Thanks For Being My Friend

 Hi crafters!  Another quick sample from the Weekender shows.  This card features the Beaded Fanfare Pinpoint embossing folders.  I just love the incredible texture that you get from these folders, they are just so tactile!  I used a piece of taupe card and ran it through to emboss it, then cut it into two pieces to use at the top and bottom of my card.  I used scissors to follow the pattern along and cut a scalloped edge on one side of both halves.  Next I used Enchanted Gold gilding wax and rubbed it lightly over the embossing.  You can see it  just catching the light in some of the close up pics below.  I added mounting foam to both of the pieces and attached them to a piece of milk coloured card.  I stamped my sentiment (from the Amazing Sentiment set by Cr. Exp.) on milk card and heat embossed it in gold detail embossing powder.  I cut it out with the oval from the centre of the Scandinavian background die and used Antique Linen ink on it before removing it from the die.  I cut a Scandinavian tag in soft vintage gold card and backed my sentiment with it and attached it to the card to the right side of the channel created by the scalloped edged background.  I cut several of the Trailing Ivy in vintage gold card and glued them into place across the channel as well.  I finished the card with  a milk card mat with a paper pierced edge, a thin gold mat and a wider milk mat layer.  The finished dimensions are 7 3/4" x  8 3/4" in size.

I will be doing the drawings for the winners of the latest die releases and posting it later on today (hopefully by around 3 to 4pm), just have to take care of a few things first!  Please don't forget to check back to see if your name is on the list of winners!  All for now, Sue x

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