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 Hi bloggers!  I love the colour combo of sky blue, white and black (I probably use it far too often, truth be told!)  Again, I have chosen it using the sky blue as my background colour.  I cut the Ornate Octagon Striplet three times in white and glued the across the card.  Next I used the inner cutting die from the New Zealand Background and cut that shape through the background.  I added mounting foam to the background aperture to raise it for dimension.  Next I cut another aperture out of the centre of the shape from the centre of the card.  I cut the centre from the Wellington die out.  I used the slightly smaller die from the set and cut an aperture out of black card.  I stamped my sentiment on white card and glued it behind the opening in the black card.  I centred that and glued it behind the opening in the centre die cut and then over laid the background aperture over that so you have a recessed view into the centre of the card.  As an accent, I added a couple of flowers made from the Sweetheart flower open petal die.  I seated them around the sentiment and added some Lace edged Leaves in black as accents.  I completed the card with matching matting and layering.  The finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x  8 1/4" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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