Because Red is Her Favourite

Hello

welcome to my little crafting place!

My wonderful Aunt has spent the last few weeks in hospital so I wanted to make her a card to say we are thinking of her.  Red has always been her favourite colour, so it was definitely getting used on this card.

To begin I made the slatted square background, using a piece of glossy red card as the backing square then cutting the slatted square twice so I could lay one vertically and the other horizontally to make a chequerboard. 

After gluing those two layers together I used a circle die to cut a hole of about 2.5cms in the centre, I made a frame to secure the raw slatted edges with a couple of circle dies. The finished layered square was then adhered to a large custom-sized card blank.

 

Next I made the rose.  My plan had been to make a spray of different sized roses but I decided to make just one large one.  I used a large flower punch to cut the petals, then a leaf die set from Spellbinders to cut the leaves

The sentiment is also from an old Spellbinders set, it was cut in gold and matted onto white and red card. To complete this card I tied a red organza bow, and added some gold twine loops to match the gold sentiment

 My aunt isn't well, and if you read this, maybe you could send a prayer, or some get better wishes for her, I'd be so grateful

 

Just a Note

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Thank you so much for coming by

 Happy Crafting, Take care of yourself, and please come back soon!

 

 Kathy xx