Love Makes Life Worth Living Shabby Chic Card

Hi All,

Decided to have a root through my old stash and found this gorgeous kit from Melissa Frances.  What a gem!  It inspired this oh-so-romantic shabby chic design.

First I die cut the melded hearts from the bottom left corner of the backing paper.  I then backed this onto pink paper and stuck this to the card blank - using scissors to trim any overhanging edges flush with the card itself.  

I then die cut the filigree heart out of dark green pearlescent cardstock and fixed this to the card with glue. 

Next, I layered up the toppers from the kit as shown, using foam pads.  I die cut four leaves from green card and arranged these together with some pink and blue paper flowers from my stash in the bottom right of the card, using more foam pads for dimension. 

I finished the card with some pearls and a little green heart left over from die-cutting the filigree heart. I always keep these bits of "waste" from die-cutting - so useful for adding a finishing touch and great for shaker cards too.

Lastly, I embossed the envelope flap with a coordinating design.  So pretty!

Items Used:

Toppers - Melissa Frances Cardmaking Kit, Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine Issue 113
Paper - Melissa Frances Cardmaking Kit, Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine Issue 113
Die - Xcut Vintage Notes Filigree Heart Die
Die - Tattered Lace Melded Backgrounds - Hearts
Die - Apple Blossom Build-a-Rose Set, Die Cutting Essentials Issue 19
Embossing Folder - Tattered Lace Ditsy Dots Set
6 x 6 Card Blank - own stash
Pearls - own stash 
Paper Flowers - own stash
Pearlescent Green Cardstock - own stash
Pink Paper - own stash

Hope you like!
 
Emma.x.