You're Amazing

 Hi crafters!  I was having a bit of a play day when I made this card.  At first look, you might think that I had just stamped on to some blueish-purplish toned card, but that isn't at all what I did here.  I wasn't sure if I could do something that I had in mind, so when in doubt, give it a try is my motto.  After all, it is only a bit of card and a little time that you might lose if it doesn't turn out, right?  I started with a piece of coconut white card and covered it with a sticky self adhesive sheet.  I peeled the backing off and exposed the sticky white card.  Using a mixture of Blue Sky and Violet Frost mica powder, I covered the exposed area.  Now this would have been easier if I had just started with a piece of card this colour, but that was the problem, I wanted to use this sort of colour, but didn't have anything close to it.  I easily created the colour that I wanted this way, but then I wasn't sure whether I could continue the rest of the project in the way that I wanted.  Turns out it isn't a problem at all.  I used an anti static pad then used the Moroccan Lattice background stamp by Justrite and inked it with clear perfect medium and stamped it on my mica powdered background piece.  I used black embossing powder and heat embossed it.  I was concerned that the heat embossing would cause the sticky sheet to shrivel, but it didn't bother it at all (mind you, I didn't let the heat sit too long in any one area, why tempt fate!)  I decided to frame it using the Grand Large Labels.  I cut a smaller white one, then added the larger frame in black.  I used one of the in between sizes to emboss a bit of detail into the frame (I do this a lot as I love the way it looks).  The cut corner design of this label is perfect for pearls in the corners so they just had to be added.  I used the Spiral Blossoms four to cut a flower in white.  I rolled it to completion and added some leaves and swirls to accompany it.  The sentiment (Bold Sentiments by Creative Expressions) was stamped and cut into a strip and I seated the flower on the end of it.  I finished the card with some white and black mat layers before added my final double white pierced mats.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x 8" in size.

   Now for my extra surprise.  I had meant to add in another card on the Wednesday giveaway this week, but I forgot about it until Friday.  I figured it wasn't too late to add it in with this weeks giveaway so I just pulled an extra winner from the lot of comments left on Wednesday.  The second card is the one shown at the bottom of the post (and was originally put on the blog Dec. 23rd).  So the winner of the (original) Wednesday Card Giveaway is:

Theresa Pace!!!

And the winner of the added second card is:

Tres!!!

Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address and claim your cards.  All for now, Sue x