Floral Framed Fun

Hello everyone!  Finally back on dry land after the first ever Create and Craft Cruise!  Not to say that I have stopped swaying yet though!  I am having some issues with Blogger not allowing me to load extra pictures so I thought I would try to see if I could add some on the the bottom of each blog post this week so you can get a bit of the flavour from the cruise.  Starting with the card first, though.  I embossed the background of this card using the Heart Embossibility folder.  I inked the edges with Victorian Velvet distress ink to add a bit of colour to the milk coloured card.  I cut a frame using the largest of the Floral Oval dies and a large plain oval for the inside.  I mounted it up with some small pieces of foam and added Cosmic Shimmer pearl PVA glue dots to the inside edge of the oval.  I cut five of the small die in the Aster Flower Topper set and inked each one while it was still in the die with Victorian Velvet.  I added a large pearl to all the centres and mounted them above and below my frame.  I cut a dozen of leaves from the Floral Tag set and arranged them around all the flowers for interest.  I dyed some American seam binding using the Victorian Velvet ink and added some pearls to the bow to use with my flowers.  I stamped the sentiment and cut it out with one of the ribbon banner dies, added some more ink and mounted it in the centre of my Oval frame.  I pierced the edges of the card to frame the entire piece and finish it off.

Here is a nice picture that I took of Nigel and Shaun with Sheila Halliwell from DoCrafts and Debbie Moore.  Sheila had borrowed Nigels captains hat for the photo and I think it suits her, don't you!  I will have more pics for you coming along in the next several days so be sure to check back.  The cruise was a lot of fun and I am really hoping they make it an annual event.  There were a few minor glitches which is to be expected for a first time, but I think everyone had a great time overall.  I know I did!  All for now, Sue x