What to do when you are faced with a complicated card map challenge

This week's card map challenge presented a, well, challenge for me (ha)! I don't have any curvy dies and that put me into a bit of a panic. 

Until I realized - this is just a map. I dug around into my crafting stash until I found a few products that I wanted to use. Remember the Paper Blooms designer paper from this year's Sale-a-bration? Yes, I found a left-over piece and decided to use it up. 

I used both sides of my chosen design and realized that it would perfectly match my Pierced Blooms dies! Bonus! 

I chose a phrase for an occasion that is coming up and ..... here's my card:

Yes, I let go of the curvy strip. If you don't have it, stop worrying about it - my new motto! I hope you will give this card map a try the next time you craft. And if you want to see what the other Paper Craft Crew design team members created, click here to head on over to that site.