Penny Black Saturday #137 - Love Is ...

Good morning everyone and welcome once more to the Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who had a go with my sketch last week - wow you really rocked it!! Don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you have won a prize :-)

This week we have a theme for you, and it is

♥♥♥ Love Is ... ♥♥♥

(please complete the phrase on the front or inside of your card)

Perfect for Valentine's Day, but I'm sure there are plenty of other definitions of love you can bring into play for this challenge. You can interpret the theme however you want - the only rule is that you must submit a new piece of work which uses a Penny Black image, large sentiment or stickeroo as its main focus.

And to get you in the mood for love, we also have two fantastic prizes this week for randomly drawn winners.

First, from The Ribbon Girl :

- a yummy selection of ribbons.

Secondly, from Penny Black

this gorgeous stamp - "Joie De Vivre" (4052K)



The other ladies on the DT have got all lovely dovey with their samples so I hope you will go and visit them and give them some love.

We also have a new guest designer for the month of February, so please give a warm welcome to the lovely Helen :-) Helen's a great bloggy friend of mine, huge fan of PB's and ... reckon she has joined in every single PBSC since it started - well done!! So you are all definitely in for a treat!

Here's my card for this week.

The stamp I have used is actually a row of bunnies playing around in pots which is fabulous for Easter or spring cards .. but I thought the 2 on the end were looking at each other in such an adoring (and adorable!) way that I masked the stamp and just used these two cute creatures. This is my Valentine card for my husband so I deliberately swerved girly colours and/or flowers. He also hates red, so I decided to go with more natural garden colours to compliment the bunnies.

Recipe:
Main image: Penny Black "Bunny Friends" (1927K) coloured with Promarkers and Copics, and edges distressed with "Antique linen" distress ink.
Sentiments: computer generated;
Papers: green papers by K&Co (I think!); script paper by Penny Black;
Supplies: raffia lace from Hobbycraft distressed with Antique linen distress ink; ribbon and charm from my stash;
Tools: classic heart nestabilities.

Challenges:

I followed the sketch at this week's Stamp With Fun #96

and this card also fits the following challenges:

Stampin' For The Weekend #3 - St. Valentine's Day
Paper Sundaes #54 - Valentine's
Crazy 4 Challenges #73 - Valentine's
Secret Crafter #120 - Valentine
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #103 - Valentine's
Creative Inspirations #52 - Valentine's / Love
Fussy & Fancy #29 - Valentine With No Red or Pink
Wild Orchid #16 - Love Is ....
Bunny Zoe's #8 - Love Is In the Air Simon Says - Love Is In the Air
Double Dutch #61 - Love Is In the Air
Tuesday Taggers - Feel the Lurve
Creatalicious #18 - Ribbon + Love Theme
Crafter's Companion #9 - Romance
Raise The Bar #52 - Hearts
Penny's Paper Crafty #46 - Hearts A Flutter
The Crafty Pad #106 - Something for the Boys Crafty Catz #68 - Tartan / Plaid
PaperPlay #5 - Stamp it out
Cute Card Thursday#150 - Banish The Blues
(humour - hope the pun counts?)

Hope you can join in with the challenge this week, and looking forward to seeing your creations.

I'll be back a little later with my second DT post of the day, for this month's Crafty Calendar Challenge :-)