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Hi everyone.  Today's card is for two challenges ... first Queen for the Day (QFTD174 - previous Queen with the initials E - I) ... and today's CAS challenge (CAS233 - Alumni Love! - honor Harriet Skelly).  Even though it's two challenges, they are both honoring Harriet ... a friend and fellow DT member of ATCAS.  Harriet loves to make CAS cards and I love her style ... check out her blog here.

I CASE'd this sweet card made by Harriet, making the stencil border and flower larger and leaving off the bee (I didn't have one that was the right proportion!).  I love the yellow and black together ... and especially love the gingham center on the daisy.  I also used some NBUS  ... never-before-used-schtuff, as Darnell would say ... :)  I have about 1/2 dozen stencils from Crafter's Workshop and I think it's the first time I've used one - yeah!!

Here's a close-up:

Stamps:  Sweet Summer Sentiments (Amy R); Gingham wheel (SU!)
Paper:  White (C.C. Designs); Daffodil Delight, Whisper White (SU!)
Ink:  Basic Black, Daffodil Delight (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Giant Daisy Punch (punch bunch), Circle Nestie (Spellbinders), Hexagon stencil (Crafter's Workshop); stylus, mat and tweezers, sponges, Stamp-a-ma-jig, glue, glue dots, adhesives, and dimensionals

I punched three daisies, sponged the edges with yellow ink, shaped them with the tweezers and stylus/mat and glued the layers together.  The gingham was stamped onto a scrap piece of Whisper White and then cut out with the smallest circle nestability, shaped with the stylus/mat and adhered to the center of the daisy with two (stacked) dimensionals.

I taped down the stencil onto my card front to hold everything in place and then sponged with black ink.  Then popped the flower up on top and added the sentiment.  I also sponged another strip of hexagons and cut it down to 1 1/4" wide and glued it to the inside of the card for interest.