Distress Ink Watercolor With Penny Black Stamps

Happy Saturday!  I hope your weekend is off to a good start!  I have a card to share with you today using Penny Black stamps.  This card is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge mid-way inspiration post. 
The theme this month is Anything Goes, with optional 'Love Is In The Air' twist.

Penny Black Stamps:
Faith clear stamp set
Others are older stamps from Penny Black 

I added distress inks with mini ink cubes to the heart flowers, spritzed them, and stamped them onto watercolor paper.  I immediately spritzed lots of water on the paper, so the images would run and spread. In my Misti, I stamped the flowers again, this time adding the color full strength. 

I added the background stamps lightly, stamping them intermittently around the card.  A little distressing with the brush applicator adds more touched of red to the outer borders.

I embossed the verse from the Faith clear stamp set with black embossing.  I attached the panel to an A2 sized black card front.

If you haven't seen the DT inspiration at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge post today, be sure to hop on over there to see the amazing talent of the team.  And, I hope you will join us and play along.  You just might win a prize!  And if you would like to be featured as a guest designer on a future post, just add GDT after your name on your entry.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Hope you have a great weekend.

Blessings,
 

Impression Obsession Old Is New With Valentine Card

Welcome to Impression Obsession's Old Is New.  It's time for our design team to share some inspiration using some of IO's older stamps.  I chose one of my favorite older stamp sets to feature on my card today.  

Impression Obsession stamps:
My Funky Valentine 3110-XL
Love Block Large D20793

The LOVE block is a newer stamp, but the background is done with a stamp from our older set, My Funky Valentine .  I stamped the heart from the set onto some red distress patterned paper, using red ink.  I inked portions of the heart, and randomly stamped them all over the paper panel.

I used Polychromos colored pencils to color the background, adding deep and mid-range reds, then lighter reds, and some white for highlights.  I added this panel to a white A2 card front.

I stamped the Love Block Large onto the same paper, rounded the corners, and added it to a little larger panel of white with rounded corners.  I distressed the white piece, then added this panel to the card.  

I added some white ribbon, with a white bow and some fibers to finish the front.

Inside:  I stamped the other elements from the set with pink ink onto the same pp, and added it to the inside.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Be sure to check out more inspiration from our design team HERE.

Blessings,
   My Funky Valentine

                         Lg Love Block D20793

Bunny Love Card

Happy Saturday, friends!  Greetings from snow covered upstate New York!   Bear with me as I get a little sentimental in today's post.  But first, here is my card for today.  Full details follow my story, so if you like, feel free to scroll past my sentimental journey.

Today's card takes me back in time, to when my daughter was just a toddler, and her favorite toy was her Velveteen rabbit, 'Bunny.'  That little velvet bunny was always safely tucked under Faith's arm, or dangling from her fist.  Bunny enjoyed tea parties and sleepovers with giggling girls, survived summer camps, and endured multiple surgeries to keep his stuffing in.  Hopes and fears, secrets, prayers, tears; all poured into his velvet fur, and became part of his very fabric.   
From summer camp, to college, Bunny now shares Faith with her hubby and two daughters.  His journey continues, bringing joy to the girls, sharing space with other critters and lots of hockey equipment.  Sometimes when we visit, he is handed to me for more surgery to repair a rip or stitch an eye or ear.  
Bunny's bald patches and stitches tell a story of love, hopes and fears, victories and defeats, and dreams fulfilled.  When I see him, my heart swells, and sends a sweet prayer of thanksgiving for the precious gift of family. 

So, now for my card.  I used these Impression Obsession stamps:
Sweet Sock Bunny F20824
Simply Love C12111 
Textured Chevron CC396 Cover A Card 

I created the background with the Textured Chevron  Cover A Card stamp, with a muted pink distress ink on cream card stock, and mounted it to a mauve A2 card front.

I stamped the Sweet Sock Bunny onto a panel of cream card stock, and colored him with Polychromos colored pencils, then layered the panel, and attached it to the card with foam tape. 

I stamped and fussy-cut the Simply Love verse, and attached it to the panel and card.  Some twine and seam binding ribbon and bow finish the card.

The kids will be here today for granddaughter Kennedy's travel hockey team tournaments this afternoon.  We love to watch her play, and can't wait to go cheer on the team.


I am adding my card to these challenges:
Allsorts Challenge - Add a heart
Craft Stamper Magazine Make It Take It - Anything goes
Seize the Birthday - Creatures great and small
Simon Says Wednesday - With love
Watercooler Wednesday - Anything goes feminine


Thanks so much for visiting today.  I hope you enjoyed my card.  Have a great weekend!

Oh, and by the way, if you like this bunny stamp, be sure to check out this adorable Sock Bunny stamp set:

Blessings, 

Hugs & Kisses Challenge at Impression Obsession

Hello friends!  Welcome to my blog.  Today I have a card for the Impression Obsession 'Hugs & Kisses Challenge.  I hope you will join us for this fun challenge.  Just make your hugs & kisses card or cards, and enter them HERE.  The deadline for your entry is February 18th.  Your posted card gets you a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to the IO store!

So, here is my card for your inspiration.....

IO Stamps links:
WP995 Wild Rose Heart Set
CL492 Warm Fuzzies Sentiments Set

To make my card, I started with Strathmore Bristol Vellum, and stamped the heart image from the Wild Rose Heart Set, using VersaFine Clair nocturne ink.  Next, I stamped the stemmed wild rose branch inside.  I love that the heart has a space on the left and a space on the right, to fit either the words or some of the image, as I did here.  Since the stamps are clear, it was easy to place the flower branch so that the parts that I wanted would be in the spaces of the heart.
 
I decided the background was too plain, so I used painter's tape to tape sections off and brushed abandoned coral distress ink (lightly) in the sections, creating a wide-striped background.

I stamped the 'kisses' and the 'hugs' scripts from the same set inside the heart.  When everything was dry, I water colored the inside of the heart, and the image, with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors.  

I stamped the 'Sending you a hug' verse from the Warm Fuzzies Sentiments set in one of the pink stripes.

I stamped a small twig from the Wild Rose Heart set onto a scrap of the vellum bristol, and water colored that, fussy-cut it, and added it to the card front under the verse.

I added this panel to a black A2 size card, trimming it so that a narrow black strip shows along the left side.

Some Studio Katia clear drops finish the front of the card.

Inside:  Some stamped branches in green, and a water colored, fussy-cut small rose, along with the 'XOXO' on a pink panel, with a some striped pp along the left.

That's it!  It was a fun card to make.

I hope to see you over in the IO Challenge blog with your card.  For more inspiration, be sure to visit the other design team cards listed in the IO post HERE.

I am adding my card to these challenges:
The Library Challenge - Romeo & Juliet
Make My Monday - I heart you
Modsquad Challenge - You're all heart
Simon Says Wednesday - With love
Paper Funday - Affectionate
Tuesday Throwdown - Create your own background

Thanks for stopping by.  

Blessings,

Wild Rose Heart Set WP995

Warm Fuzzies Sentiments CL492

Cute Snail Card

Hello, my lovelies!  I'm stopping in on this cold, overcast, gray, dreary day with a fun little card to make us smile.  I'm so tired of these long gray winter days, they make me move very, very slowly, like a, well, like a snail!  So, there's my inspiration for today's card.....

Impression Obsession Stamps/Dies links:
Snail D21283
Snailed It C21284
Mini Gingham CC373
Mid-Size Frame DIE930-Z
Love Words DIE929-Z

I layered some gray dotted pp onto a white A2 card front, then added the die-cut frame.  I cut the frame from card stock that I had stamped in pink with the Mini Gingham cover-a-card stamp.  I added this to a white panel, onto which I had stamped the Snailed It verse, then added it to the card front.

I added some hearts from the Love Words die set, and the Snail image, which I had colored with my Arteza Everblend markers and fussy-cut, adding it with foam tape for dimension.

Inside:
I used the inside from the Mid-Size Frame die, and added more hearts and Congratulations from the CL492 Warm Fuzzies Sentiments set.

 That's it for today.  Thanks for stopping by.  Be sure to stop by tomorrow, where I will have some inspiration for the Impression Obsession challenge!

I hope you are having sunshine where you are!  

Blessings,

Technique Junkies February 2020 New Stamp Release

                    Welcome to Technique Junkies' February Release Day!

We have New Stamps in the Technique Junkies line!

Be sure to check out the list below for some sweet inspiration 

from our Design Team! 

All of the February 2020 New Release stamps are 

15% off through February 8th!  
No codes needed, just put them in your shopping 

cart and the discount will be applied at checkout.

AND, if 

you add my code, TJ10Lynda, you will get an 

additional 10% off...that's 25% off!

I have three cards for your inspiration today.

Stamp:  Your Own Magic

I stamped the Your Own Magic image onto bristol vellum card stock, and colored it with Arteza Fineliner Pens.  Using a gold gel pen, I added highlights here and there, and also outlined the word 'Magic' with the gold gel pen and added some dots and doodles.  I attached it to a black panel slightly larger, tied some gold cording around it, and added it to a gold glitter die cut scalloped card stock panel.  

For the background, I crumpled a piece of blue card stock into a tight ball.  I opened it, then crumpled it again, a few times.  I rubbed blue-green ink over the bumpy grooves, then some gold pigment ink. I attached this to an A2 card front, then added the stamped, layered panel.

Card 2:

Stamp:   Birthday Mason Jar 

I stamped the image onto white card stock, then colored it with Arteza Everblend Markers, and added some stems.  I attached the panel to some black & white striped pp, then onto a pink A2 card front. 

Card 3:

Stamp:  More Fabulous 

Simply embossed in black on gold card stock, then added to a pp panel, then onto an A2 card front.  Easy, fun card!


Be sure to check out the other designer's fabulous cards.  Links are listed below:

Technique Junkies Blog 

Pat Huntoon 

Beth Norman-Roberts ‎

Ceil Pritchett

Giovana Smith

Holly Brown

Jeanne Streiff

Judy Jackson 

Ro Donner

Carmen Garcia

Patti Gilliam 

 
Don't forget to use my code TJ10Lynda for your extra 10% discount!

 

Blessings,

Love Is In The Air At Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Hello, and happy Saturday!  Today starts a new challenge at Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  The theme is Love Is In The Air.

Stamp:  PB Fairy Love
            PB All My Love
Die:      PB Scrolls Decorative Dies

I love this sweet little girl in her fairy costume!  
I colored her with a water brush and Arteza Real Brush Markers, then die cut with a Spellbinder's die.  Added the scroll border die, and the verse.

Inside:

I am adding my card to these challenges:  
Dies R Us Challenge  - Hearts, love, valentine
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes
Paper Funday Challenge  - Affectionate
Make My Monday Challenge - Favorite fairy tale 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to visit the Penny Black Saturday Challenge and join the fun!

Blessings,