Your Strength

 Good Sunday morning all!  Another card from my last Justrite show in April.  I started with a piece of periwinkle card and stamped one of the Ribbons and Swags stamps all over the background with a Clear Perfect medium pad.  Then I used the Honeycomb Haven embossing folder to give it texture.  Then , as if that wasn't enough, I cut the piece into strips and wove them back together to form the background for the card.  Using the Grand Square dies, I created a large frame and used two of the in between sized dies to emboss into the frame.  I added mounting foam to raise it and then cut a slightly smaller frame for it to sit upon.  I glued the entire piece to my background,which held the woven pieces in place.  I stamped a sentiment  from the Becca Feeken's set called Ribbons and Swags  and cut it into a strip.  I cut several of the Faux Quilled leaves in white and used them around a single white organza ribbon rose on the end of my sentiment strip.  I added some white tulle and pearl strings along with a couple of thin pieces of the periwinkle card curled around a pencil.  My friend Kim Robertson taught me that trick!  The entire piece was then matted onto a white pierced layer, a thin periwinkle layer and a final white layer.  The finished dimensions are 8" x 8" in size

Now, it is time once again to announce the winners of the weekly Comment Game.  This week's winners are:
Norah McPhee!!!
Utility Girl!!!
Julie Kay!!!

From the extra qualifying post of Wednesday May 28th, the winners are:
Caroljsmith!!!
Pauline Norbury!!!
Zena McCalmont!!!

Congratulations all!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address and claim your prize.

Before I forget too, why don't you all pop over to Julia Watts blog (Inkyfingerzone.blogspot.com) and wish her a Happy Birthday!  I know she would love that!  All for now, Sue x