My Challenge card

Good Morning Ladies,

I hope that you all had a lovely relaxing weekend, we had a busy Saturday and quiet Sunday, I was kind of hoping that Paul would choose to go out for Dinner last night, or maybe have a Take-Away, but no he fancied Steak & Ribs and all the trimmings, Onion Rings, Chips, Garlic mushrooms and Tenderstem Broccoli (instead of peas, this has become the new favourite vegetable in our house as the stems are similar to asparagus and the broccoli type top is yummy too),  I wasn't sure that he would have room for dessert but he managed some Lemon Marscapone Cheesecake.

You probably all guessed what my 'Favourite' style of card would be, I made this one on Friday afternoon to go with a 'Stuffed Pocket' swap that I am taking part in over on Our Facebook group.
I kind of get carried away when I start designing these style of cards, this is partly why my desk ends up like mount Everest, as I lay out the flowers, lace and ribbon that I think goes well with the paper I am using, decide on the dies I might use and get them all laid out on my desk, then I get started and decide the lace was too wide, the ribbon wasn't quite the shade I was looking for and the flowers don't match the card after all, so I get another lot out,etc etc, Surely I'm not the only one that crafts like that?!
Anyway the paper I used for this card and the matching pocket (which I will share on Saturday) is called ''In My Garden'', I bought a whole collection for a really good price on Hochanda from a company called ''The Craftbox'', everything comes beautifully packaged too.  The papers themselves are really pretty with layers and layers of detail, including lace detail and script.
I laid the 6x6 piece onto a card base and began to build up my design, starting with a punched border strip that had ribbon threaded through it, I then halved a doily and tucked that underneath the border, I cut the sentiment tag and layered onto white card, placed it on foam pads and then arranged those flowers around the end of the tag, I tied a triple bow with the same Seam Binding Ribbon  as I threaded through the border and backed it with a spotted tulle bow and finished it with a tiny pearl heart.
I needed an embellishment to place on the doily, above the sentiment tag, I tried several things but couldn't decide, in the end I found a Bezel and took out the decoration that was inside it, drew around it over a butterfly on the same paper as I used for the card, fussy cut the circle 'ish', popped it in the Bezel and filled with Glossy Accents, I left it overnight and was really pleased with how it turned out, so I had a matching embellishment to finish the card, I cut a tiny bow with the same seam binding to finish the bezel.
My finishing touches were the pearls, a little bit of lace beneath the sentiment that I finished with a string of pearls too.
I was happy with how it turned out, I hope my swap partner likes it and that it makes it way to Canada in one piece!!

Thats all from me for today ladies,

Love and hugs to all of you,

Sandra
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