Many Thanks

Hi bloggers!  I have found that I am totally crazy about these Resplendent Rectangles.  I find myself picking them up to use quite a bit.  This was one of the first cards that I made with them just to see what they looked like when there were cut and layered up.  Nothing too tricky here, but they have a beautiful simplicity to them. I used the new Blush card (which, by the way, is available on Sunday's shows with the new TEAL card! Finally!) I lightly inked them while they were still in the die using Victorian Velvet distress ink.  I stamped my sentiment using a black archival ink pad and cut it out with the middle die in the set.  I cut the two larger ones and layered them atop each other for the focal element.  I threaded a piece of white American seam binding through one of the sections on the die and tied a messy bow, finished with a pearl embellishment.  I added a wide mat of coconut white card for the Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue dots.  This allowed me to create my paved pearl technique which consists of varying the glue dot sizes in random patterns.  I like the textural feel to this card, especially the way the pearl embellishment almost matches the look on the edges.  All for now, Sue x