"Unforgettable" Card

I like to make a card using the same papers and colors as a layout sometimes. This is a 5 1/2 x 4/1/4 card using the Originals How to Book for the basic layout of the card. I used another technique in this card where you see the flower.
Here are the steps to make the 2x2 square embellishment.
1.Cut a piece of card stock 2x2 I used Vanilla White.
2. Take a template of some sort in my case I used another one of the Botanical Flowers and place a small piece of repositionable glue in the center to hold it in place temporarily.
3. Using a sponge and an ink color of your choice sponge around the template onto the 2x2 piece. I used Sorbet for my ink.
4. Now using a paper piercer poke holes around the template. Remove the template.
5. Using 2 strands of Ecru  DMC floss do a backstitch around all the holes for your design.
6. In my case I used a Botanical center that I added dots of Liquid Glass to finish my Flower.
The other techniques used in this card were making the scalloped edge by using a corner rounder that you can remove the "wings" from and make your scallop edge. It is a bit hard to explain so I will try to take pictures of the steps and come back with that to show you.
The other technique I did was sanding the top of the Desert Sand piece of card stock that is 2 x 4 1/4 that is placed under the 2x2 square.
"Wish was stamped with Sorbet ink  and colonial white brads were placed along the scallop edge and three on the ribbon.
You can use a variety of different shapes in place of the flower. Give it a try.

"Unforgettable" Layout

This is the left page of a layout using the paper line called "Unforgettable". I was a bit hesitant to show it here at this time because it is not completely finished. If you notice there is a blank space in the lower right corner. My title belongs there and I am still debating on what it is going to be. Plus I want to try a new product (for me it is new) which I don't have on hand yet. So I will update it when it is completed.
For now I wanted to point out the technique used to make a border on 3 sides of this page. It was done by taking a flower from the Botanical's embellishment set. You place it on the back side of the paper and using a dense mat under the paper and a stylus, trace around your flower. I used 4 petals of the flower, not the whole flower. Then you flip the paper to the right side and using a sanding stick sand over the raised area. This exposes the design because of the white core card stock that CTMH carries. This was then repeated on 3 sides of the right page.

Another technique that was used was machine stitching on the mat around the picture and the scalloped piece was stitched on to the floral paper. On the right page the stitching was used again with the scalloped pieces and the light color strips. Another technique was using Liquid Glass and making the pattern that was on the big flower with the ribbon tied through it. It had a polka dot pattern so dots of Liquid Glass were placed on every dot and set aside to dry. The end result is a shine and a texture to the embellishment.
On the right page I used 3 pictures all 4x4 in size. But by adding a very thin strip of the pink to the sides only and the ribbon around the bottom of the picture it gives the dimension of the middle picture being bigger and raised compared to the other two. Some more Botanical Flowers were used and a flower cut out of the Floral paper. Adding centers with a clear button stitched on gave them a little more dimension. By attaching one with pop dots and the other partially under the picture and part on top also gives more dimension to your page.
I hope you give some of these techniques a try. They are easy to do and give character to your layouts.
UPDATED:
Remember I said I would be back to show the completed version of these two pages? Well here goes. I got the item I was saying that was new to me. I can't believe I hadn't tried this particular product yet but was I ever happy with the results. I made my title by a combination of stamping, using the Dimensional Elements Simple Alpha Uppercase and the Dimensional Elements Monogram Alpha letters. I used Desert Sand ink for the stamping portion and I used Colonial White and sponged all the Dimensional Elements letters. I added 3 Colonial White brads and I was done. So here are updated pictures with  the Title "fun on Easter Day"

My colors didn't come out the same as above but I think you can still get the idea of how the  product "Dimensional Elements"  can really add to the layouts. CTMH has a number of shapes and designs in addition to the letters in this line. They take ink and chalk beautifully. They can also be covered with any of the beautiful papers. Give them a try. I think you will be pleased with the ease of use and the look they give in your projects.