit Shalom.
This time round our challenge is to  use 3 different mediums over your project (like mist/marker/embossing powder or any other mediums).

I embossed Ornamental Beauty in clear embossing powder and then sponged on distress inks. Stamped sentiment also from Ornamental Beauty and used Spellbinder Oval to cut it out.

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project head over to the CHF Blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project the related post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keywordCHF57. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

Amber Hillman

Ann Marie Saunders

Irit Shalom

Kelly Santi

Kristine Reynolds

Maureen Russell

Steph Ackerman


           Thanks for stopping by!
  
                      Amber

Thomas Kinkade Christmas in July

It’s that time already….another Cornish Heritage Farms challenge. The challenge this week is Christmas in July using a Thomas Kinkade stamp!

I pulled out TK – Village Christmas stamp and went to work. Lightly colored it with copics and added some sparkles with glitter pen. Used white gel pen on the snow sections. Then distressed with distress inks.




        Thanks for stopping by!

                     Amber

Party Animal

Time for a new challenge over at Cornish Heritage Farms Blog. Summer Celebrations … Like weddings, birthdays, Fourth of July.. any summer celebration!

I went with birthday celebration for my card and used Birthday Dog Digital Stamp. Colored him with copics and did a little out of the box cutting. On his hat top and candles, I added some stickles. Did some faux stitching on the background layer and digital layer.

Don’t forget to check out what the rest of the Cornish Heritage Farms gals have celebrated!

           Thanks for stopping by!

                         Amber

Thank You

There is still time to play in Cornish Heritage Farms challenge of creating a background with stamps.

Since the graduation party is now over (that’s a whole another post!), it is time to make the “Thank You” cards. This challenge was perfect for that so I kept it pretty clean and simple so I will be able to whip out a few hundred. (okay so that may be a small exaggeration but…)

I used  the butterfly from Antiques for my background and a sentiment from Ornamental Beauty. Stamped all in bordering blue and layered the oval with Spellbinder scallop bordering blue.


If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)
Once you have created your card/project head to the CHF Blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project to the Water Color post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF55. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs so see what they created for this challenge.

• Amber Hillman <--- that is me
• Ann Marie Saunders
• Frances Byrne
• Irit Shalom
• Kelly Santi
• Kristine Reynolds
• Maureen Russell
• Steph Ackerman

      
           Thanks for stopping by!

                  Amber

Whatever things are lovely

Time for another CCEE challenge. June is the month for weddings so today’s challenge is to make an all white card.

I used Ornamental Beauty from Cornish Heritage Farms for my card. Used a Spellbinder die set called Exquisite Circles. Popped up each circle for some dimension.

         Thanks for stopping by!

                    Amber

Thank You

It’s time for another CHF challenge over on the Cornish Heritage Farms Blog . This week the challenge is hosted by Ann Marie!

This week Ann Marie  has challenged us to Use Watering Coloring when you create your card or project.

I haven’t water colored in ages…so long in fact that I almost forgot what kind of ink to even use so it wouldn’t smear! lol I finally decided on Streams of Living Water for my image. Stamped it in black Staz On ink and went to work coloring it with my prisma color water color pencils. Added a little crystal stickles to the windows just to give a shimmer and some white gel pen to the stream.

I also used a sentiment from Ornamental Beauty to finish off my card.

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project head to the CHF Blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project to the Water Color post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF54. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

Amber Hillman

Ann Marie Saunders

Irit Shalom

Kelly Santi

Kristine Reynolds

Maureen Russell

Steph Ackerman


           Thanks for stopping by!

                       Amber

It Doesn’t Get Much Better

Time for another CHF blog weekly challenge. This time our challenge hostess, Frances Byrne, has provided us with this sketch challenge.

I used Thomas Kinkade It Doesn’t Get Much Better for my card. Stamped it in Vintage Sepia ink and layered it a few times. I couldn’t decide if I wanted color on the image or not so for now I left it alone.

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project, head to the CHF blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project to the post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF52. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge, you can find their links over at the CHF blog.


            Thanks for stopping by!

                 Amber

Exciting news and a challenge

I have exciting news to share. I am now a part of the Cornish Heritage Farms Design Team! And I’m here today to share my first Cornish Heritage Farms Blog Challenge card!

This time the challenge is to make a Mother’s Day Card.

I used Birds and Flowers digi for my card. Used watercolor pencils to color the image.

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using CHF images. You can use either CHF digi or rubber stamps to create a card or project.... anything you like as long as the stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms. (Yes, they can be older stamps.)

Once you have created your card/project, head to the CHF blog and place a comment with a link to your card/project to the post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword CHF52. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don’t forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today so see what they created for this challenge.

 

Ann Marie Saunders
    Frances Byrne

Irit Shalom

Kelly Santi

Kristine Reynolds

Maureen Russell

Steph Ackerman

        Thanks for stopping by!

                      Amber

Very little is needed to make a happy life

Okay, maybe lots is needed to make a happy life but for Tom Allen's Friendly Kritters, They don't need a lot! I used Tom Allen's Friends Don't Mind for the sketch 209 which i combined with the ways to use it 199 (use silver).

I also used all Helmar Adhesives on my card too. Of course I used two of my favorite Helmar Adhesives; Liquid Scrap Dots and V2 Vellum Adhesive. I used Helmar's Quick Fix Adhesive Runner to tape all the other pieces of the cards down.

Image is colored with Prismacolor Markers. Cloud stencil was used for the sky. White gel pen was used on the skunk to highlight the white. Used a black marker around the image to give the look of being layered on black cardstock. Helmar Liquid Scrap Dots were used to hold the image down. See picture below to see a close up of the liquid scrap dots.

The V2 Vellum Adhesive (it's a spray) was used on the vellum sentiment that came from ScrapEssentials Emotions. The dsp is from the only value pack I have... ready for it?? DCWV The CHRISTMAS Stack!! Yup, I used Christmas design paper on the card. You never would have known, would you? Silver brads added to the corner for the Silver in the Ways to Use challenge. Notched the edges of the very last pink layer.

stamp: Tom Allen's Friends Don't Mind - CHF; paper: misc green/pink, DCWV The Christmas Stack; ink: Black Stazon; accs: prismacolor markers, brads, cloud stencil, helmar v2 vellum adhesive, liquid scrap dots & quick fix runner adhesive

close up of the Liquid Scrap Dots. (Did you know that you should be able to click on the picture to pull it up?)

About Splitcoaststampers and a secret revealed!

Did you know that it is FREE to become a member of Splitcoaststampers known amoung the stamping community as SCS. But have you ever wanted to support SCS for all the hard work that goes into keeping the site running? How about joining the Fan Club? What is the Fan Club? It is a paid subscription that gives you extra benefits such as instant uploads, access to special forums and access to a special monthly gallery (opened on the 15th of each month with 2 new members) created by Splitcoaststampers Design Team fondly known as the Dirty Dozen.

What? You want to see what you are actually paying for? Well guess what? SCS has decided to give everyone an early Christmas present by opening up December's gallery to EVERYONE who is a member of SCS!! And for a limited time, you can become a Fan Club member for only $19.95 or gift someone else a Fan Club membership.

Okay, so you are probably going "why is she telling us all of this?" Well... I have had a BIG secret that I couldn't tell for the past 2 months and can finally tell!! Plus I LOVE Splitcoaststampers, it has helped me grow by leaps and bounds in my stamping mojo and I have made great friends there.

So IF you'd like to see more of this card:

that I designed, then maybe you should head over to the Dec. gallery to see who is being revealed this month as the newest Dirty Girls. It is a good one, let me tell you!!


Did you figure it out before you headed over?? :)