Heart of the Garden and Butterfly Bouquet by Penny

Good morning peeps, I hope you are all keeping well and dry!  What's with all this rain?  My garden has gone from parched to swamp in such a short time!  

It's my last post of the month today and I've got a piece of home decor and a card to share with you.

Heart of the Garden.

For this Home Decor piece I have used stamps from the Filigree Trading hearts and Celebration Bouquet sets; Distress Inks, texture paint, chalk paint, black Versafine ink, clear EP, CB stencils  Seasonal Elements and Useful Leaves, a gold pen and Koh-I-Noor paints.  

I stamped and embossed the filigree heart image in black Versafine and clear EP three times onto white card then cut them out.  I painted them and added dots with a gold pen.  I did the same with the bouquet.

I took a canvas board and painted a background with chalk paint, then used stencils with DIs and texture paint to add some foliage and flowers.   I attached the hearts to the board then attached the bouquet on top.

Butterfly Bouquet.

This is a quick and pretty piece of artwork that would suit many occasions.  I have used stamps from the Celebration Bouquet and Happy Flowers Day sets; grey Versafine ink, alcohol pens and DIs.  

I took a piece of CB Luxury Smooth White Paper and stamped the bouquet in grey ink.  I coloured the image with pens and added a shadow line.  I then took a spare piece of the paper and stamped a butterfly in grey ink.  I coloured it with the pens then cut it out.  I matted and layered the focal panel onto a white base card, then I stamped a sentiment along the bottom of the card and added a couple of foliage stamps.

I really like this quick card, it is ideal for when you need a hand made card in a hurry!  

Thank you for dropping by today, I hope to see you next month when I'll be back with some more crafty fun.  

In the meantime take care everyone,

                            xx  Penny  xx 

Bouquet of Sunshine and Smiles and Pink Magnolia by Penny

Bouquet of Sunshine and Smiles.

Morning Peeps!  I hope you are all well and enjoying the lovely Autumnal colours that are starting to come through!  I'm back to share my first post with you this month featuring stamps from the Celebration Bouquet, Happy Flowers Day and Filigree Trading Hearts sets, CB Mask/ Stencil   Useful Leaves and Kaleidoscope of Butterflies, Distress inks, black Versafine ink and alcohol markers.  

I began by stamping the bouquet image onto a piece of CB Luxury SmoothWhite Paper using Versafine ink and coloured it with pens.  I did the same with a butterfly then fussy cut both images.    

On a plain piece of CB's Designer Papers I added DIs through a couple of stencils to create a background, then added gold pen around the edges.    I took a white base card and stamped one of the worker images around two edges.  I attached the background panel to the base card, off setting it to the side.  I then attached the bouquet and butterfly with 3D glue, stamped and die cut a sentement then attached it to the card with 3D glue.

Pink Magnolia.

This project uses stamps from the Happy Flowers Day, alcohol pens, Distress Inks, CB Stencil Kaleidoscope of Butterflies, black Versafine ink, clear embossing powder and an embossing folder from my stash.

I stamped and embossed the Magnolia image onto smooth white paper, then coloured it with pens.  I added a few stencilled butterflies using DIs then blended ink around the edges of the panel.  I took a piece of Kraft card and embossed it through a folder, then attached it to a white base card.

To complete the card I stamped a sentement along the bottom edge of the base card.


Thank you for popping in today, I hope that you have enjoyed this post and that I've encouraged and inspired you to have a go!  I'll be back later in the month with some more crafty fun!

In the meantime take care,



                        xx  Penny  xx

Tomte Christmas Carols by Penny

Goodly morning peeps, I hope you are all well and not too wet lol!  It's my turn to share some craftiness with you today, another of my June CB samples.  Like my teamies I absolutely loved the set of Gnomes stamps and this was the first card I made with them.

Tomte Christmas Carols.

  I used stamps from the A Tomte Christmas and A Christmas Flourish sets; CB Masking Tissue, CB Luxury Smooth White paper, alcohol pens, Distress Ink, fluffy fake snow, a die, a stencil and an embossing folder from my stash and some silver gilding wax.     

I stamped a large gnome onto the smooth paper in grey Versafine ink, masked the image and stamped it twice more to create a group.  I removed the masking tissue then coloured the images in.

I took a die from my stash and cut a vintage style lamp post out of black card.  I also cut a single lantern and added silver gilding wax to the lamps.  I stamped some candles from the Christmas Garden set onto another piece of card.  I coloured the images and cut around them, then attached them to the back of the lamps.

I took a stencil from my stash and added rays of light with yellow DI.  I used the embossing folder with a piece of black card to create a border for the focal panel which I highlighted with silver wax.  I then attached the panel.  On spare card I stamped and embossed two sentiments then cut around them.  I attached them to the card and added some music notes, a single lantern hanging from a shepherds crook made from black card and some fluffy snow.

Santa Gnome's Bauble

I took a papier mache bauble from my stash and painted it both sides with dark blue and white acrylic paints to creat a snowy nightime scene.  I then took a piece of smooth white paper and stamped and embossed two images of gnomes, one with a reindeer and one with a sleigh.  I coloured them with alcohol pens then fussy cut them.   

I added some falling snow by dipping the end of a paint brush into white paint and dotting it randomly over the sky.  I added some glitter to the snow and attached the stamped images, one on each side.

Thank you for dropping in today, I hope that I've given you a few ideas for your Christmas makes!
I shall be back next month with some more crafty fun, in the meantime check out the projects of my teamies on this blog.

Take care,


                             x x Penny x x

Baubles Galore by Penny

Hello peeps, I'm here again with my first post of the month.  What better subject for the middle of summer than....Christmas!  I have three cards to share with you today, all were samples for the Christmas shows in June and all of them focus on Christmas Baubles.  

The first card features stamps from the Shaded Baubles and Christmas Circles sets; Koh-I-Noor paints, Distress Ink, gold EP and white EP.  I stamped both baubles onto Drawing Cartridge and embossed one with white EP and the other with gold.  I then painted them and cut them out. 

I stamped and embossed the Robin and foliage in gold and painted it as before, then fussy cut the image and attached it to the plain bauble with 3D foam.  I stamped some Pine branches from the Robin the Spruce set using DI onto a white base card.  I attached the snowy bauble flat on the card and attached the other bauble in 3D.  I added some ribbon and a couple of bows to give the impression of baubles hanging on a tree, and stamped a sentiment.

The second card features stamps from the same sets as the first; grey Versafine ink, alcohol pens, Distress Ink, Luxury Smooth White Paper, a couple of dies and some coloured paper from my stash.  I stamped the empty bauble image in grey ink onto a piece of smooth white colouring paper and coloured it in with pens then added some glitter.   I stamped Pine branches around the edges of the panel and added silver pen around the edges before matting it onto coloured card. 

I used a die to cut some Pine branches from coloured card and another one to cut a lantern.  I attached all the die cuts to the card and added glossy accents to the lantern to look like glass.  I used silver peel-offs to add a chain to the bauble, stamped and embossed a sentiment onto coloured card then matted it and attached it to the card. 

I used the same stamps as in the first two cards; a piece of smooth, Kraft paper, alcohol pens, Versamark ink and white EP, brown DI and a circle die from my stash.  I stamped and embossed all the images in white then coloured them with pens before die cutting them.  I attached both circles to a cream base card then stamped a sentiment.

Thank you for dropping by today, I hope that you have enjoyed this post.  I shall be back later in the month with some more Christmas craftiness! 

Take care all,


                              xx  Penny  xx

Honeysuckle Tag by Penny

Hello peeps, I hope you're all warm and well today.  I have a pretty card to share with you, one of my samples from last month's tv shows.  This project uses stamps from the Honeysuckle Butterfly, Butterfly Daisy Collage and Briar Rose Butterfly sets, CB Luxury Smooth White Paper, and CB Drawing Cartridge.

I began this project by taking a piece of drawing cartridge and blended three colours of Distress Inks over it.  I then stamped several images randomly all over the panel.

I matted the background panel onto black card and attached it to a base card.

I die cut a tag and stamped the Honeysuckle image onto it, then coloured it with pens.  I used the Kaleidascope of Butterflies stencil to add a couple of butterflies, and I blended ink around the edges of the tag.  I added a bow at the top with some twine and attached the tag to the card.

Thank you for dropping in today, I hope that I've managed to inspire you to have some crafty fun yourselves! 


Take care until next time,


                                          xx Penny xx