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June 11, 2018

Over the next several weeks our designers and crafty friends will be joining us to share their creations featuring our newest collection of stamps and Creative Dies, Nature’s Art.

This week we are delighted to bring you the one-of-a-kind cardmaking of Virginia Lu!

Virginia’s cards are always filled with color and charm and today’s card is no exception.

Virginia stamped our cling stamp, 40-611 SingSong, and painted it with watercolors to create a beautiful circular element for her card.

Additional details and instructions are available on Virginia’s blog HERE.

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40-611 SingSong
51-411 Rows of Stitches
30-338 Special Thoughts

VIDEO! Wrap Card Designs

June 8, 2018

by pennyblackinc

Over the next several weeks our designers and crafty friends will be joining us to share their creations featuring our newest collection of stamps and Creative Dies, Nature’s Art.

Our Creative Dies, 51-445 Floral Half and 51-446 Scrolls Half Edger, are perfect for creating interactive wrap card designs.

These cards by Jill are easy to recreate and oh-so-fun to make!

Watch directly on YouTube HERE.

Both the outside and inside of these cards are special.

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Card 1: 51-445 Floral Half, 51-439 Congratulation

Card 2: 51-446 Scrolls Half Edger, 51-425 Thankful Heart, 51-291 Butterfly Heart Pop Out

Card 3: 51-445 Floral Half, 51-433 Believe in your Dreams, 30-470 Just Believe

Card 4: 51-446 Scrolls Half Edger, 51-444 Flowing Butterflies, 30-420 Fragrant Flowers

Card 5: 51-445 Floral Half, 30-482 Cup of Tea, 51-281 What’s in your Cup?

Card 6: 51-445 Floral Half, 30-467 Grateful Heart

Card 7: 51-445 Floral Half, 51-427 Fantastic Thanks, 51-199 Flower Bunch

VIDEO! Ebullient No-Line Watercolor

June 7, 2018

by pennyblackinc

Over the next several weeks our designers and crafty friends will be joining us to share their creations featuring our newest collection of stamps and Creative Dies, Nature’s Art.

Ready for more no-line watercoloring? This next card by Jill features the charming florals from our transparent stamp set, 30-474 Ebullient.

Watch directly on YouTube HERE.

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30-474 Ebullient
51-416 Stitched Stackers
51-224 Love to Travel
51-434 Little Branch

VIDEO! No-Line Watercolor Rose Bowl

June 6, 2018

by pennyblackinc

Over the next several weeks our designers and crafty friends will be joining us to share their creations featuring our newest collection of stamps and Creative Dies, Nature’s Art.

Using watercolor pencils and our cling stamp, 40-618 Rose Bowl, Jill shares a fun no-line watercolor technique in today’s video.

Watch directly on YouTube HERE.

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40-618 Rose Bowl
51-416 Stitched Stackers
30-464 Choose Happy

VIDEO! Flowing Butterflies 6 Ways

June 5, 2018

by pennyblackinc

Over the next several weeks our designers and crafty friends will be joining us to share their creations featuring our newest collection of stamps and Creative Dies, Nature’s Art.

In today’s PB&J video, Jill shares several ways to use our Creative Die, 51-444 Flowing Butterflies, along with lots of inky techniques.

Watch directly on YouTube HERE.

Scroll down to take in all the bright and happy creativity.

Before you go, don’t miss this week’s card on our SIMPLICITY site…

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Card 1: 51-444 Flowing Butterflies, 30-481 Radiant, 30-247 Life’s Journals, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

Card 2: 51-444 Flowing Butterflies, 51-433 Believe in your Dreams, 30-470 Just Believe, 51-418 Wavy Stitch Edges

Card 3: 51-444 Flowing Butterflies, 51-405 Love & Roses, 30-460 Perspective

Card 4: 51-444 Flowing Butterflies, 51-416 Stitched Stackers, 30-470 Just Believe

Card 5: 51-444 Flowing Butterflies, 40-610 Summer Glow, 30-420 Fragrant Flowers

Card 6: 51-444 Flowing Butterflies, 51-352 Birds and Banners, 30-488 Appreciation, 30-283 Snippets, 30-238 Footnotes

VIDEO! Eight Easy and Elegant Cards

June 4, 2018

by pennyblackinc

Over the next several weeks our designers and crafty friends will be joining us to share their creations featuring our newest collection of stamps and Creative Dies, Nature’s Art.

If you aren’t a subscriber of our YouTube channel or aren’t a Penny Black Club Member, then you might have missed Jill Foster’s most recent PB&J videos. Just to be sure no one misses out on the fun, we’ve gathered together all of the most recent tutorials for you and will be sharing them on our blog this week.

To begin, Jill has created a set of elegant, floral cards featuring our newest transparent stamp sets and a simple layout.

Watch directly on YouTube HERE.

Here’s a closer look at each one.

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Card 1: 30-469 Nature’s Art, 30-481 Radiant, 30-247 Life’s Journals, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

Card 2: 30-469 Nature’s Art, 30-345 Soar, 30-476 Branch of Love, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

Card 3: 30-474 Ebullient, 30-485 Gentle Thoughts, 40-470 Script, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

Card 4: 30-474 Ebullient, 30-403 Delicate Garden, 30-462 Flourish Borders, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

Card 5: 30-474 Ebullient, 30-488 Appreciation, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

Card 6: 30-474 Ebullient, 30-481 Radiant, 40-489 Elaborate, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

Card 7: 30-484 Tranquility, 40-568 Parade of Squares, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

Card 8: 30-481 Radiant, 30-403 Delicate Garden, 51-416 Stitched Stackers

VIDEO! Gimme 5: Vase Garden

June 1, 2018

by pennyblackinc

Therese Calvird joins us today with a new video.

For this month’s GIMME 5 video series, where Therese features five “same but different” card designs, she is sharing five unique ways to use our cling stamp, 40-605 Vase Garden.

Her informative video demonstrates coloring of this image using five different mediums as well as great ideas for shading and adding sentiments to this detailed stamp.