Adventures in cardmaking

I choose not to card shop much anymore. Last time I tried I think I created some frown lines reading those awful and ridiculous lines that you just can't believe someone got paid to write. My cousin gave me a package of cardstock pre-cut and creased into card shapes and even includes some envelopes and I've been using those for all my special occasion needs. Plus it's just way more fun. :)

My brother's birthday was in March so I made him a card of some of his favorite things, diamond plate chrome and tire tracks. The "diamond plate" is a scrap of scrapbook paper - I used it as my base, layering a piece of rippled carstock covered by...

...another piece of cardstock that I made tire tracks on. Super easy! Just use a toy car, roll the back tires over an ink pad and vroom vroom your way to a custom pattern. He loved it. :)

Several couples I know recently announced engagements with weddings set for this summer. I've been dying to make a cute layered cake using this tiny pom trim I bought from Christopher Pines so this is perfect! This one is a work in progress, just so you know. :)

The layers: I cut the oval out of the white card and layered the pink behind it, window style. For the cake layers I first embossed strips of paper using the "vintage rose" distress powder. The cake stand and topper are rub-ons by Heidi Grace Designs (found in scrapbooking locales all over the place). Around my oval I put a piece of my ever-present dictionary page - I'm not sure I'll ever use them all up!

Inside the front cover of the card I used the "love" dictionary page with a pair of rub-ons highlighting the important part.

So, any fabulous ideas on what I can use to cover the gap between my dictionary page and pink oval? I've been pondering it a good month now and I'd appreciate some ideas!