Category: Penny Black

Sunny Days Cat

The moment I saw the Sunny Days stamp set, I knew I wanted it! And when Elizabeth Allan posted this incredible card, I knew which image I wanted to start with! I just love this cat.

Sunny Days

This card, which is just over 3″ around, took me several tries using watercolor pencils. I learned something important about Inktense pencils, which are the watercolor pencils I’ve been using – the colors are permanent once you go over them with water. In other words, when you add water, Inktense produces ink not watercolor paint. So, I used Prismacolor pencils for the fur, because I wanted to be able to work the color more than once. The fins, sunglasses and beach towel, however, are colored with the Inktense pencils. I stamped the inside of the card with the “A Sunny Hello” sentiment from the set.

Wishing you a “Sunny Day.”

Mimi at Play

This past weekend, I took time off from cardmaking to watercolor some of the images from the Penny Black Mimi at Play set with Distress ink pads and markers. I find that I need to color the images several times before I’m happy with my results!

Penny Black Mimi at Play

I paired Mimi with a sentiment from the Friendship set and a die-cut window. To cut out that area between her toy horse and the rocker, I cut off the rocker, cut out the paper, and then reattached the rocker with dimensional tape. 🙂

Sweet Wishes

I took a short break from coloring to create a paper-pieced card using one of the images from Penny Black’s Blooming Garden stamp set paired with a sentiment from the Friendship set.

Penny Black Blooming Garden

Once I had created the flowers, I referred to the handouts from Summer Card Camp 2011 to find a color palette that would work with the yellow and orange. I’m not quite ready for fall, but I definitely do like fall colors. I stamped the blue cardstock with the Letter Background stamp in Versamark ink to add a little texture.

Penny Black “Mindy”

Have you met Mindy? She’s Mimi’s sister and a relatively new addition to the Penny Black family.  I wanted to practice my Copic coloring, so I stamped and heat embossed the adorable Mindy image. And I couldn’t resist getting the Mimi at Play set just for the “Sending Hugs” sentiment that seemed like a perfect fit.

Penny Black "Mindy"

Copics – hair: Y23, Y 26, E33, E27; bear: E21, E31, E33; pants +scarf: R20, R24, R27; tunic: B00, B02, YR31, YR15; shoes: E57, E59; face: Roo, R02

Penny Black “Tuning Up”

I’m sharing another masculine card today using the Penny Black Tuning Up stamp set. In addition to computer programming (the theme of this card), my husband also likes to fiddle with old cars, so I couldn’t resist stamping this image for another Father’s Day card!

Penny Black "Tuning Up"

I watercolored with both Distress Ink pads and with Memento markers. For the red car exterior, I simply colored with the Memento marker, as my first attempt to watercolor it resulted in a mess! I also used my Copic C2 for some of the grill work and engine interior, as I wanted a lighter gray. This watercoloring is addictive!