Loveliest Smile

I was in the mood for a bit of easy watercolouring so I decided to colour this lovely stamp by Penny Black from the set Autumn Air. I used my Karin markers to colour the image and the die cut leaves before die cutting the panel with Penny Black's new frame die Classy Frames. The sentiment I used is from the set Autumn Is Calling. For the background, I did a bit of embossing using the embossing folder Dashed Design. I adhered the panel onto the background with some foam adhesives and embellished the card with the die cut leaves, some twine and a button and gold gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Just Us Girls: Challenge #748 - Word Week 'Leaves'

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Add Some Texture

* Stamping Sensations: October - Autumn Colours

* We Love Stamping: October - Autumn

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

* Autumn Air (31-011)

* Autumn Is Calling (30-863)

* Classy Frames (51-826)

* Fall Wreath (51-479)

* Dashed Design (65-001)

Autumn

I love it when new products give you ideas and inspiration to use your stash, that's exactly what happened here. I used the new frame die from Penny Black called Classy Frames and paired it with an older stamp set.

First, I die cut the opening on the panel with the second largest Classy Frames die and then I die cut the frame with the largest die in the set. I coloured the frame by ink blending Distress Oxide inks in Dried Marigold, Ripe Persimmon and Lumberjack Plaid on it. I then stamped the image using a stamp from the Autumn Air stamp set and coloured it with my Copics. The sentiment is from the sentiment set Autumn Is Calling. Lastly, I adhered everything in place and embellished the card with a few gems.

I'm entering this to:

* Double D Challenges: Fall Leaves

* We Love Stamping: September - Hand Coloured Image

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

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

* Classy Frames (51-826)

* Autumn Air (31-011)

* Autumn Is Calling (30-863)

Heartsong and Snowflakes

I love this little bird from the new Penny Black stamp set Heartsong so much that I wanted to make another card with it. I think he just looks like the kindest little bird ever.

I coloured the image with my Copics and added a bit of gold Stickles onto the berries before die cutting the panel with the new Classy Frames die. I then used the die again to cut the outer frame from dark brown cardstock. Before adhering the frame to the stamped panel with some tape, I ink blended the edges of the panel with Distress Oxide ink in Antique Linen and stamped the sentiment from the Heartsong set. For the background, I used kraft coloured cardstock and die cut the bottom part with the Textural die for added interest before ink blending the edges of the background panel with Distress Oxide ink in Frayed Burlap. I wanted to add some snowflakes to the card, so I used one larger snowflake from the Stick & Shine sheet Extraordinary on the background panel and foiled it with gold foil. The two smaller snowflakes are made with the new Stick & Shine sheet Snowflakes, I foiled them with gold foil as well and then die cut with the matching die, Snowflakes Cut Out. I adhered them in place and embellished them with gold sequins and half pearls.

Here's an angled view of the card to show the shine of the foiled snowflakes.

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

* Heartsong (31-086)

* Classy Frames (51-826)

* Textural (51-729)

* Extraordinary (15-003)

* Snowflakes (15-020)

* Snowflakes Cut Out (51-834)

* Classic Colours Multipack foil (21-002)

More Merry Days

I'm continuing with the same stamp set that I made yesterday's card with. It's a new stamp set from Penny Black called Merry Days and it's a wonderful set with cute bears and elegant florals - a double whammy!

For this card, I used the cute bear pair. I coloured them with my Copics adding a bit of gold Stickles glue to the star. I then used the Immense Joy die and first die cut the bear panel to fit into the opening of the letter O and then a couple of times out of regular cardstock which I layered on top of each other after having ink blended Distress Oxide inks to the first layer. For the background, I first used a panel die cut with All-in-One Oval die on top of which I layered a panel die cut with Semi-Circle Stackers die. Before removing the Semi-Circle Stackers die, I blended a bit of blue Distress Oxide ink to it. The heat embossed sentiment comes from the Merry Days stamp set, I adhered it with foam adhesives. I embellished the card with snowflakes made with the new Stick & Shine sheet Snowflakes and foil and die cut with the matching Snowflakes die. I also added enamel dots to the centres of the snowflakes.

While I was at it, I could not leave the floral stamps of Merry Days stamp set alone, I had to make another card with them. Here I've coloured them with my Copics and die cut with the matching die, Merry Days Cut Out. I then created the frame using Stitched Loops die and adhered the die cut florals to the inside of the frame. For the background, I ink blended a panel with Distress Oxide inks and splattered some water and golden ink spray on it. I created the sentiment using a stamp from the Merry Builder sentiment set and a die cut word using Merry and Joy die. I first die cut the word Merry from gold foil cardstock and then a couple of times out of regular cardstock and layered the words on top of each other. Lastly, I embellished the card with some red sequins with white half pearls on top of them.

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

* Merry Days (31-075)

* Merry Days Cut Out (51-836)

* Immense Joy (51-742)

* Snowflakes (15-020)

* Snowflakes Cut Out (51-834)

* Classic Colors Multipack Foil (21-002)

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

* Semi-Circle Stackers (51-706)

* Stitched Loops (51-573)

* Merry Builder (30-619)

* Merry and Joy (51-586)

Floral Christmas Bauble

I love stamp sets that give you a variety of different kinds of stamps that you can create different styles of cards with and the new Merry Days stamp set by Penny Black is just that. You get cute bears (a card with them coming later) and elegant florals which are what I've used in today's card.

I stamped the florals on the perimeter of the bauble die cut with Jumbo Bauble die and coloured them with my Copics, adding some white gel pen accents here and there. I also did a very light inking on the edges of the bauble with Distress Oxide ink in Antique Linen before inking it with VersaMark ink and heat embossing it in gold. I used a sentiment from the sentiment set Christmas Sentiments and heat embossed it in gold as well. I coloured the other elements die cut with the Jumbo Bauble die with Copics as well, leaving one of the bows white. For the background, I used a stencil from the Background Basics stencil set and inked the background with Distress Oxide inks in Evergreen Bough and Rustic Wilderness, splashing a few drops of water on it for added interest. I adhered everything in place and embellished the card with some half pearls.

I'm entering this to:

* Tic Tac Toe Challenge: TTTC256 (my chosen row is Layers - Die Cut - Markers)

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Stamp It in STAMPtember

Here's another view of the card showing the gold embossing a bit better.

Products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

* Merry Days (31-075)

* Christmas Sentiments (30-504)

* Jumbo Bauble (51-743)

* Background Basics stencils (25-021)

Take Wing

The latest release by Penny Black called Christmas 2024 - Round One includes a stamp set that has the most elegant tree stamps. I think these birch trees in this set called Take Wing are so beautiful and the little birds just add to the charm.

The first card is super CAS. I stamped the birches on my panel and masked them with masking paper. I then used a stencil from the stencil set Background Basics and ink blended Distress Oxide inks to the panel.  Before removing the stencil and the masking paper, I splattered the panel with some water and then with some white gouache paint to create the snowfall. I then removed the stencil and the masking paper, coloured the little bird with my Karin markers and stamped the sentiment from the sentiment set Snowflake Season. Lastly, I embellished the card with a single snowflake that I made using the new Stick & Shine sheet Snowflakes, some foil and the matching die, Snowflakes Cut Out. I finished the snowflake by adding a bling to its centre.

I'm entering this to:

* CAS on Friday: Challenge #291 - Feathered Friends

* The Paper Funday Challenges: September, Challenge #69 - Anything Goes with the optional twist of Create Your Own Background

For the second card, I used the other birch stamp from the same stamp set, Take Wing. I stamped it onto a panel die cut with the new frame die called Classy Frames, masked it with masking paper and ink blended the background with some Distress Oxide inks. I created the snow the same way as in the first card, by splattering the panel with some water and then with some white gouache paint. I also coloured the birds with my Karin markers. The sentiment I used is from the sentiment set Touched by Peace. I added the white frame on the panel, it's die cut with the same Classy Frames die. For the background, I used a panel of light blue cardstock that I first embossed with the new embossing folder, Melody, and then inked with some Distress Oxide inks. I adhered the panel onto a slightly larger panel of white cardstock and adhered the die cut panel on top of it with some foam adhesives. I decided to embellish the card with some die cut snowflakes, the big one is die cut with Polar Pair die and the smaller ones are die cut with Dancing Snowflakes die. I embellished the snowflakes with sequins and half pearls. 

I'm entering this to:

* Creative Inspirations: September - Anything Goes

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Stamp It

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

* Take Wing (31-088)

* Background Basics stencil set (25-021)

* Snowflake Season (30-779)

* Stick & Shine sheet Snowflakes (15-020)

* Snowflakes Cut Out (51-834)

* Classic Colors Multipack foil (21-002)

* Classy Frames (51-826)

* Touched by Peace (30-851)

* Melody embossing folder (65-006)

* Polar Pair (51-568)

* Dancing Snowflakes (51-708)

Heartsong #2

The new stamp set from Penny Black called Heartsong has two different stamps. I used one of the stamps in my previous card (see it by clicking here) and I wanted to make another card using the other stamp because I think this little bird is so sweet. 

I coloured the image with my Copics and added a bit of frosty looking Stickles on the berries. I also very lightly inked the panel with Distress Oxide ink in Old Paper. I then die cut the white panel with a Penny Black die called Snowflake Frame and inked the inner rectangular frame with Distress Oxide ink in Lumberjack Plaid. I used a sentiment from the sentiment set Feeling of Christmas and stamped it onto the panel before adhering everything in place. Lastly, I embellished the card with a couple of snowflakes using the new Stick & Shine sheet Snowflakes and the matching die Snowflakes Cut Out. The Stick & Shine sheets can be used with embossing powder and so I used gold embossing powder to heat emboss them. I added small half pearls in the centres of the snowflakes to give them a finished look.

I'm entering this to:

* Stamping Sensations: September - Anything Goes with the option of Animal Magic

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #476 - Make Your Mark

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Stamp It

Penny Black products used, available in their online shop:

* Heartsong (31-086)

* Feeling of Christmas (30-921)

* Snowflake Frame (51-565)

* Stick & Shine sheet Snowflakes (15-020)

* Snowflakes Cut Out (51-834)