PENNY BLACK CHALLENGE WEEK 135

Image is Penny Black 'snuggles'. Papers are all nitwit 'from the heart' collection, hearts are new die from joycrafts -border is Martha Stewart Valentine Lace and stickers were from the hobbycraft sale for the grand price of £.29p. Stickles glitter glue is crystal.

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE

This card is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge week 113 - the theme this week is 'on the beach'

Image has been tweaked (as hedgie is normally sitting in the garden under a daisy)

glitter is art institute - shells and starfish from stash. Text created with doodlebug rub ons - all mixed up in medium. waves created with chalk.

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE WEEK 104

The task this week was to create a card with SWIRLS - this is for my daughter who will be graduating from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama on 6th July. It will be a Ta Da moment!!

Backing paper is from Piggy Tails, pink card is Bazzil, swirls are a sizzix die, image is one of the new slapsticks from Penny Black (obviously). Text created on the cricut with Plantin Schoolbook font.

PENNY BLACK WEEK 101

Either of these two cards will qualify for this week's challenge to use flowers. Easy Peasy!!

Don't know what has happened to my camera but believe it or not the froggy card has fuschia pink paper and colouring but seems to have come out looking rather purple.

Papers for both are from cosmo cricket 'delovely' mini deck. Crystals applied using prima stencil. Both images coloured with promarkers and copics.

HANG ON IN THERE

This card was made for this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge which was to use a Brown colour scheme. Image is one of my favourite and has been used many times (my daughter is a musician)

Tried not to make the card too masculine.

PENNY BLACK CHALLENGE WEEK 96

Just managed to get this done in time for this week's challenge which was buttons galore. Papers are new Basic Grey Kioshi and have used newly purchased Martha Stewart hydrangea border punch. Buttons are also from the Kioshi range. Sentiment created using tiled stickers. Image was paper pieced.

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE WK 94

It's that time of the week again and here is my entry for this week's challenge which was to include butterflies or bees. Luckily I had been working on this card last night and think I may be first up on the list today.

Image is 'frolic' - papers are basic grey kioshi and bazzill bling, border is Martha Stewart border punch. Sentiment created with spellbinders tags die and doodlebug all mixed up large font rub-ons.

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE WEEK 93

This is my entry for this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge. The task was to follow a sketch. I have flipped the sketch upside down.

Papers are new Basic Grey range called Kioshi. Image coloured with promarkers, crystals are Kaisercraft.

Sentiment created with making memories tiny alphas mounted onto Spellbinders ribbon tag.

Love this paper as it is so spring fresh.

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE EASEL CARD

Well this card was made for a previous challenge of using three colours, pink, yellow and green but I was a bit late in making it and never got it posted - so - fits this week's category.
Papers are Basic Grey Sultry, border is Martha Stewart eyelet lace, text created with Making Memories tiny alphas, button and ribbon from stash. Crystals are Papermania and embellished with stickles glitter glue.

PENNY BLACK CHALLENGE WEEK 77

Well this was a pleasure to do - love doing sketches as it takes most of the decisions away from you and you can just enjoy chosing the colours/papers and image.

Image is new 2009 stamp called 'Make Believe' - 4007K - coloured with promarkers - papers are K and Co 'Peppermint Twist'and bazzil doodlebug pink - embellished with spellbinders snowflake 1, bell and ribbon from stash. Paper embossed with new kars cuttlebug folder (snow dots)

Penny Black Challenge wk 76 - Winter Wonderland

Any one of these would qualify for this week's challenge. Image is one of the new slapstick unmounted rubber stamps.

All the images were coloured with pro-markers, twinkles added with stickles crystal glue.

Papers are K and Co 'Peppermint Twist' - a recent purchase from U.S.A. - embellies are from the same range and borders are cut with Martha Stewart punches.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 45

Spent a very enjoyable day yesterday with colleagues from the frozen north at a crop near Durham. This card was the result, as yet again did a lot of drinking tea and chatting! This card qualifies for this week's Penny Black Challenge which was to follow a sketch.

Image is again 'Cheesecake Party' and this is becoming my favourite Penny Black stamps (until I find one I like better)- coloured with combination of pro-markers and copics ciaos.

Papers are Bo Bunny Alissa and Bazzill bling, ribbon and button are Doodlebug, blossom is from Prima. Stickles glitter is crystal. Sentiment was generated on computer.

Penny Black Challenge Week 44

This is my entry for the Penny Black Challenge this week. This is my gift tag for some flowers and would obviously be well suited with roses. Image coloured with pro-markers and rose enhanced with crystal stickles. Tag shape cut from mega nestablities - stamp is 'Long Stem Cuties'.

Penny Black Challenge Week 42

Was going to post this card last night but the light was poor and then checked the challenge this morning and hey ho!!! qualifies for this week's challenge - can't believe that happened - I must be on someone's wavelength!

Image is 'Fantasy', enhanced with flower soft and stickles -mounted onto Bazzill Core-denations card using nestabilities, background paper is Basic Grey - ribbon and button from stash.

I actually dropped the whole tub of pink buttons on the floor yesterday afternoon looking for this particular button - two minutes to find and fifteen minutes to pick the rest off the floor !! -Surely I am not the only one who does this??

Penny Black Challenge Week 41

Really enjoyed this one - mind you, it took me all day, but that was because I was at a chat and craft with my fellow colleagues from the 'Frozen North'.- Too many nice interruptions of chatting, tea, sandwiches, cake and stash shopping!!

The spec this week was 'doodling' so added some faux stitching, complete with little knots.

The pop-pom ribbon is so ornate that the card really doesn't need anything else!

Papers are Basic Grey 'Sultry' and Bazzill co-ore-denation and image is 'Baby Hammock'

Image was coloured with prisma pencils and sansador.

Penny Black Challenge week 40

This was so easy and enjoyable - all you have to do is follow the sketch !!

Papers are Sultry from Basic Grey, limeade bazzil - image is Penny Black 'Garden Poems'

bling is Papermania crystals and buttons from stash.

Recipe for relaxation

Another new stamp for me, and used it to create this card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 39 here : http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

This week's task was to create a card with a recipe of 3 brads, two ribbons and one flower. The papers used were Basic Grey Sugared - brads were 'fake' and are card candy and rik rak ribbon from stash.

Have your cake and eat it too!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Week 38 - http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

Just in time for this - been poorly this week with a dreaded tummy bug and have emerged from my sick bed today just in time for the postman to deliver new stamp..... 'Your Birthday'.

Have sold some unused craft stuff this week and just had to replenish the stocks with this one...

The papers were bought from QVC about two years ago and must confess haven't got a clue who they are from, card candy from craftwork cards, ribbon from stash.

PENNY BLACK SATURDAY CHALLENGE WEEK 37

Had some fun yesterday with this - inside says 'Heard you've not been well, hope you're hopping around again soon!'
The pink and yellow colours on this card remind me of rhubarb and custard boiled sweets I used to eat as a child.

Patterned paper is from Bitter Sweet range by Basic Grey. Image coloured with prisma pencils and low odour thinners.

PENNY BLACK WEEK 36 SKETCH CHALLENGE

Well don't blog for ages and then twice in one day - has to be a record.

This is only the second time I've done this, but have found this one really enjoyable to do as all you gotta do is follow the instructions/sketch .

- papers are basic grey two scoops, and two scoops fibres. Image coloured with prisma pencils and low odour thinners.