A Happy Camper

Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 23:22 | Category : Kim Hughes
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Happy New Year’s Eve!
Well, it’s the Bear Hugs stamp set finale today and I think we are finishing with a bang!  Kim created this fun little card using the tent, sentiment and flashlight stamps with some great Core’dinations card stock.  So perfect for this design.  And how about using paper for the flashlight beam?  Love.  It.

Next we have [...]

Grin & Bear It!

Wednesday, 31 December 2008, 0:22 | Category : Kim Hughes
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Happy Tuesday All!  We are rolling along with our two weeks of Kim Hughes Collection Sneak Peaks featuring the Bear Hugs stamp set.
Kim has a serious advantage over the rest of us, she can make all sorts of fun accessories for her designs!  Hmmmm, I need some mountains - I will just draw some up!  Talented [...]

The Great Outdoors

Monday, 29 December 2008, 22:02 | Category : Kim Hughes
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What are your favorite outdoor activities?  Are you a day tripper or a camper?  S’mores anyone?
We have some new images to share with you from the Bear Hugs set (Kim Hughes Collection) being released January 6th just in time for Winter CHA.
There are a few marshmallow roasting sticks and for some reason I had this [...]

Wonderfully Woodsy Stamps

Sunday, 28 December 2008, 20:46 | Category : Kim Hughes, Thomas Kinkade
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Bear Hugs is the second of four sets we are previewing leading up to Winter CHA.  We will be sharing creative designs using this new stamp set for the next few days.
This set by Kim Hughes continues on a woodsy theme, with camping twist.  The tent, boot prints and sentiment are images from the Bear [...]

Spring Trees Finale

Saturday, 27 December 2008, 22:42 | Category : Kim Hughes
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Well, it’s our last day to share a peek at some of the images from the Spring Trees stamp set by Kim Hughes.  Julia paired up some of Kim’s many many MANY cute birds with a tree from the new set along with a bird house from The Landing Pad.  Kim has drawn literally dozens [...]

The Three Trees

Friday, 26 December 2008, 22:36 | Category : Kim Hughes
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As I was collecting images from the CHF Designers for today’s Kim Hughes CHA Sneak Peak post, I realized that there are three tree images as well as three trees within one image in the Spring Trees set.  It’s amazing how often I use “threes” in my design work - from card making to beading [...]

Spring Trees Preview Deux

Friday, 26 December 2008, 1:44 | Category : Backgrounders, Kim Hughes
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So, be honest…did you eat too much today?  You did?  Good for you! 
Kim and I had a little fun with the Spring Trees stamp set again today.  If you missed yesterday’s post, we are giving you a taste of the stamp sets that will be releasing just in time for Winter CHA. 
Kim has such an [...]

A Christmas wish…

Thursday, 25 December 2008, 12:21 | Category : Uncategorized
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All of us at the Farm want to wish you a
Very Merry Christmas, full of joy and wonder!
We are so very grateful for our blessings, and this season reminds us of all of them, including all of our wonderful stampy, creative, crafty, inky handed friends!!!

If you are traveling, please be safe, if you are home, [...]

CHA Sneak and an Elvis Release!

Tuesday, 23 December 2008, 16:31 | Category : Backgrounders, Elvis Presley, Kim Hughes, Uncategorized
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Taking care of business was a favorite phrase that Elvis used, and one that we take very seriously here at the farm! We are so lucky that when we are taking care of business, it means we are making new stamps for people to play, create, and relax with!!! We take the business of play [...]

Butterfly Jewelry

Sunday, 21 December 2008, 10:53 | Category : Saturday Evening Post
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Anyone still making Christmas presents?  I am!  *smiles*
I have been combining the craft of stamping with beading this week as I finish up those last special gifts for friends and family.  Several of the CHF stamps releases over the past few months have images sized specifically to inchie art and jewelry art.  The Saturday Evening [...]