He proposed!!

A couple days ago, I posted the invitation I created for a bridal shower my sister and I threw for a woman at our church. (You can read that post here.)  This is the invitation:

I'm always doing things at the last minute, and I found myself  in need of a card for my shower gift with only a day to go.  I didn't have any ideas or much time to spend on it, so I figured I could repurpose one of the invitations.  This is how it turned out:

I very carefully removed the main image panel from the background, doing my best not to tear either!  I then matted the image panel with some black card stock.  I die cut a fancy border die out of the same black and adhered it along with a very narrow strip of gold glitter paper to the already stamped card base.  I discovered these beautiful flowers from Petal Lu in my stash; they were perfect!  And I didn't have to worry about the bulk as I created a gift basket and just slipped the card in without an envelope.  To cover up the sentiment that went with the image, I stamped two more sentiments, cut them into two narrow strips and adhered them with foam tape over the existing sentiment.  You can't even tell!

Supplies:

Stamps:  SU! "She's all That" image; JustRite Stampers background stamp; PaperTrey Ink "Happily Ever After" sentiments

Dies:  STAMPlorations stitched rectangle; PaperTrey Ink border die

Challenges:
Love To Craft Challenge Blog #51--anything goes
Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #388--anything goes with snippets (I think this is the ultimate in using snippets, as I took a card apart and reused those pieces!  But, also, the die cut border and the strip of gold paper were cut from scraps as were the black mat and the sentiment strips)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #143--anything goes

The Paper Girls #209--wedding/anniversary

Penny's Challenge #482--anything goes