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Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Anything Goes!!!

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This birthday card was for my nephew who turned 11 last month.  It is part of my push to use up all the scraps of this paper pack!  It was such a fun background that it needed a fun monster to go along with it!  The ones were die cut from scraps from the same pack, and I die cut them twice more from scrap cardstock to give them some dimension off the card.  I did the same with the balloons which were die cut from scraps of card stock.  I used some gold embroidery thread for the strings.  I used glossy accents on the monster's eyes to give a nice shine.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Your Next Stamp "Silly Monsters" image and sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "You Don't Say" speech bubble; MFT balloons; Papertrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die

Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe #322--anything goes with the optional twist: patterned paper

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #207--happy birthday

Colorful Options--neutral color palette or rainbow colors (I chose the rainbow options--I used all the colors!)

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Creative Fingers #306--anything goes

Di's Digi Designs--use die cuts and/or punches

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #260--anything goes

As You Like It--favorite coloring medium and why? (I love using alcohol markers--specifically my spectrum noir markers--I love the blending ability and the boldness of the colors)