Mid month reminder for Penny Black and More Challenges - In The Garden

Good morning!

Well, we are half way through June so it's time for this months mid month reminder over at Penny Black and More Challenges with our theme of "in the garden".

I have created my mid month inspiration using 30-095 Flower Festival stamp set - this includes the flowers and the lovely little dragonflies.  The sentiment is from the 30-419 Happy Wishes stamp set.

I firstly stamped my flowers and masked them off with drawing gum as I went.

Next came the background which I have created using distress inks straight over the top of the drawing gum.

Then rubbed away the drawing gum and coloured the lovely flowers with aquatint pens and some sparkle pens to enhance the colour slightly.

The back mat is stamped with the same flowers and dragonflies and toned down with black soot distress ink.

Mat and layered.

Don't forget to come over and join us at Penny Black and More Challenges with this months theme of "in the garden".

ONLY HAND STAMPED IMAGES PLEASE - NO DIGITAL IMAGES ARE ALLOWED.

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xx

Happy Father's Day!

Hi there!

Thought I'd share my Father's Day makes with you today.

These are the cards that I made for my two daughters to give to my husband and one from me (and our dogs) to my husband too!

All made with Sheena Douglass stamps and distress inks.

A short and sweet post today - look out for tomorrows mid month post for Penny Black and More Challenges.

Thanks for stopping by,

Leanne xxx

New Theme at Penny Black and More Challenges - In The Garden

Good morning!

It's the first Sunday in June and that means that it's a brand new theme over at Penny Black and More Challenges and this months challenge is "in the garden".

I've created this card as my inspiration for this theme.

The background is a distress ink one and then I've over stamped the poppies (40-516 Dynamic) and coloured those in with a mixture of distress ink for the foliage and distress ink and sparkle pens for the flowers.

The sentiment is from 30-416 Happy Thoughts stamp set.

The back mat has been stamped with the lovely butterfly (40-099 Soft Wings) in distress oxide and then blended with distress oxides to give me the coloured mat.

I finished by putting some crystal glaze droplets on there.

Please come and join us at Penny Black and More Challenges, there are prizes for the winners!

THIS CHALLENGE IS FOR HAND STAMPED IMAGES ONLY - NO DIGITAL IMAGES PLEASE.

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk

Thanks for stopping by today,

Leanne xx