Creative Expressions Thursday

Hi Everyone

It is Thursday so It is Creative Expressions day of course and I have a little card I created using last  months set of DT items so as I missed a day this month I thought I would show one more and use some of this next months things for next week.
So without further ado here it is,

 So You can see I used a couture creations embossing folder called The Harmony collection, Lighthouse. Of course we had all those lovely seaside images for stamps so this embossing folder came with them.
I embossed some milk card stock and inked it with Vintage photo and a little Walnut stain on the edges mainly to bring out the embossing from the folder but also to draw the eye in to the centre.
I added a piece of Burlap to the bottom and I had recently brought this string which I think looks like rope as it comes wrapped around itself like is is on the card. so I let it snake itself round and glued it where it sat.

 Here is a bit closer so you can see I also added a little Anchor button to the rope too.

 I stamped my sentiment from the Grande sentiments from CE and cut it our by hand creating a ribbon fork and matting it onto some Plum card and cutting it out by hand with a tiny border. I added it to the card with a bow or bend in the middle to give it a lift off the card  and added another little metal button from my stash.  I also rounded the corners of the embossed card on the top before mounting it onto Plum card them milk and a last matt of plum to finish the card.

 Here is another view so you can see that one set of layers is on foam and the dimension of the items on the card too.

And a last full view.

This is quite masculine in its feel isn't it but You could easily add some ribbon and a nice bow at the bottom with a nice ribbon rose or some pearls or sparkle and voila its instantly more girly , I like cards that can morph into either sex , especially if you keep the sentiment pretty generic.

Well I hope you like today's card and you have a great Thursday.

Hugs

Kim 

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