Hi Everybody,
I know many of you have been using Penny Black stamps for years and here's my question... why haven't I?? Flower stamps are my favorite and Penny Black has beautiful, detailed ones that look amazing when doing watercolor techniques, which are so popular right now. I don't have many solid stamps so I got a few from TupeloDesignsLLC online store to color them with markers, colorburst, etc., so that is what I did with my card today. A few weeks ago I sponged Oxide Inks onto a Penny Black stamp and here's a link to that post.
This card was so easy and quick to make. I used my MISTI stamping tool and colored the stamp with Memento Markers (you can also use Tombow Markers). You need to use some kind of paper that works with water. I used Arches Hot Press 140# paper for this card. You can also used Cold Press paper as well and here is a link to Arches Cold Press 140# Block Paper. I used Flower Lanterns stamp from Penny Black for this card. I colored each part of the stamp a couple of times, first coloring and stamping and then coloring again and spritzing with water. I colored the stems with Desert Sand, the leaves with Bamboo Leaves and the flowers with LuLu Lavender first and then parts of the flower with the darker purple, Sweet Plum. You can't mess this up!
Next, I masked around the stamp with tape and sponged inside the tape, around the flowers with a very light yellow ink and cut the panel down.
Sometimes purples can be difficult to match so I sponged the Sweet Plum ink along the edges of white cardstock that shows on each side of the card. I also cut out a Lawn Fawn Die called, Love Ya Line Border, with white cardstock and sponged over it as well with the Sweet Plum. I went over it again with the matching marker. So anytime you can't match ink to cardstock, remember you can use white and sponge ink or marker on it for a perfect match. :)
To finish it off, I used some clear confetti as embellishments to add some shine.
You'll notice the ones in the first picture I stamped with the white backgrounds... I couldn't stop making these because they're fast and pretty. I think these would make great cards from everything from hello, happy birthday to sympathy cards as well.
I hope you'll check out all of the Penny Black stamps and products at TupeloDesignsLLC online store. Remember, you get FREE SHIPPING with NO Minimum Purchase. Gotta Love That!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Regina
Hi Everybody,
I made a cute birthday card for a very good friend. She is so talented at making cards that I'm always just a little bit nervous when making her a card. I know that's silly but it's true.
I colored this cute stamp with Copic Markers from La La Land Stamps called Heart Cupcake Marci. I fussy cut her out because I wanted as much of the background to show as possible. For the background I used the Concord & 9th Plaid Background Stamp. Oh how I love this stamp! It can look like gingham or plaid. There are lines included to make it look plaid. I used the Misti Stamping Tool to make sure I stamped it with good coverage. I used one of the Altenew mini cube inks, Cherry Blossom. I used the lightest color to stamp this background, Pink Diamond.
For the sentiment, I used a wood block stamp that doesn't have a company name on it that says, Happy Cupcake Day. I thought that was perfect for this card. I stamped with the third darkest color in the Altenew Cherry Blossom set called, Rubellite and cut out with a fish tail banner die. I inked around the edges with the same color.
To finish it off, I used a Sakura Glitter Pen, Clear Star, and used this on random parts of the stamp.
For the inside, I used a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder for the pink cardstock at the top. I put white cardstock under it and used a border die to cut off the lower part of the pink so I would have room to sign the card. To make the inside look a little more festive I used the My Favorite Things Die-Namics Fringed Scallop Borders.
I love the stamp I used inside from Altenew called Wish Big. I used one of the new WOW Glitter Embossing Powders called Spring Breeze resulting in some sparkle (who doesn't love sparkle??) and some green to tie in with the front.
Clear sequins were the finishing touch. I hope she likes it!
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Regina
Hi Everybody,
It has been in the high 70's the last few weeks and now it's in the low 60's and 50's. That's COLD for Mississippi weather lol. I know, if you live up North you're chuckling right now. :)
I love to drink flavored coffees and hot chocolate when it starts getting cooler outside so I thought it was time to pull out this stamp set by Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps called Winnie's Warm Wishes.
I used a Tim Holtz stencil for the background called Holiday Knit. I love this stencil for holiday and winter cards. For the very first time, I used my new Clarity Stencil Brushes. I like the soft look but you do have to apply many layers. I tend to press harder with a jumbo sponge dauber and always seem to make it darker than I would've liked so these definitely will solve that problem. I used Gina K Designs Ocean Mist and Jellybean Green Inks and card stocks.
I colored the cups with Copic Markers and added Nuvo drops in Gloss White on the marshmallows for some dimension and shine. For some subtle shine on the hearts, I used the Sakura Glitter Pen in Clear Star.
You'll notice there is one cup in this set.... I mirrored it to make the other one. I used a piece of acetate and stamped the cup in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and pressed it gently on the card stock. It's not going to stamp as crisp as the original one but I went over it with a black Faber Castel PITT Artist Pen with super fine tip and cut them out.
Next I embossed the words I wanted for the card on Gina K Designs Black Onyx card stock with Brutus Monroe Alabaster Ultra Fine Embossing Powder and cut into strips.
To finish it off, I used clear sequins which I think add such a lovely touch without interrupting the other items on the card.
I like this stamp set also to make cards to send out after the New Year as well.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Regina
Hi Everybody,
I am a guest designer again this month for Strawberry Jude Stamps. If you know me at all, you know I love working with flower stamps and what a lovely set this is from Strawberry Jude Stamps this month. It's called Grateful Florals. I love this set for a lot of reasons! It was really difficult to decide what to make with it only because my entire head was filled with ideas. I decided to use the large bouquet because it's the perfect size for the center of a card.
I used Canson Montval paper, embossed the flowers with white embossing powder and colored with Zig Real Brush Markers. I initially starting painting around the flowers with a light gray but I wasn't happy with that color with these flowers so I switched to a purple and wow, doesn't it make the flowers pop right off the page?? The bottom layer of card stock is black onyx by Gina K Designs.
I used the MISTI to line up the sentiments straight, then stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed over the top with clear embossing powder to give a little shine and dimension. I added a few dew drop embellishments and added clear and orange Nuvo Drops.
If you like raccoons, fox and leaves, then you should check out the other new release stamp set called Falling With Fox and Raccoon.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Regina
