Petals

Here's a very clean and simple card made with new dies from the latest Penny Black release called Sending Smiles. These florals are made with the die set Petals.

The card itself is very simple. I simply masked the edges of the card base and sponged the panel with Distress Oxide ink in Fossilized Amber before die cutting the different floral elements with the dies and assembling them together. I then die cut the little banner with Pocket and Banners die and stamped the sentiment from the set Floral Impressions on it. Lastly, I embellished the card with some enamel dots.

I'm entering this to:

* Sunday Stamps: SSC313 - Summer Days

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 450 - Die Cuts and/or Stencils

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

* Petals (51-777)

* Pocket and Banners (51-677)

* Floral Impressions (30-979)

Abloom and Blossoming

I made a slimline card with some gorgeous new floral stamps by Penny Black from their newest release called Sending Smiles. These florals are from the new stamp sets Abloom and Blossoming. I also used the matching dies, Abloom Cut Out and Blossoming Cut Out. 

I coloured the flowers with my Copics adding just a bit of white gel pen to the leaves before die cutting them with the matching dies. I then die cut the slimline card base with Slimline Medley dies, I also die cut the basic card base with the "torn" edges once more from light grey cardstock and then once more from white cardstock so I was able to make it a topfolding card. I adhered the white card base onto some craft foam before adhering it to the light grey card base. I used sentiments from Snippets sentiment set and heat embossed them onto strips of black cardstock before adhering them onto their places. I then adhered the flowers in their places before embellishing the card with some silver glitter enamel dots.

I'm entering this to:

* The Flower Challenge: Challenge #82 - CAS

* We Love Stamping: July - Fabulous Florals 

* Stamping Sensations: July - Summer Flowers

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

* Blossoming (30-989)

* Blossoming Cut Out (51-779)

* Abloom (30-987)

* Abloom Cut Out (51-780)

* Snippets (30-283)

* Slimline Medley (51-718)

PBSC: July

It's time for July challenge at Penny Black Saturday Challenge. The theme for July is Anything Goes and the optional theme is The Great Outdoors.

My great outdoors is a field of pretty flowers and butterflies created with Penny Black's Floral Impressions stamp set. I stamped the images on Copic friendly cardstock and coloured them with my Copics adding tiny details with a white gel pen. I then masked the edges of the panel before sponging some Distress Oxide inks in Speckled Egg and Salvaged Patina (for the blue) and Bundled Sage and Rustic Wilderness (for the green) on the panel. Before I removed my masking, I splattered the panel with some bronze and white watercolour. I then heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set onto a strip of black cardstock and adhered it in place. 

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

* Floral Impressions (30-979)

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)