Penny Black Daffodil Days birthday card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

The time we're asking you to make your mark with any colouring medium you like, so you can break out your favourite. 

I stamped the Daffodil Days stamp from Penny Black onto Bristol paper and coloured it with Zig Clean Colour pens before die-cutting the image. I die-cut the scalloped oval from Mama Elephant, inked it with blue ink, then placed my image on it. I finished off by stamping the sentiment from Avery Elle and adding a few blue gems.

I'd like to play along at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge # 2617 - - anything goes

Dream Valley Challenge #360 - things with wings

Make My Monday Challenge #276 - birds, and or eggs

Allsorts Challenge #848 - anything but a square

Penny Black Saturday Challenge April - anything goes

All About Challenge #4 - birthdays

I decided to have a mini reorganisation of my craft space over the past week, and you guessed it - mini turned into maxi very quickly, and I got into a right old mess. Of course, once I started, the weather turned glorious, and my husband wanted to make the most of it, so my messy room has had to wait. I hope you are having good weather wherever you are.

Hugs,

Carol x

My Favorite Things Elf Christmas card and Kristiner Werner Easy Repeat Holly Background Christmas card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to another challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges. I am hosting this time, and I have this gift for the randomly chosen winner, so I hope you will join us.

This time we have 3 themes

E is for Elf,

F is for Foliage,

and

 G is for Gems

This is my E is for Elf card

I used a mix of materials from MY Favorite Things, The Greetery, Penny Black and Papertrey Ink to create a cosy fireplace scene.

F is for Foliage 

 

For this card I used the Kristina Werner Repeat Holly Background stencils to create the background and cut it with dies from my neglected MFT Blueprints 18 set. The sentiment is from the Waffle Flower Oversized Joy set. 

You'll find lots of inspiration over on the ABC Christmas Challenges blog, and you can add your entry over there.

I'd ike to play along at

Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #200 - anything Christmas goes

A Cut Above Challenge March 26 - - anything goes with a die cut

Stencil Fun Challenge March 26 - stencil and vinery
 

Neglected Stuff Challenge March 26 - MFT Blueprints dies

Farmquest Home Challenge #7 - anything home related

Christmas Crafts March - E and F ( Elf and Foliage)

Thank you for stopping by, I really do appreciate your visits.

Hugs,

Carol x

Penny Black Favorite Flowers birthday card

Hello everyone and welcome to another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More.

This time we are looking for anything you can use to make your mark. Paints, alcohol markers, coloured pencils, ink - the world's your oyster. I went with watercolour for my card.

I used the floral arrangement from Penny Black's Favorite Flowers stamp and die set, stamped in Toffee Crunch ink. I coloured with Sakura Koi watercolours and then die cut the flowers. I wasn't happy with a couple of the small flowers and made the mistake of going back in to try and improve them. Bad idea! The whole thing almost went in the bin until I thought of covering the mistake with the sentiment, and I think it worked.

My talented DT friends have some great inspiration for you over on the ATSM blog, and it would be great to see your entry in the gallery.

I'd like to play along at

Make My Monday Challenge -#271 - use 2 dies

A Cut Above Challenge February 26 - anything with a die cut goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #272 - anything goes

We Love Stamping February 26 - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #38 - floral project

Penny Black Saturday Challenge February 26 - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

 

Penny Black Nature's Jewels Thinking of you card

 

Hello friends, and welcome back to a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. This time we have our any-occasion theme, so you have lots of scope for joining in with us.

I came up with this simple design to keep in my stash for lots of occasions.

I stamped a Penny Black flower image from Nature's Jewels several times and then die cut it with a rectangular stitched die. I coloured the image with Copics, and placed a rectangle stencil over before inking lightly to give a background. I used the same ink around the edges of a mat and layered them onto a 5 by 7 notecard. To finish off, I stamped and die cut the sentiment and stacked it to give a little dimension.

I'd like to play along with

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2603 - anything goes

Aud Sentiments Challenge #333 - anything goes with a sentiment

Dragonfly Dreams January 2026 - floral

Penny Black Saturday Challenge January - anything goes

Pattie's Creations Challenge #238 - anything goes with a stamped image

I've been using the weather as an excuse to stay tucked up inside, but I feel very virtuous cos I have cleaned my craft room from top to bottom, and I'm seeing a clear desk for the first time in ages! I could do with a bit of a declutter too, but that will have to wait until my halo is feeling a bit tarnished.

I hope you are all well,

Hugs,

Carol x

Penny Black Floral Vines Birthday card

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new challenge at

This time we have a birthday challenge and I came up with this 5 x 7 card:-

 

I began by cutting a rectangular aperture from card to use as a stencil for inking the lilac background. I next added some stamping using Kristina Werner Splatter stamps. The flowers (from Penny Black Floral Vines Frames) were stamped onto watercolour paper and coloured with watercolours before being die cut. The sentiment was in my bits box, and I coloured it with green ink and then added some sparkle pen. To finish off, I added the frame, which was cut using my neglected Waffle Flower Lacy Layers dies.

I'd like to play along at

Neglected Stuff Challenge 10/25 - Lacy Layers dies

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #263 - anything goes

Hearts Quest Celebrations of Love #10 - birthday

Triple B: October 2025 - blooms

The Flower Challenge #107 - add purple

Why not head over to the ATSM blog to see some more inspiration, and if you want to join this time, you can link up your entry there.

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs,

Carol x

Penny Black Tulips in Bloom birthday card

 

Hello everyone, and welcome to the birthday challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More. I made this for a friend who has a spring birthday, so it is a little late being shown here, but flowers are welcome any time of year, and they are only one season late!

I stamped the Penny Black Tulips in Bloom stamp onto watercolour paper and coloured it with Gansai Tambi watercolour paints. I still struggle with watercolouring, but I was pleased with how this one turned out. My brush does insist on colouring every part of the image, though, no matter how hard I try to leave a little white space. This stamp has a die available for it, and I was pleased to have it because of the intricate bits, not being the best fussy-cutter.

For the background, I used the Penny Black Delicate Octagon frame dies, cutting two and overlapping them. The fallout from one of these was used for the background, which was simply brushed with ink, and a Papertrey Ink sentiment finished it off. 

The Design Team has some great inspiration for you over on the blog, and you can enter your card there if you decide to join us.

I'd like to play along at

The Outlawz Challenge Monday Greeting - birthday

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #258 - anything goes

Dragonfly Dreams July Challenge - use polygons

https://girlzandtheartofletter Challenge 6 - Letter F for flowers

Penny Black Saturday Challenge July - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs,

Carol x

Penny Black Frozen Vistas Christmas card

Hello everyone, and welcome to a new challenge day at Addicted to Stamps and More.

This time, we have our Christmas theme

and I came up with this card

I stamped the Penny Black Frozen Vista stamp in black and then coloured the image with Copic pens, before cutting it out with the matching die.

I placed the image on a card blank, added the Penny Black Stitched Loop frame dies, and finished off by adding some glitter to the scene.

My Christmas pile is growing nicely, and I hope yours is too, so you won't be in a mad rush at the end.

I'd like to play along at

Aude Sentiments Challenge #327 - Christmas in July

Peace on Earth Challenge #91 - anything Christmas goes

613 Avenue Create July 25 - any holiday

Star Stamps Challenge #72 - Christmas in July

Cut it Up Challenge #334 - Christmas in July

Craft Rocket Challenge #127 - Christmas in July

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs, 

Carol x

 

Penny Black Tulip birthday card

 

Hello all, and welcome!

Despite the droopy hot weather, we're back with a new challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More,

and this time we are asking you to make your mark with any colouring medium you fancy.

I came up with a landscape shape card for a change.

I used my new Penny Black tulip 3d embossing folder and die, and then used the accompanying stencils, to colour the image with pink, purple and green inks.

I used the Spellbinder Essential Petal dies to cut the layers and coloured the bottom one with the same ink. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. I'm sorry the photos aren't very sharp - I'm not sure what I did wrong here:-(

We had some great entries last week, so thank you if you joined us, and there's lots to see on the ATSM blog if you'd like some inspiration.

I'd like to play along at

Stencil Fun Challenge July 2025 - anything goes with a stencil

A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge July - anything goes

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Crafters Companion and Penny Black Christmas card

 

Hello and welcome to another challenge at Addicted to Stamps and More

We have our Christmas Challenge this time, so I came up with this card.

I used an old and underused Crafter's Companion snowflake embossing folder and inked one side with distress oxide ink. This left the snowflakes white, and I was quite pleased with their texture after embossing them. On this occasion, I used heavy watercolour paper and I'll try that again, but I made the mistake of die-cutting the stitched rectangle after emossing, which flattened the snowflakes a little.

The sentiment is from Penny Black. I cut it several times in white card and once in navy and stacked it to give a chipboard effect. I  pressed a Versamark inkpad over it and triple clear embossed it, which gave the glossy finish I wanted. The camera didn't pick this up well, but you can see it better in the small photo at the top. 

We're continuing to have wonderful weather in my neck of the woods but my gardening husband is concerned that the lack of rain is affecting the lawn and plants in the garden. I wonder if we need to consider more drought-tolerant plants if this trend continues. That would be a big change for Manchester's reputation of being a rainy city!

As always, my talented Design Team friends have inspiration cards for you to see on the ATSM Blog, and you can link up your entry there, too.

I'd like to play along at

A Cut Above Challenge May - anything with a die cut

Neglected Stuff Challenge May - anything goes - Neglected embossing folder

Girlz Creative Christmas Challenge #123 - anything Christmas goes

Peace on Earth Challenge May - - anything Christmas goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round May - - Please have snow

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #184 - anything Christmas goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

Crafter's Companion Snowman and Honeybee Christmas card

 

Hello everyone and welcome to February at ABC Christmas Challenges.

This time we have

 C for Cute 

and/or

 D for Die-Cuts

Lynda is our lovely host this time and she has a great prize up for grabs for the winner.

This is my C for Cute

I inked up some white card with blue inks and then used a Honeybee snowflake embossing folder. I inked over the raised snowflakes to add some more colour and used them as the background. The snowbank was cut from Spellbinders glitter foam with a Penny Black Festive Family die set, and the penguins were cut from the same set. The cute snowman is from Crafters Companion, and I finished it off with a sentiment die from Spellbinders.

 

D for Die-Cuts

For this quick one, I cut a square of blue glitter card and added snowflakes cut with the Card Making Magic Dashing Through The Snow die set. The corner was cut 4 times and placed around the edges of the card to frame the Simon Says Stamp sentiment. 

There is a lot of inspiration on the ABC Christmas Challenges blog and you can add your card there if you want to join in the fun.

I'd like to play along at

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #177 - anything goes

A Cut Above Challenge February - Anything goes with die-cuts

Outlaws Challenge Monday - wonderful greetings

Sparkles Monthly Challenge #184 - January Blues

Can You Handle The Pressure February - anything using an embossing folder

Creative Moments Challenge #267 - Cute

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Carol x

 

Penny Black Nature's Jewels Thinking of you card

Hello everyone and welcome.The Make Your Mark Challenge is starting today at Addicted Stamps and More, so its time to pull out your paints, inks, markers or pencils and colour with whatever medium you like.

 

I inked a panel with some blue Distress Inks and then stamped some of the Penny Black Nature's Jewels stamps around the edges of the card. I coloured the flowers with Zig Clean Colour markers.

I stamped the sentiment in blue ink, offset it slightly, and stamped it again with grey ink to give it a slight shadow. I cut into the panel with the Arch Dies from The Greetery and layered up the centre panel on foam tape.

My team-mates have some great inspiration for you over on the ASTM blog and if you want to join in with us, you can post your entry over there.

I'd like to play along at

A Cut Above February Challenge - anything goes with dies

Penny Black Saturday Challenge February - anything goes

Polkadoodles Challenge 3 - anything goes

Daisy Chain Challenge #93 - layer it up

I've been having a rough week, so it's good to spend a bit of time in the craft room. I had a car accident some days ago when a car exited a side road, ignoring my right of way, and hit me in the side. Luckily nobody was badly hurt but I hit my head, suffered a mild concussion and was very shaken up by it all. My car was undrivable and I expect it will be written off, so I'll have to try and replace it. A hire car was delivered this morning but I admit to being very nervous behind the wheel right now. At least the other driver's insurance company has accepted full liability so my claim should go through smoothly.

Take care,

Hugs

Carol x

Penny Black and bear Christmas Card

 Hello everyone and welcome to a new challenge at ABC Christmas Challenges.

For our penultimate challenge of the year, we have 2 themes to use from

W for Watercolour 

and 

X for Xylophone with this great inspiration photo to spark your creativity

I went for Watercolour and came up with this card

This cute image has been in my collection for many years. It was originally on a wooden block and, in a fit of trying to be better organised, I removed all such stamps from their blocks thinking I would remember what they were called. Hahaha.... - I should have known better! I now have a bunch of orphaned stamps that I can't part with but rarely use, so I decided to give this one an outing.

I used my Zig Watercolour pens to colour the image and placed it behind my NBUS Penny Black All-in-One Hexagon die which dry embosses a lovely border. The sentiment is from Spellbinders.

I'd like to play along at

NBUS Challenge for November

Can You Handle the Pressure - - warm drinks

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - anything goes

Daisychain Challenge #91 Christmas/winter

Craft Rocket Challenge #120 - Christmas/winter

Thanks for stopping by,

Hugs

Carol x