Penny Black and More - November

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It's the first Sunday of the month, that means it's time for a new challenge at Penny Black and More. Christmas is getting closer and so for this month we could like to see Christmas Cards and All Things Christmas. Several wonderful prizes are up for grabs so hopefully you'll find some time to join us. The challenge runs until the end of the month so there is definitely plenty of time!

If you're not into making your own Christmas cards, you can also make gift tags, gift wrap or anything else, as long as your focal point of interest includes rubber or clear stamping your creation is good to go!

I created a background using a circle die cut to mask the moon and some torn printer paper for the hills along with  Broken China Distress Oxide ink. The die cut trees were done with Penny Black's Beneath the Birches die set slightly inked with Pumice Stone Distress Oxide. 

The cute critter is from Penny Black's stamp set Holly Jolly Critters. It's just a set of 2 stamps - a row of 4 critters and a sentiment. I used only one of the critters from the row, heat embossed using Versafine Clair Ink and clear embossing powder, colored with Distress Inks and then fussy cut using my Cutterbee scissors. I used a Sakura Stardust glitter pen on the star, scarf and head gear to make them sparkle.


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The sentiment from my favorite Penny Black Christmas sentiment Set Season's Gifts was also heat embossed right over the moon. I used a kraft paper background for my card front, then 110lb heavyweight card stock from Michaels. 

 Penny Black Holly Jolly Critters // Penny Black Season's Gifts // Penny Black Beneath the Birches Die Set // Distress Inks for Coloring (I think Vintage Photo, Mowed Lawn and Worn Lipstick all diluted and colored with  a Zig Detailer) // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Ultra Fine Clear Embossing Powder //  Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide for the Background Scene // Pumice Stone Distress Oxide for Inking the Die Cut Trees // Circle Die Cut for Moom Mask - similar die set // Sakura Stardust Glitter Pen //  Bristol Vellum Paper //  Heavyweight 110lb Cardstock

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Also sharing with these challenges:
 Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Penny Black Stamps //Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute // Die Cuttin' Divas  - Die Cuts // Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes // Cute Card Thursday - Holidays // Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes // Send a Smile for Kids - Holidays for Kids // 2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Critters // A Perfect Time To Craft - Anything Goes // Country View Crafts' Challenge - hand stamped // Crafty Animals - Animals // Creative Sketchy Girls - Christmas // Dies R Us Challenge  - Trees or Leaves // Fabrika Fantasy - Winter // Happy Little Stampers - Christmas // Happy Little Stampers - Dies // Love to Craft - Anything Goes // Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog - Christmas // Pearly Sparkles Challenge - Christmas // The Creative Crafters - Anything Goes // Crafty Catz - Snow // Jingle Belles - Animals // Art Impressions Stamp Challenge - Holiday Cards //


Thanks so much for visiting! Hope to see your entry at the challenge blog for your chance to win one of the wonderful prizes by Penny Black and Crafts U Love!

Allsorts Challenge 544: Make Your Own Flowers

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Today's card was made for our new theme at Allsorts challenge where Helene picked the theme of: "Make your own flowers." Hope you can join us and play along for a chance to win a beautiful stamp set by Buddly Crafts.

It's been a while since I added handmade flowers to cards, as I usually use stamps for flowers. But I still have all my dies and punches and for my flowers today I used a layered flower die set from My Favorite Things and my Big Shot manual die cutting machine to cut them out. I've had this die set for a very long time and it's no longer available, but there surely are several other beautiful flower die sets still available for purchase. This set by Spellbinders is similar and the flowers can be layered or use by themselves. I used the back end of a paint brush to curl each of the flower petals before layering and adhering to the card with glue dots.  

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I made the stencilled background with Tim Holtz's Flourish Stencil and used Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and an ink blending tool.  The stripes on the left side were done with a stripes stencil and Black Soot Distress ink. The paper for the flowers is old from my stash and I have no idea who the maker is. The sentiment is from the Penny Black set Friendship stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. 

The cardfront is Bristol Vellum Paper, framed with green card stock by Stampin up. For the card base I used heavyweight 110lb cardstock I picked up from Michael's. 

Similar Flower Die Set //  Tim Holtz Flourish Stencil // Classic Stripes Stencil //  Ink Blending Tool // Black Soot Distress Ink // Mowed Lawn Distress Ink // Penny Black Friendship Sentiment Set // Versafine Clair Nocturne ink // Stickyback Pearls // Bristol Vellum Paper // Mini Glue Dots // Big Shot Manual Die Cutting Machine

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see your entry at the challenge blog!

I've linked to the products I used as found on Amazon for those of you interested. Remember these are affiliate links meaning I may earn a small commission if you purchase something through the links, this is at no cost to you. 

I'm linking my card up with these blogs:

Aud Sentiments Challenge // Crafting By Designs // Creative Moments // Simon Says Stamp // Lemon Shortbread // Through The Craft Room Door // Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges // Inspire me Mondays

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Allsorts Challenge 543: Make Your Own Background

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Good morning! It's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge, this week Lynn is hosting and her theme for this week is: Make Your Own Background - No Designer Papers! Hope you can join us for a chance to win! We're having a great prize this week by Crafty Devils.

This card was super simple to make and can be recreated for any occasion. 

I used Penny Black's Hypnotic stencil and Distress Oxide inks in Blueprint Sketch, Cracked Pistachio and Tumbled Glass on Bristol Vellum paper (not to be confused with the milky translucent vellum paper). Next I stamped the music notes border (retired stamp - similar, I'd also like this stamp set as an option),  using Tumbled Glass ink, added some ink around the edges and finally heat embossed the sentiment using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and ultra fine clear embossing powder. A few sticky rhinestones finish off this card. The sentiment is from a new to me Penny Black sentiment set (Eloquence) I recently got from Amazon.  I used heavy weight white cardstock by Recollections for the card base.



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Penny Black Hypnotic Stencil // Penny Black Eloquence // Music Sheet Background Stamp (Retired - Similar, also like this set as an option)  Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Cracked Pistachio, Blueprint Sketch // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Sticky Rhinestones // Ranger Blending Tool // 110lb Heavy Weight White Card Stock // Bristol Vellum Paper

I'm also joining these great challenges:

Just Add Ink - Add a Technique (Stenciling) // Cardz 4 Galz - Something beginning with S - Stencil Design // Artistic Stampers - Music // Crafty Sentiment Designs - Use a Sentiment // Path of Positivity - Something Positive (opt. Courage)

STAMPlorations - Stencils // Inspire Me Monday 

 


Thank you so much for visiting!! Hope to see you over at the challenge blog!

Gold and/or Silver for Allsorts Challenge

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Hello and thank you so much for visiting! It's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge. I'm hosting this week and picked the theme of: Gold and/or Silver.

You can add a lot or a little gold or silver, the choice is yours, you can also use both, gold and silver!
Our prize this week is a wonderful A4 sized stamp set  from  Rare Earth. Hope you will join us for your chance to win!


I made two cards for this challenge using a super old stamp set and a very new stamp set.

First up is my card using an ancient Stampin Up set - Old Fashioned Christmas - to make by card. This stamp set is long retired, but there are several sets available on eBay. This listing is for a brand new never used set.

I started out by  heat embossing the tree using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and ultra fine clear embossing powder. The Santa Claus image has been heat embossed on a separate bristol vellum paper (not to be confused with the thin milky white vellum). Everything was colored with Distress inks. Santa has been fussy cut.

 

With a piece of washi tape in place I stencilled the "floor" using a striped stencil. I didn't mask the gifts under the tree, I just was really carefull not to get any ink onto them. Next placed the washi tape over the "floor" and inked a design using Penny Black's Oscillations stencil onto the "wall". Again, I was just being careful around the tree and didn't mask it. Santa Claus has been adhered to the the card with pop up tape. The sentiment is also part of this set. I wiped my Versamark ink pad across the edges and sprinkled gold embossing powder over them, then heat embossed. 

Stampin Up Old Fashioned Christmas // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Ultra Fine Clear Embossing Powder // Distress Inks for Coloring // Classy Stripes Stencil // Penny Black Oscillations Stencil // Versamark Ink // Gold Embossing Powder // Bristol Vellum Paper // Foam Tape

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My second card was done with a brand new stamp set from the Hero Arts October release. I am no longer subcribed to their kits, this month's kit has been tempting but instead I decided to get this gorgeous set and also the matching die set. I fell in love with these cats (no surprise there!) and think it will work well for occasions other than Christmas if other sentiments were used and by leaving out the Christmas tree.

You can purchase this cute stamp set directly from Hero Arts along with the matching die set, and it's also available at Scrapbook. com.

Everything was stamped on Bristol Vellum Paper, colored with Distress Inks and then I used my Big Shot machine and the matching dies to cut out each stamped image. The tree was heat embossed using Versamark Ink and Silver Embossing Powder. After cutting it out I inked it with Evergreen Bough Distres Oxide Ink. All other stamping was done with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and heat embossed with Ultra Fine Clear Embossing Powder. 

The floor was done using Penny Black's Floor Die  and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Some of the images were adhered with dimensional foam tape and I added a clear button with gold cord to finish off this card. 

Hero Arts Meowy Christmas and Matching Frame Dies // Penny Black Floor Die Set // Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink // Versamark Ink // Clear Embossing Powder // Silver Embossing Powder // Distress Inks and Oxides: Abandoned Coral, Evergreen Bough, Rusty Hinge, Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo // Sakura Glitter Pen Clear // Big Shot Die Manual Die Cutting Machine // Bristol Vellum Paper

And that is all for today. Thank you so much for visiting! Have a great weekend!

Also sharing my card with these challenges:

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up - Sensational Santa (1st card) // Little Red Wagon - Teddy Bears or Work Related (1st card - lots of teddy bears part of my image, plus Santa at work :-) // Crimbo Crackers - Anything Christmas // The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge  - Christmas // Addicted to Stamps and More - Holiday // Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes Christmas // Cute N' Crafty Christmas - Christmas // Colour Crazy Challenge - Coloring // Winter Wonderland - Merry and Bright (2nd card) // Fab n Funky - Feature a Creature (2nd card) // Moo-Mania & More - Die Cuts (2nd Card) // Crafty Animals - Animals (2nd card) // Happy Little Stampers - Christmas // Happy Little Stampers - Dies // Lost Coast Designs - Pets (2nd card) // Tinker- Dream - Favorite Animal (Cats!) // Cutie Pie Challenge - Cute (2nd card)

Anything Goes:

Brown Sugar //  Crafting With An Attitude // Creative Fingers // Jo's Scrap Shack //QKR Stampede // Lemon Shortbread // Crafting By Designs // Crafty Creations  // Happy Craft Challenge // LeAnn’s World 101// The Creative Crafters

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