When the Penny Black Design Team was tasked with selecting their favorite stamp to be showcased in a card my heart jumped then dropped. How can you pick just one?!
I love Soft Wings (butterfly), but I also tucked in a few of my other favorite stamping elements. You can see how the inside of the card was finished “here” on the Penny Black blog.
This is how I created each of the design elements:
Card Base: Sticks & Stones (02-002) cardstock with the edges distressed in Peanut Brittle Memento and Vintage Sepia.
Black Mat: Storm (01-003) cardstock edged with Delicata Golden Glitz ink.
Teal Mat: Sea Breeze (08-003) cardstock stamped with Damask Pattern in Teal Zeal Memento ink.
Botanical Page: Sticks & Stones (02-001) cardstock stamped with Flower Garden in Onyx Black VersaFine and heat embossed with clear powder. Rip a small portion from the top of the image and distress the edges with Peanut Brittle Memento and Vintage Sepia VersaFine.
Paper Pieced Flower: Flower Garden stamped on white cardstock in Vintage Sepia ink, heat set and trimmed. Highlights added with a white Prismacolor pencil and then watercolored with Pistachio and Lilac Posies Memento inks. A small drop of gold StazOn inker was placed on a plastic surface and transferred to the edges of the trimmed piece with a Fantastix.
Medallion: Scented Message stamped on white cardstock with Onyx Black VersaFine and heat embossed with clear powder. The trimmed medallion was water colored with Elderberry, Teal Zeal, Peanut Brittle, Pistachio and Morocco Memento inks.
Butterfly: Soft Wings stamped on white cardstock with Onyx Black VersaFine and heat embossed with clear powder. The image was watercolored with Elderberry, Teal Zeal, Peanut Brittle, Morocco Memento inks. You can view a video outlining watercoloring with Memento inks in this post “here”.
Hint/Tip: For added sparkle, complete the final blending of colors with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz. Thoroughly shake and mix the liquid and then pour a few drops onto a plastic surface and transfer with a brush.
Hint/Tip: For added sparkle, complete the final blending of colors with Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz. Thoroughly shake and mix the liquid and then pour a few drops onto a plastic surface and transfer with a brush.
Wishing you a creative day,
Elizabeth
Supplies:
Penny Black Stamps: Soft Wings 40-099, Flower Garden 4242K, Scented Message 4239K, Damask Pattern 40-110
Penny Black Mix & Match Cardstock: Storm 01-001, 01-003; Sticks & Stones 02-001, 02-002; Sea Breeze 08-003
3M Scotch: Dimensional Foam Tape
Canson: Watercolor Paper
Prismacolor Pencil: White
Tsukineko: Onyx Black VersaFine, Vintage Sepia VersaFine, Morocco Memento, Pistachio Memento, Teal Zeal Memento, Elderberry Memento, Peanut Brittle Memento, Delicata Golden Glitz, Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spritz, Gold StazOn Inker, Fantastix, Clear Embossing Powder, Jumbo Sponge Dauber, Tuxedo Black Memento Marker