Shabby Chic Sentiments 9 Friendship VerseCompleted by Pamela Horton The whispering Platypus

Thank you June Harrop for this beautiful mystical design, with its' lace and ribbon flowers and beautifully worded verse. I have thoroughly enjoyed making this decoupage into a card to send to my special friend.

I printed the sheet supplied onto C B white matte copy paper and mounted the main image onto white card which measures 10.5cm.

I then used an aqua backing sheet and a pink backing sheet, to attach in between the two backing sheets, 2 halves of a 9cm paper doily into the top left hand corner and the right hand lower corner and also attach 3 aqua 3mm wide ribbon strips horizontally across between these 2 backing sheets but on top of the doilies.

I completed the decoupage using very tiny thin padded D.S. squares and also attached a butterfly with some gems, and a split pin with a pearl top through an aqua coloured metal flower.

I attached this topper to a slightly darker aqua card which I had cut at 26.5 x 13.5 and scored and folded in half.

I tied the bow using 2 lengths of ribbon together and attached it using power tape. The insert I had made from the paler aqua backing sheet and added a sentiment and 2 butterflies with gems.

I then used glitter gold peel offs on the card front to complete the topper. This is indeed a beautiful design and is worth me giving June a virtual hug.