Wednesday, 23 January 2013

Simon Says Stamp's Valentine's Blog Hop


Hello, and welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Valentine's Day Blog Hop. Love is in the air, and Simon Says Stamp has made it easier than ever to create amazing Valentines for your loved ones with their stunning new release stamps and dies. I was asked to create a card with their new products, but I made 2... their stamps are just too awesome.
For my first card, I decided to create a poem with some of the awesome sentiment stamps. First, I stamped the 'Hey There', the 'I Love You' and the 'More and More Each Day' (which I masked and altered) from the Talk Bubbles 2 set, then I stamped the 'on a day' message from the Just a Love Note set. I die cut the little speech bubbles with THESE dies and all the sweet hearts are from THIS adorable must-have set. I love ALL these products. Seriously LOVE them.
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And for my second card, I decided to make something more masculine... :)
These kitties from the Furry Kisses set are ADORABLE. I love them so much. And I thought they went beautifully with the 'Wanna Cuddle' sentiment from the Simon in Love set. Cute sets. :) Oh, and that ticket was in the January Card Kit. It's the reverse of a couple of THESE Tim Holtz tags.
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What would a blog hop be without a giveaway?
Leave a comment by 9:00 AM EST on 31st January to be in with a chance of winning an amazing Simon Says Stamp goodie bag. The owner of SSS is awesomely generous, so I know this prize will be a good one. :)
Thanks for visiting! The next stop in the Simon Says Stamp Valentine’s Day Blog Hop is the amazing Lisa Addesa. If while hopping, you encounter a broken link, you can
go back to the beginning for links to everyone who is participating in the hop.
Have fun!
Supplies
Hey There
Wanna Cuddle

615 comments:

  1. hehe how totally cute.. great cards and loving these fun stamps..thanks for sharing..

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  2. Great cards, Lucy! Your speech bubble card is brilliant! Love how you made the kitty cat card so masculine!

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  3. Wanna cuddle is my favourite! :-)

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  4. Awesome cards! I especially love the colors of the first one!

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  5. Love the simplicity of these cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Very cute! I like the tan patterned paper you used on the first card.

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  7. Really cute cards, especially the one with the cats - love it!

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  8. I love the little poem. You did a awesome job.

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  9. Love the poem card. You did awesome!

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  10. This is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. i love how you arranged those cute speech bubbles!

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  12. both of these are so cute, but gosh, I so love the 'wanna cuddle' sentiment! :)

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  13. Love the sentiment on the second one :) So fun!

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  14. Love the use of negatives from the heart dies on the first card!

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  15. Love the stitching! and the kitties are cute!

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  16. This collection looks awesome!

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  17. Speech bubbles are too cute!
    Martha

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  18. Oh....I LOVE both of your cards. They look amazing!
    Hugs and smiles

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  19. Super cute cards...the kitty's are adorable!

    Julie H in MN

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  20. Such cute projects! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  21. Really cute cards, I love them both and I like that you made them more masculine. The bubbles are wonderful, love those things!

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  22. Oh, my! What beautiful cards! I love the first one!! (the second one is adorable, too!!)

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  23. I love the colours you have picked for these. They are simple, but stand out beautifully

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  24. I love the first card, it inspire me on using different sentiment on a card

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  25. It's my first time at your blog but I absolutely love your cards! Be sure that I'll stuble here again :)

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  26. Lovely cards! I thought what you did with the multiple stamps to create a poem was pretty awesome =) Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.

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  27. Wow, I love them both. Love the conversation bubble die cuts in the first and the color palette you chose in the second.

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  28. AMAZING Lucy!!! Love these Fabulous Creations!!!! xoxoxoxo

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  29. Love how you made a card for a female and a male. Thanks for sharing.

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  30. I love those speech bubbles... and the cats are so adorable.. amazing cards.. thanks for sharing

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  31. Love both cards. I may have to take a break from the hop to buy that heart die. I love it!!

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  32. beautiful cards. i especially like the conversation on the first card.

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  33. Clever use of the speech bubbles!

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  34. I like them both - --but the first one may have just given me an idea for a card for my husband! Thanks for sharing!

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  35. Like the idea of using these non-traditional colors for Valentines Day cards especially for masculine cards. V-day is so girly colors sometimes it's hard to come up with cards that don't look girly. thanks for sharing.

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  36. Lucy, thanks for doing TWO awesome cards! I love how you used the sentiments on the first card and how you used the Tim Holtz tag on the second.

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  37. These are both so amazing! You never cease to amazing me with your talent

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  38. Great layout-love those papers!

    Hugs from Brazil

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  39. Hey, wow I've never done the first comment but here it goes: Very cute cards and thanks for making a masculine one- That's a challenge for me!

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  40. Those kittehs are already on my wish list. Cute card!

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  41. Both cards are so cute Lucy, and I really like the first one a lot, as it´s so easy and simple, but yet soooo awesome. Stunning work as always hun.

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  42. I love those kitties! Gotta get that set!

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  43. 2 really fabulous cards, Lucy!! I love the stitching on the first card and the woodgrain pattern behind the kitties is so cute!

    -Stephanie
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  44. I LOVE your cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

    fourjacksonsmn at hotmaildotcom

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  45. Lucy, your cards are both so wonderful! I am loving the gorgeous subtle woodgrain and cute critters on the second one!

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  46. Love the 2 different unique cards. On today's blog hop there are so many unique cards. How do you come up with such wonderful ideas.

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  47. fabulous cards...the second one is definitely one I could give to my hubby. Onepinkdaisy

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  48. Love the masculine card. Thank you for the inspiration!! Your cards are really cute. :)

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  49. Love the masculine card. Thank you for the inspiration!! Your cards are really cute. :)

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  50. Your speech bubbles have left me speechless! What a cute idea!

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  51. Love how you did the sentiment in the first card!

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  52. TWO ADORABLE CARDS!!?? These are AWESOME Lucy! I want to use my Tim Holtz stapler like this now too.

    So much fun!
    Thank you!

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  53. great cards! LOVE how you made the poem on the first card, and the neutral colors on the second card are great!

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  54. Both cards are so cute! Love the non-traditional colors! Great work!

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  55. Love your cards! Would love to win the goodie bag! Thanks! :)

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  56. Great cards you made!
    I loved that you stamped all the sentiments on the bubbles!
    tfs!

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  57. Simple but really beautiful designs.

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  58. I really like you valentine's day card - the speech bubbles are so cutr.

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  59. Wow, I really love your cards, especially the second one.

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  60. Hi Lucy. I always look forward to your card creations. You are so creative. Your style is what I like in a card. Thanks for sharing

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  61. I'm normally drawn to color but your grey card is perfection! So simple and SO sweet!

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  62. I love both of the cards, so cute! I especially love the little bit of sewing on the first one with the color of the background peeking through. :)
    -Kelli

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  63. Both cards are fabulous, love the stamps and die-cuts
    Louise :)

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  64. Two super fun, super fabulous cards!! I've been debating on the Talk Bubble stamps and dies, now I think they are going into my already full cart!!

    Linda

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  65. Lucy your cards are a very nice. I love the one with the kittens and the background they're on reminds me of cheese which is so cute!

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  66. LOVE the stitching and the simplicity of using the staples!

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  67. Great cards, Lucy! Those kitties are adorable!

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  68. Great Cards!!! I am going to have to put a lock on my accounts viewing all these cards and seeing the wonderful designs with the new products!!!

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  69. these cards are really sweet !! Love that !!

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  70. So adorable! I love how you used the quote dies/stamps to reate a conversation.

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  71. Both cards are great! I have that furry kisses stamp so I think I'll have to steal your idea. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win.

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  72. Love the clean style that you used for these cards!

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  73. I adore both of your cards! I especially love the one made with the Furry Kisses stamp set! I gotta get me that set!

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  74. These are gorgeous cards. I need to CASE the top one for my husband, I absolutely love the three part sentiment! This blog hop rocks!

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  75. Those cute cats are the lovelies I've ever seen!

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  76. Cute card. hope I win..ctdn.stancil@gmail.com

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  77. Cute cards and cleverly designed. Thanks for sharing your art.

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  78. Fabulous cards! I love the speech bubbles and heart cutouts! Thanks!

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  79. Both are fabulous...love the cat card...love to win!! Lee-Ann :)
    leekubinec@gmail.com

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  80. Both cards are adorable and oh, so pretty. I really like your faux iPhone chat layout on the first card.

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  81. I always enjoy seeing the cards you create - so inspirational. Thanks so much for the chance to win a goodie bag.

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  82. masculine cards are are always appreciated. Good job. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  83. Both the cards are jus awesome...... jus came hopping and found a wonderful blog..... so now i have a one blog to follow....... :)

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  84. oh my! I love your cards. super creative

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  85. Your cards are awesome. I'm totallly loving that poem!! Such a cute idea. :)

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  86. Thanks for the chance to win! Love the cards!

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  87. wonderful as usual! Thanks for the inspiration - love the hearts!
    Sandra ltb

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  88. What awesome cards. Love the cut out hearts and the cute cats :)

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  89. Gorgeous cards! I love the super bright colors on the first card and the second card is so pretty with that cute stamp! :)

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  90. Both cards are great! I like that the more masculine card is still cute :)

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  91. Fab cards, would never have thought to use different sentiments on the same card but it looks brill. As for the cats, awwwwww

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  92. OHHHH these little cats are so cute ^^

    Hugs from France
    Lunéa♥
    http://luneabidouille.canalblog.com/

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  93. I like the first one more, but the second one is wonderful too...

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  94. LOVE the cards! so cute! thank you for sharing :)

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  95. love the speech bubbles! such a cute card! TFS.

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  96. Love the Wanna Cuddle with the cats, soooo cute!!!

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  97. Looks super cute! Thanks for sharing!

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  98. Love the cats cuddling together.

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  99. Two cute cards. Love the talking bubbles.

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  100. These cards are just lovely--and I love the hearts that are cut out w/the red showing underneath! Thanks for the inspiration...

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  101. Love your poem idea, so simple and heartfelt

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  102. The sentiment on the first card speaks right to the heart! Lovely!
    xo
    Eleonor

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  103. if you don't have to tell me twice about trying to win-SimonStamps-anything!! LOVE THIS!! Thanks for the chance!

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  104. Your cards are so adorable. Love the cute little details. Like the staples and the stitching.

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  105. Gotta be in it to win it ;)

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  106. love the variations of sayings

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  107. Love both cards! The poem on the bubble dies is such a fabulous idea. The masculine card - love that stamp...have mine and can't wait to use it.

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  108. Wonderful cards! Can't wait to use the stamp in your 2nd card!

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  109. Two is better than one. . . thanks for sharing and the chance to win.

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  110. What an adorable word bubble card! Adore!

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  111. Oh my goodness, Lucy...your cards are absolutely adorable! You've inspired me so much, that I'm off to check out the store!!!
    Thanks so much for sharing your creativity with us...it's always a pleasure to visit your blog :-)

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  112. I love how you used stitching and staples on the cards!

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  113. I LOVE the use of the speech bubbles on the first card. thanks for the chance to play and hopefully win.

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  114. Adorable cards! Especially love the masculine one as I always get hung up trying to come up with one!

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  115. I can't get enough of Simon Says stamps dies! Your cards are adorable!

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  116. Lucy, your cards are very clever and I love the color combos. The talk bubbles work so well. Thanks to SSS for a chance to win.

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  117. I love the card with the message bubbles. It is such a good idea because sometimes one sentiment is just not enough.

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  118. Love how you have used the hearts as a negative , they look fab x

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  119. what a great way to make the first card, a little poem! Creative. I also like the non-traditional colors on the second card.

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  120. Those talk bubble dies and stamps are great! I just ordered a set! Thanks for the opportunity to win a prize! :)

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  121. thanks for the chance to win.

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  122. Love the stamps: Talk Bubbles 2 and Furry Kisses. Your little touches are very nice; the staples and stitches just right.

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  123. Both cute cards..LOVe those cats!

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  124. You have a very cute style! I love the cat card.

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  125. I like the use of the word bubbles. Makes a very interesting effect. Great cards!

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  126. I need that cat stamp! It's so darn cute. Love the masculine feel of your cat card with the muted colours and woodgrain background. And your first card is stunning. You always make designing cards look so simple...

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  127. I just love those cut outs! It's just so perfect with the color peeking through. Great cards!

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  128. As always, your cards are wonderful! Those two kitties are adorable!

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  129. Wow. The paper on the "wanna cuddle" card is fabulous!!!!

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  130. Fantastic burnt orange, and I love the stitching on the first card, and that woodgrain background is simply gorgeous behind the cute cats! Love the rugged stapling...
    Alison x

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  131. I love the "wanna cuddle" card! It's so simple but soooo cute. I think those kitties are fabulous.

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  132. I love your cards! :)

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  133. I love the Wanna Cuddle card. Adorable.

    pippirose59 at gmail dot com

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  134. Love your cards and the new products! Thanks for sharing

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  135. What great SSS products - I can see why you couldn't stop at just one card! Both cards are adorable!

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  136. Combing the sentiments into a poem? Fabulous idea!

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  137. Awesome cards! Thank you for sharing!

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  138. I like the simplicity of your design...and the cats card is so cute!

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  139. I'm 99.9% always choosing the lovey-dovey hearts with pink and reds, but today I'm choosing your awesome neutral card with the kiddies!!! SO cute!!!! :D

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  140. love that speech bubble idea! Awesome... cute cards and thanks for the inspiration:)

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  141. These are great. Love the sentiment on the second one, so sweet.

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  142. So adorable! Lovin the kitties!

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  143. Those kitties are so, so cute! Love both of your cards, Lucy!

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  144. Oh my goodness, both of your cards are so dang cute! I totally love those images you chose!

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  145. Totally cute cards and stamps! Thanks for the giveaway chance :)

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  146. I love your cards and your use of negative space. Thanks for sharing.

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  147. Great cards...I love those speech bubbles.

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  148. i love the cards!!!!! Great job!

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  149. love both your cards! I have the stamps from your first card and I love them!!! :D

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  150. Beautiful Valentines cards love the sweetness of them thanks for sharing

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  151. Such fun cards! I am in love with the first one! Love all the word bubbles and the hearts!

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  152. Great cards and great inspiration! Many thanks!!

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  153. Love these cards .. they're so sweet!

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  154. Love your cards! Love the way you used the sentiments on the first card!

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  155. loving the negative heart cut outs!!! I'm also a huge fan of your manly card, it's perfect and a great inspiration!
    Lisa

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  156. I cannot decide which card I like better! Both of them are super!!

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  157. Your cards are wonderful! I especially love the talk bubbles. Thank you for a chance to win a goodie bag!

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  158. GREAT stitching on the side...LOVE the staples too!

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  159. I DO like the speech bubble idea

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  160. Your cards are wonderful. I love them! Hugs! xx

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  161. Oh my! these cards are fab. Thank you for the chance on winning this generous giveaway...

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  162. Those cards are just beautiful!!! I'm just sayin......

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  163. Hi Lucy,
    I just want to say.... I LUV UR CARDS. TFS
    Hugs,
    Trish x

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  164. So cute Lucy, I love the heart card so much!!! Darling!!!
    I'm excited over this blog hop and goodie bag. I wonder what in it...Hmmm? So curious!!! hehehe!

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  165. Love the clean and simple designs! And colors :)

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Thanks for your lovely comments. I really appreciate each and every one.