Hi! I’m back with a Jane’s Doodles card using the stamp sets Bloom and Hello Fall. It was up on the Jane’s Doodle blog last week – you can find the post here.

I masked and stamped the floral and leaf cluster – not something I usually do as I am lazy and I find cutting masks out a pain. But for some reason I decided this was the way to go. As I am a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants crafter, I had to add the red flower as an additional piece, so it ended up not being a one layer panel.

I love adding some subtle stencilling onto the card base to give it that something extra.

So this card is a little thank you to all my blog readers for your support and encouragement in 2018. I am thankful and blessed to be part of such a warm and friendly community.

Until next time,

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Happy New Year! To kick off 2019 I am sharing a sneak peek of a card I have over on the Penny Black Simplicity at its Best blog. Head on over here and check out my card with instructions on how I made it.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hello friends! Happy New Year! As 2018 is about to come to a close in Australia, I just want to say a big thank you to all my blog readers for their support and encouragement in 2018. I appreciate you all!

Today I have some more projects to share with you using products from the latest Penny Black release called Happy Heart Day.

I stamped the bear and balloon from the Space Reserved stamp set, and coloured them in with Copic markers before fussy cutting them out.

I then used the largest of the Heart Balloons creative dies and die cut one from the front of my card base. The balloon die cut out was inked up with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide ink and then spritzed with water and dabbed with a paper towel to create the splotchy effect. I then adhered the blue heart to the inside of the card. The sentiment is from the Kisses and Wishes stamp set (I had to do some stamp surgery as I only wanted the top portion of the sentiment).

And for my second project I made a little gift package for some sweet treats. I am a HUGE fan of musk sticks and I would just love to get something like this as an I love you gift. I have used the Heart Balloons dies again, as well as the Love and Miss You creative die.

I scored and folded half an A4 piece of card stock to make the packaging. Before die-cutting, I used the Oscillations stencil and some white pigment ink and sponged on the dots. I then die cut the largest heart balloon into the front panel. The musks were packaged up in a clear plastic sleeve and placed behind the window opening. I die cut three love sentiments from white card stock and adhered them together to form a thicker sentiment and adhered it across the window opening.

I scored and folded half an A4 piece of card stock to make the packaging. Before die-cutting, I used the Oscillations stencil and some white pigment ink and sponged on the dots. I then die cut the largest heart balloon into the front panel. The musks were packaged up in a clear plastic sleeve and placed behind the window opening. I die cut three love sentiments from white card stock and adhered them together to form a thicker sentiment and adhered it across the window opening.

All of these products are now available in the online store and you can view the Happy Heart Day catalog here.

Penny Black Products used today:
– 30-535 Space Reserved stamp set
– 51-494 Love and Miss You creative die
– 51-493 Heart Balloons creative die
– 30-528 Kisses and Wishes stamp set
– 25-014 Oscillations stencil

Thanks for stopping by today. Happy New Year. I’ll catch you in 2019!

Until next time,

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Hello friends! I am back today with some more inspiration using products from the latest Penny Black release called Happy Heart Day. There is still time to win some Penny Black prizes in the blog hop from last week, which you can check out here.

For today’s inspiration, I have used the adorable All My Love stamp set.

The sentiments are from the Kisses and Wishes stamp set.

For my first card, I stamped the dog and balloon image onto some white card stock, then coloured them with Copic Markers. I fussy cut the images, but I cut off the top portion of the balloons, as it was going to be a little too tall for my card design. I die cut a circle and trimmed off the bottom portion.  I created a background scene with a hand-made mask and some inks. I popped up the balloons and dog on some mounting foam and hand drew in the balloon strings.

The sentiment is white heat embossed.

My second project uses the same two sets, but this time I created a wine bottle tag. I made my own tag using a paper trimmer, score board and a smaller circle die. Who wouldn’t want to receive a special bottle of wine for Valentine’s Day – perfect for my husband. This image was stamped and also coloured with Copic markers.

All of these products are now available in the online store and you can view the Happy Heart Day catalog here.

Penny Black Products used today:
– 30-526 So Much Love stamp set
– 30-528 Kisses and Wishes stamp set

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back after Christmas with some more inspiration using this nw release. Until then, I hope you and your loved ones have a safe and blessed Christmas.

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Hello friends! I am popping in again with another card using the latest Penny Black release called Happy Heart Day. I hope that you blog hopped with us on Monday (if not you can check out the blog hop here) and be in the running to win some awesome prizes.

For today’s card I have used the adorable All My Love stamp which features this uber cute bear. Who doesn’t love a Penny Black critter?

I coloured him very much like the packaging suggested and used Copic Markers. To add some interest to the card base, I sponged on some red ink over a red card base using the Oscillations stencil.

Short and sweet from me today, but I’ll be back really soon with some more inspiration using this new release. These products are now available in the online store and you can view the Happy Heart Day catalog here.

Penny Black Products used today:
– 30-534 All My Love stamp set
– 25-014 Oscillations stencil

Thanks for stopping by today. All these new products from the Happy Heart Day release are now available in the Penny Black online store.

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Hello! It’s a “Party with Penny!”. You’re invited to join in the fun over the next several days as Penny Black reveals their newest collection of stamps and dies, Happy Heart Day.

Penny Black is kicking off the party with a blog hop!

You should have arrived here from Susie Lessard’s blog. If you want to start the hop from the beginning, you can go to the Penny Black blog for a complete list of all of the blog hop participants.

For this blog hop I’ve created two cards using some A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E love-themed stamp sets. My first card uses the PB 30-535 ‘Reserved Space’ stamp set and the sentiment is from the PB 30-526 ‘So Much Love’ stamp set. I stamped the image and coloured it with Copic markers. I extended the grass line along the bottom with a Copic multi-liner and sponged on some clouds using a hand-cut cloud mask to complete the scene.

My next card uses the the PB 30-524 ‘Happy Hugs’ stamp set and the sentiment is from the PB 30-526 ‘So Much Love’ stamp set. I’ve also used some older Penny Black products to complete this cute little love bird scene – 51-057 Polaroid Creative die and 25-014 Oscillations stencil. I coloured this scene with Copic markers and added some fine details with a white gel pen.

I hope you will check out the latest Penny Black catalog – there are some awesome products in there!

And it wouldn’t be a party without a giveaway; right?  Penny Black is giving away a $50 shopping spree to the Penny Black online store to THREE lucky winners.  To enter, leave a comment on any blog hop post (this one included). The giveaway closes on Sunday, December 23^rd at 11:59 PM PST and winners will be announced on the Penny Black blog on December 31.

Thanks for stopping by today. All these new products from the Happy Heart Day release are now available in the Penny Black online store.

And now… keep hopping! Your next visit is Sherry Hester.

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