Follow Up Friday ( Yes, I know it is Tuesday)

This is a card that has been sitting around in unfinished bits for a while, but as I already had the colours and tools out, I decided to finish it off.  The original design was from Maria Moorhouse, but with a few tweaks from me.  Maria designed it for Mothering Sunday, but my mother and mother-in-law died several years ago, so that was the first tweak.

Here are the two separate pieces which needed to be finished.

This is the main base piece, and uses one of Tina Cox's Parchlet plates.  I added the gridwork in the centre by using the fine diagonal grid to create the little flowers/stars.  Then I re-perforated each hole with the single needle fine tool.  This made it so much easier to cut accurately, 

This centre piece uses the same colours and tools and the same Parchlet plate.  However, the centre used one of Josie Davidson's Parchment Trading Card plates.  Then, I decided to do a tiny gem in the centre.  I need a lot more practice in doing these but they are fun and can be very effective.

This is the finished article, all mounted on designer paper and a black base card.

Now, I need to clear my nice clean parchment stuff and all the other things that have found their way to my table.  Then, I feel the need for some more messy crafting..............