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Penny Black Hydrangea

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS “Thank You” featuring a potted hydrangea created with Penny Black supplies. Around here, we’ll begin to see hydrangeas blooming mid-July.

I cut the 51-610 Hydrangea pieces from green cardstock and two shades of blue.
With the same set, I cut the butterflies from yellow cardstock.
I cut the pot for the plant from red cardstock with a die in the 51-635 Buckets of Flowers set.
I cut the back frame with the 51-611 Creative Curves die from white cardstock.
I stamped the 30-281 Flower Sparks sentiment and cut it with a circle die.
I tried a number of different backgrounds, including ones I stamped with backgrounds stamps. In the end, patterned paper from my stash worked best.

Supplies: SU Marina Mist (retired)

Spellbinders Large Die June 2020 – Geometrical Floral Frames

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS friendship card created with the June Large Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Geometrical Floral Frames.” (Edited: This die set is no longer available.)

On my card, I used one of the frames in the set along with the flowers and foliage.

I heat-embossed the sentiment on deep blue cardstock.
I cut the frame from gold foil.
I cut the greenery from SU Cucumber Crush (now retired) and vellum. I cut the flowers from yellow, red, and white, and their centers from gold foil.
I glued the foliage and flowers to the frame. I used flowers to cover the junction points for the foliage.
I glued the frame to the card base.
I added flat sequins in several sizes to the card to fill in the “white space.”

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Find Your Happy Place

Hello! Today I am sharing a card created with Penny Black dies depicting a yoga studio, inspired by the yoga space on Yoga with Adriene. I have been practicing yoga with Adriene’s videos for the past month, and will be doing so for the foreseeable future, as the local studio is currently closed.

I die-cut the greenery with the Penny Black 51-308 Bold Branch, 51-002 Leaves, and 51-119 Flower Frolic dies.
I cut the 51-441 Wood Floors from kraft cardstock.
I created the containers for the plants by cutting circles and a rectangle and then cutting those shapes again with a rectangle die. I dry-embossed the pots with the TE Weathered folder.
I created the sentiment on my computer. As a side note, Adriene’s catchphrase is “Find What Feels Good.” Since Adriene’s studio (on tv) has been my “happy place,” I went with that as the sentiment.
I tried many different backgrounds. Adriene’s yoga space is in her dining room and there are windows covered with white wood blinds in the background. I ultimately dry-embossed white cardstock with a brick background for texture. The other backgrounds I tried took away from the calm space I was trying to depict.

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Penny Black Butterflies – Two Versions

Hello! Today I am sharing two cards on which I’ve combined a variety of Penny Black supplies, which I have owned for years. I tend to get so caught up with new products, I often neglect supplies I already own. The designs of both cards I have previously used.

I stamped white cardstock using the 40-254 Decadence stamp with a now-retired Stampin’ Up ink (Soft Sky).
I cut the stamped cardstock with a die in the 51-007 Tagged set three times.
I cut the two butterflies with dies in the 51-006 Flutters set.
I stamped the 30-286 Heartfelt sentiment on to light blue cardstock and cut it with a circle die.
I added the elements to a card base dry-embossed with the Taylored Expressions “Weathered” folder.
I added twine to the middle tag.

I previously used this same card design here.

On my second card, I used the same color scheme and many of the same elements.

I stamped the card base with the 40-254 Decadence stamp.
I cut the notebook paper piece with a die in the 51-053 A Pocket Full set from cardstock stamped with the 40-407 Script stamp.
I cut the two butterflies with dies in the 51-006 Flutters set.
I dry-embossed the coral strip with the Taylored Expressions “Burlap” folder.
I cut the stamped 30-288 Pretty Petals sentiment with a rectangle die.

I previously used this same design on cards here and here.

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Penny Black – A Floral Hello

Hello! Today I am sharing a “Hello” card created with Penny Black supplies.

I stamped the 30-704 Wings and Vases image and colored it with Copic markers and colored pencils.
I cut the image with its corresponding die set.
I cut the 51-611 Creative Curves from white cardstock and backed it with a rectangle.
I die-cut the sentiment, using the 51-040 Hello Frame die, three times (for extra dimension) and glued the pieces together.
I applied double-sided adhesive to vellum and cut a rectangular strip. With the vase in place on the Creative Curves piece, I adhered the vellum. I then glued the Hello sentiment to the vellum strip.
I stamped the light-orange paper with the 40-254 Decadence stamp for the card base.
I added the assembly to the card base.
I added butterflies, cut with a die in the 51-132 Flights of Fancy set, to the scene for additional interest.

A few weeks ago I shared another card created with a different image from the 30-704 Wings and Vases set.

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