Hollyhock Heaven #2

I wanted to do some colouring over the weekend and chose to use Hollyhock Heaven by Penny Black as my stamped image to do the colouring on. I simply love this stamp!

I did my colouring with my Copics and added a bit of white gel pen here and there on the flowers. I masked the edges of the panel and sponged some Distress Oxide inks (Speckled Egg and Salvaged Patina) on it before splattering some bronze and white watercolour on the panel. I then die cut the word 'hello' with the Hello Edger die a couple of times out of grey cardstock and then once out of white cardstock and layered the words on top of each other so that the white word shows from behind the grey one. I then used a sentiment from the Hello Builder set, heat embossed it in white on a strip of black cardstock before adhering both sentiments on my card.

All stamps and dies used are by Penny Black and available in their online shop:

* Hollyhock Heaven (40-824)

* Hello Edger (51-772)

* Hello Builder (30-976)

Graceful

It's time for a midway reminder for the June challenge over at Penny Black Saturday Challenge where the theme is, as always, Anything Goes with the optional theme of Masculine.

For my card, I used a new Penny Black stamp called Graceful and the exact matching die, Graceful Cut Out. I coloured the flowers with my Copics, added a touch of white gel pen to the flowers and did a bit of paper piecing for the vase. The patterned paper I used is from the paper pad Coco Style (now discontinued), after cutting it with scissors according to the stamped lines, I slightly sponged it with some Distress Oxide ink to better match it with the other colours I chose for this card. The circle in the background is done by using a mask die cut with the Jumbo Bauble die and sponging some Distress Oxide inks and stamping the circle with Refined stamp. After adhering the stamped image to the panel (I adhered the vase with glue and the flowers themselves with foam adhesives to make them stand out a bit), I stamped the sentiment from the same Graceful stamp set. Then I simply adhered my panel onto some purple cardstock before adhering it all to my cardbase.

All stamps and dies used are by Penny Black and available in their online shop:

* Graceful (30-963)

* Graceful Cut Out (51-770)

* Jumbo Bauble (51-743)

* Refined (40-758)

* Coco Style (discontinued)

Just a Note

I couldn't resist playing with the Floral Impressions set by Penny Black again. The dainty flowers in this set are just so pretty!

I coloured the stamped flowers and the butterfly with Copics before die cutting the edge of the panel with a die from the set Border Collection. The sentiment I used is from the Hello Builder set. I then stamped and heat embossed the background with Contemporary background stamp before sponging it with bue ink. After adhering it to the cardbase, I adhered the panel with the flower onto some craft foam and onto the cardbase. Lastly, I embellished the card with some black rhinestones.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Lots of Layers

All stamps and dies used are by Penny Black and available in their online shop:

* Floral Impressions (30-979)

* Hello Builder (30-976)

* Contemporary (40-772)

* Border Collection (51-717)

Hollyhock Heaven

This floral stamp is one of my favourites from the new Penny Black collection called Hello Sunshine. The stamp is called Hollyhock Heaven.

I stamped the image only partially on the panel and coloured it with my Copics. I then die cut the edge of the panel with a die from the set Border Collection before stamping the sentiment from the new Floral Impressions stamp set (I love those fonts!). I then adhered a piece of pink cardstock on my cardbase and adhered my panel onto some craft foam before adhering it to the cardbase. Lastly, I embellished the card with some pink enamel dots.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

* Inkspirational: Challenge #291 - Seasonal (my season is Summer with flowers)

* We Love Stamping: June - CAS / Anything Goes

* The Flower Challenge: Challenge #81 - Use Your Favourite Flower

All stamps and dies used are by Penny Black and available in their online shop:

* Hollyhock Heaven (40-824)

* Floral Impressions (30-979)

* Border Collection (51-717)