I Love Stamps

It's stating the obvious, but I Love Stamps.  And stamping.  And one layer cards.  And challenges.  So when Simon Says Monday Challenge came up with "We Love Stamps" for this week's theme, I'm straight in there!

I've used the colour scheme from City Crafter of black/grey/white with a splash - red for me.

It's a one layer challenge at Less is More:

At the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, it's all about making a valentine or other card for someone special:

And on the Penny Black blog, the Website Wonder challenge is to use anything from the new Happy Everything release.

I've used the Bashful die, but I've used it as a stencil, so I hope that counts!  I sponged Black Soot and Barn Door through the stencil for the main image, then repositioned it and sponged lightly, getting a light grey colour with just a hint of the red around the flower.  Unfortunately I also managed to get some red on the underside of the masking tape which transferred onto the card as I repositioned the stencil.  So I just repeatedly stuck the masking tape down on the card, transferring more red smudges.  I added the sentiment in black, but decided it needed a bit more black, so I used the edge of an old credit card to stamp some random black lines on the card.

I'm getting way behind with blog visits, so I'm hoping to catch up with everyone tonight or tomorrow!

Die - Penny Black Bashful
Sentiment  Penny Black Salutations

ETA:  I forgot about the obvious one - One Layer Simplicity Challenge - Can You Repeat That?

A snowflake and Day 13 Advent Village

Here's another card I made from last week's Distress Ink master board, this time using Penny Black stamps.  I'm entering it into the following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays - Let It Snow

CASology - snowflake

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Let It Snow

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Christmas

Penny Black: 3897H Starflake, 3898F Joy Hope

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Day 13 Advent Village

Summer Flowers

Penny Black's Beat the Heat challenge is coming to a close so I've made one last card, using my new Bashful die.

This time I've used the colours from ColourQ.  Can you believe it's their 200th challenge?  They must have been going for, like, evah!

I'm also entering it into the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, BRIGHT AND SUNNY.

Same procedure as the last card - distress, spritz, die cut, colour, stick, stamp.  The sentiment is made up from two stamps in the Penny Black 30-105 Gratitude set.

Bright and Sunny (and some birthday news)

I've been playing with my new Penny Black Bashful die and co-ordinating Blush stamp.  The die isn't meant to fit the stamp exactly, but they complement each other.

I've used the sketch from this week's CAS(E) This Sketch:

Penny Black's Beat the Heat challenge is still open:

And the Penny Black Saturday Challenge for August is BRIGHT AND SUNNY, with prizes on offer:

£20 voucher

I dusted a piece of white card with Distress Inks - Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint and Brushed Corduroy - then spritzed the piece with water and blotted the excess off.  I coloured the stamp with Tombow markers and stamped it directly onto the piece.  Then I cut the die shape from watercolour paper and coloured it with the same markers and fixed it over the stamped image.  I stamped the sentiment on a spare piece of watercolour paper, punched 2 holes and threaded cord through and around the back of the piece, then mounted it onto the cardstock.

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Neat and Tangled are celebrating their first birthday with a month-long birthday bash (now that's my kind of birthday!).  And I'll be joining in the celebrations as a guest designer on one of the days!  But don't wait around for me, get over there now because there are giveaways to be had throughout the month.  See you over there!