Grand Nestie Samples

 I thought that I would show a few more of the samples from the Grand Nestie show.  These two are a few of my favourites using the floral stamps and the Grand square nesties.  The first sample above shows the large rose in the centre which I paper pieced using the same paper from the middle section.  I know, I just love yellow and gray together!  You can only see a bit of it on the left, but I used the swirl stamp all the way around the rose then dusted it with the pewter gray mica powder.  It does look very nice in person, it just gives it a soft framing and a tiny bit of bling to draw your eye in.  I pierced around the edges and then added the pearly swirly things from my stash to give it some real serious bling!

This second sample I love just for the simplicity of it.  Black and white with the slightest bit of pale pink in the rose, the ribbon and a bit of the edging.  It is difficult to tell in the pic, but the layers have also been paper embossed too.  I added a punched edge to the top and bottom just to give it a texture and it also allowed me to make the back panel larger.  The ribbon is actually a mixture of black organza, pink satin and velvet ric rac, but it is hard to tell in the picture.  I added pearls of varying sizes to the swirls on the rose, the corners and the punched borders to complete the card.  You got to have the pearls!  Hope you like them! 

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