Royal Gathering

Thank you for visiting, and I trust you are feeling most welcome.

Despite the title, I have not been taking tea with the queen.

This is a new release from McMahon Vintage Digital  entitled Royal Gathering.

I have discovered over the past months that I love these designs. I have coloured the image with chalks, and then sponged the edges with distress ink before mounting it on the beautiful paper from the Prima Romantique 6x6 stack.  

I chose this paper as it had the wee picture of the two horses in the corner, which so beautifully complemented the main image.  Again the edges were sponged, and then mounted on the Kraft base, which I simply ran the edges over the same ink pad.

The card was finished with a bow made from hand dyed seam binding, (a RAK from Lovely Linda) and some chino Kaiser half pearls. 

I am linking this to:

Diva's by Design Challenge #15 - Monochromatic
Little Miss Muffet Challenge #22 - Simplicity
Shelly's Images, Terrifically Thrilling Thursdays - Anything Goes
Just Inspirational Challenges - Week 3

Thank you for calling by - may your day be blessed.

Encouragement

Thanks so much for visiting - I trust you feel welcome here.

The card I want to share today is one that wish to give to a friend stepping out on a short term missions trip.

I used the Layers of Color stamp sets Gothic Crosses and  Encouragement.

The cross was stamped and embossed in gold on cream card - it is a darker cream IRL.

The sentiment was also gold embossed and cut with a Spellbinders Lacy Circle, and sponged with Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink before removing the die.

The dp is from the Prima Fairy Flora 6x6  stack, and embossed  de-bossed with the Swiss Dots folder.

The final detail was to add this hand died seam binding that was a RAK from Lovely Linda  and mount it all on cream card stock which I had sponged the edges of with more gold ink.

I am linking this to:

2 Sisters Challenge #64 - Ribbon

Catch the Bug November Challenge - Anything Goes

Challenge up Your Life #56 - friendship

Di's Digi Designs - Ribbons and Bows

Squiggle Stamps - Go Dotty - de-bossed spots, spots on cross and dp

Thank you for visiting - May your day be blessed.