More Monochromatic for Gof7

Hi everyone.  Another card for June's Group of Seven's Design Element - Monochromatic.

Simple CAS design all in shades of green on white card stock.  Sponged Shabby Shutter Distress ink over the Flourish stencil (Tim Holtz), fading out towards left side of card front.  Stamped Full Bloom (Penny Black) over top in Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink and added a simple sentiment:  Many Everyday Messages - retired (Hero Arts) in the same ink to finish card.

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Sending the above card to the following Challenges:

Stencil Fun July Challenge

Simply Clean & Simple July Challenge

            

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Full Bloom (Penny Black); Many Everyday Messages - retired (Hero Arts)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Shabby Shutters Distress Ink; Peeled Paint DOX ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:  Flourish Layering stencil (Tim Holtz), sponge, 

Challenges:

Group of Seven - Monochromatic

Stencil Fun July Challenge

Simply Clean & Simple July Challenge

Penny Black - Special Blend

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a card stamped with Special Blend (31-059) from Penny Black.  I adore this sweet image of two little girls having a tea party! :)  

I have been following along with Jill Foster's latest series of YouTube videos for Penny Black, called "Permission to Play".  It's a fantastic series of videos with sketches to create beautiful cards easily.  Today I am using Jill's sketch and tips from video #5.  Thanks so much Jill!! :)

I stamped the image in Watering Can Archival ink onto mixed media paper.  I watercoloured with Distress re-inkers (Shabby Shutters, Salvaged Patina, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs) and a few touches from Zigs.  Once I was finished watercolouring, I added a grounding with Gathered Twigs distress re-inker and then die-cut the image using the Sewing Stackers Frame from Penny Black.   I stamped the sentiment (from the same stamp set) in Watering Can ink.

Next I took a card front cut from Seaglass (Simon Says Stamp) and dry embossed with the Variegated embossing folder - Penny Black).   The embossing was sponged lightly with Salvaged Patina ink to add a bit of colour variation.  I attached my background to my card base and then popped up the framed image of the little girls having tea.  So sweet!!

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Sending the above card to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge - July.

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Penny Black Products

   

                     Special Blend (31-059)           Sewing Stackers (51-651)         Variegated (65-008)

Stamps:  Special Blend (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); Seaglass card stock (SSS)
Ink:  Watering Can Archival (Ranger); Distress Re-inkers:  Shabby Shutters, Salvaged Patina, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs (Tim Holtz); Zigs - Light Gray, Mid-Gray, Fleshtone, Pale Blue (Kuretake)
Accessories:   Watercolour brushes, Sewing Stackers (Penny Black), Variegated embossing folder (Penny Black), 

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - July

IDEAS July - Dies / Die-cuts

Hi everyone.  It's time for the next IDEAS Challenge with Darnell.  This week is "D for Dies / Die Cuts".

I'm playing with my new Garden Trellis Cover Die (Altenew).  LOVE this!  Bought it the same time as the Nature's Magic bundle from Altenew, which is used again today.  I saw a card done by Design Team Member Emily, and had to buy both the bundle and the trellis.  :) 

My son wanted to have some thank-you cards for the school admin assistants, so this is one that I made for him to give-away.  For this card, I used Distress Re-inkers to colour ... first time having a bit of success using them, but have a long way to go.  I love the vibrant colours, but I couldn't get the fade that I wanted.  I need lots of practise. :)  I used an older stamp for the sentiment, embossing in white on black card stock and then fussy-cutting it out. 

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Sending this card to the following challenges:

IDEAS July Challenge

NBUS #64 

    

                                                                         

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Stamps:  Nature's Magic (Altenew); Sentiment - retired Technique Tuesday

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); Black card stock (SU!)
Ink:   Black Pigment (Obsidian - Altenew); Distress Re-inkers:  Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Candied Apple, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Garden Trellis Cover Die (Altenew); Nature's Magic die (Altenew); watercolour brushes, white acrylic paint pen (Posca); white embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool

Challenges:

IDEAS July Challenge - Dies / Die-cuts

NBUS Challenge #64

Penny Black - Overflowing

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made for Jeremy's sweet friend, Vanessa.  I used some new Penny Black products:  Overflowing (31-062) and Overflowing Cut-Out (51-822), and some older PB products as well.

I started with one of the images from the Overflowing stamp set, stamped in black ink and heat embossed in clear onto mixed media paper.  The image was die-cut from the matching die (Overflowing Cut Out) and then the flowers were sponged with Distress Inks: Pine Needles and Evergreen Bough.  I went over the sponging with a wet paint brush and added more depth of colour for shading.  The leaves are watercoloured with Distress Inks: Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint.  A coat of Clear Wink of Stella was added overtop of the flowers to give a shimmery finish.

The Variegated 65-008 (Penny Black) embossing folder  was used to add a background to the sweet frame (Sewing Stackers 51-651 (Penny Black).  I added the flowers to the frame, adhering the bottom of the stems to the back of the frame, and popped up the flowers to add dimension.  The whole panel was popped up onto the card front.  A simple sentiment (Banner Sentiments 30-423 - Penny Black) was stamped in more of the Evergreen Bough to finish the card.

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Sending this card to the Simply Clean & Simple July Challenge

     

Thanks for stopping by!

Penny Black Products

                                             Overflowing (31-062)  /  Overflowing Cut Out (51-822)

   

                    Variegated EF (65-008)           Sewing Stackers (51-651)      Banner Sentiments (30-423)

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My sweet friends Susan & Christine came by for lunch yesterday.

Here's a photo of "the girls" in our back yard.

Photo of play day

Jessie, Violeta, Tessa

Stamps:  Overflowing; Banner Sentiments (both Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Black Pigment ink (Obsidian - Altenew); Distress inks:  Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Clear embossing powder (Ranger), sponges, watercolour brushes, Sewing Stackers frames (Penny Black), Variegated embossing folder (Penny Black), Clear Wink of Stella

Challenges:

Simply Clean & Simple July Challenge