Just A Note

 Hi bloggers!  The title of this post is not only the sentiment on my card, but also a reminder to me that I have a few notes to mention too as I have been terribly remiss in not blogging about a few events going on at the moment.  I do these posts several days ahead usually so I sometimes forget about things that need to be said on the day.  First off and just a note to say that Creative Expressions is having it's first ever design team members blog hop starting today at 10 am.  Here is the link for it and all the details  http://blog.creative-expressions.uk.com/2013/04/bloghop.html so you can pop over and check it out.  Another note that there is a Creative Expressions demo being done by Pam Smith at the Martell Press in Cliftonville, Margate today from 3 to 6pm.  Pam is a great demo artist so if you are in the area, do stop by!  And lastly another note, our Hels Sheridan is on C & C doing the four day deal featuring the Melt Pot by Ranger.  I caught a few of her earlier shows and they were brilliant, you are going to want to start melting that UTEE once you see her demos!

 Now for the card today.  One of the things that I have wanted to do lately on my shows is bring back some of the older dies.  There are some really fabulous dies out there that we tend to overlook once we have new ones in our sights.  I rarely ever get to go back and use older dies but I have been allowed to add some into the show polls lately.  Today's card was the result of that.  I started by embossing our peach card using the Garden Lattice embossibility folder for my background.  I cut two of the Moroccan borders out of white card and glued them down the sides.  For my focal element, I picked the Splendid Circle die and cut two of them in black.  I scored across both of them in intervals and cut to the centre.  I folded the score lines in concertina fashion to create a half to my rosette with each die piece.  I glued them together to form the rosette.  I cut one of the smaller circles from the set in white for the centre of the rosette, then cut a Venetian motif in white.  I nipped the ends of the Venetian motif and used four of them to hold my sentiment piece which was stamped in black and cut out with the nested medallion die out of peach card.  I tied a double bow out of silky crush ribbon and glued one of the new small cameos in the centre as an accent,  I matted the piece with a black layer to which I added black PVA glue dots.  I finished the piece with a double mat of white card with the inner layer paper pierced to complete the card.  Don't forget to use your older die sets, especially too because they will mix and match beautifully with any newer sets you may purchase.  Finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x 8" in size.  Also, just to a add another little note, yesterday's card with the vellum overlay, many of you had asked how I attached it.  I used a small drop of Cosmic Shimmer glue in each corner, then wiped it off with my finger so there was just a bit of it left and then I stuck down the vellum.  I had planned on having to hide the glue, but it turns out, it didn't really show so it wasn't a problem!  All for now, Sue x