 | | Hi everyone, it was our 36th Wedding Anniversary and here is that card I gave to my husband. He loves cute and cuddly images so that makes cardmaking alot easier ;-)
I stamped the cat with Versafine Onyx Black Ink onto Bellbird Paperarts 210gsm Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper and coloured it using various brands of Watercolour Pencils and a #4 Round Paintbrush. I went over the black lines using an Anko Black 0.3 Pen to darken up the lines on the image. I re-stamped the image onto a piece of the designer paper lining up the 'One True Love' from the paper to be the centre of the heart cushion then fussy-cut it out. I re-stamped the image again onto Watercolour Paper and fussy-cut the paws that are holding the cushion. I went around the edges with an Anko Black Brush Pen to hide any imperfections with my cutting. I glued the cushion and paws on using Tombow Mono Multi Glue and it looks really cool in real life because you can see a bit of dimension. I side-loaded a flat paintbrush with Folk Art Burgundy Acrylic Paint and went around the edge of the cushion to make it look a bit more rounded.
The sentiment is by Impression Obsession - Sentiments 1 - which I have had forever and is retired. I used my Stamping Platform to ensure perfect placement and to stamp it a couple of times to darken it up. I used my EK Success Arrows Border Punch to punch out some Burgundy Cardstock Hearts (the leftover punchies look like tiny hearts) and glued them on using Tombow Mono Aqua Glue then added some Uniquely Creative Clear Sparkle Brush to them for a bit sparkle. The main image was diecut using a Lifestyle Nesting Circle Die. I diecut some Dark Teal Cardstock using a My Favorite Things Pierced Stax Circle Die then diecut Burgundy Cardstock using a Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circle Die.
All the designer papers are by Bo Bunny - Love Letters - which are really old and are from around 2012. The bottom panel was punched using a Fiskars Scallop Border Punch. The Dark Teal and Burgundy Cardstock layers were trimmed to 1/16" using my We R Memory Keepers Perfect Layers Guides. I attached the Cream Ribbon in two separate elements then popped the panel up a little on scraps of white cardstock. The Black Cardstock on the card base was trimmed to 1/8" and the Dark Teal + Burgundy Cardstock to 1/16" using my WRMK Perfect Layers Guides. Once I had finished my card front, I glued it to a White Card Base.
Thanks for having a peek at my card! You are welcome to visit my blog - Instead of Ironing Blogspot - this link will take you to my Blog Post ----> https://instead-of-ironing.blogspot....niversary.html I have a close-up photo of that adorable cat and a pic of the card inside. |
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Date: Friday, April 11, 2025 GMT
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Keywords: PennyBlack ImpressionObsession Spellbinders Cat Watercoloring Love Anniversary Wedding Anniversary Masculine BoBunny MFT Lifestyle Dies
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Stamps: Penny Black So Loved 30-457 clear set, Impression Obsession Sentiments 1 WP16 clear set (retired)
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Paper: Bo Bunny Love Letters 6" x 6" pad (retired) - from 2012, 210gsm Cotton Blend Watercolor Paper
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Ink: Versafine Onyx Black
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Accessories: Watercolor Pencils, BS, Dies: Spellbinders Scallop Circle + MFT Pierced Stax + Lifestyle Nesting Circles, ribbon, Border Punches: EK Success Arrows + Fiskars Scallop, Anko Black Pens, Sparkle Brush, WRMK Perfect Layers Guides, Cs: burgundy/teal/black
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Techniques: Paper Piecing, Watercoloring, Watercolouring, Diecutting
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Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 2
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