Best Wishes

 Hi bloggers!  I am jumping back to a card made with my first release of dies, which I still keep picking up time and time again, I might add!  I started with the background on this one and cut the California background out of aubergine card.  I cut the background into five strips and attached them to a piece of white card with a small gap in between each one.  I covered the entire piece with vellum to soften the colour and put it more into the background of the card.  I cut one of the borders from the California Collection out of coconut white card and glued it across the bottom of the card horizontally.  I tied a messy bow out of white seam binding and seated it upon some white tulle on the left side of the border.  Using aubergine felt from the vintage felt pack, I cut a strip, folded it in half then snipped into it all the way down the length then rolled it into a flower, adding glue to the bottom edge as I rolled.  I seated it on my bow and made two matching stick pins as well.  For the focal element, I used the Decorative Frames Set B from the California Collection with the decorative insert from the Beverly Hills set.  I stamped my sentiment using a Blue-Violet Archival ink pad, cut it out with the decorative frames from the Italian collection and inked through the die with Dusty Concord distress ink.  I cut a tag and Set B die both from the California Collection to seat my sentiment on in the centre of my focal element.  I finished the card with a double white mat with a paper pierced inner layer.  Finished dimensions are 8" x 8 1/2" in size.  All for now, Sue x