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**GIVEAWAY** Creating Background with Stencil Layering

July 5, 2018

Happy Thursday! Today I am sharing a quick way to create a layered background for your projects just using one stencil. We are also celebrating a brand-new release, so make sure to read on!

Altenew is releasing 10 brand-new stencils today and each and every one of them is very unique and fun! I chose one of my favorite from this month’s release called City Scene Stencil. This stencil has two different ends that you can use to create a layered skyline, or you can use one or the other end to create one city background on your projects.

I used the Ocean Waves ink for the buildings that are further away and used Desert Night for the building that is closer to create some depth within the card. You can either use any dye inks you have or use ink sprays to create a background like this.

After adding the skyline, I used the Antique Silver Ink Spray to add some shimmery splatters throughout the card. For a simple sentiment, I added “missing you” from the Label Love stamp set.

I kept the card very simple and clean so the layered city look can get all the attention it deserves. This would be a perfect card for anyone that lives in the city or loves a city, you can quickly change up the sentiment to fit various occasions.

Hope you enjoyed today’s card! What is your favorite stencil from today’s release? Comment below and you will also be entered into a giveaway!


SUPPLIES

See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click ATN for Altenew, EH for Ellen Hutson, SSS for Simon Says Stamp, orΒ AMZ for Amazon. I participate in several affiliate programs where I get a small commission at no additional cost to you when products are purchased through links I share here. Thank you for your support!



GIVEAWAYS

There are TWO giveaways you can enjoy!

  1. Altenew is giving away SIX $50 gift certificates to Altenew store! Make sure to visit their blog and leave a comment to win.
  2. I am giving away $30 gift certificate to Altenew store! Please leave me a comment below by July 10th, 11:59pm PST. I will post a winner here on the 11th. Good luck!!

WINNER

Congrats, Kathy! You are the lucky winner of this giveaway! Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 7/20/2018 with the subject line Altenew July 2018 Stencil Release Blog Hop Winner from Nicole’s Blog to redeem your prize. Thank you for leaving me a lovely comment!!


BLOG HOP

I am participating a fun blog hop to celebrate today’s release! Next stop on the hop is Karin Γ…kesdotter! Make sure to stop by and leave some love for her! Please see below for full blog hop list.

  • Altenew Card Blog
  • Paige Evans
  • Vicky Papaioannou
  • Kelly Griglione
  • Zinia Redo
  • Emily Midgett
  • Rubeena Ianigro
  • Olga Moss
  • Lilith Eeckels
  • Gayatri Murali
  • Virginia Lu
  • Nicole Picadura
  • Karin Γ…kesdotter
  • Norine Borys
  • Heather Hoffman
  • Altenew Scrapbook Blog
  • Jennifer McGuire
  • Erum Tasneem
  • Enza Gudor
  • Nina-Marie Trapani
  • May Sukyong Park
  • Justine Hovey
  • Svitlana Shayevich
  • Sveta Fotinia
  • Dana Gong
  • Kymona Tracey
  • Agnieszka Malyszek
  • Lydia Evans
  • Crystal Thompson
  • Simon Says Stamp Blog

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Nicole
Cardmaker, stamper, watercolor enthusiast, and planner lover

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112 Comments


Kelli Horger
July 5, 2018 at 7:03 am
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Love your card!!



FeM
July 5, 2018 at 7:07 am
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Wow your card is awesome.



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Aditi Jagdish
July 5, 2018 at 8:17 am
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Vibrant!! Love these cards



Charly
July 5, 2018 at 8:31 am
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That Desert Night ink is so rich in color! Beautiful card. Thank you for sharing.



Noriko Fairchild
July 5, 2018 at 8:47 am
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Lovely projects!!



Tara Prince
July 5, 2018 at 8:51 am
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Beautiful stencil work!!



Nazneen
July 5, 2018 at 8:52 am
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Absolutely beautiful card. Loved it! Thank you much for inspiring and for the opportunity to win!



Nana Griffin
July 5, 2018 at 8:59 am
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Very pretty! Love those two colors together.



Debbie Rumpza
July 5, 2018 at 9:02 am
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Love the cityscape stencil… so unique!



Janet
July 5, 2018 at 9:42 am
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The city scene stencil is just great!



Michele K. Henderson
July 5, 2018 at 9:51 am
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Your pretty blue City Scene looks amazing! I love the great color and the flawless design! Just beautiful!



Sylvia Gale
July 5, 2018 at 9:54 am
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This is a stunning card, the colors are dynamic



Rema DeLeeuw
July 5, 2018 at 9:57 am
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Beautiful projects!



Candice Richardson
July 5, 2018 at 10:09 am
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Beautiful card! I love the clean and simple look!



Holly Mahoney
July 5, 2018 at 10:11 am
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I am in love with the City Scene stencil and the colors you used with it!



Karen Hale
July 5, 2018 at 10:36 am
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Love all the stencils in the new release, but the City Scene is one of my favorites. Love the colors of your card. Thanks for the continued inspiration.



Rose Mary Smalley
July 5, 2018 at 10:40 am
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Great card! I am not sure how I myself could use this particular stencil. But, that hasn’t stopping me from putting three of the others from this release into my cart at AlteNew..LOL…can’t wait to create with them….have a splendid day!!!



Brenda Kuder
July 5, 2018 at 10:51 am
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Nice city scape. I like the splatter.



barbara lassiter
July 5, 2018 at 11:25 am
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You did it! You used my favorite stencil from this release and the card is beautiful. I know that I have to have this! πŸ™‚



melissa edwards
July 5, 2018 at 11:34 am
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Wow! All of the cards are so unique! Can’t pick a favorite!



MissSΓ©v 02
July 5, 2018 at 11:37 am
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It is beautiful cards



Carmela Douglas Hubler
July 5, 2018 at 12:08 pm
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I really like the look of the city scene stencil!! It looks great in the blues you chose!!



Jeannie F
July 5, 2018 at 12:10 pm
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Love your card! My favorite of this release is the city scene. Thanks



Isabelle
July 5, 2018 at 12:15 pm
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Your card is awesome !



Betty
July 5, 2018 at 12:17 pm
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wonderful card, Nicole – love the blue color scheme.



Melanie Allen
July 5, 2018 at 12:18 pm
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Great card using the city scape stencil!



Haley Bayong
July 5, 2018 at 12:44 pm
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You did a nice job of using the new release! Terrific card



Carol Rossouw
July 5, 2018 at 12:50 pm
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These are some more spectacular and unique stencils. Love the amazing results that you achieved with this one, and I already have some on my wish list. Thanks for the inspiration!



Kathy P
July 5, 2018 at 1:18 pm
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Love your card using the City Scene stencil! Great depth, and the misting makes it sparkle. Thanks for your inspiration! Love all these new stencils, more now after seeing the delicious work you gals have done with them!



joy meadows
July 5, 2018 at 1:34 pm
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My favorite stencil from the release is the mega dot stencil! Your card is just lovely!!



Robyn Oliver
July 5, 2018 at 1:39 pm
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Terrific card Nicole – layering the stencil creates lots of depth and interest to the city skyline



Becca Yahrling
July 5, 2018 at 1:59 pm
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Gorgeous card! This looks like a fun stencil to play
with and so versatile.



Pennie
July 5, 2018 at 2:01 pm
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I love your card! The stencils are awesome!



Maryam crafter
July 5, 2018 at 2:47 pm
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Love this background.



Virginia Lu
July 5, 2018 at 2:51 pm
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Love how you use all the blue with this City Scene stencil, Nicole! Beautiful inspiration!



Cathy Loveless
July 5, 2018 at 2:58 pm
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Love your city scape card. This stencil release is just wonderful.



Annette Reed
July 5, 2018 at 2:59 pm
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This card looks wonderful! I love the addition on the spatters.



Deepa Robbins
July 5, 2018 at 3:42 pm
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Such a nice and clean city background card! I l❀️ve the blues! I really like this release… I feel like need all of these stencils!



Dee Earnshaw
July 5, 2018 at 3:57 pm
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Love your work – I always find something to learn from your posts – thanks for sharing:)



Deb Tilton
July 5, 2018 at 4:14 pm
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I like the color ink you used. I personally don’t care for this stencil much and wouldn’t use it too often myself. I liked the other stencils in this release



Patty Eifert
July 5, 2018 at 4:30 pm
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lOVE your card! I really like that cityscape stencil!



joy meadows
July 5, 2018 at 4:31 pm
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This is so pretty – lovin’ the blues! My favorite stencil from the new release is the dotty one!



Carol DuBois
July 5, 2018 at 4:51 pm
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Nice use of the city stencil. One of my favs from this new collection.



Margaret
July 5, 2018 at 5:15 pm
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Thanks for sharing your lovely card with us! I think City Scenes is my favorite, too!



Charlotte Deerborn
July 5, 2018 at 5:28 pm
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Love this stencil too.



gina
July 5, 2018 at 5:57 pm
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This has been a really fun blog hop – I’m so happy to have found so much inspiration!



Amy Moore
July 5, 2018 at 6:37 pm
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Beautiful card and great stencils



Theresa Petermann
July 5, 2018 at 6:39 pm
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so many great ideas for all the stencils. thanks as always for sharing.



Nicki Wong
July 5, 2018 at 6:45 pm
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I love the cityscape stencil and your card. Great job.



Cheriese
July 5, 2018 at 6:51 pm
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Such a cool card! Love how simple it is – but so striking!



Stefanie White
July 5, 2018 at 7:13 pm
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Clean, simple, awesome!



Eva N
July 5, 2018 at 8:22 pm
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Love the card you created with this stencil. It’s so detailed, but looks easy to do.



Sherri
July 5, 2018 at 8:30 pm
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Nice blue cityscape!



Julie
July 5, 2018 at 8:31 pm
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The City Scene stencil is one of my favorites in this release. I love the way you used it on this card.



Anushree Vaish
July 5, 2018 at 10:48 pm
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Beautiful use of stencils…you card is gorgeous!!



Kathy Ferguson
July 5, 2018 at 10:54 pm
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Love your city scene stenciled card. This stencil is very unique. I love the miss you sentiment. Thanks for the inspiration.



Stef Perry
July 5, 2018 at 11:10 pm
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The more I see this stencil used, the more I like it. Thanks for sharing your lovely creation!



Sharon Dolan
July 6, 2018 at 4:27 am
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I like the city scene stencil the best. You made a wonderful card using it.



Donna Phelan
July 6, 2018 at 4:27 am
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Beautiful layered stenciled cityscape, looks AHmazing!



Shanna
July 6, 2018 at 5:42 am
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I love all of the new ideas!



Wendy Lambert
July 6, 2018 at 6:45 am
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Love the colors you used. Very pretty card!



Michelle Hackett
July 6, 2018 at 6:57 am
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I love the simple elegance of this skyline stencil on your card. Great design.



Teri S.
July 6, 2018 at 8:03 am
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I absolutely think your card is fabulous! I see so much versatility with this stencil & I’m grateful for a (slim) chance to win. I’d get the City Scene, the Mega Hydrangea & the Feeling Dotty stencils.



Robyn
July 6, 2018 at 8:19 am
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Your card is beautiful, simple yet stunning!



Iris Soscia
July 6, 2018 at 8:40 am
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Great card – love the city scene.



Betty Byrd
July 6, 2018 at 9:30 am
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I absolutely love the city scene card you made. Perfect color choices!



Marcie Lovett
July 6, 2018 at 9:34 am
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Love how you used the stencil, Nicole. Such a great card.



Emmaline
July 6, 2018 at 9:49 am
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I love the cityscape stencil – it’s actually my favorite! Love your cards!



L. Williams
July 6, 2018 at 12:36 pm
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Great job with the card! Your choice of colors works really well!



Marisela Delgado
July 6, 2018 at 1:35 pm
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Great card!



Cynthia Cole
July 6, 2018 at 2:11 pm
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Love your card using my favorite stencil from the new release!



    Angie Hall
    July 6, 2018 at 2:35 pm
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    Very stunning card.

Krystal Overby
July 6, 2018 at 4:15 pm
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The stencils on this card looks amazing! Great job! Love love love it!



Liz O
July 6, 2018 at 4:50 pm
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Love this city scape stencil! Fabulous card Nicole, love the blues! Thanks for sharing!



Margaret R
July 6, 2018 at 5:30 pm
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I love the color combinations you used with the City Scene stencil on your card. This card could be a very nice masculine card, which is often hard to come up with. Thanks for sharing your work!



NatQuebec
July 6, 2018 at 5:51 pm
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Lovely card !



Barb Housner
July 6, 2018 at 6:04 pm
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great colors, love the card
thanks for sharing



Cindy A Holmes
July 6, 2018 at 7:08 pm
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FANTASTIC card! I just LOVE how this card can work for either female or male! I love the color combination too!!!



Connie Johnson
July 6, 2018 at 7:37 pm
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Hi Nicole πŸ™‚ You’ve chosen one of my favorite stencils from this release! Love your city scene scape card…such a deep emotion conveyed there! The other stencils I like are The Elegant Swirls and Aztec. Great card! Thanks for sharing πŸ™‚



Cathy Lillie
July 6, 2018 at 9:42 pm
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Beautiful card! I love how the stencil gives some dimension to the card while still being one layer. Great colors, as well! I like several of the stencils but my favorite is the Flowing Drops.



Heather Nelson
July 6, 2018 at 11:02 pm
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Beautiful Miss You card! I love the blue tones!



Denise Mlady
July 7, 2018 at 5:52 am
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Such a fun card with the City stencil. My favorites are the Molded Lines and the Feeling Dotty.



Karthikha Uday
July 7, 2018 at 8:51 am
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Such a lovely card!! I love this release!!



Ericka Strange
July 7, 2018 at 9:13 am
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Beautiful skyline and I love the blues you used. So pretty! Great job.



Michele W
July 7, 2018 at 11:37 am
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Like your card. The black mat helps set off the gorgeous blues you used with the stencils and also ties in your sentiment. Thanks for sharing!



Kelsey Thomas
July 7, 2018 at 2:19 pm
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Awesome card! πŸ™‚ This stencil is pretty cool.



cyndi morris
July 7, 2018 at 2:43 pm
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Beautiful. The City Scene stencil is so unique.



Lauryne Cunningham
July 7, 2018 at 5:10 pm
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What a beautiful card! I love the colors you chose.



Bonnie E
July 7, 2018 at 6:52 pm
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Lovely card with the cityscape stencil!



FD91354
July 7, 2018 at 7:54 pm
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Lovely card! Love how you used the dark and light color. Worked perfectly. Gotta add a Happy Birthday to you! My favorite from this release is the Elegant Swirls.. I am so excited for it to arrive and to play with it!



Kirsty Vittetoe
July 7, 2018 at 8:25 pm
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Wow! This is amazing! Love the city scene!



Dana M
July 8, 2018 at 1:09 am
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Lovely card! Love the monochromatic color scheme.



Linnea Sundstrom
July 8, 2018 at 7:40 am
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really luving all of the designs using the city scene stencil!!



Denise Bryant
July 8, 2018 at 9:46 am
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Love the City Scene stencil! Pretty card and awesome colors! Love it!



Jeanne Beam
July 8, 2018 at 1:29 pm
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Your card is so awesome! Love the colors and stencil.
Thanks for sharing….



Kathy Eyre
July 8, 2018 at 4:00 pm
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I like the understatedness (is that a word?) of your cards



Brandi R
July 8, 2018 at 5:41 pm
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Wonderful card! Love the use of the different bluesβ™₯



Sue D
July 8, 2018 at 6:00 pm
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Great card. I like the shades of blue.



Mindy Drummond
July 8, 2018 at 7:26 pm
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Your card looks great! I love the blue colors you used so this card could be used for male or female and for any occassion, perfect to keep on hand for those quickie cards.



Beverly Jordan
July 8, 2018 at 9:15 pm
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stunning cards and scenes!



Nandini Karmarkar
July 8, 2018 at 11:48 pm
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Love the new release. And the inspiration card is gorgeous!



Kriti Mishra
July 9, 2018 at 10:34 am
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All your cards are awesome..



Aimee Phillips
July 9, 2018 at 11:15 am
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I love your city scape card. Its so amazing!!. Thank you for inspiring!!.



Patt H.
July 9, 2018 at 8:22 pm
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Very pretty card! Love the two colors together & how they add so much interest to the card. Great job!



Bev Karolak
July 10, 2018 at 3:40 am
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Gorgeous card! Love the shades of blue.



Karey McM
July 10, 2018 at 11:17 am
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terrific card
love the colors



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July 11, 2018 at 12:53 pm
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Love the city background stamp. I think of Christmas in NY.



Marisela Delgado
July 11, 2018 at 2:43 pm
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Great city scape and colors!



Sheri
July 11, 2018 at 7:08 pm
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Such a pretty card!



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