Sunday 15 July 2018

Tropically Yours Stamp of Approval Collection Blog Hop - Day 1


Welcome to Day 1 of theTropically Yours Stamp of Approval Blog Hop! This Collection is full of summery fun - tropical images, fabulous hand-lettered sentiments and some cool geometric dies.

You should have come from Allison's blog (full blog list below with details about how to win!).

If you’re new to Stamp of Approval – click here to check out everything you need to know about this exclusive collection of stamps, dies and other goodies. All these products were designed specifically for this collection; they are brand new, and while they will be made available at Catherine's store in the future, they won't be available there for many months.

If you are a StampNation member, you get access to order starting on Monday, Tuesday, July 17th at 9 pm. Not a StampNation member? Make sure you are on the wait list so you get access to the collection at 9 am Wednesday, July 18th before the public (at 6 pm). These collections always sell quickly (and often sell out!), so if you're liking what you're seeing on the blog hops, you'll want to ensure that you have an opportunity to get your hands on this collection!


Stamps: Fearless Pursuit
Ink: Coral Cabana, Limoncello, Tiki Torch, Midnight
Paper: White, Midnight

This is an amazing sentiment - full of energy, encouragement and (literally!) fire. It's big enough to be the centrepiece of the card, so I let it stand alone without much adornment. But I did have fun making this 'dimensional' background with one triangle stamp and 3 colours of ink. Once you figure out the pattern, it's not difficult to do. I started with the Coral Cabana triangles, and then filled in the other colours. If you look very closely, you can see some overlapping stamping and some small white gaps, but overall, the pattern holds and provides a sunny, 3D look behind the sentiment.


Stamps: Fearless Pursuit, Good Vibes Borders, Leave Me in Paradise
Ink: Coral Cabana, Limoncello, Melon Ice, Garden Party, Midnight
Paper: White, Midnight
Accessories: Matching Dies

This is another wonderful hand-lettered sentiment from Fearless Pursuit. I knew I wanted the Vibe and Tribe to be really stand out, but I could also see that it might be tricky to mask it - especially where the Y from Your hangs into the V from Vibe. So here are the steps I took to get this look:
  • Place the stamp on the stamp positioner.
  • Stamp it once in limoncello on a post it note - this will be the mask
  • Cut out 'Vibe' and 'Tribe', very close the edges of the letters.
  • Ink the stamp with Limoncello ink, focussing on the Vibe and Tribe areas. Stamp it onto your panel
  • Use the rock-n-roll technique with Coral Cabana ink, again focusing on the Vibe and Tribe. Stamp it onto your panel
  • Place the Vibe and Tribe masks you created onto the panel, right over the words.
  • Ink up the stamp with Midnight, focusing the ink on Your and Attracts Your. Stamp it on the panel.
  • Remove the mask and be amazed!
It was slightly fiddly, but not difficult at all.

I stamped the bold border twice with Midnight, lining it up to create the square pattern. All the border stamps fit into themselves so you can stamp them multiple times (with multiple colours, if you want) to create fun backgrounds. This set is going to become a go-to basic!

I stamped and die cut one of the leaves from Leave Me in Paradise as another fun pop of colour.



Stamps: Fearless Pursuit, Stand Tall, Canvas Grunge Background
Ink: Limoncello, Tiki Torch, Lime Rickey, Eucalyptus, Over Coffee, It's a Boy, Aquatini, Shea Butter
Paper: Watercolour Cardstock (Ranger), Sand Dunes

I love this faux-watercolour technique - it's just as easy as stamping, but gives a very realistic watercolour look. The trees and the sun each have two pieces. One at a time, I put each stamp on my stamp positioner, inked it with the appropriate colour and spritzed it with water before pressing it down onto my panel. Once it was dry, I hand painted (but it's all straight lines, so it's very easy to do!) the sky (It's a Boy with lots of water), the ocean (Aquatini) and the sand (Over Coffee and Shea Butter). Finally, I stamped the sentiment with second-generation Over Coffee Ink.

For my card base, I used the Canvas Grunge Background in Over Coffee ink on Sand Dunes cardstock. I love how my little scene now looks like a post card on a cork board!

That's it from me for today - now be sure to hop to everyone's blog and comment for your chance to win! (There are 2 more days of blog hops to come, lots of inspiration to see and lots of chances to win!)

THREE commenters will be chosen at random from all the comments on all the blogs (one each day) to win the Stamp of Approval Collection! If the winner has already purchased their collection, they will receive a $100 gift certificate. 

Entries will close on Friday, July 20 and will be announced on Catherine's blog.




140 comments:

  1. Fun cards, Ardyth, and such an amazing collection!

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  2. Gorgeous cards Ardith, love your masking on that sentiment!

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  3. Loving how you used square bases for all your cards! Totally changes the feel of the stamp sets!

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  4. All fabulous cards Ardyth! I think my favorite is the last one...that faux-watercoloring is gorgeous!

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  5. Super fun cards Ardyth!! I cannot wait to get my box and have a play!!

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  6. Such great projects Ardyth! LOVE that second one - the way you spotlighted the larger words - brilliant. And I love your watercolor one. Really great projects! :)

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  7. Beautiful!!! Love the bright colors and the watercolor feel of the Aloha card. 😍❤❤❤

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  8. Fabulous cards. Thank you for sharing different techniques on how to use the collection. All your creations are great but I especially love the watercolored beach. Using the watercolor technique made it feel as if I were on the beach.

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  9. Thank you for sharing the technique for the sentiment on the first card. It stands our so nicely.

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  10. Love the awesome sentiments in this SOA!!

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  11. 3 great cards and techniques! The individual triangle stamping to achieve the 3D background is a labor of love!!

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  12. Loving the faux watercolor technique. Thanks for sharing!

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  13. These are beautiful! I love this collection of tropical images.

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  15. Great cards... love the warm colors.

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  16. These cards are amazing and I love them all.

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  17. What great cards! I love them all! I'm going to have to try the faux watercolor.

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  18. All beautiful...hard to pick favorite...your very good at what you do.. I hope to be this talented one day...love this collection as well💖💞💖💞💖

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  19. Such lovely cards. I'm loving the faux water coloring technique. I've never tried it but will have to once I get this box.

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  20. I really like both your cards. The faux watercolored card is my favorite.

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  21. Great cards. The sentiments are so much fun.

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  22. Loving all the cards!!! What a great set of stamps and dies!

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  23. All lovely cards! I particularly enjoyed your "faux-watercolor" card. Such a good reminder of a technique I don't use enough! I also like the simplicity of the Your Vibe Attracts Your Tribe card. Simple pops of color are so powerful!

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  24. I don't think I'd have the patience to stamp all those triangles, but I will keep that eye-catching color combination in mind.

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  25. Your Vibe Attracts Your Tribe is such a cool sentiment. Loved your cards.

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  26. Your cards are always clever and creative. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  27. Love all your cards, but especially the Aloha card. Can't wait to get my collection to try these cards.

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  28. Love your colorful background using just the one triangle stamp, it turned out fab!

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  29. Three very different cards! That background you created on the first one is very cool. You completely rocked that sentiment stamp on the second card, and the clean look with the black and white border. What is not to love on that card. And I love the watercolor look of those trees, and the fact that you used that amazing background stamp on the kraft paper. Beautiful work!

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  30. I love your cards. The watercolor one is my fave!

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  31. Love all the cards. Thanks for sharing your techniques.

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  32. Wonderful cards! Clean designs and fabulously fun and vibrant.

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  33. Lovely cards! I love the 2nd card's design as well as
    that yummy lime green and the B&W accent.

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  34. Super fabulous cards, Ardyth! Wonderful!

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  35. Great cards and I'm loving this new collection! Thanks so much for sharing with us on this fun blog hop!!

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  36. I like your use of the background stamp. Initially it kind of stumps me, but with all the upcoming posts, after the release of the SOA, I am sure there will be lots if ideas to get my mind moving!

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  37. Love your cards, Ardyth. So creative as usual.

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  38. Very nice love the colors. Thanks for sharing

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  39. Love your beautiful cards!

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  40. Love all your cards! The 3 dimensional card is genius! This SOA set is awesome!

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  41. I love how you made those bold sentiments the centre of attention. TOTALLY impressed with the 3D-cube effect with the triangle stamp (kind of like an Escher design).
    I can't wait to see what you do with the hexagon dies...

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  42. Your cards are very creative. Especially like the use of the triangles in the first card! Hope I am lucky enough to get the set before they run out!

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  43. Great cards, can't wait to see more.

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  44. What fun cards! I love this release! The sentiments are really wonderful! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  45. Terrific cards! I am going to have to try that dimensional look with the triangles. Great color choices!

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  46. Great cards!!! This is certainly a fun collection!!!Thank you for sharing!

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  47. Ardyth you are amazing... love your cards!

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  48. Love the palm tree card and how you did it with water!!!

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  49. Such beautiful cards! Great job, I love it!

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  50. Lovely cards- but I especially like the sentiment on the first one- very inspirational.

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  51. Such beautiful cards ! 💕

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  52. All your cards are great but I especially love the last one - spritzing the inked stamp with water to give a water color feel. I like it. I need to escape to a deserted island!

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  53. So much fun. This stamp of approval is going to be amazing!!!!

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  54. Thanks for sharing your fun cards. I especially like the second one.

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  55. Wowzers Ardyth. Fabulous cards. I am over the top with this SOA.

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  56. Fantastic cards, Ardyth! I can't wait to get this collection!

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  57. OMG. Loving this collection and your cards! I never would have thought to create an entire background the way you did with the triangle stamp!!! That takes time and patience, for sure! Thank you for sharing your ideas.

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  58. Fun and beautiful cards. So many possibilities with this release.

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  59. I love the colors in your fearless card.

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  60. Looking forward to trying out some of these great ideas!

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  61. The sentiments are bold and to
    the point. Love the beach
    scene - simple and clean and
    so pretty. thanks for
    sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  62. The geometric backgrounds and borders are so fun and striking. Smiles, Darby

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  63. Your cards make me want to hop onto a plane to Hawaii! Thanks for sharing your talent!

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  64. Gorgeous cards, Ardyth! So love the dimensional background in the first card; thanks for sharing

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  65. Gorgeous, I do always love your cards. The watercolour card is lovely- I think it might be my favourite.

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  66. I love that you have created with this collection Ardyth. Can't wait to see what else you create.

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  67. Great personality in all of your cards! Beautiful! =)

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  68. I love how you got 3 totally different looks from a collection where everything coordinates.

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  69. Your cards are awesome. I really love your watercolor looking card with the palm trees. It just shows how many different styles you can get.

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  70. I just love your aloha card. You’re right. It looks like a picture perfect postcard. I hadn’t thought of offsetting the card front on a base. Great idea. I always love your cards.

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  71. Aloha - that card is gorgeous Ardyth. I can feel that sand between my toes.

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  72. Super cards...I especially love the geometric pattern one and the watercolored one. This is such a great collection!

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  73. These cards are amazing! I love this collection!

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  74. Awesome cards! I love them all.

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  75. Such fun creativity...love them all and seeing the versatility of the new SOA.

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  76. I love the wide variety of styles you used on your cards!

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  77. Beautiful cards! I am so in love with these products!

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  78. Beautiful beautiful beautiful.

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  79. Your ALOHA card looks like a painting!!! It's beautiful!

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  80. Great cards! I love that beautiful background you made on the first card!

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  81. I’m swooning over the beach scene Ardyth and love the bright colors mixed with bold patterns!

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  82. Beautiful cards! I really love the second card and how you made those two words stand out!

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  83. Love all of your cards. They bring the sunshine home

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  84. Thank you for sharing! Love the cards and the creativity! The Aloha card is amazing!

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  85. Bright and cheerful - would love to see how you did the triangle background - such a versatile stamp set.

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  86. Beautiful cards! What a great collection to draw from!!
    LDYJS@outlook.com

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  87. You have certainly showcased the stamps wonderfully. I especially like the card with the "find your tribe" sentiment. Great composition.

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  88. Very inspiring creations! Thank you for sharing them.

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  89. Beautiful cards - love the bright colours!

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  90. Loving the fun, funky look of these cards, your water really looks good on the last card. Love the colour pop on the first card & how your sentiments really stand out & what great font for them, loving, loving them. x

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  91. Gorgeous cards - love the sentiments.

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  92. Amazing cards, Ardyth! Love the fun backgrounds xx

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  93. Amazing cards. You pulled it off again.

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  94. cool - it does look like a cork board!

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  95. That Aloha card is fantastic! I love the summer vibes it sends!

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  96. I am a huge fan of your clean style of card making. Really love these inspiration cards. They are beautiful.

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  97. Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  98. Ardyth, Your cards are always incredible. I love each of these! The diamond design is wonderful and I'm not sure I would have thought of that! The canvas background looks like a sandy background on that last card! And I love these border stamps, they are each great and versatile! Thanks for sharing your creativity and talent!

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  99. I love my StampNation membership
    I love CP Designs
    I love SOA collections

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  100. Oh so clever making that background! As always just wonderful cards.

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  101. Love your cards. Just gorgeous and really creative. I think my favorite stamp set from the collection is the Tropically Yours with the borders in a close second. I always say I don't need any more stamps & dies and then I see the first product reveal and oh well. What's enough?

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  102. Oh my! That background made with 1 stamp is totally inspired!

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  103. Fantastic cards! Love the new sentiment stamps! Thanks for sharing!

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  104. Wonderful cards. I like the water color look on the one card.

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  105. Fantastic cards!
    Thanks so much for sharing...

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  106. Gorgeous cards! You'd have to look really close to see any gaps or over-stamping on that first card. Thank you for sharing the process of stamping the second sentiment. I'm still working on masking off words...not quite there yet!

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  107. love your cards - awesome work:)

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  108. Love, love, love the 3D background which makes he sentiment pop off the card. Your Aloha card makes me want to return to Hawaii.

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  109. The square cards are so fun! I need to use those more often.

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  110. Fabulous cards! I love the your vibe card!

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  111. Lovely cards, these sentiments are great.

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  112. All your cards are great ! I really love the background on the first one. And all your color combo are perfect for the season.
    [margessw(at)icloud(dot)com]

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  113. Wonderful range of cards you've shared today. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  114. Love your cards - they are gorgeous! I like your style!

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  115. Thank you for explaining the masking on the "tribe" and "vibe". I have to try that.

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  116. I love that you highlighted the sentiments with your text based cards.

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  117. loving your creative cards! They are wonderfully, colourfully designed! :)

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  118. Bright and cheery cards!

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  119. These are so creative! Love the Aloha card. Colors are fabulous!!

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  120. love the border stamp and how you used it. The last card is outstanding.

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  121. These are all great cards! Love how you used a triangle to make your background and your scene is so pretty.

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  122. Great colors and designs.

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  123. Great job on the cards. I love the colors on your first card.

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  124. Great cards! I especially LOVE that beach scene! The beach is my happy place and you hit the nail on the head!

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