Isn’t this project just darling? Cute coloring, perfect detail cutting, and sweet details like twine suspending the swing, and the love-embossed cardstock caught our eye immediately! Find Melissa’s blog post with more information here.

This week-end, Alexandra’s stamping on a glassine bag and the Madison collection to make a birthday layout. We hope you’ll join her on art scrap & more where she shares a sketch and a step by step to recreate a fun look with tons of layers!

Elizabeth Allan shares one stamp, two ways:  a simple card and an elaborate mixed-media ornament. Both are beautiful. Check out her blog for more details!

We have just a few more cards made by Stephanie to share today. We adore the bakers twine and tiny sparkles, not to mention the cool and non-traditional color scheme. Enjoy . . . and share links to your Penny Black projects! We’d love to feature them here on the blog over the next couple of days!

Stamps: All Is Bright, Peace On Earth & Let It Snow

This delightful greeting from Stephanie is perfection. Cool colors, simple design, easy to reproduce – absolutely right on for the procrastistamper who still wants to send handmade happy wishes to friends and family during the holidays!

Let It Snow (snowflakes) & Christmas Cheer (greeting)

One of the classic Christmas stories – and the first thing that came to mind upon seeing this card by Rhea over at Penny Circle was, “The children were nestled all snug in their beds while visions of sugarplums danced in their heads. “  LOVELY!

May you all have a wonderful holiday season – we will be back on Wednesday!

Here’s a sweet little box and treat idea from Alexandra!

It’s easy to express your gratitude with stamping and paper crafting, and this week, the Penny Black teamhas shared several little notes of thanks that are perfect to make and keep on hand, not just for this time of year, but for birthdays and all the little in-between things, too.

Karen Dunbrook created two distinctly different thank you cards – one cute and sweet, one simple and elegant. The colors on both are equally vivid!

Stamps and supplies:  Joy to the World; …..wishes/ Copic markers/ pop dots

Karen says, “I stamped the image onto the cardstock front then stamped again, coloured and cut out so I could pop dot to add depth”

Stamps and supplies:  Christmas Pride; Enjoy/ distress inks/ water brush/ pop dots

Karen created a mask for this card by stamping the flower onto a piece of paper and cutting it out so after stamping the main focal flower, she could mask it and stamp the other two on the corners.  She used my distress inks and a water pen to colour the poinsettias. Then when it was dry, she added some shading with Prisma Pencils, and added the black line to pull it all together.

Thanks for stopping by today - if you’re looking for more inspiration, please visit our gallery on Flickr and at Splitcoaststampers. You can also find us on Facebook, and on Twitter, too!  We will be back Sunday with a scrapbook page from Alexandra! – Jenn

It’s easy to express your gratitude with stamping and paper crafting, and this week, the Penny Black team is sharing some little notes of thanks that are perfect to make and keep on hand, not just for this time of year, but for birthdays and all the little in-between things, too.

Here’s another set of cards from Stephanie Wincott – these are just a card base and a layer that’s simply stamped, then popped up on dimensional adhesive. The little pearl centers of the flowers add just the right touch. Wouldn’t they make a great teacher gift, all tied up in a bow?

Stamps:  Salutations

Thanks for stopping by today - if you’re looking for more inspiration, please visit our gallery on Flickr and at Splitcoaststampers. You can also find us on Facebook, and on Twitter, too!  We will be back tomorrow with more Penny Black thank you cards! – Jenn

It’s easy to express your gratitude with stamping and paper crafting, and this week, the Penny Black team is sharing some little notes of thanks that are perfect to make and keep on hand, not just for this time of year, but for birthdays and all the little in-between things, too.

These cards from Stephanie Wincott are ideal for using those patterned paper strips that we all have piled up on our desks. A cardstock base, a few strips of patterned paper, a flag stamped with a sentiment, and boom! you’re done!

Stamps:  Gratitude, Salutations (or any other set with tiny flowers!) Paper: Madison

Thanks for stopping by today - if you’re looking for more inspiration, please visit our gallery on Flickr and at Splitcoaststampers. You can also find us on Facebook, and on Twitter, too!  We will be back tomorrow with more Penny Black thank you cards! – Jenn

It’s easy to express your gratitude with stamping and paper crafting, and this week, the Penny Black team is sharing some little notes of thanks that are perfect to make and keep on hand, not just for this time of year, but for birthdays and all the little in-between things, too.

Today, we have two adorable cards from designer Cathy Andronicou – One cute, one fancy . . . both striking!

Stamps: Chill Day 4284K, Salutations 30-014 and Storm 01-001
Cathy says, “I inked the Chill Day stamp using a Memento Black Marker pen, so that I could leave the clothes without ink I then stamped onto white card, embossed with Spellbinders rectangles, Lined up clear sentiment with pegs and coloured image with Copics.  A touch of diamond dust glitter was added to the snow and fur for added effect.”

Stamps: Winter Berries 4273K, Diamond Pattern 40-169, Big Thanks 00107D, Summer Sun 17-002

And a little more from Cathy: “A piece of white cardstock was inked with Tim Holtz Seedless Preserves using the direct to paper technique, once dry the diamond pattern was embossed using Purple WOW glitter embossing powder. The tree was then stamped onto a separate piece of card, cut out using a spellbinders circle die and the edges inked with Wild Honey and Seedless Preserves ink.  I then went mad adding lots of dots of liquid pearls and stickles.  The sentiment was stamped onto card and cut using a spellbinders die, the base part was embossed and inked to bring out the pattern and ribbon added to hide the join in the two colours of card.”

Thanks for stopping by today - if you’re looking for more inspiration, please visit our gallery on Flickr and at Splitcoaststampers. You can also find us on Facebook, and on Twitter, too!  We will be back tomorrow with Penny Black thank you cards! – Jenn

Thank and you – two little words that mean so much. It’s easy to express your gratitude with stamping and paper crafting, and this week, the Penny Black team is sharing some little notes of thanks that are perfect to make and keep on hand, not just for this time of year, but for birthdays and all the little in-between things, too.

Isn’t this hedgie just adorable? I could see this precious tag added to a little bag of cookies, or even a small bouquet of flowers. Penny Black designer Cathy Fongjoyo created these using white cardstock. She stamped the hedgie image from Santa’s Hat, then colored it with Copics. The THANKS from Sentiments set was stamped repeatedly before she added ribbon and twine.

Thanks for stopping by today - if you’re looking for more inspiration, please visit our gallery on Flickr and at Splitcoaststampers. You can also find us on Facebook, and on Twitter, too!  We will be back tomorrow with Penny Black thank you cards!

Until then,

Jenn

This week-end, Alexandra is playing with a shrink film from Graffix and three of our stamps (antique Santa #40-004; jolly st. nicholas #4111K; Christmas Outdoors #30-125).

They can make a nice center piece for a card…

or be the focus of attention on a scrapbook page…

See more on Alexandra’s blog here.

Have a wonderful weekend!

This week, we’ve been sharing lots of pretty things made with Penny Black’s new Valentine release. Today, we have quite a few wonderful projects created by designer Cathy Fongjoyo. We’re sure you’ll oooh and aaah over them just like we did!

A chocolate gift wrap with Lots of Love stamp , Loads of  Love set and Madison Paper. The image was colored with Copics and Distress Inks.

And finally, some photo clippers using Guess Hoo and Love Birds stamps. The hearts were cut out from Madison papers, stamped with chalk ink, and VersaMark (embossed):

This is how it looks when Cathy used them to clip some Polaroids. I adore the birds-on-a-wire look!

See you Sunday with Alexandra’s Sunday Scrapbook. Hope you have a LOVEly weekend!  -Jenn

All this week, we are sharing MORE lovely work created with the new Valentine release from Penny Black. Here are a couple of simple and sweet cards from designer Heather. Love the way she embossed the hearts then applied ink in different ways to make the stamped image pop!

Heather embossed the Daisy Heart in clear embossing powder, then brayered two shades of Memento ink over the embossing before adding daisy centres with a marker.

See you tomorrow with more Valentine inspiration!

with another helping of PB&J – this time, with two beautiful and bright cards featuring stamps from the most recent release from Penny Black. Grab a cuppa something warm and get settled in for more fabulosity from Jill!

Watch directly in HD on YouTube: http://youtu.be/rWyLdXclBL4

Here are the finished cards:

Stamps: 40-190 Bed of Roses,  30-145 Sweet as Honey, 30-148 Butterfly Symphony, 30-144 Love is in the Air (sentiment)

All this week, we are sharing MORE lovely work created with the new Valentine release from Penny Black, like this amazingly sweet card from Peet.

See you tomorrow with more Valentine inspiration!

. . . .

Oh! Did you want to see who won new stamps from the Valentine release? We thought so!

Winners, look for an email from us later today!

Monday -lostinpaper

Tuesday – Carlijn

Wednesday – Amanda de Ridder

Thursday – Lisa Haff

Friday – Valerie (jeffnval)

All this week, we are sharing MORE lovely work created with the new Valentine release from Penny Black. It’s all available in the store now!

Therese used the image and the second half of the sentiment from the new (and very cute) set Loads of Love.  She used part of the Joy.Hope sentiment for the first half on the card.

See you tomorrow with more Valentine inspiration as well as some winners!

Hello! Have you noticed how gold dots have invaded the world of interior design?

Gold on white is especially popular this season and Alexandra thought we could play with that look to add extra dimension and festivity to our patterned paper.

She has a layout, a tag, two sketches which can be used for both scrapbookers and cardmakers, and an extra tip on how to use a ribbon stamp as washi tape! She used patterned paper: Poinsettia Script #70-047; stamp 3860J Pointillé and stamp “mesh” 3488H (part of the ribbons 2 set 20-009)

what do you say? you want to come and play?

Throughout this week we have been sharing peeks and projects (with downloadable Project Guides!) using BRAND NEW stamps from our newest Valentines collection!  All of these wonderful stamps are now available in our online store TODAY!!!   Don’t forget to enter our daily giveaways for a chance to win Penny Black stamps! (scroll down for giveaway information)

How about a FASHIONABLE Friday?   

Introducing 30-144 Love is in the Air;

Introducing 40-185 Love Paris;

Introducing 4295K Sweet on You;

Have you been downloading the Project Guides, complete with photos and instructions, this week? Here they are, all in one place:

Project Guide Day 1,

Project Guide Day 2

Project Guide Day 3

Project Guide Day 4

Project Guide Day 5

Did you know that all of this week’s new release stamps are available in our online store beginning TODAY?!  What’s on YOUR wish list?  Leave us a comment on this post and you’ll be entered to win a stamp from this new collection!  And, don’t forget to join the Penny Black email list. That way, you won’t miss any Penny Black news! It’s simple – just click on the Membership button and enter your email address.  Winners will be announced next week! Good luck, and thanks for visiting! – Jenn

Throughout this week, we will be sharing peeks and projects (with downloadable Project Guides!) using BRAND NEW stamps from our newest Valentine’s collection. All of these wonderful stamps will be available in our online store on Friday, December 7. Be sure to stop by every day to see what’s new and enter our daily giveaways for a chance to win Penny Black stamps! Scroll down for giveaway information!

There is nothing cuter than a critter! Today’s peeks will melt your heart…

Introducing 4299J Sweet Ride:

Introducing  4298J Lots of Love:

Introducing 4294H Jump for Love:

Introducing 30-146 Loads of Love:

Click  for a downloadable Project Guide for this card>  Project Guide Day 4

The clean and simple card-making style is a perfect match for Penny Black critter stamps.   What is your style of stamping; clean and simple (CAS) or a more complex, layered style?  Leave us a comment on this post and you’ll be entered to win a stamp from this new collection!

And, don’t forget to join the Penny Black email list. That way, you won’t miss any Penny Black news! It’s simple – just click on the Membership button and enter your email address.  You also just might find a BONUS peek at a bold and modern critter on Facebook today.  Don’t miss out– follow us on Facebook , too!

See you tomorrow with more peeks and another project! – Jenn

Throughout this week, we will be sharing peeks and projects (with downloadable Project Guides!) using BRAND NEW stamps from our newest Valentine’s collection. All of these wonderful stamps will be available in our online store on Friday, December 7. Be sure to stop by every day to see what’s new and enter our daily giveaways for a chance to win Penny Black stamps! Scroll down for giveaway information!

Mimi is definitely feelin’ the love on the blog today!

Introducing 4297K Swinging!:

Introducing 30-147 Mimi’s Playground:

Introducing 4296J Sweetheart Mimi:

Click  for a downloadable Project Guide for this card>  Project Guide Day 3

Mimi’s not the only Penny Black character ready for Valentine’s! Here’s a peek at an adorable new stamp from Mo Manning….

Follow us on Facebook today for the full reveal and a look at TWO more NEW stamps! 

Remember, we’ll be sharing Project Guides for all of the cards shown this week. Save them to your computer or print them out — complete inspiration right at your fingertips! Not only are we sharing ideas and peeks this week, we’ve also got lots of giveaways. . . .

Leave us a comment on this post and tell us about your favorite Valentine traditions and you’ll be entered to win a stamp from this new collection!

And, don’t forget to join the Penny Black email list. That way, you won’t miss any Penny Black news! It’s simple – just click on the Membership button and enter your email address.

See you tomorrow with more peeks and another project! – Jenn

Throughout this week, we will be sharing peeks and projects (with downloadable Project Guides!) using BRAND NEW stamps from our newest Valentine’s collection. All of these wonderful stamps will be available in our online store on Friday, December 7. Be sure to stop by every day to see what’s new and enter our daily giveaways for a chance to win Penny Black stamps! Scroll down for giveaway information!

Today, let’s peek at some truly ELEGANT stamps that will make your crafting heart go pitter-patter!

Introducing 30-148 Butterfly Symphony:

Introducing 40-190 Bed of Roses:

Introducing 30-145 Sweet as Honey:

Introducing 40-187 Love Birds:

These new stamps are just so versatile — great for Valentines, friendship, spring, birthday, anniversary, or “just because” cards!

Click  for a downloadable Project Guide for this card> Project Guide Day 2

Remember, we’ll be sharing Project Guides for all of the cards shown this week. Save them to your computer or print them out — complete inspiration right at your fingertips! Not only are we sharing ideas and peeks this week, we’ve also got lots of giveaways. . . .

Leave us a comment on this post telling us what YOUR favorite set is today and you’ll be entered to win a stamp from this new collection!

And, don’t forget to join the Penny Black email list. That way, you won’t miss any Penny Black news! It’s simple – just click on the Membership button and enter your email address.

See you tomorrow with more peeks and another project! – Jenn

Throughout this week, we will be sharing peeks and projects (with downloadable Project Guides!) using BRAND NEW stamps from our newest Valentine’s collection. All of these wonderful stamps will be available in our online store on Friday, December 7. Be sure to stop by every day to see what’s new and enter our daily giveaways for a chance to win Penny Black stamps! Scroll down for giveaway information!

Without further ado, here’s a look at some gorgeous stamps that get right to the HEART of the matter . . .

Introducing 4291K Daisy Heart:

Introducing 4293E Love Blossoms:

Introducing 429H Sweet Buds:

Introducing 40-186 Love Flourish:

And of course, we couldn’t leave you without a sample (pssst . . . you might even spy another new stamp on this card).

Click  for a downloadable Project Guide for this card> Project Guide Day 1

This card uses a unique color scheme, something other than the traditional pink and red. What are YOUR “go-to” colors for Valentine’s creations?

Leave us a comment on this post and you’ll be entered to win a stamp from this new collection!

And, don’t forget to join the Penny Black email list. That way, you won’t miss any Penny Black news! It’s simple – just click on the Membership button and enter your email address.

See you tomorrow with more peeks and another project! – Jenn

Hello! Today, Alexandra would like to show you how she incorporates Penny Black stamps into her weekly 8″ pages for the project “2012 in 52 Pages.” Click on over. . .

Did you see this yesterday?

Watch it on YouTube here: http://youtu.be/jpV0SdfJ-hI

And . . .  just ’cause we love to share pretty cards from Penny Circle, here are some more creations based on Jill’s sketches!

Shirley-bee‘s bluesy card is so simple and elegant, isn’t it?

And look at this sweet, traditional-colored card from Craftycrea8tions:

If you’re looking for more inspiration, please visit our gallery on Flickr and at Splitcoaststampers. You can also find us on Facebook, and on Twitter, too! See you tomorrow with Alexandra’s Sunday scrapbook page! – Jenn