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Hello!  Happy Sunday!  I have a fun card to share today with something you might not notice:

hero arts supplies:  stamps: CL838 stamp your own cactus, DC151 hello stamp & cut  paper:  PS621 sunshine layering papers  ink:  AF320 lime to forever green ombre, AF256 just rust  other:  D1113 cactus and flower frame cuts, D112 3d cactus pair frame cuts

I love the Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Cactus set!  There are so many fun combinations that you can put together.  I used the Lime to Forever Green Ombre ink on this one.  The pot was stamped with Hero Arts Shadow Ink - Just Rust.  The cactus has been cut using the 3-D Cactus Pair Frame Cuts.  You cut two and one has a slit on the top and the other has one on the bottom and they slide together giving the pieces a great 3-D view.  It isn't visible on the photos, especially since I used the Hello stamp & cut.  The Hello is a double layer of white craft foam topped off with the Sunshine Layering paper.  I topped off the cactus with a hot pink bloom, compliments of some felt and the Cactus and Flower Frame Cuts.  The center is a Yellow Gemstone.  

So have you figured out what I used on my card that might be a smidge different?  That patterned panel....any guesses?  Aha...no, it isn't a Starbucks Coffee Sleeve (smiling)....it's the interior of a Tazo Tea Box!  I know, right?!  I sent my boy a bunch of tea and rather than letting the packaging take up valuable real estate in the priority flat flat box, I put the tea bags in a zip lock bag.  I was getting ready to recycle the box and noticed the fun pattern on the interior.

The blue behind the cactus is ala Peerless and the grounding under the pot is Kuretake Gansai Tambi.

My card was inspired by, the challenge:

I've been down with some sort of flu bug, I have pics that I still need to take but I did want to share this one:

Kimberly and I took Vicki to the Starbucks Reserve!  Afterwards we headed to Impress....perfect day if you ask me♡

Hero Arts Clear Stamps, Stamp Your Own Cactus

Hero Arts Frame Cuts Dies, Cactus and Flower

Hero Arts Frame Cuts Dies, 3D Cactus Pair

Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts, Hello

Hero Arts Gemstones, Yellow Crystals

Hero Arts Layering Paper, Mixed Sunshine

Hero Arts Ombre Ink Pad, Lime To Forever Green

Hero Arts Shadow Ink, Mid-Tone Just Rust

Kuretake Gansai Tambi, 36 Color Set

Peerless Watercolor, Small Bonus Pack, Set of 40