Where Was I Going With This?

Hey there!  The weekend is winding up and finally a much needed break in our heat wave ( if you call 88 degrees cooler).  Certainly are the lazy, hazy days of summer! 

Today's card isn't quite what I intended.  I cut it apart, pieced it together, unglued things and this is what I ended up with:

And from a different angle...

Originally, I started out with a cream card base.  I took a pretty Webster's Pages circular diecut, folded it in half and attached it over the card fold.  I glued some brown Webster's lace around the curve and then took some green Webster's trim and adhered that on top of the lace.  I then cut the cream card base away from the circular diecut on the front of the card.   The green birdcage is a Webster's Fabric Thread and the little brown flower is one of their Whimsees.  I stamped a PTI sentiment to the tag and adhered in with pearls and rhinestones from Recollections.  But I wasn't happy with that, so I carefully cut the diecut from the cream card base.  I cut a piece of Bazzill sage green cardstock and attached it to the back of the diecut.  To cover the joint, I just tied a piece of brown ribbon around it.  A Martha Stewart punch was used on the corners.  And see that flower?  That was made with an EK punch.  You were supposed to use a strip of 12 inch paper, punch it and roll it up.  However, I used an 8 inch strip.  The flower would have been a perfectly round circle shape, but I kind of like the imperfect shape of it.  And that's probably the only thing I like about this card!  lol  A lot of work but I'm not happy with it.  Maybe I'll take it apart again!

Enjoy the week ahead!  Just a reminder that my blogversary giveaway is still open until the 14th (see post below).