CELESTIAL HEART
Sooooo, have I mentioned lately how much I love these new Penny Black stamps??!! NO? Well, I love em a lot! If you’ve been following for the past few days, this is my third image from the awesome new Penny Black holiday images now available at 7 Kids College Fund. I just love each one more than the last. This one is called Celestial Heart.
I found this sentiment on the internet and thought it was pretty appropriate for this card. I actually would love to use this for our Christmas cards this year, just wish it were February or March so I could spend enough time on them!! Oh well, I might have to tailor this one down since it took quite awhile for me to finish it! I think the worst part was that I had decided to do lots of layers with the image, not realizing that there are three little hearts that hang down off the trumpet. And when I say little, I mean REALLY little! I was pretty proud that I actually got them colored, cut out and attached to some nylon iridescent string I had!! I won’t tell you how long THAT took!
Here’s a picture to show you the actual layers. I believe this is an EIGHT layer card!! Is that a record?? 
This is the very first card I have ever done where the edges have been distressed! It was actually lot of fun ~ Although I think I may buy a distressing tool…my fingernail is still sore!
I even made my own glitter buttons ~ just added some Star Dust Stickles to the back of a transparent button – pretty cool! The sentiment is computer generated.
SWEET NATIVITY
I think I used every single Copic marker I have to color this image!! Thank goodness I am able to get my Copics from 7 Kids College Fund since they have the best prices and selection around!
This is another from the brand new holiday collection from Penny Black, called SWEET NATIVITY. My favorite part of this particular image is the adorable faces of the animals peeking their heads out on each side of the image!
I also can’t tell you enough how impressed I am with this new stamp form they’ve come up with. It’s called Slapstick ~ if you’re interested, you can read about it on my post from a few days ago – here.
In case I haven’t mentioned it ~ I just LOVE ALL these new images from Penny Black!! You can take a peek at the entire collection at 7 Kids.
I, of course, HAD to add some Stickles – in Golden Rod on the star and the star rays in the background. No Christmas card is complete without some glitter! I tied some gold metallic string to the side of the card and attached a wooden heart I had in my stash.
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