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There is no theme today - although you'll find we have all used products from the new Stampin' Up! Annual or Stampin' Up! Mini catalogue.

Today I'm sharing with you a card I created with a sketch from the Global Design Project.

I don't have time to join in usually (I used to a lot in the past) and that's because they launch the challenges on Mondays and I can usually only craft on weekends. I always feel it's pointless entering a day before the challenge closes.

Although when I saw this sketch and all the projects inspired by it, I managed to fit in one hour of crafting on Thursday night when my husband was watching the football!

I loved the stripes in the sketch so I had a think about what colours I was going to use. 

I've been die cutting these gorgeous flowers from the Hues of Happiness DSP so naturally I selected flowers in colours that I love as the basis for my card design.

The flowers I've chosen are in the colours Night of Navy, Fresh Freesia and Pool Party.

This DSP is gorgeous and I love the colours. The Blossoming Happiness dies don't just coordinate with the stamp set, they also fit many of the flowers featured in the DSP.

I decided to create thin stripes (0.5cm) and repeat the colour rotation twice with Night of Navy at the beginning, middle and end for symmetry.

Well, strictly, it's not symmetrical. 

I probably should have mirrored the order so it went Night of Navy, Fresh Freesia, Night of Navy, Fresh Freesia and Pool Party for it to be actually symmetrical!

I used the Stylish Shapes dies for the circle and the banner. I adore any dies with a stitching effect - take a look through my blog and you'll see how much I use stitched dies.

The sentiment is from the Through it Together stamp set. I've heat embossed it in gold and added some Brushed Brass Butterflies for my embellishment.

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Hues Of Happiness 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158822] £11.25	Blossoming Happiness Dies [158823] £30.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] £28.00
Through It Together Cling Stamp Set (English) [155796] £21.00	Brushed Brass Butterflies [158136] £9.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] £8.25
Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock [106577] £8.75	Fresh Freesia A4 Cardstock [155614] £8.75	Pool Party A4 Card Stock [124391] £8.75