Category: Penny Black

Penny Black Simplicity – CAS Holiday Card

Using just two elements, a Creative Die and a transparent stamp set, I created a CAS card for the newly launched Penny Black SIMPLICITY at its best site.

Penny Black Simplicity - CAS Holiday Card

Penny Black Products Used: 51-084 Jingle…, 30-255 Most Wonderful

Additional Products: Bazzill Peppermint cardstock, VersaMark ink, Ranger Super Fine Silver embossing powder, Silver Metallic cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight cardstock

    • Cut Silver Metallic cardstock with 51-084 Jingle… die in die cutting machine.
    • Stamp the ornament image from 30-255 Most Wonderful on Peppermint cardstock with VersaMark ink and heat emboss with Ranger Super Fine Silver powder.
    • Trim red cardstock panel to A2 card size.
    • Glue “Jingle…” die cut to top of red panel lining up the letters with the ornaments as shown.
    • Adhere panel to white card base (tent-fold).

Penny Black Simplicity Sister

Happy December! I am thrilled to announce that I am one of the new Simplicity Sisters for Penny Black!! There is a new blog dedicated to using Penny Black stamps and creative dies in a clean and simple way.

To celebrate I created a CAS holiday card in one of my favorite color schemes with the 51-062 Leap of Joy die cut taking center stage. I stamped the background with a sentiment from 30-132 Yuletide Greetings.

Penny Black Gold Embossed Holiday Card

Today I’m sharing a card created with a Penny Black stamp image and die cut sentiment. Metallic accents are an easy way to add sparkle to a holiday project.

I gold-embossed 40-337 Sprightly on green cardstock and trimmed the panel so that the card base would have a border. I also wanted to be able to easily adhere the vellum strip to the back of the card panel. To the strip, I added  the die-cut Merry sentiment from 51-021 Love & Joy (cut several times for extra depth).

Penny Black CAS Reindeer

I’m sharing a CAS holiday card combining a Penny Black die cut, stenciled background and heat embossed sentiment with one of my favorite holiday color combinations – white, red and silver.

Penny Black CAS Reindeer

I began by stamping and heat embossing the sentiment from Penny Black’s 30-255 Most Wonderful on heavyweight white cardstock.

Next, I applied white embossing paste through the 25-010 Zigs & Zags stencil. I only applied paste in the center portion, letting the edges unevenly fade away.

Finally, I cut the larger reindeer from the 51-069 Together set several times, adhering the pieces for added dimension, and attached the reindeer to the embossed background.

Penny Black: CAS Holiday Skyline

Today, I’m sharing a CAS holiday card pairing a Penny Black die cut with several stamped images.

Penny Black: CAS Holiday Skyline

I cut foil paper and heavyweight white cardstock with the #51-017 Downtown die and adhered them together. The white cardstock was cut without a cutting shim, so the windows were intact. I simply used Scotch tape on the back to keep them in place. I stamped and heat embossed, with silver embossing powder, the string of lights from #30-259 Wonderful & Jolly on black cardstock. I also stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from #30-257 Joy Filled.

I can’t believe how fast the holidays are approaching!