True Friends

 Hello my blog family!  Today's verse says it all for me where friends are concerned.  Today's offering was done in lavender and gold (even though the beads on my stick pins look blue, they are lavender). I started with the Butterfly Kisses background stamp by Justrite and I inked it with a piece of cut 'n dry foam and our Flake and Glitter glue.  I stamped it on to lavender card and let it sit while I cleaned the glue off my stamp.  Once the glue has gone clear, I gilded it with Mulled Wine Gilding flakes.  Next I covered the piece with a sticky adhesive sheet, peeled the backing paper off and covered it with Iced Snow (Fire and Ice Technique)  I cut a border from my Lattice Bow die set and added it to the left with Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue.  I stamped the sentiment from the Friendship Vintage Labels Seven set by Justrite and embossed it in gold.  I cut it out with the matching label shape and inked through the die lightly with Shaded Lilac Distress Ink.  I cut another on in soft gold card and cut in in half to mount as a shadow behind my sentiment.  I tied a messy bow out of mauve seam binding, added a bow out of gold cord then topped it with a satin ribbon rose (these are already made and sold by CR EXP).  I made two fancy stick pins from beads in my stash.  Creative Expressions sells the blank pins for these and you can attach the beads with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Lacquer or Glossy Accents.  I finished the card by piercing my lavender mat, then adding a thin mat of soft gold card and a final lavender mat.  Finished dimensions are 6" x 7" in size.  All for now, Sue x