Today I have a colourful card showcasing some Penny Black products. I started by stamping the hexagon stamp from the Penny Black Textures stamp set repeatedly down a piece onto watercolour paper. I then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Next was the fun part – I went to town with a rainbow of Distress Ink colours, a paintbrush and some water.

I did some partial stamping to create the sentiment. The Happy is from the Sprinkles and Smiles stamp set and the Birthday is from the Good Day stamp set.

Penny Black products used:
Textures Stamp set 30-240
Sprinkles and Smiles Stamp set 30-297
Good Day Stamp set 30-241
Chat Bubbles Creative Dies 51-003

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Today I am taking part in the Jane’s Doodles release blog hop. Three new sets have been released into the store.

Anemone

Under the Sea

Winnie Halloween

First up I have made a card using the Anemone stamp set. I am really into adding texture with embossing paste at the moment. It creates subtle interest in background for a focal point. I coloured the white embossing paste with Antique Linen Distress ink. The Anemone is coloured with Copics and a Prismacolor pencil.

Next up is a cute whale from the Under the Sea set (which is out of stock, but it can be pre-ordered). To create the background, I blended in some Salty Ocean distress ink and then created the splatters with some water and had a paper towel on hand to mop up the moisture – removing some of the colour.

Speaking of whales, there are a lot of them migrating north at the moment along the east coast of Australia. The kids and I went looking for them this afternoon and I did manage to catch a glimpse of one. Amazing creatures.

GIVEAWAY:
Want to win some prizes? Jane is generously giving a $50 gift certificate to the Jane’s Doodle store to one lucky winner. Just leave a comment on all the blogs along the hop for your chance to win. Jane is also having a 20% off sale today!

Blog Hop order
Jane
Ange
Miriam
Marion (me)
Jane’s Doodles Blog

Your next stop on the hop is the Jane’s Doodles Blog.
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I recently had this card up on the Jane’s Doodles blog. It was a really simple card to make. I white heat embossed some flowers from the Doodles Flowers and Doodle Flowers ii stamps sets onto some water colour paper before going to town with some water colour paints. I’ve been having some fun with water colouring lately – it is such a forgiving medium to work with.

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Hello! Welcome to  Jane’s Doodles spotlight blog hop, where we are showcasing the following two stamp sets.

Smile

DoNUTS

First up I have made two cards using the Smile stamp set. These cards each have an action wobbler and when this is combined with google eyes, well, you get a whole lot of FUN!

Next up I have created a card with a watercolour panel made with several Distress ink colours. I love getting all inky with the water splatters. This card features the new DoNUTS stamp set.

GIVEAWAY:
Jane is giving away both stamp sets to one lucky person. Leave a comment an all the stops along the hop and you could be a winner. Jane is also having an Easter sale that starts April 3rd, where all clear stamps are discounted by 30% (only over the Easter weekend). So what are you waiting for?

 Blog Hop order

Jane
Marion <— You are here
Ange
Miriam
Aga
Mariana
Jane’s Doodles

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Today I am sharing a CAS watercolour project over on the Penny Black Simplicity at its Best blog. Below is a little teaser for you. I hope you’ll head on over and check out the rest of my card with instructions of how I made it. Head HERE.

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It’s time for another  Tag You’re It! Challenge. Can’t believe we are up to number 6 already!

Here is this week’s lovely inspiration tag – made by Karin Åkesdotter.

I just HAD to include a butterfly as you know me, I love my butterflies. To add some sparkle, I created a glittery butterfly using some double sided adhesive and glitter.

The tag was from my scrap pile, but it was made by smooshing distress inks onto an acrylic block and then pressing it onto some water colour paper. I love this technique!

For more details on the challenge and the guidelines, go here.

Hope you can find some time to play along. To link up your creations head to the Tag You’re It! Challenge blog.

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