My housemate, Sarah, found the basis for this card in a box. I had made it at a playday at Deb's house months ago. Sarah wanted another birthday card for a friend so I adapted it and turned it into a large oversized card (well, if you need to pay the extra for the depth, you might as well go the whole hog and go for the full size too lol) . The flowers are the faux foldy flowers from Fred, She Said designs as is the backing paper.
Made this card for my mum & dad who have been marvels to me these past couple of months. It doesn't seem enough but its the best I can do at the moment xxx 
Stamp Something have set their latest challenge for Friday and this is my interpretation of the sketch. I'm sorry I can't remember where I for the Art Deco stamp from that I used, not the sentiment for the wording. The background was made using a technique recently published on Fred, She Said's blog page using chalk pastels. Instead of running it through the cuttlebug though (its buried under a pile of stuff LOL), I ran it through a ribbler for a change.
Having been on Tracys Fred She Said blog this morning, I was intrigued by the technique Tracy used with chalk pastels so decided to have a go myself. I made up my topper with artist pastels and then ran it through the cuttlebug, brayed over the top with versamark ink and used a lilac lustre embossing powder from Blonde Moments. I layered up one of Tracy's delightful flowers and mounted it onto gold card. I printed the card itself from Greeting Card Factory and added a gold edge border peel off down one side to finish it off. I do hope I have done Tracy's technique justice x
