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
'On or In the Water'
We're currently without a sponsor, so this challenge is just for fun.
The image I used on my card is called 'Friendship'. I stamped it onto a snippet of watercolour paper, coloured it using watercolour pencils, then carefully cut it out. I made a simple background from a snippet of watercolour effect paper from the 'Mystery Marbles' pad by Craft Sensations for the sky, and a couple of snippets from the 'Pastel Watercolours' pad from The Works for the sea...tearing the top edges to look like the breaking waves. I layered it onto a snippet of teal card, then added it to an A5 card blank. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Anytime Messages' set by Hero Arts.
- AAA Birthday - Summer Birthday
- Cardz for Guys - Summer Holidays
- Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
- Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
- Moving Along with the Times - Masculine
- Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Cute Critters
- Sparkles Forum - Summer Days
- We Love Stamping - Sun, Sea & Sand
For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.



Just love that adorable image, and the "water" you made for it is perfect! Thanks for joining us at Cardz 4 Guys!
ReplyDeleteAww, this is so sweet! I've always loved this stamp and really need to add it to my PB collection. You've colored it beautifully and then cleverly designed the card using DP for the scene. I like the torn paper waves, especially. I really appreciate being your guest this month, Helen!
ReplyDeleteThat's a fab image - such an adorable little crew! Love the torn paper waves as well. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Challenge
ReplyDeleteDeborah DT
I love this little boat with all the animals -super cute. Thanks so very much for joining us this time at the Creative Fingers Challenge
ReplyDeleteYou boatful of beautiful coloured Dogs are perfect for our theme at We Love Stamping challenge Helene, lovely as always to have you join us, many thanks.
ReplyDeleteB x
What a fabulous image, and your use of the paper for the sea is just wonderful. I love it. Thank you so much for joining us in our challenge at We Love Stamping. Good Luck and I hope you will join us in our next challenge.
ReplyDeleteFaith A DT
Love the fab image ,a gorgeous card.xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is fabulous,
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along with us at MAWTT,
Hugz Tinz
WOW fantastic summer card, love it.
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Anke
Your pups in the boat, sailing along to deliver birthday wishes, are just delightful! Such a fun card; thank you for joining us at AAA Birthday Challenge.
ReplyDeleteThe theme over at Inkspirational is also Birthday; I'd love to see your card in the gallery there. Here's the link: https://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/07/inkspirational-challenge-346-word.html
This is adorable. Love this Mo Manning image.
ReplyDeleteI love it!! Those pups are ready for a summer holiday!! Thanks for playing along with our "Summer Holidays" challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz!! Perfectly masculine and great summer holiday theme.
ReplyDeleteDeb Horst, DT #C4G367
Great scene - love the way you created the water.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at the AAA Birthday Challenge.
Helen x
DT
Such a fun image. I love that you let it shine. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Monthly Challenge. Love Dawn x
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