Today’s project was inspired by two challenges. The design comes from the Global Design Project:

And, the colors come from TGIF:

This is my finished project:

Hold on to Hope

I began by using two Layering Circles dies to cut a hole in the center of my Thick Whisper White card base. The Simple Stripes embossing folder made a nice pattern on the front of the card. Since the Layering Circles left a hole, I covered it on the backside with Fresh Florals Designer Series Paper in Powder Pink. Then, I raised the wreath on the front (the cut piece) with Dimensionals.

I stamped the sweet butterfly from the Hold on to Hope set in three inks: Sweet Sugarplum, Powder Pink and Blushing Bride. 

The butterflies needed some foliage, so I used the Petals & More die to cut their branch. I snipped it apart, and glued the top and bottom in place. The butterflies happily took their place atop Mini Dimensionals.

I stamped “Hold on to Hope” in Sweet Sugarplum, and used a Petals & More die for cutting. This is the perfect die for so many sentiments!

I continued the sentiment on the inside with one from the Thoughts & Prayers stamp set, and stamped it in Sweet Sugarplum. I like the soft colors for this sympathy card.

And, the backside of the DSP adds nice color to the inside.

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