Penny Black Don't Break It Anniversary Card

Hi everyone 😀

It is my husband's and my 34th Wedding Anniversary and this is the card that I made for him.  My husband is easy to make cards for because he doesn't mind cute and cuddly critters so that makes life a little easier.  The Penny Black critters are so timeless and adorable - and I have been using their critters for years and years.

The main image is called 'Don't Break It!' and is wood-mounted - and still readily available.

This is also my card for the following Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - April - Anything Goes - Optional of Something Funny

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #632 - Anything Goes - Optional Twist of Something Blue

Splitcoaststampers - Ways to Use It - WT920 - Teddy Bears

I stamped the image using Versafine Onyx Black ink and coloured it with a mix of Jasart Voyager watercolour paints and Faber-Castell watercolour pencils using a #2 round paintbrush.  I added some Glossy Accents to the heart that the teddy bear is holding.   I went over the black lines of the image with a Zig Millenium .005 black pen which had lost some of their blackness from the watercolouring.  The hearts around the image and sentiment are a mix of Sizzix Drifting Hearts Thinlets and leftover punchies from using my EK Success Arrow border punch.  I cut them from some of the designer paper.

The designer papers are really old - from 2012 - and are by Bo Bunny - Love Letters from their 6" x 6" paper pad.  Although you can no longer get them, there are so many Valentine's Day releases that you could substitute.

I diecut the main image using a Lifestyle Nesting Circles die using my Big Shot.  The red circle underneath was diecut from one of the designer papers and the black circle is American Crafts black cardstock.

I added a strip of black cardstock underneath the image and it looked like it needed something so added some dry embossing using a Cuttlebug/Provocraft Love Language embossing folder.

Here is a close-up of that adorable teddy-bear:

The sentiment is by Colorado Craft Company - Lots of Love and was stamped using Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I diecut it using a retired Spellbinder Labels Trio Shapeabilities die S3-147.   I added some more tiny hearts from my EK Success Arrows border punch.  All the hearts were glittered using my Wink of Stella clear glitter brush which adds some subtle sparkle so it is isn't too tizzy for a guy 😉

Both the main panel and sentiment are up on dimensionals.  Once I had finished the card front, I attached it to a white card base.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Penny Black 'Don't break it!' 3605F wood-mount, Colorado Craft Company 'Lots of Love' AJ418 clear set

Ink:  Versafine Onyx Black

Designer Paper:  Bo Bunny Love Letters 6" x 6" pad (2012) - retired

Accessories:  Big Shot, Ranger watercolour cardstock, Cuttlebug/Provocraft Love Language embossing folder (retired), dimensionals, Tombow Mono Multi glue, Wink of Stella clear glitter brush, Glossy Accents, Jasart Voyager watercolour discs, Faber-Castell watercolour pencils, #2 round paintbrush, Perfect Layers Tools, Zig Millenium .005 black pen, Stamping Platform, cardstock - American Crafts black, white card base (Anko - K-Mart Australia)

Dies:  Sizzix Drifting Hearts Thinlets #663451A, Spellbinders Labels Trio Shapeabilities S3-147 (retired), Lifestyle/Quickutz Nesting Circles L-CC-001

Punches:  EK Success Arrows border