Penny Black - Right as Rain

Penny Black Peeps Parade

Hello! Today I am sharing a playful, spring- and/or Easter-themed card inspired by Peeps, the marshmallow candy. I die-cut the elements using a variety of Penny Black sets, including several from the newest collection – Secret Garden.

Using the #51-596 Bird and Branch set, I cut the chicks from bright cardstock – SU Tempting Turquoise (now retired), SU Pineapple Punch, and Taylored Expressions Lollipop. I adhered their eyes and beaks.
I used the #51-630 Rolling Hills and #51-623 Pretty Picket sets to create a background for the scene.
I die-cut the sentiment using the #51-040 Hello Frame die.
I embellished the scene with butterflies cut with one of the butterfly dies in the #51-132 Flights of Fancy set.

I used several of these same supplies on this card.

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Penny Black Die-cut Birthday Wishes

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS birthday card created with two Penny Black die sets – #51-609 Balloons and #51-338 Birthday. The #51-609 Balloons die set is part of their most recent collection – Secret Garden.

The Balloons die set includes two balloon sizes. I cut both sizes from bright-colored cardstock (the green and orange balloons were cut with the smaller die, the pink and yellow with the bigger one).
I arranged the balloons in an overlapping fashion. I adhered the arrangement to the base and trimmed the panel.
I cut the Happy Birthday sentiment three times from white cardstock for extra depth.
I added the bows and strings to the balloons before adhering the sentiment.

Supplies: MFT Razzle Dazzle cardstock, Gina K Turquoise Sea cardstock

Penny Black “Secret Garden” Die-cut Scene

Hello! Today I am sharing a spring-themed card featuring products from Penny Black’s “Secret Garden” release.

This release is packed with stamps and dies well-suited for a multitude of spring occasions. There are a number of scene-building dies in this release, many of which I’ve used on my card.

I stamped the background with a sentiment in the #30-703 Blooming Sentiments set.
I cut the tree, flowers, bird, and heart with the #51-596 Bird and Branch set.
I used the #51-630 Rolling Hills and #51-623 Pretty Picket sets to add to the scene and accessorized the foreground with the #51-635 Buckets of Flowers set.

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Penny Black – Die-cut Valentine

Hello! Today I am sharing a die-cut Valentine combining several die sets from Penny Black .

I cut the pieces of the #51-501 Hanging Planters from colored cardstock and cardstock to which I had applied Distress Inks.
I cut the XOXO sentiment with a die in the #51-294 Filled with Love set from red cardstock.
I cut the hearts with dies in the #51-090 Little Ornaments and the #51-281 What’s in Your Cup? sets. (Finding these little hearts was a happy discovery.)
I cut the yellow frame with the square frame in the #51-422 Stitched Square and Circles set and a circle die.
I sponged Tumbled Glass ink on to white cardstock and added the panel to the back of the frame.
I added the assembled planters, tucking the tops of the macrame hangers under the frame.
I adhered the sentiment with foam adhesive.

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Penny Black – Watercolored Golden Dance

Hello! Today I am sharing a card featuring a watercolored floral image from the Penny Black stamp set #30-562 Golden Dance, cut with its coordinating die.

I stamped the #30-562 Golden Dance image with VersaFine ink on Cold Press paper and watercolored it with Distress Ink reinkers and Gansai Tambi watercolors.
Once dry, I cut the image with the #51-533 Golden Dance Cut Out.
I cut the floor with the #51-433 Wood Floors die from cardstock, which I had colored with Distress Oxide inks.
I blended Tumbled Glass ink on to the card base and stamped a sentiment from the #30-418 Stitched Flowers stamp set.
I adhered the floor (and its base board) to the card base and added the watercolored flowers with foam adhesive.

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