Belle Papier {pretty paper}

OK That’s a lot of alliteration for a title but really… for this challenge, it’s true! Another one of Alli’s fun challenge ideas…case the style of another designer in the CHF gallery. We all picked a different designer to spread around the love. The designer I am casing is the extremely talented Michele Boyer. I know Michele’s work very well but actually, when it came right down to it, I was pretty nervous about casing her work. Her fun spin on things and her attention to detail…well…I’m hoping I did this design justice. When I think of Michele’s designs, I think of beautiful patterned papers, dark rich colors, cut out or paper pieced designs, stitching and of course…the dark copper brads. I actually was inspired by this design here and used the layout and some of the ideas while switching out a different line of Basic Grey paper and a different Kim Hughes stamp set.

Want to play along?! Just check out the CHF gallery and case a design. Check out the details here...

Hey Tweetie

As I mentioned above I took the layout for this design directly from one of Michele’s designs and switched up the Basic Grey paper to patterns from the 6×6 pad of the new Sultry line. I just can’t seem to get enough of this paper! To get a Michele look, I sponged all the edges with some dark Distress Ink and then put the card together. Some brown stitching adds some fun texture.

For the main image panel, I stamped the flower image repeatedly onto the patterned paper…one of my faves and I think one of Michele’s too. I used Kim Hughes’ Pretty Birds set from Cornish Heritage Farms and stamped the images onto various patterned papers from the Sultry pad. The little bird has details colored with Copic Markers. For the tree branch, I actually stamped it on the green patterned paper…you can see the color in the leaves and then colored the branch in darker with my Copics. To get a Michele style detail, I cut it all out and layered it onto some foam tape. To add some final touches, I added some Creative Impressions brads to the top of the design and as the birdhouse hole. The bird house pole is also stitched over with my sewing machine to make it stand out a little. Now can you tell what is in my nest? I trimmed off 1/2″ off the end of some Creative Impressions Jumbo ric rack. It frayed perfectly and makes a nice soft nest for my baby bird.;)

Have fun checking out the rest of the designs we’ve created for this challenge. We hope you join us!

-Lisa Silver
-Kim Hughes
-Dawn Lusk
-Kristine Reynolds
-Julie Campbell
-Valerie Stangle
-Lisa Stahl
-Sherrie Siemens
-Michele Boyer

-Lesley Langdon

-Lori Craig

-Alli Miles

Have a fabulous day!

Julia

Supply List:

STamps:

-Pretty Birds (Kim Hughes line) by Cornish Heritage FArms

-Silhouette Blooms 1 (Kim Hughes line) by Cornish Heritage FArms

Ink:

-Burnt Umber Palette ink by Stewart Superior

-Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Stewart Superior

Cardstock:

- Suede Brown Dark - Prism Papers

- Sultry 6×6 paper pad by Basic Grey

Accessories:

- large Copper Rounds brad - Creative Impressions

-ric rac - Creative Impressions

-markers by Copic

Tools:

-sewing machine

This week the CHF Challenge Chicks get distressed. Not in a bad way of course…at least I don’t think anyone was in distress! This week our challenge was to use Tim Holtz Distress Inks on a project. I love these fun inks with their beautiful colors and wicking properties. I haven’t been using them more than a few months so I’m especially excited to be taking a course on them this weekend. You may know how I often lament about never meeting any of my on-line designing friends. I’m so thrilled to be taking the course at a scrapbooking show with Lesley Langdon, one the illustrators and design team members for Cornish Heritage Farms. How cool is that?!

In the meantime, I had a little fun with my Distress Inks by sponging them together to make a background in beautiful warm tones. We’d love you to play along too! If you own some distress inks, consider yourself challenged. Our CHF General Stamping Forum has all the deets. If you’d like to know more about Tim Holtz Distress Inks by Ranger…I’ve written a Product Spotlight on them here. You also won’t want to miss the Distress Ink Challenge designs by the other designers…

-Lisa Silver
-Kim Hughes
-Dawn Lusk

-Kristine
-Sherrie Siemens
-Alli Miles
-Julie Campbell
-Lori Craig
-Lisa Strahl
-Lesley Langdon

Cherish Every Moment

For this design, I decided to go with more of a vintage/art style approach. I love playing around with different styles. I first stamped my Little People Collage stamp from The Rummage Bin line by Cornish Heritage Farms in Burnt Umber ink on white cardstock. I then dampened the panel with a little water and sponged on Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Tea Dye and Brushed Corduroy Distress inks until I had the effect I wanted. For my card base, I stamped the design with the Spanish Script Backgrounder and then clocks and the ornamental image for the Time to Stamp set. The background is simply white cardstock again, this time sponged with Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy inks. A little freestyle stitching holds it all together.

To embellish my design, I used a little pewter book plate from We R Memory Keepers and tied on some Creative Impressions ribbon. This ribbon is originally ivory and black but I sponged it with Worn Lipstick Distress ink to make it tone in with the design. I also did the same with my Prima flower to distress it.

Wishing you a great start to your week,

PS….Stop by for a visit tonight. I’m going to have a little surprise.

Edited to add…Ummm yikes! It’s 11 pm and we’re STILL grouting the tile. I’m sorry but the surprise is just going to have to wait until the morning.

I’m not sure if this design qualifies as shabby…it’s a bit of a mixture of fun elements and pretty ones. It is something I’m doing more and more…exploring different styles and mixtures and just letting go and having some fun. After all…that is what this is all about right? Creating and enjoying it.

I’m needing a few birthday cards over the next few weeks so I thought I’d better get to work. A good jumping off point for me is always a mix of new goodies, favorite stamps and a sketch challenge. This layout design is from this week’s CPS sketch. When I saw it I originally thought of a clean modern approach but I think this seems to work as well. My new goodies are the Fleuriste paper from Cosmo Cricket. The main design is stamped right onto the distressed vanilla patterned paper and overstamped with a background stamp. My other new goodies are from Creative Impressions…the darling little dragonfly brad, my favorite Antique Copper Rounds and the tan check ribbon.

Quick Tip: To get a semi-stamped look without stamping all areas of the background stamp…simply lay your paper on top of the backgrounder and “finger-walk” the tips of your fingers randomly over the back surface. I always love this look.

Spring Birthday

As I mentioned above, I mixed up some of my favorite stamps for this design…Silhouette Blooms 1, Pretty Birds and Spanish Script Backgrounder, all from Cornish Heritage Farms. I know you’ve seen them here lots before but I hope you’ll forgive me for using them yet again. A little distressing and stitching give it added depth and add to the shabby look. Sentiment is from the Tag You’re It stamp set. I just love the Kim Hughes Line. Just so you know…CHF is releasing another two fabulous Kim Hughes sets tomorrow. I know you’re going to love them. The Easter holiday has delayed Canada Post even longer than usually this time…sigh. I’m still stalking the mail box for mine. If you’d like sneak peeks…check out the CHF design team blogs (links in my sidebar). The designs will be in the CHF gallery tomorrow as well. Also check back tomorrow for the Thursday Ways to Use it challenge.

Until tomorrow…

Supply list:

Stamps: flower from Silhouette Blooms 1 (Kim Hughes Line) by Cornish Heritage Farms

birthday sentiment from Tag You’re It(Kim Hughes Line) by Cornish Heritage Farms

bird from Pretty Birds (Kim Hughes Line) by Cornish Heritage Farms

Spanish Script Backgrounder by Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink: Shabby Shutter, Brushed Corduroy, Antique Linen, Worn Lipstick Distress Inks - Ranger

Espresso Adirondack ink by Ranger

Cardstock: white cardstock - Prism Papers
Patterned paper: Fleuriste 8×8 paper pad by Cosmo Cricket

Other:

ribbon by Creative Impressions

Dragonfly brad and Copper brads by Creative Impressions

glitter chipboard by Making Memories,