U R Loved!

I have found a new site that I love, Caardvarks. They have new challenges every two weeks and offer amazing prizes. Also, if you need a little inspiration - check out their DT examples! They have a phenomenal DT! I reaaaalllly wanted to win the scor-it last week but, no luck. So I put in a lot of work on this week's entry bc the Cosmo Cricket (Cogsmo line) prize they have up is fabulous! The theme this week was to create a "monogram" card. I wanted to make a card for my Aunt (her bday was last week and I spaced it) and this is something that I hope she is really going to love:



BUT.... wait... there's more! It's a tri fold card so when you open the "U" flap up, you see:



I made the R from a used sheet of chipboard letters. I had already used the "r" for another project so I cut around the edges and made a second "sticker" out of the leftovers. Because it didn't stick down very well I hooked it to the purple piece of sticky backed cardstock and held it down with a few embroidery floss stitches. I love the way it turned out! I also love the distressed heart that I made out of a scrap of red sticky backed paper. I roughed the edges up and added faded brown distressing with my water pen and ink. Then I used a bit of white gel pen to make the dash thing in the corner. And did you notice the leftover piece of scallop to the right of the heart? (under the "loved" sticker).

And here's a view from top, trying to show the tri-fold part:



And a view from the back (I always cover both sides of my cards in pp, it looks so much more complete - thanks Kelly for tipping me off to this!):



and a close up of the front:



The little swirly thing behind the U is actually garbage! It was from a package of (Prima) flowers I bought. The flowers had this cardboard looking sheet behind them and this scroll thing is at each of the four corners so I just snipped it out and I think it makes a really beautiful addition.

Now that the pics are done, I can get it in the mail. She is a really special Aunt to me and I hope she loves it! TFL!!