Floral Wreath

Hi blogland friends!  Back to an old favourite of black and cream for this one.  The background was made using the Walrus and Carpenter embossing folder to give the card some texture.  I did half of it then moved it and aligned the design and did the other half of it.  If you leave the already embossed side of your card and the edge of the folder hanging just off of your base plate, you won't get a line from your folder.  It gives you a really nice background that way.  I cut quite a few of the rose creation flowers for this one.  Each time I cut one of them, though, I placed the cream card face down on the die first then a piece of the black card on top of it.  This allowed me to cut all the flower pieces faster and I was able to ink the cream flower witrh Antique Linen Distress ink while in the die too.  I used a foam pad and a ball stylus to give the flowers some shape.  By rubbing the stylus over the back of the flowers in a circular motion while on the pad, it breaks down the paper a bit and gives them shape.  I attached my flowers around the sentiment to form a wreath and used some foam mounting pieces to give some of the flowers height also.  I added pearls to all the flower centres too.  The edgeability dies were used to cut a black border and I added a bow made from the cream crocheted ribbon.  The Baker twine in black and white added a nice little accent touch to the button so I could finish off the bow.  Of course there had to be some piercing to the card or it just wouldn't feel finished,
would it!  I hope you enjoyed todays offering!  All for now, Sue x