Penny Black Home for Christmas: Full of Joy

Here's an idea for a quick Christmas card using new Penny Black dies. I quite rarely make cards without stamped images but I needed to make a Christmas card quickly and these dies helped with that. I simply used a piece of white textured cardstock and die cut the bottom of it with Spirited die to give it a beautiful snowflake edge. I then attached a piece of patterned paper from Holiday Trimmings paper pad on my cardbase and attached the panel firstly to craft foam and then to my cardbase after I had stamped a sentiment from Christmas Greetings sentiment set on the panel. Next, I die cut the word 'Joyful' using Full of Joy die and attached the letters to the panel. Lastly, I die cut some snowflakes using Dancing Snowflakes die, attached them in their places and embellished them with sticky back pearls.  Lots of white-on-white action on this card but I think it gives an elegant feel to it.

I'm entering my card to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

All products used are by Penny Black and available in their online store:

* Full of Joy (51-713)

* Spirited (51-721)

* Dancing Snowflakes (51-708)

* Christmas Greetings (30-865)

* Holiday Trimmings (discontinued)

Teen harvoin kortteja ilman leimakuvaa, mutta nyt oli tarve nopealle joulukortille ja tästä tuli sellainen Penny Blackin tuotteilla. Stanssasin valkoisen paneelin alareunaan Penny Blackin Spirited-stanssilla kauniin lumihiutalereunan ja leimasin siihen tekstileiman Christmas Greetings -setistä. Korttipohjaan laitoin suikaleen kuviopaperia Holiday Trimmings -paperikosta ja kiinnitin valkoisen paneelin ensin fun foamille ja sitten korttipohjaan. Stanssasin 'joyful' sanan Full of Joy -stanssilla ja kiinnitin kirjaimet paikalleen. Lopulta stanssasin lumihiutaleita Dancing Snowflakes -stanssilla, kiinnitin ne paikalleen ja koristelin ne puolihelmillä. Kaikki käytetyt tuotteet ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit tuotteisiin yllä.

Happy Father's Day - Hyvää isänpäivää

It's Father's Day today and this is the card I made for my Dad. I used beautiful stamps by Memory Box in collaboration with Simon Says Stamp called Life's Path. It's a fairly simple card, I just stamped the images and coloured them with my Copics before layering the panel onto first green, and then onto dark grey cardstock. The sentiment says 'Happy Father's Day'. I embellished the card with some enamel dots.

I'm entering my card to:

* Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: WWC328 - All about Occasions

Tein tämän isälleni isänpäiväkortiksi. Leimoina käytin Memory Boxin Life's Path -leimasettiä. Kortti itsessään on aika simppeli, väritin vain leimakuvan Copiceilla ja kerrostin vihreälle ja harmaalle kartongille. Tekstileimat ovat Heidin Korttipajan. Lopuksi koristelin kortin muutamalla enamel dotsilla.

Penny Black Making Spirits Bright: Winter Blooms

A new challenge has started at Penny Black Saturday Challenge. The theme is Anything Goes with the optional theme of Not a Card. As our Guest Designer we have Bunny.

I chose Anything Goes and created a Christmas card with the gorgeous new stamp by Penny Black called Winter Blooms. I coloured the image with my Copics and cut it along the frame before matting it on to dark green cardstock and white card base. I stamped a sentiment from the new sentiment set called Christmas Greetings onto the panel and embellished the card with some sticky back pearls.

I'm entering my card to:

* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Any Holiday Occasion

* The Flower Challenge: Challenge #62 - Add Leaves

* Stamping Sensations: November - Christmas

* We Love Stamping: November - Christmas

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

* Winter Blooms (40-803)

* Christmas Greetings (30-865)

Marraskuun haaste on alkanut Penny Black Saturday Challengessä ja aiheena on Anything Goes, vaihtoehtoinen aihe on Not a Card. Guest Designerina meillä on Bunny.

Valitsin Anything Goes -aiheen ja tein joulukortin uudella Penny Black -leimalla Winter Blooms. Väritin sen Copiceilla ja leikkasin irti reunoja myöden. Kerrostin paneelin sitten tummanvihreälle kartongille ennen kuin kiinnitin sen korttipohjaan. Tekstileima on setistä Christmas Greetings. Lopuksi koristelin kortin puolihelmillä. Kaikki käytetyt leimat ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit tuotteisiin yllä.

AAA Birthday: November - Marraskuu

 

It's November and time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday. For the month of November, our theme is 'Animals' and as our Guest Designer, we have the fabulous Kailash.

I made my DT card with a stamp from the sweet Colorado Craft Company stamp set Christmas Presents - I'm trying to get a bit more mileage from the stamps by using Christmas stamps in a birthday card. I coloured the image with my Copics and created a simple background by masking a rectangle and sponging some Distress Oxide inks in Speckled Egg and Broken China onto the rectangle. I then adhered the image on the card and stamped my sentiment (it says 'Happy Birthday') on it.

Please pop by AAA Birthday to see the fab birthday cards created by my team mates and our Guest Designer and don't forget to join us!

On marraskuun alku ja uuden haasteen aika AAA Birthdayssä. Marraskuun teema on 'Animals' ja Guest Designerina meillä on Kailash.

Omaan DT-korttiini käytin leimaa Colorado Craft Companyn setistä Christmas Presents, leimakuvan väritin Copiceilla. Taustan tein maskaamalla suorakulmion korttipohjaan ja mustettamalla sen Distress Oxide -musteen sävyillä Speckled Egg ja Broken China. Lopuksi kiinnitin leimakuvan paikoilleen ja leimasin tekstileiman.

AAA Birthdayssä kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa DT-porukan ja Guest Designerin kortit ja sitten tietysti osallistua itse haasteeseen!

Penny Black Making Spirits Bright: Jubilation

Here's a quick and easy Christmas card made with new dies from the new Penny Black release, Making Spirits Bright.

It's a slimline card that I made using the new dies Slimline Medley. I used all three dies together so I got the 'ripped' outer edge, the stitched frame and the circle windows all in one card. I adhered light blue cardstock and some vellum behind the card to get a frosty blue background for the circle windows. I then die cut the word 'joy' out of red cardstock with the new Jubilation die. I die cut the wreath a second time out of Copic friendly cardstock and coloured the wreath in with my Copics before cutting the circle out of the original red wreath with my scissors and adhering it to the wreath. I heat embossed the sentiment from an older Penny Black stamp set Pinecone Perch onto a strip of brown cardstock and adhered it with some foam adhesives. Lastly, I embellished the card with some sticky back pearls.

I'm entering my card to:

* Inkspirational: Challenge #251 - Word Prompt 'Cheer'

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

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

* Slimline Medley (51-718)

* Jubilation (51-720)

* Pinecone Perch (30-617)

Tein slimline-joulukortin uusilla Penny Blackin stansseilla. Korttipohjan stanssasin Slimline Medley -stansseilla ja korttipohjan taakse kiinnitin vaaleansinistä kartonkia, jonka päällä on vellumia. Sanan 'joy' stanssasin uudella Jubilation-stanssilla punaisesta kartongista ja toistamiseen pelkän 'o:n' Copic-paperista. O:n eli tuon kranssin väritin Copiceilla ennen kuin leikkasin alkuperäisestä punaisesta kranssista irti tuon sisimmän ympyrän ja kiinnitin sen väritetyn kranssin päälle. Kiinnitin kirjaimet paikoilleen ja embossasin tekstileiman vanhemmasta Penny Blackin leimasetistä Pinecone Perch ja kiinnitin sen kranssin sisään. Lopuksi koristelin kortin puolihelmillä. Kaikki käytetyt stanssit ja leimat ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit tuotteisiin yllä.

Penny Black Making Spirits Bright: Candlelight

Here's another gorgeous stamp from the new Penny Black collection, Making Spirits Bright. This is called Candlelight.

I stamped the image on kraft coloured cardstock and coloured it with my Copics, apart from the candles themselves which I lightly coloured with a white pencil. I then inked the edges of the panel with Distress Oxide inks in Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy (my go-to combination at the moment) before stamping a sentiment from the sentiment set Christmas Greetings. Before adhering the panel onto a piece of white cardstock and to my dark green cardbase, I splattered some white watercolour onto it.

I'm entering my card to:

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #417 - Christmas

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

* As You See It Challenge: Challenge #262 - Summing Up Christmas (my sentence would go: "The one thing that sums up Christmas for me is peace")

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

* Candlelight (40-799)

* Christmas Greetings (30-865)

Tämä joulukortti syntyi uudella Penny Blackin leimalla Candlelight. Leimakuvan väritin Copiceilla, paitsi itse kynttilät kevyesti valkoisella värikynällä. Paneelin reunat mustetin Distress Oxide -musteen sävyillä Antique Linen ja Brushed Corduroy ja leimasin tekstileiman setistä Christmas Greetings. Roiskin paneeliin hieman valkoista vesiväriä ennen kuin kiinnitin sen ensin valkoiselle kartongille ja sitten tummanvihreään korttipohjaan. Kaikki käytetyt tuotteet ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit tuotteisiin yllä.

Penny Black Making Spirits Bright: Christmas Blush

This is one of my favourite stamps from the new Christmas collection, Making Spirits Bright, by Penny Black. It's called Christmas Blush.

I created an almost-one-layer card with this stamp. I stamped the image on Copic friendly paper and coloured it in with my Copics. I then masked the edges of the panel and sponged some Distress Oxide inks in Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy on the card to create a frame to the image before splattering some white watercolour on the panel. I heat embossed a sentiment from the sentiment set Touched by Peace on a strip of dark brown cardstock and adhered it in place. Lastly, I embellished the card with some white sequins.

I'm entering this to:

* Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: WWC327 - All Things Feminine

* Happy Little Stampers: October Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

* Allsorts Challenge: Week 647 - Anything Goes

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

* Christmas Blush (40-794)

* Touched by Peace (30-851)

Tämä uusi leima Penny Blackin uudesta joulukokoelmasta, Making Spirits Bright, on yksi lemppareistani. Sen nimi on Christmas Blush. Leimasin sen Copic-paperille ja väritin Copiceilla. Reunat maskasin ja mustetin Distress Oxide -musteilla Antique Linen ja Brushed Corduroy ja roiskin sitten hieman valkoista vesiväriä paneeliin. Tekstileima on setistä Touched by Peace, embossasin sen tummanruskealle kartonkisuikaleelle. Lopulta koristelin kortin valkoisilla paljeteilla. Kaikki käytetyt leimat ovat Penny Blackin ja saatavilla nettikaupastaan, linkit tuotteisiin yllä.