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**VIDEO+GIVEAWAY** Mixed Metallic Heat Embossing

April 19, 2017

Hello! May is just around the corner which means Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are coming up soon. Today we are celebrating a special card drive to honor these upcoming holidays with lots of inspiration, promotions and giveaways. Don’t forget to scroll down to see all the goodies!

Altenew is hosting its annual Celebrating Parents Card Drive – it is a great cause to participate so you can let those who may need some loving words during these special days that they are not forgotten and are loved. If you would like to send in a card or two or more to join in, please check more details HERE.

To honor this special card drive, I have created a simple card anyone can create for guys in their life. This is also a great technique you can try, if you are making some cards for the card drive. (every card counts and would be appreciated!)

I am a big metallic embossing powder girl, and I wanted to jazz up the ones I have to create a different shade. This can be easily achieve by mixing some of them together. You can see how I created the card in the video tutorial below:

 

The Best Dad stamp set has some fun images you can use for any masculine card. It is practically a one stop shop for images you would need to create projects for your guys! I love highlighting small elements from a stamp set to get more use out of them, so in today’s card I did exactly that.

I also used some of my favorite blue shades from Altenew’s crisp dye ink colors to create a background for the card. Ink blending is so easy with these inks, as they coordinate with each other perfectly and take out a color guessing game!

I hope you get to take few minutes to create some cards to share your love! Do you have a favorite color or technique to use when creating masculine cards? Share them below in the comment area, I’d love to read them!

SUPPLIES

See below for all the products used in today’s project. Click SSS for Simon Says Stamp, EH for Ellen Hutson, ATN for Altenew, or 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!


SALE/PROMOTION

There are TWO giveaways you can enjoy!

  1. When you purchase any of these three stamps; Best Dad, Best Mom, and Penned Rose, a portion of the profit goes toward a local charity organization in NY. Help support seniors while shopping!

  1. Get today’s featured stamp set on my project at a special price! The Best Dad stamp set is on sale only for a limited time, so make sure to grab yours!

GIVEAWAYS

There are TWO giveaways you can enjoy!

  1. Altenew is giving away THREE $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 April 30th, 11:59pm PST. I will post a winner here on May 2nd. Good luck!!

WINNER

Congratulations, Sandy! To claim your prize, please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com by 6/30/2017 with the subject line Altenew Celebrating Parents Blog Hop Winner from Nicole’s Blog.

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Next stop on the hop is Kristina Pokazanieva! Make sure to stop by and leave some love for her! Please see below for full blog hop list.

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Nicole
Cardmaker, stamper, watercolor enthusiast, and planner lover

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125 Comments


Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop + Giveaway · Craft Walks
April 19, 2017 at 6:40 am
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christine plaxco
April 19, 2017 at 6:48 am
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That is a lot of star stamping!!!!! Love your card. I also like metallic embossing. I have never mixed my powers. Good idea. Thanks for sharing!!



Linda Kennedy
April 19, 2017 at 6:54 am
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Love your beautiful card! The colors are awesome! I love to use the same colors of blue that you used when I make masculine cards. Thanks so much for sharing!



Debbie
April 19, 2017 at 7:13 am
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Awesome star card~~



Tara Prince
April 19, 2017 at 7:24 am
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Fabulous background!!



Hussena
April 19, 2017 at 7:35 am
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This is so so lovely, Nicole. I love the silver stars & the ink blended background. Such a great masculine card!



Jeannine H
April 19, 2017 at 7:37 am
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This card is so elegant! Just stunning!



Dee Earnshaw
April 19, 2017 at 7:42 am
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Love all the glittery stars – this card really glows:)



Cyndi Morris
April 19, 2017 at 7:53 am
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Absolutely love that background. Beautiful card.



Pöydän kulmalla näpertelijä
April 19, 2017 at 8:02 am
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Such a fantastic idea! Gorgeous card!



Rebecca Romines
April 19, 2017 at 8:12 am
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What a simple but meaningful card. Thanks for sharing



Heidi
April 19, 2017 at 8:22 am
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I just love the blue and gold combination!



Laura Greig
April 19, 2017 at 8:42 am
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I never thought of mixing the embossing powders, great idea~



Marianne
April 19, 2017 at 8:52 am
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What a fun way to stretch your supplies by mixing your embossing powders.



Elaine Weberg
April 19, 2017 at 9:08 am
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I like the blue on your card….perfect!



Elizabeth
April 19, 2017 at 9:15 am
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Your card is really beautiful!



Janet D.
April 19, 2017 at 9:16 am
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Gorgeous background!



Lynne Ingram
April 19, 2017 at 9:24 am
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A wonderful mix of embossing powder and a terrific card. The heads up on the Dad bundle will be in my shopping cart right away. A fabulous bundle and terrific price. Thanks again Altenew for your fabulous products.



Deepa Lakshman
April 19, 2017 at 9:30 am
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Wow, this is fabulous. Love the ink blending.



kriti mishra
April 19, 2017 at 9:38 am
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Love your cards,al are very pretty!



Beth Holt
April 19, 2017 at 9:44 am
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Love your work! Thanks for the great video!



Kris Boydstun
April 19, 2017 at 9:47 am
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Beautiful versatile card



Deb Selby
April 19, 2017 at 10:12 am
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Great embossing and background on this card



Tracy A
April 19, 2017 at 10:15 am
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Awesome card. Thanks for including the video.



Meghan Peterson
April 19, 2017 at 10:24 am
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This is just so pretty! Love the beautiful ombre background and the clean and simple sentiment to showcase the background.



Cynthia Johnson
April 19, 2017 at 10:25 am
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I love the blending and silver on your card!



Carol Didier
April 19, 2017 at 10:25 am
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Love the idea of mixing the metallic embossing powders! I’ll be trying that out soon. Your card is wonderful.



Debbie Myers
April 19, 2017 at 10:40 am
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G eat idea for mass producing cards especially if you don’t have the stamps! Thanks



Jeanne Beam
April 19, 2017 at 11:01 am
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Beautiful card, love the background. Thanks for sharing.



Kris
April 19, 2017 at 11:12 am
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I also love to use metal anythings on the cards I make. I love yours.



Maryam
April 19, 2017 at 11:20 am
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Love your colour combination.. they are fabulous and amazing



Carol Rossouw
April 19, 2017 at 11:31 am
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Lovely card! Clever idea!



Darlene
April 19, 2017 at 12:42 pm
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Nice card



Amy Seigler
April 19, 2017 at 1:02 pm
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Wonderful card! Love the idea of mixing the metallic embossing powders!



Kailash
April 19, 2017 at 1:16 pm
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Such a cool background and the colors are fantastic!!!



Colleen Howell
April 19, 2017 at 1:37 pm
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Very nice card



Jayell
April 19, 2017 at 1:39 pm
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Love your card. The metallic embossing looks great with the shades of blue.



Daria Zender
April 19, 2017 at 1:42 pm
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Wonderful masculine card! I love how you used that small stamp to create that fab background.



Shona Austin
April 19, 2017 at 1:46 pm
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Really impressive card. Loved how you did it with making your own color of embossing powder. Great video. Thanks.



Nowalinka
April 19, 2017 at 1:54 pm
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Sparkling stars for dad, it’s super idea, amazing card 🙂



Sharon
April 19, 2017 at 2:49 pm
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Gorgeous, elegant, simple card! Thanks for the inspiration!



Patricia M
April 19, 2017 at 3:34 pm
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Love the stars!



Sandy N.
April 19, 2017 at 3:46 pm
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What a great any occasion card. Loved your video, very helpful. Love the look of your mixed embossing powder, thanks for the hint.



Mary Cay
April 19, 2017 at 4:07 pm
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Wonderful designs



Sharon
April 19, 2017 at 4:16 pm
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Love this card, so inspiring!



glenice
April 19, 2017 at 4:18 pm
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I like your range of cards



Teresa Godines
April 19, 2017 at 4:24 pm
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Beautiful card. I love the background shading with those silver stars. TFS



joy meadows
April 19, 2017 at 4:27 pm
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Mixing the powders is something I haven’t done in a long time. I love your card. Thanks for the video.



Helen
April 19, 2017 at 4:52 pm
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Love the coloring and stars on this card. It reflects the sentiment so well. Thanks for sharing it.



Sanchari Banerjee
April 19, 2017 at 4:59 pm
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Such a lovely, soothing card 🙂



MJ
April 19, 2017 at 5:00 pm
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Beautiful card. Love the idea of mixing. Love the cause! If I don’t make it this year, definitely next year.



Laura Jane
April 19, 2017 at 5:21 pm
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Super fun idea with the stars!!



Carol K
April 19, 2017 at 5:54 pm
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beautiful card. . . .like the texture



Brandi R
April 19, 2017 at 5:57 pm
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Love this! Those stars are fantastic and just perfect for that sentiment. LOVE ♥



Teresa Doyle
April 19, 2017 at 7:17 pm
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A really awesome card Nicole. I am always looking for masculine card ideas and I think this is great! Love that you mixed the 2 powders together, a great colour.



liz O.
April 19, 2017 at 7:43 pm
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amazing one layer wonder! love the monochromatic/metallic look Nicole! thanks for sharing! have a wonderful day!



Abby
April 19, 2017 at 8:05 pm
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Great card!



Magee
April 19, 2017 at 8:23 pm
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Love your stars card. The mixture of 3 powders look great.



KARENF
April 19, 2017 at 9:24 pm
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I don’t make many masculine cards. When I do, I use dark cardstock with a foiled or gold embossed element. Thanks for sharing.



erika
April 20, 2017 at 12:49 am
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I love your card <3



Sharon Taylor
April 20, 2017 at 2:54 am
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Thank you for the wonderful inspiration. Masculine cards are often hard to do but I really like this one. Again, Thanks!



Teri W
April 20, 2017 at 3:31 am
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Great card!



Amy Cooley
April 20, 2017 at 4:41 am
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I love using silver accents on my cards…love all these embossed stars!



Linda F
April 20, 2017 at 4:51 am
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Great masculine card. I like the idea of mixing the embossing powders. My favourite colours for masculine cards are blue and green. Actually I like these colours on all kinds of cards, lol.



Sue W.
April 20, 2017 at 5:15 am
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I like that you mixed up your embossing powders for an unique color. well done!
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/



Michelle Hackett
April 20, 2017 at 5:44 am
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When I’m creating masculine cards I usually use black and white, wood grain, or something vintage (an old car, truck, etc) Your card is cool, because you could use it for any person, young or old.



Gretchen Wilson
April 20, 2017 at 6:31 am
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Very loverly card, I love to ink blend on my cards!



Jackie S
April 20, 2017 at 6:46 am
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Great card! Awesome idea to mix your powders



Pooja
April 20, 2017 at 6:48 am
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Loved the starry ombre background ,wonderful card !



Cynthia Cole
April 20, 2017 at 7:21 am
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Wonderful star background on your card!



Susan Bolgren
April 20, 2017 at 7:40 am
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You make it all look so easy. I didn’t know you could use the Versa ink by itself.



Rema DeLeeuw
April 20, 2017 at 8:18 am
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Fabulous card!



bev p
April 20, 2017 at 8:58 am
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I love the simplicity of this one, even though it certainly isn’t simple to produce! I haven’t ever thought about mixing my embossing powders, but now I am going to go try it (as soon as I finish the blog-hop! :-)) Thanks so much for this very fun card with a great message any man would be honored to receive.



Belinda
April 20, 2017 at 9:18 am
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Love the color blending on the card, the blues are beautiful



Preeti D.
April 20, 2017 at 10:19 am
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fabulous card!



Stacey Kowbel
April 20, 2017 at 10:56 am
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Love your card! It’s such a great design and the colours are wonderful.



Bonnie E
April 20, 2017 at 11:33 am
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I love the starry card – the blue and silver is very elegant.



Iryna
April 20, 2017 at 1:53 pm
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Good idea. Thank you



Carolee McCaslin
April 20, 2017 at 3:08 pm
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Your card is wonderful!!! Love it and Altenew:)



Heather Mills
April 20, 2017 at 4:31 pm
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What a great card!! The stars look fabulous against all that blue! And the sentiment is just awesome!



Viola Leary
April 20, 2017 at 4:32 pm
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I’m not very good at having masculine cards made. I usually go with a grungier look or use tools and paper that looks like wood or brick.
Thank for the inspiration! Nice card.



Lindarub
April 20, 2017 at 4:35 pm
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Great card.



Janet Ingraham
April 20, 2017 at 4:54 pm
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Fabulous dad card.



Patt H.
April 20, 2017 at 6:10 pm
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LOVE this awesome card! Simple & to the point!



shartl
April 20, 2017 at 11:56 pm
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I always love heat embossing and that starry background is so fun!



Jeanette McClurkin
April 21, 2017 at 12:37 am
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Love the clean and simple card.



Judie Attard
April 21, 2017 at 4:31 am
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Stunning masculine card!



Leanne S
April 21, 2017 at 5:31 am
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Beautiful card!



Sue LD
April 21, 2017 at 6:12 am
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Fabulous card. Love the blue and silver together.



Kleri F
April 21, 2017 at 6:37 am
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Nice card!Thank you for sharing your ideas 🙂



Lizzie T
April 21, 2017 at 1:20 pm
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Cool card! Love those metallic stars!



DGolly
April 21, 2017 at 5:32 pm
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Thanks for the inspiration!



Kathryn Holden
April 21, 2017 at 8:11 pm
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I am now inspired to use metallics because this card is so awesome! Thank you!



Barb macaskill
April 21, 2017 at 9:40 pm
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Totally in love with this awesome card! I have never met a metallic anything that I didn’t want to get to know better! Add Altenew stamps, dies and inks and I am a happy girl! ❤️ ❤️ love! TFS!



Gab
April 22, 2017 at 1:02 am
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So so pretty



Karen B.
April 22, 2017 at 5:32 am
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Oh wow, your inking is fabulous, what great blending!



Pai
April 22, 2017 at 8:30 am
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love this! and it can be done in so many different color combos!



Gilda (McStamper)
April 22, 2017 at 9:47 am
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Love your card. The silver embossing on the blue is beautiful.



Nandini Karmarkar
April 22, 2017 at 11:25 am
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Wow! Looks gorgeous. I love the idea of mixing metallic embossing powders. Gives a really cool effect.



Sandy Small
April 22, 2017 at 4:11 pm
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Nice card, love the shine. Thanks for sharing your technique.



Mary-Anne V
April 22, 2017 at 7:23 pm
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Very neat way to use the small star stamp …love the final result.



Denise Bryant
April 22, 2017 at 10:44 pm
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Love the colors and stars… awesome card!



Roz M.
April 23, 2017 at 1:51 am
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Thanks for sharing your clever idea, your fabulous card, and your great video with all its helpful tips!



Manda
April 23, 2017 at 3:14 am
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Love the bold colour of your card!



Linda Anderson
April 23, 2017 at 12:22 pm
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I love the mixture of metallic EP you made. Hmmm…I have all 3 of those colors. A very simple card in design although not quick to make! It turned out great. Thanks for sharing



Amante del Papel
April 23, 2017 at 12:23 pm
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you create a stunning background so beautiful!!!



Laurie
April 23, 2017 at 1:02 pm
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Beautiful card!! Love the blending.



Dasha
April 23, 2017 at 1:09 pm
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Such a beautiful card! Love the background



Dana M
April 23, 2017 at 5:13 pm
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Fabulous card! I love the ombre look and the punch from the embossing, great tip to mix the embossing powder.



TracyM #6773
April 24, 2017 at 3:11 am
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BEAUTIFUL card!
You CAS design is FILLED with AWESOMENESS – the starry combo is FABULOUS and I LOVE IT ALL!



Lisa A creations
April 24, 2017 at 6:49 am
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Cute card. My Dad is definitely my hero. ♥



D.Ann C
April 24, 2017 at 6:19 pm
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What a cool fadeout & mixed embossing technique!



Miriam Prantner
April 24, 2017 at 6:55 pm
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Beautiful inking, love those stars!



Sara Altarrazi
April 25, 2017 at 3:24 am
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nice card.
thanks for sharing.



Samantha Houp
April 25, 2017 at 3:43 am
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Stunning card! Love Love Love the mettalic touches! Just fabulous!



Marina
April 25, 2017 at 5:14 am
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Beautiful! I love the colors and all those stars, it is so unique.



Bea Alexandra
April 25, 2017 at 7:19 am
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I love the blends of the blue with the metallic stars. I stamp often and sometimes find it difficult to get the right blend of colors.



Mary Holshouser
April 25, 2017 at 12:37 pm
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I love this card.
For one thing it features blue – my favorite color.
the second is all of the stars in their different
shades.
Fantastic card.
thanks for sharing.



Aroa Cristiano
April 25, 2017 at 2:22 pm
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Nice work.



Stefanie White
April 25, 2017 at 10:42 pm
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Wow, I’m loving this card. Totally trying this for my next card!!



Robins P
April 26, 2017 at 7:51 am
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Thanks for showing a way to create an awesome card using smaller elements from a stamp set.



Berina Febin
April 26, 2017 at 12:48 pm
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Such a beautiful card!! I love how you’ve used the stars.



Sharon Thompson
April 26, 2017 at 2:10 pm
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Love the colors and techniques used. Very beautiful card.



Tami
April 26, 2017 at 5:33 pm
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I love your work! Great card & thanks so much for the giveaway!



Trish F
April 28, 2017 at 6:03 am
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Love the card, embossing is one of my favorite things. Thanks for sharing!



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