Gina *Day 2*

Here's our next inspiration card by Gina:

I LUV Gina's beautiful color scheme combined with the white embossing.  It's so fresh and springy.  Here's my take using her colors with white embossing:

I began by stamping Penny Black 40-101 Mosaic with VersaMark Ink and embossing with white embossing powder.  Next, I inked this piece with Tea Dye Distress Ink.  This made it easy to see where the flowers were when I colored them using Prismacolor Pencils.  This piece was trimmed and mounted onto white and brown cardstock.  Sentiment, Penny Black 30-105 Gratitude, was stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

Thanks for peeking! HUGS!

Inspired by...Gina A.

I'm so thrilled to announce that this week's featured artist is Gina Alferez.  Gina makes beautiful cards and I was lucky enough to meet her in person at CHA this year, and let me tell you, she's as sweet as pie! 

Here is today's inspiration card from Gina.  I love that she used a Penny Black Christmas stamp, Poinsettia Script, to create a gorgeous sunflower background. So clever!

And here's my take:

I began by stamping Penny Black 4236K Sunburst onto white cardstock using VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink.  I heat embossed the flowers using clear embossing powder and then colored them with Copics.  Next, I inked the background using Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress Ink.  Penny Black 2025M Music Note Background was stamped with Peeled Paint Distress Ink, removing some ink with a baby wipe before stamping.  The sentiment, Penny Black Sweet Wishes, was stamped onto Spellbinders Labels 7 using VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink.  The Labels 7 dies were inked with Peeled Paint and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

Thanks for stopping by! See ya on Wednesday with another FAB card by Gina!

Flower Fun *Day 5*

Our last card for our week of flower fun was stamped using 4241K Lace Flower by Penny Black:

Sentiment by Penny Black, 30-105 Gratitude.

Thanks for joining me this week. I hope you're inspired to get out your favorite flower stamps this weekend and get creative! 

I am happy to say that I am now finishing up all of my unpacking here in South Dakota and am looking forward to resuming my regular "Inspired by..." posts with a new featured artist next week.  I appreciate your patience as I know that many of these posts have been pretty short over the last couple of weeks!

BIG hugs!

Flower Fun *Day 4*

It's day four of my week sharing cards featuring one of my favorite kinds of images to stamp and color- flowers. Here we go...

All stamps by Penny Black 4233K Butterfly Kiss and 30-105 Gratitude.

Thanks for peeking- hope you're having a wonderful week!

Flower Fun *Day 3*

Today's floral card features this new stamp by Penny Black (4237K Awakening):

Thanks again for your visits! HUGS!

Flower Fun *Day 2*

It's day two of cards feauturing flowers from the Penny Black Full of Surprises catalog.  Today's card features 30-095 Flower Festival and 30-104 Sweet Wishes):

See ya tomorrow!

Flower Fun *Day 1*

Hi, my friends! This week I'll be sharing some cards I made for the Penny Black catalog, all featuring one of my favorite kinds of images to stamp and color... FLOWERS! I have a new post for you each day this week so I hope you'll tune in. :)

All stamps by Penny Black (30-095 Flower Festival, 1999L Letter Background, 30-105 Gratitude).

See ya tomorrow with more flower fun!