I’m back with another card using Penny Black products from their recent Bliss release. This time I had fun playing with a Creative die called Build a House. So many fun combinations can be made with this die. I opted for a really clean and simple card.

I coloured the house parts with a mixture of Copics and Distress inks. Once assembled, I coated the roof and front door with some clear Wink of Stella for some shine. It’s a bit hard to tell, but I put some Glossy Accents into the windows to give them a more realistic look.

The sentiment is one that I created from two sentiments from the All Things Great stamp set. I did a little bit of stamp surgery, and that allows me to get more mileage from my stamp sets.

Penny Black products used:

Penny Black 51-303 Build a House Creative die
Penny Black 30-406 All Great Things stamp set

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Hello. I hope you are having a great week. Today I’m sharing some tags that are up on the Sunny Studios Blog using the Harvest Happiness stamp set and the coordinating dies.

I love making tags as they are quick and easy projects. We don’t have Thanksgiving in Australia, but I love the idea of taking time out to be thankful for the many blessings in our lives. Tags are a really simple way to say thank you and easy to attach to gifts such as a bunch of flowers or a treat bag filled with yummy goodness. Let’s face it, we all like being thanked!

The first two tags are very similar, except the first one has a blue watercolour wash around the wreath (Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink). I started the tags by water colouring a panel of Strathmore watercolour paper with different colours of distress ink (Festive Berries, Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon). Once dry, I used the small leaf dies from the Harvest Happiness die set, and ran them through my die cutting machine several times.

To create the wreaths, I drew a circle in pencil to act as a guide (head to the Sunny Studio blog where I show a photo of this). Before adhering the leaves into position, I stamped the sentiment.

I added some gems to the second wreath to add some shine.

This last tag was created using the negative die cut panel from the first two tags. I did have to die cut a whole lot of white leaves which I then inlaid into the panel. It was good to make a third tag with the scraps from the first two!

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Hi there. Today I have the pleasure of being a Guest Designer over on the My Favorite Things Blog. Here is a little look at the card I made.

Hope you’ll go and check it out here.
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Just a quickie to let you know that I am still here…just snowed under with everyday life happenings – kids, school – the list goes on. I am SOOOO keen to get some crafty time soon….hopefully I will have something to share with you later on this week.
Hope you are all managing to make up for my lack of crafting *sigh*.

Until then…

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Hi everyone,

I have been MIA for a while, but hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I have not been crafty for the last 3 weeks as we have travelled several thousands of kms visiting friends and family for Christmas. Now that we are back at home, I hope to get crafty REALLY soon. I have had so much time to think and plan some cards in my head. I think I am having crafty withdrawals!! Oh and I have some new goodies to play with that I picked up on my travels!!

So I will be back soon with some crafty goodness for you.

Take care,

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