Beaded Sweet Thoughts

Hello all!  This is another card that I planned to demo but it never made it out to the counter for a viewing.  There is a bit of detail to this one so it may have been too long of a demo, but it is a fun card to make.  I started with a faux letterpressed background.  I inked the negative side of the Awesome Blossoms embossibility folder with Antique Linen distress ink.  I think that using a tone on tone colour selection for this technique works best, but it is a bit more subtle too.  The last pic shows a close up of the technique so you can get a better idea of what I'm talking about.  The letterpress technique will apply the ink from your folder to your cardstock in the recessed areas.  It adds more dimension to your backgrounds too.  Once inked, I cut the piece on a diagonal and placed mounting foam on the back of both pieces.  Next I cut a piece of dark brown card and stamped it with my sentiment using clear perfect medium.  I embossed it with white powder so it would show up nicely against the dark card.  I covered the entire piece with a self adhesive sticky sheet, peeled the backing paper off and covered it with clear micro beads.  I put this piece so it filled the gap in my diagonal background (I find it easier to trim the sides once it has been put together)  I added two thin strips of brown card to accentuate the focal area of the card.  I mounted them up on foam for definition.  Next I cut the flowers from the Crinkly Kraft paper (called Crinkle twist Kraft Paper on the Creative Expressions website).  I cut several flowers from the Jewelled Flowers and Flourish die set and layered them up to create two flowers.  I made the last flower by adding redline tape to the bottom and gathering and rolling to form it.  I used a Snow White Dabber on the edges as an accent and pearl brads in the centres of two of the flowers.  I added some dries clear glue to the edge of my rolled flower and some clear micro beads to it.  I cut several leaves and a flourish as accents for the flowers.  Around the edge of the background, I added some Cosmic Shimmer pearl PVA glue dots as a frame accent.  I finished the card by paper piercing a dark brown mat.  I wanted to make an earthy toned card, but this would look just as nice in so many other colour combos if this isn't to your taste.  All for now, Sue x