Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Guest Designer

It's reminder time at Penny Black Saturday Challenge where I'm guest designing this month. The theme is Anything Goes with the optional twist of Partial Stamping.

For my card I used a stamp from the Penny Black set Flower Fantasy. I die cut the panel with a Penny Black die from the set Swirly Stitches and stamped the flower on it partially four times before watercolouring them. I also added a few watercolour splashes here and there before I stamped the sentiment from the set Special Sentiments. Then I matted the panel onto some dark blue cardstock before adhering it onto light blue cardbase.

And now please hop over to Penny Black Saturday Challenge for the challenge details and to see what the amazing Design Team has created for your inspiration!



Olen guest designer Penny Black Saturday Challengessä ja nyt on muistuttelukortin aika. Aiheena haasteessa on Anything Goes ja vaihtoehtoinen twisti on Partial Stamping. Omaan korttiini käytin kukkaa Penny Blackin Flower Fantasy -setistä, jonka leimasin Swirly Stitches -setin stanssilla stanssaamani paneelin reunoille. Kukat väritin vesiväreillä. Tekstileima on Special Sentiments -setistä. Paneelin kiinnitin tummansiniselle kartongille ja sen puolestaan kiinnitin vaaleansiniseen korttipohjaan.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Golden Dance

I made a CAS card with a stamp from the most recent release by Penny Black. This one is called Golden Dance and it comes with a matching die, Golden Dance Cut Out. I stamped the image on watercolour paper and coloured it with Gansai Tambi watercolours before die cutting it out. I wanted to keep the background simple, so I folded a card base from Neenah cardstock and did a bit of masking and ink blending. I die cut the white burlap strip with a die called Burlap Edge, adhered it and stamped the sentiment (it's from It's Your Day set). Lastly, I adhered the floral image with foam adhesives. Quick and simple! :)

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black and More: June - Blooms, Butterflies and/or Bugs
* Happy Little Stampers: June Watercolour Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black products used:
* Golden Dance (30-562)
* Golden Dance Cut Out (51-533)
* Burlap Edge (51-504)
* It's Your Day (30-553)


Nopsa CAS-kortti Penny Blackin uudella leimalla Golden Dance. Väritin leimakuvan Gansai Tambi -vesiväreillä ja stanssasin sen irti Golden Dance Cut Out -stanssilla. Maskasin ja mustetin taittelemaani korttipohjaa, leimasin siihen tekstin It's Your Day -setistä sekä kiinnitin Burlap Edge -stanssilla stanssaamani kuvion. Lopuksi kiinnitin leimakuvan kohotarrapaloilla. Kaikki käytetyt Penny Black -tuotteet löytyvät tuosta ylläolevasta listasta.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Berry Fairy

The weather is gorgeous in my part of the world at the moment - the sun is shining and it's around 22 degrees of Celsius - so I thought this summery card would be perfect to share :) This stamp is from the latest release by Penny Black and it's called Berry Fairy. I coloured the image with my Copic markers and die cut the panel with a die from the set Stitched Stackers. The sentiment is from the set Happy Snippets and the patterned paper in the background is from the paper pad Beau Jardins. I embellished the card with leaves die cut with a die from the set Leaves.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Stamping Sensations: June - Show Your True Colours
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: June - Anything Goes
* Uniko: Challenge #53 - Anything Goes
* Watercooler Wednesday Challenge: WWC224 - Feminine Anything Goes

Penny Black products used:
* Berry Fairy (30-567)
* Happy Snippets (30-358)
* Stitched Stackers (51-416)
* Leaves (51-002)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)



Ilma on nyt sen verran kesäinen, että tällainen kesäinen kortti on passeli jakaa. Tämä suloisuus on Berry Fairy, Penny Blackin viimeisimmästä kokoelmasta. Väritin sen Copiceilla ja stanssasin paneelin irti Stitched Stackers -setin stanssilla. Tekstileima on Happy Snippets -setistä ja taustan kuviopaperi on Beau Jardins -paperikosta. Koristeena lehdet, jotka stanssasin Leaves-setin stanssilla.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Guest Designer

I have the absolute honour of being a Guest Designer for Penny Black Saturday Challenge for the month of June, thank you so much for having me! This month the challenge is 'Anything Goes, optional Partial Stamping'. So anything Penny Black goes but if you want a bit of extra challenge, you can go for partial stamping (that is when you use only a part of a stamp in your project, not the whole stamp).

I opted for partial stamping in my card. The stamp I used is Friendship by Penny Black and I only used one of the dogs in my card (you can see the whole stamp used in this card). I stamped the dog and die cut it using the matching die. I then coloured him with my Copics. I wanted him to peek from behind something so I die cut a couple of notepad pages to place in front of him (now I know a dog that size might not actually fit behind notepad pages but just humour me and pretend that he can ;) ). For the notepad pages and the little pin holding them, I used Just a Note dies by Penny Black. The sentiment is from Grateful Sentiments set by Penny Black. I die cut the cork panel with Stitched Nested Frames die as I did the patterned paper from the paper pad Summertime. I then attached everything in place and embellished the card with a couple of chipboard hearts. Oh, and I placed a piece of adhesive foam tape behind the dog's head - that way his head is a bit raised and it looks like he's really peeking from behind the notepad pages!

And now please visit Penny Black Saturday Challenge blog for all the details and to see the wonderful inspiration created for you by the Design Team.



Minulla on kunnia olla guest designer toisessakin haasteblogissa kesäkuussa, nimittäin Penny Black Saturday Challengessä. Haasteen aihe on aina Anything Goes Penny Blackin tuotteilla, mutta vaihtoehtoisena haasteena on nyt 'partial stamping', jossa leimakuvasta käytetään vain osaa. Itse käytin Penny Blackin Friendship-leimaa, josta leimasin ja stanssasin yhden koiran (koko leimakuvan näet tästä kortista) ja väritin sen Copiceilla. Koiran eteen stanssasin Just a Note -setin stansseilla pari vihkonsivua ja "kiinnitin" ne pienellä neulalla, jonka myös stanssasin saman setin stanssilla. Tekstileima on Grateful Sentiments -setistä. Taustan korkin ja kuviopaperin stanssasin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stansseilla. Kiinnitin kaiken paikalleen ja koristelin kortin parilla sydämellä. Koiran pään kiinnitin kohotarralla, ajattelin, että sillä tavalla koiran saa näyttämään siltä kuin se oikeasti kurkkaisi sivujen takaa.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge -blogista kannattaa käydä katsomassa osallistumisohjeet ja kortit, jotka taitava Design Team on tehnyt.

Penny Black Full Bloom - Friendship

I have a friendship card to share that I made with the new products from the new Penny Black release called Full Bloom. This card uses the sweet doggos from the set Friendship that comes with its matching die, Friendship Cut Out. I stamped the image on X-Press It blending card and coloured it with my Copic markers before die cutting it out. I then die cut the light blue panel with a die from the Stitched Nested Frames set before diecutting an opening to it with the Friendship Cut Out die, I thought the light dent that the die makes on the outside of the opening would give a nice shadow kind of mark around the image, giving it a more 3-D look. I stamped the sentiment from the Friendship set onto a banner that I cut from white cardstock and used the cute paper clip from the Just a Note die set to 'adhere' it. I cut a thin strip of patterned paper from the Wintertime paper pad and adhered it to the side of the panel before adhering the panel to the cardbase. I then adhered the coloured image to its place with foam adhesives and added a few splashes of "water" with clear Nuvo Crystal Drops.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark
* Crafting by Designs: Feature a Creature
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes
* Uniko: Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

Here's a side view of the card showing the die cut opening behind the stamped image.

Penny Black products used:
* Friendship (30-566)
* Friendship Cut Out (51-540)
* Just a Note (51-531)
* Stitched Nested Frames (51-535)
* Wintertime (80-012)


Nämä kaverukset ovat Penny Blackin uudesta leimasetistä Friendship ja niihin kuuluu stanssikin Friendship Cut Out. Väritin kuvan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Taustan paneelin stanssasin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stanssilla ja stanssasin siihen myös aukon Friendship Cut Out -stanssilla, ajattelin, että stanssin jättämät painaumat lisäisivät 3-D-fiilistä korttiin. Leimakuvan kiinnitin kohotarrapaloilla. Bannerin leikkasin valkoisesta kartongista ja leimasin siihen tekstin samaisesta leimasetistä, bannerin "kiinnitin" klemmarilla, jonka stanssasin Just a Note -stanssisetin stanssilla. Punavalkoraitainen paperi on Wintertime-paperikosta. Lisäsin korttiin muutaman vesipisaran kirkkaalla Nuvo Crystal Dropsilla.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Blushing

I love this gorgeous flower from the new Full Bloom release by Penny Black! It's called Blushing and it comes with a matching die, Blushing Cut Out. I stamped the flower onto X-Press It blending card, coloured it with my Copic markers and die cut it out. I used the sentiment from the Critter Celebration set and heat embossed it in white onto a strip of black cardstock which I embellished with a bit of string tied into a bow. For the background I added a strip of patterned paper from the paper pad Beau Jardins. I also rounded the upper corners with a corner chomper.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 520/1 - Happy Birthday (Happy 10th birthday, Allsorts!)
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #342 - Make Your Mark
* Uniko: Challenge #53 - Anything Goes

Penny Black products used:
* Blushing (30-564)
* Blushing Cut Out (51-536)
* Critter Celebration (30-542)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)


Tämä kukka on vain niin ihana! Se on nimeltään Blushing ja siihen sopiva stanssi on Blushing Cut Out, molemmat Penny Blackin uudesta kokoelmasta Full Bloom. Väritin kukan Copiceilla ja stanssasin irti. Tekstileima on Critter Celebration -setistä, sen embossasin valkoisella mustalle kartongin palaselle. Taustalle laitoin kuviopaperia Beau Jardins -paperikosta, pyöristin kortin yläkulmat corner chomperilla ja koristin kortin pienellä rusetilla.

Penny Black Full Bloom: You Make the World a Better Place

I love circle cards but don't make them that often for some reason. Now I decided that this cute little mousie deserves her own little circle card! :) So I die cut a circle card base out of card stock, die cut the circle frame with Penny Black's Stitched Square & Circles die and placed a bit of patterned paper from Beau Jardins paper pad underneath the frame. Using the new Just a Note die set, I then die cut the little note pad page out of cream card stock, die cut the ripped edge and also the cute little paper clip (just how cute is that paper clip!). I stamped the sentiment from the new Family Sentiment set onto the note pad page. The mousie is from the new set It's Your Day, I stamped her onto some watercolour paper, coloured with my Zig markers and die cut her out. I then attached everything in place (the mouse is attached with foam adhesives) and added some sequins to embellish the card.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes
* Penny Black and More: May - All Things Feminine with Anything Goes option (my 3rd entry)
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #341 - Anything Goes
* Double D Challenges: Frames

Penny Black products used:
* It's Your Day (30-553)
* It's Your Day Cut Out (51-537)
* Just a Note (51-531)
* Family Sentiment (30-555)
* Stitched Square & Circles (51-422)
* Beau Jardins (80-011)


Tein pitkästä aikaa pyöreän kortin. Stanssasin pyöreän korttipohjan, kiinnitin siihen kuviopaperia ja stanssasin kehyksen Penny Blackin Stitched Square & Circles -setin stanssilla. Just a Note -stanssisetillä stanssasin vihkon sivun, siihen revityn reunan ja klemmarin. Leimasin sivuun tekstileimalla Family Sentiment -setistä. Hiirulaisen leimasin It's Your Day -setistä, väritin Zigeillä ja stanssasin irti. Lopuksi vain kiinnitys paikoilleen ja jokunen paljetti koristeeksi.

Penny Black Full Bloom: It's Your Day

These cute little critters are from the new stamp set by Penny Black called It's Your Day from the new Full Bloom release, and they come with matching dies (It's Your Day Cut Out)! I am not much of a fussy cutter so matching dies are always good news to me.. ;) I stamped these critters on Fabriano Mixed Media paper and coloured them with my Zig markers before die cutting them. I then die cut the panel with Stitched Nested Frames and masked a rectangle on it before sponging some Distress Oxide ink in Bundled Sage on it. I heat embossed the sentiment from the set Snippets with white embossing powder onto a strip of black cardstock and assembled the card.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
* AAA Birthday: Game #1 - Anything Goes (my 2nd entry)
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: May - Anything Goes, Optional 'Make Your Own Background'
* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #135 - Inspired by Words 'Keep Your Eyes on the Stars and Your Feet on the Ground' (the critters have their feet own the "ground" :) )

Penny Black products used:
* It's Your Day (30-553)
* It's Your Day Cut Out (51-537)
* Stitched Nested Frames (51-535)
* Snippets (30-283)


Nämä ihanat hiirulaiset ovat Penny Blackin uudesta leimasetistä It's Your Day, joihin on myös omat stanssinsa, It's Your Day Cut Out. Leimasin hiiret Fabrianon Mixed Media -paperille, väritin Zigeillä ja stanssasin. Taustan paneelin stanssasin Stitched Nested Frames -setin stanssilla, maskasin suorakulmion ja mustetin sen Distress Oxide -musteella Bundled Sage. Tekstileiman (Snippets-setistä) embossasin valkoisella mustalle kartonkipalaselle ja kiinnitin kaiken paikalleen.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Mother's Day Card with Flower Fantasy

It's Mother's Day next Sunday so I made a Mother's Day card - a floral one, of course! :) I heat embossed in gold a bouquet stamp from the new Penny Black stamp set called Flower Fantasy, I actually stamped and heat embossed it three times to create a bit of fullness to the card. I also heat embossed the sentiment, it's from the Family Sentiment set. I did a bit of messy watercolouring to colour the flowers and added a frame die cut with the Swirly Stitches dies. I then adhered the panel to my card base and added a few gold sequins to finish the card.

Here's the card at an angle so you can see the gold embossing better.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* ModSquad Challenge: Happy Mother's Day
* Penny Black and More: May - All Things Feminine
* Stamping Sensations: May - In an English Country Garden (when I think of English gardens, what comes to mind is fullness, lots of different flowers blooming everywhere)

Penny Black products used:
* Flower Fantasy (30-565)
* Family Sentiment (30-555)
* Swirly Stitches (51-502)


Tein "kukkaisan" äitienpäiväkortin. Leimasin ja embossasin kimpun Penny Blackin Flower Fantasy -setistä kolmeen kertaan ja väritin sotkuisasti vesiväreillä. Tekstileima on Family Sentiment -setistä ja sen embossasin myös. Kehykset tein Swirly Stitches -setin stansseilla. Lopulta kiinnitys korttipohjaan ja muutama paljetti koristeeksi.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Flower Fantasy

I created this one-layer card with a few challenges in mind. To make this, I folded a top-folding card base out of watercolour paper and stamped two different floral stamps from the new set by Penny Black called Flower Fantasy from their most recent release, Full Bloom. I coloured the flowers with my Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from the Special Sentiments set.

I'd like to enter this card to the following challenges:
* Less Is More: Challenge #394 - OLC Buds or Petals
* CAS(E) This Sketch!: Challenge #319
* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #339 - CAS
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Happy Birthday! 
* Allsorts Challenge: Week #517 - Mother's Day/Feminine (going with feminine here)

Penny Black products used (clickable links):
* Flower Fantasy (30-565)
* Special Sentiments (30-574)


Tämän kortin tein muutamaan haasteeseen. Taittelin korttipohjan vesivärikartongista ja leimasin siihen kahdella eri kukkaleimalla Penny Blackin uudesta setistä Flower Fantasy. Väritin ne Kuretake Gansai Tambi -vesiväreillä. Lopuksi leimasin tekstin setistä Special Sentiments.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Bunches For You

This stamp is also a firm favourite of mine from the new Penny Black release, Full Bloom. The stamp is called Bunches For You. I stamped it onto watercolour paper with grey Versafine ink and coloured with Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolours. I die cut the panel with a die from the Stitched Square & Circles set and after that, I stamped my sentiment onto the panel, it's from the Special Sentiments set. I also decided to add a few splatters of black tube watercolour onto my panel as I thought they would go well together with the dots in the stamped image. I cut a piece of patterned paper from the Painted Blooms paper pad, adhered it to my card base and adhered the panel onto it.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Allsorts Challenge Blog: Week 517 - Mother's Day/Feminine
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: April - Anything Goes, optional Fresh Spring Colours
* Stamping Sensations: April - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Penny Black products used:
* Bunches For You (30-570)
* Special Sentiments (30-574)
* Stitched Square & Circles (51-422)
* Painted Blooms (80-009)


Tämäkin leima on yksi suosikeistani Penny Blackin uudessa kokoelmassa Full Bloom. Leiman nimi on Bunches For You, väritin sen Kuretake Gansai Tambi -vesiväreillä. Paneelin stanssasin Stitched Square & Circles -setin isoimmalla stanssilla ja leimasin tekstileiman, joka on Special Sentiments -setistä. Taustan kuviopaperi on Painted Bloom -paperikosta.

Penny Black Full Bloom: Be Happy

I'm sharing a couple of cards I made with new stamps and dies from the new Penny Black release called Full Bloom. These animals are just the best, cute and quirky at the same time! They are from the set Be Happy (30-583). For the first card, I stamped the elephant onto Copic-friendly cardstock, coloured him with my Copics and die cut the panel with a die from the new set called Stitched Nested Frames (51-535). I then stamped the sentiment from the set Family Sentiment (30-555) and adhered the panel to my cardbase. Lastly, I added some enamel dots to embellish my card.

For the second card, I used the giraffe from the same set. I stamped him onto a piece of Copic-friendly cardstock and coloured him with my Copics. I then die cut the frame using the Stitched Nested Frames and added foliage using an older Penny Black die called Fresh Breeze (51-046). Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from the set It's Your Day (30-553).

 I'd like to enter these to the following challenges (one card via my blog and the other via my Instagram account):
* CASology: Week 340 - Africa (when I think of Africa I think of the animals there and elephant is my favourite :) )
* Penny Black Saturday Challenge: April - Anything Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
* TIME OUT Challenges: Challenge #134 - Playful


Penny Black products used:
* Be Happy (30-583)
* Stitched Nested Frames (51-535)
* Family Sentiment (30-555)
* It's Your Day (30-553)
* Fresh Breeze (51-046)


Tein pari  korttia uusilla leimoilla ja stansseilla Penny Blackin uusimmasta Full Bloom -kokoelmasta. Nämä eläimet ovat suosikkejani, ihania ja hassuja samaan aikaan. Molemmat ovat Be Happy -setistä ja Copiceilla väritetyt. Ensimmäisen kortin paneelin ja toisen kortin kehyksen stanssasin uusilla Stitched Nested Frames -stansseilla. Tekstileima ensimmäisessä on setistä Family Sentiment ja toisessa setistä It's Your Day. Toiseen korttiin käytin lisäksi vanhempaa Penny Black -stanssia nimeltään Fresh Breeze.