Best Friends Forever

 Morning everyone!  Opulent Ovals and Scalloped Borders are the die sets that created today's offering.  I started with a piece of coconut white card that I embossed with the Whimsical Flora embossibility folder.  I need to make the background larger so I moved it and embossed it again.  Next I used the Scallop borders to cut two matching borders for the sides of my  card.  I cut the blue one using one of the decorative inserts and one of the cutting edges.  Then I cut a slightly larger matching black border using just the same cutting edge.  I taped them together so the black shows through the decorative insert are and mounted both borders facing each other on the edges of the card using mounting foam.  I glued flat back black pearls down the edges.  For the focal element, I used the largest size of the Opulent Oval die set to cut out my back layer in black.  My blue layer used the next size in the set for the cut edge, then I added in smaller dies during the embossing stage for a pretty effect.  I stamped my sentiment and then cut the smaller sizes to create a frame for my sentiment.  I mounted it with foam above my stamped phrase and trimmed away the excess card.  I mounted it in the middle of my focal element.  I added a final double white mat with my usual pierced inner layer to complete the card.  Finished dimensions are 7" x 8" in size.  All for now, Sue x