A Penny Black weekend Challenge

Happy Sunday all, hope you're doing great and are enjoying your weekend. We have some beautiful weather here today, too bad I have to head to work in a couple of hours :(

I made a quick card today. I saw that Penny Black has a weekend challenge this weekend, to create a mini card. And I really wanted to play along.

Here is my card.

 

The stamp is from the clear Penny Black set "Holly Jolly". I colored it using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils as well as some copics.

The sentiment is from the same set. I made a 3 3/4 inch square card. It's a really simple card, I simply stamped the image onto my card stock, then added a strip of patterned paper and gold paper (which somehow looks like cork in my photo-but it is a brushed gold). Then I stamped the sentiment, added some twine and a button, and glittered the stars and snow. 

I am entering my card to the following challenges:

• Penny Black - mini cards
• Christmas Card Challenges - Stars   
• The Squirrel & the Fox -  Anything Goes 
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - -  September Buttons and Bows
• Crafty Catz -Christmas
• Stampin' For The Weekend - starting Christmas early
• Aud Sentiments Challenge - Christmas or Holiday sentiment
• Anything Goes Challenge -  Early Christmas
• Creative Card Crew -  Christmas 
  

 Thanks so much for stopping by,

Ellie.

Make a wish

Good morning and happy Wednesday!

Today's card was made using one of Whimsy Stamps August release stamps from the Elisabeth Bell collection. This cutie is called "Honeybee".

She has been colored using Faber Castell Polychromos pencils and some copics for the skin tones. Thought I'd create another little scene using some dies and punches.The fence die is from Whimsy Stamps, I have also used the new leafy corners die set from Whimsy's August release to create the "vines" around the fence. The cloud die is from Memory Box, and the grass was done using a Martha Stewart punch.

I did some sewing with my Janome, and to finish it off I added some twine and a prima flower and button. The sentiment is from the clear penny black set "Critter Party".

I am entering this card to the following challenges:

• Papertake Weekly -Anything Goes
• Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Summer 
• Stamp and Create -Anything Goes
  
• ABC Challenge -  W for Wishes
• Joanna Sheen Challenge -  Going Dotty

 Thanks so much for stopping by today. If you'd like to see a few more new Whimsy Creations stop by the Whimsy Inspirations blog. 

Have a fabulous day!!

Tall Layered Cake

Last week I was the very lucky winner of Mo's Digital Challenge, and I chose the digi "Tall cake" for my prize. Love this image!

I wanted to play in this week's Digital Pencils Challenge too, and thought this layer cake would be perfect as the challenge this week is "Layers".

I colored the image using copic markers. It was then cut out. The papers are all from my stash, I think they are by SU and My Minds Eye. I used a stamp from the old SU set itty bitty backgrounds because the white paper was standing out too much.

The ticket sentiments are from the set "Celebration Mini Tickets" from Whimsy Stamps.  I cut them out using the mini ticket die. I simply embellished with some layered prima flowers and a button with some twine.

I made this card to fit the following challenges:

• Bronte and Bella's Challenge (Mo's Digital Pencil)- Layers
• Catch The Bug -  Anything Goes
• Pattie's Creations -  Birthdays
• Polka Doodles - Flowers 
• Cute Card Thursday - C5 – faux or real stitches

And that is all for today. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Early Christmas Makes

Good morning everyone and thanks so much for visiting!

A new month is here, and you know what that means...a new challenge at Penny Black and More.
This month we'd love to see your Early Christmas Makes. I hope you'll join us as we have several fabulous prizes up for grabs again.

For my Design Team card I decided to create a card using the super adorable Little Elf Mim, illustrated by Mo Manning, which is now available as a cling  rubber stamp sold by Penny Black. It was so much fun to color!! And I had so much creating the card. My colors were inspired by the designer paper that I purchased last year. 

I used my faber castell polychromos pencils to color the image, and copics for the skin. Glitter was applied to the fur on the hat and dress, and also to the ornament.

The sentiment is from the clear Penny Black set "Holly Jolly". I added a couple of punched branches (martha stewart punch) and a little button with some twine. Then did some sewing and rouned the bottom corners.

I would love to enter my card to the following challenges:

• Crafting for all Seasons - stitching
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - Sparkle and Shine
• Creative Card Crew - Christmas
• Everybody-Art-Challenge -Anything Goes
• Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge - Stitching
• Party Time Tuesdays -  Anything Goes

 Hope you'll find some time to play along for a chance at one of the fun prizes from our sponsors Penny Black, Stampalot, Art of Craft, Pretty Little Ribbon. Can't wait to see what you make!

Thanks again for visiting!
Enjoy your Sunday!