Friends are Treasures

I had some 5x7 cards to use up, so I made a set of these thinking of you / friendship cards.  For the embossed background, I inked a Cuttlebug embossing folder with Antique Linen Distress Ink before putting in the paper and running it thru the Big Shot.  I wanted a "mat" for the Thinking of you sentiment, but didn't have a scalloped oval that graduated up from the Stampin' Up scalloped oval punch.  So I used that punch and cut the oval in the middle, to add the pieces behind the sentiment.  The scalloped oval pieces didn't provide full background, so that's why the sentiment mat overlaps the mat for the little girl image.