Happy Birthday Wishes

 Hello crafters!  It's a black and white kind of day today, hope you don't mind!  I must confess that when I can't decide on a colour combo, black and white is my "go to" as I just love the way it looks, which almost always includes some black and black embossing.  I think that has such an elegant look to it!  I started just that way in fact, by stamping the Justrite Floral Lace background using a clear Perfect Medium pad on to black card.  I heat embossed the image with black embossing powder for a crisp look.  I used the Justrite Vintage tag to cut an aperture in the middle of the card (that design is drawn into the centre of the stamp image too so it is easy to line up.)  I cut six of the Heirloom Flourish One die in white and glued them around the edge of my background as an accent.  The side die cuts are slightly overlapped to make them fit along the edge.   On a separate piece of white card, I stamped the Home Bakery Labels tag in black.   I stamped my sentiment on white card and cut it out with Vintage Labels seven.  I cut another of the same die in black, nipped in in half and used it as a shadow behind my sentiment and mounted it with foam for dimension.  I used my Classic Rose die and made a flower which I "sugared" with Iced Snow.  I seated it on a messy bow tied from white seam binding and some white tulle.  I finished the card with a double white mat and some pearls in the corners.  Finished dimensions are 6" x 7" in size.

The winner of this week's card giveaway is:

Dawn Searle!!!

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