Red Red Rose

Hi guys!  Look, I coloured!  It has been absolutely ages since I got my coloured pencils out and put them to work!  I'm a bit rusty in fact, as it took me forever to finish this rose, but in the end, I really enjoyed it!  There is a lot going on in this card, but to start, I embossed the centre of a large piece of card, using the Valor Embossibility folder.  I cut two of the Chateau Gates but taped the gates from the back and cut both of them at the small swirl half way down the side of the die.  I put them end to end and added some mounting foam across the back to secure them in place, then mounted the piece in the centre of my embossed background. This gave me a lacy filligree edge for my focal element.  I stamped the Bella rose and coloured it with pencils.  Using  the rose die, I cut a template out of card so I would be able to line it up over my stamped image to see where I needed to place my die.  Once aligned, I taped it into place and re-registered the die in the same place through my template.  Taped it all and then cut it so my rose was cut without being uneven.  I stamped the rose a second time and cut out just the centre of the rose to decoupage.  I used  two of the basic oval nesties to show off my rose.  The sides of the cards are mirror pieces both done with two of the new edgeability inserts and the fancy scalloped cutting edge.  I used the negative piece to add on the edge with a thin piece of mounting foam.  I mounted both pieces on a strip of red card to show off the cut out pieces.  I mounted each piece to the sides and matted everything on black card.  To finish, I added a few of the black rhinestone swirls to the top and bottom of the rose.  A little late for Valentines day, or just way early for next year!  All for now, Sue x