Garden Corner - Penny Black

Well, I finally did it!  I was wanting to use some of my Penny Black stamps for months now and haven't been able to work them in. However, the Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog had a sketch this week and I decided to play along. A funny thing happened on the way to a finished card. I colored the wrong image. I had the entire card put together, pictures taken of it and was ready to put it on myt blog when I realized that the image I used wasn't a Penny Black image. I haven't been myself lately but this really stinks. Thank goodness for Un-du, and that the image sizes were similar.  Guess I'll just have to find another sketch challenge that the other image works for.

The image is called Garden Corner. I colore it with Copic Markers. I colored the birdhouse twice and cut one out and mounted it with foam tape for more dimension. I made some faux Flower Soft in the matching amethyst color and added it to some of the flowers in the watering can.
The Buttons, ribbon and papers are from Close to my Heart.

The Hand Stitching was done with matching Embroidery Floss.

Other Blog Challenges this card was made for:
Crazy 4 Challenges - color challenge - My colors are Blush, Amethyst and Sweetleaf.
All Sorts - Lace and Buttons
Our Creative Corner - Spruce up those corners
Caardvarks - Wet or Dry Embossing - I used both

Basic Grey Sketch and Penny Black Stamps

Today's card was inspired by a sketch challenge for week 13 over at the Basic Grey Blog.  You must use at least one Basic Grey Product, which is my designer paper. I've had this around for a while and not even sure which pack it is from. But, I love it. But then I love most Basic Grey Paper.

This Great Stamp is from Penny Black. Gotta Love Penny Black Stamps!!! Now that it's spring, you'll be seems more of my cards made with them.
So, this card was also made for the Penny Black Challenge week 88.

I used Stickles glitter in the centers of the flowers and Matching embroidery Floss for the Hand Stitching around the card.

Card Patterns - Sketch 19

This is the card with matching envelope

This is the inside

This card was designed for Card Patterns Sketch Challenge 19. I turned the pattern 1/4 turn to accommodate the stamps I wanted to use.

I used Animal Cookies Paper Pack from Close to my Heart and Teddy & Company Clear Stamps from Penny Black. This sketch was just perfect for this set.

The card is 5" x 7" . Stitching on the outside is done by hand with matching embroidery floss.

I used a Martha Stewart Picket Fence Punch on the inside.

All images were stamped with Memento Black ink and colored with Copic Markers.

The main images were stamped, colored, cut out three times, and layered for a 3D affect.

PB Sketch Challenge Week 51

This is the inside of the card. The color is really off on this. The color should be the same as the front of the card shown above. Same CS, B&T and colors of inks were used.

This is the sketch for week 51

I turned it 1/4 turn so it would fit my image

The image on this card is from Penny Black Acrylic stamp set "Enjoy Life". This is the same image as Chickadee Blossom in the wood mounted. I may just have to buy the wood mounted also because it is bigger and I just love this image. I think it would be fun to have it in both sizes.

I just love these challenges because it helps me get creative.

The stitching on the front and inside of card is all done by hand. I love hand sewing and I find that I have more choices with matching my embroidery floss to may papers then I do with sewing machine thread. The stitching on the front is actually done in two colors, Twilight and Heavenly blue. The stitching on the inside is done with Heavenly blue.

The tag with Thinking of you is a CTMH June Stamp of the month, Tender Tags, stamped with Twilight Ink.

I hand crocheted the three flowers, then mixed some pearl paint with Blush reinker and painted the inside of each flower. When almost dry, I rubbed a little clear glitter into each for just a little sparkle. I then attached a Big Brad in the center of each flower and used a green Copic marker to color the brads to make them match the green in the leaves. I did the same with a white dew drop on the tag.

Penny Black- Sharing Spring

Penny Black Challenge #46

This card is 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"
The center image is Penny Black.
The flowers in the corners are CTMH.
Stitching is done by hand.
The colors in the photo are a little off. The flowers look purple but are really a pinkish purple. The CTMH color is called Orchid Bouquet.

Inside of card