Christmas

It's that time again .... our Design Team Challenge Time! This week our challenge is hosted by Kendra.

With Christmas only a few days away Kendra has given us a Christmas theme challenge this week.

For her card this week Kendra has used Riley and Company's Antler's Riley and Santa is a Man.

As this is our final challenge for the year,  we would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's cards on their blogs: 

• Frances Byrne
• Heather Bolli
• Joy Stagg
• Kelly Santi
• Kendra DeCota
• Monica Taylor
• Sandye Curry

National Brownie Day

It's that time again .... our Design Team Challenge Time! This week our challenge is hosted by Frances.

Apparently today is National Brownie Day, so for our challenge this week include something on your card that relates to the a Brownie (this could include: the color brown; chocolate image or sentiment; cupcakes etc)

For her card this week Frances has used Riley and Company's Walter from the Retro Folk range.

Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's cards on their blogs: 

• Frances Byrne
• Heather Bolli
• Joy Stagg
• Kelly Santi
• Kendra DeCota
• Monica Taylor
• Sandye Curry

Thanksgiving!

It's that time again .... our Design Team Challenge Time! This week our challenge is hosted by Monica.

As Thanksgiving (in the USA) is only a few days away, Monica has given the Design Team a Thanksgiving theme this week.

For her card this week Monica has used Riley and Company's Pilgram Riley and Pilgram Sophie

Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's cards on their blogs: 

• Frances Byrne
• Heather Bolli
• Joy Stagg
• Kelly Santi
• Kendra DeCota
• Monica Taylor
• Sandye Curry

Anything Goes

 

It's that time again .... our Design Team Challenge Time! This week our challenge is hosted by Joy.

Joy has challenged us with an Anything Goes theme.

For her card this week Joy has used Riley and Company's Cake Riley and the Inspirations Sentiment Today is the Perfect Day

Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's cards on their blogs:

• Frances Byrne
• Heather Bolli
• Joy Stagg
• Kelly Santi
• Kendra DeCota
• Monica Taylor
• Sandye Curry

 

 

 

Halloween

It's that time again .... our Design Team Challenge Time!  This week our challenge is hosted by Sandye.

With Halloween just a few days away now, Sandye has challenged us to create a Halloween themed Card.

For her card this week Sandye has used Riley and Company's Clown Riley and the Halloween Costume Funny Bones Sentiment

Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's cards on their blogs: 

• Frances Byrne
• Heather Bolli
• Joy Stagg
• Kelly Santi
• Kendra DeCota
• Monica Taylor
• Sandye Curry

TK Spotlight Technique Take 2

For this months Thomas Kinkade Tutorial Kristine has taken last months Spotlight Technique Tutorial  to the next level and add color to it.

To start, stamp image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and let dry.

 

Use a punch or die to punch out a small shape out of the image.

  

Color the piece that you punched out with whatever medium you wish.
I used Spectrum Noir Markers for mine.  

 

Back the colored panel with a slightly larger cardstock panel and then adhere it to the card matching it up with the original picture. Then create your card as usual.

 

The sentiment on the Make a Wish Cottage card above is from Ornamental Beauty.

I used a sentiment from Script Essential Expressions for the Light of Peace Card.  

I am hoping to work on a full coloring video tutorial next month...we'll see how it goes.
You can see my past Thomas Kinkade tutorial's HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Thomas Kinkade Spotlight Technique

 

 

Today Kristine has another Thomas Kinkade tutorial that requires no coloring.

This is a variation of the Spotlight Technique.

To begin I applied Memento Paris Dusk dye ink to my stamp with a brayer and then stamped it on to a light purple panel of cardstock.  I re-inked the stamp and stamped the same image on a panel of Starlight Pearl Cardstock.

Die cut a section of the image on the Pearl carstock panel.

Run the edge of the die cut image on the Paris Dusk ink pad and then adhere to oval onto the light purple panel, matching it up with the original image.

Here is my final card.

Stamps:
Thomas Kinkade's, Light of Peace from Cornish Heritage Farms
Script Essential Expressions from Cornish Heritage Farms
Paper:
Starlight Pearl Cardstock by Darice
Bazzill Purple cardstocks
Ink:
Memento Paris Dusk dye ink
Other:
Want2Scrap bling
Spellbinders oval die 

I hope you are enjoying my Thomas Kinkade tutorials!

You can find all the past ones HERE.

Thomas Kinkade: Spectrum Technique Tutorial

 Hi everyone,

Today Kristine Reynolds is back with another fun way to use your Thomas Kinkade Stamps with out all the complicated coloring.  This is the Spectrum Technique.
 

For this technique you can use a Kaleidoscope ink pad.  The one in the picture is an old Stampin' up pad but they are available other places and are by Tsukineko.  I didn't want to use the colors in my Kaleidoscope pad so I used my colorbox pad. 

You'll also need a roller for this technique.

 

Ink the roller up with ink.  I used the bottom four colors for my card. 
then roll the ink on to the stamp.

Lay the paper panel on top of the stamp and lightly rub across the paper to transfer the image.

This is what the image looked like when I lifted it up.

I trimmed the image down and made my card.

Here's another card I made.
I inked up my roller using the top four colors on the clearsnap pad for this one.

Stamps:
Light of Peace
Make a Wish Cottage
Script Essential Expressions
Fall Harvest  
Ink:
Colorbox stamps by Clearsnap
Paper:
Mohawk Smooth white
Bazzill Basic Cardstock
Other:
EK Success border punch
Spellbinders dies 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial!

Kristine

Fall

It's that time again .... our Design Team Challenge Time!  This week our challenge is hosted by Jackie.

For our challenge this time around Jackie has challenged us to create a Fall themed Card.

Our sample this week was created by Frances, who has used Riley and Company's Mr Coffee and Pumpkin Spice Lattes Funny Bones Sentiment. (You can only see the first part of the sentiment from the front of the card. Check out Frances' blog to see the inside.)

Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's cards on their blogs: 

• Frances Byrne
• Heather Bolli
• Joy Stagg
• Kelly Santi
• Kendra DeCota
• Monica Taylor
• Sandye Curry

Thomas Kinkade Scored Panel Technique

Hi everyone,

 

Today Kristine is back with  another tutorial to share a fun way to use your Thomas Kinkade Stamps and get results that you will LOVE!

If you haven't checked out her other Thomas Kinkade tutorial's you can check them out HERE.  In 2013, I hope to continue to bring you one TK Tutorial per month.

Today's tutorial is the Scored Panel Technique.

 

 

 

I started with a panel of white cardstock which I scored at one inch intervals horizontally and vertically to create a checkerboard pattern.

 

 

 Then I inked up "It Doesn't Get Much Better Than This" with Color Box Olive Pastel Chalk ink and stamped it on the grid panel.  The ink was still wet when I took this picture.

After the ink dried I trimmed the image and created this card.

 Here's another card I made with this technique using "The Light of Peace" and Blue Lagoon Fluid Chalk ink.

 Frances posted a TK card with this technique using Guardian Castle on her blog a couple of weeks ago that you can see HERE.

I hope this helped you to see another fabulous way to use your Thomas Kinkade Stamps!

Thomas Kinkade Warm Windows Tutorial

Today Kristine Reynolds shows you another terrific way to use the Thomas Kinkade Stamps without having to color the entire image.  

 

  

 You can check out my last tutorial on stamping the Thomas Kinkade images in different colors HERE.

Today's tutorial will demonstrate how simply coloring the windows on the Thomas Kinkade images makes a huge difference!  I used Prisma Color Pencil for today's tutorial but you could use Copic, Spectrum, or any other coloring medium for the same look.

To begin, ink up your Stonehearth Hutch image (or any TK image) with a brayer and a juicy ink pad.

I used Adirondack Bottle dye ink by Ranger.

Lay the cardstock panel on the inked image and lightly rub across the back of the panel.

Lift the panel and allow to thoroughly dry.

I used a Lemon Yellow Prisma color pencil to color in all the lit windows.

 

I used an Orange pencil around the outer edges of the windows.

Then I added a little pit of Poppy Red pencil along the lower edges.

Finally, I used a cream pencil to blend and lighten the windows.

I used a couple of layers of green and white cardstock to focus attention on the image.

For the sentiment I stamped one of the images from Night Before Christmas on white cardstock with the same ink and cut it out and adhered to the card.

I hope you found this tutorial helpful.

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Kristine