penny black blog take over...

Hello friends!!  This week the Penny Black Stamp Squad is taking over the Penny Black blog and sharing some fun projects to take you into the new year!  Today I have taken over the Penny Black blog and I'm sharing a card that I made using Penny Black's fabulous stickers and a technique that is very similar to paper piecing.  You can find the post here. Here on my blog I'm sharing a bonus card I made.  I also explain how I made the cards.   Here is my bonus card:

To make each card I started by picking out which stickers I wanted to use.  I chose to use stickers from the Scented Garden and Fresh Fields.   I adhered the stickers (two of each design) to some thin cardstock (printer paper would work, as well) and then proceeded to trim out portions of each sticker.  Adhering the stickers to thin cardstock gives them a bit more support and makes them easier to trim out.  Once I had trimmed out everything I adhered each piece using foam dimensionals. I finished off this card by stamping the Penny Black background image Retro Pattern (40-086) on red cardstock using red ink, adhered it to a cream cardstock base and then added my beefed up sticker to the center.  Some twine tied in a bow finished things off.  I included a photo to show the dimension that is achieved by layering sticker images in this way. 

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, Penny Black red; Sticker:  Penny Black; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink:  Memento Lady Bug; Twine:  May Arts

yellow poinsettia...

Hello friends!!  Wow... December is here!!  Time sure does fly by doesn't it???  Have a little card to share that I made for Seize the Sketch that uses this week's SCS color challenge combo of Baja Breeze, Delightful Daffodil and Night of Navy.  For this card I used the gorgeous Penny Black stamp Warm Wishes, as well as a sentiment from the Penny Black set "banner of joy".  ETA:  I have never played along with Addicted to Stamps, but I saw that their current challenge is "holidays" so I thought I would enter this in the challenge.

I stamped the image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored it with the following Copic markers:  Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17 & Y19.   Yellow isn't necessarily a color you see in those huge displays of poinsettias at the nursery or store, but they do come in a nice creamy yellow shade so I'm not too far off, right?   Once I was done coloring the image I applied some glue to the center of the flower and added some glass glitter.  Once the glue was dry I stamped the sentiment using Night of Navy ink and then mounted the piece on a Baja Breeze card base.  Super simple, but I think rather striking.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SU! Baja Breeze; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink;  Memento Tuxedo Black & SU! Night of Navy; Glass Glitter:  Stampin Up! Baja Breeze; Copic Markers

a quick post...

Hello friends!!  A quick post today to let you know about a couple of things.  First I have a card that I made using some of my left over scraps up over at the CardMaker blog today.  You can check it out here.

Second Penny Black is playing along with Designed to Color and I made the following card (you can also see it on the Penny Black blog, here):

To make the card I started by stamping and coloring the PB Amaryllis image using Copic markers.  The flower image was stamped again, colored with Copics and then trimmed out.  After all the coloring was done I over stamped the image with the Penny Black background stamp Christmas Story using Pumice Stone and then adhered the flower with foam dimensionals.  The image was then inked with Old Paper distress ink.  After mounting the piece on the card front a small tag was stamped with the word "Noel" (from the clear set "in a pear tree"), inked with Old Paper, adhered to the image and a red twine bow was added.   If you want to play along with the Designed to Color challenge click here.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock: PTI Rustic White; Stamps:  Penny Black, Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Pumice Stone & Old Paper; Twine:  May Arts red; Tag die:  PTI tiny tags; Copic Markers

PB Fan Favs Blog Hop!!

Hello friends!!  All week Penny Black has been tempting and teasing you with all the wonderful stamps that you will be able to purchase through a special email promotion and now the day has finally arrived... YAY!!  If you signed up for the Penny Black club then you received a special email in your inbox today and you get to go shopping and save, save, SAVE!!  To celebrate this week of special savings the Penny Black Stamp Squad is having a blog hop to showcase many of the stamps available.  You should have gotten to my blog from the lovely and talent Lin's blog.  I have two cards to share with you today.

First up is a card that I made using the Penny Black cling stamp "Twinkling" (40-083) and a sentiment from the PB clear set "joyous" (30-037).  The inspiration for this card comes from the Eric Carle book "Dream Snow".  Dream Snow is a Christmas tale about a farmer and his little flock of animals.  At the end of the story the farmer decorates a small tree for the animals with all kinds of sparkly, twinkling ornaments.  For my "ornaments" I used four different Stickles (Christmas Red, Champagne, Holly and Platinum) and some clear rhinestones.  To give it the a slightly rustic look I roughed up the edges of the kraft cardstock piece.  I die cut the tag from patterned paper using the small tag die from the Penny Black Tag It set, stamped it with the sentiment and then roughed up the edges of the tag, as well.  A bit of ribbon was added to the tag using some brown hemp twine.

For my second card I decided to pull out my Copic markers and do some coloring.  The image I used is the cling "dashing through snow" (40-159) and colored it with the following Copics:  B32, B34, B37, R24, R27, R29, R39, R89, Yll, Y13, Y15, YG21, YG25, YG23, G09, G05, G12, YG63, YG67, Ell, E15, E13, E21, E53, E50, E51, W1 & W2.  Once I was done coloring I added some subtle sparkle with a silver Wink of Stella brush tip marker and the edges were inked with Iced Spruce and Evergreen Bough distress inks.  The sentiment is from the clear set "Christmas Fashion". 

Thanks for stopping by... your next stop is super talented Penny!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft, white and ocean tides; Stamps:  Penny Black; Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip; Dies:  Penny Black; Markers:  Copic & Zig (Wink of Stella); Hemp Twine:  Hempotique

merry, merry...

Hello friends!!  Did you see??? Penny Black is going to be having a big sale for club members that starts this Friday and runs through the 15th.  In order to get in on all the savings you need to be a club member,

Just head over to the Penny Black website and click on the "Join the Club" link and sign up before Friday, November 8th.  On Friday a special email will be delivered to your inbox so you can start shopping!  To get your creativity flowing I'm sharing a card that I made using a few of the stamps that will be on sale.  Going to pop this into the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge clean & simple.

For my card I used the Penny Black clear sets Joyous (30-037) and Marzipan (30-126).  I also used the background cling stamp Retro Pattern (40-086), but because I used watermark ink for a tone on tone look you really can't see it.   I used a red and green Gelato to color the image and then sprayed the stamp before stamping it on my cardstock.  The sentiment was stamped and punched out.  I rounded two corners and then added the little button/twine embellishment in one corner. 

Thanks for stopping by... now go join the club!!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Penny Black red and green; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink:  Tuxedo Black; Gelatos:  Metallic green and red

fun news from penny black...

Hello friends!!  Just popping in with some big news from Penny Black!  Check out the graphic below:

 

 

To get in on all the fun and savings all you have to do is just click HERE and that will take you to the page where you can sign up to become a club member and you will receive your email on Friday, November 8th... easy peasy lemon squeezy!!   Check back here on Wednesday for my post where I will be sharing a card made with some of the stamps that will be offered at the special club exclusive discount!

tis' the season...

Hello friends... wow... seems like ages since I last posted!  But has only been since Tuesday!   Have a little Christmas card that I made using some fun Penny Black stamps.  Not for any challenge... made "just because"!  Honestly I think I see more of "sharing just because" type of cards in my future.  Anywhoo...  on to my card!

I made this one using the recently released Penny Black sets "Festive Forest" and "Christmas Wishes".  The set contains the three little trees each in their own little wonky box and so I lined them up on my acrylic block and stamped then using Memento's Bamboo Leaves ink.  Each tree was then stamped on some fun patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Mistletoe Magic 6x6 pad, trimmed out and adhered with foam dimensionals.  Some MME enamel dots were added to one tree and a Prima Sugar Dot heart to another.  A bit of color was done with some Copic markers and a Wink of Stella silver ink marker.  The sentiment was stamped and then die cut using a MFT fishtail flag stax die. 

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Pear Pizzazz; PP:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink:  Memento; Embellishments:  My Mind's Eye & Prima; Die:  MFT

holly jolly...

Hello friends!!  Happy Saturday!!  Today is a pretty exciting day for me because I'm the guest designer for Sketchbook Saturday... YAY!  Sketchbook Saturday is probably my absolute favorite challenge to play along with and so to be asked to a guest designer... well I just couldn't say no!  As you all know the creator of Sketchbook Saturday is the wildly talented Chupa.  Not only does she have mad paper crafting skills she also knows how to put together the most creative sketches!  Okay... enough gushing, lol!!

When I got the sketch I would be working with I immediately thought of another one of my new Penny Black Christmas stamps, merry & bright.  I paired that stamp with some My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas papers.  I stamped the wreath on cream cardstock using olive green ink, trimmed it out and then added the red rhinestones (I colored clear rhinestones with a dark red Copic marker).  A touch of Old Paper distress ink was added to the edges.   I cut the kraft cardstock piece, roughed up the edges a bit, stamped the sentiment (from the Penny Black set Christmas Wishes) and then adhered the fishtail flags.  After adhering the wreath I realized that the center looked a bit plain so I stamped one of the ornaments from the "merry & bright" set, adhered it and added the twine bow.  As a finishing touch I curved up the ends of the fishtail flags.

Thanks for stopping by... make sure you check out Sketchbook Saturday.  You won't be sorry!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI kraft & cream; Patterned Paper:  My Mind's Eye; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink:  SU! Old Olive & Cherry Cobbler, Ranger Old Paper; Rhinestones:  Recollections; Twine:  May Arts

a card and a quick note...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a little Christmas card that I made with a new Penny Black Christmas and an old Penny Black Christmas stamp.   I also wanted to let you know that I have a post up over at the CardMaker blog so I hope you will check it out!

My card is pretty simple.  I stamped the newly released PB image "flourish holly" using  Memento Bamboo Leaves.   The sentiment (an older PB stamp) was stamped using SU!'s Cherry Cobbler.  Once the sentiment was stamped I added little dots of dark red glitter glue and the bakers twine bow.   Love how this turned out and because it was so simple to put together I think this may be our Christmas card this year.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink:  Memento and Stampin Up!; Glitter glue:  Stampin Up!, Green Bakers Twine

merry & bright...

Hello friends!!  Have a little card to share with you.  Our weather here in Western Washington has been really bad and that means lots of time inside to do some crafting.  But I have been experiencing a wee problem... no mojo!  Finally got some by making a card using some brand new Penny Black stamps and the current Sketchbook Saturday sketch. 

Penny Black has some of the most beautiful poinsettia stamps and they have done it again with a new one called "warm wishes".  The moment I saw that stamp I had to have it.. and now I do!!  YAY!!  I started my card by stamping the image on some patterned paper from Stampin Up! called Winter Frost using watermark ink.  I applied silver embossing powder, heat set the image and then trimmed it out.   Some glue was applied to the center of the flower and I poured on some light blue glitter.  The banner (from the Penny Black set "Christmas banners") was stamped on pale aqua cardstock using watermark ink, silver embossing powder applied, heat set and then trimmed out.  Additional papers from the "Winter Frost" pad were cut and layered per the sketch and the flower added to finish things off. 

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Pool Party; PP:  SU! Winter Frost; Stamps:  Penny Black; Ink:  VersaMark Watermark ink; Embossing powder:  Ranger Ultra Fine Silver; Glitter:  Stampin Up!; Fiskars corner rounder

past, present, future...

Hello friends!!   Woke up this morning to thick fog.  Since we live a on ridge above the Puget Sound and the Port of Tacoma is our neighbor, we have been hearing the foghorn all morning! (As I have been writing this post it has started raining and there is thunder and lightening.  It is a bit weird, though, because it is still foggy and so I haven't actually seen any lightening...just heard the thunder!) Have a little card that I made using another one of the Penny Black "Colorful Christmas" color combos.  I hope that you have checked out all five of the combos and are going to play along.  There are three prizes up for grabs... who doesn't like prizes???

The layout for my card is based on the current sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch.  I used the following Penny Black stamps:  winter berries (4273K) and time (4261F).  My card is fairly simple, but a little labor intensive because it involves stamping the "winter berries" image multiple times.  I cut my piece of Rustic White cardstock to size and then began stamping portions of the image using Hero Arts Field Greens ink.  I then layered on VersaMagic Aloe Vera ink and finished with VersaMagic Thatched Straw.   The sentiment was stamped using Tuxedo Black ink.  I mounted the piece on some PTI Fine Linen cardstock to bring in the fourth color in the combo.  I recently purchased a couple of Zig Wink of Stella markers and used my green one to add a little bit of glitter to some of the dark green dots, but it doesn't really show up. 

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI Rustic White & Fine Linen; Stamps:  Penny Black; Inks:  Tuxedo Black, Thatched Straw, Aloe Vera, Hero Arts Field Greens; Zig Wink of Stella Green marker.

overwhelmed...

Hello friends!!! On Monday I had a short post about the new challenge going on over at the Penny Black blog.  Each day this week a new color combo has been revealed on the blog.  The final color combo was revealed today and I have made a card using that combo. 

Even though the Penny Black challenge is all about Christmas I decided to make a fall card as the combo just said "fall" to me.  The layout for the card is based on the current sketch from Sketchbook Saturday.  I started with a kraft card stock base and added a layer of mustard yellow card stock (Stampin Up! More Mustard) that had the edges distressed.  I cut a piece of patterned paper from the Crate Paper Farmhouse 6x6 pad, distressed the edges and layered it on top of the mustard card stock.  A piece of kraft card stock was cut and stamped with one of the leaf images from the Penny Black set Foliage Fancy using VersaMark Champagne Dazzle ink.  Some cream twine was added to the piece and it was adhered to the card stock piece as shown.  The Foliage Fancy set has three different leaf images.  Each image comes in a solid and outline form.  The solid images were stamped first using different combinations of the following inks, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Real Rust, Real Red and Chocolate (all Stampin Up!) and the rock and roll technique.  Once all the solid images were stamped I overstamped each image with the corresponding outline image.  All three were trimmed out and some Old Paper Distress ink was applied.  I layered the images using various heights of foam dimensionals.  The sentiment (also from Foliage Fancy) was stamped on a banner cut with one of the banner die from the Penny Black Tagged die set, inked with Old Paper distress ink and added to the card. 

If you made it this far I have one more thing to share.   Today I have a blog post over on the CardMaker blog.  I'm sharing one of my favorite paper crafting tips.  I hope you will check it out and
thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock PTI kraft and cream; Stampin Up:  More Mustard; Patterned Paper:  Crate Paper Farmhouse; Stamps:  Penny Black Foliage Fancy (30-138); Inks:  Stampin Up! and VersaMark; Die:  Penny Black Tagged (51-007); Twine:  May Arts

you're simply the best...

Hello friends!!  Playing along with Dynamic Duos today.  The colors this week are plum and your choice... my choice ended up being brown as you can see!  I'm also popping this into this week's Less is More challenge to use a rubber stamp... but I didn't water color the image.   The Penny Black design team is also playing along at Less is More this week and there is a fabulous Penny Black prize up for grabs! 

Several months ago I purchased the Penny Black wood mounted stamp called "melle papillion".  I just loved the whimsical look of the young girl surrounded by all those sweet butterflies.   I stamped her on white cardstock and colored her with Copic makers in very soft shades of purple (or plum).  The brown comes in due to the fact that I colored her hair brown.  The butterflies were colored a darker plum color and then Diamond stickles were added.  The sentiment is from the Penny Black set "edge to edge".   The card base is Stampin Up!'s Wisteria Wonder... a very soft shade of plum. 

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; SU! Wisteria Wonder; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Stamps:  Penny Black melle papillion (4300K) and edge to edge (30-164); Copic Markers; Diamond Stickles

penny black plays along...

Hello friends and happy Friday!!   Today I have a card to share that I made for a fun little event that is happening over on the Penny Black blog.   As all you paper crafters know there are lots of fantastic challenges out there and the team at Penny Black thought it would be fun to have the Penny Black design play along with some of these challenges.  So, all this week the design team (and the Stamp Squad) have been posting cards and playing along with the current Runway Inspired Challenge.   You can see all the cards from the Penny Black Stamp Squad here.  When I saw the inspiration photo (isn't that dress absolutely gorgeous??!!) I immediately knew that I would be using my Penny Black tiger lily slapstick/cling stamp. 

I stamped the image. colored it with Copic markers (RV91, RV93, RV95 & RV99) and then trimmed it out.  The black cardstock strip was stamped with the PB background stamp peacock feathers using VersaMark watermark ink, clear embossing powder applied and then heat set.  I partially embossed the top portion of the white panel, adhered the black strip and the tiger lily and then stamped the sentiment (from the transparent set "eloquence") in black ink.  The entire piece was then adhered to a white card base.

Thanks for stopping by... hope you will check out the Penny Black blog, as well as the Runway Inspired challenge as there is a fabulous prize from Penny Black up for grabs!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & black; Stamps:  Penny Black tiger lily, eloquence & peacock feathers; Ink:  VersaMark watermark ink; Memento Tuxedo Black; Embossing folder:  Modern Wallpaper; Embossing Powder:  Ranger Ultrafine clear; Copic markers

a sunny hello... beat the heat with penny black

Hello friends!!  Here with a fun little card that I made using the super cute Penny Black set "Summer Fun".   If you haven't been the to Penny Black blog you really need to because there is a fun new challenge/contest going on.  All the fun started on July 22nd and will run through August 5th.  What's in it for you???  Well... three prize packages worth $25.00 each!!  All the information can be found here so make sure you check it out!

 

For my card I decided to use the cute little palm tree/hammock image from the "Summer Fun" (30-107) set, along with the sentiment "a sunny hello".  I first started by die cutting a tag using the small tag from the Penny Black Tagged die set (51-007).  I then stamped the image on the tag using Memento's Tuxedo Black ink and colored the image, except for the sand portion, with Copic markers.  I applied some clear drying glue to the sand portion and then sprinkled on some sand colored Flower Soft and let it dry.   I cut a piece of white cardstock and then embossed it using a piece of burlap... a quick and easy way to create subtle texture on a project.  A strip of burlap ribbon was cut to use as a mat for a piece of patterned paper from the PB Madison 6x6 paper pad and both pieces were adhered to the cardstock piece.  The tag was attached using foam dimensionals and a bow made from twine added to the tag.  The entire piece was adhered to a kraft card base and I was done. 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white and kraft; PP:  Madison Patterned Paper; Stamps:  Penny Black Summer Fun (30-107); Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; Dies:  Penny Black Tagged (51-007); burlap ribbon; twine; Copic markers; Sand Flower Soft

More Penny Black Fun...

Hey friends... just popping in with a short post to let you know that there is a fabulous guest designer this week over at the Penny Black blog!  Make sure you check the Penny Black blog each day to see what new projects are in store!

Thanks for stopping by...

Penny Black Stamp Squad Blog Hop!

 

Hello friends!!  Happy Saturday!  Now that all of the members of the Penny Black Stamp Squad have been revealed we are celebrating with the first ever Penny Black Stamp Squad blog hop!! Woo hoo!!! Not only are we hopping, we're giving away stamps, too!!  Leave a comment on each blog, including the Penny Black blog, for a chance to win a selection of Penny Black stamps.   You should have arrived here from the blog of  my uber talented Stamp Squad teamie Penny Ward.  However, if this is your first stop you may want to head over to the Penny Black blog where you can find the complete hop list and start from the beginning. 

For my card today I used the following Penny Black stamps:  eloquence (30-162), blooming garden (30-155) & fleur de lys (40-204).  When I first saw the blooming garden set I knew I wanted to use one of the images along with my distress inks.  I lightly inked up the fleur de lys background stamp with Old Paper distress ink, place the cardstock on top and just lightly pressed the cardstock onto the stamp.  I then inked up the edges with additional Old Paper distress ink and then roughed up the edges a bit with my thumbnail.   The poppy image from blooming garden was stamped on the main piece using Forest Moss distress ink and then again on white cardstock using watermark ink.  Clear embossing powder was applied and the image was heat set.  I then applied Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick distress inks to the flowers.   The flowers and pods were trimmed out and adhered to the main piece using pop dots.  The sentiment was stamped using Tuxedo Black ink and a few sequins were applied to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by... don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win some yummy Penny Black stamps!  And now off you go to the Penny Black blog!! 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white; Stamps:  Penny Black; Inks:  Ranger Old Paper, Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick distress inks, Memento Tuxedo Black and VersaMark watermark ink; vintage sequins