Penny Black - Right as Rain

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).

Penny Black Simplicity: Die-Cut Bouquet

Today, I’m sharing a die-cut encouragement card created with Penny Black stamps and dies. I also 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.

To create this bouquet, I started by die-cutting the floral pieces from green cardstock with the 51-199 Flower Bunch die set. With the same die, I cut the pieces from cardstock in red and two shades of pink. Then I adhered trimmed flowers to the green cardstock pieces.

I die cut 51-142 Mason Jar twice from light blue paper. With detail scissors, I trimmed the top of one of the Mason jars to create a faux opening. I sponged light blue ink on the Mason jar to give the appearance of water.

I arranged the floral pieces on the bottom Mason jar and adhered them with Scotch tape. I adhered the top Mason jar to the assembly with foam adhesive. I die-cut white cardstock with a die in the 51-053 A Pocket Full set (the spiral notebook paper) and created a oval cast shadow with gray ink.

The card base was dry-embossed, and I added color (and pattern) with a strip of paper from the 80-009 Painted Blooms paper pad. I heat-embossed a sentiment from 30-288 Pretty Petals on gray cardstock and added that to the panel with foam adhesive.

After I created this card, I thought about how to change it by coloring the floral pieces with Distress Inks (rather than cutting them from colored cardstock). That was the starting point for the other version of this card on the Penny Black Simplicity site.

CAS(E) this Sketch #162

I’m sharing a card created with Penny Black supplies for the CAS(E) this Sketch #162 challenge.

I cut the top butterfly with the 51-010 Delicate Wings die from silver paper and the lower butterfly with the corresponding die in the same set from white cardstock. Using the 51-007 Tagged die, I cut paper which had been watercolored with Distress Inks, to which I attached a heat-embossed sentiment from the 30-297 Sprinkles and Smiles set that was cut with a die in the 51-027 Triple Banner set. The card background was dry-embossed for added texture.

Penny Black Simplicity Triple Love Die – 2 Versions

Today, I’m sharing a two Valentine’s Day cards featuring the Penny Black die 51-187 Triple Love.

The first is CAS (and quick-to-create) card:

I cut the overlay from silver paper with the 51-187 Triple Love die and adhered it to a panel, which I had colored with Distress Ink spray and drops of gold spray mist. I added the panel to a dry-embossed card base. Lots of options here – change the background behind the panel, use a different dry-embossed card base, …

The second card is an inlaid shaker card:

I created the background with three strips of pink cardstock from which I cut the Triple Love in the center. I cut the Triple Love piece again from white cardstock and inlaid it into the card panel. I backed the overlay with acetate. I used foam tape (backed with white cardstock) to create a chamber for the sequins. The panel was then adhered to a square card base with foam adhesive.

Happy Valentine’s Day!