Butterfly Suite

Welcome to my Saturday morning post!  Today I have an inspiration card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  The theme this month is Anything Goes...with the option of something old and/or neglected.  This stamp is one of PB's older stamps, and has been neglected for some time in my stash.  So, this was the perfect time to show it some inky love.

To further carry the 'old' theme, I distressed the card stock after I stamped the PB Butterfly Suite image, using vintage photo distress ink.  I also tore along the right edge.  I love the vintage feel this technique gives.

I watercolored the image, and added the panel to a panel of grape card stock, thin onto a kraft A2 card.  The happy birthday came from one of my older PB clear sets, Critter Party. 

I added some gold cording, and some sequins for a little bling and interest.  

Inside:  I used the Perfect Pairing set for the images, and distress inks in vintage photo and dusty concord.

I hope you will join us at the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.  You just might win a $20 gift certificate to our sponsors, 1,2,3 Stitch!  

If you would like to be eligible to be a guest designer on a future challenge, please add 'GDT' after your name in the link-up.

Thanks for visiting today.  Enjoy your weekend!

Blessings,

Penny Black Challenge Card

Both Penny Black challenges have an 'anything goes' theme this week, so this card is for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge 
and the Penny Black at Allsorts challenge. 

Stamps:  Penny Black botanical garden clear set

               PB Letter background

               PB beauty

               PB corner piece

               PB damask

               PB antique pattern

I used Tim Holtz distress ink refills with water to watercolor a panel of Bienfang canvasette paper canvas.  When it was dry, I stamped background stamps, then the flower stamp.  After heat setting, I used the refill inks to watercolor the flower bouquet.  I used the Misty tool to stamp the verse, as the canvas paper is very textured, and I knew I would need to stamp it several times to get a clear, solid image.

I had used the canvasette years ago, and decided to pull it out and try again.  I really liked working on it.  I will be experimenting lots more.  I'm especially liking the baroque, vintage look and feel it gives to these images.   Now I'm on a quest to find other stamps I have that will work for this look!  Stay tuned for more.  If you are wondering, I purchased my canvasette paper at Michael's.  I know they still carry it, as I have seen it there recently.

Thanks so much for stopping in today.  I appreciate your visit.

Blessings,

lynda