Best Wishes

Hi blog friends!  Today is the day for my POTD shows (starting at 9pm on Ideal World) so this is the last sneak peek before you see all the cards that I have been making.  As I prepare for these shows, I put all the products and dies in front of me and try my best to use everything at least once so I can show it featured on a sample.  This card started with the American Seam binding in particular.  This is one of the colours from the sampler pack and I just love it.  It is called Green Gem and it is a very green teal (as opposed to the blue teal I usually use).  I found some matching card in my stash then headed straight for the neutral card pack to go with it.  I stamped the feather from the Design element stamp set using a black archival ink pad, up and down the left side of the taupe card.  This just gave the card a bit of interest since I didn't have any decorative paper that matched.  I added a strip of the teardrop lace in black along the side also and covered the edge with my green gem seam binding ribbon.  I tied a messy bow, added a fancy black button and stick pins and added it with a glue dot to the bottom.  Next I cut the grand decorative Oval die as a backdrop.  I layered it with the Asian Motif cut out of the matching green teal card and a black Venetian Motif.  I stamped my sentiment on taupe card and added a couple of the same feather but this time, I stamped them in clear perfect medium and embossed them.  I used Labels 26 to cut a frame for my sentiment and set it on the diagonal using foam mounting pieces.  I added some of the new flatback pearls to the corners of my frame.  I added a few more black pearls  of varying sizes to the corners and pierced the edges to finish my card.  Are you liking the Green Gem as much as I do?  Hope you can tune in tonight at 9pm or 11pm or sometime on Wednesday for the rest of the shows!  All for now, Sue x