Laughter Is The Shortest Distance

Hi everyone!   Today's card is probably one of the easiest cards to make as I let the decorative paper do all the work for this one.  I selected a couple of papers with vintage styling to use (I think they were both My Minds Eye, but I am not positive about it, sorry).  I cut a larger background out of a peach toned decorative  paper, then found a coordinating paper with a beautiful rose and music pattern to it for the inner background.  I decided to let the corner roses to do the work and add interest to the card this time rather than stamping or embossing.   I stamped the Justrite stamp from the Live, Love, Laugh set on to the same paper as the outer background.  I stamped my sentiment inside the framed stamp and then cut it out with the coordinating Vintage Labels Two die.  I coloured the striped area with distress markers and mounted it on foam in the centre of my background.  Using a bit of leftover paper from the outer background, I tore circles of varying sizes to create flowers.  I used a Tattered Rose distress ink on the torn edges.  I crumpled them a bit, then glued two or three together to form my flower.  I added a flatback pearl in the centre of each one and mounted them around my focal element.  I added a messy bow tied from chalk coloured seam binding which I spritzed and scrunched for a more shabby chic vintage look.  I topped my bow with one more flower and added a pearl swirl spray to the opposite corners as accents.  I finished the card with a double black mat.  Finished dimensions are 6" x 7" in size.

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