Moxie Miss You & more

Hooray!  I found time to craft today.  All these hours resulted in only one card.  And you should see my dining room table.  (:roll eyes:)   ;)  However, I am extremely pleased with the result:

Edited to add:  this card won Honorable Mention at The Shabby Tea Room

My inspiration began with the Moxie Fab World challenge, "Grey Is The New Black".  I also liked The Shabby Tea Room's challenge, "White and Bright", using white/cream and one other color.  And at City Crafter, we are asked to use handmade flowers.  This is a first for me!  One more challenge:  Stampin' B's hostess this week is Emily Keaton, my very good friend.  She challenges us to use banners on our card.

Card details:

• Began with a Basic Gray card base
• Stamped an Anna Griffin floral background stamp over half of the card front
• Layered a piece of lace-printed vellum on upper half of card front
• Punched Martha Stewart "Iron Gate" border along a strip of vanilla cardstock
• Attached gray satin ribbon to that piece of punched vanilla

• Using a 1/2" circle punch along left edge of card, made a slight half circle to help attach tassel (which is from a repurposed greeting card) 
• Added a piece of Pink Paislee Artisan Elements over satin ribbon
• Created my own flower by punching a 3/4" circle and covering it with Scor-Tape (double sided adhesive) on one side.  I fumbled my way around and layered on a satin ribbon from Anna Griffin, winding round and round, and finally securing the end on the back of the circle with more Scor-Tape.  I added a pearl in the center of the flower.

• I stamped the Anna Griffin sentiment on a strip of white cardstock, then cut it into a banner and added a small pearl to the letter "o"
• It became apparent to me that I need special adhesive for vellum paper, because you can see my bits of adhesive through it.  To help disguise it, I added pearls at the top corners, then a handmade medallion as well.  The medallion is made with a Martha Stewart Iron Gate Corner Punch.
• Pearls everywhere were the final touch.

If you didn't catch it earlier, I am a Featured Stamper today on "Fascinating Fridays" at Noor Nahdi's blog, Fond of Crafts.  Thank you so much once again, Noor!

I also discovered other good news a short while ago:  my card was featured at Unity's blog for Friends With Flair!  Go check it out.  :)

I'd love to hear what you think about today's card.  Drop me a comment if you have time, I'd so appreciate it!

Stamps:  Anna Griffin floral background and sentiment
Paper:  vellum of unknown origin (!), Basic Gray, Very Vanilla and Whisper White
Ink:  Basic Gray
Punches:  Martha Stewart Iron Gate border and corner, 1/2" and 3/4" circles
Other:  Pink Paislee Artisan Elements, Anna Griffin vanilla satin ribbon, pearls from Recollections and Queen & co., dimensionals, tassel from repurposed greeting card