Bright and Fun, Day 2

Penny Black has a new challenge for the next couple of weeks, so in the spirit of summer stamping to help Beat the Heat I figured I'd share a few bright and fun cards this week!
Tweet, tweet! Today's cards have a couple of birds for ya...

To create this card I stamped Penny Black 40-195 Sweet Melody in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, embossed with clear powder and colored with Copic Markers.  The background was created by first lightly inking white cardstock with Palette Ink in the color Claret.  I then stamped onto this inked background using the same color of ink and Penny Black 40-208 Sweetness.  The script and sentiment are from Penny Black 30-0163 Love Chapter.

This next card features the emboss resist technique along with tone on tone stamping using Penny Black 40-197 Facebook Friends.  And the background, Penny Black 40-202 Indian Wheel, was stamped in VersaMagic Wheat Ink. (Loveeee that ink for a soft background!)

Thanks for visiting-- see ya tomorrow with lots of floral cards!

Bright and Fun, Day 1

Penny Black has a new challenge for the next couple of weeks, so in the spirit of summer stamping to help Beat the Heat I figured I'd share a few bright and fun cards this week!

To begin I have a pair of cards, each featuring fun "architecture." :)

To create this card, I stamped several elements from Penny Black's 30-170 Sweet Home set, colored with Copic markers, and then cut them out.  I also added a few stitches and staples from 30-161 Embellishments along with a background (40-204 Fleur De Lys) inked and stamped using Sun Flower Palette Ink. I layered all of the elements on the background using dimensional adhesive.

And for the card above I used several of the same techniques with the following Penny Black stamps: 40-191 Uptown, 40-204 Fleur De Lys, 4310K Verdant, 40-206 Glory of Modesty, and 30-161 Embellishments.

And if you're looking to play along with the new Penny Black challenge, you can find all of the details by clicking on the graphic below. See ya tomorrow!

Home Decor Love Bird

I'm popping in today with a fun little home decor piece that I created a while back using Penny Black's 40-238 Floral Applique, 30-163 Love Chapter, a wooden bird from Michaels, and lots of yummy Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Stamper's Big Brush Pens and Gesso.

For a complete photo tutorial, click HERE.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Designing with Gelatos Kit and Video

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft has come out with a new product, the Designing with Gelatos Kit.  I had a blast trying lots of techniques using only the products in the kit plus a couple of Penny Black stamps and Creative Dies. I captured each technique on video so I could share with you, my friends! And now that I've had a chance to practice and "try out" some of these ideas, I can't wait to incorporate them onto some cards. Here's a look at the swatch book, each page measuring 5 x 7 inches:

Here's the video. Beware, it's a bit longer than my typical video! LOL:

And a look at each individual page:

Thanks for popping by! 

I'll be back soon with another Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft project...

Creative Dies #6, PB&J Video

Okay, I have to admit it, I had a ball making this set of cards!!

Click HERE to visit the Penny Black blog for all of the details and the how-to video.

Hope you have a weekend that flutters with fun! 

Happy Friday!

Creative Dies #5

I LOVE butterflies so Penny Black's Creative Die 51-006 Flutters is right up my alley!

I inked each butterfly with a combination of Palette Inks and Distress Inks.  I then stamped using the same inks for a tone-on-tone look. All stamps are by Penny Black. I especially love using the great patterns in PB's T for Transparent set Tree-Mendous for the small butterflies. 

See you tomorrow with a NEW PB&J video and three brand spankin' new cards using the Creative Dies!

Creative Dies #4

Here's a trio of balloons using Penny Black's Creative Dies 51-004 Uplifting...

The background on this card was created with lots of background stamping and layers of ink and Distress Paints.  To color the balloons I first used my Copics and then added some "splotches" of Distress Paints.

I've got more cards coming your way tomorrow AND Friday...