Penny Black presents CUTE to ELEGANT – Day 2
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)
Welcome back for another installment of Cute to Elegant! Here’s your daily dose of CUTE….
Stamps: 40-153 Mimi, Betsy & Snowy, 40-162 Crystal Pattern, 40-074 Warm Wishes, 30-134 Winter Magic
…which inspired this ELEGANT version:
4270K Spotted Winter, 40-164 Christmas Story, 40-170 Harmony, 30-136 A Wish for Peace
A snowy background is easy with 40-162 Crystal Pattern. Check it out, it’s another Cute to Elegant Quick Tip video from Jill!
Watch in HD on YouTube: http://youtu.be/yYlbbrXc-pgz
Leave a comment on today’s post for a chance to win 4270K Spotted Winter! Winners will be announced this Friday.
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 this Friday.
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 
I love both cute and elegant styles, so thanks for these great ideas, and such lovely cards.
Beautiful stamp. Really love the subtle background that distress stain makes when mixed. Lovely
Both cards are so lovely but I have to say that the elegant card took my breath away, it’s so gorgeous! Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
Really like the cute card, which is what I usually go for, but the elegant background is very striking. I’m going to try that look so, once again, my thanks to PB and Jill.
WOW…what a transformation! The elegant card is beautiful!!! TFS
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Thanks for this great tip. I´m gonna try to make it! By the way, the cards are lovely.
Gr. Annerieke
one is cute, the other is elegant…love them both!
Gorgeous stamp! The first card with its darling image makes me smile:-) The second one is so elegant and beautiful too!
Gorgeous background!
Great idea never tried this.
Love the background stamp too…..
Lovely cards again. Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful stamp.
Love this technique – always enjoy your videos. Thank you so much for all you share.
Blessings-
tabithagrace
Wow, what a beautiful background !! Thanks for the tip ! I would love to win that stamp ! Greetings Enny
You have to love it! It’s beautiful!
Crafty greetings, Katarina
Awwww – just more amazingness by Jill 🙂
I am new to distress stain and didn’t know how to use the product. Thanks for the tips on how to use. Both cards are marvelous. I’ll be inking my fingers today for sure.
Such a quick and inspiring technique. Thank you. You always make it so easy Jill.
Such lovely cards, both of them!
This is what I love about your company…your stamps range from cute to elegant and that opens up so many possibilities. Great cards today!
Fabulous cards, Jill!
Both of these are Fab cards, and I once again Love your video tip, Jill. I put that Crystal Pattern stamp on my wish list 🙂
Great background technique. Quick & simple and voila’ it is done and cute! Love the background stamp and the tree stamp…too cute!
Very effective use of the Picket Fence – that backroung stamp is very versatile. I particularly like the way you accented the snowman’s buttons with those gems on the sentiment & likewise used gems on the tree for the lights in the second.
Paula (PEP)
Both cards are great. Love the one with the tree.
craftymom205 at yahoo dot com
I’m really enjoying this series “Cute to Elegant”. Jill’s videos are top-notch and give lots of inspiration. Thank you for the opportunity to win the Spotted Winter tree.
WOW – I really like the layering. Just joined the series and I am excited to see all the ideas and videos. Thank you for sharing!!
Gorgeous cards and a fab tutorial video thanks for sharing, love the new stamps
Lindsay xx
Loved both of the cards. The background technique is very cool.
Thanks for the great background technique! Love the cards!
Always love learning new techniques! it’s a toss up as to which one I like best!
Wow, Jill never fails to inspire. The cute card is just adorable, the colors are so striking and beautiful and the elegant card is simply stunning. Thanks for sharing these ideas. Would love to win. Thanks for the chance!!!
Oh how cute! I have two distress stains so far but now I know I need more especially that white. LOVE the background stamp!!
These cares are adorable! The video is very inspiring and I am going to try doing the background. Thanks for the chance to win!
Awe-inspiring. What a beautiful technique. Can’t wait to try it.
thanks for ths tip. i have the white distress stain but haven’t really known how to use it. this will spur me on. such a beautiful background and card. love the elegant look best, but then the cute is just that …..”cute too!”
Beautiful. Love the cards.
Wonderful cards. Love the tip on the snowy background.
I love both cards. Thanks for the quick tip using the white distress stain. I am going to try it right now!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for the inspiration!!
another beautiful transformation and helpful video!
Very nice! I may try this technique on fabric.
Really nice cards. I love the rolled corner treatment. My question is, how do you get the rolled corners to stay that way in the mail?
Thanks for visiting! If I am mailing a card with rolled corners, I secure the corner down with either a glue dot or dimensional foam.
pretty snow background and thanks for the video tip on how to achieve! I’ve not bought any of those distress stain daubers since I didn’t really know what to do with them. Now I do! thanks!
really cute and stylish creations;-))m
Your videos and card ideas are very helpful. Thank You! I need to buy some distress ink pads…like right now…lol
Ah, Mimi and Betsy are so cute. Love this card and the fun background technique video. But, I love seeing another card made using the same sketch. How true, cute to elegant using the same sketch. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for another great Quick Tip video Jill. I love the blue, subtle background and I’m also realizing that “cute” grabs me every time! ; Thanks for sharing both your wonderful cards today.
I like the vintage look with the “contemporary” kids. Your videos so far have been very informative. Thank you!
I love the multiple backgrounds. It really adds interest and texture.
Thank you for iinspiration and techniques Jill… I love both your cards but then you always create beautiful artwork!
Love the elegant look. Thanks for the videos, they are very helpful…..and you make it look so easy. Some of my “attempts” fall short of the goal but I keep trying.
I am addicted to your stamps-I may need to join a self help group-lol.
Beautiful cards, thanks for the inspiration!
Great tip Jill! Love the look of the Distress Stain on the colored background!
Love the technique with the Distress stains! I’ll definitely be trying this. Thanks!
Lovely cards today. Thanks for the quick tip. Easy way to make a snowy background.
Really neat technique! I haven’t used the Distress Stains yet, but they’re on my shopping list now! Thanks.
Thanks for sharing….love both cards!
I love that snowy background with the distress stains and I’m really enjoying this card series…Jill explains so well…thank you for the chance to win…
Denise Trottier
Stunning cards. Makes me want to create.
Both cards looked so different but beautiful in their own design.
Awesome! I never thought to apply stains directly to stamps, love it!
I love both of these! Just love Jill’s work
Neat effect, but I think I’d like it stronger and more pronounced! Thanks for the info and a chance to win too!
Love that spotted winter background stamp. Thanks for the opportunity to win one.
jill is so talented!! both cards are just amazing!!
I love the elegant Peace card- absolutely beautiful
I’m amazed at the wonderful colors can’t wait to give this go!
Living in snow country I am happy to have a new technique for making a snowy background. So clever. Thanks.
Great inspiration here. I love looking at all these cards.
Love it!
Really love that sweet cute card! Thanks for sharing!
The elegant one is my favourite, love the background tip.
Beautiful cards, both totally different in feel. Love the textured look backgrounds on them both.
Great cards! love the elegant one ! Those stamps are awesome and thanks for the tutorial!! I’ll have to get some distress stains and try it,
Wow ! Both cards are beautiful ! Thanks for the video Jill !
precious and dear and elegant and stately. If I only had that tree stamp. Wow.
great card. i love distress ink, i can do so much with it. thank’s for all those video. Johanne Bazinet
I love the elegant one, again! Thank you for inspiration! I’ll watch the videos…
I love both cards! Great technique to create that background. Thanks for sharing!
What a fantastic prize, I would love to win this one! I always enjoy watching Jill because she makes it so easy to follow what she is doing, but she also has the best ideas and really helps you to get the most use from all your products. I am loving this whole week and can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings! Thanks PB and Jill!
Great work! Thank you for the lovely sketch 🙂
Thanks for the awesome tips…And love both the cards beautiful..
Great cards and video! Thanks for sharing your tips & techniques. 😉
OMG…another gr8 tip…LOVE IT!!
Great cards and thank you for the inspirations!
Finding more to do with the distress stains every day ! Thanks for the ‘snow’ tip and love the cards !
I love the effect you got with the Distress Inks and White Stain. Really neat.
I LOVE the elegant cards. I can tell spotted winter is going to be in my future!!
Thank you so much for all the inspiration.
Again – fabulous cards! I love the elegant version and again, this is a stamp which has so many possibilities all year round!
Both cards put me in a holiday mood. I love the background technique. Thank you for a chance to win the Spotted Winter stamp, so many possibilties for this great new image.
Great cards again today! Love the snowy background and the Spotted Winter stamp! One ore for my PB collection. 🙂
I never would have thought to use brown for snow, but it so works. Love it.
Whooo! These are drop dead gorgeous Jill. So love them both but the elegant one is to die for. Wow.
Oh my!!!! Jill, you outdid yourself this time! I LOVE these cards! Brilliantly transformed the card into an elegant one, too…wow!
Just love these cute to elegant ideas…fabulous cards today but love the elegant one especially …gotta have these stamps too….lol
Great background technique. And beautiful cards!
You make it look so simple, but so great!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for the tutorial on the background technique. I bet I would look great with navy blue also.
Ooh! GREAT idea!!
Very much enjoying this quick tip idea. Excellent idea. Hope to see more of them upcoming.
Love the card and the tip. The video’ are a great resource for all of us.
Great cards today! I love the coloring on the first one, and that lovely embossed Spotted Winter stamp on the second card! Beautiful! I’m just going to check out thew video!
DeniseB
What great inspiration! The video was fun. too. Can’t wait to try out some of these techniques. I’d love to have the spotted winter stamp, too. 🙂
What great cards and such inspiration!
Love the variety of stamps and the tutorials are well done, thank you for sharing.
Love the stamp you are featuring, so many ways to use it Look forward to more inspirations!
Such a cool background. Thank you for sharing!
Just started card making about a year ago and just recently discovered Penny Black Stamps. I just love them. Have never done anything with the badkground stamps. Very interesting technnique.
Same background, with two very different looks. Both are great!
I love your videos – you never fail to inspire me! Thanks for that 🙂
You are so wonderful for providing the videos. It is encouraging to us all. Plus, encourages us to buy the products used.
I would love to win.
Tish
Thank you for doing these videos. I can’t get out much and this gives me techniques, product information and inspiration to think on and hopefully use. Thank you I had seen the white Distress Ink stain but had no clue what to do with it. Thanks for one way.
Oh, Jill…I never realized that I needed so many stamps! lol You are so creative that I want to be you!! Thanks.
What a neat idea. I have got to try this. I just love the videos you ladies do.
Jill, great tip! Love both of these cards. What a fab transformation! TFS
great technique using the distress stains and distress ink pad.
Simple but effective technique — will have to dig out my picket fence stain to give this a try.
Love everything. Thanks for being such an inspiration. I am totally hooked on Penny Black stamps.
Another great video… Love your examples. I love Mimi her stamps are fabulous..
Both cards are great, but I’m totally in love with the tree stamp. It looks so dramatic stamped in white!
Amazing backgrounds! Thanks for the video and the tips! I love both cards with maybe the elegant look having a slight edge.
Great video, Love the tree stamp.
Gorgeous tree card! And the cute one is so CUTE!!!
Love the subtle background with this technique!
WOW!!! That background is beautiful and I love the curling of the paper!
I just love Jill’s cards and tutorials. I love that she shares the whole process and tells about it as she goes along. Boy, doesn’t that picket fence white stain interact so cool with the distress inks. Hope you girls are having time for your holiday crafting. I’m just starting on mine.
Cool idea! Thanks for the video! It always helps to see it in action!
Really love this look and can’t wait to try this technique.
I love the vintage yet NOW look of the card.. Can not wait to try the technique..
I am so glad that you have brought this feature back…I love the cute to elegant series….and great cards Jill! Thanks for the tutorial…..they are always so helpful!
Love seeing the cute and the elegant versions. Great video too! Thanks for the inspiration!
Very unique cards! Love getting all these new ideas.
As usual, another fantastic card! Your my inspiration!
2 more terrific cards by Jill! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love the elegant card, the stamp is beautiful and I love the bow.
Very unique and classy. Jill is GOOD!
Love your style, Jill! You make everything look so easy. Great cards!
Beautiful cards and a great tip. Thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you for sharing another fun technique Jill. Love the stamp and love, love the cards!
So excited to use these ink methods!!! I love the technique!
Wow!!!! My PB collection keeps growing every week and this background is incredible!! I MUST have this background whether I win or not! Great tut Jill…as always you inspire me! Off to my rubber room to play now…Thanks!
So many ways you can use distress inks,I never know. Thank you for sharing
Jill,
I always see you using the distress ink and applicator on the cardstock, it turns out very smooth rich in color, I cannot have this effect, I wonder what kind of paper you are using? Can you give some clue? Thanks. I love your tutorials that inspire me.
Thanks for your kind words, Edna! I like to use Penny Black Storm (01-001) card stock or Neenah Tiara White cardstock. If I am coloring something with Copic markers I usually use Copic XPress It Blending cardstock. When applying the ink, no matter what cardstock I am using, I always start off of the edge and work my way on. Also, I start with a light pressure and go darker to even out any “uneven” areas. And if it’s not smooth, I just stamp on top to hide it! Hope this helps. Hugs and Happy Stamping!
adorable and regal! amazing work as always, Jill!
Wonderfull technique. My mind is wondering of to other backgrounds and possibilities.
Thanks for sharing your background technique.
Again, such amazing samples and beautiful images – love that background stamp! Thank you.
Jill Foster and distress inks – what a great couple!! Just love all of the ways you use the beautiful inks combined with fabulous Penny Black stamps!
Really love this technique. The card is beautiful!
love that tree stamp – i have a thing for tree stamps – love the fun and elegant cards this week – something for everyone
Barb Housner
Hi PB People!
I’m really enjoying the cute to elegant story! Jill is a great instructor, and her art is beautiful. Thank you!
Love all the torn edges today. Beautiful cards !!!!!
I love seeing this series – such great ideas. I love watching Jill’s videos -she’s a master with the distress inks!
Love your videos and your cards!!!!!!
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing the video.
LOVE the ideas!! THANKS for sharing the Video I could watch you all day!! =) THANKS for the chance to win and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
What a great card! So simple.
Another wonderfully elegant card! Would love to win Spotted Winter!
Just love the depth and texture of the card.
I love all your tips – thanks!
Sandra ltb
Thank you so much for your tips. It is always helpful to me to see it in action. Beautiful cards.
what cute cards, just love penny black
This really is cute to elegant, gorgeous creations, loving the distressing! Ruby x
thank you very much for this fabulous tutorials.. here is my realisation for ths technique : http://p4.storage.canalblog.com/46/43/838939/81529796_o.jpg
So beautiful!!
Two fabulous cards, thanks for the ideas!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com
So far I am lovin’ the elegant cards. Any “tree” stamp is a beautiful stamp with lots of possibilities!
Loved the technique you featured today. Will have to try it. Your card is adorable.
The cute is so very cute but the elegant is heavenly!