Celebrate

 Hi bloggers!  Tan, taupe and black and the Cascading Fern background stamp are the mains for this card.  I stamped it in black on tan cardstock.  I left a small edge on it and then cut a piece of black card as a mat.  I decided to bling up the edges with some of the new Midnight Snow so I laid a bead of Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue all the way around the edge and coated it with the Midnight Snow and left it to dry.  Next I cut an aperture in the middle of the stamped background.  I stamped the Cascading fern again, but this time on black card using a clear Perfect Medium pad.  I heat embossed it with black powder for a tone on tone look.  I mounted the background on foam and centred it over my tonal version.  I wanted to accentuate the opening a bit more so I used the Cupcake stand Label die with the Vintage tag on the inside to create a frame.  I mounted it on foam and placed it over the aperture.  Next I used the Nested Cloud die set and cut a very thin frame out of the two largest sized dies using black card.  I glued it over my frame for a bit of extra detail and added flatback pearls to the scallops.  I wanted to add a small floral element so I made three small melted satin flowers from some black satin ribbon.  I glued two pieces together for each flower and added a pearl to the centres.  I seated them on some gold tulle and made two stick pins to match my card.  Finally, the backing mats were added out of taupe and black card with my usual pierced layer on the inside.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/4" x 7 1/2" in size.

Now for the winner of the Wednesday card giveaway!  The card goes to:

Sheila Lampard!!!

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