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Penny Black Harmony

Hi crafting friends, Sandi MacIver here and I’m honored to share a new card idea with you today created with the New – Just arrived Penny Black Harmony stamp.

It was LOVE at first sight with this stamp and I decided to watercolor it with my Tombow Markers.

I started by black heat embossing the image into a piece of watercolor paper.

Then I colored the image with my Tombow Markers. The Tombow Marker Dual Tip Markers are water-based and create fabulous watercolor images combined with a water brush pen. Just add some color and blend with the water brush – Yep, it’s that easy!….
TIP – do a small section at a time though, so the ink doesn’t dry out, then it becomes hard to move.

The colors I chose are #379, #403, #291 From THIS SET of 9, and Chocolate Brown #969 to do the shadows and leaves.

Here’s a video showing how I like to watercolor with these fabulous markers….it’s super easy. You can view it here, or in HD over on my my YOUTUBE Channel .

https://youtu.be/XhxLyVla-kA

The video also walks you step by step through the creation of today’s card.

Next I used two dies from the Taylored Expressions Stitched Square Stacklets to create a frame for my pretty flowers.

I white heat embossed a sentiment on a scrap of black card stock and then created a watercolor background with my Gansai Tambi watercolors #47 – brown and #57 Teal Blue.

Finally, after putting the card together, I added a few drops the NEW Nuvo Stone Drops in Gold Rush – you are so going to love this color for your vintage cards….it Rocks!

Ok, that’s it for me today. I hope you enjoyed my Penny Black Harmony Card and I have listed the products I used today below in affiliate links directly to the Scrap ‘N Stamp site.

Hope you have a marvelous rest of your day and thanks so much for stopping by:

Penny Black – Cling Stamp – Harmony [ SCR ]	Tombow – 10 Colour Marker Set -… [ SCR ]	Tombow – Dual Tip Marker – Chocolate 969 [ SCR ]
VersaMark – Ink Pad [ SCR ]	VersaMark – Ink Refill [ SCR ]	Nuvo – Embossing Powder – Jet Black [ SCR ]
Nuvo – Embossing Powder – Glacier White [ SCR ]	Crafters Companion – Gemini Die… [ SCR ]	Taylored Expressions – Die – Stitched… [ SCR ]
Tim Holtz – Water Brush – Broad [ SCR ]	Prima – Water Brushes – 3Pk Pen Set [ SCR ]	Nuvo – Stone Drops – Gold Rush [ SCR ]
Gina K Designs – Cardstock – Kraft [ SCR ]	Gina K Designs – Cardstock – White Heavy [ SCR ]	Gina K Designs – Cardstock – Black Onyx [ SCR ]
Zig – Gansai Tambi – 36 Colours Set [ SCR ]	Nuvo – Adhesives – Maxi Tape Runner [ SCR ]	Therm-O Web – Adhesives – Removable… [ SCR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives – 3D Foam Squares… [ SCR ]	Be Creative Tape – 7mm (0.28") [ SCR ]	Tim Holtz – 12.25″ Maxi Guillotine [ SCR ]

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Llama Love with Flora and Fauna

Hey, crafty friends! Laurie here, to share a card I made using some fabulous products from Flora & Fauna!! This is a fairly new company on the stamping scene and has become a favourite of mine! The images are beautiful, whimsical, cut and above all else, super unique!! As I was working on todays card, I noticed how well you can mix and match different sets. All the images are scaled to work together. This is fantastic because the possibilities are endless when everything works together.

I decided to make a birthday card using the Llama Love Stamp Set. I stamped a bunch of the images and used my Copic markers to colour them. This set does not have co-ordinating dies but the images are really easy to fussy cut.

I created a little circle scene using dies from the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies from Hero Arts. I used Tumbled Glass and Gathered Twigs Distress Inks to add some colour to the circle. So, this is where the scale of the images from each stamp set come into play. The cake on the llama’s back is from the Woodland Birthday Stamp Set. It fits perfectly on that llama!! The sentiment is from that stamp set, as well.

I adhered all my images to the ink blended circle using a combination of Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive and foam adhesive squares. I decided to mat my scene onto a slightly larger, white circle to help it stand out from the kraft card base. Before adhering my little scene, I used Versmark Ink and the “mountain” images from the Llama Love stamp set to create a patterned background. To give those a little shine, I used clear embossing powder.

I added Glossy Accents to the cake, the blanket on his back and the flowers on the cacti to add a bit of shine!!

And that’s my card for today!! I hope you have some Flora and Fauna in your stash. If not, the SNS store has an incredible variety to choose from, including dies!!!

SALE ALERT!! Until August 8th, the Hero Arts Circle Infinity Dies are 25% off!! This is a fantastic set of dies and will work perfectly with any other circle dies you may already have! Trust me, I have others, but this set “completes me” 🙂 !!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!!

Until next time…

Laurie

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