Thanks So Much

Hi crafters!  I hope everyone had a nice weekend.  The weather has been rather dull here for the past few days so I have gotten quite a bit of crafting done at least!  Today's card has actually undergone a small change since it was originally shown on Create & Craft.  Originally, I cut my Filigree bow out of felt and I was very surprised that I was actually able to do it as I have tried to do other detailed dies and they just fall apart before you can even get them out of the die.  The bow, however, did die cut and assemble fine, but it was handled so much at the Ally Pally show that it ended up tearing so I replaced it with this Lattice bow for my pictures here.  I started with the insert piece from the Galicia die from the Spanish collection and cut it out of Chestnut card.  I added in the cutting edge around it and embossed the entire piece to add the extra detail.  I matted it with a piece of white card behind it to show off the detail.  To the bottom of this, I added a strip of aqua card which I scored every quarter of an inch.  I cut two Italian borders, one out of chestnut brown and one out of aqua card and glued them off set along the aqua strip.  I stamped the Justrite Baking Label in Coffee Archival on aqua card, added my sentiment and cut it out with the matching Vintage tag die.  I inked it lightly with Aqua Adirondack ink before removing it from the die.  I added it to the centre of my die cut insert piece using foam mounting tape.  I made a double bow using the Lattice bow die out of aqua cardstock and added it to the centre of the offset borders with some white tulle.  I did a bit of thin matting with aqua and chestnut brown and sandwiched them between a pierced coconut white mat and a final white mat.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" in size.   I have included a few pictures of the orignal felt bow at the bottom for you.   All for now, Sue x