STAMPtember® Special Feature: Penny Black!
Hi friends! Happy Sunday! We’re honored to have the fabulous and talented Jill Foster on our blog today as a guest! We are spotlighting Penny Black today, a brand that we not only admire greatly, but also have carried in our store for a VERY long time! If you have never used Penny Black products or not we encourage you to get crafty with their products!
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Now onto some inspiration…. read on!
Hi everyone! Jill Foster here and I’m thrilled to be joining you today featuring Penny Black stamps from their newest collection Magic of the Season 2016.
It may be STAMPtember, but it’s also beginning to look a lot like Christmas…ho, ho, ho! Some of my favorite of Penny Black’s newest holiday collection are the elegant brushstroke stamps including 40-491 Flambeau, 40-492 Berry Kissed, 40-495 Cones & Berries, 40-494 Scarlet Majesty, and 40-493 Perfect Pear. My cards today will feature watercolor techniques with both 40-494 Scarlet Majesty and 40-493 Perfect Pear.
As I created this card, I took some photos as I got inky. With this style of stamp, creating the look of a watercolor painting is quite easy. I began be working on small sections of the stamp, starting with the leaves. I colored directly onto the stamp with Tombow Dual Brush Pens and stamped onto Canson watercolor paper using the MISTI.
Without removing the paper or stamp from the MISTI, I blended the stamped areas using a paintbrush and water.
I followed the same process for the petals.
Still keeping the project within the MISTI, I added shading by coloring onto the stamp using a darker color, only coloring a portion of the image.
I then blended these new colors with water and a paintbrush.
Even darker colors were added and then blended with water.
Finally, I removed the piece from the MISTI and added additional shading using Sakura Koi field sketch box watercolors.
I then trimmed my piece, rounded the corners, and painted the background with the Sakura Koi watercolors. Lots of splatters were also added. I even splattered it with watered down Gesso for a hint of “snow.”
To finish things off, I inked the background with Gathered Twigs and Crushed Olive Distress Inks using an ink blending tool and foam pads. An elegant sentiment from Penny Black’s transparent set, 30-382 Yuletide Wishes, was stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.
After finishing with this pretty poinsettia, I was having so much fun I couldn’t stop. Heehee! So following the same process, I made one more card.
I just love this Christmas pear… such a unique image and a joy to stamp and paint.
Thanks again for joining me today and to SSS for the opportunity to share my cards with you… it’s truly an honor.
Hugs and Happy Stamping,
Jill
So beautiful.
I love Jill’s cards. Her recent videos showing layered inking with the Misti were amazing. Jill, where did you find the Pride and Prejudice text stamp at the bottom of your pear card?
The stamp is one of four images on the Penny Black background stamp called Footnotes. I use it a lot!
Beautiful projects. Penny Black stamps were some of the first stamps I bought many years ago.
Beautiful creations!! Penny Black stamps are definitely awesome!!
Very pretty cards. And very classy for the holidays! Hit it out of the park for STAMPtember!!
beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards — as any card done with Penny Black stamps would be! Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.
Gorgeous cards! Thanks for sharing your techniques!!
Beautiful cards!
So very beautiful.
i love penny black stamps. the coloring on these cards is phenomenal
What a gorgeous card, your work is wonderful!
Jill has been a favorite of mine for YEARS! And these cards are just beautiful…she’s elegant and has so much fun with colors!
Wow, gorgeous card. I love Penny Black stamps–just awesome products and designs.
Stunning cards, off to watch some of Jill’s video’s on this technique with the Misti
It is just so boring to have a budget! I really need to pay the mortgage so I have a place to stamp and color, but I WANT THEM ALL!!! Such beautiful stamps. And even thought I am not at this skill level, I think even I can make beautiful images too!
Stunning
your watercoloring technique so super for this images
I adore them both
so stunning effect
The watercolouring on these is beautiful
I just love Penny Black stamps and Jill’s cards and tutorials are amazing, thanks so much for sharing – that Misti is such a useful tool – I think it’s on top of my Christmas wish list.
Beautiful cards!
Wow, wow! Absolutely stunning work! I just love Jill’s watercoloring so very much!
Just beautiful! Love the watercolored poinsettia!
Both cards are a work of art! I never thought of using the Misti this way. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial of your watercolor technique. You make it look so easy that I am inspired to give this a try – now off to make a purchase!
Gorgeous! Is there a YouTube video of this process? I would love to learn how to ‘watercolor ‘ like Jill!
Thanks so much for your comment! You can see a video of the process, although using a different Penny Black stamp, here: https://youtu.be/0X_dqwywwc8
Penny black has some of the most beautiful stamps and the best designers.
Beautiful cards. These images are wonderful.
How stunning!! I would love to try this.
What a beautiful card! I’ve never seen one quite like it! Thanks for sharing!
LOVE the Penny Black artistry!! And seriously have no idea why I haven’t been following your blog. Signed up now!
The technique of layers colors using the Misti is awesome. Love that and wow…..what a stunning card.
What beautiful cards…perfect for inspiration and motivation to start creating.
These cards are just stunning…no other way to describe it! I’ve seen a lot of post lately with Penny Black stamps and they are awesome!!
These cards look like they were professionally made art gallery style. They are quite beautiful! Thank you Jill for such inspiration!
Such absolutely gorgeous cards! I especially love the beautiful Christmas pear. Stunning!!
These cards are gorgeous. I love Penny Black products.
The colours used on these cards are absolutely gorgeous.
Really beautiful card! I love the watercolor look.
Beautiful cards! The vibrant colors inspire me to give this watercolor look a try! Thanks for sharing!
These cards are stunning and this technique using the MISTI makes you look at all your stamps in a whole new light!! Ger x
I love Penny Black’s little critters but these cards look so dreamy. Beautiful for the Christmas season!
Oh those stamps are gorgeous and the watercoloring is beautiful. Looks more like art for hanging on a wall than a card.
Penny Black products are amazing and some day I will have similar results with my watercoloring, but for now, I’m going through a whole lot of paper practicing, practicing, practicing! Now off to pick up a couple of more stamps!
Wow – These are gorgeous! I would love to be able to watercolor like this
Awsome stamps used in a beautifully creative way.
These cards are absolutely gorgeous! Must haves!
Love the Penny Black stamps and cards you made with them.
Beautiful cards, the holidays have arrived.
What a cool and beautiful technique!
Beautiful cards and great technique!
WOWSERS~ Those are both AMAZING cards!