I made this card for Penny Black Challenge #83. It was a bit of a challenge for me, because I don’t generally do a lot of layers on cards, but this was a sketch challenge, and the sketch clearly showed many layers.

A lot of the time I don’t quite measure when I’m cutting my paper. For stuff like those panels that have the small border, I usually eyeball it. I measured this time, and it’s all nice and even! Fancy that! I should stop being so lazy.

The ribbon is a brighter pink than the paper, which I think adds a nice pop. The background layer, and the one under the bunny is some handmade paper. The tag called it ‘grass seed paper’. It’s got a wonderful soft texture. I ruffled the edges of the circle under the rabbit a little too for more texture.

I coloured the stamp with my Copic markers, using Cool Greys for the rabbit, and Warm Grey for the hat.

I managed to make the horizontal panel out of the scraps left from cutting the vertical panels out of 8×8 paper. It’s actually two separate pieces sticking out from under!