Autumn Fun; 8 of 8: Elizabeth

Colorful leaves, cool crisp air, frightful fun, and lots of fall and Halloween inspiration.  Gather your autumnal inks and join us!

Let's take a ride.  A pumpkin ride that is!

I decided to put a little spin on the traditional autumn harvest colors and introduced a bit of soft purple.

This little pumpkin elf (Penny Black - Illustrated by Mo Manning) was stamped on white cardstock in Onyx Black VersaFine and heat embossed with clear powder.  After coloring and trimming, the image was elevated above a small window lined with paper from the Gentle Whisper paper collection.

A sentiment banner (Believe) was fashioned to mimic the curvatures of the window.

You can get a closer look at these Penny Black products here:

Pumpkin Ride 40-401

Believe 30-310

Gentle Whisper 80-008 

Thanks for joining me and Jill for our Autumn Fun series!

Autumn Fun; 7 of 8: Jill

Colorful leaves, cool crisp air, frightful fun, and lots of fall and Halloween inspiration.  Gather your autumnal inks and join us!

Just a quick posted today... sharing my FAVORITE autumn creation for this year.  I had so much fun coloring this adorable little guy!

Image colored with ShinHan Art Touch Twin Markers.

Penny Black Stamps and Dies: 40-401 Pumpkin Ride, 30-307 Holiday Snippets, 51-129 Leaflets

I can't wait to see what Elizabeth has for our final installment of Autumn Fun...perhaps she also has reached for this same stamp?  You never know... *wink, wink*

Autumn Fun; 6 of 8: Elizabeth

Colorful leaves, cool crisp air, frightful fun, and lots of fall and Halloween inspiration.  Gather your autumnal inks and join us!

Flying by with another Halloween design.

This little witch from Penny Black (illustrated by Mo Manning) will cast a spell on you.  A little bit of coloring (Copics) and some fussy cutting and the magic is released.

A small twist on the traditional card shape along with patterned papers give this Halloween greeting a festive flair.

These were the Penny Black products used in today's feature:

Little Witchy 40-402

Painted Blooms 80-009

Coco Style 80-010

Out and About with Jill

Hi folks! Just wanted to let you know that I am "out and about" on the Penny Black blog and Facebook page this week with lots of creations featuring their new release, Winter Romance. Here's just a taste of what is happening over there...

This card was created using the new Creative Die set, 51-171 Nature's Beauty.  To create my background I first painted watercolor paper with watercolor paints.  Then, once dry, I used my new Papericious Ink Blending Tools to add Memento Inks over the watercolor.  A word about these blending tools... I love them!

They are very lightweight, the small base makes for great control when blending inks, and I have to admit as dorky as it is, because my craft room has white furniture, I love that they are white and match everything when sitting on my shelves. LOL  Okay, now back to the card. :) Once the background was colored, I added stamping with VersaFine inks using Penny Black stamps, 30-311 Soft Grace and 30-322 Prancers as well as 30-322 Joy to All.  I flicked white Dr. Ph Martins Hydrus Watercolor Paint onto the background to create the look of snow. The snowy hill at the bottom of the card was handcut and stamped with the sentiment, Penny Black 30-307 Holiday Snippets.

I used the Papericious ink blending tools to create the background for this next card, too.  Onto smooth Neenah Solar White cardstock, I blended a variety of Ranger Archival Inks and Memento Inks, using masks to create the sunrise and snowbanks.  The snowflakes, Penny Black 30-311 Soft Grace, were stamped once the background was complete.  The new Penny Black Creative Die set, 51-178 Berry Branches, was colored with ShinHan Art Touch Twin Markers before being adhered to the background.  The sentiment stamp and banner are by Penny Black: 30-307 Holiday Snippets, 51-027 Triple Banner.

I love dies that have multiple uses so for my next card I've again used the new 51-178 Berry Branches by Penny Black on a springtime card. 

Did you spot the branches?  

The wonderful folks from Papericious surprised me by sending some gorgeous papers and embellishments which I used on this card.  The woodgrain background paper is from their Vintage Rosewood 6 x 6 Paper Pack.  And the happiness embellishment is from their Circular Collage Sheet "Be You" and was covered with a Dome Sticker.  I colored the background paper and my  die cuts (Penny Black 51-178 Berry Branches, 51-002 Leaves, and 51-132 Flights of Fancy) with Shimmerz Coloringz sprays (Well Blue Me Down, Pink Stilettos, My Bleeding Heart, Mandarin Mai Tai, Oh Say Can U Sea) and Shimmerz Vibez spray (Rolling in the Hay).  A touch of background text was stamped using Penny Black 30-238 Footnotes.

For my next card, I was inspired by the romance of Penny Black's new release along with the Papericious 6 x 6 Paper Packs: The Flora Season and It's Peach Time.  I created a border for the base of my card using the pattern papers.  I then stamped the new Penny Black Slapstick/Cling image, 40-427 Pretty Perch, and painted it with Shimmerz Creameez Paints (Thunder Storm, Luck O' the Irish, Strawberry Fields, Firm Foundation, Berry Hot, Purple Rain, Lettuce Get Together) and Shimmerz Paint (Golden Wheat).  This image is such a joy to paint, I have already created a couple of cards with it. This one is for a winter birthday.

Here's another with more of a holiday feeling...

(All stamps and dies by Penny Black: 40-427 Pretty Perch, 30-307 Holiday Snippets, 51-163 No Peeking, 30-311 Soft Grace, 1369L Postcard)  Oh, and that blue background for the photo? It's another Papericious paper (12 x 12 Paper Pack Wooden Collection).  This collection of papers is really great for photo backdrops.

 Okay, NOW I am officially headed out the door to be "OUT and ABOUT" on the Penny Black blog and Facebook page. :) And special thanks to Papericious for letting me play with some of your products.

We'll be back in the STUDIO with more Autumn Fun very soon!

Autumn Fun; 5 of 8: Jill

Colorful leaves, cool crisp air, frightful fun, and lots of fall and Halloween inspiration.  Gather your autumnal inks and join us!

This next card has me thinking about trick-or-treating which of course has me thinking about... chocolate! LOL :)

To design my background, I first stamped the tree image (40-356 Woodland Wonder) using VersaFine Onyx Black ink onto Neenah Solar White cardstock.  Using an ink blending tool and foam pad, I added a light yellow ink (Ranger Archival Pale Ochre) to the upper left hand corner and green (Ranger Archival Fern Green) to the bottom right. I then punched a circle from thin computer paper and used removeable adhesive to adhere it to my cardstock in the upper left-hand corner.  I applied a darker color of yellow ink (Ranger Archival Saffron) to the sky. Now when I removed the mask I had the moon!  For some grass at the bottom of the background, I tore a piece of green inked cardstock and adhered it below the woodland stamping. The fence die cut (51-073 Haunted Hollow) was also adhered to the background. The house (40-400 Dark House) was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with ShinHan Art Touch Twin Markers.  After cutting out the image, I inked the edges with Ranger Archival ink in the color of Potting Soil.  The house was adhered to the background using dimensional adhesive.

Penny Black Stamps and Dies: 40-400 Dark House, 51-073 Haunted Hollow, 40-356 Woodland Wonder 

Autumn Fun; 4 of 8: Elizabeth

Colorful leaves, cool crisp air, frightful fun, and lots of fall and Halloween inspiration.  Gather your autumnal inks and join us!

Time for "frightfully" cute...

A very simple card with lots of my favorite....layers!

This little feline from "Bewitched" is sure to capture your heart instead of scare you.  The image stamped in Onyx Black VersaFine and heat embossed with clear powder was color with Copics and fussy cut.

The image was affixed to a small tab containing the sentiment and elevated over a small window featuring patterned paper from Madison.

The elevated window was embellished with simple piercings around the perimeter and accented with paper from the stylish Coco designer collection.

You can get a closer look at all these splendidly spooky Penny Black supplies here:

Bewitched 30-318

Madison 80-001

Coco Style 80-010

Autumn Fun; 3 of 8: Jill

Colorful leaves, cool crisp air, frightful fun, and lots of fall and Halloween inspiration.  Gather your autumnal inks and join us!

This little kitty isn't too spooky, but I sure think he is cute!

To create this card I first began by painting my background onto watercolor paper using paints from my Sakura Koi Field Sketch Box.  Once dry, I stamped the tone on tone leaves (40-359 A Day in Autumn) using VersaFine ink.  My furry friend was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with ShinHan Art Touch Twin Markers.  He was then cut out and mounted to the background panel, along with the sentiment "ticket," using dimensional adhesive. This panel was added to a card base which outer edges were inked with Ranger Archival ink in the color of Tree Branch. 

Penny Black Stamps and Dies: 30-318 Bewitched, 40-359 A Day in Autumn, 51-053 Picture This

Autumn Fun; 2 of 8: Elizabeth

Colorful leaves, cool crisp air, frightful fun, and lots of fall and Halloween inspiration.  Gather your autumnal inks and join us!

Boo!  It's October and that means some scary fun.

How about a little visit to the "Dark House"? 

This haunted mansion was stamped on white cardstock in Onyx Black VersaFine and heat embossed with clear powder.  After coloring the image with Copics it was fussy cut and layered over a background created from the other part of the stamp design.

The sentiment (Little Witchy) was stamped in VersaMark Watermark ink and heat embossed with white powder.  

A little of strip of patterned paper from Painted Blooms gives the left edge of the card a touch of autumnal orange.

You can see all of these Penny Black products with these links here:

Dark House 40-400

Little Witchy 40-402

Painted Blooms 80-009

Autumn Fun; 1 of 8: Jill

Colorful leaves, cool crisp air, frightful fun, and lots of fall and Halloween inspiration.  Gather your autumnal inks and join us!

I loveeee Autumn and I loveeee this new brushstroke stamp by Penny Black, 40-398 Pumpkin Patch.

To design the main panel of my card, I first colored onto my stamp using Tombow Dual Brush Pens, misted with water, and then stamped onto watercolor paper.  Using a brush, water, and more ink from Tombow Dual Brush Pens, I painted the ground and added a few splatters.  I then added additional shading to the pumpkin image using Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Art Grip Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils. I inked Penny Black 30-238 Footnotes with Ranger Archival Ink in the color of potting soil, and randomly stamped it along the bottom of my panel, removing some ink with a baby wipe before stamping.

Thanks for popping in for some pumpkin-y fun today! 

Penny Black Stamps and Dies: 40-398 Pumpkin Patch, 51-027 Triple Banner, 51-071 Words of Gratitude, 30-238 Footnotes