I wanted the background paper to look old, aged and kind of like a piece of birch wood. So I cut it up, crumpled it, inked it and tore it. (I think I got the old, torn up look but not the birch wood look I was going for!) Oh well! Then stamped the bird image onto it with multiple colors of ink and laced it up on the corner with some thread. I then stamped two different size photo corners and adhered them to one another and then with my paper piercer poked two tiny holes in each of the corners and tied a knot with some more thread. I adhered them tothe corners of the card with 3-D glue dots, to make it look like it is in a frame. I am sending this to a friend who likes birds and also old, aged things. So hopefully I accomplished both of these to send her. **TFL**