Penny Black presents CUTE to ELEGANT – Day 4
Penny Black has something for everyone, from cute to elegant! This week Penny Black designer Jill Foster will be sharing cute card samples which in turn inspired elegant samples. To leave you even more inspired, we’ll also have a simple sketch for both cards!
Be sure to enter today’s giveaway! (more details below)
Really, could Mimi get any cuter?! She’s been colored with Copics and then layered onto backgrounds created with Distress Inks and tone-on-tone stamping.
Stamps: 30-133 Mimi’s Winter Friends, 30-137 All is Bright
The card above then inspired this ELEGANT version—different colors, but a similar overall structure.
Stamps: 30-135 Silent Night, 40-169 Diamond Pattern
Ever wanted to learn how to color Mimi with Copic markers? Here are some Quick Tips!
Watch in HD on YouTube: http://youtu.be/25a1l8Z50Ps
Leave a comment on today’s post for our last giveaway for the week – a chance to win 30-135 Silent Night. Winners will be announced tomorrow.
See you tomorrow with more Cute to Elegant creations by Jill! Here’s a sketch (click the image to enlarge) so you can play along!
Upload your Christmas cards in our Flickr Gallery and you just might see your Penny Black creation here on the blog tomorrow!
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! – Jenn
The Penny Black Blog 
Amazing coloring on both cards! I love their layout and both images are so beautiful! 🙂
Beautiful colouring, fabulous cards;-))m
Love the coloring on both cards. The Silent Night stamp set is beautiful. Rebecca King
You make it look so easy. Love the colors.
Gorgeous cards again. Thanks for another chance to win this beautiful stamp set.
Oh wow! That’s a really beautiful set of stamps. I’ve always said PB samples were the best in the business and you just have to prove me right again x
Your coloring really brings Mimi to life. Thanks for the great coloring tips. Love both cards.
LOVE IT! Simple as that!
Katarina
Jill each day your tips have been fantastic!…always so much to learn and I love your presentation style! The Silent Night Set would be a great addition to my stamp collection. Thanks for the prizes this week!
Great cards! This has been such a fun week with all of the inspiring projects (and a chance to win!).
Very useful indeed – I’d not thought about the fact that Mimi is so good for a beginner when it comes to Copics; she may well help me over my diffidence with Copics & the like. My favourite of these is definitely the elegant: the tone on tone background is a technique that I delight in & it’s utterly effective in this one, especially with the textured brown & torn strip.
Paula (PEP)
Mimi is so cute in her winter wear and pink cheek!
Your tips for coloring face and hair are helpful. They’re problem coloring areas for me! The cards are wonderful as always. I learn so much from your choices of colors and the shading you do.
Thanks for the copic coloring tips ! Mimi is so cute and the elegant card is very pretty ! Thanks for sharing !
Another great post, I’m always in need of more advice with using copics, and the silent night stamps are lovely.
Gorgeous cards, Jill! I love your colour choices. Thanks for all the great videos!
Gorgeous cards!!!! Love the stamp set too + the videos.
Wow Jill, Mimi looks gorgeous and your coloring is just breathtaking, your color choices are so fun on both cards. Thanks for all the tips and ideas AND the chance to win!!!
Love the backgrounds on both of these.
Love both cards.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
I love Mimi.
beautiful cards again today. love them both
Great cards, Jill! Thanks for the tips on coloring Mimi with copics! Very helpful.
That does it, these cards are so wonderful …… I need Mimi.
Another great card and thank you for another lovely video too xx
Wow! You make this look so easy. Thanks for the free instructions; much appreciated. Jill you make wonderful cards.
Once again lovely cards!
Stamp set is ideal for this time of the year. Cute to elegant has proven itself again!
two more beautiful and fun cards – thanks for all the inspiration
Barb Housner
I’m new to PB thanks to Sandy @ OWH. Great video today. Is there one that shows how you color the clothing (especially the fur trim?)
I really LOVE the Silent Night stamp set, it is so versitile, and I t feel that JESUS is the reason for Christmas, and I love that we can make cards to help celebrate his birth.
Gorgeous rich colours!
Oh Mimi looks so cute, in fact all your stamps are beautiful ! Thank you again for the video, I’ve learned already so much this week !! I would love to win one of your stamps, as I can’t find them in Antwerp ! Greetings, Enny
thanks for the coloring tips for making Mimi look great! I’ve really enjoyed all of your tips this week~~~ Thanks!
What a sweet, sweet set, and the colouring is amazing 🙂
Wonderful cards! I especially like the “Silent Night”…. would love to have that stamp set! Penny Black has great stamps for every occasion!!
Wish I was coloring now! These are lovely as always! Love this set and today’s designs.
Very cute cards
I LOVE Mimi! Thanks for helping me to make her come alive with Copics.
jill’s coloring skills are absolutely amazing!! another gorgeous set of cards!!
Mimi is so super cute.. And the stamp set is beautiful..Thanks for the tutorial..
Love both the cards..
Many faves all come together here — tone on tone, pretty backgrounds, copics, and Mimi. Wonderful!
Wonderful cards today! The Mimi card is one of my all-time favorite “cute” cards & the second one is amazing! I would so love to have that stamp set–thanks for a chance to win!
wow these are great! I love the sketch this is based on and she is just too cute!!!
Great cards, Jill!!! I love your use of non-traditional and bright colors on your elegant card. That Silent Night stamp set is awesome!!
Both of these card are absolutely beautiful! I adore Mimi b/d of her sweet cuteness but I love elegant too so the silent night is right up my alley as well!
I LOVE how Mimi was colored. I really zoomed in to look at the res of Mimi and I really LOVE the way you added purple to the fur to really make it look more “white.” I would have never thought to do that.
I am curious though…I had heard that embossing powder really ruins your copic nibs. So I have never tried it b/c I was afraid to ruin my most expensive investment. Have you had any problems/issues?
Thanks for sharing and have a Blessed day! 😉
Hi Valerie, I haven’t had any problems with it ruining my marker nibs. I avoid coloring on the embossed areas extensively, but if I brush over it from time to time, it doesn’t seem to be a problem. Hope this helps! Thanks so much for watching and for your sweet comments!
Loved this series, lots of fun and I hope that you will do it again! Thanks for the chance to win!
Oh both cards are so lovely. I love Mimi, she reminds me of my granddaughter#1! The Bethlehem scene is really beautiful!
Love the colors, so different and pretty!
Just like the others, absolutely beautiful.
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the coloring with copics tips, too.
Thank you for all your tips this week, love your cards also.
Love the colors on today’s creations! Can’t wait to see the video to see how it was done!
DeniseB
Thanks for the quick tip, Jill! Your coloring is beautiful and so are both of the cards!
these are both so colourful and i love the dimension the colouring and embossing adds to the cards!
I love Jill’s copic coloring skills! And all of her other coloring skills as well. Thanks Jill for all of the videos you do. I love watching you work and it helps me learn how to shade and highlight too! Thanks for all you girls do over here at Penny Black. Love Love…her stamps! And thanks for a chance to win this Christmas set. Happy Holiday Crafting (((crafty hugs too)))
Great review of basic copic technique for faces! I also like seeing the use of browns and gold tones on many of your cards. I tend to use more primary colors in my copic coloring and shading and this is a good reminder of the wonderful use of other color combinations. Thanks!
THANKS FOR THE LESSON..I LOVE THE LOOK OF THE COPIC MARKERS
I loved both cards today. Thank you for the copic marker tips for coloring her face and hair.
Beautiful!! So easy….Love the Little Town Card, and Mimi is so cute.
Maria V.
I really appreciate the tips on hair and face coloring. I always get in trouble with both. Thanks.
Both card are fabulous! Love the PB stamps!!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
What an adorable image! Thanks for the tips on flesh-tone coloring. I’m going to buy those colors and see for myself!
I just love Mimi. Thanks for the tips on using the copic markers to color her in. Going to give it a try.
Lovely cards. Thanks for the coloring tips.
I Love this stamp set! Thanks for the chance to win!
Two very cute cards. Thanks for the coloring tips.
I love both cards, with such cheerful colors. Thanks for the inspiration!
Cute sketch and cards! Thank you for the awesome week.
Another set of super cute cards, love the video and the tips!
such great cards today…I adore this stamp set used on the 2nd card.
Both lovely cards, thanks for the tutorial! Ruby x
Gorgeous so happy you showed how to color these cute faces..love each card from you!
These cards are both gorgeous!
Wow! These are great cards! You make it look so easy to change the cute card to an elegant one!
Two more gorgeous cards and a lovely colouring tutorial thanks for sharing
Lindsay xx
Great tutorial, what a wonderful set:)
Love both cards! Mini sure is cute!
Two more fabulous cards – I love today’s colour scheme!
I can’t say enough how much I love your blog. I get so many ideas from it. Thanks again
Love Mimi…is cute and fun to colour! Awesome cards…
Simple and great vido!
Both of these cards are fantastic. I really love this “Cute to Elegant” theme.
The color scheme on the elegant card is so different and bright looking. Love it!
Would have never put those colour combos together…but they are WONDERFUL!! I am just lovin’ this week full of tutorial videos and gorgeous cards…what an inspiration it’s been to get my creative juices flowing again! Would love to win that Silent Night stamp set….thanks for the chance!
thanks so much for the tips with coloring and pens used. I want to learn more
Thank you for sharing the coloring technique. It sure helps a bunch.
Wonderful cards and great coloring tips for Mimi.
Beautiful cards, I love the rich colors!
Carol B
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Thanks for another great video, Jill! I especially love today’s Silent Night card!
Great inspiration.
I really love the Silent Night card and Mimi is so cute! Thanks for all the tips. Your coloring techniques are no less than fabulous!
I am so enjoying the tutorials – thank you for sharing your techniques! Both cards are very cute.
I absolutely love Penny Black stamps and I would really like to get this set, “Silent Night”. I too love watching the tutorials.
Thanks for the copic coloring techniques. Your cards are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
New crafter here & Love PB&J Designs! Adorable & so endearing! Thank you for all your lovely designs & Happy Hoidsys!
Mimi is so adorable but I truly love Silent Night. What a truly tremendous week.
Thank you so much.
Both are really sweet cards. Great coloring!
Wonderful cards! I especially like the “Silent Night”…. would love to have that stamp set! Penny Black has great stamps for every occasion!! THANKS for sharing another AWESOME video and for the chance to win!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Amazing coloring – Thanks so much for the tips..
Lovely cards! This was a fun week of creativity, and great videos. Thank you for a chance to win wonderful Penny Black stamps, and a special thanks to Jill Foster!
Another day of wonderful cards!! Thanks Jill for sharing your talent with us!! I really love the “Silent Night” stamp set!! And Mimi….of course!
Love this stamp set and your card. I have collected nativity sets for years, this is my birthday so I really need/want/ this set!
What beautiful cards! I LOVE the “Silent Night” set. The Bethlehem scene is fabulous. Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win. 😀
love those warm colors on mimi….and the way you build a scene is so neat. thanks for all the tips you gave this week. its been great!
Jill always does such an amazing job of coloring, so I really appreciated her tips for creating Mimi’s hair and skin. I am enjoying this whole week of cute to elegant and really feel it will help me to get more use out of all of my stamps. Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful stamp set.
My coloring NEVER looks like that! Sweet cards!
Fabulous cards. Thanks for the inspiration.
I love the way you turn cute cards into elegant ones. I always love to watch Jills video’s.
So THAT’s how she does it…thank you Jill for the wonderfully informative video, those images are so cute, but I love how you then use the same basic design & charge it up to the elegant level…amazing : )
Great colouring and great cards. Thanks for a chance to win!.
love the lush colors on the second card. beautiful work as always, Jill!
I have enjoy all your quick tips and I wish you could post more. All the cards are just great !
Jill, thanks for the coloring tips!
Love, love, love all the coloring, hints and ideas for making all the cards…O little town of Bethlehem has to be one of most fave!! of my favorites!!! thanks for all things Penny Black!!!
I just love Mimi – she is too adorable. And thanks for the coloring tips.
great tips and wonderful card ideas