Penny Black - Gladness

Hi everyone.  Today is another new stamp from the latest Penny Black release, called Gladness (40-854).  I created this card for a very special friend's birthday, which was three days ago.  I hope she's received my card in time. :)

I stamped the bouquet of flowers onto mixed media paper in Gray Granite dye ink (SU!) and heat embossed with clear.  I stamped a second time onto a scrap piece of mixed media paper, making sure all the flowers fit, but didn't worry about the stems.

I watercoloured all the flowers with distress inks:  Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple, Mowed Lawn.  I fussy cut the blooms from the flowers stamped on the scrap piece and set aside.

To add a focus on the middle part of the bouquet, using a circle die as my template and a pencil, I drew a circle over top, having the circle go off the page slightly.  I used a piercing tool to poke holes around the circle at about 1/8" intervals.  I erased the pencil circle.

I stamped the sentiment Not Older, Better (30-896) in the upper left corner in the same Gray Granite as the flowers, heat embossing with clear.  I attached the card front to my card base and then added the fussy-cut blooms over top of my card front, adding some pop dots for added dimension.

Close-up ...

I'm sending this card to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes with Optional Spots and/or Stripes.  I've added paper piercing to create a dotty (or spotty) background for my flowers. :)  This is my second entry.

And I'm sending this card to The Flower Challenge #70 - CAS.  I created a CAS design using some stamping, watercolouring and a little piercing. :)

Thanks for coming by for a visit!

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Gladness (40-854)

Not Older, Better (30-896)

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Stamps:  Gladness; Not Older, Better (both from Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Gray Granite (SU!); Distress Inks:  Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple, Mowed Lawn, Rusty Hinge (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Clear Embossing Powder (Ranger), heat tool, watercolour brushes, Piercing tool

Challenges:
PBSC - Anything Goes with optional:  Spots and/or Stripes

The Flower Challenge #70 - CAS