Green and Terracotta Penny Black Cupcake Mice Anniversary

Here is the card I made for my hubby for our anniversary. Unfortunately, due to us moving house the day after, it didn't really get any mantlepiece time!! So, I packed it with the 'going to Ireland' stuff and put it up at the in-laws!!
This was an unusual colour combination for me but I really liked the plaid paper so coloured everything to match it.

The Cupcake Box Mouse image, from the Penny Black Piece Of My Heart stamp set, was stamped using Versafine Onyx Black archival pigment ink to the left of the panel and the single mouse from the Mice Chasing Cat stamp from the same set was stamped to the right, masking off the extra detail from the image.

The images were coloured using Copic Sketch markers:

• Mice: E13, E51, E35, R20
• Box: G05, YG17, E07, YR02, C4
• Cupcake Cases/Ribbon: E07, YR02
• Cupcakes: E57, E07, YR02, E41
• Label: YG11, YG17, G05
• Shadow: N3, E41

The cupcakes were then highlighted with Anita's 3D Gloss.

The sentiment from the same stamp set was then stamped into the tag on the image using ColorBox Terracotta pigment ink.

The edges of the panel were then stamped using the heart border stamp from the Autumn Leaves 'On The Edge' stamp set and the Terracotta ink.

The image panel was matted onto terracotta card from the Core'dinations Elements card pack, and onto a panel die cut from green card from the same pack using a Mega Curved Rectangle die from Nestabilities.

A strip of the Pistachio Almond paper from the Basic Grey Two Scoops paper pad was matted onto the terracotta and green cardstocks and then across a panel of the Waffle Cone paper from the same paper pad.

The image panel was matted to the top of the card and three orange card candy, from Craftwork Cards, were coloured with Copic markers (E07), and added below the image along the strip.

The circle sentiment, from Aud Designs, was stamped using Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink and coloured using the Copic markers:

• Sentiment panel: YG11, YG17, G05, E07, YR02

This was die cut using the standard circle Nestabilities die and matted onto circles of the terracotta and green cardstocks. This was then adhered in the bottom right corner of the card and highlighted with Anita's 3D Gloss.

Here are the challenges that I am entering this card into:

• Allsorts - #91 - Inspired By Nature
• Crazy4Challenges - #75 - Use Dies
• Little Claire's - #1 - Anything Goes
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - #139 - Men's Card
• Totally Gorjuss - #68 - Check It Out
• Crafty Ann's - #34 - Love Is All Around
• Crafty Catz - #70 - One For The Men
• Fussy and Fancy - Sweet Treats
• Guylou's Inimitability - Anything Goes
• Delightful Challenges - Animals
• Digi Doodle Shop's Best - #47 - Anything Goes
• Samuel Taylors - Copic Chic/ Promarker Gal
• Shelly's Images - Show Us What You Got
• Fresh Brewed Blog - #33 - Anniversary
• Claudia & Company - #75 - About A Boy
• The Crazy Challenge - #54 - Weddings & Anniversaries
• Design Dollies - February Means ..... Love
• Cupcake Craft - #129 - I Love You
• KB Cute Monday - #3 - Love
• Ooh La La Creations - #73 - For Someone Special
• Stamps R Us - #14 - Valentine/Love
• I Did It Creations - #43 - Anything Goes
• Let's Ink It Up - #9 - Romance/Valentine's Day
• Paper Sundaes - #57 - Masculine Colours
• Scrappy Frogs - Love Is In The Air
• Stamptacular Sunday - #99 - SOS: Someone Special
• Copic Oz - A Love Challenge