Scissors…

Wahoo - I've found my scissors! They were hiding in my ribbon box and I looked everywhere for those naughty Minkeys :) A card that hits two challenge buttons today. Firstly it uses the lovely sketch over at BasicGrey Challenge blog and then it incorporates embossing for the Penny Black Challenge blog. Sorted :) Details: the embossing used my cuttlebug and embossing…

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Hen Nights

How about a card celebrating a hen night? Well, here is one that I made with Kaboodle Doodle papers for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, which has a Stars and Stripes theme and, coincidentally, an engagement announcement :) Materials: Stamp - Penny Black Papers - Kaboodle Doodle All Star Colouring - Watercolour pencils; Letroset Aqua-promarkers Inks - versafine black; distress ink walnut…

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Cupcakes again

OK, I confess - no, not to a cupcake obsession but to not having that many Penny Black stamps at the moment. So for this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge, I had to be a bit creative as I have now used all the stamps I have, all two of them! So for this week's challenge, which is ribbons, I have only…

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Cakes for Meece

It's party time for mice and here is a card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, which has a fab sketch for us this week. The papers are a new kit about to be released from Kaboodle Doodles. Materials: Stamp - Penny Black Papers - Kaboodle Doodle Party Picnic Inks - VersaFine black Other - Watercolour pencils; Glitter Glue; white cardstock

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My first…

Penny Black stamp was actually this 'Bare Tree' one, a recent buy that I've had my eye for a while and wanted an excuse to use it. Thought I would use it to have a go at the exciting first challenge from the new Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Thanks guys for an excuse to use the stamp :) The Challenge over at…

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