Thanks

Hello my crafty friends!  Another week just flying by and it's Friday already!  I hope today's card will give you a little crafty inspiration for the weekend!  I started by embossing my white card using the Art Deco Fanfare embossing folder.  I wrapped a piece of Green and white striped grosgrain ribbon around the bottom of the card and taped the ends to the back.  I tied a double bow and added it to the middle of my ribbon with a couple of glue dots.  I topped the middle of it with a white crystal sparkler.  For the focal element, I used the San Francisco die set from my California Collection and used the cutting edge from the Basic Set A set to give a slightly larger emboss area which I inked while still in the die.  I used Mowed Lawn distress ink for that. I cut two of the tags from the California Collection and crisscrossed them with some mounting foam and added them to the middle of the previous die.  I stamped my sentiment in black and cut it out with the Decorative  Set B die and inked it very lightly with Mowed Lawn before removing it from the die.  I added it to my focal element with some mounting foam.  I made two pretty stick pins to match and added them to my bow.  I finished the card with a few pearls in the corners and a double white pierced mat layer.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x 8" in size.  All for now, Sue x