It is our 34th Wedding Anniversary and this is the card that I made for my husband. My husband LOVES all cute and cuddly critters so this makes it SO MUCH easier for making cards for him. This is also my card for any older SCS Challenge - Ways to Use It - WT920 of Teddy Bears. Please see this link for the details on the Challenge: WT920 - Teddy Bears - 10/27/2022 by Cook22 at Splitcoaststampers There are no time limits for SCS Challenges so why not play along? I am a s-l-o-w cardmaker so by the time I make a card for a challenge, there is already a NEW challenge posted......oh well!
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 which is long-retired & I have had forever - way before even the Big Shot was made.
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 which was one of the first dies I ever bought - that's how old it is LOL! 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.