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Penny Black Winter Church

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS Christmas card featuring the Penny Black #51-569 Winter Church die, which is part of the Merry and Joy release.

I cut the pieces for the church and backed the windows with a soft yellow. I heat-embossed the sentiment from the #30-257 Joy Filled stamp set on to the red cardstock card base.

To fill out the scene, I added snowflakes cut with dies from the #51-268 A Blizzard and #51-080 Around Town die sets.

What I like about this card/why I designed this card the way that I did: I like the choice of red for the background, even though it’s not realistic; I like the small touch of green that the wreath on the church adds; I like the heat-embossed sentiment on the card base as it contributes to the CAS feel of the card.

Thanks for dropping by! I appreciate your warm and thoughtful comments!

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Penny Black Halloween Scene

Hello! Today, I am sharing a card in which I’ve combined several Penny Black supplies in a Halloween scene.

I die-cut the #51-571 Vintage Truck and assembled it. (This die set includes an evergreen tree die for a Christmas scene, which I plan to create in a few weeks.)

I stamped, colored with Copic marker, and fussy-cut the costumed hedgehog from the #30-592 Critter Costumes set and placed him (her?) into the assembled truck. The witch is off to a Halloween event.

The background was stamped with the Penny Black #40-254 Decadence background stamp (a stamp I’ve had for several years). I really like the feel the background gives to the scene. The sentiment was cut with a die in the #51-077 Eeek! die set.

What I like about this card: I really like transportation-themed dies and look for ways to use them in imaginative ways; I like the pairing of the elegant, formal background with the truck; I am particularly drawn to fall colors at the moment (more so than in previous falls, it seems) and like the gold, orange, and gray combination.

Penny Black Golden Delight Fall Wreath – Two Versions

Hello! Today I am sharing two versions of a CAS fall-themed design that showcases the #30-601 Golden Delight stamp set from Penny Black’s Autumn Bliss release.

On one card, I heat-embossed the wreath with gold powder.

On the other, I stamped with Versafine ink.

On both cards, I watercolored the leaves with Distress Inks – Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, and Wild Honey.

I masked the sentiment to stamp the three words separately choosing cardstock colors that coordinated with the Distress Inks I used to watercolor.

A die (#51-589 Golden Delight Cut Out) can be purchased that cuts out the wreath; for these cards, I cut the wreath with a 4″ square die and added the watercolored image to a 4 1/4″ card base. The sentiment strips were added to the center of the wreath with foam adhesive.

What I like about these cards: I like the look of watercolor and the watercoloring on this image was straightforward; I like creating different versions of the same design; even though it took a little longer, I like the idea of breaking up sentiments in the manner I did on these cards; I enjoyed tying the Distress Ink colors I used for the watercoloring with cardstock colors I used for the sentiment strips.

Penny Black Critter Costumes – Halloween Tags

Hello! Today I am sharing treat tags created with Penny Black supplies showcasing the newly-released #30-592 Critter Costumes stamp set. I’m a big fan of Halloween (and treats!).

I stamped four of the costumed critters in the set and colored the images with Copic markers. I fussy cut the critters and added them to tags which I crafted with the #51-007 Tagged die set.

Some of the tags were stamped with the #40-144 Dots In Space background stamp while others were dry-embossed.

I mixed and matched for variety. The sentiments were cut from the #51-077 Eeek! die set. I originally cut the sentiments in black but they showed up much better in white.

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Two Takes on a CAS Halloween Scene

Hello! I am sharing two CAS Halloween-themed cards using the same two products – Penny Black’s Layered Scene die set and Hero Arts Ghostly Greetings stamp set – and same design. I’ve just switched the colors.

I recently reorganized all of my cardstock by color, so it was easy to compare oranges and purples for the cards. I didn’t want the purple to be too dark, given that I was stamping the sentiment with black ink. I used Bazzill Gummy Bear for the purple and SU Pumpkin Pie for the orange. I considered teal as well, but the purple just felt right! I used the largest die in the Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle die set to cut the card background. I like the finished edge it gives.

I previously shared cards (non-Halloween) with the Penny Black Layered Scene here. I just couldn’t resist using the dies for a spookier scene.

I’ve used the Hero Arts Ghostly Greetings set time and again for the past several years. It’s now retired, but I’ll probably never get rid of it!

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