Penny Black - Right as Rain

Penny Black – All is Bright

Hello and Happy December! I’m playing along with the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Say Stamp, whose theme this week is “Anything Goes.” I’ve created a card with Penny Black supplies using one of my favorite card motifs – the window. I have envisioned a winter evening.

To begin, I heat-embossed the #30-387 Festive Snippets sentiment on white cardstock in silver. Next I cut the #51-135 Ironwork Window above the heat-embossing. The window die does not cut the outside lines, so I then used a rectangle die to cut the rectangle.
I’ve placed two lanterns behind the window, which were cut with the #51-275 Winter Lantern die set. I cut the lanterns from foil cardstock and white cardstock. I colored the white cardstock with Copic markers and added them behind the silver die-cuts (I snipped away the candles).
I stamped the background with the #40-706 Snowflake Pattern stamp. I have been using a lot of dark blue this holiday season. Not sure what that’s all about!
I backed the window with the same cardstock as the background, but without the snowflakes, and added the assembled panel to the background.

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Penny Black – Winter Church (Take Two)

Hello! I am sharing another holiday card featuring the Penny Black #51-569 Winter Church die set, this time paired with the #40-706 Snowflake Pattern background stamp set. (You can see my first card using the Winter Church die set here.)

I colored white cardstock with Shaded Lilac Distress Ink, ending before the bottom of the panel.
I stamped the #40-706 Snowflake Pattern background with white pigment ink on to the Distress Ink panel.
Once dry, I heat-embossed the sentiment from the #30-257 Joy Filled stamp set on to the panel.
I cut and assembled the #51-569 Winter Church. I backed its windows with gold foil cardstock. I added the assembled church to the panel with foam adhesive.
For a finishing touch, I added a star, cut with a die in the #51-562 Christmas Wonderland set from gold cardstock.

Thanks for visiting! Happy Thanksgiving to those of you in the US!

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Penny Black – Christmas Joy

Hello! Today I am sharing a holiday scene, created entirely with die-cuts, featuring Penny Black products. I love making scene cards, especially at Christmas-time.

I cut the #51-562 Christmas Wonderland border from white cardstock. I trimmed off two of the trees in the middle (the sleigh hides that area) and backed the remaining three trees with colored cardstock. I added the border to the navy cardstock base.
I cut the #51-572 Jumbo Joy letters from white cardstock and added them with foam adhesive to the base. I used the negative of the letters for alignment.
I cut the #51-466 Sleigh from Poppy Parade cardstock.
I cut the #51-465 Mitten Stocking items from cardstock and flock material, placing them into the sleigh on the card.

As I commented on a previous card using the #51-562 Christmas Wonderland border, I really like the whimsical feel it adds to the card.

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Penny Black – CAS Christmas Cards

Hello! Today I am sharing two cards of the same design featuring Penny Black products from the First Snow release.

On both cards, I used the #51-572 Jumbo Joy die, the #51-557 Reindeer Leaps die, and the #40-706 Snowflake Pattern background stamp. However, I changed the colors and textures to show the versatility of the supplies.

On the first, I heat-embossed the Snowflake Pattern stamp with gold embossing powder on navy cardstock. The reindeer is cut from brushed gold cardstock.

On the second card, I stamped the Snowflake Pattern stamp on gray cardstock with white ink. The JOY letters were flocked (using foam and the flock transfer sheets). This video shows how to die-cut the foam and apply the flock. I cut the reindeer from a bright red cardstock.

I really like to change the feel of a design with tweaks to the colors and textures.

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Penny Black – Magical Season

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Christmas card created with products from Penny Black‘s new release – First Snow.

I’ve combined #51-557 Reindeer Leaps (cut from silver glitter cardstock) on a scene with #51-562 Christmas Wonderland and a sentiment from #30-649 Frosty Hello.

I white heat-embossed the sentiment on to a rich blue background before adding the die-cut pieces. The antlers of the reindeer were left intentionally loose to add a bit of whimsy. I backed the Christmas Wonderland border with bright pink cardstock to reinforce the magical atmosphere.

This card would be easy to reproduce. At the same time, it is one that can easily be changed with different colors and the addition of gold, silver, or copper. For example, the reindeer cut from copper cardstock and the background in black, with a different color behind the trees, would be bold and dramatic.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

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