Penny Black - Smile

Hello Blog Friends, I have a bright and cheerful card for you today - as our temperatures drop in the Southern Hemisphere, I thought it would be nice to remember the warm summer days in the garden.

I have used the Penny Black Inc - kisses in the sun image.  This has been stamped onto white card  using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaFine™ Archival Pigment Ink in Onyx Black and cut out using the Spellbinders® Grand Calibur® Machine and the Labels Twenty-Nine Spellbinders® Nestabilities®.

A second image has been stamped and the butterfly cut out by hand, then coloured using

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Radiant Neons™ in Electric Yellow, Electric Pink and Electric Coral.  The remaining image has been coloured using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink.

The sentiment is from the edge to edge transparent set by Penny Black Inc and has been popped up on I have used Scrapbook by Adhesives by 3L- 3D Foam Squares.  The background paper is from Authentique Paper and the bling from Want2Scrap©

This card is for the following challenges: 

 Ladybug Crafts - Spring is here

Eclectic Ellapu -  (Pink Team Challenge): Wings; (Purple Team Challenge): Flowers and Butterflies.

 Bearly Mine  - One For The Girls

Card and Scrap - Use lace and/or Ribbon

Just For Fun - Anything Goes 

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts  - Celebrate Spring 

 Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Lace and Pearls

 My Creative Moments Word Play Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

LEJ Designs March Challenge - Favourite Die Cuts

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Sugar Creek Hollow - Photo inspiration

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Tutu Sweet

How adorable is this gorgeous image from Penny Black®, Inc. It certainly lives up to it's name - Tutu Sweet

This was one of the cards we created cat Card Design Class - the main emphasis being on colouring that adorable Tutu to get some depth happening - I used IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Markers in Angel Pink and Rose Bud.  

I have also used the wonderful A2 Filigree Delight Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator Dies, designed by Licensed Designer Becca Feeken.   These have been cut and embossed using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.  Before the Die is removed, it has been used as a Stencil, sponging the inside with IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaMagic™ Chalk Pigment Ink in Pixie Dust.  The pearls are from Want2Scrap©

This card is for the following challenges: 

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes

 Crafting with Dragonflie - Lots of Layers

 Inklings and Yarns - Always Anything Goes 

Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - anything goes

 Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes 

Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - Ribbon or Twine

 Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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AIR Tutorial - Walnut Stain

This month the theme for the Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko AIR Team is 'Spring Fever' For me in the Southern Hemisphere, spring is a memory and we are heading into winter - but inspiration is never too far away - Spring to me means flowers.....

Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

• Versafine - Onyx Black 
• Memento Dew Drop - Peanut Brittle
• Memento Markers - Pear Tart, Bamboo Shoot, Summer Sky, Dandelion 
• Sponge Daubers
• Walnut Ink - Cornflour

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• S5-156 Labels Twenty-Nine Spellbinders™ Nestabilities
• S5-180 A2 Curved Borders One Spellbinders™ Borderabilities®
• Penny Black® Inc. - flower gallery stamp set

Other:  Double sided Tape, Acrylic Block, BEACON ADHESIVES Zip Dry Paper Glue, Foam Adhesive squares, Mulberry Roses, Want2Scrap - Swirls Finesse bling.

I started by spraying white card with Cornflower Walnut Ink

While it was still slightly damp - NOT WET, I embossed it using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine and the Spellbinders Basket Weave 3D M-Bossabilities folders.

The embossed card is cut to size and the edges sponged using the  Memento Dew Drop - Peanut Brittle and a Sponge Daubers.

 

Cut and emboss one (1) Labels Twenty-Nine Spellbinders™ Nestabilities, use before removing the card from the Die, use the Die as a Stencil and sponge inside with Memento Peanut Brittle.

 

Stamp the Penny Black® Inc. - flower gallery image using Memento Markers - Pear Tart, Bamboo Shoot, Summer Sky, Dandelion 

 

Pop the coloured image onto the sponged Labels Twenty-Nine Nestabilities using foam squares.  Add a strip of patterned paper that has been cut using the A2 Curved Borders One Spellbinders™ Borderabilities®, followed by Seam Binding along the top of this piece.  Add the layered image a Seam binding bow with a Mulberry Rose.  Finishing off with a Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Vintage Bird

I hope you are enjoying a relaxing weekend.  It is Saturday evening here and I thought I would share a card with you before the night is done.

The beautiful bird is by Glitz Designs and has been stamped using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Versafine - Vintage Sepia.  The image has been cut out using Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine and the Classic Ovals LG Spellbinders™ Nestabilities®. This has than been layered onto the Floral Ovals  Nestabilities® using foam squares and finally onto the tag from the 5 x 7 Elegant Labels Four Nestabilities®using foam squares.

The background stamp is Penny Black®, Inc.- harmony cling stamp.

The bling is Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse, along with  72 Count - brown pearls.

This card is for the following challenges:

Cards by Lady Anne / Stamp Challenge - anything goes

Inklings and Yarns - Always Anything Goes 

LEJ Designs - Things With Wings

Card Mania - Lots of Layers 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

 Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Victorine Originals - Anything Goes

 Stamptacular Sunday - To Die For 

 

 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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AIR March Tutorial

       I am having a lot of fun playing with all sorts of products from Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko.

                For my first AIR (Artist in Residence) Tutorial for March I have created something very different for me.

I have used the new All Purpose Ink to colour on canvas - it is so easy to get a great look and it is permanent - you have to love that!!

Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies: 

• All Purpose Ink - Lemon Yellow
•  All Purpose Ink - Tangerine
• All Purpose Ink - Apple Green
• StazOn - Jet Black
• Fantastix - Brush Tip

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• Penny Black® Inc. - trailing beauty cling stamp

Other:  Acrylic Block, Iron, Lace x2, Lace Flowers x2, buttons x4, white cotton for attaching buttons and lace.

I started by using StazOn Jet Back to stamp the newly released Penny Black® Inc

 trailing beauty cling stamp onto the Canvas

Using a separate Fantastix - Brush Tip for each colour, start by adding yellow to the flowers.  The Fantastix holds a lot of paint and applies to easily- you will not need to be dipping it into the All Purpose Ink  too often.

 

Repeat the process for each colour.  It is not recommended to wash the Fantastix, I have added a sticker to the ones I have used and am keeping them specifically for the All Purpose Ink they have been used for.

Once you have finished colouring, wait until the paint is dry and iron with a DRY iron to set the paint.  It is that easy!

  

Now to add those touches that make it our own....I have added lace handles, securing them by hand sewing a button that has been layered onto a lace flower. 

My flowers have been cut from a remnant of lace - I sat for some time carefully separating them - well worth it I think!  They add a pretty and soft touch under the buttons from my stash.

I hope you are inspired to 'think outside the square' and try something different - the possibilities are endless, especially used with other Tsukineko inks and products.

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Rose Tree

This fabulous stamp set by Penny Black makes the easiest cards

I have inked the image using Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Versafine - Spanish Moss - I love this ink, it is like stamping with silk.  The image is then cut out using the Spellbinders Labels Thirty Nestabilities®

Added some Mulberry Roses to the branches...and some thick RicRac from my stash.  The sentiment is also stamped in Spanish Moss, cut using Spellbinders Standard Circles SML and popped up on to a pink circle for dimension.  All Dies are cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine.

This card is for the following challenges:

 Craft Us Crazy - Anything goes

Divas by Design - Anything Goes

 Penny's Paper-Crafty - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes! 

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes 

House of Gilli - Anything goes with Pastels 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

MyGrafico - Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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