All-in-One Oval

I made a couple of cards using one of Penny Black's newest dies called All-in-One Oval. This is such a fun die and makes cardmaking really quick.

This first card was probably the quickest card I've ever made. I had the cute little hedgie already coloured and fussy cut on  my desk. I stamped the hello onto the balloon using a part of a sentiment from the Note Builder sentiment set. Then I simply die cut the All-in-One Oval twice, once out of cream coloured cardstock and once out of light blue cardstock, assembled the pieces with the hedgie peeking out of the oval, stamped the rest of the sentiment on the panel using a sentiment from the Hello Builder sentiment set and matted the whole panel onto a piece of light blue cardstock. And the card was done!

For the second card, I used the same All-in-One Oval die but this time with a couple of flowers from the Country Charisma stamp set. I coloured the flowers with my Copics and used the matching die, Country Charisma Cut Out, to die cut them. The sentiment is from Love & Light sentiment set. After assembling the card, I embellished it with some white half pearls.

Products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

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

* Affectionate (31-034)

* Note Builder (31-046)

* Hello Builder (30-976)

* Country Charisma (30-690)

* Country Charisma Cut Out (51-634)

* Love & Light (31-037)

Butterflies

I tried something new today, namely layering stencils! These were so much fun to use, easy too I might add. These stencils are by Penny Black and called Aerial, they have a matching die as well called Aerial Cut Out.

The first card is a shaker card. I did a bit of ink blending with Distress Oxide inks and the stencils on a piece of cardstock before using the matching die to die cut the card panel and a piece of craft foam. I then adhered the card panel, some acetate and the die cut piece of craft foam, added some sequins and adhered the butterfly part. The sentiment comes from the sentiment set Snippets, I heat embossed it in white on a strip of dark green cardstock and adhered it in place.

I'm entering this to:

* AAA Birthday - Shaker

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday!

For the second card, I used Distress Oxide inks again with the stencils before die cutting the butterfly. I also die cut the butterfly from pink cardstock and adhered it to my butterfly. For the background, I used the new Penny Black die All-in-One Oval, added a piece of vellum behind the oval opening and adhered the panel onto a piece of dark blue cardstock. The sentiment comes from the sentiment set Love & Light. I embellished the card with some white half pearls.

Here's a look at the butterfly with the pink wings showing from underneath the butterfly.

Products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

* Aerial (25-024)

* Aerial Cut Out (51-811)

* Snippets (30-283)

* Love & Light (31-037)

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

New Day

I really love a good floral stamp and Penny Black has some of the best floral stamps there are. Like this one, called New Day, such a beautiful image and so lovely to colour.

I really wanted to let the image shine so I decided to make a one-layer card with it. I coloured the image with my Copics and did the background using a stencil from the stencil set Background Basics and some Distress Oxide ink in Antique Linen. The sentiment comes from the sentiment set Carefree Wishes.

I'm entering this to: 

* Seize the Birthday: Challenge #280 - Spring Floral

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday!

* Creative Inspirations: April - The Season of Spring

Products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

* New Day (40-925)

* Carefree Wishes (30-700)

* Background Basics stencil set (25-021)

Sending You Love

I had so much fun creating this die cut card! I rarely make cards with basically no stamping or colouring but sometimes it's fun to try something a bit different.

For the word 'love' I used Penny Black's Love Letters die. I die cut it twice so I could cut it in half before I did a bit of ink blending with Distress Oxide inks in Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber and Squeezed Lemon. For the rest of the sentiment, I used a stamp from the Penny Black sentiment set Love Sentiments and used only a part of a sentiment which I heat embossed in white on a strip of dark grey cardstock. For the background, I did a bit of tone on tone stamping and used a background stamp from Penny Black called Contemporary, stamping with Distress Oxide ink in Peacock Feathers on a dark teal cardstock. I die cut the frame using a new die from Penny Black called Frame It, I did a bit of ink blending on it with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink. The flower is one of my favourite floral dies by Penny Black and comes from the set called Petals. I die cut it simply from coloured cardstock and embellished it with one white enamel dot.

I'm entering this to:

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

* Creative Inspirations: March - Anything Goes

Products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

* Love Letters (51-803)

* Frame It (51-814)

* Love Sentiments (30-532)

* Contemporary (40-772)

* Petals (51-777)

Meander #2

Here's another card I made with the gorgeous new stamp by Penny Black called Meander.

This one is very simple. I stamped the image on my panel and coloured it with my Copics. I then used a stencil from the stencil set Background Basics and ink blended some Distress Oxide inks in Bundled Sage and Antique Linen on the panel. The sentiment I used is from the sentiment set Delightful Day. Lastly, I matted the panel onto a piece of dark cardstock.

I'm entering this to:

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #464 - Any Occasion

* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Easter/Spring (I chose Spring and flowers)

* Addicted to CAS: Challenge #254 - Bloom

Products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

* Meander (40-926)

* Background Basics (25-021)

* Delightful Day (30-955)

Meander

I made a get well card with some new products by Penny Black. This beauty of a stamp is called Meander and I stamped it partially on my card panel before colouring it with my Copics. I then used a stencil from the stencil set Background Basics and inked a rectangle on the panel with Distress Oxide ink in Antique Linen. The large word 'note' is die cut with the new Note Edger die (here without the edger part) and I completed the sentiment by stamping sentiments from the set Note Builder.

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

* Meander (40-926)

* Note Edger (51-812)

* Note Builder (31-046)

* Background Basics stencil set (25-021)

Endearment

This sweet image is from the new Penny Black stamp set called Endearment. Such a lovely image and fun to colour. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and stamped a sentiment from the new sentiment set Note Builder before matting the panel onto a piece of blue cardstock. I also added a tiny die cut flower that I die cut using the Playful Posies die. The patterned paper is from the paper pad Beau Jardin.

I'm entering this to:

* Creative Inspirations: March - Anything Goes

 * Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 464 - Any Occasion

Products by Penny Black, available in their online shop:

* Endearment (31-029)

* Note Builder (31-046)

* Playful Posies (51-118)

* Beau Jardin paper pad (discontinued)