Penny Black Groovy Greenery

Hello! Today I am sharing an encouragement card created with Penny Black stamp sets from their new “Refreshing” release. You can see another card created with supplies from this release here.

Penny Black Groovy Greenery

  • To begin, I stamped the 30-712 Words of Encouragement sentiment on to white cardstock.
  • With a mask, I applied Distress Oxide inks at a horizon line for the sky and the ground. I use a strip of vellum for the sharp line. I cut the panel with a rectangle die.
  • Using the 30-701 Groovy Greenery stamp set, I stamped the vases with pigment ink that I heat-embossed with clear powder. I fussy-cut the vases.
  • For the plants, I applied green inks to white cardstock with a sponge dauber that I then stamped the plant images from the 30-701 Groovy Greenery set with green ink. I fussy cut the plants.
  • I assembled the vases and plants.
  • I dry-embossed the card base with the TE Weathered embossing folder. I matted the stamped panel with a slightly larger white rectangle.
  • I added one plant with dot adhesive and the other with foam adhesive.

Penny Black Groovy GreenerySupplies:

Penny Black – Encouragement Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing an encouragement card featuring products from the newest Penny Black release -“Refreshing.”

Penny Black "Refreshing" - Encouragement Card

    • I clear heat-embossed two of the images from the 30-691 Soulful Silhouettes set on to white cardstock.
    • I applied Distress Oxide inks in yellows, oranges, and reds to the panel.
    • I stamped the butterfly image twice from the 30-691 Soulful Silhouettes set on to the inked panel in black ink.
    • I cut a frame using the two largest dies in the 51-636 Dainty Dashes Stackers set from white cardstock.
    • I stamped the 30-712 Words of Encouragement sentiment on to a rectangle, which I added to the card with foam adhesive.
    • The assembly was added to a kraft cardstock card base.

Penny Black "Refreshing" - Encouragement Card

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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.

Penny Black Hydrangea

  • 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.

Penny Black Hydrangea

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.)

Spellbinders Large Die June 2020 - Geometrical Floral Frames

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

Spellbinders Large Die June 2020 - Geometrical Floral Frames

  • 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.”

Spellbinders Large Die June 2020 - Geometrical Floral Frames

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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.

Find Your Happy Place

 

  • 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.

Find Your Happy Place

Find Your Happy Place

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