Penny Black Saturday Challenge

The Penny Black Saturday challenge this week was to use green.

Here's my card:

The Penny Black Saturday challenge blog is here:
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Louise

Sparkle! Penny Black Challenge

I made this card for the Glitter challenge on the Penny Black blog.
(and it is also for a class at Bonnidee later in May.)

The background paper from K&Co. came with it's own glitter.

The image by Penny Black (4164K A rose), was watercoloured with Tombo markers.

The edges of the image were distressed with a pink chalk ink.

The flowers were glittered with a Stardust Gel pen.

The top and bottom of her dress were glittered with a glue pen and fine glitter.

The punches are both EK Success: the bottom border is called Bracket 54-40023

and the one repeated on each side of the image is called Retro Flower 54-40095

The cardstock are by the Paper Co.

Here is a close-up of the image.



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Another Penny Black challenge

I made this card for a possible upcoming class but it also fits the Penny Black Saturday Challenge here.

The challenge is to make a Penny Black card with more than 1 fold.

Here is my card:

Here is the view of the inside:




Now for the details:

Image is a Penny Black stamp watercoloured with Tombo on Beckett cardstock.
The patterned paper is by K & Co.
The cardstocks are by the Paper Co.
The greeting "Celebrate with style" is by Hero Arts CL139
Distress ink around image Ranger Distress Broken China

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Penny Black challenges

I am here in Florida and I still get the chance to play with my stamps and make cards. It so nice not to have the snow - but I feel bad that Julie has to shovel it all.... Julie if you read this, we are very grateful and we owe you...

Here is a card I made for the Penny Black Blog challenge.
The challenge: make a card with the colours: teal, orange and purple. Not a common colour combination.. And not an easy one!

Here is my card:

The stamp is Penny Black Pansy Bunny 40-066
The background (on the orange background paper) is Paisley outline 40-048 stamped in orange
The greeting is Hero Arts Find Joy CL497
The image was stamped in black on watercolour paper and coloured with Tombo markers.

I would also like to enter this challenge on the Penny Black at Allsorts blog here.

The challenge is to make a Penny Black card on the theme "Welcome Spring". I think that my little pansy bunny fits the challenge. Isn't he cute and springy?

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News from Florida: it rained all day today, so we shopped.... Tomorrow should be sunny! (but at least no snow :) )

Wedding card version 2

Julie asked me to do a wedding card for her and since I was leaving on Holidays, I didn't have time to re-invent the wheel, so I used the same design as the wedding card I showed you a few posts ago...

Here is the card:

There is a little too much glare on this photo because of the shiny silver cardbase, but these colours are more true to life. Here is another view without the flash - you can see the details better....





Here is a closeup of the flowers:




Ok now the details....

The cardbase is silver cardstock from my stash.
The pattern paper is from a 12 x 12 paperstack, I think from My Mind's eye (not sure - I'll check...)

The silk roses, the bling, the Congratulations are from Stampin'Up!

The leaves I found in a gift bag store.

(and for my friends back home... I'm loving the sun... Sorry for all the snow... Maybe someone wants to go give Julie a hand with our steps....)

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Louise

Bobbie's Birthday card

i can't sleep, so I might as well do something useful....

My son, Bobbie, (Robert for everyone else) turned 29 yesterday (on the 28th).... He's my youngest - so that makes me feel old.....

We had been talking recently how much we enjoyed the spring break every year on his birthday.  We used to rent a chalet up North and enjoyed many family get togethers.  And most of the time, we skied on Bobbie's birthday (yes, even me!  I wanted to keep up with my family and started skiing in my 30s..)

Anyway, I thought I'd try to fnd a photo from those days to put on his Birthday card.
Isn't he just too cute!  With his fluorescent ski outfit!

The funniest thing is that Bobbie (oops Robert) took the day off from work on Monday (the 28th) and went skiing on that same hill we used to go to, where the photo was taken.  Isn't that a neat coincidence!
Well, he enjoyed the card and seeing the photo!  He said that things at the ski hill haven't changed and he skied the same runs he used to enjoy as a little boy....

So here's the card:

The Happy Birthday is a Hero Arts stamp.

The cardstock are by Stampin'Up and are retired colours.

I stamped a snowboarder and "snow" inside the card, but I don't have a photo.... The stamps are by Stampin'Up.

Here is a photo of Bobbie, Marissa and me at the restaurant on Monday night.

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Second Wedding card

As promised, here is the second card I made for Bobbie and Marissa's Wedding.

This one was from Jim and I.  Since I was running out of time (so much to do the last week before the wedding...), it was a much simpler one.

I used a frame and papers from K&Co.  that I had been saving for a looonnnng time for a special occasion. I guess this was a very good one (special occasion).  The photo doesn't do it justice - the colours are a lot more vibrant in real life.

I also used some Heidi Swapp bling (the word Love) and I stamped and blinged the word "Congratulations"  (not sure what stamp company this stamp is... (sorry).

I used a shimmery pearl (Star Dream) background cardstock and rounded the corners.

So there it is:

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