Need for Speed

This card combines a few challenges

Penny Black and More - CAS
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Masculine
Less is More - Single Layer with them Need for Speed
JUGS - Use Washi tape

I have used a Penny Black Christmas stamp but given the dogs crazy party hats.  If you have missed a Birthday you certainly need to get a move on and get the card out hence my thoughts behind this one!  I didn't think I had any Washi tape and then I remembered I bought a reel of what might be Washi tape when we went to MN and my friend told me it was the in thing - It has been in the drawer ever since!!  Now having used it I think I might like some others colours and designs.

The card base has a pearly sheen to it so colouring was a little difficult and getting a photo too so please excuse the quality of both.

 

Thank you so much for checking this out.  Enjoy the coming week.

When a Birthday isn't a Birthday! It's St Georges Day though!

I made this card, carefully wrapped it and sent it off for a friends whose Birthday I believed to be today but found out it is actually in December - what an idiot!

I used a Penny Black flower and this months Penny Black Saturday Challenge sketch.

Rather than add extra layers to the front I decided to cut a circle into the front and decorate inside and let it peek through.

I coloured it with Copics and added some bakers twine and bling.

The card was well received even though it is a few months early!

I am entering this card in two challenges

Penny Black & More - Blossoms and Bows
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - sketch

Thanks for looking.

Sunshine, Showers, Flowers

and Rainbows!

I have been thinking about some of the challenges relating to April showers and then the other afternoon we had both sun and rain together and from the front of the house we could see a beautiful rainbow against the dark threatening sky!  The spark of an idea!

I started this card by creating a rainbow background using ProMarkers and their Letrajet system.  Haven't used it in ages so not the most even coverage!

I took the sketch from MFT and worked with that.  Thanks to a short class at MCC I am rediscovering my Spellbinders Mix + Match Edgeabilities so I used those on the strip at the left side.  I intended to thread ribbon up through the cut strip but completely forgot until it was well stuck down so my bow had to be under my flower rather than stemming from that panel.  I coloured my lady with Prismacolor pencils and Zest and paper-pieced her umbrella with some sunny flowery paper.  The sentiment and image are both from MFT.

I hope you like my card - I must admit I think it does bring in some sunshine!  I am entering it in the following challenges (more than usual for me I know)

MFTWSC120 - Sketch

Craft Calendar - Sunshine and Showers
Ribbon Carousel - Showers and Flowers
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Penny Black and More - Blossoms and Bows

Penny Black Bonanza

I have several cards to share today so words will be lacking in favour of photos.  My cards all go back to my first love in stamps - Penny Black.

My first three cards all use the theme of Love is in the Air with the 2 cute mice in the Christmas stockings.  I am entering them in the Penny Black and More challenge for January.  They will also be part of my CCC13 total.

My three other cards are below. 

This first one is for the Penny Black Blues Challenge for the month of January at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge site.

 

 This one was just for fun

 

This last one is for the One Layer Wednesday challenge to use doodling on your card.  Now I am not a confident doodler so I just did a frame.

I have used Prismacolor pencils and Zest for all the colouring on these cards with ribbon from my stash.  Papers were all grabbed from my Christmas drawer and are either Papermania or freebies. 

I hope if you have snow you are able to get out and enjoy it, or alternatively can snuggle up in the warm.

Thank You Carol

This little card is for the 2 little ones next door who came visiting just before Christmas to deliver Chocolates and sing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer to us.  Well actually only the oldest came with Mum as her little sister was crying inside their house!

It is very sparkly with glitter on the snow, glitter paper and some gems.  I have used the sketch from SC412 and will be entering it in this month's Penny Black challenges - Allsorts and the original Saturday Challenge

Penny Black - 3 goes!

I had a bit of trouble following the Penny Black October sketch - my brain and my creative process just would not work together.  My plan was to make a card for the Penny Black Allsorts challenge too so I made sure I had some animals.  On the first 2 cards with the little ducky friends I forgot the horizontal strip both times - for the first card I forgot it completely and for the second card I assembled it and then found the strip on the desk.  So 3rd time lucky with a new image I got the layout right but this time I don't have the animals (but if you look hard you can find robins)!

Card 1 and 2 work for the Allsorts challenge and card 3 for the sketch. 

I hope you like them all even if I did mess up!

Penny Black & CCC12 September

OK it is the last day in September and I have not completed my 12 cards - yes it is going to be a busy day.  Here are two cards made with Penny Black images I water coloured.

Both are very simple cards using the same cute image which I have just mounted in different ways.

This one uses buttons and bows - well a single bow but 3 buttons!