Best Wishes

 Hello my crafty friends!  I tried to stop myself, but I just couldn't so this one ended up getting fire and iced!  I just think it looks so opulent and ornate in the black white and gold.  I started by cutting two of the Decorative Labels 8 dies in white.  I over lapped them slightly to create  a pretty edge for my card.  I tucked the corners of the soft gold card under the floral pieces in the corners of the die.  I did a bit of matting with both black and soft gold card too.  Next I stamped the Lavish Corner Background from Justrite using our Flake and Glitter glue on to black card.  I gilded the image with the new Verdigris gilding flake colour and cut out the centre with an oval die.   I covered the entire piece with a piece of sticky adhesive sheet and hand cut the oval area out of the centre.  I peeled the backing paper off and covered it with Iced Snow to complete the Fire and Ice technique.  I mounted foam pieces on the back.  I stamped the Moroccan Lattice background on soft gold card with a clear Perfect Medium pad.  I heat embossed it with gold  detail powder for a tone on tone look.  I mounted my background over it and matted it with a thin white mat before adding it to the rest of the background I had already prepared.  I stamped my sentiment from the Bold Sentiment set by Creative Expressions and gold embossed it.  I matted the strip with some black and gold card and cut forks in the ends.  I used glue dots to mount it across the opening on my card and give it a bit of shape.  I made a rose using the technique at the top of my blog, then sugared it with Iced Snow.  I added it to the edge of my sentiment strip with some black tulle and some thin gold cording.  Finally I finished the card with a double white pierced mat layer.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x 8" in size.  All for now, Sue x