Monday, 13 July 2015

Christmas in July with Penny Black - Day 1

Hello my crafty friends,
Today, I have some amazing news and I'm so thrilled to tell you that I was asked to do a week long Guest Design work for Penny Black. Those of you who follow Penny Black blog know already that they have this very inspiring Christmas in July- party with a different Guest Designer for each week going on this July. The two other awesome designers for this year have been Yonsoon Hur from RejoicingCrafts and Nina-Marie Trapani from Nina Marie Design. Both of them are awesome carmakers and they made such an amazing cards for this Christmas party that I am so flattered that I was asked to play along as well. 

I know Christmas is a long way to go and in my designs I tried to do a little bit of this and that and make cards that can be made for non-Christmas occasions too. For some cards, I also put my camera rolling and edited a video afterwards. So here are the sneaks for my first two cards and my theme for today is Jolly Critters! 


I hope I'll see you at the Penny Black blog to see the full cards. I hope you like them and enjoy watching my video. Here is my how-to video for the first card with that funny holiday bird in it. You can watch it here or in HD at YouTube.


Supplies:
Stamps: Jolly Critters and Beauty of the Season by Penny Black
Inks: Memento Tuxido Black and Versafine Onyx Black
Copic markers: Purple: RV99 - RV95 - RV93 - RV91, Greens: YG97 - YG95 - YG 91, Greys: 0 - W1 - W3 - W5 - W7 and Orange: YR68
Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen
Papermania White Smooth Card Stock
Papermania Textured Green Card Stock

 Thank you for stopping by today! See you tomorrow!

 Marika

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22 comments:

  1. Hannelie13 July 2015 at 10:52

    You are making waves girl!
    Congratulations... can't wait to see what you make!

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  2. Ruth13 July 2015 at 10:54

    Yay! Absolute no surprise to me ;) Well deserved. Cute cards :) xx

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  3. SonjaK13 July 2015 at 11:58

    Congrats! Well deserved. Great cards - so cute!

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  4. LauraJane:)13 July 2015 at 14:42

    So happy to see you over at Penny Black:)))

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  5. Nicole13 July 2015 at 15:26

    Ahhh Marika - this is soooo cute!!!

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  6. Harriet13 July 2015 at 17:37

    This is a very sweet card. I love Penny Black stamps.

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    1. Marika 13 July 2015 at 22:42

      Thank you, Harriet! I agree, their stamps were fun to play with!

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  7. Unknown13 July 2015 at 19:19

    Lovely cards Marika! Thanks so much for the shout out on your blog, you are so sweet to do that! Hugs!

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  8. Mervi13 July 2015 at 19:54

    Ihanaa, hauska kortti;-))m

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  9. shirley-bee13 July 2015 at 20:58

    Fabulous cards, Marika! I love the colour combo. Congrats on your well-deserved GD spot!

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  10. conil13 July 2015 at 21:14

    Gorgeous cards...so clever to partially cut the bird card so his stocking hangs down. Your coloring is masterful.

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  11. conil13 July 2015 at 21:14

    Gorgeous cards...so clever to partially cut the bird card so his stocking hangs down. Your coloring is masterful.

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  12. lostinpaper14 July 2015 at 01:26

    Your cards are so wonderful Marika!

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  13. Nora Noll14 July 2015 at 05:39

    I am not surprised they chose you to be a guest designer Marika!! Your cards are always so stunning!! I LOVE these images you chose and your coloring-breathtaking. Congratulations!!

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  14. Nicky14 July 2015 at 12:37

    Wonderful cards Marika ! Congratulations!

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  15. Karen M14 July 2015 at 13:16

    Adorable card....Love it! xx

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  16. I Card Everyone14 July 2015 at 16:31

    Oh Marika!!! You know how much I love to watch you 'color' - so happy to see your lovely work featured at Penny Black!!! Congrats... now, please do another for card two? LOve the critters...
    =] Michele

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  17. clelie15 July 2015 at 05:38

    I love Penny Black and I love your work!...a perfect pairing! :) Do you have any tutorials explaining how to use AquaMarkers (Letraset)? I am not having much success using them!

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  18. Celeste Goff15 July 2015 at 06:49

    Congrats on the guest spot this week...it's well deserved! Love this beautiful card!

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  19. Bobby16 July 2015 at 22:39

    Those critters are so cute and your coloring is amazing, Marika. I also love the other cards you made for Penny Black.

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  20. Petra Swart20 July 2015 at 20:43

    I love watching your videos, Marika!!!! Your cards are so beautiful!!! Congrats on the GD spot!!!!

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  21. Sharron21 July 2015 at 02:00

    Love what you've done with these adorable critters! Your coloring is, as always, fabulous!

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