I had some fun creating this card using the Sunny Studio Sending My Love stamp set. This set has lots of sweet critters, but I concentrated on the mailbox for this one.

I created some masks out of Inkadinkadoo masking paper for the clouds and the grass and then sponged on some distress ink (Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn). All the images are from the Sending my Love set, except the Love word sentiment which is from the Furever Friends die set.

I wanted some texture on the card base (to add some interest to a rather CAS card), and the best I could find was some Tim Holtz Distress watercolour card stock.

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Hello. I hope you are having a relaxed weekend. Today I have a Penny Black card to share with you. This card uses a very different colour scheme to my usual go-to-bright-and-happy-colours, but it is good to stretch oneself and try something new.

I inked up the Penny Black You + Me stamp set with Distress ink. I then stamped the image off onto a scrap piece of paper before spritzing it with some water and stamping onto my watercolour panel. I used two shades of green distress ink (Peeled Paint, Forest Moss). I hit it with my heat gun after each stamping to ensure the watercolour didn’t run. The birds were stamped with Vintage Photo distress ink. Once dry, I then cut the panel into three equal segments before mounting them into a khaki card base.

Penny Black products used:
– You + Me stamp set

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I have another Jane’s Doodles card to share with you today using several sets – Love Birds, Garden Friends and Cheers stamp sets. I felt like making a one layer card and thankfully it worked out first go (this rarely is the case with me!) All coloured with Copic Markers.

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Hello! How has your week been? School started back this week. Can’t believe my kiddos are in Yr 1 and Yr 4.  I’m also back in the classroom. I have a lovely class and am excited about the new year ahead – although I need a few more hours in the day to get everything done. Too much to do, not enough time. Can you relate?

Anyway I have a new card up on the Sunny Studio blog. Rather clean and simple, but perfect for that someone special. I am loving the new stitched heart dies and I created my own sentiment with the Sweet Script stamp set. The banner is from the Sunny Border stamp set and it too has coordinating dies.

When I first made this card it looked very flat to me – something was missing. So I left it and walked away. I then had the idea to add some subtle shading with Copic Markers to the banner, and it was just what it needed – oh and the heart needed a coat of Wink of Stella as well!

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Just popping into let you know I have a new card up on the Simplicity at its Best blog. You can head here for the full reveal and instructions on how I made it.

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