Blue And White Thank You

Good morning all!  I was hoping that this post would be going live right about the time my plane is touching down, but they delayed our flight 8 hours!  Hopefully, I'll be home by late afternoon but until then another labels 20 card that I made but combined with several of the fun Heartfelt Creations dies.  I started with a piece of coconut white card and the border from the Heartfelt Butterfly border set.  This die is unique in that it is rather small and the ends of it do not cut out.  I used that feature on this card to cut two borders on either side of my card. I embossed a piece of blue card using the Couture Creations Houndstooth embossing folder.  Once embossed, I slid it under each border so it was actually being held in place by the borders.  You can see this more clearly in the pictures below.  I cut one of the Heartfelt Decorative Oval Windows in white to use as the backdrop for my focal element.  Next I cut a labels 18 in dark blue.  The swirls from the window tucked around the edges nicely.  I stamped the small Justrite Labels 20 Thank you stamp using a clear perfect medium pad,white embossed it and cut it out with the matching die.  I stamped the sentiment in the centre open area.  I used Stormy Sky distress ink to go over the stamped piece and inked all the non embossed areas, but left a small white area in the centre as an accent.  I added this piece in the centre with mounting foam to complete my focal element.  I added 8mm pearls to the borders on each side and pierced the top and bottom sections of the main piece.  I added the border piercing on the bottom layers to complete the card.  I like the cleanness to this card, easy to make and can be used for a number of occasions too.

I see that Sam Poole is offering free shipping on orders over £10.00 so if you need any last minute crafty items for yourself or gifts, hop on over to her shop!  You can find her name on  the right hand side of my blog, just click on it.  I think she even has some micro beads left if you hurry!  All for now, Sue x