Wednesday Weekly Card Giveaway

Hello bloggers!  Today's card giveaway is a relatively flat card, at least compared to my usual style!  I started by cutting an aperture in a piece of Iris card using the oval from the Cathedral Background die set.  Next I embossed the aperture piece with the Wild Roses embossing folder.  I used the negative side so the roses appear debossed and I ran a Clear Perfect Medium pad over the top to darken the surrounding card (like a reverse letterpress technique).  It is very subtle but it does help accent the pattern.  I used the smaller oval from the Cathedral Background and cut another aperture but this time out of black card.  I glued it behind the Iris card so it created an frame around the inside of the aperture.  I used the decorative die from that set and cut it out of coconut white card.  I attached a piece of sticky adhesive sheet behind the decorative cut out area and glittered it, then attached it behind the aperture.  I stamped my sentiment and cut it out with the Pierced Flags and matted it with a slightly larger flag.  I tucked the end under the oval in the background.  Using the Blushing Rose die set, I cut three out of black card and backed them with vellum for a translucent look.  I attached them around the oval using Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue as it works great with vellum and doesn't show when used sparingly.  I cut a few of the leaves out of vellum and added those as well as accents.  I completed the card by piercing a white mat, adding a thin Iris and thin black mat and a last mat of white.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"x  8 1/4" in size.  Leave me a comment to be entered into the drawing to win this one!  All for now,Sue x

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