Global Design Project #426

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I love starting with a design or sketch for a card layout. When I saw the GDP#426 sketch my mind went to a simple fancy fold where the centre section stands out from the side panels. I used the fancy fold for a card created for the Colour Creations Blog Hop earlier this week. As I was creating that card a few of days ago (shown on my previous blog) I was unwell & kept making bloopers and thinking of other options - so I decided to create a similar, but different card with the GDP #426 sketch as the basis.  Here it is:

So surprised and really touched as this card has been selected as a winner. Wow

The GDP Team Members have created gorgeous cards for this sketch challenge and so have the other entrants. Go and check them out at the Global Design Project Blog. Just click here or on the GDP image at the top of this blog.

The Natures Sweetness suite is featured in this card. It is a gorgeous suite with divine stamps and coordinating dies as well as beautiful Speciality Designer Series Paper with gold touches on one side of each of the sheets. One of the designs of DSP was coloured with Calypso Coral and Petal Pink Classic Stampin’ inks using a Blending Brush.

The focal image and the background were stamped in Versamark ink and Gold heat embossed. The gorgeous floral spray was water-coloured with a fine Water Painter and Mossy Meadows, Gray Granite, Petal Pink and touches of Calypso Coral Classic inks. Some extra blending of Petal Pink and Calypso Coral was added to Basic White card-stock and liberally splattered with water. When dry, tiny flowers were die cut.

A C6 Basic White envelope was also gold embossed with an image from the Notes of Nature stamp set and coloured with Petal Pink and a Blending Brush.

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