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This card is for the sketch challenge today over on Splitcoaststampers. I don't really care for this shade of yellow (crushed curry), but I toned it down some using peanut brittle ink from Memento and stamping the matching background stamp that coordinated with this set from Our Daily Bread Designs. I stamped the verse in bamboo leaves and found this butterfly design paper in my stash of pads. Just so the circle was not so glaring white, I stamped just a subtle portion of that background stamp on it as well. I used my new MISTI on the butterfly and it made it a breeze to line up these two layers. Hope you are enjoying a glorious spring. We have had a lovely week here on the Gulf coast of Texas.

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Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday challenge is to make a spring card. I love the tulips in the spring and this set from Flourishes is one of the first I purchased from them. I loved it then, and I love it still.

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I've always loved this retired set from Stampin' Up. I thought one of the stamps in this set would be perfect for the CCEE challenge this week called "Silhouettes in the shade". The little girl chasing butterflies seemed just the image for spring. I used some old SU design paper, certainly celery cardstock and Basic black. The other design paper is from Basic Grey.  The butterflies are punch with a Martha Stewart butterfly punch using some scraps from my scrapbox.