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Make a Wish (Penny Black)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow is the birthday of one of my favourite work colleagues. I’m considerably older than he is but the age difference doesn’t matter as we get along very well. And he’s always happy enough to listen to me rabbit on about, well, anything really. lol He’s a dog person too so the cute little dog image from the Birthday Party set by Penny Black seemed like the perfect choice for his birthday card.

Here’s the card…

Make A Wish Materials used: Stamps - Birthday Party (Penny Black); Cardstock - American Crafts, Knights; Designer Paper - Hip Hip Hooray 6x6 Paper Pad (Doodlebug Design); Copic Markers, Distress Ink and Lawn Trimmings (Lawn Fawn).

Make A Wish
Materials used: Stamps – Birthday Party (Penny Black); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knights; Designer Paper – Hip Hip Hooray 6×6 Paper Pad (Doodlebug Design); Copic Markers, Distress Ink and Lawn Trimmings (Lawn Fawn).

Now to write in the card, make an envelope and voila! Finished. 🙂

Hope you are having a great day! Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

24 September, 2014 4 comments

Cards Masculine Penny Black Stamping

Enjoy your day (Penny Black)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Have I ever mentioned how much I love colouring? No? Only every other blog post, right? lol I really do. I may have a long way to go but by the same token I have come a long way too. One stamp company I discovered early on in my stamping adventure which had WONDERFUL images for colouring was Penny Black. I loved them way back then and I love them now, especially their cute critters – the hedgehogs, the dogs and the cats…oh and those mice too. (As an aside, if you are not familiar with them, Penny Black rubber stamps range is not limited to their cute critters – they cater to pretty much every style and genre. They are amazing!)

Anyway…I received My Favourite Things new Hybrid Ink Pad in Black Licorice in the mail this week and I have been dying to try it out. Did it really allow you to use water colours AND alcohol based markers? I had to try! And using Penny Black’s Sunny Days stamp set seemed like a great place to start as they have such wonderful images to colour. As Father’s Day is in a couple of weeks I’ve been thinking about making some more masculine cards and this set certainly caters to this theme. I chose the little puppy who is fishing. Such a darling image!

I stamped the image twice using the Black Licorice Hybrid ink. I decided to start with my Distress Markers and water coloured the image. Looks good! No blurry, running ink. Very happy with the finish.

Here’s the card…

Enjoy your day!
Materials used: Stamps – Sunny Days (Penny Black); Distress Markers, Cardstock (American Crafts); Dies – Nestabilities Large Labels (Spellbinders), Custom Panels Die (Avery Elle) and Wink of Stella.

Next up, I decided to use my Copics and see how the ink reacted. And…completely fine! No bleeding or feathering at all.

Here’s the card…

Enjoy your day!
Materials used: Stamps – Sunny Days (Penny Black); Copic Markers, Cardstock (American Crafts); Designer Paper – Hey You! (Basic Grey); Dies – Nestabilities Large Labels (Spellbinders), Custom Panels Die (Avery Elle); Linen Thread (Stampin’ Up!); and Wink of Stella.

So the result is that I am a new fan of the Hybrid Ink by My Favourite Things! I love that I can stamp up an image twice (which I usually do anyway) and then colour away using whichever medium I prefer (and which can change on a whim! lol). It’s wonderful! I’ve got a repeat experiment underway just to make sure it wasn’t beginners luck. lol So far so good!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping

24 August, 2014 8 comments

Cards Clearly Besotted Lawn Fawn Mama Elephant Stamping

Stamp Trio Challenge: Hello Baby (2)

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

I am back today with Card 2 for Elle’s Stamp Trio Challenge. I am having such fun with this challenge. (See this post for my first card in this series).

For Card 2, I moved away completely from the baby/family theme. When I had first seen the Hello Baby stamp set from Lawn Fawn it crossed my mind that the little duckling would look adorable carrying a swag and that it would make such a cute “Bon Voyage” style card. Immediately, I knew that the card would have the centre circle but I had planned to layer it on a panel of many different complementary colours before attaching it to a white card. Unfortunately when I stamped the sentiment on this panel, it didn’t stamp clearly and I didn’t line it up perfectly when I tried to re-stamp it. Instead of trying to re-make the panel, I decided to go super simple and just use the grey and white polka dot background to finish the card. I really like how it ended up – simple but cute and it really could be used for anybody.

Here’s the card…

Keep In Touch
Materials Used: Stamps – Hello Baby (Lawn Fawn), A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted), Pandamonium (Mama Elephant); Dies – Grassy Border (Lawn Fawn), Standard Circles Small (Spellbinders); Designer Papers – Hello Sunshine (Lawn Fawn) and Copic Markers.

I know I will be returning to this design because I still have a few more things I want to try (such as re-creating the panel I mentioned above; adding ribbon; adding sequins/enamel dots). In the meantime, I am off to create card three.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

7 July, 2014 4 comments

Cards Competition Entry Paper Smooches Stamping

What a Hoot!

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

It’s official! I love the Hooties set by Paper Smooches. Admittedly I have only used a few of the stamps from the set thus far but still – LOVE! 🙂

I’ve made two cards again today. They are super similar as my motivation was just to have a play. The design isn’t what was in my head but at the same time I really like them. And I was literally about to publish this post when I decided to enter “Who Loves You?” into the Anything Goes challenge on the Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge blog.

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog

Anything Goes Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge

First up (and the card entered into the Challenge) – Who Loves You?

Who Loves You?
Materials used: Stamps – Hooties, Swanky Snowdudes, Warm Hearts (Paper Smooches), Designer Woodgrain (Hero Arts); Wise Dies – Clouds (Paper Smooches); Dies – Circles (Spellbinders); Copic Markers, Distress Ink; and Glossy Accents (Ranger).

Next up – Hi My Wise Friend

Hi My Sweet Friend
Materials used: Stamps – Hooties (Paper Smooches), Designer Woodgrain (Hero Arts); Wise Dies – Clouds (Paper Smooches); Dies – Circles (Spellbinders); Copic Markers, and Distress Ink.

I have more owls stamped out. Thinking it might be fun to put glossy accents on the eyes and then piece another set of eyelids on the top. Or will it just look odd? Guess I will just have to see!

Happy Stamping!

18 February, 2014 8 comments

Cards Competition Entry Paper Impressions Paper Smooches Stamping

Thump…I’m in Love

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

It’s no secret that I love Paper Smooches stamps. I really wanted to use the bunnies I had stamped and coloured but I just couldn’t seem to make it work as I mentioned in my last post. So, I pushed them aside, went and read a few of my favourite blogs (Just Me: C, Happy Dance and Jennifer McGuire Ink – well worth the visit!) and selected a few other stamps to play with. Looked at the stamps for a few minutes then decided to give it away for the night. Best decision! Today when I sat down to play I actually had a couple of new ideas about how to use the bunnies and voila! Card made! Apart from the fact I used the wrong bunny (he was my test colouring bunny so isn’t coloured nor cut out very well), I am pleased with how it all came together. Who knew? lol Sometimes you just need a bit of space.

Probably shouldn’t push my luck but I am going to enter this card into the current Paper Smooches SPARKS competition. The theme is Anything Goes.

Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge

Anything Goes Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge

Here’s my card:

Thump…I’m in Love
Materials used: Stamps – A Little Lovin, Warm Hearts (Paper Smooches); Patterned Paper – Poolside (Party with Amy Locurto by Pebbles); Cardstock (American Crafts); Ric Rac (American Crafts); Distress Ink – Antique Linen; Spellbinders – Circles, Cuttlebug and Copic Markers.

I still have another five bunnies coloured and cut out ready to use…gotta dream up some new ways to use him. Must say that I also really like this basic design too so I can see that I will be revisiting it a lot.

Hope you all have a happy day!

Happy Stamping!

4 February, 2014 6 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Penny Black Stamping

More Love

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

Pinch and a Punch! Welcome to October!

As I have mentioned before, I usually stamp images more than once just in case I mess up, or want to explore different colour choices, for example. Since I had another stamped image of the Purrr-fect Friends! (from Penny Black) just sitting there on the table, I decided to finish it off and make another quick card. Turns out it wasn’t as quick as I had hoped but it was still fun.

Love
Materials used: Stamps – Purrr-fect Friends! 1746K (Penny Black), Simply Said (Paper Smooches), Critters Ever After (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – American Crafts, Knight; Patterned Paper – 6×6 Paper Pad – True Love (Basic Grey); Copic Markers; Dies – Spellbinders Nestabilities – Standard Circles Small, Classic Scalloped Circles Large.

I partially die-cut the circle around the kitty cats/mouse (and decided it looked like it should be a snowglobe so there’s an idea for another day) to do something a little different. I’ve popped up the middle panel just a little to give it some extra dimension. It’s just a sweet little card.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Happy Stamping!

1 October, 2013 2 comments

Cards Competition Entry Penny Black Stamping

Love

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

It’s either a famine or a feast on my blog. lol Cannot quite believe I have a second posting for today.

Bev introduced me to the Less is More blog a couple of weeks ago but I haven’t been able to play along until today. As soon as I saw the sketch for this weeks challenge I *knew* what I wanted to do.

Here’s the sketch:

Less is More
Week 139 Sketch #10

For my card I have used another totally adorable Penny Black stamp called Purrr-fect Friends! I could just see the little kitty cats peeking through the circle in the middle. And so here we have it:

Love
Materials used: Stamps – Purrr-fect Friends! 1746K (Penny Black), Simply Said (Paper Smooches), Critters Ever After (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – American Crafts; Copic Markers; Dies – Spellbinders Nestabilities – Standard Circles Small; and Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers).

The inside of the card is just the stamped image but here it is:

Love (inside)
Materials used: Stamps – Purrr-fect Friends! 1746K (Penny Black); Cardstock – American Crafts; and Copic Markers.

A very simple but cute card. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a great day!

Happy Stamping!

29 September, 2013 8 comments

Cards Lawn Fawn Paper Smooches Stamping

Peek-a-boo

written by Kylie

Hi Everyone,

An older card to share tonight. I’ve been out and haven’t had a chance to make anything. A couple of months ago it seemed like there were quite a few cardmakers making ‘peek-a-boo’ cards. I had wanted to join in on the trend but was focussing my interests elsewhere. I honestly didn’t think too much more about it until I messed up the card I was working on. Instead of throwing it out and starting over I decided it was a great opportunity to try this technique. The inside of this card started out as the outside of another one. I ended up just cutting the front off and putting it aside while I made the front of a new card. I placed a new card into an embossing folder and ran it through my cuttlebug. Then I placed a small circle die in the corner over the place where I thought the whales face might be and put it through the cuttlebug again. The inside panel was then stuck in place. This card sat like that for quite sometime as I had absolutely no idea what to do to the front to finish it off. How it ended up like this is that I splashed a tiny bit of ink on the lower left corner and it had to be covered up. It’s not the prettiest of outsides but I really do love the inside. I would definitely like to try this technique again. In fact, I think I would like to make this card again but with a different front panel!

The Front:

Happy Birthday – Front
Materials used: Stamps – Home Sweet Home (Lawn Fawn), Sentiment Sampler (Paper Smooches); Cardstock – Knights; Die – Circle (Spellbinders), Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn) and Embossing Folder – Peacock Pleasure (Couture Creations).

The Inside:

Happy Birthday – Inside
Materials used: Stamps – Critters in the Sea (Lawn Fawn); Cardstock – Knight; Distress Inks and Distress Markers.

Hope you have a ‘whale of a time’ today!

Happy Stamping!

22 May, 2013 2 comments