PBSC August - Anything Goes (Optional 'One Layer Cards')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or

'One Layer Cards'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I went festive with my one layer card...I like to make a lot of these as they're nice and cheap to post! I combined a couple of stamps from the 'Wintertime Cheer' set (the dog and bird), with a little mouse from the 'Holly Jolly Christmas' set, stamping them directly on to a kraft card blank. I coloured them using watercolour pencils, then added a sentiment (from the 'Wintertime Messages' set by Hero Arts).

Challenges for this card:

• CAS on Friday - Holidays
• Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

Floral Sympathy

I have a couple of simple one layer sympathy cards to share today, inspired by the recent charity shop purchase of a sentiment stamp (by Inkadinkado). I used a couple of old Hero Arts floral stamps ('Blooming Meadow' and 'Garde Bouquet'), stamping them directly on to white card blanks using a deep navy ink (Versafine 'Twilight'). I stamped the sentiment (minus a little flower on the stamp) in the same ink, then added a little butterfly (from the 'Anytime Messages' set also by Hero Arts), stamped in Versamark Ink, then embossed with WOW 'Metallic Gold Rich' embossing powder.

Here's a closer look at each of the cards...this one features the 'Garden Bouquet' stamp:

And this one has 'Blooming Meadows' stamped a couple of times:

Challenges for these cards:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

August Desk Calendar

As it's the first of the month, today I'm sharing my desk calendar page for August. The calendar is from Paper Mill Direct, and I stamped the image...'Dream a Dream' by Penny Black...directly on to the calendar, then coloured it using watercolour pencils.

Challenges for this calendar:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

Rambling Rose

Today's card features an old Penny Black stamp that I picked up last weekend in a charity shop called 'Rambling Rose'. I stamped her on to watercolour paper, then coloured her using watercolour pencils. I paired her with a snippet of flowery paper from the 'Watercolour Feelings' pad from The Works. I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• As You Like It - Favourite Gingham or Florals (Florals for me...love having a combination of colours & shapes in the pattern)
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

Christmas Hugs

I have another Christmas card to share today...featuring a couple of pups from the 'Christmas Hugs' set by Penny Black. I stamped them on to a snippet of watercolour paper, coloured them using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut them out. For the background, I layered a piece of snowflake paper (from the 'Glittering Snowflakes' pad by Crafter's Companion) on to a snippet of navy card, then added a snippet of white card...tearing the top edge to give a 'snowy' effect...along the bottom. I cut a star (using a die from the 'Snowy Stars' set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix) and sentiment (using a Poppy Stamps die called 'Folksy Merry Christmas') from snippets of silver mirror card, and popped those on to the snowy background, then added the dogs using 3D foam pads.

Challenges for this card:

• 52 Christmas Card Showdown - Fussy Cutting
• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Dream Valley - Christmas in July
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets & Christmas in July
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

Rose Stem Script

Today's card features a stamp from a lovely Chocolate Baroque set called 'Rose Stem Script' that I won over at the Allsorts Challenge last month. I stamped the image on to a kraft card blank, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Sketched Flowers' set by Simon Says Stamp.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Summer Flowers')
• We Love Stamping - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Fabulous Florals')

Shimmering Snowflakes

Today's card features a Simon Says Stamp background stamp, coloured using some Cosmic Shimmers watercolour paints that I picked up yesterday in a charity shop. I stamped the 'Outline Snowflakes' stamp on to black card using Versamark Ink, heat embossed it using 'Metallic Silver' embossing powder from WOW, then coloured it using the Cosmic Shimmers watercolour paints. I heat embossed a sentiment (from the 'Festive Phrases' set by Funky Fossil) in matching silver, then matted everything on to silver mirror card, then on to a white card blank.

The paints are really shimmery in real life...so therefore a nightmare to get a decent photo of!

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas Craft Creations - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Christmas in July')
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - Christmas in July
• Happy Little Stampers (Watercolour) - Christmas
• Sparkles Forum - Christmas in July
• Sweet Stampin' - Christmas in July

Urban Butterflies

Today's card features all three of the stamps from the 'Butterflies' set from the Urban Stamps range from Papermania. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, adding a sentiment from the 'Go To Words' set by Visible Image, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I distressed the edges a little, then added the panel to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Birthday - Butterflies
• Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers (Birthday) - Anything Birthday Goes
• Krafty Chicks - CAS
• Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Birthday Dog

Today's card features one of my oldest (and most loved) Penny Black stamps...'Birthday Dog'. I stamped it directly on to the card blank, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I cut a wave in the edge of a snippet of paper from the 'Yes, Please' pad by American Crafts using one of my Lawn Fawn 'Stitched Hillside Borders' dies, then added that to the top of the card. I added a sentiment using one of the stamps from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts, and a few pieces of pink Card Candi using 3D foam pads.

Challenges for this card

• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'Mood Board')
• CAS on Friday - Design Paper
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• I Spy with My Little Eye - A Sweet Treat
• Incy Wincy - Food and/or Drink
• Just Us Girls - Mood Board
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Four-legged Friends

Xmas Pilgrims

I have a Christmas card to share today, featuring an old Penny Black stamp called 'Xmas Pilgrims'. I stamped it on to a snippet of white card, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I distressed the edges, then matted it on to a snippet of red card...distressing the edges of that too. The sentiment stamp is form the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

Challenges for this card:

• 52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Pets
• AAA Cards - Dogs/Puppies
• Cardz for Guys - Christmas in July
• C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
• Crafter's Cafe - Christmas in July
• Daring Cardmakers - Christmas in July
• Jingle Belles - Santa's Hat
• Krafty Chicks - Christmas
• Little Red Wagon - Christmas or New Year

      

PBSC July - Anything Goes (Optional 'The Great Outdoors')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or

'The Great Outdoors'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I picked the floral stamp 'Together' for my card...inking it with Distress Inks (Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Mowed Lawn & Rustic Wilderness), then spritzing with a little water before stamping on to watercolor paper a couple of times. I added a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Signature Greetings ' set from Memory Box, heat embossing it using 'Metallic Gold Rich's embossing powder from WOW. I distressed the edges of the panel a little, then added it to a DL kraft card blank.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Summer Flowers')
• Sweet Stampin' - Flowers
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Fabulous Florals')

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

ABC Christmas - N & O are for?

It's the second Wednesday of a new month, so that means it's time for a new ABC Christmas Challenge! Lynda is the host, and the themes are:

'N is for No Layers'

&

'O is for Ornaments'

This is the prize on offer for one lucky winner:

For my 'No Layers' card, I stamped a Penny Black chicken stamp, called 'Brightest Xmas', directly on to a kraft card blank, along with a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils, then added some shine to the lights using Glossy Accents.

The stamps I used on my 'O is for Ornaments' card are from the 'Festive Flurries - Baubles & Bows' set by Creative Expressions. I stamped them on to black card using Versamark Ink, then heat embossed them using 'Metallic Gold Sparkle' embossing glitter from WOW. I used a Versark pen to draw a 'string' for each of the ornaments, then heat embossed those, along with the sentiment from the same stamp set, using 'Gold Pearl' embossing powder, also from WOW. I matted the panel on to some gold mirror card, then added it to a black card blank.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Christmas with the Cuties - Fur or Feathers (First card only)
• Creative Inspirations - Feathered Friends (First card only)
• Creative Moments - Let It Shine
• Cutie Pie - CAS (First card only)
• Happy Little Stampers (Christmas) - Twinkle (Second card only)
• Sparkles Forum Christmas - Iclude Gold (Second card only)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

White Christmas

Today, I have an all white Christmas card to share, featuring a Sizzix 3D 'Snowflakes' embossing folder. I used it to emboss a snippet of white card, then distressed the edges. I cut the sentiment, using a Creative Expressions die, from another snippet of white card, then added a touch of sparkle to it using a Wink of Stella pen.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'Embossing Folders')
• Christmas Cards All Year Round - Mostly White
• Corrosive - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers (Dies) - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets & Christmas in July
• Sparkles Forum - No Stamping

What's Moo?

Today's card features an old (and rather neglected) Whipper Stamp called 'Moo'd Swing', that to my shame, had not inked up since April 2018! I stamped her on to a kraft card blank, then coloured her using watercolour pencils. The sentiment is from one of the stamps (the cow) from Tim Holtz's 'Funny Farm' set for Stampers Anonymous.

Challenges for this card:

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Crafter's Cafe - Humorous
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Xmas Crafts

I have a simple one layer Christmas card to share today, featuring an onld Penny Black stamp called 'Xmas Crafts'. I stamped it directly on to a kraft card blank, along with a sentiment from the 'Sentiments' set by Hero Arts, then coloured the image using watercolour pencils.

Challenges for this card:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• As You Like It - Favourite Plain or Patterned Papers (Ooh...this was tough as I'm a long time paper addict, but these days (due to postage costs) I try to make as many one layer cards for Christmas)
• Aud Sentiments - Christmas in July
• Fab 'N' Funky - Four-legged Friends
• Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act
• Inkspirational - Christmas in July
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

Rainbow Meadow

Today's card features one of the stamps from a set by Viva Decor called 'Background Meadows'. I inked it up with Distress Inks (Festive Berries, Spiced Marmalade, Scattered Straw, Mowed Lawn, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire & Dusty Concord), then stamped it on to watercolour paper. I added a sentiment from the 'Go To Words' set by Visible Image, then distressed the edges before adding the panel to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes (Optional 'Summer Flowers')
• The Flower Challenge - CAS
• We Love Stamping - Anything Goes (Optional 'Fabulous Florals')

Celebration Chicken

Today's card is a simple one layer number, featuring an old Whipper Snapper stamp called 'Celebration Chicken'. I stamped him on to a white card blank, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Birthday Buddies' set by Paper Smooches.

Challenges for this card:

• Addicted to CAS - Celebration
• Cardz for Guys - CAS
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

PBSC July - Anything Goes (Optional 'The Great Outdoors')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or

'The Great Outdoors'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

As it's the first of a new month, I used the Penny Black 'Fishing' stamp to decorate my desk calendar page for July. I stamped it directly on to the calendar, then coloured the image using watercolour pencils.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.