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Designer Inspiration: Cathy

May 16, 2013

How about brightening up your loved one’s special day with a cheery Father’s Day card?

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Cathy’s easel card was created by combining our Mix and Match Cardstock and 40-211 Hand in Hand with her Faber-Castell colored pencils.  (Cathy’s listed the exact colors used on her blog so you can get this same great look!)

If you’re looking for other masculine card-making inspiration as Father’s Day approaches, you’ll definitely want to be sure you haven’t missed the following posts:

*You’re the Best
*Bon Voyage
*Tune Up

And don’t forget to enter your cards for family in our current challenge…

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Designer Inspiration: Angela

May 15, 2013

What do you get when you combine 30-116 Social Butterfly

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…with 40-125 Sweet Day?

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And are you looking for the perfect set to personalize cards for family?  Angela’s used our T for Transparent set 30-106 Words Express to make this card extra special for her niece.

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Contributor Inspiration: Peet

May 14, 2013

Today’s card by Peet using 4315K Shoe Critic has us smiling… and ready to shop!

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Our fashion girl stamps with your favorite patterned paper and Mix and Match Cardstock are the “perfect pair.”  How about trying Peet’s lovely paper piecing technique with our newest fashion girl stamps, 40-234 Fluffy Passenger, 40-235 Fashion Leader, and 40-236 Garden Assistant?  We’d love to see what you create…

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Designer Inspiration: Therese

May 13, 2013

This week our designers continue to inspire with fun cards created with our “For Family” challenge theme in mind.

Clean and simple stamping is a great combination with our critter stamps.  Therese reached for 40-225 Tune Up to create this happy card.

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Therese colored her image with Prismacolor Pencils and Copic Markers.  She highlighted the white of the grill and the numbers on the license plate with a white pen.  She also used a glitter pen over the grill, the rims of the lights, and license plates.  What a clever way to make it look like shiny chrome!

Do you have a favorite Penny Black critter stamp?  Why not pull it out and create a simple card for someone in your family?

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alexandra’s Sunday scrapbooking – Use your PB Stamps to capture a Birthday

May 12, 2013
Hello Friends! alexandra here, to share how I used some Penny Black Inc. stamps including the new flower-child Mindy, to capture our Lily’s tenth birthday. I have a card and two scrapbook layouts to share with you. I’ll also be focusing on how I like to color Mindy’s face and clothes using Faber-Castell’s Gelatos and watercolor pencils.

Here are the stamps I used for today’s projects 

I hope you’ll join me on my blog ➵ art scrap & more for a complete tutorial and some tips!
Thank You and Happy Mother’s Day to all the beautiful Moms!

Designer Inspiration: Elizabeth

May 10, 2013

Penny Black stamps can be mix and matched together to create a harmonious design.  Elizabeth has done just that using 4335K Birthday Joy and 40-194 Let’s Go Wild.

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Wow! All of this designer inspiration has us ready to stamp the weekend away!  How about you?

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Designer Inspiration: Heather

May 9, 2013

Floral cards for your family (and, of course, those dear friends you consider family) are perfect entries for our current challenge! Don’t you love how Heather has transformed 30-155 Blooming Garden

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…to this watercolor wonder?

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To create this effect, Heather stamped and then re-stamped the poppy image on damp watercolor paper. The image was then colored in with watercolor pencils.

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