A late birthday card!

It was my dear friend Jo's birthday earlier in the month and I was so bogged down with other things I knew I didn't have time to devote to making the sort of card she deserved so I had to give her an IOU. The good thing was Jo was coming to spend a few days with me, so I could give it to her in person!! I just managed to finish it in time for her visit.

This card uses one of my favourite stamps - Molly from Beeswax stamps. The picture has a slightly weird effect on the lines of the engraved image for some reason.

I stamped the image in Olympia Green Versafine on white and slightly distressed with Antique Linen DI. I assembled a selection of papers, some sheet music, the script paper is Prima and the green flowers is a gorgeous double sided paper from Graphic 45, both sides are so beautiful, it is virtually impossible to decide which to use and which to hide!

I added little paper daises in her hair, a laser cut butterfly, some cream cotton lace and green ribbon and a metal key embellishment which is K & Co. The fern is cut with a Little Claire die and the sentiment is computer generated. These are words from a lovely Sandy Denny song from my youth, I thought they were very suitable for a belated card!!  

Thanks Jo for being such great company!

Elaine xx