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Hey friends!!  Well... my kiddos finally go back to school on the 9th of September.   We have all enjoyed the extended summer, but I'm ready for them to be back in the classroom.  And with that in mind I have a card to share that I made for the current Fusion challenge:  back to school.  I used both the inspiration photo and the sketch for my card.  The stamps I used are the newly released Precious Remembrance Shop set School Days (I just love that fun little bus!!) and a sentiment from the Precious Remembrance Shop set This Moment.   In keeping with the bright colors in the inspiration photo I used some fun, somewhat bright patterned papers from the BasicGrey 6x6 pad Shine On.  The bus was stamped on the orange paper and trimmed out.  For the circular element I decided to go more angular and used a square instead. I die cut the squares using Spellbinders plain square dies. The banners were die cut using a MFT fishtail flag stax die.  Initially I had all three cut from patterned paper, but the bottom sentiment was nearly invisible so I switched it out to white cardstock.  I now see after taking the photo that the top sentiment is a bit hard to read, as well.   So... I have included a close up photo so you can see both sentiments clearly.  Some yellow enamel dots were added to the bus headlights for a fun look.  And for a finishing touch I added some baker's twine in a light green.  Adding this to the current Dies R Us challenge:  Back to School.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; Patterned paper:  BasicGrey; Stamps:  Precious Remembrance Shop; Dies:  Spellbinders long rectangles and plain squares, MFT fishtail flag stax; My Mind's Eye enamel dots