Penny Black Pocket Treasures

Today, I’m changing direction a bit – I’m sharing pocket scrapbooking pages created with products from the recent Penny Black Pocket Treasures release.

Before I made cards, I scrapbooked, and before that, I kept photo albums. The pocket scrapbooking pages work well for my current memory keeping style. I like the ability to create my own journaling cards and a few embellishments with the Pocket Treasures dies and stamps, using my card making tools, (die cutting machine and punches), and supplies, (patterned paper, solid cardstock and twine).

My husband and eldest son just spent several days in NYC taking in the sights, and the pages below capture some of their visit (I have several more pages started documenting the rest of their trip).

Penny Black Pocket Treasures

Penny Black Pocket Treasures

Let’s take a more detailed look at some of the journaling cards and embellishments.

I used the Tagged #51-007 die to create a large journaling spot. I added a die-cut quote from A Pocket Full #51-053. I often add maps to my scrapbook pages. I stamped the Let’s Chat #30-244 location indicator and cut it with the coordinating die from Tabs & Toggles #51-051.

I stamped a sentiment from Remember This #30-246 with Staz-On ink directly onto the photo. I stamped the camera from Bon Voyage #30-224 and cut it with a 1″ circle punch.

I die cut a tab with Tabs & Toggles #51-051 and stamped it with a sentiment from Life’s Journals #30-247. I attached it to the photo with a Tiny Attacher. I die cut a journaling card with A Pocket Full #51-053 and added the stamped sentiment from Remember This #30-246.

I die cut the frame from Polaroid #51-057 and put it over a photo. I added it to a journaling card stamped with a sentiment and ledger lines from Life’s Journals #30-247. I cut the number frame from Picture This #51-056 and paired it with a journaling card.

Thanks for joining me in this departure from cardmaking!

Penny Black Bon Voyage

Today, I’m sharing a card created with the new Penny Black Bon Voyage #30-224 stamp set – perfect for summer travel cards or scrapbook layouts!

Penny Black Bon Voyage

I paired the stamped and Copic-colored Vespa with balloons cut using the Uplifting #51-004 die set. I cut each balloon twice and used dimensional adhesive on some to create a variety of depths. The balloon strings were drawn by hand.

Have a fabulous Friday!

Stamp Nation Challenge: Fruits and Veggies

The most recent challenge at Stamp Nation is to use Fruits and/or Veggies on a card in celebration of all summer has to offer! This challenge had me stumped for a while, until I noticed that I had more supplies that fit this theme than I realized!

Stamp Nation Challenge: Fruits and Veggies

I stamped the Lawn Fawn Make Lemonade set with Memento ink on Gina K cardstock and colored the images with Copics in blues and yellows. I discovered some Little Yellow Bicycle patterned paper in my stash that I’ve had for several years. The sentiment is from the Penny Black Friendship set.

Christmas in July: Penny Black Krafty Kat

I’ve been playing with the new Penny Black Krafty Kats release, and today, I’m sharing a holiday tag created with one of the images from the 30-241 Good Day! stamp set.

Christmas in July: Penny Black Krafty Kats

This particular image could also be used for a birthday tag (with different colors on the wrapping paper and ribbon). I stamped and heat embossed the image on watercolor paper and colored it with a combination of watercolor pencils and Distress Inks. I die cut the image with the large die tag from the 51-007 Tagged and then added the “Merry” sentiment, die cut from the Love & Joy [#51-021] set. To finish off the tag, I stamped the “For You” from Blooming Tags [#30-228] on a small punched tag.

Penny Black Krafty Kats

I’m over on the Penny Black Blog today with another card featuring one of the new Krafty Kats stamps.

Penny Black Krafty Kats

I stamped and heat embossed the cat and sentiment on watercolor paper, and then watercolored the cat with Faber-Castell watercolor pencils and Distress Inks. I cut the panel with a rectangular die cut and attached it to a cellophane bag. The bag is attached directly to the card panel, which I stamped with the Dotted Fusion background stamp. The die cut tag, with a gift card attached, slips into the cellophane bag.

Penny Black supplies: 30-239 You’re Retro!, 40-278 Dotted Fusion, 51-007 Tagged