Thinking Of You

 Hello all!  I almost forgot about this card that I showed as a demo on my last shows.  It is another card showing off the extreme distressing technique that I featured in the Simply Papercrafts magazine column that I do bimonthly.  There are two cards in the magazine this month which highlight this lovely technique.  I started this card by cutting the French Collection background in coconut white card.  I glued it to periwinkle card and trimmed the edges very close all the way around.This gave me the perimeters for my extreme distressing.  I tore the first piece very tightly around the frame, then did a second slightly larger hand torn piece.  I used the blade edge of the scissors to further distress the edges on both pieces.  Then I rolled the edges in several spots to complete the look.  I stamped my sentiment in black and cut it out with the centre oval to the background die.  I inked it very lightly with Stormy Sky distress ink before removing it from the die.  I made several different sized flowers from both sets of the Delicate Daisies, using blue card for the base and giving them a white edge.  In each of the petals, I used Cosmic Lacquer and allowed them to dry overnight before assembling the flowers.  I tied a white messy bow and added it to the left side, topped with a flower.  I added two more smaller flowers in the opposite side for balance.  The card was then finished with a white pierced mat layer, a periwinkle mat and a final white mat.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x  8 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x