Black and Tan!

Hi everyone, hope your day is starting out well!  This card is a very similar creation to one that I made for the POTW shows last June.  The original one was in black and white, but at the time, I was contemplating using these colours.  Since most of the same dies have returned for the POTD shows, I decided to follow through on my colour choice this time.  I began with the largest size of the Fleur de Lis squares and mounted it so it was diamond in shape.  Then layered up the medium size of the same die so it was offset in the square shape.  I cut the medium size of the Label twenty and used the elegant post dies to "hold" it.  I simply niped off the long ends of the elegant post for this.  Then I stamped my sentiment on one of the fancy tags, did a bit of inking through the die for contrast and cut out another tag in black to use as a shadow.  I simply cut it down the middle lengthways and mounted it outward slightly behind the focal tag.  Since the focal element was colour on colour, I felt it needed a bit of black as a shadow to help it stand out more.  I cut two more of the elegant post dies for the top and bottom corners of the card and cut the top off so it was a straight edge.  I added some of the frilly edged ribbon in the champagne colour and topped it with a black organza ribbon rose and some decorative pins.  I couldn't help finishing the edge with the black PVA glue from Cosmic Shimmer.  This glue really is amazing and the dots are very hard once dry so there isn't a problem if you are posting a card with it.  If you read the blog because of the title and were hoping to see a great big mug of Guiness, I hope you aren't disappointed with the card you got instead! LOL   All for now, Sue x