Sentimentally Framed Tulips

I made this card for the One Layer Wednesday challenge #50...to make a one layer card with an old stamp and make it a thank you card.  The challenge can be found HERE .

The basket of tulips is my old...very old stamp.  The date on this stamp is 1995...it's one of the few I kept after giving up stamping some 10 years ago.  I began anew a couple years ago, but STILL love this stamp...and was excited to be able to pull it out and ink it up again.  I colored it with SU markers, stamped and framed with sentiment.  I took pictures of how I framed it...just in case you were wondering(if you click on any of the pictures, it will give you a closer look:)!):

I used  a nestie and marked the corners with light pencil(to be erased later:)!):

I then took my sentiment stamp that I centered from top to bottom  ON A LINE of a gridded block, and lined the grid line the stamp was sitting on with each of the sets of corner lines.  It looked like this:

Did that all the way around, added rhinestones, scored lines at the bottom and added ribbon...I know...a bit heavy with the embellishments...but I thought they really "fit"...and weren't too heavy??!!:)!

 This is the first card I made...had it done, and then realized that the challenge was a Thank you card....so made another with a bit larger sentiment stamp.

Being this was my first one, I think it's a little "off",  I learned so many little things as I went... but it's ok.  Somewhere I read, recently said that  the flaws are what make our cards handmade...so a little "off" is ok.
Things I used:
Stamps: Annette Allen Watkins, Papertrey Ink Giga Guide Lines(thank you), Hero Arts Everyday Sayings(thinking of you)
Paper: Gina K Pure Luxury
Ink: Soft Suede, Early Espresso, real red, old olive
Extras: MS scoreboard, gingham ribbon, nestie, red rhinestones

Thanks so much for looking...hope your day is filled with inspiration:)!!