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Cards Competition Entry Hero Arts Paper Smooches Stamping Thank You Thinking of You

Quick and Simple

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I was browsing through the new Stampin’ Up catalogue (my wish list is HUGE!) and saw a gorgeous card using their woodgrain stamp and I wished I had thought of the idea first. It was so simple but so effective. If you have the Australian catalogue, the card I am referring to can be found on page 75. The very next stamp of mine which happened to catch my eye was…yes, you guessed it…a woodgrain stamp. I have the Designer Woodgrain S5208 stamp from Hero Arts. I was toying with creating something similar and next thing I know I’ve gone in a completely different direction. lol Isn’t that often the way?

So today, I have made two super quick and simple cards. The background is, of course, the Designer Woodgrain from Hero Arts and the other stamped images are from Paper Smooches (the Calico and Salutations sets).

Two quick and easy cards.

Here they are a little closer:

1/ Thanks so much

Thanks so much
Materials used: Stamps – Designer Woodgrain S5208 (Hero Arts), Calico, Salutations (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts, Unknown; Hero Arts Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Bubble Gum, Butter Bar, Green Hills (Hero Arts); StazOn – Timber Brown (Tsukineko); and Stampin’ Pad – Whisper White (Stampin’ Up!).

2/ Thinking of you

Thinking of You
Materials used: Stamps – Designer Woodgrain S5208 (Hero Arts), Calico, Salutations (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – American Crafts, Unknown; Hero Arts Mid-Tone Shadow Ink – Bubble Gum, Butter Bar, Green Hills (Hero Arts); StazOn – Timber Brown (Tsukineko); and Stampin’ Pad – Whisper White (Stampin’ Up!).

It would be so quick to make up a whole set of cards like this…plus they are fun to make!

Update: I am going to enter one of these cards in the Case Study #153 challenge blog thanks to the very kind suggestion of my sweet and super talented friend, C. Thanks, C!

The inspiration for this challenge is the following card from the uber-talented Jennifer McGuire.

Case Study #153

Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful weekend!

Happy Stamping!

17 August, 2013 4 comments

Cards Penny Black Stamping Thank You

Thank you!

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Some days I sit and colour image after image after image because I find it fun and relaxing. Some days these same images just jump onto cards and other days…not so much. It’s amusing to me because I know that at another point in time I won’t have any issues at all. As a result sometimes the stamped images get put aside for another day. Creativity really is a funny beast.

This gorgeous stamp from Penny Black was so fun to colour and as I was colouring it I had lots of ideas as to how I might put it onto a card. However, I then started to overthink it…why do we do that? I started mentally comparing the cards I have been making lately and thought, oh no, this is going to look exactly the same. What a way to dry up the creativity well! I was determined not to give in though. I finally settled on this design but I know that tomorrow…or the next day…or maybe even next week…I will think of something I would have liked much more. Does anyone else do this? I guess it gives me an excuse, not that I need one, to get the stamp out and play some more. lol

Thank you
Materials used: Stamps – Asking the Flowers 2296K, Salutations 30-014 (Penny Black); Cardstock – Knight; Ribbon (American Crafts) and Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug).

I am definitely going to play with this stamp again! I think I can do so much better! lol

Hope you are all having a fantastic day and that your creativity is firing!

Happy Stamping!

24 July, 2013 2 comments

Cards Penny Black Stamping Thank You

Sunday leftovers

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I coloured up a few of the cute Penny Black Bees & Bunny images yesterday but didn’t make them all into cards. I do that a lot. I also had a few pieces of patterned paper scattered around the desk and one image ended on top of one of the sheets and I thought…that actually looks okay. Decided to put a quick and simple card together and this is the result…

Thanks Materials used: Stamps - Bees & Bunny 2305H (Penny Black); Thanks (Hero Arts); Cardstock - American Crafts, Knight; Designer Paper - Max & Whiskers 6x6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey); Distress Ink, Distress Markers; and Ribbon - Dark Chocolate (Krafty Savers).

Thanks
Materials used: Stamps – Bees & Bunny 2305H (Penny Black); Thanks (Hero Arts); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight; Designer Paper – Max & Whiskers 6×6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey); Distress Ink, Distress Markers; and Ribbon – Dark Chocolate (Krafty Savers).

Hope you all have had, or will have, a fantastic Monday! Thanks for visiting today!

Happy Stamping!

8 July, 2013 6 comments

Cards Hero Arts Penny Black Stampin' Up!Stamping Thank You

More Penny Black

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

For some unknown reason I seem to be in a “create two cards at the same time” phase. lol I don’t know why. I do tend to stamp up the main image a few times at the start just in case I mess it up in some way. I will often use the extra images to test out colours and if they work then I can go ahead and finish colouring the images. That’s what happened today. I picked out an older Penny Black stamp which I think is so cute and which would be great for a masculine card. Unfortunately, I believe this stamp is no longer available. I’m still loving painting with Distress Markers so grabbed my markers and set to work…well, to play.

Card 1: Hello

Hello
Materials used: Stamps – Fish are Jumpin 2062K, Hello 2631C, Salutations 30-014 (Penny Black), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (Stampin’ Up!); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Distress Markers, Distress Ink, and Stickles – Crystal (Ranger).

Card 2: Thank You

Thank You
Materials used: Stamps – Fish are Jumpin 2062K, Salutations 30-014 (Penny Black), Itty Bitty Backgrounds (Stampin’ Up!), Thank You (Hero Arts); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Distress Markers, Distress Ink, and Stickles – Crystal (Ranger).

I apologise for the poor quality of the photographs tonight. The colours look terrible! I will take new photographs tomorrow when the light is better.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

6 June, 2013 4 comments

Cards Penny Black Stamping Thank You

Penny Black Love

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I was absolutely THRILLED to discover Penny Black had chosen to feature my card from yesterday on their Facebook page today. I had absolutely no idea until I checked my email when I woke up and someone had made mention of it. Of course, I immediately went to Facebook to have a look. I was so excited to see it there and confess to being quite overwhelmed by the nice comments people had taken the time to write. What a way to start a Monday!

My card featured on the Penny Black Facebook page.

Of course, when I sat down to create today, I knew I wanted to play with more of the gorgeous stamps from Penny Black. I am still making ‘Thank You’ cards so the plan was to choose something cute (easily done with Penny Black) and something I could colour. I also wanted to make the card bright and colourful…and different from the style I seem to be favouring at the moment – square/rectangular card, patterned paper, popped dotted centre panel. As you can see, it just didn’t work out that way. lol I was also playing around with the colour of the kitten and before I knew it I had made two cards.

Card 1:

Thank You – Take 1
Materials Used: Stamps – You’re the Bestest! 1466K, Salutations 30-014 (Penny Black); Cardstock – Bazzill Basics Paper, Knight; Distress Inks, Distress Markers; and Designer Paper – Dear Lizzy Neapolitan 6×6 Paper Pad (American Crafts).

Card 2:

Thank You – Take 2
Materials Used: Stamps – You’re the Bestest! 1466K, Salutations 30-014 (Penny Black); Cardstock – Bazzill Basics Paper, Knight; Distress Inks, Distress Markers; and Designer Paper – Dear Lizzy Neapolitan 6×6 Paper Pad (American Crafts).

Hope you all have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

3 June, 2013 2 comments

Cards Penny Black Stamping Thank You

Merci

written by Kylie

Hi everyone,

I really just wanted to colour tonight so I grabbed a really cute Penny Black stamp and my distress markers then set to work. For the most part I find the colouring process most enjoyable and relaxing.

For today’s card, I wasn’t sure how to colour the snail so tried to stick close to the colours on the back of the stamp. Once I had finished colouring the image, I was stuck. I had no plan in mind as to how to finish the card. In fact, I very rarely have an idea of the completed card in mind before I start. It’s usually something I think about once I have finished colouring. Sometimes this can be a good thing….other times, not so good.

So here’s what I came up with:

Merci
Materials used: Stamps – Garden Visit 1446J, Salutations 30-014 (Penny Black); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Distress Inks; Distress Markers and Designer Paper – Plumeria 6×6 Paper Pad (Basic Grey).

Merci for stopping by! Hope you have a happy day!

Happy Stamping!

29 May, 2013 4 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Penny Black Stamping Thank You

Thanks

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Tonight I sat down to start work on the thank you cards I need to make. I picked out a very cute image from Penny Black, grabbed some distress markers and set to painting the image. I was really happy with how the image look but do you think I could work out how to finish the card? Sometimes all I can see is the colouring – I forget to look at the big picture. I tried numerous ideas and photographed each of them so that I could remember what I liked or didn’t like. I really should share this process. It is such a great idea. The other benefit of doing this is that even if you decide to go in one direction for this card, you might save the idea to use for the next project. So after playing around for what seemed like hours I eventually settled on this design. I know it is missing something…I just cannot work out what it is….yet!

thanks
Materials used: Stamps – Hedgehog Bouquet 1444K, Scroll Tapestry 1992M (Penny Black), thanks (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Distress Ink and Distress Makers.

Happy Stamping!

27 May, 2013 2 comments

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