An all occasion card featuring a stitched floral layer, some paper piercing and a leafy border

The focal element of this card was trimmed from a used card and features some very clever stitching that creates flowers!!  Beautiful!!  I added faux stitching all the way around my trimmed piece using my pattern tracing wheel.  I added a coordinating leafy border in the same colour as my card front and then added another strip of coordinating cardstock to finish off my layer.  I added a line of faux stitching on the right hand side of my card as well before adhering it to my card.  This is a larger than A2 card created to fit an envelope from my stash.         Therese
 

All Occasion card featuring a stamped leaf, torn paper and tracing wheel texture

Still making all occasion cards.  For this one I started with a green card front, added a mottled green decorative paper background and then a strip of torn paper in a lighter green colour which I trimmed to be the same width as the background.  I watercoloured my stamped leaf ( Old Island Stamp Company) and layered it with a large border using another green cardstock.  I ran my tracing wheel on all four edges making wavy lines of paper piercing which adds texture to this layer.  I mounted this focal element to my card using 3D foam tape.  

Therese