Mistletoe #2

I love this cute pair so much that I wanted to make another card with it (see my first card here). This is a new stamp from Penny Black from their latest release, Christmas 2024 - Round One, and it's called Mistletoe. I coloured the images with my Copics and die cut them with the matching dies, Mistletoe Cut Out. For the background, I used a panel die cut with All-in-One Oval (that's the one with scalloped edge) and a panel die cut with Semi-Circle Stackers die. For that panel, I left the die in place and ink blended Distress Oxide inks in Old Paper and Frayed Burlap to the panel. After I removed the die, I had a crisp white frame around it. After I heat embossed a sentiment from the sentiment set Thrill of Hope in gold, I adhered everything in place.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

All products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

* Mistletoe (31-084)

* Mistletoe Cut Out (51-846)

* All-in-One Oval (51-815)

* Semi-Circle Stackers (51-706)

* Thrill of Hope (30-616)

Mistletoe

I am getting into Christmas mood with adorable new stamps and dies from the latest Penny Black release called Christmas 2024 - Round One. The whole release is gorgeous and I reached for this stamp first as it was so fun to colour. This is called Mistletoe and it has matching dies, Mistletoe Cut Out.

I started by die cutting the framed panel with a new die called Classy Frames and stamping the image on it. I then coloured the image with my Copics and added a bit of white gel pen here and there and also a bit of Stickles glitter glue to the furry parts of the little girls jacket. I also stamped and die cut with the matching die the mistletoe before colouring it with my Copics. The sentiment I used is from the sentiment set Feeling of Christmas, I stamped it onto the panel. I then die cut the frame again, this time out of purple cardstock to get the frame part. It wasn't exactly the purple I wanted so I ink blended a bit of Distress Oxide ink in Seedless Preserves on it, and did the same with the piece of purple cardstock showing behind the embossed panel on the background. The embossed panel is embossed using the lovely new embossing folder called Melody. Lastly, I adhered everything in place, the mistletoe is adhered with foam adhesives.

Penny Black products used, available in their online shop:

* Mistletoe (31-084)

* Mistletoe Cut Out (51-846)

* Feeling of Christmas (30-921)

* Classy Frames (51-826)

* Melody (65-006)

Critter Party

I'm still growing my birthday card stash and so here is one I made with a stamp from an older Penny Black stamp set called Critter Party. I coloured the image with my Copics and added a bit of Stickles to the frosting on the cupcake. Before stamping my sentiment (which says 'Congratulating you on your birthday'), I die cut the panel with a die from the Penny Black die set Border Collection. I then stamped and heat embossed in white a stamp from the Penny Black stamp set Footnotes on a piece of cardstock which I then ink blended with Distress Oxide ink. After adhering it on my card base, I adhered the panel with the stamped image on it with foam adhesives.

I'm entering this to:

* AAA Birthday: Game #64 - Critters

* Seize the Birthday: Challenge #289 - Cute Critters 

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Sparkle & Shine (there's Stickles on the frosting on the cup cake, although it's not fully visible in the photo)

Poppies

I love poppies and this poppy stamp called Brilliant from Penny Black is one of my favourite poppy stamps ever. This turned out a really simple, one layer card as I basically just wanted to colour the image which I did with my Lukas watercolours. I then used a stencil from Background Basics stencil set from Penny Black and ink blended the panel with Distress Oxide inks in Bundled Sage and Rustic Wilderness before stamping my sentiment which says 'Congratulations'.

I'm entering this to:

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #474 - Any Occasions (mine is birthday)

* Just Us Girls: Challenge #739 - Word Week 'Frame'  (the white border creates a frame)

* Stamping Sensations: August - Summer in the Garden

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Happy Birthday

* Beautiful Blossoms Challenge: Anything Goes (my 2nd entry)

Irises

 I have another clean and simple, one layer card to share. I made this using the Iris Elegance stamp by Penny Black which I stamped onto a panel of watercolour paper and coloured using my Lukas watercolours. After having coloured the image, I used a stencil from Penny Black's stencil set Background Basics and ink blended the panel using Distress Oxide ink in Bundled Sage. I then left the stencil in place and splattered the panel with some gold ink. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment (it says 'Congratulations').

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Happy Birthday

* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #269 - IBW 'It's always summer somewhere' (I was inspired by the word 'summer' and to me, summer = flowers)

Watercoloured florals

I've been doing some watercolouring lately using my Lukas watercolours and turning the watercoloured images into simple one layer cards. Here's one image that I watercoloured, this is beautiful Meander from Penny Black. After I had watercoloured the image, I used a stencil from Penny Black's Background Basics stencil set and ink blended a bit of Old Paper Distress Oxide ink onto the panel. I then left the stencil in place and splattered the panel with some gold spray ink. Lastly, I stamped my sentiment - it says 'Congratulations' in Finnish.

Brew-Tea-Ful Gladness

I love having a play with these new tea cup stamps by Penny Black from the stamp set Brew-Tea-Ful and seeing what stamps I can pair them with. This time I used flowers from Gladness stamp. I coloured the flowers with my watercolours and fussy cut them out. I then ink blended the die cut tea cup with Distress Oxide inks in Old Paper and Brushed Corduroy, stamped the tea cup with Brushed Corduroy and splattered it with watercolours. I die cut the background panel with a die from the Border Collection die set and added behind it a panel embossed with Filigree embossing folder. Before I adhered the white panel with foam adhesives, I stamped the sentiment using Note Builder stamp set. Lastly, I embellished the card with some black gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Penny Black products used, available in their online shop:

* Brew-Tea-Ful (31-063)

* Brew-Tea-Ful Cut Out (51-823)

* Gladness (40-854)

* Border Collection (51-717)

* Filigree (65-010)

* Note Builder (31-046)