Driving Along in my Automobile

I have a simple one layer card to share today...featuring one of the critters from the 'Hello Friend' set by Penny Black. I stamped it on to a kraft card blank, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I added a fun sentiment from the 'Laugh Out Loud Again' set by Clearly Besotted.

Challenges for this card:

• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Less is More - A is for Automobiles
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Animals

Fluffy Robin

Today's card features a new (to me) Woodware stamp called 'Fluffy Robin'. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, along with one of the sentiments that came with him, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. I distressed the edges of the paper a little, then added it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Daring Cardmakers - Birds of a Feather
• Krafty Chicks - All Occasions
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas Goes

Joy Filled Stockings

I have a 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 stamped a sentiment from the 'Wintertime Messages' set by Hero Arts on to a kraft card blank, then added the image above popped up on 3D foam pads.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'For the Love of Animals')
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

The Three Meows

Today's card features another Penny Black charity shop find (this one was free with the fabby chicken stamp I used on this card!) called 'The Three Meows'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then doodled a simple border using a black gel pen. I kept the background really simple...adding a few snippets of paper from the 'Cut & Paste Charm' pad by My Mind's Eye to a kraft card blank. The sentiment is from the 'What This' set by Anita Jeram for Colorado Crafts.

Challenges for this card:

• Corrosive - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Celebration')
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Torn Snowflake Edges

I have a Christmas card to share today...inspired by the 'Torn Edges' theme of the current AAA Cards Challenge. I stamped one of the stamps from the 'Snowflake Edges' set (by Simon Says Stamp) on to a snippet of watercolour paper, using Versamark Ink, then heat embossed it using white embossing powder. I watercoloured over the top of the embossing using Distress Inks (Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, Uncharted Mariner, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers & Broken China), then once dry, I carefully tore along one of the edges of the snowflakes. I heat embossed a sentiment (from the Winter Blessings' set by Crafter's Companion) in white on an aqua card blank, then added the torn snowflake panel. 

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Cards - Torn Edges
• C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
• Happy Little Stampers (Christmas) - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers (Watercolour) - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Christmas
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes

Golden Wedding

I have a golden wedding anniversary card to share today. I picked an image from the 'Cheering Critters' set by Penny Black of a cute cat and dog clinking their glasses of bubbly, stamping them on to watercolour paper, colouring them using watercolour pencils, before carefully cutting them out. For the background, I used several embossing folders (Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots' and 'D'Vine Swirls' and a 'Hearts' one from Sizzix), embossing various snippets of cream coloured linen card, and matting those on to snippets of gold mirror card. I added a Lili of the Valley sentiment...heat embossed in gold, and a '50' cut using my Cuttlebug 'Olivia' alphabet dies using yet more snippets.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'Make Your Own Background')
• Crafty Calendar - Die Cuts
• Dream Valley - Our Four Legged Friends
• Happy Little Stampers (Dies) - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Forum - Emboss It
• Use Your Stuff - Layers

Snow Much Fun

Today's card features a stamp set that I picked up in a charity shop last week, called 'Snow Much Fun', by Crafter's Companion. I stamped the penguins on to a kraft card blank, then added one of the sentiments from the set. I coloured the image using watercolour pencils.

Challenges for this card:

• Christmas Cards All Year Round - Four of Something or a Bird
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Christmas
• Less is More - Anything CAS Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - CAS

PBSC April - Anything Goes (Optional 'Something Funny')...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

'Something Funny'

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

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used a real 'oldie but a goodie' on my card...called 'Bee-have!. I stamped it on to a kraft card blank, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. The sentiment is from the 'Laugh Out Loud Again' sentiments by Clearly Besotted.

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

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Inkspirational - CAS
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

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

Cheering Critters

I have a Birthday card to share today...featuring one of the puppies from the 'Cheering Critters' set by Penny Black. I stamped him on to watercolour paper, coloured him using watercolour pencils, then cut the circle shapes using my Nestie dies. The papers are from the Cut & Paste Charm' pad by My Mind's Eye...I distressed the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• Fab 'N' Funky - Use Die Cuts
• Lil Red Wagon - Lots of Layers
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Dies/Punches
• The Male Room - Stencils and/or Dies

ABC Christmas Challenge - H & I are for?

It's the second 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:

'H is for Houses'

&

'I is for Indoors'

Here's the prize on offer for the lucky winner:

For my 'H is for Houses' card, I picked a Penny Black stamp called 'Warm Reception', which I stamped on to a kraft card blank using Versamark Ink along with a sentiment from the 'Snowflake Edges' set by Simon Says Stamp, then heat embossed it all in white. 

The image on my 'I is for Indoors' card is a Lili of the Valley pre-coloured die cut image (from the Christmas Cuties' set). I paired it with some papers from the 'Jingle All the Way' pad by First Edition & 'Vintage Christmas' pad by Craftwork Cards...distressing all of the egdes 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:

• Alphabet Challenge - A is for Adorable (Second card only)
• Aud Sentiments - Embossing & Sentiment (First card only)
• Christmas with the Cuties - Something Pre-coloured (Second card only)
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Stamped (Optional 'CAS') (First card only)

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

Best of Luck!

Today's card features a Penny Black stamp called 'Best of Luck!' that I picked up in a charity shop a few days ago...I'm a long time fan of the Penny Black chickens, so was thrilled to spot this! I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Cheering Critters' set (also by Penny Black), then coloured the image using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Cut & Paste Charm' pad by My Mind's Eye...distressing the edges a little, then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Birthday - Layer It Up
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - Wings & Things
• Everybody Art - Celebrate
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Happy Birthday

Hello World Treat Bag

Happy Easter!

I have one final Easter treat bag to share today...this one features a Penny Black stamp called 'Hello World!'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Egg-cellent Easter Sentiments' set by C C Designs, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'My Girl' pad by American Crafts...distressing the edges a little, then adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this bag:

• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'Easter')
• Creative Knockouts - Two or More Papers
• Incy Wincy - Easter Wishes and/or Gifts from the Easter Bunny
• Little Red Wagon - Spring or Fall
• Polkadoodles - Easter
• Use Your Stuff - Easter
• We Love Stamping - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Real Birds/Animals')

Airborne

I have a birthday card to share today...featuring a Penny Black stamp called 'Airborne'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured the image using watercolour pencils...I made it for the daughter of a friend of mine, so coloured the dog in the basket to match her cockapoo Benji. I used a piece of watercolur effect paper (from the 'Watercolour Moods' pad from The Works) for the background, stamping a couple of sentiments from the 'What This' set by Anita Jeram/Colorado Crafts...I had to stamp each in two sections to make them fit the space. I distressed the edges a little, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Dream Valley - Any Celebrations
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Happy Little Stampers (Birthday) - Anything Birthday Goes
• Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Happy Birthday

Just for You

I have a simple one layer Christmas card to share today, featuring a cute Crafter's Companion stamp called 'Just for You' (from the 'Strawberry Kisses' collection). I stamped it directly on to a kraft card blank, along with a sentiment (from the 'Scribbly Christmas' set by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous), then coloured it using watercolour pencils.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sparkles Christmas Forum - Presents/Parcels
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Stamped (Optional 'CAS')
• The Holly & the Ivy - Anything Christmas Goes
• We Love Stamping - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Real Birds/Animals')

Cheering Critters

Today's card features one of the stamps from the 'Cheering Critters' set by Penny Black. I stamped him on to a snippet of watercolour paper, along with one of the sentiments from the set, then coloured him using watercolour pencils...not sure if that little cycle helmet actually fits on the pup's head! I doodled a simple border, then matted it on to some snippets of red and blue card, then added it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Little Red Wagon - We Are the Champions
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Stamped (Optional 'CAS')
• We Love Stamping - Anything Stamped (Optional 'Birds and/or Animals')

PBSC April - Anything Goes (Optional 'Something Funny')!

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

'Something Funny'

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

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used one of the stamps from the '12 Days of Christmas' set...he's meant to represent the 'Three French Hens', but I thought that he'd go well with a couple of the fun sentiments from the 'Laugh Out Loud Again' sentiments by Clearly Besotted. I stamped him directly on to a kraft card blank, along with the sentiments, then coloured him using watercolour pencils.

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

• As You Like It - People or Critters (Critters - so much easier to colour than people!)
• Creative Fingers - 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.