Shades Of Purple

Good Monday morning!  Back to one of my favourite dies from Heartfelt Creations for today's card.  The Decorative Oval Window is a really versatile and fun die to use.  I love it because it can be used as intended as  a window or simply a fancy frame or take it apart and use it as a swirl for accent pieces. Not to mention, it leaves a gorgeous negative piece as an aperture too!  I picked purple shades for this card, starting with a pale lavender for my background.  I embossed it with the So Trendy embossibility folder for my largest background piece.  I cut a smaller piece of the same lavender card and attached a piece of sticky adhesive sheet to it.  I embossed it with the Enchanted embossibility folder, then removed the backing paper and adhered the clear micro beads to it.  I stamped my sentiment with black archival ink.  I cut out the oval window die and inked it with Dusty concord distress ink while in the die.  I hand cut around my sentiment so it would fit in my window nicely once I nipped out the crossbars.  I used mounting foam on the back of my window to raise it for dimension.  I tied a messy bow using the purple vintage ribbon (it looks a bit blue in the pic, but it is purple) and added a button with Bakers Twine and stick pins to it. I added a few flatback pearls as accents and pierced the edges to finish it off.  Like most of my cards, a simple sentiment change and you have a card that would work for all sorts of occasions.  All for now, Sue x