Friday, May 18, 2012

Penny Black: A Bunch of Love Stickeroos bookmark + card


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When I went to a Craft Show late last year, I picked up some gorgeous Penny Black Stickeroos which I have had sitting in my stash and then about a month ago, I picked up a copy of the February edition of the UK mag "Quick Cards made easy" at my local newsagent and was totally inspired by Katina Killey's article on using stickers to make cards.   Katina made 10 cards using the Helz Cuppleditch Neighbourwood sticker collection of foxes, mice, owls etc. Wow - they were so gorgeous! Katina has a blog too called "Katina's Cards and Chat" which I discovered last year and I just LOVE Katina's style of cards and you can check it out HERE.   But the cards Katina does for the mag are not on her blog - you will have to get the mag to see them (not that I could see anyway - correct me if I am wrong).   

I am sure that many of you have stickers sitting in your stash unused but too good to throw away just like me - so go and dig them out and have a play!   I decided to make some quick and easy bookmarks (I will just share one now and the others on another post) and then made a matching card - a fun little gift set which you could use for lots of occasions such as birthday, Mother's Day, friendship, etc.  Once I worked out how to make a bookmark (I have never made one before), it was easy peasy to make a couple in one sitting and I just changed things up a bit with each bookmark by using a different border punch and embellies.   The Penny Black stickers are really great quality stickers and I love how the sticker edges just seem to blend into the cardstock. The sticker sheet that I used has around 17 stickers which is great value for only a few dollars.

I love, love, LOVE the designer paper I used on my projects.  It is by Echo Park:  A Country Drive (6 x 6 pad) and the colours on all the pages are right up my alley.  I will have to try and get a few more pads before they become too scarce!

Bookmark:


I lightly chalked underneath the hedgie sticker with green chalk so it looked like a bit of grass/ground and added Kindyglitz Crystalina glitter glue to the flowers. The pink glitter butterfly on the bottom of the bookmark was punched out of pink glitter cardstock using a Martha Stewart Butterfly punch and I added some green glitter cardstock underneath.  I used a 1/4" round hole punch to punch a hole at the top then threaded through some scrap threads from balls of yarn plus some Cotton Candy and Limeade twine.  I love the texture that the funky fibres added to the bookmark.  Finished bookmark size is 165mm long x 65mm wide OR imperial 6-1/2" long x 2-9/16" wide.

Card:



I again coloured the ground underneath the sticker with a bit of green chalk and around the sky with blue chalk (not that you can see it all that well - it is subtle) and stamped on the sentiment then added a Hero Arts pearl heart.  The panel was diecut using Spellbinder Square Nestabilities and my Cuttlebug.  I added Kindyglitz to the hedgie's cheek and all the flower petals.  The pink glitter butterfly was punched using a Carl Butterfly-A punch and pink glitter cardstock - I know it looks dark in the photo but it is really a pale pink that matches the pink cardstock.

I grabbed three pieces of twine - Cotton Candy, Lollipop and Limeade and very patiently plaited them together, tied a knot at each end then tied it around the bottom panel - something a bit different to do with twine but I really like how it looks.  The bottom and main image panel are up on dimensionals.  Finished card size is 120mm or 4-3/4" square.

Challenges:

I am entering my card / bookmark in the following challenges -

Papertake Weekly ChallengeIn the Garden

Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge IC334 - Rosenberry Rooms - I was struck by the gorgeous pink and green colours on THIS Duvet Cover which was why I chose the designer papers that I used.  I had forgotten how much I loved pink and green together!

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Week 201 - In the Garden

Thanks for stopping by!  And thanks especially to Katina for the inspiration!

Jocelyn


Bookmark and Card Recipe:


Stamps:  'For you' sentiment from Penny Black 'Tiny Wishes' 30-026 clear set

Ink:  Versafine Onyx black


Designer Paper:   Echo Park - A Country Drive 6" x 6" pad


Accessories:   Penny Black Stickeroos 'A Bunch of Love' #10-165, Kaisercolour green and blue chalk, Perfect Layers Tools, Kindyglitz Crystalina glitter glue, scraps of wool, Cotton Candy (pale pink) twine by The Twinery, Limeade (green/white twine) + Lollipop (dark pink/white twine) by We R Memory Keepers - Sew Easy Fancy Floss, dimensionals, Hero Arts CH173 Hearts Accent Pearls, cardstock: white, pink, green, pink glitter, green glitter


Punches: Carl CP-1 Butterfly-A, Martha Stewart Monarch butterfly, Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop edge punch

11 comments:

Jackie said...

What a gorgeous card and bookmark set, so pretty :o)
Jackie xx

Kath Stewart said...

Hi Jocelyn...thank you for joining in the garden challenge at Penny Black Saturday this week with your pretty card...hugs kath xxx

Elizabeth Allan said...

Incredible color combinations Jocelyn! Beautiful art!

Anonymous said...

Hi Jocelyn, thank you for your lovely comments (blush!!) you are very kind!

I think your bookmark and card are absolutely gorgeous; the stickers and papers are a fabulous combination. I love PB stickeroos too.

Hope all is well.
xxx

Merry said...

Two wonderful creations. I so love these little hedgehogs.

Anonymous said...

these are both beautiful, jocelyn! the bookmark is a great idea to put with the card and i love pink and green together too.
linda

NGCARDS said...

A wonderful creation hun! Thanks for playing over at PTW! xxx

Jill said...

beautiful creation thanks so much for joining us at PTW hugs Jill xx

Anita said...

Beautiful card and bookmark. You can never go wrong with a Penny Black image :) Love the pretty papers - so fresh and summery (is that even a word lol?)

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Hi there Jobear - well love hedgies as you may know and just adore these - have never thought much about using these sort of stickers. I have always passed them up but you have made me think of having another go at such things.. and yes have been across to Katina;'s blog and said hi and told here what a great blog she has too.. and yes funny how small a world it is know quite a few of the folk who were also commenting on her blog!! thanks for sharing and sending huge blog hugs and prayers your way, dear friend, Shaz in oz.x

Cathy A said...

What fabulous designs using the stickers, any one would love to have a bookmark like that, so glad you were inspired to use the stickers by the magazine.

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