winners and card kit

Hello Friends, How are you? Yesterday I couldn't resist playing with the July Card Kit from Simon Says Stamp again. These papers make me so happy. LOVE the blues and greens together. Playing with die cuts can be so rewarding. I hope you like the patterns on the butterflies. Before I forget I want to  thank you for your feedback on your thoughts about the brick wall in my last post. 95% of you like the stone wall the best. :)

I wanted to share how I created the background leaving most of the hexagons intack. When you place your die cut on the platform before cutting .... place it facing up. Like in the photo so when you remove it they don't all fall out. You can pick a few out or sometimes Murphy's law picks them for you.

You must tape them ALL down to hold them in place. This is another way to use the background die cuts. OR this way. You really can get pretty creative if you want with these dies.

I die cut three papers at the same time using the "Hexagon Circle Die" so it was SUPER EASY to glue down the top layer once I removed a few of the hexagons. I cut a portion of the boarder and used the scrap on this small butterfly. I wanted it to look like it was lifting it off the die... but, to hard to make that work with my busy background. 

I like the technique and the randomness if it ... I did it again with the larger "Paulina Butterfly".

In the photo my card looks a little busy... don't you think? but,when the card is in your hands it works. I hope you like it.

and now...let's get to business! again I thank you all for your patience and for entering my giveaways!! Finally we have two winners! A BIG CONGRATS TO ARLENE & JOEY. 
(I will email you soon)

                           The winner for the July Card kit as seen in in my last post is: 

and the winner of the star die cut as seen in this post is:

Thanks for your visit and.....always... always...I am grateful! Have a happy day, Kathy
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