Georgette Lace Square

Today's card started with a new die set & some "thank you" note cards I had on hand.  Sometimes I still buy boxed cards because they're relatively inexpensive and I don't always have time to create a card from scratch.  However, when I can, I like to do something a little different with them.  A couple of weeks ago I did that & didn't have time to get a picture, so I was glad to get a picture and talk about this transformation.   Here's what the original note cards looked like (very pretty as is, I think - lovely embossed & glittered image!):

The die set was "Georgette Squares" dies from Tattered Lace.  Since I'm in the middle of moving, I don't have access to a lot of my papers, so decided to use a plain black paper for my test die cuts.  I loved the way they contrasted with a plain white card base - and that note card would go so well!  

I fussy cut around the focal on the note card so I could add it to the center of my die cut.  Nice!

I wanted to offset the square die cut on the card front, but felt I should add some sort of wide border treatment below to set it off nicely.  I looked for ribbon, but most of my ribbon has already been packed.  Then I spotted the very thin Washi tape I had picked up on sale.  That would work!  I added a narrow black and gold stripe at the top and bottom of the card - and again just below the focal die cut.  Between the last two I added a couple of strips of black and white striped tape.  Not bad!

With the washi tape in place, I attached the black die cut directly to the card front & added the fussy cut focal with dimensional foam tape.

The inside was created with the same materials.  This time I used a couple of smaller dies in the set to create the die-cut piece you see below.  I used the washi tape from the card front to enhance the border around the die cut.  I fussy cut a few of the flowers from a second note card & added them - direct to the die cut this time (no dimensional tape).
  

I love the way the card turned out and this die set is SOOO versatile!!!!! It makes a great addition to my other cutting dies.