Thursday, April 30, 2020

Pinkfresh Studios April Release and a Giveaway!

Hi Everybody! How are you all doing? I am hanging in there (so much going on)... luckily I have the happy distraction of joining Pinkfresh Studio for their April Stamp and Die Release! This is such a great release and I'm excited to share four cards with you today.

For my first card I used a stamp set called Take Pride (main floral image),  another called, Simply Sentiments Hello (sentiement), and the Believe in Yourself die (Believe). I started out by stamping the floral image in black ink and watercoloring it with my Daniel Smith watercolor paints. Then I cut the image out with the coordinating die. 
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Next, I grabbed a piece of watercolor paper and taped off the background. I ink blended the background with Distress Oxide ink. Then, I splattered the background with water, a shimmer pen  from Tonic Studios, and white metallic ink from Hero Arts. I heat embossed the sentiment onto the bottom of this sheet.
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I die cut the word, "Believe," four times out of black cardstock. I glued each layer together to create dimension. I wanted the sentiment to really pop so I used a white gel pen to write, "Believe," on the die cut. 
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I glued my floral piece to my card front and added, "Believe" on top of that. The final touch was to add some white rhinestones (Hai Supply).
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For my second card I used the same stamp set but went for a one layer card and used my Copic Markers. This card has a much softer look than the first one does. 
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After coloring the main image I used my Cool Gray markers to color the inside of the circle to make it pop. I used two different stamps to create the sentiment which I absolutely love (yes, I did stamp surgery and cut one of the stamps in half).
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It's pretty rare that I create a one layer card but I was determined to keep this one simple. I finished it off by splattering a little bit of gray ink onto the background and adding some subtle rhinestones.
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For my third card I used the new Ornate Floral Die. I cut it out three times in black cardstock, glued the layers together and set it aside. While that dried, I ink blended the background with Distress Oxides. I also splattered the background with Glitter Gloss from Tonic Studios.
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I heat embossed the "hello" from Simply Sentiments Hello in turquoise. I heat embossed the rest of the sentiment in white. I adhered the die cut onto the background and added my sentiment to the top. A variety of sequins and embellishments added a little texture and shine to this card.
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For my last card I used a sentiment from the Simply Sentiments Hello set (this set is seriously so good). I ink blended the background to create a cloud scene. Then I added a rainbow embellishment from Hai supply and the heat embossed sentiment. they go perfectly together and this card came together in minutes.
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Here's a closer look at the rainbow. It's so fun and that little heart on the cloud is such a sweet touch. 
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Ok, you guys, that is it for me today but before I go I wanted to let you know that Pinkfresh Studio has some giveaways! First, you can enter to win a $25 gift certificate just by leaving a comment here on my blog. Pinkfresh will also be giving away this entire release on their blog, IG and YouTube channel. Good luck to all of you! The winners will be announced on May 8th over on the Pinkfresh Studio Giveaway Page. Winners must claim their prize within two weeks so be sure to check to see if you've won.
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Pinkfresh Studio is also offering FREE SHIPPING  to US addresses when your order is $35 or more. International shipping is also discounted for orders over $35. Happy shopping!
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I hope you all have an amazing day today! Keep on hopping along with all of the amazing Pinkfresh Studio inspiration by following the blog roll below.

Bye for now!
Maria Willis



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125 comments:

  1. Supercute! I am in love with this release! ❤️❤️😍😍😍

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  2. so much FABULOUSNESS in one post, WOW, your eye for color is amazing girl.

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  3. Beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing.

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  4. Awesome set of cards from the new release!! Love the ornate floral die in black! And your rainbow card is so colorful :)

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  5. Amazing!! Loving this new release!!

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  6. These are gorgeous! I love the 2 versions of the Take Pride set and using the black outline of the floral cover plate on the "hello" card really makes those colors pop. Your clouds on the last card are so pretty behind that cure rainbow embellishment.

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  7. Beautiful set of cards.. love each of them... my favorite is first one with bright colors.

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  8. Wow girl!! Your cards are the bomb!! Love those bold colors!! Especially that purple, love it!! That rainbow card was awesome! TFS!

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  9. Love the purple background on the Believe card! Beautiful cards!

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  10. Love the black outline cover die on the blended colour background Lovely

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  11. So many pretty projects! Really loving that pop of purple on the first one!!

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  12. i know many friends who are going to love that purple background

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  13. I love the card using Ornate floral die, lovely ink blending.

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  14. I love the rainbow card, it makes me smile!

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  15. Love this release! My shopping list keeps getting longer...

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  16. Beautiful! I really love the Ornate Floral one. Thanks for sharing your talent!

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  17. So many wonderful designs and cards! Love the bold colours on the first card, the next two are simply stunning and totally up my alley, and how cute is that little rainbow? Love them all!

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  18. Gorgeous cards! I love the floral panel over the ombre background, and the wreaths are just lovely!

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  19. So much lovely inspiration! The first card is
    so bright, bold & cheerful.

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  20. Such pretty cards. My favorite is the black cover die outline over the beautiful colors.

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  21. You have created amazing cards from this release. Beautiful colors.

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  22. Oh that floral die with the gorgeous background!!!

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  23. Thank you for sharing. I especially love your color choices on the second card.

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  24. Lovely designs, all of them and the showstopper at the end, that fabulous rainbow!

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  25. WOW! What an innovative release, so many great new toys

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  26. All the cards are beautiful! Though the Ornate Floral die card is my favorite. Maybe because it is so striking and bold!

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  27. Such pretty cards, thank you for the inspiration.

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  28. Love all your cards but the one that looks like stained glass is stunning.

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  29. I love your cards. My fav is the one with the ornate floral die and hello sentiment.

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  30. I really like the sentiments you chose for each card. Great work.

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  31. Your cards are so fun and inspiring. Thanks for sharing your talents. I always love seeing the Pinkfresh releases, and all the wonderful ideas from the talented DT. Thank you.
    Karen L

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  32. Love your cards, but my absolute favorite is the one you made using the Ornate Floral die. I love the colors and your beautiful ink blending background.

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  33. I love your bright vivid backgrounds! Especially that purple and the clouds!

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  34. A great set of cards! It was fun to see how different your first two cards are in feeling with the same stamp set.

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  35. What beautiful work you have done. I love the Pinkfresh sentiments, they are so sweet and thoughtful.

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  36. Gorgeous cards! I love your use of color, bold and vibrant vs soft and understated - fantastic!

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  37. I really like all your cards, but my favorite is the ink blended background with the black die cut. That really caught my eye! 😍

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  38. Your cards are fabulous! Great new products from Pinkfresh.

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  39. Wow so many beautiful cards with such wonderful new products!

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  40. Such fantastic cards! Love the colors.
    Thanks so much for sharing...

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  41. Love the cards. Thanks for sharing the many ways to use these new products. Great Job!

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  42. Lovely cards--I like the different looks that you achieved with the floral image!

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  43. Love your watercolor!!! Love your cards!! Love PinkFresh!!!

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  44. Beautiful cards! I especially love the one with the floral cover die, the ink blending is perfection and that last card is darling!

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  45. Woo! That vibrant purple card is something else! 💜💜💜 Nice work 😃

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  46. Oh my goodness. It looks like you had a great time with this release also. Your cards are just gorgeous.

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  47. Loving the bold colors on your cards.

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  48. Your vibrant purple background and the shading behind the ornate flora die is unexpected and eyecatching!

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  49. Great blending, cute embellie! My pocketbook is going to be hurting after this release! Thanks for the inspo!

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  50. These cards are beautiful. Especially love the ornate floral card - the black outline and the ink blending is stunning

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  51. Gorgeous cards, love the bright colors!

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  52. Beautiful cards!! I love the floral background die one, the ink blending is just amazing!!

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  53. Awesome cards! I especially love the Ornate Floral die and the colors you used with it! Beautiful!

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  54. beautiful cards with bright and vivid colours

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  55. beautiful vibrant colors. Love the cards

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  56. Love that vibrant distress inked background!

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  57. Awesome cards and an awesome new release!

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  58. So pretty! Thanks for sharing your great ideas! Will be following you for sure!

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  59. Love your cards! Thank you for sharing!

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  60. What wonderful creative inspiration!! This release is totally AMAZING and I am so enjoying seeing the different products used on each stop along the hop! Your card projects are INCREDIBLE...

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  61. What wonderful creative inspiration!! This release is totally AMAZING and I am so enjoying seeing the different products used on each stop along the hop! Your card projects are INCREDIBLE...

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  62. I like the color choice of the amaze and hello card. Nice background on the believe share.

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  63. Just loving the happy bright colours you used on all these cards!

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  64. Wonderful collection of cards.
    Love the purple in the first.
    The ring of flowers make a
    wonderful card. thanks for
    sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  65. These are lovely. The one with the floral cover die is gorgeous with that great ink blending.

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  66. I love the colors that you've used on your cards! All are so pretty!

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  67. The Ornate Floral die with the black is amazing! Beautiful ink blending on all your projects! Thanks for all the inspiration!

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  68. I love every single card you made but the purple stole my heart!

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  69. Your cards are absolutely gorgeous. I especially love the first one -- that background is amazing. Love this fantastic release.

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  70. Fantastic cards! I love your ink blending and the clouds are fantastic!

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  71. Love the color choices on the You Amaze Me card. So lovely!

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  72. Love your cards and choice of colors

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  73. Wonderful cards. I love how your one-layer card seems to have dimension - gorgeous!

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  74. Terrific cards that are sure to bring a smile. I love the "you are my rainbow" card the best, but that's just at this moment. Thank you for sharing your work!

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  75. Your vivid colors look just wonderful. So happy.

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  76. Beautiful cards. I love the purple background and also the black flower overlay.

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  77. The clouds are pretty, but the hello card is amazing!! I am so scared of stamp surgery, seems the letters are so close I chicken out every th time! Thanks and please continue to stay safe!

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  78. Gorgeous cards! Love all the colorful florals and rainbow.

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  79. These are just fabulous cards, love the elements and beautiful colours.
    Valerija xx

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  80. What lovely, varied cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  81. The purple believe card is just gorgeous!!

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  82. Gorgeous cards and so eye-catching, Maria! I love the beautiful Take Pride stamp set! Your inspiration is wonderful! Take care! :)

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  83. Awesome creations! I especially love the second Take Pride floral on the white cardbase!

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  84. I love them all, but the first two especially. Beautiful cards from you using this new release!

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  85. Wonderful job... I still need to rethink this release. It is one of their BEST! I just don't know how I can afford it all, maybe a second mortgage???

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  86. So many design samples, which to choose... I do like the shading on the Amaze card.

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  87. Just love your cards! This release is so wonderful. Thank you for sharing your inspirations!

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  88. Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards! My favorite is the one with the hello. The colors look like a sunset.

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  89. Love your blending and details on the first cards purple background! And your floral wreath is so pretty, loving all your colours! Thanks for sharing

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  90. So much to love. The Take Pride image is a favorite from the release and I love how you've colored it. I love the coverplate too. And, who doesn't love billowy clouds and rainbows.

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  91. Beautiful cards! The purple color is so stunning! And the rainbow card is darling! They all are so wonderful!

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  92. Wonderful cards! Love the two different looks and feels you achieved on the floral wreath cards! Gorgeous coloring of the images! Love that purple background!

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  93. Your cards are so unique. I really like each of them. Don't you just love the masking and ink blending?

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  94. WOW! So many amazing cards not sure where to start! All of them have such different styles too. I really like the colouring on the 2nd card. And the first one is so artistic and a perfect card to give out right now. It is sure to lift someone spirits during this time. That floral background die is beautiful! What a pretty card! And who can resist a rainbow card. I love the dimension and that background!

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  95. wow - your cards just POP - LOVE the amazing background colors you used

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  96. Love, LOVE both your watercoloring and Copic coloring! And your ink blended panel under the black Ornate Floral panel is gorgeous!

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  97. SWOON!! Such BEAUTIFUL Cards Maria!! I LOVE the Colors and that NEW Ornate Floral Die!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

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  98. Beautiful cards! I especially love the way you showcased that floral wreath stamp. Thank you for sharing.

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  99. All these cards are fabulous!! The large flower cover plate has my heart though, and I love how you die cut it out of black and put it on that beautifully blended background. Stunning.

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  100. Beautiful, vibrant cards. Full of cheer and life!

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  101. I've been making cards for a while, but I'm still surprised sometimes at how different the same stamp set can look. Your first two cards are such a good example of that. And that rainbow embellishment looks so much like candy. I want to take a bite of it!

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  102. Fantastic cards, truly inspiring.

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  103. Wow Maria :) You've been a beautifully busy lady!!! Lovely cards! Thanks for inspiring me :)

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  104. Love all your gorgeous backgrounds with the new stamps!! So pretty and colorful.
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  105. Gorgeous! Love that ink background with the black floral die. So striking!

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  106. Such great cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  107. The sentiments you chose are just perfect right now. I love your beautiful You Are My Rainbow card. The floral You Make a Difference and Better Days cards are also stunning and perfect.

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  108. Beautiful cards! Love this release!

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  109. Beautiful cards! I really love the black die cut over the bold orange background!!

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  110. These cards are just awesome!! Your coloring is amazing!!

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  111. I love your cards! You showed a nice trick with the cool gray Copics, and showed how quick and easy it can be to make a card. The rainbow is cool! Thanks for sharing!!

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  112. Wow look at all the cards! Love the purple blended background and the adorable rainbow

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  113. such a fun and happy set of cards!

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