Wednesday Weekly Card Giveaway

Hello crafters!  It's Wednesday again and you know what that means! To Jo, Maggie, Janet, Gail and the  few other non-bow loving people that I'm sure I missed, look away now, giant bow alert! LOL   To the rest, I hope you like today's card giveaway offering as it is a bit different colourwise than what I usually do.  I just love this Rich Plum card and think it looks smashing with the Mulled Wine gilding flakes.  I inked up the Floral Lace Background stamp by Justrite using the Flake and Glitter glue on a piece of cut 'n dry foam.  I keep reading comments about how so many of you feel intimidated by this glue and let me tell you, it is ever so easy to work with if you follow a few rules.  First, don't apply it too thick, you want it to have a sort of bluish tint to it not a solid white look, that is too thick.  Secondly, stamp quickly as it is a glue and if you take too long your card will stick and you will rip it.  When doing large stamps like this, I always take the paper to the stamp, rub my hand over it and remove.  Thirdly, set your card aside at this point and clean your stamp!  Do not let it dry on your stamp.  You can re-ink at this point and stamp multiple times if you want before cleaning, but once you stop stamping, clean it off!  By setting the stamped image aside, you are also ensuring that the glue has time to become tacky so you do not smear it which is more important if you get the glue a bit heavy too.  I should put this next sentence in capitals, but the glue will not dry completely until something has been put on top of it,  be it gilding flakes or glitter. There is absolutely no rush to get your product on it, stamp it, clean it, take your time, have a cuppa if you want, then when you are ready, gild it!  I used the Mulled Wine gilding flakes here and a Rubit Scrubit pad to refine the flake and remove the excess and bring the stamped imaged detail out.  I used the Justrite Vintage Tag die to cut an aperture in the centre of the background, then added mounting foam to the back of the background to raise it for dimension.  I matted it on a piece of soft gold card and recessed the cut out portion down into the aperture.  I stamped a sentiment on the plum card (the close ups look purple, but trust me the top pic is the colour of the card) and embossed it in gold.  I cut out the sentiment with the smaller Vintage tag die and then added a shadow mat cut from soft gold.  I mounted this in the centre of the aperture on foam.  I tied a double bow from the champagne silky crush ribbon, added a jute bow and finished it with a gold satin ribbon rose (these come already made from Creative Expressions, just like the white one from a few days ago, they are gorgeous!)  I made two fancy stick pins to go with the card and attached them through the knot of my bow. I finished the card with some matting and layering with rich plum card and soft gold card and added my pierced layer to the top.   Finished dimensions are 5 3/4" x 7" in size.  Leave me a comment to be in the drawing and don't forget to check to see the winners name on Saturday's post!  All for now, Sue x