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Hello Friends!  Another quick and simple card for you today.  Paper from PTI, image from Penny Black, and sentiment from Hero Arts.  A little copic coloring, a little corner rounding and we are done.  Thanks for stopping in!

Toadily

Hi Friends!  I have a cute little card with an image from Penny Black today.  The set is called Toadily.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts.  Papers from Doodlebug, cardstock from PTI.  Copic coloring and thats about it.  Simple and easy!  Thanks for stopping in!

A More Traditional Thank You

My Husband bought me this Penny Black stamp set for Christmas.  I love the little cat.  I love cats.  Rather than stash away for next year I decided to use it to make a few more thank yous.  I love coloring and Penny Black stamps are perfect for that.  The sentiment is from Inside and Out Thank You (PTI).  The base is Pure Poppy and the strip is Ripe Avocado.  Simple and easy to mail!  Thanks for stopping by!

You Did It!

Hi there! I apologize for the extended absence. We were out of town for a bit, visiting my mom and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. But now we are home and I have three new sets of Waltzingmouse stamps that need my attention and a bunch of PTI stamps that still need to see ink so hopefully I will have more cards up this week.
Today I have another Penny Black Card. The image is from the Toadily set. I just love these frogs, they are so fun to color. The rest of the card is very basic: Spring Rain cardstock, K and Co. patterned paper (old!), some spring rain ink. I have a nice lined envie courtesy of my PTI envie die. Thats all there is to it! Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Day

Good morning! I have a little froggy for you today. He's from Penny Black. The sentiment is from PTI. Patterned/Sparkly paper from Doodlebug, Kraft from PTI. Buttons are from PTI also. Sorry to post and run but we have a lot to do today! Thanks for stopping by!

Hip Hip Hooray!

... I am back from my trek to the wilderness... ok well camping... but it was roughing it... NO running water! Oh I was so filthy! And my children... wow the dirt was packed on in layers! But we are back and finally clean and laundry is being done, so all is right with the world.
I made this last week when I was on my Penny Black kick. I love this set. Its called Toadily. The sentiment is from PTI Fillable Frames #5. The cardstock is PTI spring rain and the PP is K&Co. (But it is old... like last year old.) Thanks for stopping by!

More Penny Black Frogs

Another frog from the cute little Toadily set by Penny Black. I can not resist frogs, especially when they are this cute! I am entering this guy in Moxie Fab's Cute and Fun challenge. Cute and Fun is one of my favorite kinds of cards to make!
The main image is Penny Black. The sentiment is from PTI (fillable frame). I stamped it all in Palette Noir. (Aside: I finally bought some Momento Tuxedo and I have to say I prefer the Palette. All the raving on the net for Momento, I thought for sure I would like it better but to me the images are much crisper in the Palette.) The base is Summer Sunrise. The patterned paper is by Doodlebug (stripes) and I think KandCo. (I am not positive on that one, I have had it a long time). Thanks for stopping by today!

Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge #5

Good morning friends! Today I have for you a little card I made for the Waltzingmouse sketch challenge. Get all the details here. You don't even need to use WM stamps to play. In fact, today's card has stamps from three different companies. The little frog is from Penny Black. I just got it so you can expect to see more cards soon. The label outline and the background strip are both from Waltzingmouse. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I used colorbox ink (pastel lime) and versamagic ink (turquoise gem). My froggy is colored with copics (YG23 and YG17). The ribbon is from American Crafts.

Kitty in the Bath

I made this right before I left for St. Louis. Kept meaning to post it but then I would make something else and it would get pushed to the side. The main stamp is from Penny Black's clear stamps. The sentiment is from PTI's Vintage Picnic sentiments. I colored the image with my trusty copics and then cut it out with a Nesties Label 1 die. The patterned paper is by MM and the CS is by PTI (Spring Rain). Thanks for stopping by!

Stop and Smell the Flowers

How about a little more Penny Black?  Aren't these little hedgies adorable?   I stamped them on white (stampers select from PTI) and then colored with my copics.  I mounted them on some PTI bitty boxes patterned paper that I had punched with my ek success bubble bunch.  The whole thing is then mounted on spring rain cardstock and finished off with a sentiment from PTI's vintage picnic sentiments.  The ribbon is PTI satin hibiscus burst.

*** Tomorrow is my son's birthday.  He is turning 6!  Where has the time gone?  Anyway today I will be in the kitchen whipping up a lego star wars cake.  I hope it turns out!  If its not completely embarrassing I will post some pics of it tomorrow.

Spoil Yourself with Scarlet Jewel

Who loves Penny Black?  ME ME ME!!!  My first love is PTI... but close behind that I love Penny Black!  Love this little kitty and mouse in the tub.  They crack me up.  I colored them up with my copics.  They are mounted on PTI bitty boxes and PTI scarlet jewel.  Scarlet jewel saddle stitch ribbon is tied in a bow.  The sentiment is all Penny Black.  I screwed it up ... worse embossing job ever... but other than that I love the card.  

Birthday Kitty

I made this last week. Let me tell you, I have been without my craft table two days and I am going insane!!! Please, please let the hubs work quickly! Anyway this one features a penny black stamp (acrylic). I can't remember the name of the set. The sentiment is from vintage picnic. The cardstock is PTI summer sunrise, the pp is also PTI. The little rhinestones are a mystery. We gave this card to my daughter's friend for her birthday.

*** Did you see the Bachelorette last night? I am beginning to think Jillian is not playing with a full deck. How did she miss all the signs of Wes being an a$$? And further more why was she having such a hard time believing what he was outright admitting??? She gave up Jake for this loser?? I dont think Jillian is going to be finding true love this go around.

Is this little hedgehog not the cutest thing ever?  He was in my new Penny Black stamp set.   He is so sweet!   I colored him up with copics.   He is inside a PTI Borders and Corners circle stamped with Raspberry Fizz ink.  The sentiment and cardstock is also by PTI.  That Penny Black set was a good buy!  Speaking of Penny Black, my friend AmyJo, sent me another set of them!  For no reason at all!  Man, I sure lucked out in the friend department.  Now I have to get off the computer and go use them!

Another Penny Black card.  I just love that set I bought, such cute images and so much fun to color.  The cat and balloons are colored with copics.  The sentiment is from Papertrey.  Also from Papertrey is the ribbon and cardstock.  The polka dots are made with liquid pearls.  This isnt my favorite card. I love the image, I like the coloring... the rest of the design not so much.  But a friend of mine really liked it so I thought I might post it.  I have lots more cards I made this weekend but I havent gotten around to photographing them.

Little Star

Another cute image from Penny Black.  I just love this set.  Its so much fun to color too.  The little mouse is colored with copics.  The stars in the background are from PTI... Its a Celebration set.  I stamped them in Lemon Tart and then outlined them with a yellow spica pen.  So sparkly IRL.  The sentiment is PTI also, same set, stamped in Aqua mist, outlined with another spica pen.  Lemon tart and Aqua mist cardstock and lovely aqua mist grosgrain.  Hope you enjoy!

Spoil Yourself

Another cute little Penny Black image!  I colored with my copics.  Can I just tell you, these pens are so worth the money, especially if you artsy at all.   Long before I stamped and scrapbooked, I drew and I painted.  I have had a love affair with art since I was a kid.  Markers always disappointed me though, I hated the streaking and how hard it was to blend or layer colors.  Well copics are so perfect for those things.  They are fairly easy to use once you practice a bit.  They are pricey but so worth the money to me.   Anyhow on to the rest of the card:  PTI paper in Aqua mist, select white, and pink patterns.  Berry Sorbet swiss dot bow.  Love those swiss dots.  Hope you like it!

Switching subjects:  I am sitting here watching the Bachelor.  Oh I am so embarrassed that I got sucked into this drama.   I sit her with my mouth open for the most part as these women fight to win a "prize".  Its no wonder 99% (yes I know about Ryan and Trista) of these match ups fail!  This stuff is just crazy!   Although I would have happily gone to the private concert by Robin Thicke, LOL

Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me?

Why didn't anyone tell me Penny Black made clear stamps? I love Penny Black, but I hate wood mounted stamps. The main reason being that they are just too cumbersome to store in my tiny house, but also because I am spoiled and I like my stamps see through. I am too lazy to use a stamp a ma jig! So anyhow I was strolling through my local stamp store and I saw these cute little Penny Black transparent stamps. They hopped right into my basket, even though I need more stamps like I need a hole in the head. They had two different sets and it took all my restraint to only buy one. And the only reason I was able to restrain myself was that I know papertrey ink is releasing 4 new sets this Wednesday! Back to the card at hand, I made this with no one in particular in mind, I am just low on birthday cards.  The main image is Penny Black.  I colored it with my copics.  All the paper is by Papertrey Ink.  The sentiment is from PTI's birthday basics.  The ribbon is PTI.  I added liquid pearls to my scalloped edging.  Hope you enjoy!