Cluck, Cluck, Cluck!

Today's card features a Penny Black chicken stamp called 'Cluck, Cluck, Cluck!'. I stamped it onto watercolour paper, along with a sentiment using stamps from the 'Birthday Buddies' set by Paper Smooches, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used papers from the 'Charming' pad by Recollections/Michaels...I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Seize the Birthday - Feature an Animal
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Cute Critters

PBSC May - Anything Goes (Optional 'Your Favourite PB Stamp')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Your Favourite Penny Black Stamp'

We are currently without a sponsor, so this challenge is just for fun.

My all time favourite Penny Black stamp, is also one of the first ones I bought, 'Birthday Dog'. I stamped him onto watercolour paper, then coloured him using watercolour pencils. I added a sentiment using stamps from the 'Birthday Buddies' set by Paper Smooches, then used one of my Nesties to cut the circle shape. I paired it with snippets of papers from the 'Prince Charming' pad by Recollections/Michaels (found at TKMaxx), and 

'Refreshing Basics' pad from The Works...distressing the edges and adding faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. I used another Nestie die to cut the scalloped mat from a snippet of kraft card, then layered everything up on a kraft card blank.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Everybody Art - Happy Birthday
• Krafty Chicks - Colour an Image
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Four-legged Friends
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

You're Retro!

Today's card features one of the stamps from the 'You're Retro!' set by Penny Black. I stamped it onto watercolour paper, along with one of the sentiments from the set, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I added a snippet of stripey paper from the 'Charming' pad by Recollections/Michaels (found at TKMaxx) for a simple background. It was only a couple of centimetres wide, so I cut it in half, distressed the edges, added it to a kraft card blank, then placed the image over the top.

Challenges for this card:

• AAA Cards - Anything CAS Goes
• Addicted to CAS - Stripes
• Allsorts - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - CAS
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - CAS

Guest Designer - Seize the Birthday Challenge (Anything with Wings)

I'm back with my final Surprise Party Guest card for the Seize the Birthday Challenge.

The theme this time is:

Anytime I see a 'Things with Wings' theme, my thoughts immediately go to Penny Black chickens - ha ha! I'm rather partial to those stamps, and picked 'Cluck, Cluck, Cluck!' for my card. I stamped it onto watercolour paper, along with a sentiment using a stamp from the 'Go To Words' set by Visible Image, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Prince Charming' pad by Recollections/Michaels (found at TKMaxx). I distressed all of the edges, and added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

For more inspiration from the wonderful Design Team, please pop over to the Seize the Birthday Challenge. Thanks so much for inviting me to the party - I've had lots of fun!

Let's Party!

Today's card features a Crafter's Companion stamp called 'Let's Party!' from the 'Everyday with Barkley' collection. I stamped it onto watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used papers from the 'Prince Charming' pad by Recollections/Michaels (found at TK Maxx). I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• Cardz for Guys - Shades of Blue
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Creative Moments - Patterned Papers
• Daring Cardmakers - Masculine
• Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Boys, Boys, Boys

Boy Racer

Today's card features one of the pups from the 'Cheering Critters' set by Penny Black. I stamped him onto a snippet of watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'What This!' set by Anita Jeram for the Colorado Craft Company. I coloured him using watercolour pencils, then cut the circle shape, and matching blue scalloped circle, using one of my Nestabilities. For the background, I used snippets of yellow and blue papers. The yellow papers are from the 'Geometric' pad by Folia Paper, and the blue papers from the 'Prince Charming' pad by Recollections/Michales. I distressed all of the edges, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

Challenges for this card:

• Little Red Wagon - Birthday
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Seize the Birthday - Anything Birthday Goes (Optional 'Layer It')
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Patterned Papers
• The Male Room - Geometric

Fishing!

Today's card features a Penny Black stamp called 'Fishing!'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, added a sentiment using stamps from the 'Birthday Buddies' set by Paper Smooches, then coloured the image using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used snippets of papers from the 'Prince Charming' pad by Michaels (found at TKMaxx), distressing the edges and adding faux stitching my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen, then matting them on to some kraft card. I added the image on top, then placed it all on to a white card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Allsorts - Anything Goes (Optional 'Something Fishy')
• Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
• Fab 'N' Funky - Birthday or Anniversary
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
• Little Red Wagon - Sew What?
• Love Those Pretty Papers - Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - J & K are for?

We have a fun new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...I'm the host, and the themes are:

'J is for Jesus'

&

'K is for Kings'

The prize for the lucky winner is this Paper Boutique stamp set & Hobbycraft snowflake die set:

For my 'J is for Jesus' card, I used a cute Penny Black stamp called 'The Manger', stamping it on to watercolour paper, then colouring it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from a couple of different Craft Sensations pads ('Fresh Florals' and 'Vintage Dreams'), and one from the 'Prince Charming' pad by Recollections/Michaels (found at TK Maxx). I distressed all of the edges a little, then added a sentiment using  stmp from an old Lili of the Valley set.

I used another Penny Black stamp on my 'K is for Kings' card...this one is called 'We Three Kings'. I stamped it, along with the matching sentiment, on to black card using Versamark ink, then heat embossed them using 'Metallic Gold' embossing powder from WOW. I watercoloured the image using Cosmic Shimmers mica pigments mixed with a little water, then matted it on to gold mirror card before adding it to a card blank.

I'm also entering these cards into the following challenges:

• A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Merry Little Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Peace on Earth Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes
• Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.

Scooting Along!

Today's card features a cute Penny Black hedgie stamp called 'Scooting Along'. I stamped it on to watercolour paper, then coloured it using watercolour pencils. For the background, I used a piece of paper from the 'Prince Charming' pad by Recollections from Michaels (found at TK Maxx)...I distressed all of the edges, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen, before adding it to a kraft card blank.

Challenges for this card:

• Cardz for Guys - No Balls Sports
• Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
• Everybody Art - Anything Goes
• Krafty Chicks - All Occasions

PBSC January - Anything Goes (Optional 'Something New')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Something New'

(New Year, New Craft Stash, New Baby, New Home, New Job...)

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

For my 'Something New', I went with 'New Year' and am sharing one of the Penny Black calendars I made for Christmas gifts. I've been decorating some of these Paper Mill calendars for Christmas gifts since 2009, and each year use an assortment of Penny Black images, and lots of snippets of older papers to decorate each page. I stamped all of the images on to watercolour paper, coloured them using watercolour pencils, then cut the circle and oval shapes using some of my Nesties. I distressed the edges of all of the papers, then added some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black or white gel pens.

I'm also entering this calendar into the following challenges:

• Krafty Chicks - Stamps
• Little Red Wagon - What's New?
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - A New Start
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

PBSC June - Anything Goes (Optional 'Masculine')...More Inspiration!

It's the third Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for some more inspiration for this month's Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or

'Masculine'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used the three dog stamps from the 'Doggone Sweet' set by Penny Black to make my Dad a Father's Day card. I stamped them on to watercolour paper, along with a sentiment from the 'Sentiments' set by Hero Arts, then coloured them using watercolour pencils. I used a piece of paper from the 'Prince Charming' pad by Recollections/Michaels (found at TKMaxx) for the background...distressing the edges a little, and adding some faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Cardz for Guys - Father's Day
• Daring Cardmakers - Make it Masculine
• Simon Says Stamp (Mondays) - Masculine
• Stamping Sensations - Anything Stamped

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

PBSC January - Anything Goes (Optional 'Something New')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'
or

'Something New'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

My 'Something New' is the New Year. Each Christmas, I decorate a couple of the blank calendars from Paper Mill to give as gifts, and this is the one I did for my Mum. I used Penny Black images (of course) for each month, and combined papers from lots of different pads...managed to use up a fair few snippets too! I distressed all of the edges, and added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen, then matted everything on to kraft card before adding to the calendar.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Lil Red Wagon - New Beginnings
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Something New (New Year)
• Use Your Stuff - Stitching (Faux or Real)

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.