well this won’t happen very often, but i managed to make another card today. the penny black at allsorts theme this month is black and white plus one, which i struggled with until now. i stamped the sentiment and the butterflies, which were stamped off first. i’m also submitting this to flutterby wednesday and the splitcoaststampers‘ monthly fan club theme. thanks for popping by.
Tag: Penny Black
Love Notes
this week’s penny black saturday challenge theme is Happily Ever After, because of the royal wedding; but it can be wedding, anniversary or just love related, which is what my card is. i coloured the image with coloured pencils, sponged the mat layers and added stickles to the hearts. the background is stamped with the damask heart from the same penny black set. thanks for popping by.
Hedgie’s Egg Haul
i can hardly believe that it’s been a year since i started playing along with the penny black saturday challenge. i’ve been pushed outside my comfort zone at times, but it has helped me grow as a stamper. this week’s theme is easter extravaganza and i think this hedgie image fits perfectly; i just can’t decide if he’s found all those eggs or if he’s going to help to hide them. :) i watercoloured the image, die cut it and popped it on foam dots; added a ribbon, button and sentiment tag and it was done. i’m also submitting this to the stampin’ royalty challenge to watercolour and the monthly splitcoaststampers fan club challenge. thanks for popping by.
Spring Daze
this week’s penny black saturday challenge is to say it with flowers and i love this little hedgie, which means a quick and simple card. i watercoloured the hedgie, sky and grass, and added stickles to the flower centres and the bee. the image was die cut, mounted on foam tape and done. i’m also submitting this to the stamping royalty spring has sprung challenge. it is spring, isn’t it? why do we still have cool weather? thanks for popping by.
Bubble Mouse
i want to thank those of you who recently subscribed to my blog, as well as those who pop by on a regular basis; i’m honoured that you want to see what i’m creating. i guess i owe some of you an apology for enabling you to buy these adorable penny black stamps; what can i say? they make me smile. :)
this week’s penny black saturday challenge is a fun sketch from design team member DOMI. i watercoloured the image, added liquid pearls to her dress, a glaze pen to the bubbles and stickles to the balloon, almost none of which really shows because there’s no sun here today again. thanks for popping by.
Spring Chicks
this is as tiny as yesterday’s card; it measures 3.5″ tall. since lois, aka clownmom, is queen for the day at splitcoaststampers, i decided to case one of her scraplings. i watercoloured the chicks and sponged the sky and grass. thanks for popping by.
Hey, Ewe!
this week’s penny black saturday challenge theme is recycling. the green plaid corners and border are leftover pieces from last week’s pbsc card; plus, wool is recycled from sheep. :) my friend, anne, knows how much i love penny black stamps, so she sent me this stamp at christmas – thanks, anne! i watercoloured the ewe and covered it in flower soft. i stamped the head twice, popped it on top and added flower soft grass. the sentiment is hand printed with a marker.
i’m also submitting this to the Spotted Canary Spring Challenge and two Flower Soft challenges: the March monthly and the furry friends weekly. thanks for popping by.
Happy Spring!
finally, spring is sprung, which is the theme for this week’s penny black saturday challenge and i followed the sketch at this week’s flutterby wednesday challenge. i’m also submitting this to the spotted canary spring challenge at splitcoaststampers and the monthly flower soft challenge. the image is watercoloured, popped on foam tape and flower soft was added to the tail and grass. thanks for popping by.
Green Tea
to celebrate my irish heritage, i made some green tea for the green theme this week at the penny black saturday challenge. and, just to take me out of my clean and simple comfort zone, i followed the sketch saturday challenge. the image is watercoloured and popped on foam tape. thanks for popping by.
Is It Spring Yet?
even though there is still snow on the ground, the longer days make me think that spring is almost here so i went with some bright colours i don’t normally use. since the penny black saturday challenge is to use more than one fold, this was the perfect opportunity to try a stair step card. the image is watercoloured and i added stickles wherever i could. thanks for popping by.
i’m also submitting this card to the following challenges:
penny black at allsorts – welcome spring
ellephantastic challenges and roger too – cute with a butterfly
cute card thursday – signs of spring!
Spotted Canary Spring Challenge at splitcoaststampers
Pearls and Lace
it’s March?! i was so busy creating hostess samples for splitcoaststampers’ virtual stamp night that February just flew by. anyway, i created this for the penny black saturday challenge – pearls and lace. i’ve seen some very pretty cards using lace, but i seem to have difficulty finding some, so i went with a lacy paper and pearls. i’m also submitting this to the ellephantastic challenge to use distressing on love themed cards. i coloured the image with coloured pencils, distressed the edges with scissors and ink and popped it on foam tape. thanks for popping by.
You Make My Heart Sing
as a hostess for next weekend’s virtual stamp night challenge at splitcoaststampers, i couldn’t resist the title and the opportunity to send out a reminder to join the fun.
this week’s penny black saturday challenge is a masculine card. i’m so lucky that my husband doesn’t mind if i put flowers or bows on my cards for him; he likes anything i make, so masculine cards for me are not difficult. :) i watercoloured hedgie, distressed the edges, and covered the guitar in glossy accents. i added stickles to the rose and used a wooden button from my mother-in-law’s antique button collection.
i’m also submitting this card to these challenges:
Sir Stampalot – all creatures great and small
PaperPlay Challenges – add shine
DYSU Challenge – dots
Colour Create – chocolate, strawberry and cream
thanks for popping by.
Pretty In Pink
pretty in pink is the theme this week at the penny black saturday challenge blog, so this betsy bluebell image immediately came to mind. i watercoloured the image, added stickles to the hearts and border and popped it on foam tape to the die cut label. i’m also submitting this to the pink theme at the craft your passion challenge blog and the birthday theme of the ways to use it challenge at splitcoaststampers. thanks for popping by.
Have A Wonderful Day!
i made this CAS card for the penny black at allsorts’ february theme to ‘Say It With Flowers.’ I watercoloured the image, added stickles to the bees and used my paintbrush to emphasize the word wonderful. The image panel was die cut, distressed around the edges, popped on foam tape and attached to a 4 1/4″ square card base. thanks for popping by.
Forever In My Heart
i haven’t posted all week because i’ve been busy making hostess samples for Virtual Stamp Night at splitcoaststampers at the end of this month and i can’t share them until then. this week’s penny black saturday challenge is to make a card based on LOVE IS…and complete the phrase either on the front or inside. i watercoloured hedgie, covered the heart with glossy accents and hand cut the hearts for the inside, but i also got to play with some new toys to create this card. thanks for popping by. i’m also submitting this to the following challenges:
The Paper Players – Love Is In The Air
CES Challenges – Red & Romance
Stampin’ For The Weekend – St. Valentine’s Day
Love Bubbles
this is my valentine card for my husband, following the sketch by DT member Pauline from this week’s penny black saturday challenge. i watercoloured the hedgie, used glossy accents on the bubble hearts and popped him on foam tape. i’m also submitting this card to the following challenges:
The Paper Players Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp! Animal Antics
Bunny Zoe’s Crafts Love Is In The Air
Virtual Stamp Night Hostess Sample 5 mini
i love these hugging hedgies! this is my hostess sample for the fifth VSN mini challenge – entwined image; mine is watercoloured. thanks for popping by.
Virtual Stamp Night Hostess Sample 4 mini
this is my hostess sample for challenge 4; it was a tough one for me – paper piecing. i can watercolour faster, but it was fun learning a new technique. i admire those who can do it well, although with my hands i don’t think i’ll do it very often. thanks for looking.
Virtual Stamp Night Hostess Sample 3 mini
this is the first time i made a luminary; this is my hostess sample for the third challenge last night.
and this is what it looks like with a battery tea light inside. thanks for popping by.
Love Bouquet
this week’s penny black saturday challenge is a fun idea of DT member BETH – to choose 4 items from a buffet; so many choices! in the end, i chose 3 gems, ribbon, patterned paper and three flowers. the image is watercoloured and i added stickles to the flowers and covered the leaves with glossy accents.
i’m also entering this in the january challenge at penny black at allsorts – All you need is Love and the splitcoaststampers‘ fan club monthly theme – Love Is In The Air. thanks for popping by.
A Queen’s Presents
this is an homage to judi, splitcoaststampers’ Queen For The Day! since i also love penny black stamps, i was inspired by this cutie, but i watercoloured it and popped it on the base. thanks for popping by.
Tiny Tree Trio
the final caardvark challenge is to create a monochromatic card. i stamped the tree in green three times, cut them out, added gems and sponged the edges with green ink. the trees were popped on the card base with foam squares and i used my favourite MS holly punch to create the border, which is also sponged with green ink. i enjoy making smaller cards; this one measures 3 1/4″ x 4″. thanks for popping by.
Hedgie’s Ornament
this is the second card i made yesterday; this one is for the Queen For The Day #40 challenge at splitcoaststampers. i found this adorable mouse and ornament card and had to case it with a hedgie. i watercoloured the image, sponged the edges and popped it on foam dots onto snowflake embossed paper; added a bow and it’s done. thanks for popping by.
Christmas Caroling Mice
this month’s splitcoaststampers‘ fan club central theme challenge is a contest with a musical theme, so i watercoloured these singing mice and added stickles for snow. i think the one with the glasses is lip syncing because his book is upside down. it was more challenging to find an etsy item than to make this card, but i found this beautiful tea light candle holder. thanks for popping by.
…not even a mouse
this is my christmas card for my husband; he knows by now to expect either a mouse or hedgie on his cards. i watercoloured the image, added stickles to the fur trim and popped it on foam dots on paper printed with the ’twas the night before christmas poem. thanks for popping by. i’m submitting this to the following challenges:
penny black saturday – holly
allsorts – last minute christmas project
2 sisters challenge – ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas
bunny zoe’s crafts – sparkle and shine
meljen’s designs – red, gold and green
Sparkling Snowflakes
i was inspired to use this penny black snowflake wreath and silver glitter mat because of this week’s moxie fab world: tuesday trigger. every dot of the image has been covered with stickles, although they’re not showing up in the photo; it’s overcast. i’ve been enjoying making purple christmas cards, so when i saw the colour, i just had to make another card for my stash. thanks for popping by. i’m also submitting this to the simon says challenge – christmas but no red or green, and the christmas theme at the paper players.
A Candle For My Son
on december 12, like other bereaved parents around the world, i’ll be lighting a candle for my son. from the compassionate friends’ website, “The Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause.” if you know anyone who has lost someone, please let them know you are thinking of them during the holidays.
i used this week’s simon says sketch to create this card. the candle is watercoloured and stickles were added to it plus glossy accents were used on the holly and berries. i stamped the ivory paper with the penny black text stamp, punched the flowers and punched the leaves from gold mirri paper. i’m also submitting this in the following challenges:
ABC Christmas – Y for yuletide: use 1 or all of holly & berries, red & green, candles
Allsorts – Light Up The Night
thanks for popping by.
Tall Beauties
sunflowers are as beautiful to me as any other flower. i remember when the kids grew some in our small garden and they towered over everything else in bloom. my artist daughter painted sunflowers in oil; she loves van gogh, so i watercoloured these for her. i created this for the penny black at allsorts‘ december challenge – Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder. thanks for popping by.
Blue Christmas
penny black saturday challenge 127 is to make a monochromatic christmas card, so this was the only stamp that came to mind. i stamped the trees and snow in white on navy, added snow and stickles. the sentiment was heat embossed and the ribbon was tied on with a snowflake button glued on top. thanks for popping by. i’m also submitting this for the following challenges:
simon says challenge: let it snow
bah humbug: feeling the blues
paper pretties: clean and simple
Caroling Hedgie
this week’s penny black saturday challenge is a sketch by team member Pauline; i was surprised how quickly it came together, although i think this is the first red white and blue christmas card i’ve ever made. it’s growing on me. the image is watercoloured and die cut with circle nesties. i added flower soft to his hat and stickles for snow. thanks for popping by.
Candy Cane Teddy
i created this card for a couple of challenges. this week’s penny black saturday challenge is “all my favourite things.” i love to watercolour my images, i used stickles on the berries and for snow, glossy accents on the candy cane and holly leaves (i love holly), ribbon, flower soft, textured paper, punches and peeloffs. whew! i don’t normally use them all in one card, but it was fun trying to see if i could. the penny black at allsorts monthly challenge is “it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas,” and the penny black designers showcased cards on the inside and outside this week, so i was inspired to do that too. finally, this is for the flower soft challenge at splitcoaststampers.
i used my new MS holly punch around the page and continued the peeloffs on the inside, which came in handy after several failed attempts to stamp a sentiment. thanks for popping by.
Snow Cuddle
i created this card for the “let it snow” theme of this week’s penny black saturday challenge and the caardvark’s challenge to create a new holiday card using die cut(s). finally, this is my october submission for the monthly christmas card challenge at splitcoaststampers; i fell behind after surgery and i’m still trying to get caught up. i watercoloured the image, die cut it with nesties label 8 and attached it to the left “door.”
i used a larger labels 8 for the sentiment on the inside and added some punched snowflakes. thanks for popping by.
Mice Flowers
the penny black blog is having a sketch challenge this weekend, so i used my daughter’s favourite greens to create this card. the image is watercoloured and stickles were added to the flower centres. thanks for popping by.
Hedgie’s Little Tree
this week’s penny black saturday challenge is to include zig zags or triangles on your project, so this is my interpretation. the image is watercoloured, the star cut out and popped and i added peel off dots to the tree. the red looks more orange in the photo. thanks for popping by.
Cozy Christmas
the caardvarks challenge is to create a new stamped card that is decorated inside and out! i watercoloured this cozy penny black image, distressed the edges, added stickles to the rooftops, snow and tree, although it doesn’t show up well in the photo; and of course, i added my stickles snow. the image is popped on foam tape to a layer of penny black paper, which is attached to a red silk type paper.
for the inside, i heat embossed the penny black sentiment and added punched MS holly borders which i just had to have after i saw jocelyn’s beautiful vintage ATC card. thanks for popping by.
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