Category Archives: Penny Black Stamps & Dies
(2019 c74) Masking
Have you ever made a card and loved it so much that you wanted to make it again, maybe with a different color scheme or by adding or taking something away? Well today I am making a repeat, basically changing the color palate of a card I made way back in 2016 click to see …
(2018 c149) Penny Black Cardinal
Using the Misti Stamping Tool , I stamped Penny Black Berry Merry Christmas by brushing Tim Holtz Distress Markers on the stamps and then lightly misting the stamp and then stamping. When dry I stamped again with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Clear Ranger Embossing Powder . I used the same method for the cardinal on the top from A Festive Season by Penny Black. I loosely …
(2018 c141) Penny Black Christmas Shaker
Stamps used: A Festive Season by Penny Black For the background I Masked off the hillside and “spattered” Art Masking Fluid by Windsor & Newton with a Kemper Spatter Brush on watercolor paper and let it dry. I then sponged Faded Jeans Distress Inks by Ranger . The snowflake is from A Festive Season by Penny Black and was heat embossed with white. For the Shaker I glued the …
(2018 c140) Penny Black Fall Shaker
The background sky was painted with Crayola washable Water Colors. The ground was painted with Distress Inks by Ranger. The deer were stamped with Nature’s Friends by Penny Black using Jet Black Stazon Ink . The bushes were stamped with Distress Inks by Ranger using 40-420 Pastoral by Penny Black and Nature’s Friends by Penny Black. For the Shaker I glued the star charms on the background to create a space between the …
(2018 c136) Penny Black, Holly
The Happy Holly by Penny Black was stamped with Versamark Ink and then heat embossed with Gold Ranger Embossing Powder . Originally I scored the upper left and lower right corners, but they didn’t show up very well, so I added gold pen to the score lines. The holly was painted with Artist’s Loft Pearlescent watercolors found at Michaels . The sentiment is from A Festive Season by …
(2018 c87) Birthday, Deer Scene
For the first layer of stamping I used Pastoral 40-420 by Penny Black and tapped Forest Moss, Peeled Paint and Bundled Sage Distress Inks by Ranger and stamped using my Misti . The next layer I stamped using Nature’s Friends by Penny Black. I stamped the tall wispy vegetation with the bird with Forest Moss Distress Inks by Ranger and heat embossed with clear Ranger Embossing Powder . From the same stampset I finally stamped the …
(2018 c38) Butterfly Birthdays
Today I am RE-CREATING a favorite card I made back in October of 2016. I totally changed the color palet but kept the main layout. For Today’s card I stamped and heat embossed in gold the butterfly from Unity Stamps: Kit of the Month June 2014 In Love With Love For the background I colored with Tim Holtz Distress …
(2017 c81) Winter Wonderland, Impression Obsession, Penny Black, Sizzix
I had fun coloring the background with cheap watercolors by Crayola. The small trees were cut from green cardstock with Impression Obsession dies called Fir Trees DIE084-V. For the largest tree I used Sizzix dies called Woodlands 660978. I lightly brushed white paint over the branches. The deer were stamped with Nature’s Friends by Penny …
(2017 c74) Christmas snowflake Tag
For Today’s tag I got my inspiration from Mandy Stacey’s snowflake tag seen on this post. As you can see on the picture on the right I started by coloring paper with Distress Inks by Ranger: Salty Ocean, Picked Raspberry, Faded Jeans and Seedless Preserves. I spattered water on background and re-applied inks several times to achieve the final …
(2017 c69) Penny Black Tag Ornament
I make Christmas Ornaments for my 6 Grandchildren. The second picture shows the front of one and the back of the second one (2 done and 4 more to make). Today’s SHAKER Tag Ornament was stamped and heat embossed onto a heat resistant 3M Transparency Film for High Temperature Laser Copiers On the front side with the sentiment and …