Penny Black: Hello Dear - card for one of my dearest friends

Hi and welcome to my Blog 

I made this card for a dear friend of my mine who is going through a tough time to hopefully bring some happiness into her day and let her know that I am thinking of her.

The image is one of the more recent releases by Penny Black and I love it - but then again, I say that about all my Penny black stamps, don't I LOL?!! 

I stamped the image onto watercolour paper and coloured it with Faber Castell watercolour pencils.  You can't tell from the photo, but I added some Kindyglitz Crystalina to the centres of the orange flowers.  I punched a butterfly and added some tiny gemstones to the body.

I sewed the button onto the sentiment panel then popped the panel up on foam pads.  The ribbon was attached in 2 separate elements and the bow itself was made with my trusty Bow Easy.  I didn't really want to add anything else to the card because the designer paper (a gorgeous NEW release by Kasiercraft) is rather busy.

This card fits the following Challenge:

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #83 - Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Penny Black 'Hello Dear' 40-062 slapstick, 'Hello' sentiment from Wendy Irving J6412.01 clear set

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Designer paper:  Kaisercraft Bubblegum Hills Collection - P635 Candy Confetti

Accessories:  Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities, mulberry mauve button + matching sewing thread, ribbon, Scor-Pal, Kindyglitz Crystalina, Bow Easy, Faber Castell watercolour pencils, #2 round brush, 140lb watercolour paper, foam pads, Kaisercraft pink gems, Cardstock: mulberry mauve (American Crafts), light teal

Punches:  Martha Stewart Pinking Scallop, Carl Butterfly-A