Handmade with bling

Good morning all!

One last beautiful fall day we are promised here before the temps start to drop and the cool damp weather begins to set in.  Today I am posting a card I made after visiting two of my favorite blog feeds.  The colors were inspired by someone I dearly enjoy following for her intricate work in creams, tans and other light colors - Ms. Elly.  You'll have to take some time and browse through her blog, her work is phenomenal!  Another person who inspires me is someone who enjoys making as many of her own embellishments as she possibly can, and most of you know her, Ms Becca Feeken.  Becca is always looking for a new way to do things and because of that I love following her, you never know what she is going to come up with next!  In this card I have used her Tissue Paper Rose,

 if you would like to try it on your own, her tutorial is excellent :) And now here is the card:

This card has lots and lots of layers, and uses many dies, a couple types of paper (mulberry, tissue, vellum, & regular cs)Distress Inks, Embossing powder and Embossing Folders.  The inside takes elegant simplicity to it's best.

One of my favorite stamp places is Layers of color.  I have everyone of their stencils and this flourish is one of them, placed on an unknown DP from a stack pack.  Distress ink Wild Honey was lightly rubbed into the stencil  followed by a beautiful verse from OBDB.  The verse like the flourish grows in wonder and in grace as we draw closer to Him.  I hope and pray each one of you takes time to draw near and get to know Him better today.  Blessings!

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