A mid month inspirational Christmas card for the Penny Black and More November challenge.
I stamped and water coloured my image (PB Sweet Snowman 40-006) and added a bit of sparkle to the image. I added a silver mat and DP to the card. I placed embossed card to the left and a few die cut snowflakes to the right and placed the image to the bottom of the card.To finish I die cut three Poinsettias and a few pine cone strands to the top and gave them a sparkle. Topped with with matching turquoise gem centres and a few mini diamonte to the strands they look gorgeous.
Please join in with the PB and More Christmas card challenge. I am sure there are many of you who are making cards that will fit into our challenge. Pop over, read the rules carefully and link up your card. You can use any large stamped image as your focal point and it does not have to be a PB image. 

                                   Penny Black 40-006  Sweet Snowman

It's challenge time again at Penny Black and More and the theme for this month is Anything Christmas with stamping. There are lovely prizes to be won from Penny Black, Crafts U Love and Crafty Ribbons. Pop over to the PB blog to get all the information and rules. You can use any stamped image but no digis.

I have made a nice and easy card for your inspiration using a PB stamp called Sweet Snowman. I had some lovely tree printed card which was free with a magazine so put it to good use on my card. I stamped and did minimal water colouring on my image, added a purple mat to it and the background card before adding it to the front of my card. I added a pretty piece of sheer ribbon to finish off.

The October challenge at Penny Black and More is an autumnal colour inspiration challenge of reds, greens, yellows etc. For full details click on the direct challenge link above. Sponsors are Penny Black, Crafty Ribbons and Stamp Addicts. Please take time to read the rules  before you enter your work. 

I decided to use a Penny Black slapstick stamp called Sunny Pair which is a gorgeous Sunflower stamp. I watercoloured the image with a mixture of red, green, and yellow colours from the inspiration chart. I fussy cut the flowers chopping of a tiny piece in my effort but I don't think you will notice it. It was then backed with red and white card. I found a lovely sheet of designer paper for my background and finished off my card using white organza ribbon, pearls and a couple of snippets from a strip of stickers. I am so pleased with how it turned out.
I have entered my card into the following challenges

A walk round the garden inspired me to make this pretty card. There were a few late summer butterflies and flowers around and I remembered I had a pad which had a butterfly design. The woodwash paper was also in the same pad (bought from the Range recently) I used  PB image 40063(Merci bouquet) and sentiment (Gratitude) 30-105. I matted the layers with blue card from my stash and the image was coloured with colour coordinating Promarkers. I used 3 butterflies cut from the same backing paper and finished it off with 3 pearls.                                                                                           

A new month and time for the Penny Black and More September challenge which is add a sentiment. Don't forget you will still need a focal point stamped image too. There are several prizes to be won and the sponsors are Penny Black, Crafty Ribbons, Sizzix, Sam and Marianne. Pop over to the blog for all the info and take a peek at the beautiful cards the design team have made for your inspiration.

I picked up a cheap pad of papers while shopping in the Range and this gorgeous blue paper was inside.  I added a quick mat of black card underneath and added my gorgeous PB image called Garden helper. I only added a very small ammount of blue shading on my image to keep it simple. Without making it over fussy I added a swirly die cut with a few black pearls added. I finished it off with a birthday sentiment mounted on black card and a strip of lace with added white pearls. I am really happy with this card and it will be added to my "to sell" box.

A little mid month inspiration for the Penny Black and More August challenge. The theme is anything goes and use a main stamped image. Pop over to the blog to see more inspirational cards from the design team, rules and list of prizes.

I used a stamp called tete-e-tete which I picked up on ebay for a couple of pounds. A real bargain and it is such a great image to use for a teenage girl card.
I found the lovely pink and grey paper in my stash and decided to stick with those two main colours. I partly coloured my image with Promarkers and added a double bow to finish it off.

The monthly challenge at Penny Black and More for August is Anything goes but also using a focal point stamped image.
I made a fun card using an old stamp called Uplifting Occasion. This stamped image always brings a smile to my face and I enjoyed doing minimal water colouring to co-ordinate with the background paper I used. A double flower, ribbon snippet and pearls was all it needed to finish it off.
Enter the challenge for you chance to win one of the lovely prizes from Penny Black, Sizzix, Crafty ribbons and Stix 2.  Pop over to the PB and More blog using the link above to see all the information for entering the challenge and lots of inspiration cards from the DT.

The weather has been pretty wet for June and as we are into the start of July lets keep our fingers crossed we will get sunshine and warmth.

I have chosen blue for my DT card for the Penny Black and More  "Anything goes with a stamp" challenge this month. I have used a beautiful PB cling stamp called "Fresh".
The challenge is nice and easy and you don't need to use a PB stamp to enter. Just make sure you have a main stamped image and no digis on your work. There are some great prizes to be won from sponsors: Penny Black, Crafty Ribbons
and Sizzix. Pop over to the blog using the link above for all the details.