For Someone So Special

Hi my crafty friends!  White just looks so pretty when pared with any colour, doesn't it!  I just love it with red myself, such a pretty pop of colour.  I'm back to my Elegant Labels Four set for today's card.  I embossed some white card using my Cascading Heart embossing folder.  Then I decided I would cut an aperture using the Elegant Labels Four set.  Ordinarily, I would cut first, then emboss so as not to flatten the embossing, but I wasn't quite sure where I was going with this one when I started!  I decided that I liked the look of it when I added some red card behind it as it really made the die cut pop out.  I used a small heart border die to cut both of the edges.  It was part of one of the set from designer Becky Fleck called On The Edge.   I added some mounting foam to the back of the background to raise it for dimension.  I glued the die cut so it was recessed within the aperture.  I stamped my sentiment on white card  with a black archival ink pad.  I covered it with a piece of self adhesive sticky sheet.  I cut it out with one of the smaller dies in the Stately Circle set.  On a bit of a whim, I thought I would try something.  That is, I used a smaller die and added some embossing to the piece.  Ordinarily, I would say do not emboss when using the sticky sheets as it just causes the backing paper to break into little pieces.  However, I thought this might work since most of the sheet was actually covered by the die I was using to emboss with which protected the sheet from cracking.  I peeled the backing paper off and covered it with Rock Candy Dry Glitter.  You can see the embossed detail in the close up pics.  I added a messy bow tied from Lipstick Red seam binding and added a clear heart Dazzler to the centre and two pearl stick pins.  I finished the card with a double white mat and a paper pierced the inner layer to frame the card.  Is red your colour?  Finished dimensions are 6" x 8" in size.  All for now, Sue x