Footprints On Our Hearts

 Hi crafty friends!  The Heartfelt Creations Oval Window die is the star of today's card.  I started this one by using a piece of coconut white card (yes white, not purple) and cutting my oval window out of it.  While the window was still in the die, I inked the entire background piece using Dusty Concord distress ink.  This gave me a really crisp clean white edge for my aperture.  I used the negative piece for my background and lined the back of it with mounting foam to create height and dimension for my card.  On a separate piece of white card, I stamped my sentiment.  I used the window die that I cut to frame the sentiment and glued it in place.  I cut another oval window die and inked through the die once again.  Then I nipped it apart, using a section on either side of my aperture.  The curlie parts of the die hooked around the aperture opening, creating a nice extension to my aperture.  I added flatback pearls to the top, bottom and sides of the window as accents.  I wrapped a piece of silky crush ribbon around the bottom and tied a double bow.  A single pearl embellishment finished it off.  I pierced the edges as a final touch.  While I only had distress inks at hand to use, this card looks lovely with some of the brighter Adirondack inks if you want something more striking (the sailboat blue is gorgeous  for this).  All for now, Sue x