March Special Materials Swap

Today I have the March Materials Swaps.  This time, the requirement was that a "special" paper or card stock be included in the set of materials that were sent.  Here's a picture of the materials I sent my swap partner:

They include: card base, gold poster board, white hand-made fiber paper with gold stars and dashes, ColorMe topper and embellishments, die cut greeting, gold braid, flower sequins.  The ColorMe was from HOTP, the rest was just in my stash.

The card I made is shown at the top, but I'm posting again here as I talk about what I did:

I started by fussy cutting the ColorMe, then layering that on the handmade paper as you can see in the picture.  I added a gold frame with part of the ColorMe overlapping it, added the gold braid at the top where it is just peeking out from under the frame, added the embellishments, sequins, and die cut greeting (Moonstone Minis-Happy Anniversary), and called it done.

Materials From My Partner:

She sent white, tan, and red card stock, green mirri board that has a bit of a distressed look to it, some elements from a Hunkydory set (Pop A Topper - Gentleman's Pick), some tan buttons, and some metallic cords - lots of pretty things to play with.  Here's the card I made from her materials:

The green mirri was matted on tan, but before doing that, I separated the cords & used 2 gold & 1 red piece to form a bit of a border that wrapped around to the back.  I added the frame with foam tape, then centered the focal flush within that.  The "Happy Birthday" is flush and sticks under the frame.  The "Just for You" is also on foam tape, resting on the frame.

Inside:

Inside I used scraps of the mirri & tan card stock - along with the cords - to create a backdrop border with two more die cut pictures.  A die cut greeting near the top completed the inside.