Best Birthday Wishes

 Hi crafters!  The lovely Tethered Hearts Striplet is creating the basis for today's card.  Starting with a piece of coconut white card, I cut the Tethered Heart striplet insert out of each side.  I selected a piece of dusty rose card from my stash and covered it with a piece of sticky adhesive sheet and coated it with Iced Snow for some bling.  I glued my cut out background on top of it so it showed through the cut outs.  Next, I cut the  reverse of it with the decorative insert cut out of the dusty rose card and the backing piece cut out of the solid white.  I glued the two pieces together and mounted them on foam and added them to the centre of my card.  I stamped my sentiment and cut it out with the tag from the French Collection, inking it with Victorian Velvet distress ink before removing it from the die.  I cut an Austrian tag out of white card and snipped it in half and added the edges behind my sentiment tag.  I placed this in the centre of the striplet to complete the focal element.  I finished off the card with a white pierced mat layer, a thin dusty rose mat and a final wider white mat.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  8 1/2" in size.  Could be a nice one with Valentines day not far on the horizon! A simple change of sentiment would do the trick!    All for now, Sue x