Never Give Up

Good Sunday morning all!  It's all about the background for this one.  I have used the Vintage Alphabet Soup stamp by Becca Feeken and gilded it.  I dabbed flake and glitter glue across the stamp and put my milk card to the stamp and rubbed over it quickly.  I set the stamped image to the side so the glue had a chance to turn clear and cleaned my stamp completely.  It is important to remove the flake and glitter glue residue from your stamps.  I gilded the design with Verdigris gilding flakes and used a piece of Rubit Scrubit pad to refine and remove the excess flakes.   I cut the background into three equal strips and matted them with milk card and attached the strips to soft gold card with mounting foam.  I used the Scalloped Borders to add a decorative feature to the card.  I cut it out of milk ca5rd then matted it with soft gold card and glued it across the background.  I made a flower out of cream coloured felt (from our blossom felt pack) by folding a strip in half lengthwise and gluing the edges.  I then did diagonal cuts all along the strip and rolled the felt into a flower (I used Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue along the edge as I rolled).  I seated the bloom on a messy bow tied from chalk seam binding and gold tulle.  I stamped a sentiment from the What Defines Us set (also by Becca) and heat embossed it in gold.  I used some antique linen distress ink while still in the die as well.  I tucked the edge of the tag under my flower.  I finished up with a pierced layer, a soft gold mat layer and a final milk card layer.  Finished dimensions are 6 1/2" x 7 1/2" in size.

It's time for the Sunday Comment game winners.  The winners this week are:

Kitty Davies!!!
Kayleigh B!!!
Gwen 70!!!

Congratulations all!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address and claim your prize.  All for now, Sue x