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July 20, 2014

StampNation Beach Vacation Blog Hop!



Today we are kicking off the StampNation Summer Beach Vacation event with a Blog Hop. Each of the StampNation Dream Team members, along with some of our crafty friends, are hopping along sharing cards inspired by our first challenge, "Beach Style", as well as a peek at our favorite projects from the event!




Here's my card for the first challenge

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What is my Beach Style? 

Packing up and heading to the sand. The retro van because it is JUST THAT COOL and palm trees in the background. I used Avery Elle's new Surf's Up beach inspired stamp set for my card which allowed me to colour the van retro orange, toss a surfboard on the roof and of course some silver Wink of Stella for the hubcaps!  To stamp the palm tree on the ocean side of the van I created a post it mask of the surf board and the van, masked them off and stamped the palm.

It's time to hop along now. Make sure you leave comments at each of the blogs listed below to be eligible to win...


One of THREE one month StampNation memberships.

Plus...


$25 Pretty Pink Posh Gift Certificate


Ellen Hutson $25 Gift Certificate 





Choice of Lawn Fawn Stamp Set & Let's Polka 6 x 6 Pad

For each of these prizes, one winner will be randomly drawn from all the blog hop comments. A second winner will be chosen from all the challenge entries at StampNation!

You will have have until 11:59 pm EST on July 27th to leave a comment. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be announced on Monday, July 28th on Catherine's blog www.catherinepooler.com/blog .

Catherine Pooler

Maureen Merritt

Kristie Goulet
Heather North

Allison Cope
Virginia Lu
Iwona Palamountain
Paulina Nakamura
Jean Manis
Suzanne Dahlberg
Sandy Allnock
Amy Sheffer
Tracey McNeely

Not a StampNation Sistah yet? We hope you will join us. Learn more here. http://www.catherinepooler.com/pages/stampnation/

This event is going to be SO MUCH FUN! Here's a peek at another project I have coming later this week...


sneak






176 comments :

  1. Super cute...love the camper!

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  2. Super cute card Tracey. I can't wait to see what else you have for this event.

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  3. Cool card. I love the sentiment!

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  4. This is so fun! LOVE the van, super cute card!! :)

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  5. Great card and beautiful coloring!!

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  6. Oh too cute Tracey...I love that fun van.

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  7. Awesome! I love this stamp set, it makes me want to be in CA with friends headed to the beach. Great card.

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  8. I love that VW bus with matching surfboard. Fun card!!

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  9. There is that adorable Avery Elle stamp set again. It's been on my wish list for a few weeks and I am wishing I had it right now. Adorable card. This would be a great masculine card too!

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  10. Dude! So very CAS and beachy!

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  11. So cute- reminds me of Summer now as well as in my youth( oh, I'm getting sooo old!)

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  12. Oh gosh, this is too fun. Love this. :)

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  13. LOVE that van - I think I NEED that stamp set!! Great card.

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  14. I love this clean and simple style!!!

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  15. Love the CAS beachyness of this card!

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  16. What a fun card! My brother used to have a white van and loved going to the beach! A perfect CAS card...love it!

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  17. Nice card, love the camper van.

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  18. What a fun card, love the camper van.

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  19. Very cute card, great image and colors, perfect for summer.

    Sue
    http://suek86401.blogspot.com/

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  20. Great job on your van! I love the border you've used to finish the card so perfectly! Thanks for sharing your card!

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  21. Like, totally groovy beach card dudette! :) Awesome beach inspiration Tracey! Thanks for joining us at StampNation!

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  22. Totally a southern california card. Reminds me of going to the beach every summer. Every surfer wanted a VW bus :}

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  23. Thanks for sharing your fun card with a super sentiment!

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  24. Very cute. Love the VW camper. Brings back old memories.

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  25. Love you card. Makes me remember my beach days growing up in So. CA. My neighbor had a VW van and she would pack all of kids into the van and off we would go.

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  26. Very cute card, love your VW Bus.

    Sue
    http://suek86401.blogspot.com/

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  27. This just screams teenage boy which is one of the hardest to come up with in my estimation. Love it!

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  28. Love the van. Reminds me of years past.

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  29. LOVE the graphic design and colors on this fabulous beachy card!

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  30. Super beachy card! Love the colors!

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  31. Reminds me of the 60's and all those bonfires at the beach. Fun card!

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  32. So adorable Tracey! The van makes me think of the Partridge Family...lol!!

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  33. Love the sentiment, so fitting for this card!

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  34. So glad I got to play with 1 challenge before I go on my on vacation. Fabulous card.

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  35. Super awesome card! Can't wait to see more from you :)

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  36. Just love that VW van. Brings back a lot of memories. Awesome card.

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  37. So many surfing' buddies on this vacation -- doesn't leave much time for stamping her at the beach.

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  38. Fun and colorful
    card! Let's go
    surfing!
    Carla from Utah

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  39. The van is cute, and I really like the card.

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  40. Just love the old VW bus. Cute card.

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  41. What a cute card Tracey! Makes me want to head for the waves! :)

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  42. The van and sentiment are fun!

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  43. Love the retro van Tracey, this is so much FUN!!

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  44. Super cute CAS card. I love the sentiment!

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  45. Love the retro feel on your card, reminds me of a poster from an old surf shop

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  46. Love the retro look here , reminds me of a poster from an old surf shop

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  47. Love it! can' wait to see what else comes up this week .... :)

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  48. I LOVE this fun van! Sure makes me want to head to the beach! :)

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  49. So clean and simple and super cute. Love the van!

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  50. Love that sentiment.. DUDE.. heehee.. so cute

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  51. Very fun CAS card! Really like the "stitched" edge!

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  52. Such a cool van, wonderful coloring and design!!!

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  53. Great CAS card with that adorable retro van! I love it! tfs hugs, Kristina

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  54. The van is a great throwback to the 60's. Cute card.

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  55. Ooooo...that retro van is AWESOME!!! Love your beach style, Tracey!

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  56. So cute...just adorable Tracey. I love the van and would like one just like this for my trip to see Joyce. So fun.

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  57. So cute--I like the colors and simplicity.

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  58. Great card. I can hear a Beach Boys song playing in the background! What fun!

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  59. Love your card. It should have a Beach Boys song playing in the background. Fun card!

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  60. Really cute and simple card. Love the stitched rectangle die,Tracey!

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  61. I adore the clean and crisp design. It's so YOU, Tracey! Love love your guest DT card for SN!

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  62. love that VW van! fun summer card!

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  63. Cute card! Love the vintage van

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  64. Oh I just love this card. So fun!

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  65. Love your clean and simple look...thanks for sharing.

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  66. The VW van and surfboard are the definition of cool. Great card!

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  67. love the colors! very nice card!

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  68. hi Tracey, beautiful blog and wonderful projects!
    I will follow you with pleasure!

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  69. an awesome card. Love the van.

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  70. Way cool! The CAS look of the card makes the van and surf board really
    pop!

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  71. So cool!!!! It is so lovely CAS card!!

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  72. Retro van brings back memories! Cool card!

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  73. Very clever masking. Love your card.

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  74. Very fun images on this sweet card.

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  75. I LOVE that set...super fun Tracey!

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  76. awesome card! Now when are we taking this trip?! :)

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  77. Super cool card Tracy. Love the images! Perfect for a surfer dude (or girl)!

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  78. Fun blog hop and card ~ love the VW van of course, since I own a VW! :)

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  79. that is such an awesome card.

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  80. Love this blog hop and a cute card.

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  81. I love that retro VW and in fact used an orange Beetle on a card just recently. Great card Tracey.
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  82. Great card! love the sentiment.. haha.

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  83. Super loving this card, Tracey. I love this new stamp set and your definition of beach style.

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  84. Love the retro van! Great card!

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  85. This was so fun! Loved seeing all the cards. Yours is a great end to the hop!

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  86. This is so fun and summery love it !

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  87. Nice touch with the Wink of Stella.:)

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  88. Love the touch of Wink of Stella!

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  89. I think your card is great. Love the little touch of silver on the van. Thanks for sharing.

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  90. Very cute! Thanks for sharing.

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  91. Fun card; the retro orange is perfect!

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  92. Such an iconic fun-at-the-beach image, Tracey ... and sooo cute! Anita :)

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  93. Very cute!! I'm loving this stamp set (:

    -Dee

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  94. Great one layer KISS card! Very carefree!

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  95. The sentiment is so appropriate to the VW bus and the surf board.
    Really cute card.

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  96. Another really awesome card, Tracey! I love the bold colors that you chose for the van, and the font on the sentiment is perfect with your 'Retro' theme!

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  97. I love the caravan and the stitched border die, it's very clean but very cool too!

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  98. Lovely card!My Father in Law used to have a van in those colors. TFS

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  99. I love your card Tracey that van is awesome thanks for sharing you card with us can't wait to see what you do next!

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  100. I love this simple card. Too cute!

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  101. This card screams fun! Great van. Love the colors. TFS

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  102. Cute card! Summer is all about Surf's Up alright :-)

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  103. Your card is so bright and cheerful Tracey. Your VW van looks almost identical to a van some friends of mine had back when I was in high school. They packed their family in it and loved going to the beach! Thank you for sparking that fun memory.

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  104. Great job of masking, love the greeting, everyone has been so creative with these cards. Have loved every one of them, great designing to you all!

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  105. Who wouldn't want to hitch a ride in that cute surf van! Love your card.

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  106. Great masking of the tree. Wonderful CAS card!

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  107. Very cute card. Makes me wanna be at the beach.

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  108. Awesome coloring! Such a fun, happy card : )

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  109. Happy Card - - I also like the sneak peak on the next card - -paper piecing the umbrella - NICE

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  110. While I'm kind of 'clueless' about StampNation (new to me...I know, I'm slowly emerging from under yet another rock *grin), I am not clueless about how amazing your creations are - and this one is utterly fabulous! Your retro van rocks! Fun in every detail!
    Hugs~c

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  111. Love the clean and simple style of your card. Love the colors and the scene did.

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  112. I love everything about this card...especially the stitched die cut!! Love it!!

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  113. I love this card!! From the colors to the stitched die...so super cute!!

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  114. Love the van--definitely says summer!

    Chris L.

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  115. The CAS style is perfect for the more casual simple lifestyle I love in the summer!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  116. This card screams BEACH to me...luv it!

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  117. Surf's up, indeed!! Love the retro van and the colors you used which are so vivid and perfect for your CAS card!

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  118. Cute.......

    Definitely the beach scene here in sunny San Diego... Surf's Up!

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  119. Loved my first blog hop and seeing all the wonderful creations by such talented ladies. Thanks for sharing!

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  120. I love that you kept it simple and let the retro design do the talking!

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  121. Takes me back to my teen years. lol

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  122. I just want to ride in a VW bus again and head to the beach. That is how this card makes me feel.

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  123. Your card makes me smile... Really big! Love it!

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  124. i'm ready, lets go. adorable cas card.

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  125. Cute camper and nice simple card!!

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  126. Great card! Love this set. TFS

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  127. This is so cute! I want to go to the beach!!
    Thanks for the inspiration!

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  128. This is so cute! I want to go to the beach!!
    Thanks for the inspiration!

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  129. Beautiful CAS card. I love the white background with the amazing color choices. Also I just noticed that all of my posts on the sites with this posting method are using my gmail account, but I have been posting with the others as kittyjds@aol.com...just and fyi.

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  130. What a fun card!!!
    So very cute.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  131. What a retro look to this card. It kind of reminds me of the old Annette Funnicello beach movies...before you time? Thanks.

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  132. Awesome card! Love the Kombi van! :)

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  133. You are right, Tracey, that retro van really is that cool! My dad had a van, but it wasn't a VW, but still, love the van! And anytime I see a palm tree and a surf board makes me happy because I know the ocean is near:)

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  134. Love the VW Van and your bright colors.

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  135. Ultra sweet CAS beach camper card!!!

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  136. I must have been dazzled by your card and forgot to comment! So in love with your card and so inspired to ink it up! Wonderful CAS design!

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