Love You

Hello my crafty friends! Today's card is a really simple one, probably could have dressed it up more with flowers, but I liked the simplicity of it so decided against it.  I started by cutting an aperture in the top of my vintage gold card using the Kefalonia die.  Next I embossed the background with the new Braided Vines embossing folder to add texture to it.  I added a piece of dusty rose frilly edged ribbon to the bottom of it and taped the ends to the back.  I tied a double bow and attached it to the centre with glue dots.  To the centre of the bow, I added a rose Dazzler set into a Dazzler setting.  I stamped my sentiment and cut it out with the Pierced Flags, angled the ends with my scissors and tucked it under the Dazzler setting.  For the focal element, I stamped the matching stamp called Kalika Trio and heat embossed it in gold.  I did this twice and cut the entire stamp out with the matching Kefalonia die, then on the second one, just cut out the centre and layered it up.  I used Worn Lipstick distress ink around the edge while still in the die and used it on the centre roses as well. The leaves were done in Forest green.  I added a bit of shadow behind the flowers with Tumbled Glass and used a wet brush to soften the edges.  There is just something so pretty about gold embossed flowers that have been coloured!  The card was then finished with a white pierced mat, a thin gold mat and a wider white mat.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x 8 1/4" in size.

Now for this weeks winner of the Wednesday Card Giveaway is:

Patricia Youdell!!!

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

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