Penny Black -- Ground

I hope everyone has had a nice weekend.  This weekend I have been working on challenges and trying a new technique that I will show later this week.  This card is for the Penny Black challenge -- Ground. We are to make a card making a background with Penny Black stamps. I don't have any small PB stamps to make a background with, so I used the flowers from this cute hedgehog for my background! You can click here to see the challenge and other fun cards that others have made. http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

In the Garden

Good morning! I hope you are having a good day and staying out of the heat! I have been playing this week with some new dies. I love birds and flowers and bows as you can see from these cards.

Zentangle With Color

Two posts below I showed my first attempt on a zentangle using stamps with it. I tried another one and added some color to this time. Here is the result. One thing about these is that you can do sections, leave it and come back to it later. I have enjoyed doing these and plan to make more in the future.

A Garden of Good Wishes

At Basic Grey the challenge this week is a sketch. You can see it by clicking here. http://basicgreychallenges.blogspot.com/. I love using birds on my cards so I chose these sweet chickadees from Sparkle N Sprinkle. I used Basic Grey papers from the Out of Print pad and  colored the birds with colored pencils and Gamsol. The circle is a spellbinders die.

Zentangles

On a the Two Peas discussion board we were discussing zentangles and how we can make them using stamps. If you do not know what zentangles are, here is a link. http://zentangle.com/gallery.php. These are a form of elaborate doodles. I have been intimidated with these, but thought I would try my hand at one today since we were discussing them and since I was going to try starting with stamps. I used my brand new butterfly from the dollar bin at Michael's and stamped it 3 times. I used an open flower stamp I had and stamped it 3 times. Then I started to doodle around them. It really isn't as hard as it looks and I really had fun with it. I also had some K&CO. paper that had a zentangle on it, so I used it as my inspiration. I would like to make some more and add some color, so hopefully I will upload some more soon. The first picture is the paper I used for inspiration and the second is my zentangle. I can see how you can get hooked on these!

Wish You Were Here

At Daring Card Makers the challenge this week is to make a card with the theme Wish You Were Here. I decided to make a post card. I started with a tag from K&Co. and stamped the ship and plane on it. The postage stamp in the middle is a 3-D sticker. I stamped the saying, palm tree and swirl on the bottom layer and used cuttlebug shell dies and popped them up. I wish I was here myself! LOL! You can see the challenge by clicking the link. http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/

Embossing

I am entering this card into two challenges -- Simon Says Embossing and Impression Obsession Any Type Greeting Card. I was itching to use my new lattice die from Cheery Lynn Designs. I cut out the lattice using thin cardboard and then painting Tim Holtz crackle paint on it and rubbing Tea Dye Distress ink over it. This Flower Wheelbarrow stamp ( D1312 ) from Impression Obsession went perfectly with this card. I ran black core card stock through a cuttlebug folder and sanded the card stock for the green to show through. I also used embossing powder to emboss the wheelbarrow. You can see the challenges by clicking here --http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/

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