Post 1

This first picture was my inspiration. Things I love about this card are the doily, the distressed vintage look, the use of pearls and the really feminine colours. I had some beautiful vintage toppers which I thought I could make use of to create a similar look.

I used some antique ledger paper for the backing, distressed my doily with broken china distress ink using a brush. I had some lace to layer the topper on and some matching paper flowers. I embellished with a strip of pearls down the side of the card and some on the topper, and card candi on the flowers, finishing off with some glitter glue.

As usual the card is not what I had in mind when I started out but it has ended up being a card I'm really pleased with. I particularly like the green colouring. I'd like to add a sentiment somewhere but think it might make the end result look cluttered.