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CAS(E) this Sketch #177

I’m playing along with CAS(E) this Sketch! #177 with Penny Black stamps and dies.

Here’s my take on the fabulous sketch:

To begin, I cut the flowers and flourishes with the 51-207 Layered Flower and 51-198 Flourish & Butterflies sets from cardstock which I’d colored with Distress Inks.

I stamped the sentiment from 30-297 Sprinkles and Smiles onto a white cardstock panel. I stamped 40-314 Fronds (a background stamp with a tropical feel) with white pigment ink onto turquoise cardstock for the accent strip on the left. The flowers and flourishes were added with foam adhesive.

PB Simplicity: Let Your Heart Soar

Today, I’m sharing a CAS card created with Penny Black stamps and dies.

To begin, I masked off a vertical strip and applied Distress Inks in Squeezed Lemonade, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean with foam applicators. I then stamped the sentiment from 30-345 Soar. To embellish, I added butterflies cut with the 51-132 Flights of Fancy and 51-198 Flourish & Butterflies sets, as well as flourishes cut from vellum using Flourish & Butterflies (these are adhered to the panel under the butterflies). This would be an easy card to change up by simply using a different Distress Ink combination.

Recently, I created a card using the same sentiment and a rainbow assortment of die-cut butterflies. You can see that card on this post at the Penny Black Simplicity site.

Penny Black Simplicity Thank You

Today, I’m sharing two CAS floral Thank You cards created with Penny Black stamps and dies.

For the first card, I stamped the #40-374 Effulgence flowers in a yellow-green ink onto the white cardstock panel. I stamped the #40-459 Standing Ovation flowers in deep pink ink. I finished the card with a sentiment in the #30-350 Sentiment Collection set and butterflies cut with one of the dies in the #51-132 Flights of Fancy set.

For the second card, I stamped the #40-459 Standing Ovation flowers by coloring the stamp with Distress Ink and Memento markers. I finished the card with a sentiment in the #30-338 Special Thoughts set and two butterflies cut with dies in the #51-198 Flourish & Butterflies set.

It’s easy to change this design by simply changing the colors of the flowers and butterflies. I tried a number of combinations!

Penny Black Woodland Friends

Today, I’m sharing a CAS spring-themed card combining an image from Penny Black’s #30-278 Woodland Friends stamp set with a die-cut fox, created with #51-193 Woodland Friends II.

I positioned the Woodland Friends stamp on my MISTI and masked off the fox. I colored the stamped image with watercolor pencils. (On my first try I colored the background blue, but I decided I preferred a more CAS look.) I separately cut the fox with the Woodland Friends II set from cardstock, which I had colored with Distress Inks. I added enamel dots for the nose and eye. I attached the fox to the scene with foam adhesive.

I masked a sentiment from #30-160 Friendship and cut it with one of the word balloons in the #51-003 Chat Bubbles set. To finish off the card, I added a dry-embossed strip along the bottom.

Penny Black Simplicity: Background Shadow Stamping

Today, I’m sharing a shadow stamp card created with Penny Black stamps and dies. I created a “sister” version of this card (same design with a few tweaks) which is being shown today over on the Penny Black Simplicity site. I hope you’ll head over there and take a look.

With my MISTI, I stamped 40-442 Butterfly Charmer in both VersaMark and white pigment ink. I die cut the sentiment 51-104 Hello from white cardstock twice and adhered the pieces (trimming the tail of the “o”). I stamped a sentiment from 30-283 Snippets onto vellum and positioned the “hello” over it (adhering the vellum to the background panel with liquid adhesive under the “hello” letters).