Lilac Pansy Valentines Day 8in Vintage Decoupage TopperCompleted by Pamela Horton The whispering Platypus

Definitely for a loved and lovely lady. So sweet "pansies for thought"

I reduced the size & cut out the topper and elements using Crafty Bob's matte photo paper.. The topper is 12.5 square and with the backing sheets deep mauve 13cm Square to match the pearls and pale green 13 5 cm square to pick up the shades in the foliage. They all sat well on the 14.5cm Square ivory card.

The pansies,I edged with a lilac Spectrum Noir pen and then I decoupaged them with tiny D.S foam dots. I used a white gel pen to high light the white flower heads, and the stitching line and Crystal Accents on the centre of the pansies and the white area only on the pearls. I added the backing sheets to the topper using D.S tape and then stitched seed beads (the same shade as the pearls )around the scalloped edge through the 3 layers.

I then used D.S tape to attach the finished topper to the prepqred card, The insert is CUP 466066_1446 ( The lilac one from "2 Background floral sheets", I finished off by attaching satin ribbon to the spine on both sides, Slipped an extra length through to tie a bow. Using a gold calligraphy pen I wrote Happy valentine's day in the same script as the sentiment

on the front of the topper onto the RHS of the insert (The lower case letters finished at 1cm height. A card to love and to give with love. A b eautiful sweet design.