You Are Loved

 Hi crafters!  More extreme distressing, I know, I love this look so there have been several of these cards of late.  I just think it is so pretty and a bit different to my usual matting and layering.  I do hope you aren't tired of them just yet?  I started by cutting the New York Background in milk coloured card.  I trimmed the edge tight on it and backed it with Sky Blue card for contrast.  I cut two pieces of milk card larger than the background and tore the edges on both, making one slightly larger than the other.  I used the edge of my scissors to distress it even more.  I inked them with Antique Linen to give them a bit of a vintage feel before taping them together in the centre only, leaving the edge area free.  I then used my fingers to roll up the edges in spots to add to the extreme distressed look.  I stamped my sentiment and embossed it in gold on a piece of milk card then cut it out with the smaller die in the Copenhagen set.  I cut one of the Scandinavian tags in milk to put behind it as an accent.  I nipped it in half to add to the ends so the decorative ends peeked out from underneath.  Using the Complete petal Camellia and the open petal Camellia, I made several two toned flowers.  I coated the petals with Cosmic Lacquer and allowed them to dry before assembling the flowers (I let them dry overnight just to be sure).  I added flatback cream pearls in the centres and seated the flowers around my sentiment with some cream jute twine.  Finally I finished the card with a milk mat that I paper pierced the edge, then a thin blue mat and a final milk mat.  The finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x