Saturday, July 28, 2018

Simon Says Stamp Friendly Frolic Relesse Blog Hop + Giveaway



Hello and welcome to my blog, crafty friends!
You've finally reached the last stop of Friendly Frolic Blog Hop Day 2, Yay! Thanks for your visiting.
 Most of you might have come here from talented Mindy's blog, but in case you get lost your way, here's the full list of Blog Hop designers.


The New Friendly Frolic Release from Simon Says Stamp is full of fabulous supplies as always and I love that Simon's new products just don't stop to amaze me.
Here are my projects for the release. I have 10 cards to share with you, which come with brief instructions and products links in the text.

< Card 1 >




I stamped images of Plantiful Puns Stamp set on 80lb Neenah White paper using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink then I cut them out using my Scan N Cut Machine. I then colored the images using alcohol markers and set them aside. For my background, I trimmed a piece of yellow pattern paper from Really Rainbow 6×6 pack, and I adhered Leafy Frame that was cut out of 80 Neenah White paper.


After adhering background panel onto a Card Base, I foam mounted my images as shown using Adhesive Foam Squares. A sentence in the same set was heat embossed in white on black card stock using Wow Embossing's White Super Fine powder, and was foam mounted, too. I added Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix and 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins as a final embellishment.

< Card 2 > 



I made a similar card with the first one in a little different color palette, so basicially  supplies are the same as above except for blue paper from  Plaid Spring 6×6.  Since I wanted my bouquets look luxuriant, I added one more branch from Wreath Greetings set in both the cards.
I love the dimensional look created by using foam tapes & adhesives.



< Card 3 >



I used the same Plantiful Puns Stamp set and Wreath Greetings set for my third card. To ground my images, I cut a white panel using  Diamond Pattern Dies from the new release, then foam mounted it on a piece of A2 size green paper from  Really Rainbow 6×6 pack.
To embellish the card, I used a vellum circle diecut, May Arts Natural TwineSpring Meadow Mix and Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix.




< Card 4 >




I trimmed a piece of Bristol paper into A2 size, then I ink blended it in rainbow colors using distess inks(Chipped Saphire, Seedless Preserve, Peacock Feathers, Lucky Clover, Salted Ocean, Twisted Citron, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey, Worn Lipstick, and Picked Raspberry) . I then cut the panel using the Diamond Pattern Dies and foam mounted it onto a card base.
I added a Big Happy diecut that was cut from Simon Gold Glitter Cardstock & white cardstock and small sentiment from Messages for Everyday set using Adhesive Foam Squares.

< Card 5 >




A very similar one to the card 4!
I used Seedless Preserve, Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Wild Honey and Rusty Hinge for ink blending.  For Big Happy diecut, I used Simon Silver Glitter Card Stock, and small sentiments from Four Seasons set.  For both of the cards I used Ivory card stock as a card base and finally I added 6mm and 4mm clear droplets to embellish them.

< Card 6 >


This is a soft, elegant design featuring 
Diamond Pattern Dies & Big Happy Dies. I got some hint from the name "diamond" so I embellished the card using Ivory Jewels. Other supplies I used for this card are 120lb Ultra Thick White Card Stock, Cotton Candy Card Stock, Beautiful Flowers Stamp set and Foam Adhesive Mini Square.


< card 7 >


Very similar to card 6 and I used Diamond Pattern Dies, Ivory JewelsBeautiful Flowers Stamp set and Cotton CandySimon Rose Gold Glitter cardstock. 

I love this Diamond Pattern Dies that it lets us make cards very quick and easily . 


< Card 8 >


This time , I used Diamond Pattern Cling Background Stamp instead of dies. I heat embossed the patterns using Wow Gold Rich Pale Embossing Powder and then I  adhered Metallic Rose Gold Jewels. I then matted a piece of Gold Card Stock under the panel then I foam mounted it onto card base. A sentiment from Beautiful Flowers Stamp set  was heat embossed in white using Wow white embossing powder super fine on black paper then I matted the block using Simon Copper Glitter Card Stock





< Card 9 >


I used Diamond Pattern Cling Background Stamp once again. I heat embossed the pattern in white on 300g watercolor paper then I ink blended the panel using distress inks : Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, Fossilized Amber, Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio and Peacock Feathers. I made a shaker card by cutting a circle window out of the panel using some circle & scallop dies I had in my stash. I also stamped Diamond Pattern on the shaker background using Simon Barely Beige Ink.  



After I assembled shaker, I adhered my colored Plantiful Puns Stamp set images and sentiments. I added 6mm and 4mm clear droplets as a final embellishment.


< Card 10 >



Today's last card! 
I heat embossed Folk Dance Cling Stamp on navy card stock using Rose Gold Embossing Powder then I trimmed the panel a little. 
I foam mounted the panel onto A2 top folded card base that I had made using 120lb Ultra Thick White Card Stock, then I placed  Big Happy dircuts using foam adhesive





That's it from me today. Thanks for reading this. If you want to share your projects with Friendly Frolic Release as well as to get some more inspiration, be sure to visit our Friendly Frolic Gallery.

Don't miss the giveaway and sale information below :)

Happy Crafting!
Marge ♡

< Giveaway >

Please leave a comment here to be eligible for chance of winning a prize. Simon Says Stamp is giving away $25 coupon to each lucky person from every blog. If you write comments to all blogs, then you will have 14 chances to win. The winners will be randomly selected by Simon Says Stamp over the weekend and will be announced on Simon Says Stamp Blog.

< Sale Code >

Use a code FREEG when you order at Simon Says Stamp Store. A mystery gift will be added on every order. Remember the code will expire Sunday, 7/29 at 11:59 pm E.T., so hurry !









172 comments:

  1. WOW! You made so many beautiful cards! Thank you very much for inspiring all of us with your art and taking the time to share it :) Love seeing what you create!

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  2. Your cards are absolutely beautiful!!!!

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  3. TEN cards???? I love all of the plant puns.

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  4. One busy lady, thank you for all the work The puns are clever. Shaker card was my favorite

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  5. What a fantastic set of cards! Such a great variety, and your coloring is just stunning!

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  6. Gorgeous set of cadrs. Love all the wonderful colors.
    Thanks for sharing...

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  7. Such beauties! Love each one of these cards. The new release from SSS is just fabulous.

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  8. All beautiful cards, I especially love the ones with the plants.

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  9. The gemstones on the diamond die backgrounds really make your cards stand out. Love how that looks! I wasn't sold on the plant stamps, but your coloring makes me definitely reconsider my initial wariness. ❤️

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  10. You have been busy! Great use of all those different product. I especially like the hanging plant in the glass planter.

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  11. Gorgeous cards, you've been busy.

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  12. Oh my goodness! You have made some amazing cards. This post has been so inspiring.

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  13. Wow! You made lots of beautiful cards with the new stuff. I just love how you used the leaf frames for those first cards. They are gorgeous!!!

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  14. So many wonderful cards.
    I love how you put the pots of
    flowers on top of the leafy
    background. The hanging
    terrarium is fantastic.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  15. Well hello! I love seeing your cards on the blog hops, Marge! So pretty!

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  16. Wow! So many beautiful cards!! Lovely! :)

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  17. You really went above and beyond - these are amazing! I love the sentiment on the first one - I can't grow anything but weeds :-)

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  18. awesome work - love the bright colors you used

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  19. LOL SOMEONE is having TOTAL FUN wit this release!!! (I would too!) ;) LOOOOVE ALL of your cards! Your first one with that sentiment got me laughing! ;) I kill plants too! LOL SUPER JOB on your cards, Marge!!!! ;) AND THANK YOU for sharing your talent with us!!!!!!!! ;)

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  20. WOW !, You've made so many gorgeous colourfilled cards, isn't that 'happy' die just a gorgeously sweet font. I can't pick a favourite, they are so inspiring, thank you for sharing.

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  21. I am absolutely inspired by the way you used the same supplies in different ways on several cards. I feel less overwhelmed! And I love every one of them!

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  22. Wow so many wonderful cards in one post. I am going to go over them again to pick a favorite, but I know I like any with that diamond background. I really want to look at the one with the terrarium again too.

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  23. You really went to town, amazing inspiration!!! Thank you for so many ideas; great designs and colors!

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  24. Awesome cards! You have been busy. Love the shaker card the best.

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  25. WOW, fabulous cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  26. I love all your cards! They are stunning!

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  27. Haha--those plant puns are terrific. And the cards are a perfect showcase for them!

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  28. You've created so many wonderful cards!

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  29. I love all these cards. Wonderful samples of the versatility of the release. Just beautiful.

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  30. So many beautiful cards. The mason jar is my favorite. Love the dragonfly.

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  31. Wow! You've been busy. So much fun creating when you have so many fun products to try. I hadn't really read the plantiful puns stamps, but after seeing your cards, think that would be a great set to have.

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  32. Wow! you were busy! Loved your designs and different ideas using some of the background stamps and dies. Excellent job! Thank you for sharing!

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  33. Wow! Your creativity is inspirational! What a fabulous group of cards you have created! Especially in love with the cute and punny plant cards.

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  34. There are so many cards and they are all beautiful. One thing I noticed is that some glitter and bling can make the diamond pattern a little less manly and more girlie!

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  35. Wow! So many creative ideas! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  36. WOWZA! Beautiful projects from this new release. Thanks for all the creative inspiration.

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  37. Oh my, so many beautiful cards here. Love them all, outstanding work!

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  38. These cards are fantastic! I can't afford dies anymore so I need to get my Scan-n-Cut out and give this a try.

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  39. You definitely ended this fun blog hop on a high note with these 10,(count'em 10) beautiful cards. There are lots of great products in this SSS release and you used them beautifully!

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  40. So many beautiful cards, with so much inspiration and ideas! The shaker card is my absolute favourite - I love the design, colours used and your colouring, but there's loads I like in your post - thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!

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  41. Beautiful cards! You have been a busy bee and these are just great..you've done mix and matching and great textures and colors...a great highlight of the new products! TFS!

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  42. What an amazing variety of cards. The way you used a supply many times makes me feel less overwhelmed, but you still kept each card unique. Love this!

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  43. Wow....those are some really beautiful cards.

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  44. WOW You have been so busy. Great selection of cards. I like all of them. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  45. Awesome cards and such variety! Love the sentiments!
    Thanks for the inspiration!

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  46. Ooooh Scan n Cut! I've been eyeing that!! Thanks for sharing!

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  47. Breat cards! I need the first one about this is the only plant I haven't killed!

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  48. What bright and beautiful cards! I love them all! Such great inspiration!

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  49. Great creations! Great release, I especially love the card with the Diamond Pattern die!

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  50. What a lot of beautiful cards. I love the shaker card and the rose gold embossing on the navy is gorgeous.

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  51. oooh Marge you've been busy! what a fab collection of cards

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  52. So many wonderful cards! That Diamond die cut is on its way to me; you've given me lots of inspiration!

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  53. Beautiful cards, love them all. Can’t pick a favorite!

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  54. The cards with the Happy die cuts are my favorites!

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  55. Omg.. your are my favourite card maker Marge..I loved every card. This page is a treasure chest.. your cards are the jewels.

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  56. Love this stuff. Great designs---what fun.

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  57. Love all your cards... great coloring and layouts.

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  58. Wow! Lots of great examples of how to use these stamps and dies! Thanks!

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  59. Wonderful collection of cards! Light and summery to graphic to sweet. Fantastic inspiration!

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  60. So many great cards!!I love the combination of the new release together!

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  61. wow! 10 cards for one post. when do you sleep? love all your projects, especially the shaker card.

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  62. beautiful cards. thanks for the inspiration.

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  63. Lots of great inspiration here! I love the "Happy ... everything's gonna be alright" card! Super fun way to use the Diamond cover plate die!

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  64. Super creative cards, Love them all!!!!

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  65. You made so many pretty cards. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  66. So many gorgeous creations. WOW!!! Love the ink blending on your backgrounds. Fabulous!!

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  67. Stunning, love your design and color work. Thank you!!!

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  68. you weren't inspired much by the new release were you:):):) Fabulous collection of cards-thank you!

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  69. Wow!!! Soooo Many AMAZING cards!!!

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  70. Thank you for sharing all these amazing cards! Beautiful designs and gorgeous coloring!

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  71. Your cards are just stunning. Love that first one with the bold yellow and that punny sentiment that fits perfectly! Your cards are so colorful and well designed. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  72. Awesomeness! You have given me so much inspiration with your designs, the florals are my favorite! TFS

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  73. You colored your plants so beautifully. I think that you must practice a lot!!

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  74. Wow, what a great assortment of cards!

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  75. Amazing cards. Thank you for all the inspiration

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  76. What a great set of cards. I like the cards with sparkle!

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  77. Oh wow, your cards are all beautiful! I especially love your flowers :)

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  78. Wow! Ten cards and they're all fabulous. Your images are colored beautifully!!

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  79. Oh my goodness! So many beautiful cards ❤️

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  80. WOW Marge, you have certainly had fun with this release and you did a fabulous job at that! Holy smokes these are all so beautiful. Thanks for sharing all of your talent and inspiration. Also, thanks for taking what must have been a lot of time to do it!

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  81. The "HAPPY" cards are the BEST! I love love love the colors and the way you glittered them!

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  82. Oh my word!! TEN cards!! you totally outdid yourself with the new products. Every single one is a feast for the eyes. FABULOUS design!

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  83. my you were burning the midnight oil.. Thanks for such lovely work!

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  84. Goodness you were very busy making some awesome cards! Wow!! Love all the backgrounds you created, especially on the floral cards. I love the first card ... love the water pitcher of flowers. And that sentiment sounds like it came from me. LOL

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  85. my goodness you sure went to town with the release. thanks as always for sharing.

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  86. So many cards and each of them is awesome, I particularly love the Diamond patten die that you have used soft pink or gold with. I don't think I would have thought to do that, I would of been thinking of a metal background, add a sentiment and you have a beautiful card and that gorgeous shaker that is really awesome. You have made me think outside the square with some of these cards and I really appreciate your inspiration and sharing.

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  87. Your cards are terrific--from the simple to the sublime!

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  88. WoW! Stunning beautiful cards.

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  89. Wow! You have been busy! I love to see repeated use of the same product as you did in several cards. It helps with ideas to stretch potential investments and see how they can be used. I especially loved the puny cards - they are so fun.

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  90. you've been busy! clearly you had fun! :) and omgosh, those sentiments!!!

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  91. Thank you for sharing your creations.

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  92. I am simply blown away, 10 cards and all so unique and gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous designs, I'm loving this new SSS release!

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  93. Wow. You've been busy and have done such an amazing job with this new release. Absolutely love them all and hard to say which one is my favourite. They are all spectacular!

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  94. So many samples! All gorgeous! Beautiful work!

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  95. Pretty cards! I love the punny sentiments on the plant cards - I really need that first one because I kill every plant! Lovely coloring, too.

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  96. Wow! What a great stop to end the hop!! Your cards are wonderful!!! (And I just love the sentiment you used on the first card about the one plant that hadn't been killed yet. LOL. What a fun card! It made me laugh!) Thanks so much for sharing your talent and designs with us!!

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  97. Your cards are great! I love how the jewels made the diamond background feminine without being fussy. Thanks for sharing!

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  98. great cards, really love the shaker card and the rainbow card. well done.

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  99. I love the shaker card. Im always looking for new ways to do this kund of card. Thanks for all the great ideas!!

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  100. You have been wonderfully busy with variety of creations. Like the coloring, backgrounds, and so much more.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  101. Oooh great shaker card - so fun!

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  102. Wow, you made a few cards! The puns are hysterical. I think my favorite is the shaker card. You really showed how much you can do with these products.

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  103. So much fun! Thank you for sharing!

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  104. wow--you have been busy--fabulous cards.

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  105. First time at your site and I'm loving your style. Everything from the colors to your ideas. Refreshing.
    Can't wait to see your other work. Fun!

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  106. Bright and cheerful cards!

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  107. lovely cards, thanks for sharing.

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  108. Your cards are outstanding .... so pretty! Thanks for sharing so much inspiration.

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  109. So many fabulous cards! I love all the different backgrounds and the shaker is fantastic!

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  110. Your cards are fantastic! You were very busy! I love the cards you made with the plants and the punny sentiments. There haven't been many on the blog hop. I especially like the terrarium card - it's so pretty! The pink, "You're a treasure to me" card, is another favorite!

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  111. Oh my word--so many cards & all wonderful, Marge! I love the leafy frame--on my wishlist! The ink blended cards may be my favorite--such beautifully striking colors!

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  112. Wow! You've surely been enjoying yourself crafting 10 beautiful cards.

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  113. Thanks for all of the inspiration. My favorite is the last card.

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  114. All of your cards are awesome and definitely gave me some new ideas to try. However, the shaker card has to be my favorite LOL..... it's a shaker card :)

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  115. Wow you were busy it paid off all your cards are great

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  116. Wow, so many beautiful cards! You’ve been busy. Love all the designs. Wonderful!

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  117. Wow! So many amazing cards! I love them all! There are so many wonderful dies and stamps in this release. I can not blame you for wanting to make so many cards!

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  118. Wow love all your pretty cards, so many to inspire me.

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  119. Ten cards and all fabulous! Thank you for showing so many possibilities with this release. I really love card #5.

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  120. WOW! So many beautiful cards and ideas. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

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  121. So many adorable cards and love that you combined different sets.

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  122. 10 cards! I don't even know where to begin! I love all the little details you include that really add the perfect final touch to each card, like the vellum circle in card 3. Thanks for sharing all the amazing pieces of inapiration!

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  123. Your cards are fantastic ! I specially love the last one, it's my favorite combination of colors.

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  124. What a lovely cards, especially the ones with the Diamond Pattern Dies. I think this is a great and versatile die and a favorite in this new release. Thank you for showing all these gorgeous cards.

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  125. Love the puns. Made me smile.

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  126. Wow! So many beautiful cards!! I love how you've used and place the insects around..Nice addition to the cards.

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  127. Oh my your cards are all so FABULOUS!!!!

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  128. Wonderful! Love all your cards, and so fun sayings. Thanks for sharing.

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  129. So sweet! Love the birthday cards.

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  130. I need the sentiment on that first card! Love the diamond backgrounds on your card.

    Merrill P

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  131. Wow, amazing 10 cards! Thank you for using the Plantiful Puns set. The sentiments in that set are hilarious. Great inspiration. Thanks

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  132. Wow! So much inspiration in 1 post! I love your coloring and creativity with these sets. Gorgeous card designs!

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  133. Wow! These cards are gorgeous. Love the way you have combined different sets.

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  134. All your cards are so pretty, but I really like the Plantiful Pun cards. :)

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  135. All of these cards are really great but I so feel the first one by the sentiment you used.

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  136. Beautiful collection of cards! :)

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  137. WOW!! You went wild making all those beautiful cards!! Love them all!! I really love that blue plaid background with the white die cut!!

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  138. I really like the plaid background you have on one of the cards. Very pretty indeed.

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  139. What an incredible collection of cards using these new SSS products! I think they saved the best for last on this blog hop! I oohed and aahed over each one. tfs

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  140. You are quite prolific, and I so appreciate the varied card formats. I love the coloring of the watering can as it really pops and looks so real, the plaid background on one of the cards -- I don't use plaid in my designs, but I'm revisiting this, and the array of sentiments. Your cards truly sell the images and sentiments!

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  141. Wow! You show us so many beautiful cards and give us great inspiration for the many ways to use the stamps and dies from Simon's new amazing release! Your cards are so colorful and creative! Just love all of them! 🌸☀️🌈

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  142. Wonderful set of cards - so many of them! I love how you used so many elements with such gorgeous attention to detail!

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  143. You win the prize for creating the most cards using the most dies and stamps from this release. I so enjoyed all your cards.

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  144. SQUEAL!! LOVING the AMAZING Inspiration and the NEW Products!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! <3

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  145. you obviously got very inspired by the release. very cool cards and an amazing imagination!!

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  146. I'm so glad you used that pun set and I really like what you did with it. I wasn't too impressed by the busy floral background, but after seeing what you did with it... another item goes on my Wish List along with the leafy frame die.

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  147. Holy guacamole! You had fun playing!!! I like them all, but I gotta admit to being a simple girl and loving #4 the most. You had me at rainbow :-)

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  148. All of your cards are fantastic Marge! Thank you for the inspiration!

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  149. Beautiful cards! Love the new stamps and dies! The Leafy Frame is a fave!

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  150. Every card is beautiful! Your ink blending and coloring is really pretty. Thanks for sharing your talent.

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  151. They are all lovely. Your coloring on such small images is superb, especially the tiny butterflies. TFS!

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  152. your work is amazing, such an inspiration!!!!

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  153. So many beautiful cards. Thank you

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  154. So many pretties! My fav is the "party thyme" shaker card. I'm a sucker for rainbow(ish) cards. TFS

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  155. Love all those ideas, especially that ones with the flower puns set. Gorgeous. Wonderful ideas.

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  156. Oh my !! What a fantastic bundle of cards !! With a great variety of designs ! Thanks for the inspiration !
    [margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]

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  157. Oh what lovely cards, especially all the flower ones. Love them! Wonderful ideas on these.

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