A New Die of Roses

This card started with a Paper Artist die (HOTP) that my Mom gave me.  The colors in the picture aren't true as the flowers are more pink than what it looks like, but holographic paper is hard to photograph - and that's what I used to back the focal piece (cut from gold Glitzy card stock - DCWV).  I'll admit that I find it quite difficult to die cut the glitzy card stock - usually end up fussy cutting to get a clean cut.  But I LOVE the look, so am willing to fight with it a bit. :)  As you can see, the word "You" is also cut from the Glitzy - but used a Paper Artist die (HOTP).  For the 3 dots (elipses), I used a small paper punch.

For the card base, I started with a 5" x 7" card & the biggest Spellbinder's die in the "Elegant Labels Four" set.  I wrapped the card around the base plate so the die would only cut the card front.  I found I had to tape it in place with painter's tape to make sure it didn't go anywhere.  I also made sure that the left edge of the die wouldn't cut by hanging it off the edge of the wrapped card.  Because it was an intricate die, I ran this through my machine several times.  

This resulted in the beautiful lacy look on the front of the card - but a crease on the inside where I had wrapped it around the base plate.  I covered the crease with a piece of gold poster board that peeks through the lace when the card is closed:

The focal and greeting are actually mounted on a 2nd die cut piece (from white card stock) - this one cut with a grand labels four die & then embossed with a gorgeous roses embossing folder (Cuttlebug Rosa 5X7 with border by Anna Griffin).  This panel was added to the card front with foam tape.  On the inside, I cut another white piece with a Labels Four die and added it in the center of the gold tag board for writing the message to the card's recipient.

The "YOU . . . " from the outside is finished with the words "put the ZING in amazing" on the inside (HOTP stamp set), and can be adapted for several different occasions: graduation, birthday, anniversary, other celebrations, thank you, etc.