Thinking Of You

Good Sunday morning all!  I just love this Floral Meadow striplet and did you know that the flowers in it are the same size as one of the flowers in the Camellia die set?  Coincidence?  I think not!  I wanted to be able to use the flowers on top of the striplet to embellish it.  I picked some taupe card and two shades of plum card to go with it.  I cut out a bunch of flowers out of the two plum shades and a few out of milk coloured card as well.  I "sugared" the milk flowers with Iced Snow for a bit of bling .  I used the Floral Meadow striplet and cut out just the decorative insert three times on a piece of taupe card, leaving a small border between them.  I wanted the look of panels.  I randomly glued the flowers over the flowers in the striplet and raised the petals for dimension.  I glued a cream flatback pearl into each of the centres.  I added mounting foam to the back to raise it for dimension and placed it over a slightly darker shade of taupe card.  I tied a bow out of chalk seam binding and added a flower to the centre.  Using vellum, I stamped my sentiment (Justrite) with a clear perfect medium pad and heat embossed it with Ivory embossing powder.  I cut the vellum into a strip and tucked the end under my bow.  I used a small amount of Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue to secure it into place.  I finished the card with two shades of plum card for mats and a final milk mat.  The finished dimensions are 7 3/4" x 8 1/4" in size.

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

Margaret Rogers!!!
Kazbomps!!!
Jane B!!!

For the extra qualifying post of Wed. Jan. 28th, the winners are:

Patwyn!!!
Mary Blight!!!
Marion Bull!!!

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