To the Best Daughter

Hi Bloggers.

For those of you who have asked about the Christmas Cards that Sue had on her shows last weekend - I have already shared some of them as they were from a Pick of the Day that I did in July. You can view them by selecting July in the right hand side bar of this blog. The titles should give you a clue as to which ones are from the Christmas Shows.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I used a piece of Periwinkle Card and stamped the flourish from the Floral Footsteps Stamp Set around the edges using Faded Jeans Distress Ink. I made sure the ink was dry and then ran it through the Grand Calibur with the Couture Creations Cheerful Embossing Folder. I ran it through a second time to extend the design. I rubbed some Spring Green Gilding Wax all over. Once dry I inked around the edges with Faded Jeans using Cut n Dry Foam.

I stamped the image from the same stamp set using Jet Black Archival and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Embossing Powder. I coloured it in with Jade Green and Marine Sea from the Cosmic Shimmer Luscious Greens Watercolour Paint Set. I cut it out using Spellbinders Fleur de Lys Squares and inked through the die with Faded Jeans.

I stamped the sentiment with Jet Black Archival and embossed with Clear Powder. I cut it out using Spellbinders Pearl Effects and inked through the die with Faded Jeans.

I cut a leafy flourish out of Black Card using Heartfelt Creations Ornamental Add On die set. I shaped 3 little flowers that I cut from the Pearl Effects Die Set. I inked around the edges of each one with Faded Jeans and added a 5mm White Pearl to the centres.

I assembled the card as shown adding some dots of Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA in Cobalt around the edges.

I'll be back tomorrow with a sneaky peak from Thursday's shows.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.