Lots of Love | Penny Black & Pinkfresh Studio

Hi crafty friends!  Today I am sharing a Valentine’s Day card featuring products from Penny Black.  I love how approachable their products are when it comes to creating greeting cards.

The supplies used:

Penny Black – Passion Stamp

     Penny Black – Background Basics Stencil Set

     Waffle Flower – A6 Piercing Layers Die Set

     Pinkfresh Studio – Whimsical Blooms Stamp Set

     Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz – Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks

     Simon Says Stamp – Aster Pawsitively Saturated Ink

     Schmincke Watercolor Paint – Volcano Red, Shire Green, Forest Green, Tundra Pink,  

         Volcano Orange

     Winsor & Newton – Permanent White Designers Gouache

     Kuretake Starry Colors Metallic Watercolor Paint – Gold No. 901

     Gina K. Designs – Barely There Amalgam Ink

     Fabriano Artistico Extra White Watercolor Paper

     Ranger Ink / Tim Holtz – Splatter Brush

     Scor-Tape Double-Sided Adhesive

     MISTI Stamp Positioning Tool     

     Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

Creating the Background Panel

I started by stamping the Penny Black red rubber Passion stamp onto a 6” x 7” piece of Fabriano Artistico Extra White watercolor paper using Gina K. Designs’ Barely There Amalgam Ink.  I used the MISTI tool for this so I could add enough layers of the Barely There ink so that it was dark enough for me to see to be able to watercolor over it.  I like to use the Barely There ink since it doesn’t really influence the watercolor paints and doesn’t change the intended color.  I used Schmincke Watercolor Paint in the colors:  Volcano Red, Shire Green, Forest Green, Tundra Pink, and Volcano Orange. 

Once the watercolors had dried, I used the largest die from the Waffle Flower A6 Piercing Layers Die Set to die cut the panel with the assistance of my Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine.  Using the Penny Black Background Basics Stencil Set – the one with the 4” x 5-1/2” aperture – and used low-tack tape to temporarily adhere it to the top of the watercolor panel, aligning it so that I was framing the aperture in the center of the upper portion of the card.  I used a large blending tool to lightly ink blend a combination of Ranger/Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks over the upper two-thirds of the watercolor panel.  Once completed, I moved the stencil to the lower end of the card to attempt to capture the same amount of the aperture as I did for the top, this time ink blending Ranger/Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters Distress Ink.

Creating the Sentiment

For the sentiment, chose to use the Pinkfresh Studio stamp set called Whimsical Blooms.  It includes a stamp that says, “Lots of Love” and I felt that was appropriate for this card.  I placed the watercolor panel in my MISTI tool and stamped the sentiment in the upper left corner using Simon Says Stamp’s Aster ink pad.  I wanted to use the purple toned ink to tie into the little floral hearts that are the purplish color.

Assembling the Card

Since I wanted to add some spatter, I added the photopolymer sentiment stamp over the stamped sentiment to protect it from spatter.  Using Winsor & Newton White Gouache, I applied a generous amount of white spatter using my Ranger/Tim Holtz Splatter Brush and repeated this process using Kuretake Starry Colors Metallic Watercolor in the color No. 901.  After the spatter dried, I added Scor-Tape to the back side of the watercolor panel and adhered it to a side-folding, A6 card base.

Thank you for stopping by and checking out today's blog post, I really do appreciate it. Until next time... happy crafting!