I have a few minutes before heading to the dentist (only a routine checkup & cleaning, thankfully ) so thought I would share this beautiful Mountain Scene card with you created by Keri Lee Serieka.

The Mountain Scene is one of the stamps from our Signature Series which was taken from one of my grandmother’s autograph books. The original art was drawn in 1944! Keri combined it with the Weave Backgrounder & in my opinion did an excellent job! Thanks Keri!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Liz

P.S. I haven’t forgotten the magazine giveaway for this week - will try to get to it later today.

Well today was fit for only ducks or so I thought BUT when I went out this evening to get T-Bone in, him & Bossy were out happily munching grass & the piglets were enjoying some hay.

Pigs eating hay, you say? Yes, pigs will eat anything. They are not fussy. Bossy & T-bone, however are! They will only eat the soft bits from the alfalfa hay & so their racks get full of stalks. Michael made T-bone a new feeding rack on Saturday so cleaned his stall out & threw it all to the pigs. Here are some of them are munching happily in the rain. Getting a good picture of them is hard as they are still scared of us so run away if we get too close. Now you see, if Richard let me raise our own pigs, we wouldn’t have that problem! Tee Hee

As for Bossy, i really think her udder is getting bigger. It sure looked like it this afternoon so let’s hope she has that baby soon. Here’s T-Bone & her STARING at the dogs who were too close for her liking. We then had to climb up the irrigation ditch & down (runs right through their pasture & is a good 7′-8′ high) which is rather slippery in the wet.

It was very funny when I got back to the cow barn because Roxy (St Bernard) had obviously been in there chasing chickens but was caught between the gate & the wall when Bossy went in. Bossy was NOT pleased to see her in there & poor Roxy couldn’t escape so I quickly get Bossy her grain so she moved out of the way & Roxy belted into the other half of the barn & had to be persuaded to get out

Jemima, Puddle & Duck have now joined Georgie Porgy, Pudding & Pie in the duck pen & Duck (the male) has made it very obvious that Georgie Porgy, Pudding & Pie are ALL girls! Poor things are not quite used to his amorous attentions yet & it is hilarious to see him chasing them around. Maybe he’ll lose some weight. Of course we were amazed that they were all girls.

Take care & enjoy your week,

Liz

Hi there,

I’d been thinking about the heron for a couple days so tonight decided to put my thoughts into action and hey presto! this is what I came up with.

A couple weeks ago Lisa Strahl, our head designer, sent me a card that she had created using markers to stamp rubber with so I decided to use that method on the Heron Stamp.

First cut Brown card stock to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2″ & fold to create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card. I used Prism Paper Marrone from the Rain Forest Match-ums. Stamp the Fishnet Backgrounder using New Canvas Pallette Ink by Stewart Superior.

Then cut a piece of blue cardstock (I used Nautical Blue Light Prism Paper) 3 1/4″ x 4 1/2″. Stamp the Fishnet backgrounder with Prussian Blue Palette Ink & stamp it in the opposite direction from the brown. Does that make sense? LOL! Just look at the card & you’ll see what I mean!

Using Tombow Markers color the rubber the desired colors. I used green for the lily pads, blue for the water & gray for the heron. Once you have finished you will notice that the pen has dried on the rubber. DON’T panic

Just “huff” on the rubber with your breath & stamp. It comes out beautifully! Sorry it is so hard to see in the picture. Tear the white cardstock & edge with the Prussian Blue Inkpad.

Stamp I Miss You or whatever phrase you like in the right hand corner by the heron. I wanted to stamp “Great HERON from you!” but Richard thought that was REALLY corny & we don’t have that stamp anyway

Next punch out an oval & using the same method with the markers stamp the heron’s head. I used my Tombow markers to add the desired colors.

Edge the oval from the top of the heron’s back all the way to his leg with the Prussian Blue Inkpad. Do NOT edge where his feathers are.

To create a raised surface just use dots or whatever you may have . I always use mounting cushion cut up small as there is plenty of that around here

Have a great evening!

Liz

Howdy folks!

How was your Saturday? We spent alot of time in the garden today. Our potatoes have started sprouting so we spread some straw straw around them. I planted 6 more tomato plants & some spinach. Richard put in the irrigations hoses for the trees so they should now continue to grow well.

Know folks that have moved recently or are going to?

Then you just might want to use the Nesting Swirly Bird & New Nest stamps. Of course don’t forget the Large Paisley backgrounder!

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Asela matched the Wishing you Sunny Days & Yaquina Lighthouse perfectly for this card.Creating a glow from the lighthouse & stormy skies just added character to this card. The backgrounder she used was the Weave - simple yet effective. You could also use this stamp with clear skies and the saying “Have a beautiful day.” Lighthouses, in general, make great cards for all friends & relatives, male or female.

Enjoy your weekend & let’s not forget to be thankful to all the soldiers & other personnel who are working hard to give us the freedoms we so often take for granted.

Liz

Sorry I didn’t get more cards loaded yesterday but here you go. The card above is the Singing Swirly Bird, along with the Large Paisley Background & A Little Birdie Told me. This bright card is bound to cheer anyone & the possibilities of what you could write inside is only limited by you.

The card Asela created for the New Cape Henry Lighthouse uses the cracked glass effect. It came out SO well. She also used her new Fishnet backgrounder & the phrase “You light up my life.”

Enjoy!

Liz

P.S. Forgot to say that the winner of this week’s magazine & pirate stamps was #10 Comment Kim Leach. You all guessed correctly so thanks for entering but BIG congratulations goes to Kim!

There’ll be another one next week so keep on stopping by.

One word describes these images & the cards Asela has created - FABULOUS!

Today saw the release of 13 new images including two backgrounders. Asela has created 8 cards & so I think I will showcase 2 a day on here rather than overwhelming you all at once. Of course if you can’t wait to see them all just head over to the store where you can see them all

If I was you I would also keep an eye on Asela’s Blog as I am sure she’ll be explaining how she created some of these wonderful cards.

What a great gift card this would make. You could put a gift certificate inside, a promise or use it on top of a present. So many possibilities.

Featuring the new Large Paisley, Standing Swirly Bird & A Tweet for You.

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As for this card featuring the West Quoddy Lighthouse, the crackle backgrounder & the saying, “May your joys be as deep as the ocean, And your sorrows as light as the foam” what could be more apt. This saying is from our Signature Series which is a series that I started using samples from my great grandmother, my grandmother & mum’s autograph books. When Asela & I were discussing which phrases to put with the lighthouses this one sprung to mind & I am so glad it did. This saying may be old (1910) but it as relevant today as it was back then.

Enjoy the rest of your day,

Liz

For some reason T-Bone does not like Richard & now the feeling is mutual! LOL! Richard has said he is NEVER getting him in again! None of us know why as Richard has never been mean to him but here is today’s story:

T-Bone was put out this morning because the weather was dry. It changed to rain later in the day so Richard decided to be nice to T-Bone & go get him in. Well he opened the barn door to T-Bone’s pasture & somehow T-Bone bolted before Richard got to putting his halter on (this is the second time) & so Richard spent the next 20 mins chasing T-Bone around in the rain with no success!

A little while later I went out to find him - he was munching grass happily with Bossy close by. I walked right up to him & he let me put his halter on. Then I took these pics to share with you all. What a cutie

We walked back to the barn & he was happy for a drink & some yummy hay. Bossy then, of course, wanted her grain.

It’s still raining here so everything is getting a good soaking. The irrigation starts this weekend so that means the mosquitoes will soon be here …. AAGH!

Richard was 40 today. I bought him a pair of indestructible sunglasses - we’ll see Richard rarely keeps a pair of sunglasses more than a couple of months as he either sits on them, drops them or they “mysteriously” break! LOL! I also gave him a LARGE ShopVac. He’s been on about one for ages to clean out his budgies (parakeets). Now he has in his words, ” a man’s sized vacuum!”

Take care,

Liz

AS many of you may know Pirates of the Caribbean 3 is being released this week so get ahead of the pirate frenzy now by taking advantage of our Pirate Sale.

20% off ALL Pirate Stamps - mounted & unmounted at Cornish Heritage Farms

We have a wonderful selection to choose from. This offer is only available for one week until Tuesday May 29th, 2007.

Happy Shopping!

Liz

Mornin’ all!

It’s wet here this morning so the ducks are having FUN! This week’s giveaway is the Scrap & Stamp Arts March 2006 issue PLUS seeing as the Pirates of the Caribbean is soon to be released we figured we would add a pirate stamp to the deal - Small Pirate with Grog Barrel.

Not only are we giving away a Pirate Stamp but we are also putting a 20% sale on but will give those details in a separate blog.

So what do you need to do to enter?

Just answer the following question in the comments box:

Name THREE of the main characters in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Michelle & I came up with 6 so you have quite a choice.

Comments need to be received by Friday May 25th, 2007 at 9am MT.

Maybe you know the answer or maybe you will have to do some research. Whichever, all the best & as usual all the names with the correct answers will be put in a pot & one name picked out.

HAVE FUN!

Liz