A New Stamp and a Blue Thank You

For Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Something New", Sweet Stampin' "What's New?", and Cardz 4 Guyz "Use Something New from Your Stash":

A new Penny Black stamp that will be perfect for my brother-in-law for next Christmas's card as he is an avid cyclist, and he and my sister have a yellow lab.  The image is coloured with coloured pencils and bordered with green cs.  

While I had the stamp out, I did a second colour variation as I have a good friend who cycles everywhere so might as well get her Christmas card made now too!!  I bordered this one with a piece of smooshed oxide background I had in my UFO box.

On a totally different theme, a thank you card for the Color Hues challenge "Light Blue and Navy":

I started with a gelli plate print done in light blues, did some pale grey stencilling over it, stamped a pale sentiment and navy blue flowers over all that, and added a dark grey die cut sentiment and border.

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - white and green cs, white and smooshed background
Size - A2
Accessories - coloured pencils

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Tim Holtz flowers
Ink - various blue and grey Distress inks
Paper - white and dark grey cs
Size - 4.5" square
Accessories - gelli plate, stencils, small thank you die cut

Christmas Dog on a Bicycle

Jingle Belles challenge wants us to "Feature a Creature".  Here's my card:

I stamped and watercoloured and added it to a cream card base. Instead of stamping a sentiment, I used a TH peel-off.

Jingle Belles "Feature a Creature"

Supplies:
Stamps - Katzelkraft dog on bike
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, cream cs
Size - 6x4.25"
Accessories - watercolour paints, Tim Holtz peel off sentiment

Thank You Wheels

The new Addicted to CAS challenge is "wheels".

I have a great stamp of an old penny-farthing bicycle that I rarely use so it seemed a great opportunity to get it out.

I made a shaving foam background, then stamped in black pigment ink and heat embossed.  I bordered in black and popped it up on fun foam.

My brother-in-law is an avid cyclist and often helps me out with things when he comes to visit so I'll save this for the next time I need a thank you card for him.

Supplies:

Stamps - unmounted, unknown stamps

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black; reinkers: Distress Antique Linen, Salty Ocean, and Vintage Photo

Paper - white and black cs

Size - A2

Accessories - clear embossing powder, shaving foam