Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Fussy and Fancy

 

This is my entry for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge, Fussy and Fancy.  The stamped image is 4065K -  Bountiful and it was coloured with a mixture of shimmer watercolours from The Works, gel pens and Promarkers.  This card is for one of my crafting friends whose birthday it is on the 28th of this month and members of the little craft group we both belong to are heading to the Papeterie, Aberdeen for a day of "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" crafting on the day.  Kath from the Penny Black Saturday Challenge team, is one of the tutors along with her friends Debbi  and Anne.  A brilliant way to spend a birthday.

The base card is a white 21cm square card.

Papers used

Red vellum and red and black cardstock from The Papeterie, Aberdeen

Green card from W Enterprises, Aberdeen

Mirri-card from Create and Craft

Happy Birthday paper from Cuddly Buddly download, A Patchwork of Papers - Blue, printed on greyscale

Spotted paper from Seraphina and Friends CD, background papers and inserts - blue hues, printed on greyscale

Scraps of white and yellow card for the daisies

Tools used

Small and medium Woodware daisy punches

Compass cutter

X-cut botanical embossing leaf punch

X-cut embossing silhouette flower punch

X-cut small tag punch

Ringbinder hole punch

Sakura white souffle pen

Embellishments

Stampin' Up Real Red grosgrain ribbon

Woodware round silver brads

Red flower sequins and black beads

Silver wavy peel-offs

Silver Happy Birthday peel-off

Top Tips for this project would be to highlight the edges of the daisies, poppies and stamped image with a clear Sakura glitter pen to add some sparkle and to highlight the hedgehog's cheek with the white souffle pen.

Thanks for reading

Liz x