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Watercolored Penny Black Floral

Hello! Today I am sharing a floral card watercolored with Zig Clean Color Brush markers.

I stamped Penny Black’s Sweet Perfume (this is an older cling stamp which appears to be retired) with Versafine ink on Canson Montval paper. I colored the image with a variety of Zig markers including Carmine, Light Carmine, Yellow, Bright Yellow, Orange, Light Green, May Green, and Persian Blue.

Once dry, I trimmed the watercolored panel to 4 1/2″ wide by 5 1/2″ tall.

I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment from the Sentiment Collection set and cut it with the smaller tag in the 51-007 Tagged die set. I cut the tag reinforcement piece from black cardstock. I attached the tag to the background with dimensional adhesive and used twine to finish off the card.

Penny Black Flower Cascade

Hello! Today I am sharing a watercolored card featuring Penny Black’s Flower Cascade stamp. I have been watercoloring recently and this image came immediately to mind as something with which to practice.

I stamped the image on Canson Montval watercolor paper with Versafine ink.
I watercolored the image with Zig markers.
Once dry I stamped the panel with a sentiment in the Penny Black Special Sentiments set (I’ve been using this set a lot lately).

Hope your week is off to a terrific start!

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Penny Black – Watercolored Flower Teddy

Hello! Today I am sharing two cards showcasing the Penny Black “Flower Teddy” stamp set. I recently had some time to watercolor (during a power outage) and decided to tackle this image.

On the first card:

I stamped the image on Cold Press paper with VersaFine ink.
I used a variety of Distress Inks to color the image (I have three storage tins full of the mini pads), as well as Kuretake watercolors.
Once dry, I fussy cut the image.
I used patterned paper for the 4 1/2″ square card base to which I added a dry-embossed 4″ circle. I added the teddy bear image with foam adhesive.
I heat-embossed the sentiment and cut it with a banner die.

On the second card:

I stamped the image on Hot Press paper with VersaFine ink.
I colored the image with Distress Ink and Kuretake watercolors.
Once dry, I stamped the sentiment with VersaFine ink and cut the image, on which I had added a blue wash background, to 4″ square.
I added the watercolored panel to a 4 1/4″ square dry-embossed background.

Ideally I would be practicing watercolor, Zig market coloring, and/or Copic coloring on a weekly basis!

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Penny Black – Thank You Bunches

Hello! Today, I am sharing a garden-themed card created with Penny Black products. I’ve combined die-cut elements from the Penny Black “A Garden” set with a sentiment from “Special Sentiments.”

- I colored white cardstock with Distress Oxide inks and cut out the individual pieces.
- I assembled the pieces with glue.
- I stamped the sentiment on the card base and added Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink to the center of the panel.
- I adhered the shelves and the items on the shelves to the card.

With different colors, different arrangements, and a different sentiment (or even the same one), you could create a completely different card. I went bold with my colors, as teal and red are two of my favorite colors to use on cards.

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Penny Black Hanging Planters

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Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS card showcasing the Penny Black Hanging Planters die set. Who knew macrame would make a comeback?! I remember learning how to macrame in the early 1970s. My mother bought at least one macrame book with complicated patterns for massive wall hangings (which we never made).

I heat-embossed one of my favorite sentiments (Stitched Flowers set) on SU Dapper Denim cardstock.
I cut the frame, using a 4″ x 5 1/4″ rectangle die (from a now-retired MFT Blueprints set) and the largest oval in the Spellbinders Oval Nestabilities set, from Gina K Coral Reef cardstock (included in the multi-pack). I dry-embossed the frame with the Taylored Expressions Weathered embossing folder.
I cut the planters from Gina K Turquoise Sea. The plants were cut from Gina K Lucky Clover (included in the multi-pack) and SU Cucumber Crush cardstock. I cut the macrame hangers from SU Very Vanilla. The small flowers were cut from SU Poppy Parade and Gina K Coral Reef. I assembled the pieces with glue.
I assembled the heat-embossed panel, the frame, and the planters and adhered the assembly to a SU Very Vanilla card base.

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