Black and White plus 1 colour.
Posted: May 24, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Hillflowers, Penny Black 12 Comments
Today the designers at Penny Black have b&w cards to share, each with a different accent colour. I chose this lovely silhouette stamp, Hillflowers, and masked a narrow mask with post-it notes around the edge of my white panel. I then sponged a gradation background with Memento Lilac Posies ink. The daisies were added before the masks were removed and then panel was popped up to add a little something to a very clean and simple card.
Thanks for dropping by.
Supplies
Stamps: Hillflowers 3938K, Happy Birthday 3171C(PB)
Ink: Memento Lilac Posies, Versafine Onyx Black(Tsukineko)
Lace flowers (and a winner)
Posted: May 23, 2012 Filed under: Lace Flower, OLW, Penny Black 3 Comments
I pulled out the Lace Flower stamp and the Floral Thread background stamp again because they work so beautifully together. I am not sure what my colour inspiration was but it is possible a wedding could have a purple colour scheme with yellow flowers I guess?
I stamped the Floral Thread background first on a large panel and then added sponging in Memento Lilac Posies and Dandelion. I then stamped the Lace flower several times on the panel in Versafine Onyx Black. To create the tiles I cut the panel into 1¾” squares and then fiddled around with their positions until I was happy with the arrangement. The sentiment is half of the Blessings stamp I used on my last wedding card.
One Layer Wednesday News
Thank you to everyone who left comments or participated in my first challenge. I was thrilled to look at all the different Mini Masterpieces and now have plenty of inspiration for more of my own. I did click and visit everyones’ submissions but a couple of your blogs would not let me leave a comment-sorry about that.
As promised I have a winner randomly chosen from the cardmakers who took up the challenge. Congratulations to Carol Lucas who made a cleverly framed Mini Masterpiece that had me wondering how she had managed it with only one layer. Carol, I will be in touch to get your address so that you can receive your Soft Wings and Music Background stamps from Penny Black.
The fun continues on Cheryl’s blog this week with her “Something Sweet” challenge.
Supplies
Stamps: Floral Thread, Lace Flower, Blessings(PB)
Ink: Memento Lilac Posies & Dandelion, Versamark (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Penny Black Mix & Match Fuschia Fantasies & Summer Sun
Less is More Balloons
Posted: May 22, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Penny Black, Sweet Wishes 14 Comments
The challenge at Less is More this week is to make a card for a child or a baby. I was a bit stuck as to what stamps to use until I remembered the balloon and sentiment from the Penny Black set, Sweet Wishes. I coloured in the balloons with my Faber-Castell polychromos pencils, then blended with a blender pen before cutting them out. The sky panel is sponged (of course) and the balloon strings are drawn with a black fineline felt tip pen. The green balloon is popped up just because it seemed the thing to do. The Penny Black blog is featuring cards made with one transparent set today, just like this one.
I’m a bit sad that the long weekend is over but I am happy that I managed to fill all my planter pots with flowers and my clever son helped me make my first ever video tutorial. More about that in a couple of weeks!
Supplies:
Stamps: Sweet Wishes (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Summer Sky & Danube Blue, Versfine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Also: Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils, Prismacolor fineline marker
Double sponging tutorial
Posted: May 18, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Penny Black, Soft Wings, Tutorial 37 Comments
On Wednesday I posted a card featuring a little square filled with a butterfly and some music. Today I have a tutorial showing the technique on a new card with a bigger image panel.
First I sponged three colours randomly over a piece of white cardstock. Careful blending is not important because the sponging will be stamped over and responged.
I stamped the music background over the stamping in a darker colour.
It’s hard to see but next I embossed the butterfly in clear embossing powder.
The final step is to sponge over the whole panel in a dark colour and watch the butterfly emerge.
Thanks so much for dropping in today; to see more thank you cards pop over to the Penny Black blog
Supplies:
Stamps: Music Background, Soft Wings 40-099, Flourish Thank You 4175F(PB)
Inks: Memento Paris Dusk, Cantaloupe, New Sprout, Summer Sky and Versamark (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Penny Black Mix and Match papers – Clear Skies, Periwinkle
Also: Clear embossing powder
OLW 88 Mini Masterpiece
Posted: May 16, 2012 Filed under: CAS, OLW, Penny Black, Soft Wings 36 CommentsWelcome to my first week as a host of the One Layer Wednesday challenge. I am thrilled to join Susan, Jennifer and Cheryl in presenting what has always been a favourite challenge of mine. In honour of my first week hosting this challenge the kind folk at Penny Black are letting me offer a prize to one of the challenge participants. Next Wednesday after OLW 88 is closed I will pick a random winner from all who linked to their challenge entries to win the Butterfly-Soft Wings and Music Background stamps featured in my card.
The challenge this week is to keep it small; you’re going to create a mini masterpiece. Your stamped image area has to be no larger than 2″ by 2″. You can add a sentiment outside that if you like. You can choose one stamp or a few stamps or mask off a 2″x2″ area like me if you like, just keep it within the limits.
OLW88 Rules
1. A one-layer card is defined as a single piece of card stock folded in half. NO other layers allowed.
2. Make your card a mini masterpiece by keeping your image within a 2″x2″ area.
3. Upload your creation somewhere on the Internet, and then link to it using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post. I know the links work a little differently on my blog; please don’t let that put you off, just click the link to see what others have created and then upload your own! Please make sure to link directly to the card and not just to your blog so people will be able to find it easily!
4. The most important rule of all, of course, is to HAVE FUN!!!!!
Thinking of You
Posted: May 15, 2012 Filed under: Delicate Florals, Penny Black 17 Comments
The Penny Black blog is featuring sympathy cards today. I chose a colour scheme I don’t usually use to create my card, but I am quite happy with the warmth of brown and coral together. The floral sprays and sentiment are stamped in Versafine Onyx Black and the letter background in Memento Desert Sand . I coloured the flowers with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils.
Thanks for dropping by; I’ll be back with a One Layer Wednesday card tomorrow.
Supplies:
Stamps: Delicate Florals, Letter Background, Gratitude (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa & Desert Sand, Versfine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Penny Black Mix & Match Papers Coral Reef, Grand Canyon
Also: Faber-Castell Polychromos Pencils
A Fabulous Day
Posted: May 13, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Hello Gorgeous, Penny Black 23 Comments
It’s a one layer challenge at Less is More this week to use exactly three stamps: no more,no less.
I have used the girl and purse from “Hello Gorgeous” and a slightly altered sentiment from Sweet Wishes. I covered part of the word “birthday” with a post it note so that I could wish someone a fabulous day!
The green and blue panel is sponged with Memento New Sprout and Bahama Blue, Then stamped the images in Versafine Onyx Black. The girl’s outfit is coloured with Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils.
Have a fabulous week.
Wedding blessings
Posted: May 11, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Lace Flower, Penny Black 9 Comments
There are wedding cards to view on the Penny Black blog today. Both just happen to feature the new background stamp Floral Thread. It is tricky to see it on my card but I stamped Floral Thread in versamark and embossed in clear making a subtle lacy background. The coloured panel also features lace as I used Lace Flower stamped several times to border two sides of the panel. I think white on white is perfect for a wedding card but my floral panel needed a mat so I sponged a partially white/partially plum border mat and popped it up on the base.
Have a wonderful Friday.
Supplies
Stamps: Floral Thread, Lace Flower, Blessings(PB)
Ink: Memento Sweet Plum, Versamark (Tsukineko)
Also: Clear e.p.
Birthday Butterflies
Posted: May 10, 2012 Filed under: CAS, Free Flight, Penny Black 31 Comments
There are birthday cards to enjoy on the Penny Black Blog today. I made one in a summery yellow colour scheme featuring the one of the butterflies from the new Free Flight set. The challenge at Less is More this week is Yellow so this one fits the bill.
I used one of my favourite layouts and techniques. This layout is scattered throughout my blog. I masked with post-it notes and then embossed the butterflies in clear before sponging in yellow. I added a few butterflies in yellow, then sponged in a pale orange, more butterflies, some text and then removed the masks. To finish off I added a two tone butterfly and a two tone sentiment.
The new OLW challenge is up on Jennifer’s blog; check it out.
Supplies
Stamps: Free Flight , Letter Background, Flourish Birthday (PB)
Ink: Memento Daffodil, Cantaloupe, Tangelo, Versamark (Tsukineko)
Also: Clear e.p.
Watercolour florals and an exciting Sunday
Posted: May 7, 2012 Filed under: Flowers Sweet, Penny Black 8 CommentsI received a delightful surprise when I opened my email yesterday and saw that I had been chosen as the “Featured Stamper” on Splitcoast Stampers. I had a quick browse through the CASEs of my cards which stampers had already put in the gallery, but had to head out for most of the day. Straight after church our family drove down town to enjoy the 30th Anniversary Concert of the Ottawa Youth Orchestra, which my daughter plays in. After the concert I was able to catch up on all the other cards which had been added to the gallery during the day. I found it intriguing which cards people chose to CASE. My gallery has over 300 cards in it and some stampers found inspiration from very early creations I had almost forgotten I’d made. There were a few favourites too which popped up several times.
Thank you to those of you who participated by CASing cards from my gallery; I felt very honoured and touched by the lovely comments.
I will not leave you without a card. This is one I made for my daughter’s violin teacher who lost a dear friend and fellow musician to a brain tumour recently. The inspiration for the card came from a beautiful (and more complex) card by Julia Stainton.
I definitely wanted the watercolour effect so I used Fabriano hot pressed watercolour paper and wet it completely with a sponge before stamping the flowers and leaves from the transparent set, Flowers Sweet. Some flowers were stamped more than once in gradually darker colours, sometimes dampening the paper in between impressions so the ink would continue to blend. I used the Memento dye inks from Tsukineko which bleed and blend beautifully on damp watercolour paper. I finished if off with the music background, sentiment from Gratitude and some sponging around the edges before splitting the panel, matting it in Penny Black’s Mix & Match Grand Canyon paper and attaching to an ivory card base.
Heather Telford 