To Cheer You

 Morning all!  Yes, I have left my inner grunge out again!  I started with a piece of taupe card and crumpled it up.  I opened it back up and lightly inked across the wrinkles with a Tea Dye Distress ink pad.  I used my scissors around the edge of the card to distress them, then inked them with Antique Linen.  I attached it to a thin mat of  deep burgundy card (from my stash) and curled the corners a bit.  Next I glued some cheesecloth across the top of it to add to the distressed look.  I cut the Sumatra die in deep burgundy and taupe card as a base for my focal element.  I cut the burgundy one in half and used it as a shadow.  I cut the decorative die in the Sumatra in deep burgundy and attached it to the base.  I stamped my sentiment and cut it out and added a taupe base layer to it before attaching it in the centre of the die cuts.  Next I used the Succulent Garden die set to create a bunch of flowers.  This set looks like succulents when cut out of felt, but looks completely different when cut from card so it is ever so versatile!  I shaded some with tea dye, scrunched some and left some plain and cut out of the taupe card for a variety of looks.  I attached them cascading around the focal element.  I used the twigs from the Pine Bough die set to add accents.  I completed the card with two taupe mats.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  9" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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