The Penny Black Saturday Challenge theme is to use lots of layers. This week's Paper Craft Crew Sketch was perfect for that. I used my last Spectrum Noir Triblend colored bouquet from Penny Black Charisma Bouquet as the focal image and built my color palette around it using a piece of Authentique Sea … Read more
Since I had the other half of my watercolor powder background still on my studio table, I decided to make another card featuring a Penny Black Charisma Bouquet. This time I paired it with a gelli-printed background I made using tiny bubble wrap (I liked the repeat of the circle theme from my … Read more
When I visited my friend Beverly, she showed me how to use her ScanNCut (since I have one still in the box that I need to find a stand for). We used it to cut out the beautiful bouquets from Penny Black Charisma stamp set. Then we had fun coloring while we watched a movie … Read more
Week 7 of #dyicad2023 is complete. Day 43 was Patina. One of my favorite effects to try to create with my Gelliarts gel press is Patina. Day 44 is Wabi-Sabi – Wabi sabi is a Japanese term referring to the appreciation of the beauty of imperfection, impermanence, and simplicity as the natural … Read more
The July Penny Black Saturday Challenge is The Great Outdoors. I chose a lovely outdoor image from Penny Black Woodland Splendor Stickeroos and framed it with a thin layer of black cardstock. I paired it with a sentiment from Penny Black Words of Encouragement together with a wrap of gold thread.
Instead of a Hard Candy Christmas, we're having a NO Stamping Christmas at jingle Belles this week. Have fun pulling out your embossing folders, die cuts, Cricut cuts, stamps and stickers to create your holiday card design. I started with one of my Gel Press prints in colors from the Christmas Kickstart Challenge. … Read more
Another fun thing my friend Cyndie and I did when we were together was play with Alcohol inks and metallic mixatives. Tonight I turned several of those panels into Mother's Day Cards with Penny Black Bouquet Masterpieces and Penny Black Stitches of Love Dies. I used a a variation … Read more
One of the Penny Black Bright Bouquet Masterpieces is the perfect image for a Mother's Day Card and the Penny Black Saturday Challenge I embossed it and a green cardstock panel with Penny Black Stitches of Love dies. I finished with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Sassy Mama by … Read more
The February Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to incorporate Hearts or Flowers. I started with a Penny Black Masterpieces Made Simple Adorable Amore. I love how they fit exactly into the Penny Black Stitches of Love Dies to add a bit more texture. I used the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch with a … Read more
This week at Jingle Belles we're Stuck on You. Stickers were one of the very first things I started collecting when I began making cards … and I'm guessing you have some in your stash too. They might be fun little 3-D images or sentiment strips … whatever your sticker of choice, we're asking you … Read more