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I am blessed and lucky to have a wonderful person in my life I've known since the start of high school… which was a day or two ago.  The amazing blessing is that the common bond we had left us and we were left to pick up the pieces which we did but the bond transcended that and she has been there for me through everything!  She is and will forever be known as Aunt Diane by my kids and sister in law by me.  So when I sat down with this paper that has always been a favorite of mine that I was saving for the perfect project she came to mind, and I knew I had found it!

I think everything is from Close to My Heart! 

The paper packet is Miracle which unfortunately is an older pack of paper but I loved it soo much that I knew it was perfect for this special layout! The colors used are Heavenly Blue, Sky Blue, Pansy Purple, Bamboo, Sweet Leaf, with just a hint of Moonstuck as a subtle accent.  Stamp set C1452 are the cut out embellishments along with the lightly stamped background paper.  The outer scalloped edge circles were cut with the Cricut using the Art Philosophy cartridge also by Close To My Heart cut at 11 or 11.5 inches.  

This lovely grouping was made with the full leafy flower stamp stamped twice once with each color (Sky Blue and Pansy Purple) with every other leat cut out and the placed on top of each other with foam adhesive holding them together to give some dimension.  The leaves are Irresistibles by Close To My Heart that came with the Miracle Constant Campaign, however we do still have some wonderful other Irresistibles available currently in the Spring 2013 book! The little square is a matted stickease from the Miracle embellishments.  What looks like ribbon is actually a piece of stamped paper from the paper pack using the Sophia B1379 Workshop on the Go stamp set. 
 

These embellishments are actually the tag pulls of 3 tags hidden under the photos. I used the other flower stamp from the set and this time put centers in them but to get the contrast I also stamped a second one for each in the darker color as the center of each.  This gave them a bit of depth!  The tags are inked and second generation stamped with the journaling done using Word on the computer. 

This last grouping is done with the decorative stamped in sky blue and cut out and  edged with pansy purple with a small silver brad in the center.  Once again the little square stickease is matted and edges inked  with a bit of white small ric rac as an accent. The butterfly from the stamp set rounds it out with two stamped with Moonstruck blue and cut out with foam adhesive between them to give it some “pop!” The final little detail is the few metallic blue dots that just give it a little bit of something all the butterflies around the page have them on their bodies along with any dots or circles in the stamped images.  

This was honestly one of the most heartfelt layouts I have ever made.  She is truly one of my many blessings!