Hello hoppers! I have the pleasure in being a stop on the “#Spread Joy Not Germs” blog hop initiated by Catherine Pooler and Alexandra of The Hedgehog Hollow. You should have arrived here from Kerys Sharrock’s blog, and your next stop is Wendy Nicola Jackson’s blog. If you ever get lost along the way, just stop by Catherine Pooler’s blog or The Hedgehog Hollow. There are lots of prizes to be given away so please read at the end of the blog post to see how you can participate and be eligible to win!
For my card today, I am showcasing the Pretty Posies stamp set and Posies fri-dies by CAS-ual Fridays stamps.
To begin, I stamped my images on some Neenah solar white card stock and colored them in with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers. I die-cut the images using the coordinating dies.
I ink-blended an A2-size panel of Bristol smooth white card stock with some distress oxide inks. I adhered this panel on a white side-fold card base.
I die-cut some white card stock using a watercolor striped background coverplate and foam-mounted this piece on the colored background. I also adhered the flowers with foam and liquid adhesive.
I finished my design by stamping the sentiment with Versafine Onyx black ink and added white dots in the center of the flowers using my Sakura gelli-roll pen. Here’s a closer look at the card:
The Pretty Posies stamp set is one of my favorites from CAS-ual Fridays. They are so easy to color. Here’s another look:
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Maria Russell Designs 
Wow, your card is delish! Joy in a card for sure! LOVE the beautiful inky background and that fabulous background die. Gorgeous creation. Hugs, Wends xoxo
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What a gorgeous bouquet of flowers. I am so ready for a spray of spring flowers. Love that background and the strip die cut.
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Love the bright colors in your card thanks for contributing to this blog up I got a lot of inspiration and still more to go will be back to see you soon
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This is such a warm, wonderful design. I adore the summer sunset (or rise) palette of the background. It soothes and inspires in equal measure.
Autumn Zenith 🎃 Witchcrafted Life
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This is beautiful! Love the bright colors!!!
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I LOVE these bright flowers! GORGEOUS!
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Your card makes me happy just looking at it. Love the beautiful colors, thank you for sharing!
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Love the bright spring flowers and the use of that bg die is perfect!!
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Since we had snow this morning, your card is a much needed dose of Spring!
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Your background pairs so perfectly with your colored up flowers! Thank you for sharing!
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The Layering is awesome – TFS
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Cute, thanks for thinking of us and sharing.
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Beautiful floral card
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love the background and vibrant flowers
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Beautiful bright colors! Love that cover plate!
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Beautiful card, such a colourful, cheerful design!
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I love the stripes! So creative!
Hugs, Joy
Joyfully Stamps
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You are so talented! I always love your cards.
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I love your bright, cheery flowers — and the striped coverplate looks really pretty behind them.
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I just love this, one of my favs so far!
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Love the bright, cheery colors you used!
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Really gorgeous design! Love the stripes with that happy flower!! TFS!
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What a beautiful card!!! TFS
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LOVE LOVE this beautiful card! So bright and cheerful.
Stay Healthy
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Wow! This is fantastic! I love the blended background behind the white die cut. It really helps the flowers pop! Great attention to detail on this card!
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How colorful… great card. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
Hugs
Ute
DT Whimsy Stamps
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Wait if I’m bright card! Love it!!
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Love this card! I may be borrowing…..
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Brightly colored and beautifully layered!! What a wonderful design!
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Gorgeous card and Pretty Posies is my fave too!
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Fresh and bright, really makes you smile! Thanks for sharing!
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Love this beautiful and bright card!
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Such a pretty card!
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Love every layer of this card! The soft inking, striped die, and vibrant flowers work so well together to create a happy card!
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Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
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This is beautiful. I love the colors so much! 🙂
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The colors on your card is so bright and vibrant. I love it. Anyone would love to receive it. Thanks for sharing!
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Love the colorful flowers and the striped die cut. really petty. TFS
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Great idea! This is so wonderful to do! Thank you!
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love the happy colours on your card – immediately lifts the spirits!
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I love this! So bright. So happy. So joyful!
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I have the floral stamps. Yours is so bright and happy.
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your flowers are so cheerful and I love that cover plate! beautiful card.
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Your card is so gorgeous! Love how colorful it is. I have that cover plate,
but haven’t used it yet.
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The card is super terrific.. The CP inks are so lovely bright and vibrant. And your coloring is charming ❤️❤️
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Love these bright flowers. Cute card.
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Lovely card, love the flowers💚
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Fabulous card Maria! I love how bright and happy it is!
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That is Joy for sure. The background really accents the bright happy flowers without being distracting…nice job and please be well!
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Really love your card! The flowers and the colors just spell Fun and Smiles
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Oh WOW! Absolutely gorgeous, love it!.. ..Thanks for sharing x
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Beautiful flowers! I love the die cut background and the cheery colors you used on the card!
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Very pretty card. I prefer whimsical flowers like these because then I don’t have to worry about realistic coloring. Love your colors & design.
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Thank you for participating in this blog hop, and for sharing the joy with us!
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Love this wonderful card. The colors are gorgeous.
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Oh, I love the background…
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This card is absolutely gorgeous! Thanks so much for participating in the blog hop to give us a chance to win prizes!
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So bright and beautiful! Love this!
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Cute card and a wonderful hop. So much talent!
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Really like your clean colorful card
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Eye catching. A card to be displayed.
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Lovely card. I really like how you used the die cut and popped it up.
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Gorgeous! I love the die cut and beautiful colors.
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EEK, beautiful bright and cheery color palette!!!
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Beautiful and very colorful fun card! Thanks for sharing!
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I love your brightly colored, cheery card. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing!
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Beautiful card as always Maria! Love the bright and cheerful flowers and gorgeous background! Thanks for the inspiration!
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What a bright happy card 😀
Huge hugs
Amy xx
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Such a pretty card. I’ve had my eye on that water color cover plate and love how it looks on your card. Very bright and cheerful!
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oh my, those colors, so great
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What a fun and colorful card. It’s for sure to brighten someones day. I love the background.Thanks you for sharing. Stay safe.
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Love your coloring, and this layout. What a beautiful card.
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I adore the way you incorporated the shades of yellow & pink used on your flowers in such light tones on your background. I love the die you used as well. So cheery & lovely.
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So gorgeous, Maria, I love all the colours you chose, and the overall design! This would make any recipient smile!
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Beautiful, colorful flowers on a white background. Love it! TFS
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Such a bright cheerful card. Would make anyone’s day.
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Such a pretty card!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
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So bright and cheery!! I love it!!
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Love the colors and layers!
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Your card is amazing!!. So colorful and beautiful. I think anyone would smile receiving. The Posies are incredible!!.
Wish I had a bouquet now!!.
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The colors in your card make me so happy<3<3<3 Stay healthy! Stay safe! Stay crafty!
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Darling card! perfect for this hop! Thank you to all who have come together!
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Your card is gorgeous! I love the vibrant colours and your background looks amazing too! Thanks for spreading some joy today and being part of this amazing hop!
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Stunning card. The colors are Beautiful.
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Wow! So bright and uplifting. Thanks for sharing
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Love the background die! Such a pretty card.
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such a bright card Maria! love it!
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loving this colorful card – thanks for sharing
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These colors sing! 🌸🎶 ✨
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This is a gorgeous card! Super colorful and fun! Thank you for helping to spread joy!
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Such a pretty creation! Awesome event to spread Joy during these uncertain times! Thanks for the chance to win!
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Your card is gorgeous! I love the bright, cheery colors.
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Super pretty card. Great color choices. TFS
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I adore that frame and the way you’ve layered the flowers over it. Colors are awesome and the bright sunshiny colors rock!
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Your floral card is so bright and happy. I love it!
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Such a cheery colorful card. Just perfect!!
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This is so pretty!!! Love the beautiful flowers and that fabulous background!
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Lovely card.
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Lovely card!! SO bright and spring-y!!
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I just love how your card turned out. Fab design and colours. xx
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Oh this is lovely! the background is gorgeous, and just the perfect amount shows through so as not to overwhelm the beautiful flowers. Love it!
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Wow! Your card is so beautiful and refreshing! Love the colors a lot! ❤
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Oh my gosh I love your card. I think this is one of my favorites in the hops. I love everything about it from the colors to the design. Great card. Thanks for helping to spread joy.
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Love the colorful lattice behind the
flowers. Wonderful colors.
So crisp and pretty.
thanks for sharing
txmlhl:(at)yahoo(dot)com
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What a pretty card! I love the bright colors and the striped background!
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I love your happy and cheerful flower card. Very cute stamp!
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Such a TERRIFIC card. So cheerful and colorful. Anyone would love to receive this card. Thanks for sharing.
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Great combination of colors. I like the background die.
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I love those bright flowers – they brighten my day, and that’s just the photo!
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Love your flowers. They’re so bright and cheery. You made a wonderful card!
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Love this bright colorful card. Thank you for sharing! XO 🙂
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Beautiful card!
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This is a beautiful card. Well thought out with a soft subtle background and bright and colorful flowers. I love all of it. TFS!
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Such a beautiful card!
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What a nice card! 🙂
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So uplifting!
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WONDERFUL card!
LOVE your CHEERY flowers, VIBRANT colours and PRETTY layers – WOW – it’s TERRIFIC and makes me SMILE 🙂
Thank You for sharing and INSPIRING!
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I love the colors you used on the flowers. They are so brilliant. Nice card. Thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful card! I love the bright colors you used and the cover die is fabulous. Thank for sharing.
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Beautiful card – I love the bright cheerful colors
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Love this colorful card!
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What a pretty card…love that background die.
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Love this card and how you used the background die; one of my favorite techniques with those dies.
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Beautiful bright card presentation
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Fun card. Love the bright colored flowers. Thanks for sharing
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This card is so pretty, I need that tattered background die!
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Your card is delightful, so bright and cheery.
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What a nice colorful card.
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Oh what a happy card! Beautiful composition and colors. So perfectly executed.
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Those are really colorful happy colors which helps get ya out of the boredom of being home! A beautiful card, loving those flowers!
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Wow! Your card turned out awesome!! I love the bright colors!
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So lovely with the pretty springtime flowers and gorgeous blended background!!
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So cute! Love this image, nice card! Love the colours too.
Valerija xx
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Great card! Thanks for sharing the process of making it. I love that coverplate you used!
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Stunning, bright and beautiful. Absolutely love this! Thanks for sharing.
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Such a pretty card!
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Such a pretty card Maria. Love the gorgeous flowers and the bright colors. It’s sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face! The sponged background looks amazing too… cool cover plate! Thank you for the inspiration! Stay safe! God bless!
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I just love your card. It is so bright and cheerful. Also love the background die. Thanks for sharing it. Please stay safe.
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Your Pretty Posey Card has s gorgeous!!! So colorful and full of “spring.” TFS
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WOWZA Maria 🙂 Your bright and cheery card lept off the computer at me!!! It shouts Spring! It’s splendid!!! Thanks for inspiring me 🙂
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So bright and cheery!
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Bright beautiful florals
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SWOON!! I LOVE your BEAUTIFUL Card that you shared!! Those Colors are definitely a Mood booster!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
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Love the cheery colors of the flowers and the background.
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Love these cards! Thanks for the inspiration.
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Gorgeous card! Love the bright cheerful flowers. Hope you’re going ok. Be safe. Hang in there. Thanks for a wonderful hop and the inspiration!
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What a beautiful card! Love the background die and floral stamps!
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