Simply Cardmaking with Laurel Beard

Influencer, Brand Ambassador, Blogger, Designer, Youtuber

Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes Collection Blog Hop with Video and GIVEAWAY

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Welcome to day TWO of the Stamp of Approval Blog Hop!!!   There are three days total and different designers are hopping along on each day! If you missed day one, please click HERE!  We’ve got a fun line up for you today! The Stamp of Approval collection will be available in two days! Yup, on July 13th, the collection could be yours!

To recap for those that may not know – Stamp of Approval is a hand picked, exclusive collection of products that were designed just for the box (the boxes are adorable by the way) that releases quarterly.The stamps and dies in the Stamp of Approval Collections are brand new on the market and won’t be released for individual sale for several months.  Not only do you get a box full of amazing stamps and dies, but you’ll get a FREE downloadable PDF Project Guide with tons of project tutorials using the items from the collection!   The first box released last year and sold out within hours, so be sure to subscribe to the Wait List so you will be emailed when the collection goes on sale to the world on July 13!

I have two cards and a video to share with you today! I made many more, but since this is a hop you have loads to see. So I’ll be posting the rest of my projects throughout the rest of the week!

First up, let’s take a look at the multi heat embossed card. I’ve got a video to go along with this card. You can watch it right here on the blog or over on my youtube channel in HD.

The Lattice Background in the collection is AWESOME! I paired the background with the wreath and bird from the Wonderful Wreath stamp set and the sentiment is from the Butterfly Notes stamp set (more cards using this set later this week).

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And a close up! Look at all the shine from the heat embossing!!!

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For my second card, I used the Butterfly Notes stamp set and the Wonderful Wreath stamp set for the sentiment. The products in the collection work beautifully together.

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How about a sparkly butterfly? Nothing is better than a sparkly butterfly! HA HA!

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Don’t forget! This is a 3 day blog hop! Today is day 2 and we’ve got some great designers joining us on the hop!  I am the last stop on the hop today! Be sure to check out each of their blogs for some amazing inspiration!!!  Blog Hop order:

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GIVEAWAY: We are giving away ONE ENTIRE COLLECTION to one lucky winner!!!!!  Just be sure to leave a comment on each hopper’s blog (links to all the hoppers are listed above) and whadabam, you are entered! The winner will be chosen on Thursday and will be announced on Catherine’s blog!

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To purchase the Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes collection, please click HERE and join the wait list!! You will be emailed the moment it is available for purchase on July 13th!

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  16. Loving the sparkle and shine on your background card. Have not tried colored embossing. Must try that. Love the butterfly and thank you card. Thanks for the great video!

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  17. That background stamp is gorgeous – love the way you used multi colors to heat emboss it! and the butterfly on the notes is so elegant!

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  18. As I plow through cancer treatments, I think how cool it would be to have one of these polka-dotted boxes filled with happy stuff arrive on my doorstep. What cool projects you always make, Laurel!

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  21. Gorgeous cards! Love that little bird in the wreath; love the wreath; love the butterfly. OK, I love them all!

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  25. Your first card is stunning. I never thought of combining different colors. So many techniques I want to try. Have a wonderful day.

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  45. I love the colors used in first card….gorgeous! I love the simplicity of the thanks card! Great Job!

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  49. Wow! Fabulous cards and absolutely love the butterfly card. Thanks for sharing and a chance to win.

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  50. Laurel – love these. Thank you also foe the video describing not only what you used, but also the reason you used them (i.e. The glossy accents over the bird). BTW, the little hand was adorable! I foresee a future card maker. ?

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  51. I love how the colors on the embossed background mixed together! And that copper colored embossed wreath – WOW!

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  52. Lovely cards Laurel .. your daughter picked great colours for that stunning background . The butterfly card is so elegant looking . Thank you for sharing .

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  55. Beautiful use of the set’s background stamp and wreath – to super gorgeous effect with the embossing! Love the multicolor and copper finishes! Then for the butterfly card- so simple and so lovely, just like the collection!

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  68. So pretty! Love how you explain how to do stuff as you make these cards. (Those cute little hands! ❤️)

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  87. I just love the way that you put your cards together Laurel! I really love the butterfly and would love to creat one just like it. Thank you so much for the chance to win a box of Stamps of Approval products.

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  88. Love your cards Laurel…great technique idea of using multiple colors of embossing powder for the background….I haven’t tried that…so that’s on my list for when I get the collection. I plan to buy it first thing on Wednesday…but boy it sure would be fun to win it this time!! Thanks for the opportunity

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  91. Never thought to do the different embossing powders technique like you did. Now something new to try! Love the colors your daughter chose.

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  93. Loved both cards and the techniques you used for the heat embossing. My heart really zinged with the butterfly note card. I’m a sucker for butterflies and just love the ones in this set.

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  95. Love those sweet birdies and musical notes that come with the stamp set. Actually, I love everything about this collection! Love how everything can be mixed and matched.

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  97. Loved your cards! I really loved the colorful background you did on the first one. I am never very good at embossing. I guess I need to practice more! 🙂

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  100. Your lattice background really does shine! It is gorgeous! I love your sparkly butterfly thank you card!!

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  104. Love the detail and background in card one (boy can you fussy cut). The second card it beautiful in its simplicity, it is so hard sometimes to know when to stop, especially when you have so much to choose from.

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  105. I love heat embossing. I never thought to emboss with a multitude of colors! Your cards are great! Thank you for sharing!

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  110. Love what you and your daughter came up with for the lovely lattice background stamp! Your cards are lovely, especially love how you used the vellum!

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  116. I mean, who doesn’t love a sparkly butterfly? The thank you butterfly card is my favorite. The color combo, the simplicity of the design is so powerful, down to the splatter. Love it.

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  117. Your cards are lovely. I really like the idea of embossing the wreath on vellum. Thank you for sharing.

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  121. Such pretty cards! I love how the use of the velum meant you didn’t have to cut out the center of the wreath!

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  123. That background stamp I just love! I know it’s gonna be my favorite 🙂 That glittery butterfly card is beautiful too! I love how simple but gorgeous it is.

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  127. Thank you for the great video on your card. I wouldn’t have thought of the neat way you altered the colors to correct the balance!

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  129. Shimmer girl! Love what you did with this new collection. The butterflies are very special but ALL of the items are a must have.

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  130. Love what you’ve done! And I’m going to have to look for some Zing embossing powder – those colors are amaZing! Thanks for sharing!

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  135. Beautiful cards, Laurel! I must say that Brutus Monroe Penny embossing powder really did make me think of a copper penny. Thanks for sharing today.

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  147. Love your butterfly card. So elegant. I’m for sure going to try the multi colored embossing. Very cool. Thanks for the video.

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  149. Super fun background with the various glitter embossing powders. Loved to see your daughter’s hand every now and then. Also is more fun to do crafts with a friend 🙂 The thank you card w/ butterfly and music notes is stunning.

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  156. I love the simplicity of the music notes and butterfly card! Stunning! Your daughter did a great job picking colors for the fun, bright background of the wreath card…I bet she loves to help!

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  157. Laurel, your little girl is going to take after you in the crafting department. How sweet of her to help. Love your cards. They are beautiful. I have vellum but have been afraid to use it. Can’t wait to try your method out and see if I can master it. How exciting!

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  164. Laurel, How fabulous is the embossed Wreath card?!! I love how fun and bright it is. I also love the Butterfly Thanks card is just lovely and yes, we love sparkly butterflies!

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  169. I love your multi-colored embossing technique. It makes this lattice background look great. I am definitely going to try that when I get my SOA collection. It would be so great to win it.

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  173. Love the background stamp and how you used different colors of embossing powders! Both are beautiful cards!

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  176. wonderful cards Laurel – love the colors your daughter chose and the CAS butterfly card is so classy!

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  180. I love how you followed through with what Catherine is doing on the website regarding embossing and showed us how to use the kit using the techniques she is doing on Stamp Nation. Really very original cards. Great use of the kit.

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  189. Using multiple colors of embossing powders was such a great way to highlight that beautiful background! The finished card is just lovely. I especially liked seeing your director’s sweet little hand in there telling you what to do!!

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  191. You’re colors are beautiful. I really need to try multi-colored embossing; I always love how it looks.

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  198. Beautiful !! I love the multi colored background behind the wreath but that butterfly…..OMG!!
    What did you use to make it so sparkly? What is the color ?

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  201. Wonderful cards! Thanks for the tutorial on making the multi-color background, it’s a great technique. The simplicity of the butterfly card is striking.

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  203. Your daughter picked great colors. They worked well together and the card looks great. I really like the butterfly thanks card you posted also – simple and elegant.

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  204. Beautiful cards. I am amazed by this SOA release. A little bit of awesomeness. Thanks for sharing.

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  210. Loving both of your cards. Especially the colourful embossed one. The Butterfly Thanks card is very classy. I love the mix of subtle colours and pretty glitter butterfly. Thanks for sharing. Axx

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  214. This is such a beautiful and bright card !!! Thank you so much for sharing, and the opportunity to win the stamp set !!!

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  215. Thank you so much for sharing. I love how you did the back ground. I letting us know to move fast over the velum.

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  217. Beautiful cards Laurel. I really enjoy watching your daughter pop in on your videos. She’s so adorable. She did good on showing you what colors to use.

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  225. I love the thank you card! The butterflies in this kit rock! I’m so excited to get this kit!!

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  229. Love the embossing of the lattice background! Never thought of doing different colors like that when embossing! What a great idea! Liked your little helper too!

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  231. 2 beautiful cards Laurel, saw the first one on the FB group, and the background is simply fantastic, and the second one is so pretty with the soft shades. 2 beauties!

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  233. The effect you created with your embossing of that Birdie and wreath look like enamel on copper. Spectacular!

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  234. Butterflies and music together, PERFECT! I loved that idea and now that I finished my first blog hop, I need to go back and look some more. Who needs TV with all these cards to admire? Hoping to create something of my own after visiting all these great designers. Prize looks amazing too. Thanks.

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  242. I’m so loving this kit. All the components are so versatile and work so well together! Fabulous cards

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  245. Fun! Colorful! Elegant! I must try the multiple embossing technique. Love the simplicity of the butterfly card.

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  256. Nice use of the back ground stamp – I like that you made a statement with it and used multi colors of embossing powder.

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  264. Great cards! Really love your use of the background stamp with multiple colors of embossing powder. Thanks for showing us how to make this beauty!

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  266. Both cards are amazing. My fav is the butterfly card. It is so elegant. Can’t wait until I can order the box. Whole lotta loving with this box.

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  272. Love that new lattice background. Love the butterflies. Love the birds. Love the music note. I just LOVE it all. Beautiful cards. Anxiously awaiting the SOA release on Wednesday. Teresa Rawnick

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  274. Both your cards are fantastic, I love the multicoloured embossed lattice background, so gorgeous! I also really love your second card too, you made that butterfly look so pretty. Thanks for the awesome video as well!

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  277. Love both cards and enjoyed the video… Thanks for sharing and have a great day! PS love that penny copper colored embossed wreath that made it very cool

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  283. Hi Laurel ~ You had me at the shimmer and shine of your beautiful Latticed background card with that lovely wreath! GOR-JUSS!!! The softness of the shimmery butterfly card is outstanding (I tried to add splatters like you do…the results were NOT good!!). Thanks for including the video….off to watch it and listen carefully for you to make me laugh. Again! ~HUGS~

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  285. Thanks for the great video on creating a multi-color embossed background. I’ll definitely be giving it a try. Gorgeous cards! I think the butterfly card is my favorite but then I really like clean and simple so it’s not surprising. I particularly like the music behind the butterfly. Nice touch. Thanks for all the inspiration!

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  288. Gorgeous cards! Love the sparkle! Really love the multi-color embossing! Thanks for sharing your ideas

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  290. I SIMPLY LOVE ALL YOUR CARDS!!! I love the colors, the techniques, everything!!! thank you for your video & post!

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  293. Love the background with the different colors of embossing powders. The 2nd card is very beautiful.

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  295. Yes, I love a sparkly butterfly. And a sweet bird with flowers on it and a musical strip to go with it and that gorgeous background. I could go on.

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  296. What gorgeous cards Laurel! Thank you so much for sharing them with us! I love the video! Such awesome colours!

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  307. Such pretty cards…….I like both of them,but my favorite is the sweet and simple butterfly card.

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  308. Thank you for the video – On the close up of the card I was thinking “how’d she do that?” I see that flecks of the different colors of embossing powder overlaid other colors – what an interesting effect. Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards.

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  311. Thank you Laurel for showing your techniques on the first card. So pretty! I do love the second card.

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  323. The banner is so cute. I’m learning and the kit will be a huge help. Butterflies are my fav too.

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  329. Love your cards. Can’t wait to get my hands on this new kit! Endless ideas for the stamps and dies already.

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  334. Beautiful cards. Love the background stamp. Your thank you card is so pretty and simple. Love it! this is an awesome stamp collection.

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  338. Thank you for the video. LOVE the use of all the embossing (my favorite technique). And to use the multi-colors on the background…Brilliant! I’m going to do this card!

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  340. Just lovely Laurel. Excellent use of the products. I can see how versatile this collection will be. Fingers crossed for a win, I could use the boost.

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  347. Very pretty cards and great products! Thanks for sharing your creativity and for the chance to win in this generous giveaway.

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  356. Both cards are beautiful, but I’m especially loving the simple elegance of the butterfly card. Can’t wait to get my SOA to try to reproduce it!

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  357. Thank you for the video. The colours in the background of the wreath card are so pretty. The butterfly Thank
    you is simplicity & elegance in itself. Thanks!

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  363. So fun to see you playing with the SOA products! I love your multi-colour embossed background. What a great look (with your daughter’s input).
    Best wishes with the move this week! I wish you a seamless transition into your new home and crafty space 🙂

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  371. More beautiful cards. Love what you did on the butterfly card.
    What a fantastic kit. I bet this one sells out fast!

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  373. I do soooo love your cards. You are so funny and great. I wish I could do what you do. But I’ll just keep dreaming. So want to get the SOA collection but I never have enough money(sad face). Thanks for the chance to win one!!

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  375. Laurel, your videos always make me smile! I love both cards! I love the colorful lattice background and peeks of your daughter’s little hands! What a little helper! I love this collection and can’t wait to see what else you create using it.

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  385. I had not seen that multi-colored emobossing before. What cleverness! I will have to be trying that tecnique. Beautiful cards; thanks for sharing!

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  387. Oh my goodness, I love your cards. I am so excited to get this box so I can use that background stamp! And of course I love vellum, I just think it adds class to anything. I love the butterfly sitting on the notes and the beautiful splatter on the second card.

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  388. My favorite is the card with the butterfly and music notes. I will be using your clever design on a black card with white embossing and gold birds.

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  391. I’m currently taking the Heat Wave card class, so this card is perfect! Now I’m off to go emboss something!

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  395. I love that multi background Laurel, very cool technique. Thanks for sharing your ideas (and for leaving in the glimpses of the next generation of stampers, so cute!) Fingers crossed that I win a box.

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  402. That lattice bg stamp is awesome and I’m loving the multicolored embossing technique. I also love your thank you card. It’s so clean and beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  403. Love what you did with the lattice background stamp and the gorgeous simplicity of the butterfly thank you card! Beautiful!!

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  406. I love your cards and all the sparkle and shine. I especially love the Lattice background, and oh my the shine on the butterfly….I’m a big fan of butterflies and dies so any collection with these in them is a winner for me. I love love love this one Catherine is bringing out and so hope I’m fortunate enough to purchase the box. Thank you for sharing your designs. Happy day and stamping

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  407. Great cards! I am a huge fan of the embossed cards and yours are beautifully done! Thanks for sharing !

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  412. Beautiful cards. I really love the butterfly card. This collection is full of such wonderful stuff to play with.

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