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Today we are taking another look at the Our Daily Bread designs August release! Don’t you just LOVE the Boho patterns & fabulous dies? So fun! This is also for today’s Free for All Challenge (F4A287), to use an odd number of stamps…I used 7….the greeting, little flower, 2 butterflies on top & 3 more (different) butterflies on the background.
So in the spirit of fun, my card uses a water color & stenciled background in bright red/orange. I stamped the different butterflies with Versafine randomly over the background then die cut it with the largest die of the Boho Background die. The inner part of the die was used to die cut the black lattice on top. The greeting was stamped on one of the stitched ovals & I stamped one of the little flowers all around & added just a touch of color. The big Boho butterfly was stamped on another section of the water color bg, die cut & I used a white gel pen to add some white dots for a little brightness.

Here’s the inside where I used a cut off strip of the front & some more butterflies.

Please be sure to visit all of the DT blogs for more inspiration.
Sandee * Cathy * Amy * Lori * Julie * 

America * Dawn

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Today’s Technique Challenge (TLC547) wants us to use just one word & no images, but any embellishments we want. Geez, Louise! That’s a toughie for me! No images? No coloring? The only thing I could think to use was this card covering die of Hot Air Balloons. It’s seriously fabulous & makes a CAS (clean & simple) card look dressed up.

I die cut it once out of heavy white c/s & again out of yellow designer paper then stacked it a little offset. I added the double stacked Hello die for my one word, added a few sequins & that’s pretty much it. Here’s a look at the inside.

I trimmed around one of the cut out balloons, added a couple of clouds & a greeting.

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Cock-a-doodle-do 1386D	Hot Air Balloons Reverse die 064MD	Hello die SSDIE-027-D	Authentique -Summer paper
Recollections Hvy Wt white c/s	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131	Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132	VersaFine Inkpads

The Inspiration Challenge today (IC506) is a Pinterest Board of business cards. My card was inspired by This &  This. I liked the Boho look of the one & the puzzle pieces of the other.

For my card, I stamped one Boho heart w/ Versafine, then die cut it w/ the coordinating die. I stamped another w/ Memento, colored it with Copics then over stamped w/ Versafine. I used 3 puzzle piece punches to punch several pieces out of the colored version, then punched 3 more of each out of heavy card stock to add some dimension to the puzzle pieces. For the lacy white background, I used a Layered Lacey Square die & did a little resizing on it to make it a rectangle. The card front was embossed using the largest Flourished Star Pattern die & I used a pierced rectangle die for the white textured layer.

Here’s a look at the inside & also the Copics I used.


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