Penny Black - Tweet Christmas & Kitty

Here is one image that is being considered for next month's Christmas coloring card classes. I will be posting several different cards over the next few days for stores to select their favorites for their class.

I am a small dog person, preferring pets that don't shed.... that leaves only room in my house for Paper Cats... this is my favorite type of cat. However, many of my creative class guests love their kitty's so this is for them... especially, Karen, Kathy, Krista and Debbie... Love you guys!

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Image: Penny Black 4199k - Tweet Christmas

Colored with Copics:

kitty: Y21, Y32, Y35, YR24

reds: r22, r24, r27, r59

greens: G20, G82, G85

yellows: Y32, Y35, Y38

White gel pen

ground: E40, E43, E44

background - airbrushed with E43 & E44

Spelbinders and Sizzix dies

Gotta Love Penny Black!

Ask at your local Stamp or Scrapbook Store for this cute little guy! Keep the local stores in business by shopping there whenever possible!

Hugs,

Jennie

Penny Black Challenge - Trees & Green

The challenge for the Penny Black Blog is Green and trees.. Here are two cards that were projects in this month's classes... Very fitting so I thought I would post them here... Be sure to check out the challenge for more exciting card ideas! HERE

Hugs Everyone!

More Versatility! Penny Black

Did you check out those Spider Web Eggs.... What a kick! This image is totally fun and extremely versatile... I mean, cupcakes are great for any celebration ... right? Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Easter, Graduation, Bday, thank you, new baby, oh my can't think of any day that a cupcake is not welcome! Here is the original card!

I printed the greeting onto printed paper in my printer (pre-cut the paper to 8 1/2 x 11). I think Sweet wishes will also work for many occasions. Have fun being versatile and coming up with new ideas for your stamps! Use them more than once!

November classes -

YIKES.. it's past time to update my calendar! My goodness.. but I have been busy creating creating and creating....... Amazingly, I have had lots of time to create this month and just color "Extra" things! (surprising how much you can accomplish when you give up house cleaning! LOL)

Here are a few images that we will be doing in a few stores next month! I am trying to expand your stamp collection by making each stamp more versatile! Here are a few images that are not "Holiday" images, but by using "holiday" colors - I made them into Holiday cards... Easy Peasy.

All Images by Penny Black (lately I am addicted to her images). Check out the Penny Black Challenge here

The first two are my favorite (next two in a separate post). I love the vintage colors and the muted background that I airbrushed with my Copic Air Brush System. The sky in the aviation scene is also airbrushed using a piece of scrap paper cut with scissors for a cloud mask.

Colors used are:

R20, R21, R22, R24, R27, R59

G20, G82, G85

E000, E01, E11

E40, E43, E44 (eggs & base)

choc: E21, E27

golds Y32, Y35

hair: Y32, E33, E35

bunnies: W1, W3

Flyin' by with a Holiday Hi

Since my son, Austin is a pilot, I always need to come up with a cute holiday card with an Airplane. Here is this years. The image is by Penny Black, computer made image, and a paper pieced tree with scraps. Too fun! Another card we will be doing in class in November -- great airbrush practice!

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Colors used:

green: G20, G82, G85

Reds: R22, R24, R29, R59

Hedgehog: W1, W3, W5

Sky - airbrushed with scrap paper and B95

November Class Project

Another Penny Black image! I just love these images and can't get enough of them lately... I might have to dedicate another drawer to Penny Black images!

This little kitty is a fun one to color. I used a variety of yellows and browns to get the tabby look. So many of my friends are kitty people (I prefer paper kitty's).

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Here are the colors I used:

Kitty: Y32, Y38, YR24

Tree: G20, G82, G85 (feather motion without blending)

reds: R22, R24, R29, R59

ears: R22

Birdie: Y32, YR24

Background Airbrushed Y32

ground: E40, E43

white dots - Copic Opaque White (sat my hand in it when it was wet... oops)

Words are computer generated!

Apples Galore... a

This is a repost from last fall... I am thinking of doing this card at SMS next month for a quiet break from the holiday buzz.... what do you think? (and maybe roses). This time of year I love Carmel Apple Cider... and apple pie so thought it would be fitting.

I LOVE this image. It was so fun to color. I was sitting at the car dealer waiting for my car to get fixed (something in the steering column) and had plenty of time to color. I didnt have the right colors for the inside of my apple and ended up redoing them after I got home (cut and paste) I love the E50's for my apple centers and cant wait to do it again without cut and pasting... isn't paper crafting perfect... if ya boo boo you just cover it up! In this image, I used more gray rather than a brighter colors to shade and shadow.













At the Intermediate Certification we talked about shading with grays or colors with more gray in them. Here I used more gray rather than a more intense color as I had previously used. This way of shading makes more sense to me than just using a more intense color. IE: when shading use the same color Plus 10 in grayness (first number) and 2 in brightness (second number). For Example for R27 I would shade with R39. If you don't have a color that is darker then try adding a bit of gray to your image. Note I also added some Yellow in both my red and green apples. I took a look at a real apple and it had green and yellow in the red so I thought i would give it a try. It worked - it is so amazing what ya can do with Copic Markers....

Stamp: Peddler's Pack

Illustrator: by Karen Medler

Colored by: Jennie Black

stamp available here: Peddler's Pack