New Card Techniques

I have recently seen several new techniques and products for making cards and have been so eager to try them out. Here are the ones I have managed to find time to make so far. The flower may not show the hint of gold dusting on the background. Or the glass beads for the flower center but it was certainly fun to make.

These two cards used a border punch in different ways. The shiny green paper below is actually wrapping paper from a dollar store. I got a variety of colors each with it's own 'pattern' so I look forward to having fun with those.