Happy Anniversary

Good Sunday morning all!   Another panel card but this time it is the caught in crystal technique.  I love this technique and just have to revisit it every so often.  I selected three colours of alcohol ink: cool peri, purple twilight and aqua.  On a piece of acetate, I used clear Crystal Lacquer and swizzled it all over the sheet.  Next, I dripped the alcohol inks all around, being very sparing with the purple twilight as it is much deeper than the other two.  I flicked some silver mica powder on to the surface to add some shimmer.  I crumpled a piece of white tissue paper and then placed it over the top and used some kitchen roll to tamp it down.  I left it to dry overnight.  I cut the background into three equal strips and then matted it with white card (this helps to make the colours pop) for my background.  I cut the Provence die from my French Collection in coconut white card.  I used the smaller die from the Salzburg and cut a frame.  I stamped my sentiment then glued the frame over it.  I added a thin bead of dries clear glue around the edge of the frame and dusted it with Iced Snow and allowed it to dry before mounting it in the centre.  I wrapped some white seam binding around the bottom of the card and added a bow.  I made a couple of melted flowers and added one to my bow and one to my sentiment tag.  I finished the bow with two matching stick pins.  I pierced a background mat  in coconut white card then finished the card with a final white mat.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  8" in size.

Now for the winners of the weekly comment game.  This week's winners are:

Sued99!!!
Maureen B!!!
Kates' Cards!!!

For the extra qualifying post of Wed., Oct. 29th, the winners are:

Debra Kenworthy!!!
Janet Hampson!!!
Samantha Dalton!!!

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