Woodblock Wednesday January 2024 Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome to this month's Woodblock Wednesday challenge.   My card this month is using another Thomas Kincade stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms.  I haven't used this stamp in years probably because my migraines have been so bad and there is a LOT of detail to the images.  Now, if you love deep "cut" red rubber stamps, then these stamps are not for you.  Due to all of details in his paintings, the image is, or was, pressed onto the rubber.  I tend to use the sticker image, or the book of Thomas Kincade paintings I received as a RAK, as reference to help me see what's tree, flower, snow, and so on.  Also, the medium (markers, ink, paper, pencils, watercolors, etc) you use, determines how well the detail shows.

I started out by stamping the image in memento tuxedo black on Neenah white card stock before coloring using my Castle Arts watercolor pencils with a blender pencil.  Once my image was colored and blended, I added memento tuxedo black ink directly to the sides of the "painting" before layering, adding brads then adhering it to a ballet blue card using glue dots (very important step).  I then added some Sakura Moonlight 3D pens to color the "ornaments" on the pond's Christmas tree before adding LOTS of waterfall and crystal ice stickles.  The reason for using the glue dots to adhere is because of all of the glitter glue can make the image layer "warp" if not adhered well enough.  I've found thatwhen using only mono adhesive to adhere the layer, it will not stay put.  Just saying.  I'm thinking I may make using the Thomas Kincade stamps I have my monthly Woodblock Wednesday projects since it does take time to get the coloring right and they all might finally see ink again.

Here's a side by side view:

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday - January 2024 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Those Unloved Stamps/Stash (stamp, 3D pens)

Inspiration Station Jan 2024 - See Inspiration Pic (inspired by night, snow)

Double D Jan 17 - Sparkle and Shine (used ice stickles for snow, silver brads) 

Christmas Craft Creations January - Glitter and Sparkle (used ice stickles)

Shopping Our Stash #514 - Winter Wonderland

 

Inspiration Station

 

Double D Challenges
 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin UP

Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Glue Dots, 3D Moonlight Pens, Ice Stickles

 

Freesia Happiness

Second post for me today.  If you're looking for my CAS-ology challenge post, please scroll down one.

Due to my migraines, it's been a while since I've been able to participate in a Cornish Heritage Farms challenge, however, this week I found a way to get one done using a retired stamp (now in digital form) that was in terrible need of some love called Freesia Happiness.

I stamped both my card and layer backgrounds using the freesia flower image and some retired Stampin Up! ink to create my own designer paper before stamping the same flower in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock and coloring with prismacolor markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I lightly sponged plum and sage shadow inks around the edges of the image and card before stamping my saying, then sponging, and adding my own faux brads then primas with bling centers.

Challenges entered:
Cornish Heritage Farms - #23 Create Your Own Designer Paper

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.

Stamps: CHF Freesia Happiness
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Sage Shadow, Perfect Plum
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Sage Shadow, Perfect Plum
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, Primas, Bling, Small Hole Punch, 2-Way Glue Pen

Mushroom Lane Christmas

This week's Cornish Heritage Farms challenge is all about winter.  So I decided to print out one of my favorite Mushroom Lane digital stamps Christmas at #19 Mushroom Lane. 

Once I had it printed out, I colored the entire image using regular Rose Art colored pencils before stamping snowflakes from the retired CHF Joyeux Noel stamp set in Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink and then stippling the same ink around the edges to soften them.  My final embellishment was highlighting the snowflakes in waterfall ice stickles and the snow in diamond ice stickles.

Challenges submitted:

Cornish Heritage Farms #16 - Winter
SCS Fan Club - Baby It's Cold Outside

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and a very Merry Christmas.

Stamps: CHF Mushroom Lane #19 Digital Stamp, Joyeux Noel (retired)
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Close To Cocoa, Riding Hood Red
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Accessories: Printer, Computer, Rose Art Colored Pencils, Ice Stickles

Graceland At Christmas

Hello again.  I stamped this card for the Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kincade challenge over a week ago, but have been unable to upload due to my migraines.  I just LOVE my Thomas Kincade stamps!! 

For this image, I decided to go with a clean and simple (CAS), monochromatic look.  After stamping the Graceland Christmas image in memento bahama blue ink, I layered it on Stampin Up! navy and pacific pointe card stock before adding three alternating layers of scalloped borders along with silver snowflakes.  The card took me a total of about 20minutes to make and would be easy to make for mass reproduction of Christmas cards.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: CHF Thomas Kincade Graceland Christmas
Ink: Memento Bahama Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Night Of Navy, Pacific Pointe
Accessories: MFT Jumbo Scallop Die-Namic, Silver Brads, Silver Snowflake Brads

Saturday Evening Post Fall Cover

Hello and welcome.  First, I would like to apologize for the not posting for so long.  Unfortunately, between my migraines again, plus the flu, I've been down for the last couple of weeks.  I'm finally feeling well enough to try my hand at stamping again so I decided to jump in at the last minute with the Cornish Heritage Farms fall challenge.

Pulling out one of my retired Saturday Evening Post stamps, I stamped it in memento tuxedo black ink onto snow storm white card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers blending as needed.  Once I was satisfied with the coloring, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz wild honey, vintage photo, brushed corduroy, spiced marmalade, and dusty concord distress inks around and over the image.  After layering, and adding some pumpkin brads, I added some silk glitter leaves to finish framing my colored image.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: CHF Saturday Evening Post
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Dusty Concord, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmalade, Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm, Stampin Up! Pumpkin Pie, Black, Real Red
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Silk Leaves, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes

Twine and the Gingerbread Cottage

Hello and welcome to Monday.  Today I am sharing a card I made using one of my favorite artists, Thomas Kincade, whose paintings are being produced into stamps by The New Cornish Heritage Farms.  I bought this stamp, called Gingerbread Cottage, a few months ago and haven't inked it up until today for the CHF twine challenge over on the CHF blog.

After inking my stamp using some Tim Holtz walnut stain distress ink and layering onto Stampin Up! card stock, I added some vintage brads since I hadn't planned on coloring my image.  However, once the card was assembled, and the twine added, it looked too plain so I pulled out my Stampin Up! woodless pencils and lightly colored select areas of the image before lightly stippling Tim Holtz broken china distress ink for the background sky before stamping the inside with a saying from the retired Mona Lisa Moments Motivational Centers.. Now I was satisfied with my card.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: CHF Thomas Kincade Gingerbread Cottage, Mona Lisa Moments Motivational Centers
Ink: Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Broken China
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm, Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango, Not Quite Navy
Accessories: Twine, Brads, Woodless Colored Pencils

Teapot House - MMTPT139

Happy Monday!  It's the beginning of a new week.  First and foremost, let me apologize for my card being assembled crookedly.  I'm still dealing with a freakin migraine that doesn't want to go away.  For this week's Teapot Tuesday challenge, we are to make "girly" or feminine cards with ribbon some for a fellow SCSer who lost all of her stamping stuff in a flood. 

With the inspiration photo being pink & white teapots, I pulled out a retired Cornish Heritage Farms Mushroom Lane teapot house I've had for a while.  After stamping it up in memento tuxedo black ink then coloring with prismacolor markers, I lightly stippled some Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around the edges before layering.  For the card base itself, I pulled out a retired Stampin Up! wheel that I've had for years, and inked it with pixie pink before rolling diagonally across the card base. 

Once the card was done, I added a MFT jumbo scallop die-namic die cut that was in my stash before popping up my image panel.  Once that was done, I added a couple of primas with bling centers and some ice stickles to the bugs & flowers to finish everything off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great week.



Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Mushroom Lane Teapot, Stampin Up! Bugs & Blossoms Wheel
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Pixie Pink
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pixie Pink, Lovely Liliac, Green Galore, Pumpkin Pie
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles, Primas, Glue Dots, Dimenionals, Brads, Ribbon Bow, MFT Jumbo Scallop Die-Namic, Stampendous Bling Stickers

Mix And Match

Happy Wednesday folks!! The week is almost over! Today I have another Kincade for you. This one is called A Perfect Summer's Day vignette.

I stamped the image in pallet noir black and then colored with prismacolor pencils and a blender pencil before stippling Tim Holtz tea stain ink around the edges of the colored image to age it a bit and then walnut stain around the edges of the card itself. Once I was done aging my image and card, I ready for the layering and to add the necessary brads to finish it off. Easy peasy.

The saying is Psalm 23:2 from the Thomas Kincade line of stamps at Cornish Heritage Farms.

Working with the Thomas Kincade stamps seems hard and intimidating, but they are really easy and lots of fun. Give it a try!


Stamps: CHF Thomas Kincade A Perfect Summer's Day, Still Waters
Cardstock: White, Garden Green, Night of Navy, Old Olive
Ink: Pallet Noir Black, Tim Holtz Tea Stain & Walnut Stain
Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils, Blender Pencils, Brads, Stipple Brush

He Is Risen Indeed!!!

This stamp from Cornish Heritage Farms Sunrise, is one of Thomas Kincade's paintings from The Cross of Christ.

As we go about our daily parties, egg hunts, picnics, BBQ's, let us not forget the real reason we celebrate this day, Christ's rising from the dead.

He Is Risen!!!

Stamps: CHF Thomas Kincade Sunrise

Cardstock: White, Stampin Up! Close to Cocoa, Summer Sunrise, Garden Green, Going Grey

Accessories: Stampin Up! Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Brads, Aquapainter

Ink: Pallet Noir

Cottage In The Woods

Happy Tuesday Everyone! Where has February gone already? Geez, it seems like we were just celebrating Christmas and now it's almost March.

I have another Kincade from the archives for you today that I thought I had posted, but, nope not yet. This stamp is called A Perfect Summer's Day by Cornish Heritage Farms, but it also reminds me of Spring with all of the flowers blooming and the green grass, since Spring is the only time you see green grass in Central California.

This image is stamped in pallet noir on watercolor paper and then colored using Stampin Up! Watercolor Wonder Crayons and an aquapainter. I used the Stampin Up! photo corner punch with vintage brads to frame the image and stippled Tim Holtz walnut stain ink around the edges to "dirty" it up a bit for more of a rustic feel.



Stamps: CHF Thomas Kincade A Perfect Summer's Day
Cardstock: Stampin Up! Handsome Hunter, Watercolor Paper, Ruby Red, Night of Navy, Sage Shadow
Ink: Pallet Noir, Tim Holtz Walnut Stain
Accessories: Stampin Up! Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aquapainter, Vintage Brads, Stampin Up! Photo Corner Punch, Stipple Brush,

Old Fashioned Christmas Candle

Today I have another Thomas Kincade from the archives only this time instead of a card, how about a Christmas present? This image is the Thomas Kincade Village Christmas Vignette stamped in pallet noir on vellum cardstock. Once the ink is dry, flip the cardstock over and color on the "reverse" side.

Once the coloring is done, wrap your cardstock around the outside of a candle with a hole drilled into the top of it with a drill press. (Most husbands will love helping you out with this part. I know mine did.) The outer wrap can be secured with glue dots easily and it'll hold there just fine as well.

Once the wrap is in place, just place a small votive holder, with votive candle, inside the drilled out section; and you have a beautiful gift for someone.


Now, to "spice" up your gift a bit, try adding some ice stickles to some of the snow covered areas on the roof-tops, or to highlight some of the iced over areas where you want just a little bit of sparkle.

Here's a side view of our lit candle. If you look closely on the right hand side, you can see some of the ice stickles I added next to the cars.

Once my husband drilled out the holes in my candles, my gifts took a total of 15-20 per candle to make not counting drying time for the ice stickles.






Stamps: CHF Thomas Kincade Village Christmas Vignette
Ink: Pallet Noir
Cardstock: Vellum
Accessories: Rose Art Colored Pencils, Candle, Drill Press, Ice Stickles, Glue Dots, Votive Holder, Votive

Sandra Kuck Sisters - 3 Ways

I totally love this now retired Sandra Kuck Sisters image by Cornish Heritage Farms. I can get so many different looks just by changing how I'm coloring it.


For the particular card, I stamped the image with pallet noir on white cardstock, let it dry completely, and colored with prismacolor markers before layering.


Once I was done layering, I added some fabric bridal seashell confetti I had found at Michael's last year making sure to double layer the shells and securing them with a jeweled brad. The saying is from Cornish Heritage Farms Mona Lisa Moments and is also stamped in pallet noir.


Overall the card is pretty much kept clean and simple, with no background stamping.




For the second image using the Sisters stamp, I once again stamped it with pallet noir but this time used vanilla cardstock. In order to achieve a softer look this time, I decided to try coloring with plain old colored pencils and boy did they NOT disappoint!


To keep everything tied together, I dug out some pink parchment cardstock to layer with and some lavender mulberry paper from my stash before adding an embossed prima with a gem center and some silver brads.






Now for the third way to color the Sisters image, I stamped it in pallet noir on watercolor paper. Pulling out my Stampin Up! Watercolor Wonder Crayons and aquapainter brush, I started watercoloring to my hearts delight again keeping the tone as soft as possible before layering.


Pulling out my pink parchment paper again, I sponged rose ink around the edges of the card before adding fibers and square page pebbles as embellies.


Stamps: CHF Sandra Kuck Sisters, Mona Lisa Moments
Ink: Pallet Noir Black, Stampin Up! Regal Rose
Cardstock: Stampin Up! Vanilla, Ballet Blue, Black, Pixie Pink, Creamy Caramel, Blush Blossom, Watercolor Paper, Pink Parchment
Accessories: Rose Art Colored Pencils, Prismacolor Markers, Stampin Up! Watercolor Wonder Crayons, Aquapainter, Fibers, Page Pebbles, Brads, Primas, Bridal Seashell Confetti

From The Archives - Framed Light Of Peace

Framed home decor is normally not one of my specialties. I was just playing around one day with Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kincade's Light Of Peace and my new (at the time) Prismacolor markers, when I decided to try framing one of the images I was coloring.

So, after stamping the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloring with Prismacolor markers, I found one of my $2 special antique looking frames from Walmart and lined up the lighthouse scene inside the matte opening and taping it down. After re-assembling the frame, I found it actually looked pretty good. I mean, not art gallery quality, but not too bad either especially for using alcohol markers for the first time too.

I ended up giving the framed Light of Peace to one of my nuclear technologists that was leaving and moving back east. She really seemed to appreciate it too.


How about using framed stamped images for holiday presents? Or what about birthday or anniversary presents?

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kincade Light of Peace
Cardstock: White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Walmart Frame

Cobblestone Bridge Compare And Contrast

Hello. Two more Thomas Kincade cards from the archives called Cobblestone Bridge from Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kincade series.

The card on the left I stamped in Pallet Noir on watercolor paper and then water colored using Stampin Up!'s Watercolor Wonder Crayons. I love to watercolor the Thomas Kincade images because they tend to look more like a mini painting then a stamped image. For this particular one, in order to make it look a bit more "rustic" I stippled some Tim Holtz tea stain distress ink over the image once I was done water coloring. Adding punched photo corners with vintage brass brads only helped add to the "rustic" look I was trying to achieve.

Now for a contrasting look, try stamping in white on black paper. I've been wanting to see if I could make this village look like it was covered with snow and this is the closest I could come. I totally love the effect though.

The Cobblestone Bridge village is stamped in Pallet Canvas White on Stampin Up! basic black paper before being layered on silver designer paper. A clean and simple card with the wow factor already tied in.

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kincade Cobblestone Bridge

Cardstock: Stampin Up! Black, Always Artichoke, Brilliant Blue, Watercolor Paper, Silver Designer Paper

Ink: Pallet Canvas White, Pallet Noir, Tim Holtz Tea Stain Distress Ink

Accessories: Stampin Up! Watercolor Crayons, Aquapainter, Stampin Up! Photo Corners Punch, Vintage Brass Brads, Dimensionals, Stipple Brush

Still Waters Church

Wow!! Can't believe how long it's been since my last post. Life sure has been interrupting my stamping and posting.

Found this Thomas Kincade card in my computer archives that hadn't been posted yet. In fact, I found a lot of Kincade cards that I'll be posting over the next week or so.

This image is called Streams of Living Water and was stamped in Pallet Noir then colored with Prismacolor pencils with a blender pencil. I really love the softer tone the pencils give the image, yet, totally bring out the details of Thomas Kincade's painting as well. Off to the left of the stream are two deer coming to drink and they just add to the peacefulness of the whole image. Sections of the stream are highlighted with diamond ice stickles to look like the water is going over rocks, or the sun is reflecting off the water.

Stamps: Cornish Heritage Farms Streams Of Living Water

Cardstock: Stampin Up! Brilliant Blue, Handsome Hunter, Black, White

Ink: Pallet Noir

Accessories: Prismacolor Pencils & Blender Pencils, Brads, Diamond Ice Stickles

Christmas One Sheet Wonder

It's week 5 of Cornish Heritage Farms Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge - One Sheet Wonder. Now I've never done a one sheet wonder before so while I thought about this I kind of psyched myself out and gave me a one sheet headache for a bit. Aye vey! It was actually easier than I was making it once I got going.

I decided that since I'm behind in the Christmas card challenge, why not get caught up and make some Christmas cards. I started by printing out one of PTI's My Timeless Templates I had already purchased and not done yet called Captured Card Case. After printing out my template on Stampin Up! bashful blue cardstock, cutting it out, and assembling, I was ready to stamp my one sheet wonder.

I decided to stamp my 12x12 One Sheet Wonder (OSW) using Cornish Heritage Farms Joyeux Noel set in Stampin Up's pacific pointe and bashful blue dye ink before stippling bashful blue in between the snowflakes as seen below.

I then cut my backgrounds for three cards and the lid of my Captured Card Case from the One Sheet Wonder cardstock as seen below.

I then stamped my sayings and punched them out with the Marvy Mega and Giga scalloped punches, added snowflake bobbin ribbon from Joann's, bulk snowflake brads and then gem stickers from the Michaels $1 spot.

To finish using up my One Sheet Wonder cardstock, I pulled out a Target notepad I've had in my stash for years and have just never altered like planned. Once it was covered with my template sheet, I added some primas I've had forever with dew drop centers, then added a saying and a Martha Stewart ribbon bow to finish it off.

I then finished off my Captured Card Case box by stamping some Kim Hughes images in memento tuxedo black on white cardstock and coloring them with prismacolor markers, cutting out and adhering to the box top with glue dots. Then I added the rest of the snowflake bobbin ribbon from Joann's also with glue dots to finish everything off.

Here's what my Captured Card Case looks like filled up with my Christmas cards. It'll make a great Christmas gift later when I fill it with something else besides cards and then the notebook later. So what do you think?

Stamps: CHF Forest Friendzy, Christmas Critters, Christmas Cheer, Joyeux Noel, Christmas Expressions

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Bashful Blue

Cardstock: White, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Bashful Blue

Accessories: White Signo Gel Pen, Dimensionals, Glue Dots, Brads, Bobbin Ribbon, Marvy Mega & Giga Scallop Punches, Silver Brad Trees, Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brush, Gem Stickers, Sponge

Have You Scene The Ocean At Night?

It's week 4 of Cornish Heritage Farms Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge; this week Make A Scene. I used two stamp sets from the Scene It! series: Beacon of Hope and By The Seashore. With the hot temps around here all I could think about was getting to the beach and in a hurry! Anyone who really knows me, knows I have a love of lighthouses and I really wanted to use a lighthouse for this challenge as well.

I first stamped everything in memento tuxedo black and then stamped my lady with the basket, another set of palm trees, crab, and shells on scrap paper in memento black as well. Taking my prismacolor markers, I colored everything in the darker shades since I was making a night scene so the lighthouse "beacon" would show. Since the actual lighthouse stamp doesn't have a "shadow" beacon, I hand drew in my own and then colored in the darker sky around it. After the coloring on my main image was done, I colored and cut out the pieces on the scrap papers, then popped them up on dimensionals and mini pop dots. I kept embellishments simple except for ice stickles to highlight the waves.

Stamps: CHF Scene It! Beacon of Hope, By The Seashore

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Cardstock: White, Stampin Up! Black

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles, Dimensionals, Mini Pop Dots

Make A Wish

Happy Sunday to you all. Thought I would post a cool card since it's so hot here in Central California - 106 again today and we're looking at another 10 days of this kind of weather. Yuck!

Doesn't this card look like a cooler climate to you? To me it does. I had submitted this to Paper Crafts coloring contest back in April, and of course, it wasn't one of their winners. This is Cornish Heritage Farms Thomas Kincade's Make A Wish Cottage; from Thom's cottage series paintings.

I had stamped the image in memento tuxedo black in and then colored with prismacolor markers. Keeping the embellishments simple, the only things I used were vintage brads in the corners and just a hint of ice stickles on the stream behind the wishing well.

So, what do you wish for today? Me, cooler temperatures!

Stamps: CHF Thomas Kincade Make A Wish Cottage
Cardstock: White, Stampin Up! Glorious Green, Gable Green, Black
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Ice Stickles

Can You Resist Crayons?

It's week 3 of Cornish Heritage Farms Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge Contest - Resist. I chose to do a crayon resist technique. I love this technique because I get to be a little kid again. So pull out those crayons! If you don't have any of your own, borrow from the kiddos, or go get some from the back to school sales going on now. Yikes!!

I stamped my image in memento tuxedo black on glossy cardstock and allowed the image to dry completely. Once that was done, then I got to work coloring with my crayons. When I was done coloring, I pulled out a retired Stampin Up! fall kalidacolor ink pad and inked up my brayer. I then rolled my brayer over the glossy cardstock, and image, several times; allowing the ink layers to overlap and blend. As I did this, the areas that were colored with the crayons began to show through, resisting the ink. When the ink dries, the card looks like a fall sunset in the background with the colored sections sitting in a foreground. Too much ink? No sweat, just wipe it off with a Kleenex or paper towel before the ink dries to lighten it up over the crayon areas.

Cool huh?

Stamps: CHF SEP Fall Harvest, Stampin Up Autumn Days

Cardstock: Garden Green, Glossy, Dusty Durango, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin UP! Retired Kalidacolor

Accessories: Brayer, Brads, Martha Stewart Ribbon Bow

Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge!!

Cornish Heritage Farms is have a five week, yes count them FIVE week, guest star design challenge. Each week there will be a $50 rubber stampin credit winner, with the stamper that participates in all five weeks being considered for a guest design spot for their September release. You can find all of the details here.

I decided for my first week's entry, coloring (my favorite technique) to use the Saturday Evening Post Pastoral Woman stamp that had just been begging to see some ink. I've had this stamp for awhile and just hadn't inked it up yet. So, I stamped it in memento tuxedo black ink on vanilla cardstock and then colored with prismacolor markers making sure my blending brought out plenty of lighter areas to resemble an "old" painting. After coloring the image, I then stippled Tim Holtz old paper and tea stain distress ink lightly over and on the sides of the image before distressing the actual sides of the image panel.

Wanting to keep the "old fashioned" lattice look that was behind the grape arbor, I pulled out a retired CHF lattice backgrounder and stamped that in Stampin Up elegant eggplant on the same cardstock. After adding some vintage looking lace, I then stacked some primas in co-ordinating colors and added a purple gem sticker, some brads on the pastoral panel with dimensionals and finally the card, or painting, is done.

Will you try the Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge? I did.


Stamps: CHF Pastoral Woman, Lattice Backgrounder (retired)
Cardstock: Stampin Up! Elegant Eggplant, Vanilla, Old Olive, Kraft
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Elegant Eggplant, Tim Holtz Tea Stain & Old Paper Distress Inks
Accessories: Dimensionals, Brads, Stipple Brushes, Prismacolor Markers, Lace Ribbon