PBSC February - Anything Goes (Optional 'Hearts and/or Flowers')

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

'Hearts and/or Flowers'

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

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I picked a cute little pup image from the 'Critter Party' set (an oldie, but a goodie!), and stamped him on to a kraft card blank. I coloured him using watercolour pencils, then added a snippet of heart print paper (from the 'Hello Today' pad by Heidi Swapp) along the bottom egde of the card for him to stand on. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Smooches' set by Paper Smooches...as is the little heart stamp, which I stamped in Versamark Ink, then heat embossed it using 'Turkish Nights' embossing glitter from WOW...I outlined the heart shape using a black gel pen to help it stand out better against the kraft.

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

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Creatalicious - Anything Goes (Optional 'Love/Hearts')
• Inkspirational - Moodboard Inspiration
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Love is in the Air

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

Desk Calendar - February

Today I'm sharing this month's page in my desk calendar. The calendar blank is from Paper Mill Direct...there are still some left in the sale, but if you really want to get ahead, they already have 2023 calendars in stock! I used a cute little pup from the 'Critter Party' set, stamping him on to a snippet of watercolour paper, colouring him using watercolour pencils, then used one of my circle Nesties to cut him out. I used a couple of papers from the 'Hello Today' pad by Heidi Swapp/Pink Paislee for a simple background...distressing the edges a little, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this calendar:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
• Dream Valley - Two or More Patterned Papers
• Incy Wincy - Red and/or Pink AND Valentines
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Love is in the Air
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - With Love
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes (Optional 'Tails')

Pile It On! Challenge - Something Old, Something New & Something Blue

It's time for a fun new Pile It On! Challenge...where the theme this fortnight is:

'Something Old, Something New & Something Blue'

Our sponsor this month is Eureka Stamps:

Prize - 2 Digi Stamps of the Winner's Choice!

My somethings are:
Something Old - the papers
Something New - the Stamps
Something Blue - some of the papers

This sweet hot air balloon is from the 'Patch a Flight' set by Woodware...I stamped it directly on to my card blank, then paper pieced it using snippets of papers from the 'Hello Today' pad by Heidi Swapp and the 'Yours Truly' pad by Pebbles Inc. The little sentiment, heart & bird stamps are from the same stamp set.

Here are the challenges I've piled on:

• Pile It On! - Something Old, Something New & Something Blue (The papers, the stamps & the paper)
• C.R.A.F.T. - Inspired by a Film (Up!)
• Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
• Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
• Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Love & Romance
• Hiding in my Craft Room - Super Scraps
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Pile It On! Challenge.

Toadily Happy!

I picked up a cute Penny Black stamp set called 'Toadily' at a charity shop yesterday...and used it last night to make this riverside scene card. I stamped the frogs on a snippet of white card, then fussy cut them out. I used papers from various pads to create the scene - a whole piece from the 'Hello Today' pad by Heidi Swapp for the sky, and snippets of brown (from the 'North Country' pad by Prima) and blue (from the 'Blue Floral' by My Minds Eye) for the river bank and water. I used one of my Lawn Fawn 'Grassy Edges' dies to cut the grass from a snippet of green card and my Memory Box 'Puffy Clouds' dies to cut the clouds from a snippet of white card. I stamped some bees (from the same stamp set) on to the 'sky' then added my frogs popped up on 3D foam pads...I doodled some ripples and water droplets...then added their 'eyebrows' that I'd cut off! The sentiment is also from the same stamp set.

Challenges for this card:

• Addicted to Stamps - Die Cuts
• Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
• Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
• Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
• One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes
• Penny Black & More - Stamp & Die
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes