Intentionally I used some card I did not like and some gold patterned vellum which I did not like either, disguising them with other things to distract the eye!
2 new techniques I tried out was to fill the centre of the flowers I made with pva glue then drop seed beads into the glue. I think it worked ok, and secondly, I picked up a batch of vintage brass pins about 1.5" long, they are very soft. I threaded a pearl bead and left over flowers and couple of odd bits of lace onto it and pushed it through the card....top right of the happy birthday stamp, then bent it round to stop it falling out. I think these brass pins could come in very useful for all sorts of things..