Elegant Thank You Card

This is a thank you card I made for an older friend of mine.  I wanted something elegant, and I wanted to use feathers.

The card itself was pretty simple to put together.  I used a piece of black cardstock for the base and a piece of deep red paper I got in a pack from the dollar store (it's a solid red with creases and splotches of darker red on it).  I glued on the feather and put the black velvet ribbon over the point and then laid down the pearls.  I thought afterwards the edge of the Zva Creative flourish should have met up with the feather, but they didn't want to move without taking bits of paper with them, so I left them be.

I used a metallic gel pen to write the message inside.

Zva Creative Prize Package

Last month I did the Zva Creative blog hop, and was one of their 5 winners for the month!  Their blog hops are a lot of fun, as they've got a very international team.  I'm frankly astonished at their generosity as here's the prize pack they sent me:

Now I really have to get my paper flowers looking good, as these rhinestone and pearl swirls look their best when next to other embellishments.  Some of the designs are too long for the card sizes I use, so I may end up cutting them up to make multiple embellishments. :)

Craft companies are so awesome.  So, check out their blog and maybe next month you'll be one of their 5 lucky winners.