Penny Black summer sunshine celebrations

So love this image, makes me think of Summer time and the olympic torch now, not birthdays lol.

I have made this card for my mums birthday that is in june. I have coloured using a mixutre of promarkers, SU markers and pen. I have used my freebie stamp for the happy birthday and some of my freebie papers, (for the flowers and bunting). The matt card is papermania and I have faux stitched.

I crunched the flowers but didn't make them wet this time. Affixed using a brad.

The bunting is such fun in the dotty pattern and the celebrate is a die cut from the same paper pack.

Look at the sunshine, what am i doing indoors, must finish fast as have more washing to hang out, the washing machine can't keep up with how quick it is drying. long may it last!!!

Challenges

Stamp scrap & doodle - Flowers

Penny Black @ Allsorts - London Celebrates

Crafters companion monthly challenge - Here comes summer

Stamp & Create - May Challenge - For the ladies

osaat - anything goes

Papertake weekly - True colours (national flag, red white and blue for my)

Passion for Promarkers - Birthdays

crafts and me - flowers

Creative inspirations - anything goes

Thanks for looking,

Heidi x

Posting you Penny Black Birthday Wishes

Still not really happy with photos, but it is still raining so never mind.

Penny Black stamp coloured with my promarkers and layered onto a couple of die cuts.

I have 'cased' my friend Jennys' card over at Penny Black and friends challenge, so I have tried my bestest to be as similar as possible, but picked different colours, same shape ie easel and very similar layout.

I used some freebie papers that I got recently, think it was a cardmaking and papercraft magazine that they came with.

Made a wee banner for the sentiment, punched out flowers and leaves. Scrunched up the flowers, dampened then allowed to dry semi scrunched. I used a LOTV round sentiment for the base and finished off with a heart brad and some wee blue flower gems from my stash.

Challenges

PB & Friends Challenge - Case It!

Whimsy Stamps Challenge 38 - Make it pop - add dimension

One stop craft shop challenge - celebrations

Papertake weekly  - cute cute cute

Thanks for stoppin' by

Heidi x

Twisted Easel for Stampalot and Penny Black at Allsorts

Hallo everyone, what a week, well the roof is on, no slates yet, but watertight!!

So I celebrated by colouring this little cutie.

I have made a twisted easel card using some of my stampalot win and some flowers from my stash and some Stampin Up card, papermania small flowers and brads.

I also used my punches for the leaves.

I layered up the happy birthday which is a freebie stamp, inked with su marker and added a couple of gems.

I coloured with my SU markers and promarkers.

Thanks for looking

I am entering this card into :-

Whimsy Stamps inspirational challenges -- Easel card

Penny Black at allsorts - Oh so cute

Stampalot Challenge - Happy Birthday

Charisma Cardz - Fancy Folds

Critter challenge - Critters

Sweet Sketch Saturday - sss 153  I used sss90

Heidi xx

Anniversary card using Penny Black Hedgies

Top picture with no flash, bottom one with.

The real colours are somewhere in between.

This is a cute little PB hedgy stamp, that I have coloured with a mixture of Promarkers and Whispers pens.  I have used some lovely papers from a candy win from a whiley back and am afraid I do not know their name Sorry. The green 'ribbon/lace' is my most recent purchase from Cullen Crafts. I have layered up onto checked paper and distressed all the edges with my scissors. The rose is a beauty and I have recycled it from a package that I made at Christmas that got water damaged (leaky roof).The wee charm is from my stash, and I punched out wee hearts from some more of the checked paper.

The sentiment is LOTV and this card is an anniversary card for my aunt and uncle who celebrate 41 years together next week.

Challenges!

CES - Check it out

PB Saturday - Floral Frenzy

Pile It on#5 - Just Because

Cupcake Crafts Challenge - Recycle (flower)

Incy Wincy 131 - Flower Frenzy

Deep Ocean ch 18 - Love You!

Crafts and Me - Bright Colours

Simon Says - Animal Antics

Craft us Crazy - Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog - Show us some love

Little Miss Muffet - Valentine and /or Love

Moving along with the times - Have a heart

Thanks for visiting

Hugs Heidi

xxx

Penny Black Birthday Card

For all you penny black lovers here is a card that I have made for someone special, on his 80th birthday.  Hope you like it, I have used papers from my stash and coloured with my Promarkers.

I have also used some of 'chip' paper and a couple of gold coloured hearts either side of the 80, and HAPPY golden brads.  I have faux stitched around the numbers.

I am entering this card into :~)

Sweet Stampin - Stitches

Penny Black Saturday wk 172 - Age is just a number

Thanks for looking

Hugs Heidi xx

Penny Black Christmas Card

So here is my latest Penny Black Card, haven't made one in a while, but couldn't resist colouring this cute little bear in and adding lots of glitter, which although the photos don't show, it really does seem to glitter and glisten.

I have used various Papermania papers from their Signature Collection and patchworked them onto a piece of card.  I used a little black card for matting and some lovely Prima flowers to embellish.  I dug out some of my red and white pins and recycled some plastic holly and berries from some old cake decorations that were heading for the bin.

As a final touch I popped on 4 green gemstones.

Thanks for looking, hugs and smiles to you all.

xx

Here are the challenges that I am entering with this Penny Black Christmas Bear Card:-}

Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black @ Allsorts - Free and Easy

Simon Says Stamp - Christmas in August

Christmas Stampin - Gimee the Bird

Fussy and Fancy - Christmas in July/August

Christmas Card Blog - Recycling

Paperplay Challenges - Christmas in August


And don't forget SQUIGGLE STAMPS have just started a new Pink and Black Challenge (with optional Lace) Just use a squigglestamps image on your card/project and you can enter to win the latest release of digi images ' THE GOTH KIDZ'

Three little hedgies

I have made this card for a friends birthday, she likes clear cut colours and not too much bling, so I hope she will like the three little hedgies and the accompanying tartan paper and flower.

Coloured lightly with my promarkers I have left areas to highlight their tutus and have edged with my chalks.

I am entering this into the following challenges and I do apologise for typing in red, but blogger will not let me put it back to white.

Penny Black At Allsorts Challenge - You're My Favourite

Pear Tree Designs - Stamp Something

Craft Your Passion - Seeing Red

Thanks for looking

Hugs from Heidi x

I don't believe it now it's yellow

Floral well wishes for Sketch Saturdays Challenge & Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This cute little hedgy has been coloured with my promarkers and I have punched him out with my woodware 2" circle punch, layered him onto a plain blue paper and carefully cut around with scalloped scissors. I have followed a sketch and used some pretty floral papers lastly I made a wee tag to hold the sentiment and attached with a brad through some mulberry flowers.

I am entering this card into

Sketch Saturday http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-157-28th-may-our-3rd-birthday.html

Penny Black Saturday wk 153 - One for the Girlies

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/penny-black-saturday-challengeweek-153.html

Thanks for looking

Hugs from Heidi xx

Last Gdt for Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge Blog

Well I am so sad and surprised how fast this month has passed. I have thoroughly enjoyed gdt-ing for Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge Blog this month. Last week we had a fabulous photo inspirational photo (which blogger wouldn't let me upload for some reason) and this week the challenge is a nice easy one ' Snowflakes'.
http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com

What a busy weekend so far, I am now in the zone for computers and tidying up after Evie's Birthday Party. Such Fun they all had, one of the best parties so far I think, fancy dress and party games. Scrummy cakes and party food and of course lots and lots of noisy fun. What more could you ask for?

So this card is made using a penny black stamped image and I have coloured with my Promarkers. I have used some vellum stickers popped them onto different coloured papers and then cut around them and put them on with pads to lift them off of the card a little. I have used some stickles glitter to adorn her hat etc and have finished with some pale blue ribbon and a bow I made from the same ribbon. I do hope you like her, she was such fun to colour.

I am entering her into

Monday Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge 105

http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com/2011/05/midnight-madness-sketch-challenge-105.html


Thanks so much for stopping by

Hugs to you all

Heidi xx

Teenage Musical Dreams

Well here is the 6x6 album that I have made for my nephypoos, course, I can't call him that any more. So so grown up now and I know he will love the album, I have worked the pages around things I remember from when he was younger and a wean. The hedgehogs(PennyBlack) are from his hedgy (cuddly toy I gave him when he was tiny) days. It went everywhere with him. He still has it now.

Of course the middle pages are for all those messy times in his boyhood (naughty or nice?) I used Squigglestamps Little monsters which are wonderful to colour and such fun images. A couple of star charms to finish off and punched circles for journalling.

The last pages are for his 18th birthday bash, which I am assured was wicked fun.

The tags are extras to pop into the openings I have left between sections. Again I have used a squigglestamps image - little explorers one of my sons faves I might add. If you have made it this far well done and I hope you like my male album, I just hope he liked it too!

I am entering this album into

Allsorts week 102 - http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-102-stamp-alot.html - Stamp a lot

Cards for Men Ch10 - http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-10-someone-special.html Someone Special

My partner in CraftingCrime #26 -http://mypartnerincraftingcrime.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-26-incorporate-numbers.html Numbers

Pollycraft ch92 -http://pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-92-boyz-to-men-joanne.html Boyz to men

Passionate for Promarkers wk99 - http://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-99-theme.htmlTheme for a Teenager

Try it on Tuesday -http://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.com/2011/05/tag-week-one-for-boys.html Tag week (my tags for the album) - one for the boys

Thanks for looking

Smiles

Heidi

x

Butterfly Tails

Well what an adorable little doggy, what's that on his tail, is it a monster, nope its a cute little flutterby. This is the wee note book that was in the note book holder of a few days ago, the stickles glitter glue is all dry now and I have coloured with my promarkers added some bling to the chalked flowers and some sticky ribbon. The tartan card is Kanban and the base of the note book was first drawn on with my Versamark pen in swirls and the gently stippled with my pearlescent chalks. Iam going to enter this into two challenges today:-

Flutterby Wednesday - Open Challenge http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/2011/05/flutter-by-wednesday-153.html
Charisma Cardz - no cards allowed http://charismacardz.blogspot.com/2011/05/challenge-18-no-cards-allowed.html
thanks for looking
Heidi xx

Hedgy's thinking of you

This cute little Penny Black hedgehog is coloured with my PMs and I have used various papermania papers to create the sketch. I have used a wee green brad to secure the flower and have edged with my cats eye chalks.

I am entering this card into the following challenges

Sunday Sketch and Stamp - Sketch 51

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Wk 146 - Say it with flowers

Thanks for looking

Hugs Heidi xx

My sketch card for Less is more

This is so far taking a long time to get onto my blog, lots of interruptions, never mind eh. This is a cute little hedgy penny black that I have popped onto a gold card and followed the less is more sketch for this week. I have coloured with my Promarkders and have used two pieces of my new ribbon (obtained from an old bag). I popped three square gems on at an angle cos I thought they looked nicer this time as a diamond shape.

I am entering this card into:

Phindy's place challenge 49 - all about animals

Stamp Something - spring

Totally Papercrafts Challenge #59 - Cuddly and Cute

Less is more wk 8 - Sketch

Penny Black Saturday Ch wk 144 - Recycling

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 73 - Spring is sprung

Hope you like my small offering, will get moving again as soon as time allows and make something a bit more substantial.

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Heidi x

50 happy returns

Hallo again, just little old me with another card. This one is for my cousin in law's 50th birthday (same day as mine) that is coming up this month. I have coloured with promarkers and followed another sketch. I've used some DCWV Glitter card and kanban tartan. Also some basic orange and brown matting and layering card/paper. The ribbon is a sticky backed one from my old old stash, and I used my nestabilities for the eyelet circle.

Sorry about the photo's have not photographed a twisted easel card before, it's not easy is it!
Never mind you get the gist I am sure, I have lifted elements and papers from the front for the back/base of the card and stamped warm wishes onto a circle stamp.
This card is being entered into:-

Friday Sketchers 144 - by Rach
Crafty Catz Challenge 72 - Special Birthday
Penny Black Saturday Challenge wk 141 - More than one fold
Thanks for looking
Heidi xx

Love is .....

finding a perfectly wonderful image to play with for this PB Saturday challenge (wk 137) and also a stamp with 'love is' on it, great eh?

I have coloured hedgy and his standard rose heart bush, with my promarkers, I have layered up with some black and white kanban tartan card and two muted pink papers from my stash.

I stamped the 'love is' directly onto the pale pink and used some peel offs for the 'blooming'.

I have tried to stay as clean and simple as I could as I am entering this card into a new challenge being held at Less is More and their first challenge is Black Pink and White.

The other challenges are as follows

Penny Black at Allsorts February Challenge (2nd entry) - Say it with flowers

Incy Wincy challenge 80 - Love

thanks for looking

xxx