Scarlet Poinsettia on Kraft

Hi Creative Friends,

Every winter season I look for beautiful poinsettia stamps or dies. They are the quintessential flower for the season and Penny Black has another real beauty! Scarlet is their newest. I know I will be using this stamp again and again.

 

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I Pick You

Hi Creative Friends,

I had so much fun with today’s project. First of all, I finally used the MFT Harvest Mouse stamp and die set. I have been in love with this set since it was first released. These adorable little mice are in the cutest poses. The mouse with the bushel basket is so awesome, I decided on him for my subject.

Then, to color him, I chose Derwent Inktense colored pencils on a colored background. I was inspired by Jennifer Rustioni who is an amazing talent! She often uses colored pencil on a colored background and I just love the look!

One more thing before we jump into the card design, we are excited to announce a sale on all My Favorite Things stamps, dies, or stencils in our shop. More info is at the bottom of this post but just so you know the discount code is: 15MFT822.

 

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The Freshness of Springtime

Hi Crafty Friends,

I hope all of you are safe and healthy… albeit you might be feeling a little cabin fever! I am taking a very short break from the graduation series (see previous blog posts and videos) to bring a breath of fresh, Spring-like air with a beautiful bouquet of flowers.

These flowers are from the delightful stamp by Penny Black, called Springtime Sigh. The bouquet was wonderful to create a vivid display of flowers.

 

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Little Squirrel Sending Special Hugs

Hi Crafty Friends,

We have a wonderful card design by Rosali from the I Love Stamping blog and IG @ilovestamping. But before we jump into the ins and outs, I want to take a minute and say how AWESOME all our readers are! When I suggested leaving a comment if you were so inclined, you guys responded with all sorts of loveliness! Thank you so very much. We appreciate you all so much!! 

Now, on to this adorable squirrel!

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A Beautiful Bouquet Ballet by Heather Telford

Woohoo! We are back with another beautiful design by Heather Telford.  You know you are always in for a treat when Heather visits! For this one, she has used her Inktense pencils and Starry watercolor paints to create a gorgeous array of flowers in the Bouquet Ballet stamp by Penny Black and then added her own hand-lettered sentiment.

 

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Amazing Rose Garden Design by Heather Telford

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As promised, we are featuring a fabulous card design by Heather Telford. She is using a new stamp by Penny Black called Rose Garden. Isn’t it gorgeous? Check out her background and coloring of the flowers. They are all colored with Inktense colored pencils and they are magnificent! Read how she does it, then pop over to her blog for oodles more inspiration!

 

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City Days by Heather Telford

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This City Stacks stamp and die set is soooo fabulous. It is almost as fabulous as Heather Telford! She has created a wonderful 5-layer (can you believe it?) card and colored it using the Inktense watercolor pencils. Read on to hear how she does it! Then, don’t forget to pop over to her blog for oodles more inspiration!

 

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Beautiful Vase Garden in Colored Pencil with TaeEun

Hi Crafty Friends,

We have the great pleasure of sharing a card by TaeEun’s, of Rainbow In November. TaeEun is a very talented lady and she works coloring magic using the Penny Black Vase Garden stamp and colored pencils.

See for yourself below, then pop over to her blog to see more beauties!

 

 

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Pinkfresh Studio Floral Background – Two Ways

Hi Crafty Friends,

Pinkfresh is releasing lots of wonderful stamp sets and the Studio Floral Background is one of their first. To show off its floral splendor, I have created it two different ways. One is watercolored using Distress stains and on the other, I colored the flowers with watercolor pencils.

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