Coop party

I don't know if I'll have time to make a new card today ~~ I have tons of errands to run & as soon as my 5 year old is done with his tantrum, we'll be on our way ~~ so I wanted to share with you one of my very favorite cards I've ever made. I absolutely LOVE the Penny Black stamps ~~ those critters are just so gosh darn cute. The best place I've discovered to purchase them (with the help of some SCSers) is HM Stamps. Dick has a huge selection of stamps (& not just Penny Black, he also carries Great Impressions, House Mouse, Snoopy & many others), the best customer service & to top it off he's HILARIOUS!! His newsletters are always fun to read!! Anyway, back to the card:


I embossed the chickens onto watercolor paper using Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder. In the second picture you can really see the sparkle!! This image is so fun, so I thought it would be fun to glitterize the chickens! Then, I colored the image with my Stampin' Up markers & a blender pen. I love coloring this way & I'm trying to do it more often. I don't watercolor well with reinkers, the most popular way of watercoloring. I don't have any Watercolor Crayons. So this is my way of doing it. I added some flowers & some ribbon & I was done! I love the way this turned out!! And I don't say that very often!


Then of course I had to decorate the inside of the card, & the envelope. I had some leftover patterned paper so I used that, along with some white cardstock, to line the inside. I used a balloon stamp that I thought matched the Penny Black stamp very well, & stamped the inside plus the envelope. I love it when everything matches!!


This card ended up going to my friend Dawn. We met on SCS & have become good friends. She was so excited when she found out I sell my cards on Ebay, & has been bidding away ever since. This one didn't go nearly as high as some of my other cards, but it's okay because it went to Dawn :)

EDITED TO ADD: I guess I *don't* have the enlarging-the-photo-with-a-click right ~ I'll keep working on it though!!!