Spots & Blossoms
Posted: February 17, 2013 Filed under: Blooming Garden, CAS 12 Comments
This card started with a desire to use yet another of Penny Black’s new background stamps. In the finished product however, that stamp is barely visible. I began by flicking Lady Bug ink onto white cardstock then stamped the background stamp, Dots in space in pink. It was a pale pink and I had wiped off some of the ink before making the impression so it was a very subtle start. Over the dots I repeatedly stamped the blossom branch from Blooming Garden, also in Memento Angel Pink. Next I inked the same blossom stamp with Lady Bug Red and added Rich Cocoa ink to the stems with a marker. I sponged next with the same red and brown and added the sentiment in the space I had left. Adding the sentiment to the panel meant that I did not have anything to add to the card base to make a visual triangle (If you read Susan Raihala’s Simplicity blog you will know what I am talking about) so I punched an oval tucked it under the matted panel and place a small knot of ribbon on top. I didn’t exactly achieve a triangle but I added something to the white space on the right to lead the eye across the card.
Supplies:
Stamps: Blooming Garden, Dots in space, Eloquence (PB)
Inks: Memento Angel Pink, Lady Bug stamp pads and Rich Cocoa marker (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Coral Reef Mix & Match Papers
Love is…
Posted: February 14, 2013 Filed under: CAS, Love Chapter, Penny Black 17 Comments
This card features stamps from two new Penny Black sets. The flourishy florals are from the slapstick cling set, Longing, and the 1 Corinthians text is from the transparent set, Love Chapter. I posted a little sneak peak this morning of a card made with the Longing stamps; you can see the whole card on the Penny Black blog.
I began the text panel for this card by stamping the floral stamp in Versamark and the text in Versafine Olympia Green then embossing both in clear e.p. I then sponged in greens and yellows and matted in Olive Grove Mix & Match paper. I overlapped the other floral stamp from the Longing set on the card base in three greens and sponged the corner.
Supplies:
Stamps: Love Chapter, Longing(PB)
Inks: Memento New Sprout, Pear Tart, Bamboo Leaves, Versafine Olympia Green, Versamark (Tsukineko)
Silhouettes
Posted: February 14, 2013 Filed under: Penny Black 10 Comments
Inspiration galore continues on the Penny Black Blog. They are over half way through the 20 consecutive days of inspiration, featuring stamps from the Take Flight catalog! The designers and contributors been posting a variety of beautiful projects. And since they’re featuring 20 days of inspiration, they’re also giving away 20 NEW stamps to one lucky reader. I have a couple of cards on their blog today made with silhouette stamps. One card is very clean and simple, the other still one layer but an explosion of colour. Below is a peek of one of my cards. See the whole card here.
Trailing Beauty watercoloured
Posted: February 13, 2013 Filed under: Background Stamps, CAS, Penny Black 25 Comments
I think I have mentioned already how many lovely new background stamps there are in the new PB catalog. My card above features another one, Trailing Beauty.
I used watercolour pencils to colour the line design which I stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink. I was not meticulous in either colouring or blending with water; there is plenty of ‘going over the lines’. I sponged the beige background, added the letter background and also stamped a very pale imprint of the floral stamp on the card base before adding the sentiment.
The fun continues with watercolouring inspiration from Jill today on the Penny Black Blog. They are ten days into the 20 consecutive days of inspiration, featuring stamps from the Take Flight catalog! And since they’re featuring 20 days of inspiration, they’re also giving away 20 NEW stamps to one lucky reader. I will be sharing two cards there tomorrow.
Thanks for visiting.
Supplies:
Stamps: Trailing Beauty, Letter Background, Eloquence (PB)
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black & Olympia Green, Memento Desert Sand & Potter’s Clay(Tsukineko)
Also: Faber-Castell watercolour pencils
Cardstock: Spring Meadows Mix & Match Papers
Blue Scene
Posted: February 11, 2013 Filed under: CAS, Facebook Friends, Penny Black, Stamped Landscapes 23 Comments
I have another new stamp from the Take Flight catalog to showcase today. This is my kind of stamp as you know, I love silhouettes and I love trees and branches. I fiddled around with the orientation of this stamp for a while before settling on the branches pointing up. You could just as easily point them down or sideways.
To create the panel I sponged a pink and pale blue sky, masked it and sponged a darker blue, masked again and sponged the darkest blue at the base. The stamp has its own border so I just trimmed the panel a little outside the border of the stamp and popped it up.
The fun continues with inspiration galore on the Penny Black Blog. They are eight days into the 20 consecutive days of inspiration, featuring stamps from the Take Flight catalog! The designers and contributors have LOTS in store for you. And since they’re featuring 20 days of inspiration, they’re also giving away 20 NEW stamps to one lucky reader.
Supplies:
Stamps: Facebook Friends, Every Happiness PB)
Inks: Memento Summer Sky, Angel Pink, Bahama Blue, Paris Dusk & Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Watercoloured poppies
Posted: February 8, 2013 Filed under: Background Stamps, Blooming Garden, Penny Black, Watercolour 29 Comments
I love poppy images so I was excited to see two poppy stamps in the new Penny Black catalog. One is a wood-mounted stamp and the other, shown above, is part of the transparent set, Blooming Garden. I have painted poppies several times with watercolour paints so to try watercolouring with the stamp was my first thought.
I wet the watercolour paper, then stamped the poppy flowers in red and the stems and seed pods in green. The ink immediately ran and I blended and spread it with a brush adding a little more ink here and there with markers. When I was happy with the colour I sponged blue and green around the flowers and started playing with the layout.
It took me a while to come up with the layout you see above as I initially thought I’d mat the panel and put it on a white card base with a sentiment. I tried both portrait and landscape orientations but it wasn’t quite right. So, when in doubt reach for your absolute favourite background stamp! I inked the background with blue and green then added sponging and water droplets in the colours of the poppy panel.
The fun continues with inspiration galore on the Penny Black Blog. They are five days into the 20 consecutive days of inspiration, featuring stamps from the Take Flight catalog! The designers and contributors have LOTS in store for you. And since they’re featuring 20 days of inspiration, they’re also giving away 20 NEW stamps to one lucky reader.
Supplies:
Stamps: Blooming Garden, Letter Background (PB)
Inks: Memento Summer Sky, Cottage Ivy, Lady Bug stamp pads and markers (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Fabriano 100% cotton hot pressed watercolour paper, Spring Meadow Mix & Match Papers
Every Happiness
Posted: February 5, 2013 Filed under: Penny Black 4 Comments
For the next three weeks there will be inspiration galore on the Penny Black Blog. There will be 20 consecutive days of inspiration, featuring stamps from the Take Flight catalog! The designers and contributors have LOTS in store for you. And since they’re featuring 20 days of inspiration, they’re also giving away 20 NEW stamps to one lucky reader. I have a couple of cards on their blog today made with a lovely new slapstick cling set “Every Happiness“. The little panel images in the set are delightful and there are some sweet little sentiment stamps too. Below is a peek of one of my cards. See the whole card here
Beautiful Backgrounds
Posted: February 3, 2013 Filed under: Background Stamps, CAS, Penny Black 14 Comments
The new Penny Black catalog has so many lovely background stamps. The card above features one of my favourites, Glory of Modesty. To create this card I stamped the background stamp in black, embossed in black powder then sponged three different pink/apricot tones over the embossing. I cut an oval for my sentiment and sponged in the same tones before mounting the panel on Coral Reef Mix & Match cardstock.
Sorry it has been so quiet on Bits & Pieces this week. A combination of the expected and the unexpected has kept me from stamping and blogging. I was the organizer of a Girl’s Night Out fundraiser for my daughter’s violin ensemble last night which definitely took a large chunk of my time. Several girls including my younger daughter performed solos, I assisted a talented friend of mine in preparing delicious finger foods and another friend displayed and took orders for Silpada jewellery. The night, which sold out, was great fun; the girls played beautifully and were lovely waitresses and, from what I heard the guests had an enjoyable time.
This week I hope to have more cards to share featuring stamps from the new Penny Black catalog. To inspire you Penny Black is running a promotion called Take Flight Twenty on their blog for the next twenty days introducing dozens of new stamps and fabulous projects by the design team members.
Supplies:
Stamps: Glory of Modesty, Eloquence (PB)
Inks: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Angel Pink, Lady Bug, Rhubarb Stalk (Tsukineko)
Also: Black embossing powder
Cardstock: Coral Reef Mix & Match Papers
Love is in the air
Posted: January 29, 2013 Filed under: CAS, Love Paris, Penny Black, Sweet on You 7 Comments
Love in the Air with a little watercolouring. The girl is a wood mounted stamp, “Sweet on You” from the new Penny Black catalog and the background a slapstick cling stamp, “Love Paris”. I stamped the girl in Versafine Onyx Black then coloured it with Faber-Castell watercolour pencils. I placed a girl shaped mask over her (that is pretty much the extent of my ‘fussy cutting’!) so I could put Paris in the background. The tiny heart wanted more attention so I stamped it on red cardstock and embossed in clear to give it a little shine.
Supplies:
Stamps: 4295K Sweet on You, 40-185 Love Paris, 30-144 Love is in the Air (PB)
Inks: Memento Summer Sky and Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Also: Faber-Castell coloured pencils, clear e.p.
Dandelion wishes
Posted: January 25, 2013 Filed under: CAS, Penny Black, Tweet Tweet 29 Comments
I have another card using stamps from the new transparent set, “Tweet Tweet”. Yesterday’s card featured the Queen Anne’s Lace and Happy Birthday Sentiment, today’s the Dandelion stamp and Wish sentiment from the same set. The set also has a lovely branch of leaves and some sweet birds.
Once again I used the emboss resist technique. I stamped the dandelion twice on a scrap taking care not to ink the fly away seeds. I then embossed, sponged and punched the images to pop up beside a third image featuring the whole stamp. The blue sponging is all Memento Summer Sky.
Supplies:
Stamps: Tweet, Tweet PB)
Inks: Memento Summer Sky (Tsukineko)
Heather Telford 