Penny Black Winter Wonderland

 I'm now getting into Christmas mode. But I still have some Birthday cards I need to make, so I guess it wont last long. Well I got this Penny Black stamp in the sale at The Glitterpot and I'm lovin it. It goes well with these Papermania papers from last year. I am entering this card into the challenge over at Winter Wonderland where the theme is red, white and kraft. I love seeing everyone's colouring on kraft so decided to give it a go. Thinking now, I might prefer it on white. Anyway, the image is cut out with a nestie. The sentiment is Cats Life Press and the Poinsettia is a Marianne D die.

I have also coloured on white and made this card into an easel card. The bottom sentiment is by Crafty Impressions. I am entering this one into the challenge over at Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Monthly Challenge where they have an anything goes theme every month.

Penny Black Sat wk150

Today's card is for the challenge over at Penny Black Saturday, where they want to see Distressing. I have distressed a wee bit. I have sponged around the edges of the image and the text. The papers are again downloads from Sweet shoppe designs. Both the sentiment and image are Penny Black - Just had to have these (my Sis works in Spec savers). I glossy accented the glasses to make them look more realistic. Added a wee charm on some ribbon and corner and that's it really.

3 in 1 easel card

I started this card originally for the challenge over at Penny Black which is an Easel card. I need a few Baby cards this year, so I thought I would make a start. I love this Penny Black stamp - especially for Baby cards. And over at Lili of the Valley they want to see an Easel card, so I am going to enter it into that one too. I was a bit slow with this one, but Cute Card Thursday want to see the theme Celebrations. And I guess you can celebrate the birth of a baby - yeah. So hey - I managed 3 challenges with this one. I think the dotty paper is Pink Petticoat, but I'm not too sure of the other one. It's off a CD, I do know that much.

Penny Black SC

Yay - I'm back. Well with one card anyway. I'll probably end up AWOL again after this. I have been making cards/gifts in the background, just not putting them up. I've been that slack, I have even posted some cards off without taking a photo of them. Terrible. Anyway, I have made an effort to get this one up for the Penny Black SC. They want you to use the colours red and gold. I so wanted to add some green card, but I managed to stop myself - just. I decided to go for this lil chappie, found at the bottom of the drawer. Although I have been good this year and used lots of older stamps. The papers are Pink Petticoat and I printed out the text.

Penny Black SC & Motivet

For my first card I have used the sketch over at the Motivet Challenge. I have used the cute Doraline with sunflower and coloured her in with watercolour pencils. The papers are Pink Petticoat and I have used some brown card to matt. The flowers are Prima and the sentiment I found in the bottom of a drawer. I think it came from bits that were free from a mag. I'm trying to use up some of my older stash. Boy, could that take a while. I think I could open up a shop with it all.

And over at the Penny Black SC, they have a special Christmas challenge going on. So I thought I would make a special Christmas card to go with it. I went with the easel card and a snowman image cos my friend loves snowmen. The papers are MME - The Merry Days of Christmas. I printed out the text and added 2 wee poinsettias and several MS punched snowflakes. I coloured it in with Distress inks.

Penny Black & Cute Card Thursday

I have 2 card to show you today. The first one is for Penny Black S C. They want to see Autumn colours. I chose these orange papers from a Chris Warner CD, I just love these. The flowers are Prima.


And my second card is for Cute Card Thursday, and they want to see charms. I have used this super cute stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie's new stamp range. I just had to get this one. I have tried to colour it in similar to my wee Jack - Bonnie. Yes - I know I have 3 - but, well, Bonnie is the only one to have spots on her back like this one. I'll try the others when I get a bit more adventurous. I coloured her in with Copics. I don't usually like black with these, but I don't think I have done too bad with this one. The papers are MME - Wild Asparagus.

Penny Black Hearts

Over at Penny Black SC the theme is Hearts Desire. I kinda got carried away with the hearts thing on this one. I'm not too sure who the paper is by - it's off a CD somewhere. I printed out the text and punched the heart border with my Martha Stewart punch. I added a wee heart ribbon slider and 2 wee diddy crochet flowers. I got these from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Winter Wonderland Wk 15

Well I've got an early one for this weeks challenge over at Winter Wonderland. The theme this week is Frosty the Snowman and they have an option of a sketch. I decided I would follow the sketch again - although I wasn't sure what to do with the swirls. In the end I used my Quickutz die and added some punched out snowflakes to make it a bit more Christmasy. I stickled the snowflakes to try and get them to stand out a bit more. Maybe white on white wasn't a good idea eh. The image is Snow cuddle by Penny Black, the papers are Papermania and the flower is Prima. I printed out the text and added some wee rhinestones.

Penny Black Winter

I have 2 lots here, both using Penny Black stamps.

The first challenge is the Winter Wonderland challenge, where the theme is Setting the table. I have made a set of 4 placemats and 4 napkin rings. That's about as far as my imagination takes me.

The second is a card made for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. The papers are Pink Petticoat and the tag is from Lakeland when they were doing Crafty stuff. I cut the Sis out using my Big Shot machine and Girls are Weird Alphabet Sizzlets. I added the wee tree charm, just for fun. But maybe I should have tried to straighten it for the photo eh.

Award and Lazy Dayz Penny Black

Hey - I got another award. This one is from Avril Ann. Thanks very much.

I decided to use this sweet Hedgie stamp for the Penny Black Challenge where they want to see stitching. I did a bit of Faux stitching around the edges of the layers. I used the sketch from A Spoonful of Sugar. And I thought the stamp just went with the Cute Card Thursday challenge, which is Lazy Dayz. Although I am pushing it a bit for that one. The papers are K&Co. Not my usual colours, but I kinda like them. The flowers sre Prima, with Craftwork cards Candy for the centre.

Penny Black Wk 61

I think I might be just about getting back into the swing of things this week. I just couldn't seem to get into the challenges lat week. So here I am with an early one for this weeks Penny Black Challenge - which is a sketch by Beth. I went with my good old faithful Jump for Joy Froggie stamp. The papers are from a Chris Warner CD - although I think the square bit is a CarolAnn Studio Cd. The flower I have had an age and added a die cut from my Cricut with a flower brad in the centre. I have also added a butterfly brad in the top corner. The Happy Birthday is printed out and Froggie is cut out with a nestie. I have also popped out the flower with the frog.

Penny Black

Over at the PB Challenge they have a recipe for you - 3 ribbons, 2 flowers and 1 pin/charm. I have used Pink Petticoat papers, my Martha Stewart punch - arch lattice. I don't have pins - although they do look pretty cool, so have used a charm. The flowers are Prima.

Penny Black Wk 58

Over at Penny Black Challenge the theme is soft & sweet. I'm not sure if this counts, but I do think these Ballerina Hedgies are pretty sweet. The papers are from a Tinker & Co CD I think. The flowers are Prima. I seem to be having a run on DL cards at the mo. Makes a change from sq cards right enough.

Penny Black wk55

The challenge over at Penny Black is a sketch. I have used my froggy stamp for this one, along with papers from a Chris Warner CD. The Happy Birthday is also Penny Black, cut out with a nestie. Flowers are Poppicraft.

Penny Black #54

Over at Penny Black challenge they want to see embossing. So for this I have used the cuttlebug embossing folder, and embossed the layer behind the sheep to make it look like a fence - ish. I have again used papers by Pink Petticoat. But hey, I do try and vary them a wee bit. The sheep I won on challenge #50. Thanks guys.

Penny Black Birthday

Over at Penny Black they are celebrating their 1st Birthday. Happy Birthday. For this challenge they are asking you to use the theme Celebrations. For my card, I have used a Christmas stamp, but made it into a Birthday card. I covered the Christmas pics on the bags with matching papers. The papers and the sentiment are from Funky Hand - minty madness download.

A spoonful of sugar #55 & cute card Thursday #64

Wow, I have managed to combine 2 challenges here. I am impressed. Anyway, over at A spoonful of sugar we have butterflies. I think I have covered that one. And at Cute card Thursday we have quotations. The quote and large butterfly are both Penny Black. The wee butterflies are Magnolia. The papers are Funky Hand and Flowers are Prima Forever flowers

Penny Black challenge - buttons galore

I dug deep into my Penny Black stamps and came up with this one. My favourite-ish - well - one of many I guess. And I always turn it into a baby card. The Congratulations is a stamp from Cuddly Buddly with a brad in the middle. Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch, and a few buttons - yeah - a few. Ribbon from stash. Papers - well I don't know - It'll be a print out from somewhere - Crafters Companion I think.