The Penny Black Saturday Challenge has an optional theme of Bright Colors. I paired bright blooms from the Penny Black April in Paris Stickeroos with a coordinating cardstock base. I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Deepest Sympathy. to make the sentiment work with the tall image, I cut it into three pieces … Read more
I’m back for another round of Tree Skirt Tic-Tac-Toe at Jingle Belles. This time I went diagonal down from the right corner with dry embossing, Red and Green, and a Die Cut. I used the Sketch from BYSH Cardmakers and made my wavy band by dry embossing with the Penny Black Geometric Embossing Folder (I … Read more
The December Penny Black Saturday Challenge is Snow/Snowmen. I chose this peaceful snowy image from Penny Black Home for Christmas Masterpieces Made Simple. I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Fresh Snow using the current Freshly Made Sketches. I’m also linking-up at Just Add Ink with Trees, Snow & Shimmer (from the metallic … Read more
Tonight’s card features my favorite Snowman Joy Die Cut from Penny Black. I positioned him one a piece of GelliArts printed paper that I embossed with the Penny Black Rounded Embossing Folder. With my Die Cut Snowman, I’m linking-up at the Just Add Ink Challenge. I added a wrap of cord, two more designer papers, … Read more
The Penny Black Saturday Challenge this month is to add some Music. I started by stamping musical notes from Penny Black Footnotes in Catherine Pooler Clay Mask Ink. I added a Penny Black Promise of Spring Stickeroos, since it felt like that bird might be singing with the music. I finished with a Happy Birthday … Read more
We’re still going Home for the Holidays at Jingle Belles this week, which means we’re creating cards with a home, home-like materials (brick, wood, etc.) or the word Home. I chose one of the Penny Black Masterpieces images for my house this week. I used foam tape to attach it to a natural card base … Read more
Tonight's card features this week's Freshly Made Sketch and the Simon Says: Anything Goes Challenge (featuring Penny Black). I started with a Sunshine calendar in my scrap bin and topped it with some Penny Black Stickeroo Timeless Butterflies and a Make a Wish sentiment from RedLead Art + Craft. I positioned it on … Read more
The newest Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to use stitching. I used stitched dies to cut a Penny Black Gentle Blooms Stickeroo image. I used the next largest stitched square die cut to frame the image. I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Deepest Sympathy. I followed the same … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles our theme is Animal Antics – we're asking you to create a holiday card featuring an animal having some Christmas fun (and yes, in the Jingle Belles work, a Yeti would qualify as an animal). I remember I had the Penny Black 12 Days of Christmas set that had never … Read more
This card is for the Penny Black Anything Goes Challenge. I die cut two Gentle Blooms Penny Black Stickeroos into circles for the Sunday Stamps Going in Circles Sketch. I finished with a sentiment from Penny Black Tulips in Bloom and some yellow gems. And my Floral inspiration came from the … Read more