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Morning my crafty friends!  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  What a wonderful welcome back you gave me yesterday!  There were so many fantastic emails with well wishes, wonderful cards and the jingles and songs were out of this world!  I can't imagine how much time was spent on the song by Clare W, but it was magnificent (if you are curious, she left it in her comment on yesterday's blog)  I thought I would start with this card from the last show since I barely finished it and got to show it before the show ended!  We are going tone on tone for today's milk coloured card.  I started by embossing the background with the A4 sized embossibility folder for some texture.  I think it is important to add texture when you are doing tone on tone cards.  You need enough going on to keep the eye mesmerised.  To my embossed background, I added four Asian Accent borders.  I mitred the corners and added a flatback pearl to each corner.  For my central focal element, I cut the Asian Motif as a base to layer upon.  I cut two of the Venetian Motifs, offset them and interlocked the pointy pieces.  If you just slightly bend every other one forward, they will stay nicely.  I stamped my sentiment on milk card, cut it out with the Venetian motif again, and inked the centre with Antique Linen distress ink.  Then this time, I nipped away the pointy pieces, leaving just the circular sentiment piece.  I used a piece of sand paper to smooth the cut areas and used mounting foam to give it height in the centre of the card.  I pierced around the edges and added some flatback pearls for a finished framed look.  Finished dimensions 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Just a little reminder that I will be posting the winners of the Big Blog Candy Drawing on the blog this afternoon so don't forget to check back to see if it is YOU!!  All for now, Sue x