Happy Birthday

Hi bloggers!  I have been playing with some gilding polish for today's card.  I started by cutting four of the Hexagonal border out of coconut white card.  Next, I used the Blossom Gilding Polish and covered a large area of a piece of coconut white card with it.  I allowed it to dry (it doesn't take long) and cut it into strips to go behind the borders.  I glued it in place then added all four borders in a row to a piece of white card to use as my background.  Next I cut the outer  die from the Avery die set in black to use as a backdrop.  I cut two more of the Avery die in white, but left off the outer die area on those.  I crisscrossed them and added them to the black die cut.  I cut the very centre of the set as a base for my sentiment and then cut the Happy Birthday mini expression out of a leftover bit of the gilded pink card.  I cut a black shadow for it and glued it on to the base and attached it in the middle of the card.  I made one small flower using the Layered Carnation set and added a touch of Blossom Gilding Polish to the edges of the petals.  I seated it with leaves on the side of the focal element.  I added a thin back mat to the background, then completed the card with a mat edges in Blossom gilding polish, a black mat and a final white mat layer. The finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x  7 1/2" in size.

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