Happy Birthday Kitty – Penny Black ‘Secret Garden’ Inspiration #4

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Hello and Happy Easter! I hope you are safe and keeping sane! I’m back today sharing not one, but two projects using new products from the Penny Black release ‘Secret Garden’.

First I stamped the kitty image from the Fun Felines set onto some Neenah Solar white card stock and coloured it with Copic Markers. I fussy cut around the image.

To create the floral background, I stamped some of the foliage images from the Exquisite Envelope set in VersaFine Onyx black ink (as it is waterproof) around the edge of some Strathmore Bristol smooth white card stock. I then went to town and water coloured the images with my Zig Clean Colour real Brush pens and a water brush. It was so relaxing just to paint. Before adhering the kitty (which was foam mounted) I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Furry Smiles stamp set.

To finish off the card, I added some liquid pearl drops and some green dots (with a Copic marker) to add some subtle detail.

Next up I used the same kitty image from the Fun Felines set, but this time coloured him ginger instead. I stamped only one image from the Exquisite Envelope set repeatedly in VersaFine Sepia ink around the outside of the Tagged creative die.

The sentiment is from the Fun Felines set and was white heat embossed. I again mounted the kitty with some foam tape and added some white ribbon and thread to the top of the tag.

Thanks for stopping by. To view and or purchase any of these new products from these releases, head to the Penny Black online store.

If you have any questions, just email me.

Until next time, keep sane and keep on crafting!

Marion
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Jane’s Doodles – Sending Hugs

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Hello friends. Today I am sharing a Jane’s Doodles tag with you that I haven’t shared here yet! You can find the original post here on the Jane’s Doodles blog.

If you have followed me for a while, you will know that I love to make tags. They often go onto little gifts for friends or family. The butterflies come from the Doodle Butterflies stamp set and sentiment is from the All Occasions stamp set.

To add some texture on the tag (which is a Penny Black die called Tagged) I used this stencil and some texture paste. I coloured the butterflies in with Copic markers – no surprise there!

If you want to know anything about any of my cards, just contact me through the email icon on my blog.

Thanks for stopping by. Until next time,

Marion
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Three Butterflies Tag – Jane’s Doodles

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Hello! I am officially on school holidays! It has been a mammoth school term (12 weeks for us teachers) and I am in need of a really long sleep…. I’m back with some Janes’s Doodles tags that I made last week and haven’t had a chance to post here until now. You can find the original on the Jane’s Doodles blog here.

The butterflies are from the Doodle Flowers stamp set and the sentiments are from the Dots and Strips stamp set. Nothing too complicated – simple Copic colouring, fussy cutting and then I stamped the image in black on the tag (to get the antennae) and then adhered the wings over the top. I added some shimmer to the wings as well.

Supplies

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles Doodle Flowers and Dot and Stripes stamp set

Card: X-Press It blending card, Hero Arts woodgrain card stock

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, VersaFine Onyx black ink

Other Supplies: Copic Markers, Penny Black Tagged Die, Cuttlebug, Red and Blue hemp twine, Wink of Stella glitter brush pen

Thanks for stopping by today.

Marion

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Happy Birthday Turtle Tag – Jane’s Doodles

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Good evening! Today I am over on the Jane’s Doodle blog using one of Jane’s latest sets called Belated Birthday. I just love me a turtle and this set also has some great snails as well.

The background is quite textured. I found it in my craft pile of unfinished projects (that pile is quite big mind you!) and it was made with some texture paste coloured with distress ink and a stencil from MFT. I have no idea which colour of Distress ink I used though! I have covered the cake and party hat with some clear Wink of Stella, but it doesn’t show up very well in the photo.

This tag is off to my Dad as it was his birthday last week – and I’m a bit late in getting it to him.

Supplies

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles Belated Birthday and Doodle Flowers II stamp sets

Card: X-Press It blending card, Black card stock

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Distress ink ??

Other Supplies: Copic Markers, Clear Wink of Stella Glitter brush pen, Texture Paste, My Favorite Things stencil – Brick Wall, Palette knife, Foam squares, Paper Smooches Tag die, Cuttlebug, Hole Punch, Uniball White Signo gel pen

Thanks for your company today,

Marion

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Some Bunny Special

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Spring has certainly sprung here in Asutralia and I am loving it! To celebrate I have a Jane’s Doodles tag to share with you today which is just bursting with all things Spring. To see the post over on the JD Blog go here.

All the stamps are from the Spring stamp set. The background was created with my Gansai Tambi watercolours onto some watercolour paper. The images were coloured with Copics and then I fussy cut them out.

For some Bunny | Marion Vagg

Special Bunny JD | Marion Vagg

Supplies

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles Spring stamp set

Card: X-Press It Blending card, Tim Holtz watercolor paper

Ink: Memento – Tuxedo Black ink, VersaFine Onyx Black, Kuretaki Gansai Tambi watercolour paints

Other Supplies: Copic Markers, Foam dimensionals, PTI Sale Tag die, Cuttlebug, Tassle, Hero Arts embossing powder – white, Heat gun, Anti-static pillow

I was planting lots of flowers in my pots today and boy it felt good to be out in the sunshine.

Thanks for visiting,

Marion

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A few Jane’s Doodles projects

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I’m back with several Jane’s Doodles projects that have been on the Jane’s Doodles blog over the past couple of weeks.

First up is a card that uses three stamp JD sets; Winter Wishes, Rain or Shine and Simon. I love creating little scenes and mixing and matching different stamp sets.

Jane's Doodles Rain or Shine | Marion Vagg

Next up are two cards using the Special Delivery stamp set.

Jane's Doodles Sweet Baby | Marion Vagg

Jane's Doodles Sweet Baby 2| Marion Vagg

And lastly is a bookmark using the Cats stamp set.

Jane's Doodles You're Perfect | Marion Vagg

Supplies

Card 1: Rain or Shine

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles Rain or Shine stamp set,  Jane’s Doodles Simon stamp set and  Winter Wishes stamp sets

Card: X-Press It Blending card

Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black ink, VersaFine Onyx Black, Salty Ocean distress ink

Other Supplies: Copic Markers, Foam dimensionals, Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – clear, MFT stitched rectangle die, Cuttlebug, Ink blending tool

Cards 2 & 3: Sweet Baby

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles Special Delivery stamp set

Card: X-Press It Blending card, Regal Craft card – textured card stock, Simon Says Stamp – Grey cardstock

Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black ink, VersaFine Onyx Black, Tumbled Glass distress ink

Other Supplies: Copic Markers, Foam dimensionals, Wink of Stella glitter brush pen – clear, Poppy Stamps die – Puffy Clouds border, Cuttlebug, Ink blending tool, Masking paper and tape

Bookmark: You’re PURR-fect

Stamps: Jane’s Doodles Cats stamp set

Card: X-Press It Blending card

Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black ink, VersaFine Onyx Black

Other Supplies: Copic Markers, PTI Bookmark die, Cuttlebug, Natural twine

Thanks for hanging in there with me.
Until next time,

Marion

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