All Our Best Wishes

 Hello my crafty friends!  Another card that shows the "Peek-a-boo" technique, but this time with a slight twist.  I started by stamping the Woven Leaves stamp that matches the Spanish Collection on to periwinkle card using a black archival ink.  I stamped it again, but this time on to coconut white card.  On the blue copy, I used the Granada die insert to cut a design out of the card.  Now the twist comes in that this time I decided I wanted to see what it would look like if they were mounted, not directly on top of each other but rather lining them up with mounting foam between them.  I really like the look but it is harder to see the whole design of the image this way.  I think it causes you to look longer at it though so that is fine.  I used the Grand Rectangle dies to create both a white and a black frame for the image.  I used the dies that were within the inner cut out and the outer cut out sizes to emboss into my frame for a bit of detail (I love doing this).  To add some embellishment to the card, I went with the Faux Quilled blooms in white, Fern Trio and the Faux Quilled Leaves and added them top and bottom in opposite corners.  By the way, these have just come back into stock so you should be able to find them at your local retailers now.  I tied a messy bow out of white seam binding and added a black jute twine bow as an accent.  I finished the card with a pierced mat layer, then a thin blue mat followed by a final white mat.  The finished dimensions are 7 3/4" x 9 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x