PBSC April - Anything Goes (Optional 'Numbers')

It's the first Saturday of the month, so that means it's time for a new Penny Black Saturday Challenge...where the theme is:

'Anything Goes'

or

'Numbers'

As usual, we are sponsored by the awesome 1-2-3 Stitch:

Prize - a $20 voucher!

I used 'Scooting Along' by Penny Black...stamping it on to watercolour paper, then colouring it using watercolour pencils. I paired it with papers from the 'Happy Day' pad by My Mind's Eye...this is my second one of this gorgeous pad, and I still have some little snippets from the original...the one I used to paper piece the balloon is probably one of those! This card is for the daughter of one of my friends...and as she turns 11 in a couple of days time, I used one of the number stamps from the 'Birthday Bears' set (also by Penny Black) to add her age to the balloon. I distressed the edges of all of the layers, then added faux stitching using my CutterBee Bug and a black gel pen. The sentiment stamp is from the 'Big Messages' set by Paula Pascal.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

• Crafty Catz - Anything Goes (Optional 'Any Cute Critter')
• Creative Knockouts - Birthday Wishes
• Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use Snippets
• Simon Says Stamp (Wednesdays) - Happy Birthday
• Sweet Stampin' - Birthday Girls

For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge.