Friday, 16 May 2014

Simon Says Stamp 'Pure Sunshine' Blog Hop


Hello, and welcome to Simon Says Stamp's Pure Sunshine Blog Hop. If you have arrived from Kathy Racoosin's gorgeous blog, I bet you have just been stunned by something AMAZING. (BTW, Kathy is not only unbelievably talented, but also one of the kindest, sweetest and most generous people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting).
If you have stumbled upon this hop, I recommend starting from the beginning HERE. :)

So… today sees the release of Simon Says Stamp's newest products. And they sent me some to play with. The adorable Balloons and Patterns Stencil Set contains 4 cute 3 x 3 stencils which can be layered over each other for some fun results!! For my card, I first inked the balloons with Hero Arts shadow Inks (Pale Tomato, Orange Soda and Lemon Yellow). Then I adhered the stripe stencil on top of the balloon stencil, and smeared over white embossing paste. Once I'd removed the stencils, I sprinkled the balloons with chunky Doodlebug glitter.
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Here you can see the stripes a bit mote clearly. Layerimng stencils is FUN!!!
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Look HERE to see the release in full. It's another good one!!

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Simon Says Stamp is giving away a goody bag to one commenter on every stop of the hop. Make sure you leave a comment here (and on all the stops) by 6pm EST on Thursday May 22nd to be in with the chance of winning. :)

Next up on the hop is one of my card making idols:
Enjoy!!!!
Supplies

537 comments:

  1. Your hot air balloons are so cool! I am going to make those! Thanks for your contribution to this fun hop!

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  2. SO cool...love the texture on these balloons!!

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  3. A very unique card. Love the colors.

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  4. Fabulous balloons!
    stamping sue
    http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/

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  5. Lovely card, amazing new products.

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  6. a card that really made me happy, LOVE IT!

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  7. Such a happy card with so much shimmer. Love the colors, they make me smile :)

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  8. I love to see stencils used and I love balloons, so this was great to see! Thanks.

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  9. what a fun, sparkly celebration card!

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  10. Such awesome texture and sparkle on these fun balloons! Love the card!

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  11. My absolute favorite card of all time!! Love your blog too!

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  12. Great, glittery balloons!

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  13. What a great fun card. Happy colours, wonderful texture and sparkle.

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  14. Fun! Never thought of stencil layering!

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  15. Glitter balloons! Love it.

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  16. I love this card! So fun and bright!

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  17. I love the layering technique, I would have never thought of it...Great job.

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  18. I love those glittery balloons - that is a wonderful card!

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  19. Can never have too much glitter. Love the card. Thanks for sharing.

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  20. omg! your card makes me happy!

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  21. Love this card. So much fun! Thanks for sharing!

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  22. Love all the sparkle, very cute card.

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  23. You are so creative and such an inspiration!

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  24. What a great idea Lucy, I love using embossing pastes and stencils but haven't thought of isolating elements to make a CAS card, love the effect with the glitter. Thanks for the inspiration x

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  25. What's not to love about stamps, embossing paste, and glitter? Such a cute card. This release looks to be another winner.

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  26. WOW your card is unbelievably awesome OMG you really did one fab creative job with your balloons WOW you really know your stamps and glitter you did one outstanding clever and creative job!!

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  27. This card is awesome, and I LOVE that chunky glitter!!!

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  28. Wow...great idea to add striped embossing paste and glitter to those balloons! They look fantastic! Love your card!

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  29. How fun ...love how you combined the embossing paste and glitter.

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  30. Oh, Lucy, those balloons are fabulous! Gorgeous sparkle and texture!

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  31. Wow what sparkle. Perfect for a Birthday

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  32. Love the colors and the glitter!!! WOOT WOOT!! Greta card!

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  33. Love this card, I feel you can never have enough glitter :)

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  34. Fantastic and festive!! I love it!

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  35. Fantastic and festive!! I love it!

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  36. Love the glitter balloons!!! Thanks Lucy!!

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  37. The shimmery balloons look so good!

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  38. Beautiful card! Love how you created the balloons! Great new release.

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  39. Your textured balloons are great. Very nice card.

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  40. Wow.. this card is definitely very cute! I love the balloons and I must try this technique.

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  41. Love all the sparkle on your balloons!

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  42. Fantastic card. Colors and glitter is so awesome.

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  43. Cute glittery balloons, adorable card!

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  44. So simple and fantastic....ooh the chunky glitter is fab!

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  45. Those balloons pop - nice!

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  46. Sweet, sweet card. Love it!

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  47. What a fabulous idea! Love you how layered the stencils. The dimension of the stripes and chunky glitter is awesome.

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  48. Cuuuuuuuuuttttttttttttteeeeeeeeeee!!! Loving it.

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  49. Haven't tried this stencil layering thing but looks great.

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  50. What nice sparkling balloons !!

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  51. So cute, love the sparkle on the balloons.

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  52. Glitters are so festive
    :-)

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  53. These are so fun and bright!! Love ur card

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  54. I always learn something new with your techniques-thanks for sharing.

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  55. cute, cute card! Thanks for sharing.

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  56. So cute and fun.
    Love the glittering.

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  57. Such a fun and happy card, love the sparkle!!!

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  58. WOW those balloons just pop (no pun intended). What an awesome card.

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  59. Love your color combinations and use of the new products!

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  60. Such a fun and bright and glittery card.. wow

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  61. Love the sparkly balloons!

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  62. these are BRILLIANT! oh my word. Love, love these balloons! FABULOUS card Lucy!!!! :)

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  63. LOVE the sparkle. so great!

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  64. Love it! Wouldn't mind getting this card myself!!

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  65. Oh my this is such a fun and sparkly card. I love it.

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  66. Love the colors youve used! Beautiful card :)

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  67. Gorgeous texture and sparkle!

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  68. that is so great to the stencil to get those stripes

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  69. Love this new release such fun new things

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  70. Very cool card! Love all the sparkle!

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  71. Lovely card. Great texture on those baloons.

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  72. Love the sparkles on the balloons.. Cute card!!

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  73. Love the bright, sparkly balloons! Thanks for sharing :)

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  74. Super cute card! Thanks:)

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  75. Love the sparkly balloons

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  76. What a fun, bright card!!

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  77. What a sweet card. Love the sparkly balloons! Beautiful card. I am just loving the beautiful new stamps and dies.

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  78. Love the way you layered those stencils!!!

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  79. Lovely, beautiful, sparkly balloons! I'm gonna have to try this technique! - Lisa Beeman

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  80. Love those glamorous balloons!

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  81. What a happy card! Diggin' the chunky glitter!

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  82. Awesome effect! Love the chunky glitter!

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  83. Boy am I going to try this. Happy card.

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  84. cool! I love the glitter lines! great texture.

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  85. What a clever way with balloons. Love it! Thanks so much.

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  86. So fun and glittery! Great job!

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  87. I love the sparkle and dimension on your balloons. Awesome technique.

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  88. Great card! Love the look of the balloons--they look like rock candy. Yum! tfs hugs, Kristina

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  89. I love the balloons! Great card to keep on hand for birthdays!

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  90. Great card, love the texture and glitter on those balloons! ;-)

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  91. Gorgeous card...love all the sparkle and dimension!

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  92. WOW!! LOVING your AMAZING Creation shared for today!! I LOVE the NEW Release!! =) THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chances to win!! Have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)

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  93. LOVE the glittery balloons. Super cute!!!!

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  94. Very cute! I love the stripes you added with the stencil. Glitter is always good an a birthday card. Thanks for sharing!

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  95. A girl can never have to much bling and this card is just perfect with bling.

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  96. Fun card! The balloons look great with the texture and the glitter!

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  97. How pretty - love the bright colors and the chunky glitter together!

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  98. Great use of the glitter, absolutely beautiful.

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  99. So adorable! Love this happy card!

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  100. Adorable! Anyone would love getting this card!

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  101. Love this card. The colors are great. So bold.

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  102. A happy, shiny birthday card! I love it!

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  103. Love these fun, glittery balloons!!

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  104. Your balloons are fabulous Lucy, such a fun card!

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  105. So bright and festive! Love it!

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  106. What a fun effect. So cute!

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  107. Fun card! Love all that texture on the balloons!

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  108. Ok, those balloons are wonderful!

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  109. Such a cute card! Love the sparkly stripes made with the stencil!! <3

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  110. Love the sparkly balloons!

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  111. Such a pretty card! Thank you for sharing. This release is so exciting. So many ideas!

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  112. So pretty, love the texture of the balloons.

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  113. Oh, I have such a weakness for balloons! Love the sparkles on the balloons!

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  114. So clever and so very cute!

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  115. Just love how you created your balloons with so much glitter and sparkle!

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  116. Your card is awesome.Love the glitter.

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  117. Love the blingie balloons!

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  118. Great card and exciting release!

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  119. Amazing! The color of the balloons really pops, what a cute card!

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  120. I love that stencil set. your card is great

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  121. What a colorful and playful card! I love the colors, the texture and the glitz! Great job!

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  122. Love love love your layered balloons!

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  123. Love the glittery balloons. So cute! Thanks!

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  124. what a sparkly card. Love it

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  125. What a fun, sparkly card! Perfect for a birthday.

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  126. OOohhh.. love those sparkly balloons! Perfect birthday card.

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  127. So cute, love the sparkle on the balloons.

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  128. Love the use of double stencils. Absolutely awesome collection. So many things to add to my wishlist - and I had thought I could stop buying supplies!

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  129. Love those glittery balloons!

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  130. Whooo! I love all the pretty bling!! Gorgeous card!TFS

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  131. Great card Lucy! I love your technique of layering stencils

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  132. I love cards with bling. The colour and sparkle in your card is so fun and happy. Thanks,

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  133. What a fun card! Thanks for the inspiration:)
    Carolee McCaslin

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  134. The glittery balloons are so cute!!

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  135. Love those sparkly balloons.

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  136. Now THAT'S a fantastic card! Love the sparkle!

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  137. Wow! I love the texture! What a fun card!

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  138. Love what you did with these balloons. Great card!

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  139. This card is so cute and clever!

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  140. Love this technique, and the colours are lovely

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  141. Your card is super cute... Really love it :)

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  142. Love those sparkly balloons!

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  143. Creative!!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  144. Love the technique!

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  145. Love the sparkly balloons! What fun!

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  146. Sparkly and shiny! What's not to love!?

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  147. Sugar coating - super SWEET on these balloons! Great job!

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  148. Love how you used the striped stencil with the balloon die and all that glitter is scrumptious :)

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  149. Those balloons are awesome!! I can't wait to try this technique.

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  150. WOW! What a great idea! I will definitely be trying that. Your card is gorgeous!

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  151. How cute is this..love the balloons and the layering of the stencils....gosh this is awesome!!
    I wonder if SSS could do layaway....lol that would be amazing
    good luck everyone
    marie

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  152. I love the texture on this fun card!

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  153. Perfect, sparkly balloons! Love it!

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  154. Who doesn't love some sparkly balloons on their birthday. What a wonderful card!

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  155. Your use of the embossing paste to give the balloons texture and sparkle is inspiring! I'm blown away!

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  156. What a fun card! Love the sparkles!!

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  157. Great card -- love your technique!

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  158. What a fantastic sparkly card!

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  159. So much really beautiful sparkle, Lucy! Thanks so much for being part of the hop!

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  160. What fun textured & glittery balloons! Super fun!

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  161. Love the bright colours and bling. Great idea with the layered stencils

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  162. Wow this card makes me smile the happy colors and I love the you used one of the small stencils to glitter your balloons it adds a nice dimension love it!

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  163. I am so excited to see your card. I ordered these small stencils earlier today. Your card is wonderful! Thank you.

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  164. Love Balloons, especially yours :P

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  165. Such a pretty card. Have never seen this technique before, it looks amazing!

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  166. Love the balloons and your card!

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  167. Yikes! That's some serious bling. Love how fun it is.

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  168. creative use of stencils - thanks for inspiration

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  169. I'm a glitter junkie and proud of it! so obviously I LOVE your card!

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  170. Great technique love it although I hate getting glitter everywhere.

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  171. Love how you did the balloons.

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  172. Great cards Lucy.....Love how you used the glitter

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  173. Glittery balloons..nothing prettier!

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  174. Love this card....it made me smile! I love the glittery look!

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  175. OMG This is gorgeous! Super cool techniqu

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  176. Love the glittery balloons! What a fun card for a child)

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