Cardmaking - Card #1 - double embossed leaf with a ribbon and brad over an dry embossed background

It was a beautiful spring day and a warm evening when the girls came over to make cards!!!!!!!!  

This was our first card.  We started with embossing our backgrounds and adhering them to our card fronts.  After embellishing the two rectangles - one solid cardstock the other decorative paper we adhered them to each other.  We added a ribbon and then a brad.  The leaves were ready to go.  They were die cuts from my stash.  Those that were not coloured I watercoloured and then I embossed them all with the TH embossing folder for the Tattered Leaf die cuts, added a bit of gold embossing ink and then embossed them with gold embossing powder.  Just the right amount of gilding!!!  We added some double sided tape to the back, slipped the ends under the ribbon and pressed them into place.  These large focal elements were added to our card fronts using 3D foam tape.  A great all occasion card!!!  Therese