Poppy Trio

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I'm excited to be Guest Designing with the Inspiration Team at

Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

The theme is always Anything Goes using Penny Black products as your main focus.

The option this month is to use your favorite Penny Black stamp.  That's a bit

like asking which is your favorite child!  But my mind went directly to this stamp

that has been in my collection for a long time.  I don't think I'd used it in over 

ten years.  It was time to dust it off!

I stamped it on mixed media paper with Memento Toffee Crunch ink for a 

no-line watercolor look and colored with Zigs.  I used a Copic Multiliner for 

the centers.

I tried to plant the poppies in dirt and it didn't go well.  Hence the "cover up"

piece at the bottom.  It made a good place for the sentiment though.

I'm going over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and see what that

fabulous Design Team has done to inspire us.  I hope you'll check it out too.

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Poppy Trio, Carefree Wishes (PB) 

Ink:   Memento Toffee Crunch & Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore)

Other:  Black Copic Miltiliner, Zigs (Pale Pink, Tea Rose, Lt. Carmine, Scarlet Red, Pale Green, Mid Green, Deep Green), Curved Stitch die (PB), Bright Butterfly die (SSS)

Enjoy!

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Yellow and Blue for Color Hues

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It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues.

This month our super talented Stef picked our colors.  She chose....

I've used another fun image from  Unity.  I hope he makes you smile as

easily as he makes me!

I stamped with Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear powder to

give him a shiny coat.  Copic markers were used for the coloring.  The yellow

paper may have come from Unity.  They often enclose some card size pieces

with their orders. The sentiment is from Rubbernecker.

Now let's go and see what my talented friends and our

fantastic Guest Designer Greta. have done to inspire you.

I hope you'll create a card using Yellow and Blue and add it to the gallery at

Color Hues

Challenge ends at 9:00 AM on May 14th.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Peek-a-Bee (Unity), Uplifting Phrases (Rubbernecker)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Blueberry Bushel

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Blueberry Bushel, DP (Unity?)

Other:  Clear EP, Deckle & Stitches die (Unity), Bright Butterflies die (SSS), Copics (Y13, Y15, Y18, B000, C3, E13, E97, E23)

Enjoy!

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Turning the Page May 2026

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Time to turn the page on our calendars to a new month.

 

I make calendars each year for my desk and my family.

 

I thought I'd set up a regular post on the first day of each month to share them.

 

I hope you enjoy my “Turning the Page” posts.

 

Here's our May page.

By the way, the calendars 4 ½ x 7 inches and and can be displayed on an easel

or hung on a push pin or magnetic hook.  We all have a different way to display them.

 

If you would like a word document with the calendar, email me

and I will be glad to send it to you so you can design your own.

Email link is on the sidebar.

Recipe

Stamps:  Garden Trio (PB)

Ink:  Memento Toffee Crunch

Other:  Copics (R22, R24, R35, R39, YG03, G94, C10), Caran d’ache (Dk Carmine, Olive, Dk Green), White Gel Pen, Micron Black 005

Touch Up:  Damp waterbrush over petals

 

Enjoy!

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Holly Jolly Snowman

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I've been lax about making Christmas cards and I don't want to

be caught short in November.

This Holly, Jolly guy is a cousin to Snowy by Penny Black.  He's smaller

but just as cute.

He's been stamped on watercolor paper and colored with inks smooshed

unto my palette and picked up with a waterbrush.

He fit beautifully in this Cut & Stitch circle.

Challenges:

ABC Christmas - H is for Hat

Christmas Kickstart #109 - Hats

Darnell's I.D.E.A.S. - Anything goes week

Penny Black Saturday - Use Penny Black products/option of pastel colors

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Jolly Friends, Believe (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Eucalyptus (PFS), Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries (DI)

Paper:   Watercolor (TH), Mint Macaroon, Neenah Solar White

Other:  Cut & Stitch, Circle (PB), Circle Thin Frames (SSS), Leaf Punch (EK)

Enjoy!

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Dreamy

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I used some patterned paper!

Those of you that visit often know that I rarely use patterned paper.

Oh, I buy it.  But it's so hard for me to cut into it.  This was a strip left over

from a previous project. The only cutting required was a bit off the bottom.

No heart palpitations or breath holding required!

I used Jen T.'s sketch at Freshly Made Sketches #733

This is a great sketch to use those leftover strips of paper!

Thanks Jen, for challenging me out of my comfort zone.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Advent Calendar 2023

Ink:   Royal (SSS)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Botanical Blooms (Paper Rose) 

Other:  Dreamy Butterfly die (MB), Large Words EF (Kwan Crafts)

Enjoy!

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