Thanks So Much

 Hi there crafters!  I' ve got a new sample to share showing the Cordoba die set from my Spanish Collection for today's post.  I am quite taken with this one myself.  I have done a variation on my high-low technique but using the die instead of a mask.  I covered a piece of black card with a sticky adhesive sheet.  I ran it through one pass only of the machine as the key here is not cut the entire shape.  Now I have noticed recently the difference in machines when doing this technique.  Sometimes it will cut out completely in places and sometimes it won't.  If it does cut all the way through both  the card and sticky sheet first time, just place some tape across the back of it to hold it in place and remove it from the die.  Using a pokey tool, carefully peel back the backing paper from the various parts of the die cut revealing the pattern that you would have seen if it had cut all the way through.  Once they are all removed, cover those areas with gilding flakes.  I used the Mulled Wine gilding flakes here.  Once they have been completely refined to remove any excess (I use a piece of rubit scrubit pad to do this with), dust away any left over bit, then carefully peel up the remaining piece of backing paper.  I used Iced Snow for my "high" parts on this project (you can also use micro beads)  Burnish them in well and remove the excess.  I used the edge of the die cut area and hand cut around it to remove the finished piece.  I mounted it with foam on a piece of white card on which I had already scored vertical lines on the bottom portion. I stamped my sentiment on white card and cut it out with the tag from the Spanish Collection. I highlighted it with a light inking of Black Soot before removing it from the die.  I cut two more, one in black and one in gold and cut them in half to use as shadows behind the sentiment.  I created a ruched border out of some pretty velvet ribbon that I had in my stash.  I finished the border with a black messy bow, some jute twine and a gold satin ribbon rose.  I completed the card with a black swirl and  matted the card with some more black and gold card for balance before adding my double white pierced mat layers.  Finished dimensions are 8" x 8 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x