Surprise!!

The Penny Black Saturday Challenge this week is to use green. I chose one of my favourite Penny Black stamps..."Surprise!!" which I've owned for over 10 years and never get tired of using. The little roses are a new find for me and I LOVE them...be warned that you'll probably see alot more of these in the future! :)

Supplies:-

Stamps - Surprise!! by Penny Black

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Clear Embossing powder

SU DSP

SU coloured cardstock

Paper roses

Watercolours

Ribbon

Foam dots

Snips-n-Scraps

Today's card was made using this week's OWH Stars and Stamps sketch.

Supplies:-

Stamp - Snips-n-Scraps by Penny Black

Gina K luxury cardstock

Watercolours

Brilliance ink

Clear embossing powder

K & C Co DP

SU coloured cardstock

Buttons

Embroidery Thread

Happy New Baby

Lately, I've been making baby cards without knowing if the baby will be a boy or girl...that's been a bit of a challenge. I had fun making this card for a baby girl!

Supplies:-

Stamps - Starlight Starbright by Stamps Happen and Unity KOTM July 2010

PTI white cardstock

Watercolours

Brilliance ink

Clear embossing powder

SU coloured cardstock

SU DP

Paper flowers by K&C Company

Ribbon

Trust in the Lord

This week's Ippity challenge is to add paint to your card/project! I dug out my watercolour paints and painted a little heart to go with the verse from the Ippity set Devoted. I love painting inchies....one inch squares of chipboard...but this square is a little larger at 1 1/2 ".

Supplies:-

Stamp - Devoted by Ippity

Watercolour paper

SU coloured cardstock

SU DSP

SU markers

Foam Dots

Beary Cute!

Isn't this bear cute...I love the expression on her face! I think it's one of the biggest stamps I own (the card measures 5 1/4" x 5 1/4") and I'm not a huge fan of really big stamps so it really hasn't been used very much, if ever, over the years! As I was tidying up my stamps the other day I dug out a few really old ones that I wanted to ink up and this cute bear was one of them! She's a little too large to colour with my Copics so I chose to paint her with watercolours on watercolour paper. I left it blank on the inside so I can add a sentiment later depending on who I give it to. I added little pink rhinestones to her heart and of course she needed a bow!

Supplies:-

Stamp - PSX

Watercolour paper

Brilliance ink

Watercolour paints

SU coloured cardstock

SU ribbon

Pink rhinestones

Feel Better Soon

I think I love all Penny Black's hedgehog and mice stamps....this stamp is one of my favourites because it has a hedgehog and a mouse in it!

Don't forget that today is the last day to enter the Tangled Up In Creativity Monochromatic Challenge...you can find all the details HERE.

Supplies:-
Stamps - Guess What?! by Penny Black and Kind & Caring Thoughts by SU
Brilliance ink
Clear embossing powder
Watercolour paints
SU coloured cardstock
SU DSP
Ribbon
Nestabilities
Foam Dots

You are in my thoughts...

Today's card was made using the sketch from this week's Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Challenge. I used one of my favourite Penny Black stamps "Angel Comfort" and coloured it with watercolours.

Don't forget that {Ippity} releases their Spring 2010 Collection tomorrow at 12am CST and that all sets will be available from me HERE.


Supplies:-

Stamps - Angel Comfort by Penny Black and sentiment by Amuse

Georgia Pacific white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Clear embossing powder

Watercolours

SU coloured cardstock

Felt flower

Paper flower

Scrap patterned paper

Button

Embroidery cotton

Hello

Hello...I hope you're all having a lovely weekend. When I made this card I wanted to use green brads but didn't have any so I punched out some small green circles and used those instead...this is a good idea if your card needs a little something extra to balance it out and you don't have any embellishments in the right colour. I sometimes even use thin strips of cardstock instead of ribbon if I don't have the right colour. Have a great day!

Supplies:-

Stamps - Garden Visit by Penny Black and Hello by Amuse

Brilliance ink

PTI white cardstock

Clear embossing powder

Watercolours

Tim Holtz distress ink

SU coloured cardstock

Bazzil textured cardstock

SU tag punch

Eyelet

Ribbon

Foam Dots

Linger by the Sea...

My second post today is a card that I made for this week's Operation Write Home sketch challenge. Here's the sketch followed by my card. The stamp by Stamps Happen reads...Linger by the sea where worldly cares are few. Have a great day!

Supplies:-

Stamp - Linger by the Sea by Stamps Happen

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Watercolours

Copics - R24, R29, B24, B26

Ribbon

SU coloured cardstock

Paper Tole Challenge

This week's Stampin' Sisters in Christ challenge is to create a card using Paper Tole...a technique where you re-stamp your image 2 or more times and cut out parts of that image to pop it up and make it 3-dimensional. I actually use this technique alot but only with one extra layer. For this card I did three layers to give the card a more 3-dimensional look...the second photo hopefully gives you a better view of the layers.

Supplies:-

Stamps - Starlight, Starbright by Stamps Happen and For You by SU (Happy Moments)

PTI white cardstock

Brilliance ink

Watercolours

Signo white gel pen

SU coloured cardstock

Patterned paper - unknown

SU and Morex ribbon

Foam Dots