Congratulations In Teal

Hi my crafty friends!  I love teal and I love buckle cards so it shouldn't be a surprise to see them both together here!  I think it comes to life when you add some pretty matching stamps like these from Justrite.  I stamped the Lace Vintage Labels Three in black and embossed them with clear powder on teal card.  I used the largest stamp for the centre, then stamped the slightly smaller designs twice to use on either side.  I cut all of them out with the matching dies to create frames.  I cut a strip of coconut white card and cut both ends into forks.  Using the over, under method, I wove the strip through the frames and then taped them into place from the back and added a strip of mounting foam.  Next I created the background for my focal element.  Using a wide strip of teal card, I embossed it in my Interlocking Circles embossing folder and added some flatback pearls to some of the junctions.  I added a thin black mat to it.  I cut a larger piece of white card and added embossed vertical lines using an embossing board to the top and bottom.  I mounted my embossed teal strip in the centre to finish my background.  I added my buckle feature to the middle of the card, then used the pretty frame from the Justrite Elegant Large Sentiment set.  I used a clear perfect Medium pad and white embossed it.  I cut it out with the matching Vintage Labels Four die.  I stamped it again and embossed it with white and stamped my sentiment in the middle with a black Archival pad.  I hand cut around the inner part of the frame this time.  Once cut, I inked it lightly with Peacock Feather distress ink to highlight the white embossing and frame my sentiment.  I mounted it on foam in the centre of my buckle feature.  I added a thin black mat before finishing with a double white pierced mat to complete my buckle card.  Finished dimensions are 7" x 9" in size.  All for now, Sue x