Penny Black: Frolic - birthday card for my daughter

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It will be my daughter's birthday in a couple of weeks and I have finished her card already!  I think that's the first time I have finished her birthday card so early.  But I have most of my extended family's birthdays coming up in July and August (lots of them men....sigh.....) and are trying to get ahead.  I have a family birthday party to organise for my daughter too so that will keep me very busy!  Anyway, onto my card......

I love Easel cards - they are fun to make.  A bit more time consuming than a regular card but worth the extra effort IMHO (in my humble opinion).  Now tell me that you are NOT smiling at that happy cat with his bunch of flowers!  Isn't she just so sweet?  I stamped the image onto watercolour paper and coloured it with watercolour pencils; I added some areas of pink and blue around the image which shows up better in the next two photos.  I stamped the image again and cut out just the wings on the butterflies and glued them on top of the butterflies on the main panel to add some dimension.  I added some orange gemstones to the flower centres and both the butterflies and flowers have been glittered within an inch of their lives LOL!  Here is a close-up photo of the butterflies so you can the dimension:

And here is a close-up of the image itself:

The bow was attached in 2 separate elements and the bow itself was made with my fabby Bow Easy.  I sewed the heart button to the bow centre before I glued the bow on with fabric glue.

For the sentiment section of the Easel card:  I added some Doodlebug velvet brads but didn't quite push them all the way through so that they would stick up a little and hold the front panel in place more securely.  The sentiment panel was diecut using my Cuttlebug and Spellbinder Labels 10 nestabilities.   Here is a little close-up of one of the brads so you can see how soft and velvety they look:

And here is a close-up of the sentiment panel.  I coloured around the edge of the white panel with a pink watercolour pencil.

Not sure if you can see, but the designer paper is very glittery and sparkly.  I almost couldn't cut into it - it's so gorgeous.  I picked it up from a scrapbooking store in Bright when I was there on holidays last year - yes - it's taken me 8 months to use it!  How's that for hoarding?!  Now, go on:  admit that you have done it too so that I will feel better.......

Challenges:

This card fits the following challenges -

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes with the optional extra of white

My Creative Moments - Word Play Weekend #6 - Birthday

On a slightly different note:  here is a gorgeous card made by my blogging friend Samantha Post of Ryemilan's Blogspot.  Sam sent me this card to say thanks for the baby card and present I sent following the recent birth of their new baby boy.

Isn't Sam just so talented?!!  Sam is a whizz at punch art cards too and making jewellery, cake decorating, sewing - wow - the list goes on......!  You can check out Sam's blog here. 

As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me - my email addy is on the LHS of my blog sidebar - just scroll down a little. Or leave a comment below.
Thanks for stopping by!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Penny Black - Frolic 3972K, sentiment from Penny Black - Party Time 30-049 clear set

Ink:  Versafine Onyx black

Designer paper:  Best Creation - Once upon a time - Item #GP362

Accessories:  140lb watercolour paper, Faber Castell watercolour pencils, small round #2 paintbrush, yellow gemstones - Hero Arts CH126, ribbon, Bow Easy, heart button - Trimits, pink sewing thread, Kindyglitz Crystalina, Doodlebug crushed velvet brads - 1884 pastel, Cuttlebug, Spellbinder Labels 10, Cardstock:  green, dark pink

Punches:  Martha Stewart Doily Lace