Penny Black Dancing Chick Easter Card

Hi everyone,

Just popping in to share the Easter card that I made for my daughter.

This is also my card for the following Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - PBSC April - Anything Goes...Optional 'Fresh Spring Colours'.  

Crafty Catz Challenge #458 - Anything Goes with the Optional Twist of All Creatures Great and Small.

Splitcoaststampers - Free for All Friday F4A477 - Easter, Spring flowers, a something spring related card.

The main image is by Penny Black - Dancing Chick and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto Strathmore Hot Press watercolour paper and coloured with Derwent Inktense pencils and a #2 round paintbrush. I diecut the panel using a Lifestyle-Quickutz Nesting Card Templates die and my Big Shot.  I diecut some hearts using an Impression Obsession die called Heart of Hearts which has tons of different sized hearts - and the smallest hearts were the perfect size for my card.  I glued the hearts on using Tombow Mono Aqua glue then added some Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue to the flowers and the hearts.

The designer papers are from an older Echo Park 6" x 6" pad - Hello Summer.  The sentiment is from a Memory Box stamp set - Springtime Bunnies - and was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black onto the same watercolour paper then diecut using a Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banner die.  I added a tiny Molossi blue rhinestone at each end of the sentiment using Ranger Multi Medium Matte glue.

All the layers were trimmed to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools.  I used a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper to punch the bottom of the blue paper to 1/4".  I tied on the twine then layered the finished panel onto some thin fun foam then layered that onto a white cardstock card base with just a very small border showing.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Happy Easter everyone!

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Penny Black Dancing Chick 2564F wood-mount, Sentiment from Memory Box Springtime Bunnies (retired)

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Designer Paper:  Echo Park 'Hello Summer' 6" x 6" pad (2012) - retired

Dies:  Lifestyle-Quickutz Nesting Card Templates, Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners LF1139, Impression Obsession Heart of Hearts DIE052-I

Accessories:  Big Shot, We R Memory Keepers 1/4" Corner Chomper, Perfect Layers Tools, Strathmore Hot Press watercolour paper, Derwent Inktense pencils, #2 round paintbrush, blue Molossi rhinestones, The Twinery twine - Shore, Fun Foam, doublesided tape, Tombow Mono Multi and Aqua glues, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Stampin' Up Dazzling Details glitter glue, white cardstock base

Penny Black - Don't Break It - 30th Wedding Anniversary

Hi everyone,

My husband and I have been married for 30 years and this is the card that I made for my husband.  I can hardly believe it is 30 years as the time has passed so quickly!  We don't usually do anything really fancy nor exchange gifts for our anniversaries and have never followed the traditional types of gifts either.  We just had a quiet celebration with our daughter which was really lovely and had lunch at a local cafe and I cooked a roast for dinner that night.  I am very lucky in that my husband doesn't mind cute and cuddly critters on his cards nor a bit of sparkle or glitter - so that makes it heaps easier to make cards for him.

This is also my card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge for April - Anything Goes...Optional 'Fresh Spring Colours'.  Please see THIS LINK for the details on the challenge.

The image is by Penny Black - Don't Break it - and was stamped onto Ranger watercolour cardstock using Versafine Vintage Sepia ink.  I coloured the image using a mix of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and Faber-Castell watercolour pencils.  I added a white highlight on the heart using a Ranger Inkssentials white gel pen.  I lightly chalked around the image using Kaisercraft blue chalk and the ground using brown and grey chalk.

The sentiment is by Mama Elephant - Mini Messages - and was stamped in the same Vintage Sepia ink.  This is a great stamp set with a wide variety of sentiments for all year 'round and I love that they are really small so you can just add it around an image when you don't have alot of room or you don't want to add a separate sentiment panel.

I diecut the image panel using my Big Shot and Lifestyle Nesting Circle dies.  The scalloped diecut is a Lifestyle Nesting Scalloped Circle die.  The panel is popped up a little using 0.5mm dimensionals.

I used my Simon Says Stamp Mini Heart dies to diecut some hearts from the burgundy designer paper and added some sparkle using a Wink of Stella clear glitter brush which I also added to the heart that the teddy bear is holding.   Here is a close-up:

I used a Fiskars Postage Stamp border punch to punch the border on the bottom panel.  I have had this border punch forever and love to use it on masculine cards.  The ribbon is from my stash.

The designer papers are by Echo Park - I Love Family - from their 6" x 6" pad.  The layers were trimmed to 1/8" using my Perfect Layers Tools.

Lastly, I added my completed card front to a white card base.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn


Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Penny Black - Don't Break It - 3605F wood-mount, Mama Elephant - Mini Messages clear set

Ink:  Versafine Vintage Sepia

Designer Paper:  Echo Park - I Love Family 6" x 6" pad (2016)

Dies:  Lifestyle Nesting Circles and Scalloped Circles, Simon Says Stamp Mini Hearts S142

Accessories:  Big Shot, Ranger watercolor cardstock, Kaisercraft blue and brown chalk, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, Faber-Castell watercolour pencils, #2 round paintbrush, ribbon (stash), Tombow Mono Multi glue, Kokuyo tape runner, Wink of Stella clear glitter brush, Perfect Layers Tools, 0.5mm dimensionals, Ranger Inkssentials white gel pen, white cardstock base

Punches:  Fiskars Postage Stamp border