Friday, 24 April 2015

Simon Says Stamp MEGA Falling For You Blog Hop!

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Happy Friday! Hooray for the start of the weekend! How about we kick it off in style with one MEGA blog hop full of inspiration, prizes, an incredible line up (I'm still wondering how I got my name on the guest list) and amazing new products from the wonderful peeps at Simon Says Stamp? Sounds good? Super!


Simon Says Stamp have just released a HUGE amount of goodies as part of their Falling For You! collection. It's all available to purchase NOW! We're celebrating with a good ol' blog hop so you should have hopped across here from the super-talented Mary Dawn Quirindongo. If you haven't, then be sure to start out at the Simon Says Stamp Blog!

I was kindly sent a couple of products from the range and they arrived just in the nick of time to whip up a couple of cards. First up, I fell head-over-heels for the HUGE Falling Hearts 6x6" cling stamp  - it's such a wonderful design! I felt like getting a little arty so I heat-embossed the design with white embossing powder, saturated the piece with water and created a little faux-watercolour ombre look with some Spun Sugar Distress Ink. The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Floral Bookmarking stamp set and co-ordinates perfectly with the falling hearts.
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tips and tricks

  • I opted to heat-emboss the sentiment onto vellum as it doesn't detract from the pretty background that I spent most of my time creating! 
  • I added a little more of a distressed look by flicking water onto the painted piece and blotting it with a tissue. The water reacts with the Distress Ink to give a bleaching effect - perfect for an imperfect look!
  • If you're going use a heat tool to speed up the drying process be careful not to apply excess heat to pre heat-embossed images. Burnt embossing powder is not a good look! 

Next up, I played with the Circle Dots stencil which features a very cool design suitable for a variety of occasions and recipients.
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I figured I'd just let this stencil do the talking with some gold glitter paste  - to put an extra spin on things I decided to stencil the design over this soft, watercolour-style paper from Crate Paper's Kiss Kiss collection. The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Summer Garden stamp set designed by Mama Elephant. I'm seeing this peach and gold colour combo everywhere right now and love it!

Well that's all from me today but before I tell you who to hop along to next, be sure to leave a comment as every blog on the hop has a Simon Says Stamp prize pack up for grabs for one lucky winner! A winner will be drawn at random from the comments on April 28th.

And now it's time to hippety hop across to Lydia Fiedler for some more SSS inspiration! Thanks so much for stopping by here today and have a wonderful weekend! :D


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608 comments:

  1. Both of them are really beautiful. I've been over to the SSS shop... It's very hard to resist!

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  2. The cards are very chic! I love the colours you have chosen

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  3. Fabulous cards!! Love the backgrounds!!

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  4. Like the sentiment embossed on vellum. I have had this sentiment and have done a calligraphy of it. Like the gold dots.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  5. Wow Aimes - LOVING your cards - the soft pink on the first one is just so beautiful.

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  6. Beautiful cards Amy, I love the soft watercolours against the gold xx

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  7. Awesome cards Amy! I LOVE the gold dots you made with the circle stencil!

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  8. Beautiful cards!

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  9. Great cards. Love the circles.

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  10. I love both your cards but the circle stencil with gold embossing paste is gorgeous!

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  11. Love the softness in your card and the gold dots are so fab, love this new release!

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  12. these cards are so sweet! thanks for sharing!

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  13. What a great release!!!! I see shopping at SSS in my future!

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  14. GREAT cards! Love the soft colors. The vellum tag on the first with a FABULOUS background.....yummie card! The second....oh the gold ♥ Fantastic job on them both!

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  15. Beautiful.... lovely soft pinks and the perfect bit of sparkle!

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  16. Beautiful card. Love that background.

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  17. Awesome cards. They soft colors are gorgeous.

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  18. oh my these are both gorgeous! I love the watercolor and the gold next to each other. It really comes across looking elegant.

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  19. So beautiful! love the colors you chose as well! TFS

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  20. super sophisticated cards i love them! esp the one with vellum, just perfect

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  21. Love these background stamps and I love what you did with the stencil. Stunning

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  22. These cards are beautiful! Love this new release! :D

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  23. Your cards are fabulous...but the first one blew me away! Awesome!

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  24. Very Nice card, thanks for sharing!

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  25. Love bothe of your cards! The gold circles...swoon!

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  26. Yes, I think those huge backgrounds with the falling hearts are totally awesome. Want!

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  27. What beautiful and simple cards. Thanks for the wonderful inspiration!

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  28. So elegant and nice, totally beautiful !

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  29. Nice Cards, love the way you have used embossing

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  30. Love the hearts card, the background is so delicate!

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  31. Both of your cards are gorgeous, but I love the softness of the first one!

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  32. Love the new background stamps!

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  33. Beautiful cards! The use of vellum really sets off the first card!

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  34. Love your cards! Love the look of the gold glitter paste through the circle stencil :)

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  35. I love the way you have taken these beautiful, meaningful sentiments and created such soft cards with them. they are stunning!

    enjoy your weekend!

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  36. How awesome is that embossing paste.

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  37. Falling backgrounds are sooo nice. Thanks. for sharing.

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  38. Absolutely beautiful work, as always! Just gorgeous!

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  39. I think the falling hearts stamp is going to be a favorite!

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  40. Super cute card! I LOVE it!

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  41. What beautiful cars, love the soft colors!

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  42. Love both of your cards, can't decide which one is my favorite. Love the falling hearts and the circles

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  43. Hi Amy. Both of your cards are very pretty. I love the way you used the circle stencil with the gold. Just beautiful

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  44. Lovely cards. The colors are so sweet together.

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  45. I think I sighed out loud at how pretty that first card is.

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  46. Both cards are beautiful, but I just love the first one!

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  47. Love all the gorgeous gold embossing and the background on the first card is so pretty:)

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  48. Very sweet cards and I love the gold glitter paste card.

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  49. Love love love your cards - they are gorgeous, and your peach and gold colour combo look amazing :))))

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  50. Lovely cards, thanks for sharing

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  51. Love the soft look of both of your cards. Good use of the circle stencil and I love the script sentiment. Nice.

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  52. Both cards are lovely! Love the heart background stamp!

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  53. Sure elegant. One I can cas for sure. Thank you

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  54. Such a nice pair of cards! Love those falling hearts! Nicely done!

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  55. Cute cards! Especially like the glitter one.

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  56. Cute cards. Especially like the glitter one!

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  57. Beautiful cards! I love the sentiment you used on the first card. Thanks for sharing!

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  58. I love seeing the different creations with these new background stamps!! I'm in love with your falling hearts card and love the glitter splash with the circle stencil! Beautiful!

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  59. Love these falling hearts!
    Great cards :)

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  60. Both cards are absolutely beautiful. And what you did with the circle stencil makes my heart race!

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  61. Awesome cards!

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  62. Awesome use of the products. Love the soft colors and designs.

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  63. I love your cards. Your choice of colors and techniques make these cards FABULOUS!! Great designs...great job. Don't you just love this release from SSS? I sure do!! TFS

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  64. Beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration

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  65. Beautiful cards. Very elegant and lovely!

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  66. Awesome cards! I love this release from SSS and the inspiration from all the awesome designers.

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  67. Lovely cards! Thanks for sharing.

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  68. Gorgeous cards! Such a great use of color!

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  69. Love Love Love the gold glitter paste!

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  70. Wow you made great use of the products from this release! Supercute cards, the first one is my favorite!

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  71. Both cards are absolutely gorgeous... and sooo elegant!

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  72. I really like the soft, pretty colors you used, and especially like the design of your first card. Thanks for sharing!

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  73. I love the use of vellum, it looks so pretty

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  74. Absolutely love your cards, just stunning!!

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  75. Love the colors on your cards. The pink and gold look great together!! The Circle Dots Stencil and the Falling Hearts stamp look amazing! - Payel (Beau Monde Designs)

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  76. Lovely card made! Love the softness of the pink!!

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  77. Great to see 2 cards showing sentiments as the focal . Lovley x

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  78. Gold glitter paste, yes! Love this card! So classy & elegant. The Stars & vellum look luscious too. Wonderful creations!

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  79. Nice watercolor use. suttle and so effective. Thanks for sharing. The gold embossing past really makes an impression. Possibilities are trying to be visualized.

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  80. both cards are absolutely gorgeous!

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  81. What a pretty card. Thanks for sharing.

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  82. Love the cards, very beautiful and elegant! Loving the new release!

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  83. Love the circles!

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  84. Absolutely love the Circle Dots stencil! And it looks amazing in that gold!

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  85. beautiful and elegant, thank you for sharing!

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  86. Very elegant!! I love the glitter paste.

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  87. Amy, What a gorgeous card, so soft and elegant! I love it!

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  88. Love pink and gold combo - so on trend right now!

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  89. Both cards are very beautiful. TFS.

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  90. These are subtle and BEAUTIFUL!!

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  91. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS CARDS, Amy! I love them! Beautiful work, my dear.

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  92. Very soft beautiful cards.

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  93. Love how you used the new products! Very nice cards!

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  94. Gorgeous cards. Love the new release.

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  95. So far on the hop, your backgrounds are my favorite. Just lovely!!!

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  96. So far on this blog, your backgrounds are my favorites. LOVELY!!!

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  97. Cards are so beautiful! Love this collection.

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  98. Beautiful cards. Love what you created with this release.

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  99. Beautiful embossing on that vellum. Elegant card!

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  100. Such elegant projects! Thanks for sharing!

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  101. Such beautiful cards!

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  102. Yes. Just so much yes. Both cards are so lovely and I'm just drowning in inspiration in this blog hop.

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  103. Your work is beautiful!
    Kirsten B in MN

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  104. Very nice cards. I like the clean and simple look of them.

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  105. I love the gold circles! Gorgeous!

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  106. Really nice cards! Love the gold embossing powder! Glad you got invited to play!

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  107. OMG, these are both so beautiful!!! Love the soft colors with pops of gold!

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  108. Beautiful quote on your first card! Love the softness of the falling hearts. The circle card with the gold is gorgeous with the peach. Thanks to Simon for the chance to win.

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  109. Very sweet cards. The white embossed hearts are so elegant looking. :)

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  110. Very classy cards. I love how you used the circle dots stencil. Thanks for sharing!

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  111. Wow! Both of those cards are BEAUTIFUL! Love the circle stencil background!

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  112. Love the gold! Great card! Great sentiment!

    Stay blessed!

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  113. Beautiful card and love the use of the vellum! TFS

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  114. Lovely cards! I love the gold embossing. Very pretty!

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  115. Those hearts and circles are running a close tie on my wishlist! Love 'em!!

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  116. Love your use of gold! Nice cards!

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  117. Lovely cards!

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  118. It always makes me happy to land on your blog! Love the circle dots in gold glitter paste and your heart background is so lovely, too.

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  119. Fabulous CAS designs!! Bravo!!

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  120. I love the combination of gold over the pastel watercolor paper. So Classy.

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  121. very classy cards - the gold adds so much!
    Sandra ltb

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  122. Beautiful and elegant cards...

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  123. Love your cards, especially all of that gold!

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  124. Your cards are a breath of fresh air in a world of cute... Beautiful!

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  125. Gorgeous cards - so soft and pretty. Thanks so much.

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  126. Both cards are just gorgeous. Getting a lot of ideas through this blog.

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  127. I love the gold glitter. Such beautiful cards.

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  128. I love your cards. Very beautiful and creative. I am falling for this blog hop. Wonderful projects and ideas. Thanks so much.

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  129. Such pretty cards! I absolutely love the color choices!

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  130. Gold glitter paste and embossing. Beautiful. How exciting to be on the guest list to play. Great cards. Thank you.

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  131. I love the Hello Beautiful Card, so sweet. Great colours!

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  132. Both the cards are so elegant! And love the awesome new release!

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  133. Your cards are beautiful. I love your use of gold on both cards - so trendy and gorgeous. The sentiment on the first card is a favorite of mine.

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  134. pretty cards! love the gold!

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  135. Your cards are lovely
    and so classy looking!
    Great colors.
    Carla from Utah

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  136. Beautiful cards! Love the heart background, thanks for the tips!

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  137. So pretty and subtle! Rebecca x

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  138. Very elegant, just beautiful!

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  139. Wonderful cards! Love all the shiny gold :)

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  140. Gold and pink were totally meant to be together! Great cards!

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  141. Loved both of your creations. Lots of clever techniques. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  142. Beautiful cards! I adore circle dots stencil ;)

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  143. I love the colours you chose for the background, very elegant!
    Hugs
    MaryV

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  144. Just love the color on color of these beautiful projects.

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  145. Beautiful cards and I love the sentiment on your first card!!!

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  146. Love the card layouts, so many new ideas!

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  147. Love the use of the falling heats background stamp and the beautiful Emerson quote. Lovely cards!

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  148. Very elegant. Sometimes you just want to make something pretty.

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  149. Two very elegant cards! Great reminder!

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  150. Oh, wow...your cards are so different than most of the other bloggers! I love both of them. And, even though it's not from this release, I was glad to see the new-to-me Floral Bookmarking set. I make a lot of bookmarks and am always looking for inspiring vertical sentiments. It's on my list now.

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  151. Embossing on vellum is so pretty. Love your cards.

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  152. Fabulous cards! I especially love the embossed sentiment and background on the first one! So beautiful!!

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  153. The use of gltter with the circle dots was wonderful.

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  154. Embossing on vellum so cool!! and these hearts again - I'm going to have to order these!!

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  155. Beautiful on both accounts love the softness of that pink

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  156. What a beautiful card - so soft and pretty.

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  157. Love the color combos you chose!

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  158. Great use of Vellum - love both cards

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  159. Love how you used the falling heart stamp. It's one of my favorites in this release! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  160. Your gold on your cards is just stunning! I love your designs!

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  161. Your cards are awesome!!! I especially like how soft and elegant the first one is.

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  162. lovely cards, thanks for sharing.

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  163. Beautiful cards - love what you did with the circle dots stencil!! Such excellent handiwork - thanks for showing how great Simon Says Stamp products are to create with!!!

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