Color Combo; 1 of 10: Jill

We are going crazy with delight over color combinations.  From simple to dramatic, from bright to light, the hues are sure to tickle your rainbow.

To begin my colorful fun, I've used a bright summery color scheme. Oh, and I've used lots of Penny Black Creative Dies...LOTS!

After cutting my Creative Dies from watercolor paper, I painted them using my Sakura Koi Field Sketch Box watercolor paints.  I also painted my background using the same paints.  I assembled my card using dimensional adhesive as I layered the die cut images.

All stamps and dies by Penny Black: 51-146 Gothic Gate, 51-046 Fresh Breeze, 51-043 Dainty, 51-002 Leaves, 51-050 Tweet Things, 30-283 Snippets

Colorful Fun Coming Soon!

We are going crazy with delight over color combinations.  From simple to dramatic, from bright to light, the hues are sure to tickle your rainbow.

Birthday Wishes; 6 of 6: Elizabeth

We are designing birthday wishes.  

Grab your candles and ink and join us for some happy fun.

"Tag" someone on their birthday with a wish.

This little tag with a built-in hanger can either be attached to a gift or used as a focal point on a greeting card.

Two white ATC Inchie Art Squares were used in the construction.  After a square window was cut from the top panel, Turquoise Gem VersaMagic was sponged across the top and then the pattern from Oscillations /Penny Black was stenciled across the front in Wedding Dress Memento Luxe.

To protect the stenciling and add a durable semi-gloss finish, the piece was sprayed with one layer of Krylon matte acrylic coating and two layers of Krylon gloss acrylic coating.

Using the front panel panel as a guide, the window was lightly traced on the back ATC Art Square.  The flower from Flower Sparks/Penny Black was inked in Tangelo and Lilac Posies Memento Ink with the stem being colored with a Bamboo Leaves Memento Marker.

A black sentiment (Snippets/Penny Black) adds a happy wish.

Before the two panels were adhered together, a small notch was carved from the back panel to accommodate the picture hanger.  This allowed the hanger to nestle between the two panels and provide a seamless seal when the pieces were glued together.  

(Additional Inchie Art Square inspiration can be found on their blog HERE.)

This concludes our 6-part birthday theme.  

We hope you enjoyed all the ideas.

Birthday Wishes; 5 of 6: Jill

We are designing birthday wishes.  

Grab your candles and ink and join us for some happy fun.  

For today's card I decided to combine happy flowers (Penny Black Creative Die 51-119 Flower Frolic) with happy birthday wishes.

Oh, and of course, I added some happy watercolor, too!

For complete card supplies and instructions, click HERE. (All stamp and dies by Penny Black.)

Birthday Wishes; 4 of 6: Elizabeth

We are designing birthday wishes.  

Grab your candles and ink and join us for some happy fun.  

A bouquet of good wishes...

Flowers are candles waiting to be wished upon.

The small, elevated panel was lightly distressed with Sea Breeze VersaMagic to create an airy background.  The tall grasses from Sweet Home (Penny Black) were stamped in Onyx Black VersaFine, heat embossed with clear powder and fussy cut.  After coloring (Copic Y06, YG05, YG13, G24) they were wrapped with May Arts twine and attached to the panel with dimensional foam tape.

 

The sentiment from Snippets (Penny Black) stamped in black gently floats above the colorful flowers.  Each bloom (Tweet Things/Penny Black) was die cut from white cardstock, colored with Copics (RV17, RV21) and accented with a pearl.

Wishing you a day blooming with happiness!

Birthday Wishes; 3 of 6: Jill

We are designing birthday wishes.  

Grab your candles and ink and join us for some happy fun.  

I love the mixed fonts and verbiage in Penny Black's transparent sentiment stamp set, 30-297 Sprinkles and Smiles. For today's birthday wishes, I combined a sentiment from this particular set along with new Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Mixed Media Stencils.

And for an added bonus, here's an extra card using this same stenciling technique along with a Penny Black sentiment from the transparent stamp set, 30-283 Snippets...

For a complete supply list and a video tutorial, click HERE.

Birthday Wishes: 2 of 6: Jill

We are designing birthday wishes.  

Grab your candles and ink and join us for some happy fun.  

What better day to "dream big" than on one's birthday?

To create this card I used Penny Black's large-scale brushstroke stamp, 40-330 Pop Pop Poppy.  To add a golden sheen and watercolor effect to the stamping, I also combined this stamp with a homemade golden spray created with Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Texture Luxe.  

For complete supplies and a video tutorial, click HERE.