Best Wishes

Hi Bloggers.

Day 1 of Ally Pally today. If you're visiting, please come and say Hi. I'll be on the Creative Expressions stand with Sam, Kim and Phill. Sue will be on her own Rubbernecker stand at the opposite side of the hall to us under the Stained Glass window (unless the layout is changed!).

Here's today's card -

For the background, I first popped a little Topaz Cosmic Shimmer Shimmer Paint onto my Craft Sheet. I picked a little up onto a piece of Cut n Dry Foam and 'inked' through one of the designs in the Floral Elements Mask in each corner. Then, with the stamp in my hand, I randomly stamped the Plaid A6 stamp using Peeled Paint Distress Ink. . I made sure the paint and the ink were dry and then ran it through the Grand Calibur with the Spellbinders Elite M-Bossabilities Folder. I ran it through a second time to extend the design and then inked around the edges with Peeled Paint.

I cut a Spellbinders Grand Decorative Labels One and at the emboss stage I added the the Spellbinders Butterfly Garden Grand Impressabilities. I inked through the die with Peeled Paint.

I stamped the image panel from the For You Stamp and the sentiment panel from the Best Wishes Stamp, both using Jet Black Archival and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Embossing Powder. I cut the panels out. I coloured the image panel in using Topaz and Graphite Cosmic Shimmer Shimmer Paints and Golden Pear from the Garden Tones Cosmic Shimmer Watercolour Paint Set.

I inked around the edges of the sentiment panel with Peeled Paint.

I tied a bow using Green/White Striped Grosgrain and added a White Crystal Sparkler.

I assembled the card as shown adding some bits of a Pearl Swirl, some White Pearls in the corners and some dots of Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA in Cosmic Pearl around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.