Suspenseful Music

I have a simple one layer card to share today featuring a cute Penny Black stamp called 'Suspenseful Music'. I stamped it directly on to a kraft cardblank, then coloured it using watercoloure pencils. I added a sentiment from the 'Soar' set by Rachelle Anne Miller for Crafter's Companion.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
  
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
  
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
  
• The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

Happy Winter

I have a simple little Christmas card to share today, featuring one of the cute penguins from the 'Happy Winter' set by Crafter's Companion. I stamped him on to a snippet of watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut him out. I made a simple background, cutting a snowy slope using one of my 'Stitched Hillside Border' dies (by Lawn Fawn) from a snippet of white card, adding a sentiment from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Cards - Sketch & Optional 'Critters'
• Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• Fab 'N' Funky - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

Sending Hugs

Today's card features a stamp from an old Kanban set called 'Get Well Soon' that I picked up in a  charity shop. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolout pencils. The papers are from the 'Refreshing Basics' pad from The Works, and the sentiment stamp is from the 'Doodled Flowers' set by Happy Little Stampers.

Challenges for this card:

• A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Corrosive - Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Cutie Pie - Bears
• Sweet Stampin' - I Spy Something Beginning with B (Bear)
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Doodle Flowers

Today's card features some of the stamps from the 'Doodle Flowers' set by Inkadinkado. I stamped them on to a kraft card blank using a white pigment ink, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Doodled Flowers' set by Happy Little Stampers.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Flower Challenge - Clean & Simple
• Less is More - Pale Blue & Yellow

Joy Filled Stockings

I have a simple Christmas card to share today, featuring a cute Penny Black stamp called 'Joy Filled Stockings'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut it out. I added it to my card blank using 3D foam pads, and added a sentiment from a set by Lili of the Valley.

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas Kickstart - Stockings
• C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Animals')
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Animal Antics
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Clean & Simple

PBSC June - Anything Goes (Optional 'Fussy & Fancy')...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
'Fussy & Fancy'

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

Prize - a $20 voucher!

The pup image on my card is from the 'Good Times' set...stamped on to watercolour paper and coloured using watercolour pencils. I paired it with lots of papers from the 'Back to Basics - VI' paper by Dovecraft...distressing the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is also by Penny Black, from the 'It's Your Day' set.

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

• Alphabet Challenge - F is for Furry Friends
• As You Like It - Favourite Tip (To make your faux stitching look more realistic, pierce holes in your papers...I use a little rotary tool from EK Success for this called a 'CutterBee Bug', which makes it super quick & easy)
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Creative Knockouts - Furry Friends
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Shopping Our Stash - Fur Babies
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Animal Antics
• Stamping Sensations - I Love ? (Penny Black stamps & patterned papers)

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

Sketched Flowers

Today's card is a simple one layer card featuring one of my current favourite stamps...'Sketched Flowers' by Simon Says Stamp. I stamped it using a white pigment ink on to a kraft card blank, along with a sentiment from the same set, then coloured the flowers using watercolour pencils.

Challenges for this card:

• Aud Sentiments - Anything + a Sentiment
• CAS on Friday - Flowers
• Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Beautiful Blooms
• Sparkles Forum - Floral Extravaganza
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• We Love Chocolate Baroque - Hand Coloured or Paper Pieced Image

Stocking Snowy

Today's card features a cute little Penny Black snowman from the 'Holly-Jolly Christmas' set. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, then doodled some snowy ground before colouring him using watercolour pencils. I carefully cut around the top of the image, then made a snowy sky background using my 'Christmas Sentiments Background' stamp by Chloe Creative Stamps. I stamped it on to a snippet of paper from the 'Mystery Marbles' pad (by Craft Sensations) using Versamark Ink, then heat embossed it using 'Diamond White' embossing glitter from WOW.

Challenges for this card:

• CAS Christmas - Snowman
• Christmas Craft Creations - Heat Embossing
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Make a Scene')
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Make a Scene

Christmas Birds

Today's card features a couple of the little bird stamps from the 'Wintertime Cheer' set by Penny Black. I stamped them directly on to a kraft card blank, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Cards - One Corner
• Alphabet Challenge - E is for Easy Simple Card
• Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers (Christmas) - Anything Christmas Goes
• Little Red Wagon - Make is CAS
• Winter Wonderland - Christmas Birds

Mr Fixit

Today's card features an old Lili of the Valley stamp called 'Mr Fixit', which I stamped on to watercolour paper, and coloured using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Vintage Dreams' pad, distressing the edges, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Sentiments' set by Hero Arts.

Challenges for this card:

• Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes + Sentiment
• Cardz for Guyz - Father's Day
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'For the Boys')
• Fab 'N' Funky - For the Boys
• Incy Wincy - For the Men or Kraft Card
• Sweet Stampin' - Masculine
• The Male Room - Dads & Granddads
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
• We Love Chocolate Baroque - Hand Coloured or Paper Pieced Image

Carolers

I have a Christmas card to share today, featuring one of my oldest (and most favourite) Penny Black stamp, called 'Carolers'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used lots of snippets of paper from the 'Jingle All the Way' pad by First Edition, distressing the edges a little and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Carolling Chicks' set by Stamping Bella.

Challenges for this card:

• Always Fun - Layers
• Christmas with the Cuties - Festive Furries or Feathers
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Creative Moments - Anything Goes
• Jingle Belles - At Least Three Layers
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes
• Winter Wonderland - Christmas Birds

Dog-gone It!

Today's card features another of the pups from the 'Man's Best Friend' set by Penny Black. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired him with papers from the Paper Addicts 'Pawsome Prints' pad (from Poundland)...I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Challenges for this card:

• C.R.A.F.T. - Masculine
• Crafter's Cafe - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - Masculine
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Masculine
• Stamping Sensations - I Love ? (Penny Black stamps & patterned papers)
• Sweet Stampin' - Masculine
• We Love Chocolate Baroque - Hand Coloured or Paper Pieced Image

PBSC June - Anything Goes (Optional 'Fussy & Fancy')

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
'Fussy & Fancy'

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

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used an image from the 'Cheering Critters' set, stamping it along with a sentiment from the set on to watercolour paper, then colouring it using watercolour pencils. I'm not really one for embellishments, so used lots of lovely papers layered up...they're from the 'Vintage Dreams' pad by Craft Sensations. I distressed allof the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

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

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Congratulations
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

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

In the Dog House

I have a simple one layer card to share today, featuring some of the pups from the 'Man's Best Friend' set by Penny Black. I stamped them on to a kraft card blank, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Critter Concert' set by Lawn Fawn.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Cards - No Layers
• As You Like It - CAS or Fully Fancy (CAS - although I love patterned papers and pretty things, I love stamping directly on to a card blank and keeping it simple)
• Less is More - Your Favourite Technique (So many, but colouring on kraft card is my current favourite)
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Masculine

ABC Christmas Challenge - L & M are for?

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

'L is for Letters'

&

'M is for Mistletoe'

On my 'L is for Letters' card, I used a cute little stamp from the Penny Black 'Christmas Critters' set, stamping him directly on to a kraft card blank, and colouring him using watercolour pencils - I love the detail of all of the fun things he asked 'Father Christmouse' for! The huge sentiment is from an unbranded set.

For my 'M is for Mistletoe' card, I used another Penny Black stamp, this one's called 'Wishes for Kisses'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I apired it with papers from the 'Peppermint Forest' pad by Craftwork Cards...distressing the edges and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Scribbly Christmas set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous.

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

• Allsorts - Any Celebration (Christmas)
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Forum Christmas - Krafty Christmas (First card only)

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