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     Do you sometimes look at a stamp set and have this big blank spot in your brain about what to do with it?  I get those blank spots occasionally, and when I do, I head on over to Pinterest, as you can get so much inspiration from what all the other clever people in this world think up.  Usually I will find a card that I think is great and want to CASE (copy and share everything) it.      I will start to assemble my supplies just to find that I don't have the same Designer Paper, or the right ribbon, or embellishments or whatever.  That is when you start to turn the card into your own, changing the paper, or the color scheme, or using twine instead of ribbon, or thinking that it might benefit from some glitter (doesn't everything?)       And what do you end up with?  A unique card that may have some resemblance to the one on Pinterest, maybe the same layout or colors, and maybe the same stamp set that you set out to use in the first place.  But now it is your card, with your choices of color, paper, embellishments!   It's like MAGIC!     This is a card like that.  I started with the Oh Snap Stamp Set, and wanted some ideas.  So searched on Pinterest for Stampin Up Oh Snap and found a bunch of ideas.  Then I saw a card by Marie Besecker. and decided I like it, and had most of the stuff.       Turns out I did not have the die that she cut her Blue Oh So Ombre paper with, so to make it more interesting, I added a thin margin of Rococo between the Mango Melody card base and the Blue.  My Bird is from the Mango Melody also, she used a different paper, and I stamped the little wave stamp on the background also.  This is what I ended up with.  I like it, everything is actually fussy cut, as there are no dies that go with this set.  And no glitter was added....     I took her layout, and the idea to use the Oh So Ombre paper, and then added my own little tweaks.  So thanks to Marcie for making the original, as it really is cute!

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