Penny Black Indian Wheel Background Stamp

I recently got my hands on the Penny Black Indian Wheel background stamp and wanted to create some simple cards pairing the stunning background with sentiments from the Friendship set.

For the first card, I stayed with a neutral color palette.

Penny Black Indian Wheel Background Stamp

I tried several different inks on the kraft paper before choosing Toffee Crunch. I dyed the ribbon with a Distress Ink pad. I have most of the ink pads but not all of the stains. While I love this color, and the ability to custom match ribbon color, I’m not sure I recommend using the pads, as the ribbon took a long time to dry. Going forward, I’ll purchase stains for the colors I most want to create. (More on this later as I’m investigating the differences in the formulations of the stains vs. the pads.)

For the second card I used one of my favorite color combinations – red, white, and blue – and heat embossed the sentiment. I’d like to try this card with a rope “ribbon” or white ribbon for even more of a nautical look, maybe even a little anchor charm :-)!

Penny Black Indian Wheel Background Stamp

Supplies:

Pinspired Challenge #10

Welcome! It’s time for another Pinspired Challenge. The photo is for you to interpret anyway you want. Be inspired by the colors, the style, the theme – it’s up to you!

This challenge is sponsored by Bossy Joscie Flair who is offering the winner a $20 gift certificate to her online store.

For my card, I drew from the strong colors. I’ve never made a card with a photo before. Once I added the heart flair to the center of the stamped camera, it seemed only natural to add a photo. And my husband and our golden retriever certainly do make me smile.

Pinspired Challenge #10

Now, it’s your turn. Head on over to the Pinspired Challenges blog to see the creations from the rest of the “Pin Heads” and find out the details for playing along. Three runner ups will be chosen and win a “Pin Pal” badge for their blog. A winner, who will also be chosen by the “Pin Heads,” will win a “Pin Perfect” badge for their blog along with the prize from Bossy Joscie. We can’t wait to see your creations!

Simple Congratulations

I’ve had the Avery Elle Sentimental Swirls stamp set for a couple of weeks, but I hadn’t had a chance to take it out for a spin. As I was running errands this morning, I thought about the idea of pairing a simple sentiment with a partially dry-embossed card front. (Some of my most creative thoughts occur while I’m driving my car.)

To make the card a tad more elegant, I decided to emboss the sentiment with a metallic powder.

Simple Congratulations

When I was done with that one, I made another with silver embossing powder!

Simple Congratulations

Penny Black Hedgie

The hedgehog is one of the first images I came to associate with Penny Black stamps. And there just happens to be a hedgehog in the Garden Critters set!

Penny Black Hedgie

I colored the hedgehog and flowers with watercolor pencils and combined them with a sentiment from the Friendship set.

I purchased some more Penny Blacks sets that I plan to ink up tomorrow, including some images suitable for Father’s Day cards.

Another Garden Critter

I got the opportunity over the weekend to continue playing with the watercolor pencils and the Penny Black Garden Critters stamp set.

Penny Black Garden Critters

I watched Jill Foster’s PB & J video several more times, and learned a bit more about how to use the pencils. I also switched watercolor papers to a heavier paper that is preferred by Jennifer McGuire. Additionally, I used my water brush pen as a brush dipping it into the water. Filled with water, the brush was putting too much water on my image. I don’t have any Penny Black sentiments, yet, so I added one of my most used sentiments from the Hero Arts Essential Messages set to finish off the card.

Happy Monday!