Penny Black Full Bloom: Berry Fairy

The weather is gorgeous in my part of the world at the moment - the sun is shining and it's around 22 degrees of Celsius - so I thought this summery card would be perfect to share :) This stamp is from the latest release by Penny Black and it's called Berry Fairy. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and die cut the panel with a die from the set Stitched Stackers. The sentiment is from the set Happy Snippets and the patterned paper in the background is from the paper pad Beau Jardins. I embellished the card with leaves die cut with a die from the set Leaves.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Stamping Sensations: June - Show Your True Colours
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: June - Anything Goes
* Uniko: Challenge #53 - Anything Goes
* Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: WWC224 - Feminine Anything Goes

Penny Black products used:
* Berry Fairy (30-567)
* Happy Snippets (30-358)
* Stitched Stackers (51-416)
* Leaves (51-002)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)



Ilma on nyt sen verran kesäinen, että tällainen kesäinen kortti on passeli jakaa. Tämä suloisuus on Berry Fairy, Penny Blackin viimeisimmästä kokoelmasta. Väritin sen Copiceilla ja stanssasin paneelin irti Stitched Stackers -setin stanssilla. Tekstileima on Happy Snippets -setistä ja taustan kuviopaperi on Beau Jardins -paperikosta. Koristeena lehdet, jotka stanssasin Leaves-setin stanssilla.

The Flower Challenge #33

We have a new challenge starting over at The Flower Challenge and this time we're focusing on background stamping. And there's a prize to be won too! Deepti Malik, who is our fabulous Guest Designer, will be giving one of her floral stamp sets for the winner.

For my DT card, I used a stamp from Altenew's Golden Garden set which I stamped randomly on white cardstock with Memento Toffee Crunch ink. I then die cut the panel with Penny Black's Swirly Stitches die and also die cut the sentiment with a Winnie & Walter die and adhered it to place. I matted the panel onto darker brown cardstock before adhering it to card base.

Now please visit The Flower Challenge blog for details on how to enter and get stamping! You'll have until June 25th to participate.


The Flower Challengessä alkaa uusi haaste ja nyt keskitymme taustan leimaamiseen. Voittajalle on luvassa palkinto, sillä guest designerimme Deepti Malik antaa voittajalle leimasetin. 

Omaan korttiini käytin leimaa Altenew'n Golden Garden -setistä. Leimasin sillä sinne tänne valkoiselle kartongille ja stanssasin sitten paneelin Penny Blackin Swirly Stitches -setin stanssilla. Tekstin stanssasin Winnie & Walterin stanssilla ja kiinnitin paikoilleen. Paneelin kiinnitin tummemman ruskealla kartongille ja sitten korttipohjaan. 

The Flower Challengen blogista löytyy tarkemmat ohjeet osallistumiseen, aikaahan osallistumiseen on 25.6. asti.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Guest Designer

I have the absolute honour of being a Guest Designer for Penny Black Saturday Challenge for the month of June, thank you so much for having me! This month the challenge is 'Anything Goes, optional Partial Stamping'. So anything Penny Black goes but if you want a bit of extra challenge, you can go for partial stamping (that is when you use only a part of a stamp in your project, not the whole stamp).

I opted for partial stamping in my card. The stamp I used is Friendship by Penny Black and I only used one of the dogs in my card (you can see the whole stamp used in this card). I stamped the dog and die cut it using the matching die. I then coloured him with my Copics. I wanted him to peek from behind something so I die cut a couple of notepad pages to place in front of him (now I know a dog that size might not actually fit behind notepad pages but just humour me and pretend that he can ;) ). For the notepad pages and the little pin holding them, I used Just a Note dies by Penny Black. The sentiment is from Grateful Sentiments set by Penny Black. I die cut the cork panel with Stitched Nested Frames die as I did the patterned paper from the paper pad Summertime. I then attached everything in place and embellished the card with a couple of chipboard hearts. Oh, and I placed a piece of adhesive foam tape behind the dog's head - that way his head is a bit raised and it looks like he's really peeking from behind the notepad pages!

And now please visit Penny Black Saturday Challenge blog for all the details and to see the wonderful inspiration created for you by the Design Team.



Minulla on kunnia olla guest designer toisessakin haasteblogissa kesäkuussa, nimittäin Penny Black Saturday Challengessä. Haasteen aihe on aina Anything Goes Penny Blackin tuotteilla, mutta vaihtoehtoisena haasteena on nyt 'partial stamping', jossa leimakuvasta käytetään vain osaa. Itse käytin Penny Blackin Friendship-leimaa, josta leimasin ja stanssasin yhden koiran (koko leimakuvan näet tästä kortista) ja väritin sen Copiceilla. Koiran eteen stanssasin Just a Note -setin stansseilla pari vihkonsivua ja "kiinnitin" ne pienellä neulalla, jonka myös stanssasin saman setin stanssilla. Tekstileima on Grateful Sentiments -setistä. Taustan korkin ja kuviopaperin stanssasin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stansseilla. Kiinnitin kaiken paikalleen ja koristelin kortin parilla sydämellä. Koiran pään kiinnitin kohotarralla, ajattelin, että sillä tavalla koiran saa näyttämään siltä kuin se oikeasti kurkkaisi sivujen takaa.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge -blogista kannattaa käydä katsomassa osallistumisohjeet ja kortit, jotka taitava Design Team on tehnyt.

Inkspirational Challenges: Guest Designer

I have the honour of being a Guest Designer over at Inkspirational Challenges for the month of June. Thanks so very much, ladies, for having me! The first challenge of the month starts now and it is a photo challenge, please see the inspiration photo below.

I was totally inspired by the bold areas of colour against white in her clothes and started from there. I used stamps by Concord & 9th called Wildflower and first stamped the backside of the floral stamp with different coloured inks and then turned the stamp and stamped the black outlines with the right side of the stamp. I then die cut the panel with a die from the Penny Black set called Stitched Nested Frames. I die cut the sentiment with a Winnie & Walter die and stacked a few of them on top of each other to make the sentiment a bit more prominent. And if, by any chance, you're wondering why I have used gray ink in my card, the reason is that I first looked at the inspiration photo on my phone and saw one of the colours as gray. It was only when I uploaded the inspiration photo on my blog that I noticed it is not gray but light blue! Oops! But I think gray goes well with those bold colours too ;)

So now please hop over to the Inkspirational Challenges blog for the details on how to enter and to see what the Design Team has created for your inspiration.



Minulla on kunnia olla guest designer Inkspirational Challenges -haasteessa kesäkuun ajan. Ensimmäinen haaste alkaa nyt ja se on kuvahaaste, kuva yllä. Itse inspiroiduin noista väriblokeista valkoisella pohjalla ja päätin käyttää niitä kortissani. Käytin Concord & 9th:n Wildflower-leimoja, leimasin ensin värillisellä musteella käyttäen leiman takapuolta ja sitten käänsin leiman oikein päin ja leimasin mustalla ääriviivat. Paneelin stanssasin Penny Blackin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stanssilla. Teksti puolestaan on Winnie & Walterin, stanssasin niitä muutaman ja kiinnitin päällekkäin. Vahingossa käytin kortissa myös harmaata... Katsoin inspiraatiokuvaa aluksi puhelimelta ja näin yhden värin harmaana. Vasta, kun latasin kuvan blogiini, huomasin, että se onkin vaaleansininen! Noh, harmaa taitaa sopia noihin väreihin myös... ;) 

Osallistumisohjeet kannattaa käydä katsomassa Inkspirational Challenges -blogista, siellä on myös  inspiraatiota Design Teamin taholta.

Harmony - Harmonia

I really enjoyed making this card! The image is gorgeous and I coloured it with my Polychromos pencils - something I really enjoy as it's very slow to do and thus relaxing. The stamp I used is called Harmony by Penny Black, I stamped it with black StazOn ink onto Neenah Desert Storm paper and coloured it with Polychromos coloured pencils. I then stamped the sentiment from Special Sentiments set. I wanted to keep the card very CAS so I didn't add any embellishments.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Allsorts Challenge: Week 520/1 - Happy Birthday
* AAA Cards: CAS Game #141 - 5th Birthday Bash (Happy 5th Birthday, AAA Cards!!)
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
* CASology: Week 344 - Summer (to me, summer equals flowers :) )

Värikynillä värittäminen on ihanaa, hidasta ja rentouttavaa, ja halusin värittää niillä pitkästä aikaa. Ajattelin, että tämä Penny Blackin Harmony-leima on juuri sopiva tarkoitukseen, joten leimasin sen korttipohjaan ja väritin Polychromoksilla. Tekstileima on Special Sentiments -setistä. Halusin pitää kortin simppelinä, joten en lisännyt siihen koristeita.

Graduation card - Ylioppilaalle

I have a made to order card to share. I was asked to make a graduation card for a young lady graduating from Finnish sixth form college using this exact stamp and lots of rose pink. So here it is! The stamp is Curvy Girl with a Heart Wreath by Stamping Bella, I coloured it with my Copics and die cut it out. The frame is die cut using Stitched Stackers dies by Penny Black. For the background, I used patterned papers by Lili of the Valley. I stamped my sentiment on a strip of vellum using Concord&9th alphabet stamps (it says 'Congrats Siiri!' in Finnish) and placed it behind the frame. After adhering everything together, I embellished the card with a few clear sequins. Now I just hope Siiri will like her card :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Frame It
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Bright Colours Moodboard (the flowers on her wreath remind me of all that colourful candy in the first pic)
* Addicted to Stamps and More!: Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark

Tämän kortin tein tilaustyönä. Minulta tilattiin valmistujaiskortti tulevalle ylioppilaalle tällä leimalla ja roosalla värillä. Leima on Stamping Bellan Curvy Girl with a Heart Wreath, väritin leimakuvan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Kehykset stanssasin Penny Blackin Stitched Stackers -stansseilla. Kuviopaperit ovat Lili of the Valley'ä. Tekstin leimasin Concord&9th:n aakkosilla vellumvyötteelle ja kiinnitin kehyksen taakse. Kun kaikki oli paikoillaan, koristelin kortin kirkkailla paljeteilla. Ja nyt vain toivon, että Siiri pitää kortistaan :)

Penny Black Full Bloom - Friendship

I have a friendship card to share that I made with the new products from the new Penny Black release called Full Bloom. This card uses the sweet doggos from the set Friendship that comes with its matching die, Friendship Cut Out. I stamped the image on X-Press It blending card and coloured it with my Copic markers before die cutting it out. I then die cut the light blue panel with a die from the Stitched Nested Frames set before diecutting an opening to it with the Friendship Cut Out die, I thought the light dent that the die makes on the outside of the opening would give a nice shadow kind of mark around the image, giving it a more 3-D look. I stamped the sentiment from the Friendship set onto a banner that I cut from white cardstock and used the cute paper clip from the Just a Note die set to 'adhere' it. I cut a thin strip of patterned paper from the Wintertime paper pad and adhered it to the side of the panel before adhering the panel to the cardbase. I then adhered the coloured image to its place with foam adhesives and added a few splashes of "water" with clear Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark
* Crafting by Designs: Feature a Creature
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes
* Uniko: Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

Here's a side view of the card showing the die cut opening behind the stamped image.

Penny Black products used:
* Friendship (30-566)
* Friendship Cut Out (51-540)
* Just a Note (51-531)
* Stitched Nested Frames (51-535)
* Wintertime (80-012)


Nämä kaverukset ovat Penny Blackin uudesta leimasetistä Friendship ja niihin kuuluu stanssikin Friendship Cut Out. Väritin kuvan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Taustan paneelin stanssasin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stanssilla ja stanssasin siihen myös aukon Friendship Cut Out -stanssilla, ajattelin, että stanssin jättämät painaumat lisäisivät 3-D-fiilistä korttiin. Leimakuvan kiinnitin kohotarrapaloilla. Bannerin leikkasin valkoisesta kartongista ja leimasin siihen tekstin samaisesta leimasetistä, bannerin "kiinnitin" klemmarilla, jonka stanssasin Just a Note -stanssisetin stanssilla. Punavalkoraitainen paperi on Wintertime-paperikosta. Lisäsin korttiin muutaman vesipisaran kirkkaalla Nuvo Crystal Dropsilla.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Blushing

I love this gorgeous flower from the new Full Bloom release by Penny Black! It's called Blushing and it comes with a matching die, Blushing Cut Out. I stamped the flower onto X-Press It blending card, coloured it with my Copic markers and die cut it out. I used the sentiment from the Critter Celebration set and heat embossed it in white onto a strip of black cardstock which I embellished with a bit of string tied into a bow. For the background I added a strip of patterned paper from the paper pad Beau Jardins. I also rounded the upper corners with a corner chomper.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 520/1 - Happy Birthday (Happy 10th birthday, Allsorts!)
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark
* Uniko: Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

Penny Black products used:
* Blushing (30-564)
* Blushing Cut Out (51-536)
* Critter Celebration (30-542)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)


Tämä kukka on vain niin ihana! Se on nimeltään Blushing ja siihen sopiva stanssi on Blushing Cut Out, molemmat Penny Blackin uudesta kokoelmasta Full Bloom. Väritin kukan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Tekstileima on Critter Celebration -setistä, sen embossasin valkoisella mustalle kartongin palaselle. Taustalle laitoin kuviopaperia Beau Jardins -paperikosta, pyöristin kortin yläkulmat corner chomperilla ja koristin kortin pienellä rusetilla.

Penny Black Full Bloom: You Make the World a Better Place

I love circle cards but don't make them that often for some reason. Now I decided that this cute little mousie deserves her own little circle card! :) So I die cut a circle card base out of card stock, die cut the circle frame with Penny Black's Stitched Square & Circles die and placed a bit of patterned paper from Beau Jardins paper pad underneath the frame. Using the new Just a Note die set, I then die cut the little note pad page out of cream card stock, die cut the ripped edge and also the cute little paper clip (just how cute is that paper clip!). I stamped the sentiment from the new Family Sentiment set onto the note pad page. The mousie is from the new set It's Your Day, I stamped her onto some watercolour paper, coloured with my Zig markers and die cut her out. I then attached everything in place (the mouse is attached with foam adhesives) and added some sequins to embellish the card.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes
* Penny Black and More: May - All Things Feminine with Anything Goes option (my 3rd entry)
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #341 - Anything Goes
* Double D Challenges: Frames

Penny Black products used:
* It's Your Day (30-553)
* It's Your Day Cut Out (51-537)
* Just a Note (51-531)
* Family Sentiment (30-555)
* Stitched Square & Circles (51-422)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)


Tein pitkästä aikaa pyöreän kortin. Stanssasin pyöreän korttipohjan, kiinnitin siihen kuviopaperia ja stanssasin kehyksen Penny Blackin Stitched Square & Circles -setin stanssilla. Just a Note -stanssisetillä stanssasin vihkon sivun, siihen revityn reunan ja klemmarin. Leimasin sivuun tekstileimalla Family Sentiment -setistä. Hiirulaisen leimasin It's Your Day -setistä, väritin Zigeillä ja stanssasin irti. Lopuksi vain kiinnitys paikoilleen ja jokunen paljetti koristeeksi.

CAS(E) This Sketch! #322 - Guest Designer

I have the absolute honour of being the Guest Designer over at CAS(E) This Sketch! challenge this week - thanks for having me, ladies! It's CAS(E) This Sketch! #322 and you can see the sketch below. For my card, I used the stamp Bed of Roses by Winnie & Walter, I coloured it with my Copic markers. The sentiment is from the set Snippets by Penny Black and I heat embossed it in white on a strip of black cardstock. I then adhered it to the panel and the panel onto my card base.

Here's the sketch this week.

Thanks again for having me as a Guest Designer, ladies, I had so much fun with the sketch!



Tällä viikolla minulla on kunnia olla Guest Designerina CAS(E) This Sketch! -haasteessa. Menossa on CTS #322, jonka luonnos on tuossa yllä. Käytin korttiini Winnie & Walterin Bed of Roses -leimaa, jonka väritin Copiceilla. Tekstileima on Penny Blackin Snippets-setistä, embossasin sen valkoisella mustalle kartonkisuikaleelle ja kiinnitin kaiken paikalleen.

The Flower Challenge #32: Reminder - Muistutus

We are midway through our challenge for the month of May over at The Flower Challenge and I'm here to remind you that you still have time to join in, please do! We are sponsored by the lovely Altenew who have kindly promised a stamp set for our winner - now that's worth playing for, right!? The challenge is to use embossing (either heat or dry) on your floral card.

For my card I chose to use the set Bamboo Rose by Altenew. I heat embossed the flowers with white embossing powder before colouring them with my Altenew watercolours. I also heat embossed my sentiment (it says 'Congrats' in Finnish) on a strip of light grey cardstock. I die cut the panel with a Penny Black die from the set Stitched Stackers and adhered it onto my card base before adhering the sentiment strip and the flowers onto it. I embellished my card with clear sequins.

So now it's your turn! Hop over to The Flower Challenge blog, be inspired by my very talented team mates, check out the prize from Altenew ;) and get creating! We're looking forward to seeing your floral creations :) The deadline for the challenge is May 25th.


The Flower Challengen toukokuun haaste alkaa olla puolivälissä, mutta vielä on reippaasti aikaa osallistua. Palkintona voittajalle on Altenew'n leimasetti, joten kukkakortin tekeminen kannattaa nyt jos koskaan ;) Haasteen aiheena on kohokuviointi/embossaus. Omaan korttiini käytin Altenew'n Bamboo Rose -settiä. Embossasin kukat valkoisella jauheella ja väritin ne Altenew'n vesiväreillä. Tekstileimankin embossasin harmaalle kartonkisuikaleelle. Paneelin stanssasin Penny Blackin Stitched Stackers -setin stanssilla ja kiinnitin korttipohjaan, minkä jälkeen kiinnitin tekstisuikaleen ja kukat paikoilleen. Koristeina käytin paljetteja. 

Nyt vain kukkakorttia tekemään! Inspiraatiota löytyy The Flower Challenge -blogista, sieltä löydät myös kuvan palkintoleimasetistä ;) Aikaa osallistua on 25.5. asti. 

Penny Black: Hanging Planters - Amppeli

I'm on the SIMPLICITY At Its Best blog by Penny Black today with a card that has very little stamping on it and no colouring at all! Something a little different from me.. :) To see the card in full, please visit SIMPLICITY At Its Best.

Olen tänään Penny Blackin SIMPLICITY At Its Best -blogissa kera kortin, jossa on hyvin vähän leimailua eikä ollenkaan värittämistä! Hieman erilaista siis tällä kertaa.. :) Jos haluat nähdä kortin kokonaisuudessaan, klikkaa itsesi SIMPLICITY At Its Bestiin.

Penny Black: Happy Birthday! - Hyvää syntymäpäivää!

I love a good floral stamp and this one definitely fits the bill! All those gorgeous blooms are just lovely to colour. The stamp is Rose Garden by Penny Black, I stamped it onto Ranger watercolour cardstock and coloured with my Gansai Tambi watercolours. I cut the card base a bit narrower than the stamped image is and then just fussy cut the flowers that "grow" outside the card base. The sentiment is also by Penny Black, from the set Special Sentiments.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
* CAS(E) This Sketch!: #321 (I realise there should be more empty space above the sentiment according to the sketch but I could not leave any more as it wouldn't fit an envelope if I did! Hope it still qualifies)
* Stamping Sensations: May - In an English Country Garden
* Penny Black and More: May - All Things Feminine
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: For a Special Lady

Tämä kukkaleima oli ihana värittää - kukkia ainakin riitti! Tämä on Penny Blackin Rose Garden, leimasin sen vesivärikartongille ja väritin Gansai Tambi -vesiväreillä. Korttipohjan leikkasin hieman kapeammaksi kuin leimakuva ja ulkopuolelle jäävät kukat leikkasin saksilla. Tekstileima on Penny Blackin Special Sentiments -setistä.

Penny Black Full Bloom: It's Your Day

These cute little critters are from the new stamp set by Penny Black called It's Your Day from the new Full Bloom release, and they come with matching dies (It's Your Day Cut Out)! I am not much of a fussy cutter so matching dies are always good news to me.. ;) I stamped these critters on Fabriano Mixed Media paper and coloured them with my Zig markers before die cutting them. I then die cut the panel with Stitched Nested Frames and masked a rectangle on it before sponging some Distress Oxide ink in Bundled Sage on it. I heat embossed the sentiment from the set Snippets with white embossing powder onto a strip of black cardstock and assembled the card.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
* AAA Birthday: Game #1 - Anything Goes (my 2nd entry)
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes, Optional 'Make Your Own Background'
* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #135 - Inspired by Words 'Keep Your Eyes on the Stars and Your Feet on the Ground' (the critters have their feet own the "ground" :) )

Penny Black products used:
* It's Your Day (30-553)
* It's Your Day Cut Out (51-537)
* Stitched Nested Frames (51-535)
* Snippets (30-283)


Nämä ihanat hiirulaiset ovat Penny Blackin uudesta leimasetistä It's Your Day, joihin on myös omat stanssinsa, It's Your Day Cut Out. Leimasin hiiret Fabrianon Mixed Media -paperille, väritin Zigeillä ja stanssasin. Taustan paneelin stanssasin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stanssilla, maskasin suorakulmion ja mustetin sen Distress Oxide -musteella Bundled Sage. Tekstileiman (Snippets-setistä) embossasin valkoisella mustalle kartonkipalaselle ja kiinnitin kaiken paikalleen.

Congratulating you - Sinua onnitellen

I had so much fun colouring my new stamp, Curvy Girl with a Heart Wreath by Stamping Bella. I just love the wreath she is carrying! I stamped her onto a panel of X-Press It blending card with Gina K ink and coloured her with my Copics. I die cut the panel using a Penny Black die from the set Stitched Nested Frames and matted it onto dark red cardstock and then onto light blue cardbase. I stamped my sentiment ('Congratulating you' in Finnish) with the same Gina K ink that I used stamping the image. I wanted the image to stand out so I did not add any embellishments to my card.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* AAA Birthday: Game #1 - Anything Birthday Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday!
* Fusion Card Challenge: Butterfly Wreath (I'm using just the photo of the wreath as my inspiration)

Tein kortin uudella leimallani, tämä on Stamping Bellan Curvy Girl with a Heart Wreath. Leimasin sen Penny Blackin stanssilla (Stitched Nested Frames) stanssattuun paneeliin ja väritin sen Copiceilla. Kerrostin paneelin kartongille ja korttipohjaan ja leimasin tekstileiman. Koristeita en laittanut, koska halusin leimakuvan saavan kaiken huomion.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Mother's Day Card with Flower Fantasy

It's Mother's Day next Sunday so I made a Mother's Day card - a floral one, of course! :) I heat embossed in gold a bouquet stamp from the new Penny Black stamp set called Flower Fantasy, I actually stamped and heat embossed it three times to create a bit of fullness to the card. I also heat embossed the sentiment, it's from the Family Sentiment set. I did a bit of messy watercolouring to colour the flowers and added a frame die cut with the Swirly Stitches dies. I then adhered the panel to my card base and added a few gold sequins to finish the card.

Here's the card at an angle so you can see the gold embossing better.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* ModSquad Challenge: Happy Mother's Day
* Penny Black and More: May - All Things Feminine
* Stamping Sensations: May - In an English Country Garden (when I think of English gardens, what comes to mind is fullness, lots of different flowers blooming everywhere)

Penny Black products used:
* Flower Fantasy (30-565)
* Family Sentiment (30-555)
* Swirly Stitches (51-502)


Tein "kukkaisan" äitienpäiväkortin. Leimasin ja embossasin kimpun Penny Blackin Flower Fantasy -setistä kolmeen kertaan ja väritin sotkuisasti vesiväreillä. Tekstileima on Family Sentiment -setistä ja sen embossasin myös. Kehykset tein Swirly Stitches -setin stansseilla. Lopulta kiinnitys korttipohjaan ja muutama paljetti koristeeksi.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Flower Fantasy

I created this one-layer card with a few challenges in mind. To make this, I folded a top-folding card base out of watercolour paper and stamped two different floral stamps from the new set by Penny Black called Flower Fantasy from their most recent release, Full Bloom. I coloured the flowers with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from the Special Sentiments set.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
* Less Is More: Challenge #394 - OLC Buds or Petals
* CAS(E) This Sketch!: Challenge #319
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #339 - CAS
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday! 
* Allsorts Challenge: Week #517 - Mother's Day/Feminine (going with feminine here)

Penny Black products used (clickable links):
* Flower Fantasy (30-565)
* Special Sentiments (30-574)


Tämän kortin tein muutamaan haasteeseen. Taittelin korttipohjan vesivärikartongista ja leimasin siihen kahdella eri kukkaleimalla Penny Blackin uudesta setistä Flower Fantasy. Väritin ne Kuretake Gansai Tambi -vesiväreillä. Lopuksi leimasin tekstin setistä Special Sentiments.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Bunches For You

This stamp is also a firm favourite of mine from the new Penny Black release, Full Bloom. The stamp is called Bunches For You. I stamped it onto watercolour paper with grey Versafine ink and coloured with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours. I die cut the panel with a die from the Stitched Square & Circles set and after that, I stamped my sentiment onto the panel, it's from the Special Sentiments set. I also decided to add a few splatters of black tube watercolour onto my panel as I thought they would go well together with the dots in the stamped image. I cut a piece of patterned paper from the Painted Blooms paper pad, adhered it to my card base and adhered the panel onto it.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 517 - Mother's Day/Feminine
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: April - Anything Goes, optional Fresh Spring Colours
* Stamping Sensations: April - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Penny Black products used:
* Bunches For You (30-570)
* Special Sentiments (30-574)
* Stitched Square & Circles (51-422)
* Painted Blooms (80-009)


Tämäkin leima on yksi suosikeistani Penny Blackin uudessa kokoelmassa Full Bloom. Leiman nimi on Bunches For You, väritin sen Kuretake Gansai Tambi -vesiväreillä. Paneelin stanssasin Stitched Square & Circles -setin isoimmalla stanssilla ja leimasin tekstileiman, joka on Special Sentiments -setistä. Taustan kuviopaperi on Painted Bloom -paperikosta.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Be Happy

I'm sharing a couple of cards I made with new stamps and dies from the new Penny Black release called Full Bloom. These animals are just the best, cute and quirky at the same time! They are from the set Be Happy (30-583). For the first card, I stamped the elephant onto Copic-friendly cardstock, coloured him with my Copics and die cut the panel with a die from the new set called Stitched Nested Frames (51-535). I then stamped the sentiment from the set Family Sentiment (30-555) and adhered the panel to my cardbase. Lastly, I added some enamel dots to embellish my card.

For the second card, I used the giraffe from the same set. I stamped him onto a piece of Copic-friendly cardstock and coloured him with my Copics. I then die cut the frame using the Stitched Nested Frames and added foliage using an older Penny Black die called Fresh Breeze (51-046). Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from the set It's Your Day (30-553).

 I'd like to enter these to the following challenges (one card via my blog and the other via my Instagram account):
* CASology: Week 340 - Africa (when I think of Africa I think of the animals there and elephant is my favourite :) )
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: April - Anything Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #134 - Playful


Penny Black products used:
* Be Happy (30-583)
* Stitched Nested Frames (51-535)
* Family Sentiment (30-555)
* It's Your Day (30-553)
* Fresh Breeze (51-046)


Tein pari  korttia uusilla leimoilla ja stansseilla Penny Blackin uusimmasta Full Bloom -kokoelmasta. Nämä eläimet ovat suosikkejani, ihania ja hassuja samaan aikaan. Molemmat ovat Be Happy -setistä ja Copiceilla väritetyt. Ensimmäisen kortin paneelin ja toisen kortin kehyksen stanssasin uusilla Stitched Nested Frames -stansseilla. Tekstileima ensimmäisessä on setistä Family Sentiment ja toisessa setistä It's Your Day. Toiseen korttiin käytin lisäksi vanhempaa Penny Black -stanssia nimeltään Fresh Breeze.

Penny Black: Special Friends

I simply love these bunnies from the Special Friends set by Penny Black! They're cute and whimsical at the same time which is just the perfect combination. For the first card, I stamped the bunny on Copic friendly cardstock, coloured it with my Copics and die cut it with the matching die. The banner (coloured with Copics as well), the sentiment, the leaves and the flowers are all from the same Special Friends set. The panel in the background is die cut with the Diamond Cut die out of white cardstock and I adhered a piece of vellum behind it. The patterned paper is from the paper pad Summertime.

For the second card, I stamped and die cut the bunny and then coloured it with my Copics. I did the same with the flower and I also added tiny accents with white gel pen to both the bunny and the flower. I sponged some Distress Oxide ink in Worn Lipstick on the background and die cut the Burlap Edge die out of light brown cardstock and adhered it to my cardbase. The sentiment is from the Happy Snippets set. I also rounded the upper corners of the card with a Corner Chomper.

I'd like to enter both of these cards to the following challenges (the second card submitted via Flickr):
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: April - Anything Goes, optional Fresh Spring Colours
* Penny Black and More: April - Spring
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Spring Mood Board


Penny Black products used:
* Special Friends stamps (30-561) and matching dies (51-526)
* Diamond Cut die (51-499)
* Summertime paper pad (80-016)
* Burlap Edge die (51-504)
* Happy Snippets stamp set (30-358)


Nämä Penny Blackin puput Special Friends -setistä ovat mielestäni niin ihania, suloisia mutta ei liian sokerisia. Teinkin niillä kaksi korttia, molemmissa puput on väritetty Copiceilla ja stanssattu irti. Ensimmäisen kortin banneri, tekstileima, lehdet ja kukat ovat  samasta Special Friends -setistä ja taustan ristikko on stanssattu Diamond Cut -stanssilla. Sen taustalle laitoin hieman vellumia ja kuviopaperia Summertime -setistä. Toisen kortin "maa" on stanssattu Burlap Edge -stanssilla, taustalla on hieman Distress Oxide -mustetta ja tekstileima on Happy Snippets -setistä.