Well, here I am Blogging for the first time with my Penny Black stamps!

Hello everyone,

Welcome!!  And thanks so much for stopping by :-)  Thought I would add another card to my stash which could be used as a Thank-you card, Happy Birthday, Friendship - anything really.  I am a huge fan of Penny Black 'Margaret Sherry' stamps - can't get enough of their furry friends - they are so adorable and cute!

I also made this card for the Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple Challenge #54 of Wishing for Spring.   Please see this link for the details.  I *LOVE* Spring flowers especially when the daffodils and jonquils start flowering in my garden. How amazing that you get these beautiful flowers from a bulb that looks nothing more than a brown onion!  And I am also entering it in the Penny Black Saturday Week 92 Challenge of:  Spring Flowers.  See this link for the details.
 
I have used this Sizzix Textured Impressions embossing folder (from the Hello Kitty Spring Set #2) alot lately because the middle is blank for me to stamp my image & it fits LOTS of images I have in my stamp stash.  Plus it easily fits in my Cuttlebug with the same sandwich as Cuttlebug folders. Makes for a quick and simple card because there is no layering. I made 3 similar cards in 1 day - just with different images but with the same ef - that's a record for me!   I lightly added some Kaisercolour chalks (pink, lemon and blue) to the dry embossing.

The image was stamped with Memento ink and coloured with Gamsol and Prismacolor pencils and I added Kindyglitz to the flowers. It didn't take long to colour because the flowers/leaves aren't too detailed - just a flick of colour with the pencil and "smudged" with the paper stump/Gamsol - just to give an impression of shading/highlighting. I lightly chalked the background for the sky etc with the same colours that I used for the dry embossing.
 
I stamped the sentiment with Stazon ink and the tiny punched hearts (2 next to the sentiment and 3 around the flowers) are the leftover punchies from my EK Success Arrows Border punch (they look like tiny hearts to me).
 
Thanks for having a peek at my card!

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Mouse: Penny Black 'Hugs' clear set, Sentiment: Penny Black 'Tiny Wishes' clear set

Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Stazon Jet black 

Accessories: Cuttlebug, Sizzix Textured Impressions 'Hello Kitty #2' embossing folder (set), Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, paper stumps, Kindyglitz Crystalina, EK Success Arrows border punch, Kaisercolour chalks, Cardstock: white, rose coral