All occasion card featuring assembled hearts tied together with string, a piece of linen lace over a pieced background

 #7 in my series of card created with focal elements created with stamped and fussy cut petals!!!  I love how these hearts look - flourishes and all!!!  I used double sided tape to secure to fussy cut petals to each other.  I added two pewter eyelets to each of them and tied a beige cord to the first one and then to the second one leaving the ends free.  I pieced a background and added faux stitching to the little panel on the left.  I added the large piece of linen with lace securing the ends to the back.  I added three little pewter eyelets to each end to echo the ones I put in the hearts.  I mounted my background to a large red card and then mounted the hearts over the ribbon using 3D foam tape!!  Love the little loop that formed between the two hearts!!!  Therese 

All occasion card featuring a collage background and a shimmery heart

I made this card for DH for our anniversary!!!  Similarly to my Father's Day card for him I started with a distressed brown piece of cardstock.  I auditioned paper scraps until I was happy with the layout and then glued them down.  There is music, tools, book & dictionary pages!!!!  Once it was dry I embossed it with a sheet music embossing folder (CB) on both the bottom left and the upper right.  I printed the little heart with an arrow (Wikiclipart) on white cardstock, trimmed it out and then watercoloured it.  I added red shimmer paint over the heart.  I specifically embossed the edges using a checkered embossing folder (TH)  by very carefully inserting only the area I wanted embossed into the folder before running it through my Big Shot.  I sponged the edge with brown ink to highlight the embossing.  I added two little lengths of suede cording and then tied them together with beige twine.  I cut a square of brown cardstock just a bit larger and embossed it with an all over pattern before mounting it to the back.  I adhered this focal element to my background and then the whole to a red card!!  So glad to have this man in my life and to be able to celebrate our time together!!             Therese