Friday, August 29, 2014

August Release Tour of the Stars + The Big Giveaway

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Welcome to our first ever Tour of the Stars (aka blog hop) to celebrate the August Release.  We are introducing three (3) brand new 6x8 inch "Texas" sized stamp sets and their coordinating digital elements to you this weekend and should you like to purchase them they are ready to buy right now in the shop.

As a bonus from now through September 12 when you buy an August Release stamp set you receive its coordinating digital elements (including cut files) FREE (no action necessary...the files will automatically be emailed to you).

Join us (Julie and Shay), Guest Star/Winner of Playdate No. 2 Challenge Jenny Martin, August Leading Lady Heather Hoffman, September Leading Lady Lyndal Higgins and our out-of-this-world creative team The Talent and take a tour of the STARS!  You will find amazing inspiration and giveaways at every stop.

Here at the w&w blog we, Julie and Shay, are sharing our projects along with hosting The Big Giveaway!

Now get comfy-cozy, pour yourself a cuppa your favorite beverage and relax the night or weekend away.

>>>THE GOOD STUFF<<<

Julie

Hello w&w family! Or should I say Howdy Y'all!!!  :)   So glad to be back on the blog sharing some fun projects using the new "Texas" size sets.  One thing that Shay and I like to do is try to give you as much stamp goodness as we can in each set, and larger sets mean more stamp goodness!  Gotta love that!!!

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For my first project, I cut the "chevron maple leaf" from the A Tree for All Seasons Digital Elements set, on my Silhouette Cameo in a large size so it would take center stage on the card front.  I actually cut this leaf using some white cardstock, but then inked it with my dark brown ColorBox chalk ink and then topped it off with what little bit of bronze ColorBox pigment ink I had left.  Inking was easy - just put the die cut on some scrap paper and added the ink direct to paper, tapping, not wiping.  The delicate cut out held up very well!  I added tiny dots of Tombow Mono Multi adhesive so that it would stick, but letting some areas lift up slightly.  The sentiment is stamped in Versamark and embossed with Midnight Bronze Obsidian.  This card was super fast and I love the results!

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The next card uses all three of our new stamp sets. The house, banner and cat are from This Awesome House - and awesome it is.  So many little extras to change the house up.  I cut the stairs off of mine and added the porch light (peeking out from under the banner).  The house and banner are colored with my beloved prisma color pencils and a gamsol treatment.  "Color" me happy! The banner is stamped with a sentiment found in the Moonlight set and I added one of the little pumpkins to the window sill.  Would look cute near the door or near the tree too.  The sentiments like the one on the banner are created straight but are easy to curve to match the banner's shape.  LOVE THAT!  Double duty!  The tree is from A Tree for All Seasons and you will find a leaf cluster on the set too.  I inked it up in different chalk ink shades of yellow, orange, and red, overlapping the stamping to get some depth of the foliage.  I masked the stamp and added some leaves to the ground under the tree.  And finally, adding the cute little cat.

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Some of you may have seen a sneak of this tag on instagram this weekend!  I love how the colors look together this one is really making me ready for Halloween.  I have been enjoying creating hybrid projects and love the results!

First the tag is inked and sprinkled with water (wrinkle free distress) and stamped with a few goodies from Moonlight.  The web border is on the bottom and fussy cut for some added detail. The large web stamp is used twice behind the die cut version, and once behind the pumpkin, and spiders and bats are added for more creepy crawly fun.  The triple diamond makes a good border too and gives that space some interest.  The Moonlight Digital Elements of the web, pumpkin spider and eek are all sprayed with dylusions and glimmer mists.  This card has a subtle shimmer to it that is so pretty in real life.  The web is glued to the tag the same as with the leaf above - dots of Tombow Mono Multi adhesive, but the other elements are added with foam tape.  The large spider is dangling from black hemp cord covered in glossy accents so it will glisten and the spider is covered in fine onyx vintage glass glitter which gives the spider a subtle sparkle, and makes him look fuzzy too.  The tag is topped with fabulous fibers from my stash.  Now, take a look at Shay's awesome projects for this release.  You are going to love them!  And we hope you have fun on the Tour of the Stars  - the inspiration is incredible! Stellar, in fact!

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Are you enjoying yourself as much as we are?  You can tell that Julie loved playing with these stamps and digital elements, right?  Her projects are awesome.

These are some really fun stamp sets to play with together (and obviously on their own!).  When designing them Julie and I thought about how they could work with each other or separately.  We really are excited to show you just a few ideas (really only a few and we will be sharing more in the coming month) on how to use these stamps and you will see many more wonders during your Tour of the Stars.  With that said, we know that once these babies reach their forever homes we will be seeing possibilites that Julie and I could never have dreamed of...that is one of the great joys for us as designers!

Enough talk!  Let's get to my projects. :-)

Card No. 1

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First up I have a card that uses all three of the August Release stamp sets: A Tree for All Seasons, Moonlight and This Awesome House.

I see this house being decorated and customized in so many ways and we certainly wanted to be able to decorate it for fall and Halloween so in Moonlight you will find some stamps sized for that like the dotted scallop, little bats, stars, moon, little pumpkins and more.

For this card I stamped the house, fence and bird (from A Tree for all Seasons).  Masked the house off and stamped the moon (the large circle from A Tree for all Seasons) in butter bar Hero Arts Mid-Tone Shadow Ink. I masked off the moon too and blended in the sky using tumbled glass, stormy sky and broken china and peeled paint Distress Ink for the grass.  I inked the edges of the panel with black soot Distress Ink.  I sprayed the areas with Mister Huey's Color Mist in calico shine.  I stamped the pumpkin on the steps and then stamped it again on a piece of cardstock and colored it in with Copics and fussy cut it out and placed it over the stamped pumpkin on the steps.  I used Copics to color in the house (0, C1, C3, C7, BG10, E00, Y000, Y00, Y12, Y15, Y25).  I went for a distressed look so I swiped the colorless blender over some areas (yes, the less than perfect coloring is on purpose. lol).  I love that Halloween encourages imperfection!  I stamped the banner from This Awesome House and sentiment from Moonlight bending it to fit the curve of the banner in Versamark and heat embosses in white embossing powder on grey cardstock.  The banner fits right on the house...it's like it was planned! lol  I finished it off by attaching the panel to grey cardstock and then to Amy Tangerine/American Crafts patterned paper and a grey card base.

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Card No. 2

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This card is all from A Tree for All Seasons.  I wanted to use the tree and the round leaf canopy.  I stamped the tree in cup o' joe Hero Arts Mid-Tone Shadow Inks then stamped the canopy in Versamark and heat embossed with bronze embossing powder on a piece of Tim Holtz Distress Ink watercolor paper.  I used Distress Ink in shabby shutters, peeled paint, wild honey and spiced marmalade with water and painted in the leaves.  I then used Distress Inks to paint in the grass and stamped the cluster of leaves over it and then painted in the sky.  On a piece of Amy Tangerine/American Crafts I embossed the sentiment which I adhered with the Tiny Attacher.  I attached the panel to a wood embossed cardstock with foam dimensional adhesive.  I think you could safely give this card to a guy.  What do you think?

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Card No. 3

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I wanted a bit more color in my last card and I went in a sort of unorthodox direction.  I embossed the tree from A Tree for All Seasons three times in bronze.  I then painted a wild background in fun colors.  To tone down the brightness I sprayed it with with water and used a paper towel to soak up the excess pigment.  To make the trees stand out more I stamped the trees a bit to the left of the original embossed tree in cup o'joe.  I heat embossed the sentiment which is a mix from Moonlight and The Big, the Bold, and the Happy onto the banner from This Awesome House.  I added some layers behind the colorful panel including some patterned paper from 6x6 Styleboard paper pad from Maggie Holmes/Crate Paper which was inspired by the Share the Love Week featuring Simon Says Stamp sketch challenge (still time to play along!).  Last are some shimmery sequins.  This is definitely a one of a kind card. lol

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Thank you so much for spending time with us!  I know you will fall in love with the projects you will see along the way. :-)  Make sure to show some love (and you will be entered to win prizes too).

>>>TOUR OF THE STARS<<<

Here are previews of just a fraction of the wonders you will find on your way.  Remember to comment at every stop for a chance to win!  This is also the order of the Tour of the Stars should you get lost.

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>>>NEXT STOP<<<  To see more from Guest Star Jenny Martin CLICK HERE.

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To see more from August Leading Lady Heather Hoffman CLICK HERE.

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To see more from September Leading Lady Lyndal Higgins CLICK HERE.

w&w_aug2014-blog-hop_sneak-gayatri To see more from Gayatri CLICK HERE.

w&w_aug2014-blog-hop_sneak-heatherP To see more from Heather P CLICK HERE.

w&w_aug2014-blog-hop_sneak-joni To see more from Joni CLICK HERE.

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To see more from Kelly CLICK HERE.

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To see more from Laura CLICK HERE.

w&w_aug2014-blog-hop_sneak-lea To see more from Lea CLICK HERE.

w&w_aug2014-blog-hop_sneak-mayuri To see more from Mayuri CLICK HERE.

w&w_aug2014-blog-hop_sneak-vanessa To see more from Vanessa CLICK HERE.

Your next stop is Jenny Martin's blog.

>>>THE BIG GIVEAWAY<<<

Here on the w&w blog we are giving away all three (3) stamp sets + coordinating design elements to one randomly chosen winner!

You don't have just one chance to win, but a lucky 7!  You can do as many or as few entries as you want.  Remember that if you take advantage of all 7 chances to win, you will have commented on this blog post 7 times.  Each chance = a separate comment.

Ways to enter:
  1. Comment on this blog post.  
  2. Follow us on this blog to the right through Blogger, by email or through Feedly or Bloglovin.  Leave a comment that you follow us. (If you already follow our blog, let us know!  And thank you.)
  3. Like us on Facebook.  Leave a comment that you like us on Facebook...we like you right back!  (If you already like us on Facebook, let us know!  And thank you.)  As a little bonus for liking us on Facebook we have some fan freebies...just check under the "like our page" tab.
  4. Follow us on Instagram.  Leave a comment that you follow us.  (If you already follow us on Instagram, let us know!  And thank you.)
  5. Follow us on Pinterest. Leave a comment that you follow us.  (If you already follow us on Pinterest, let us know!  And thank you.)
  6. Follow us on Twitter.  Leave a comment that you follow us.  (If you already follow us on Twitter, let us know!  And thank you.)
  7. Share about Winnie & Walter's August Release on TwitterFacebook, your blog or Instagram. (#winniewalter)  Leave a comment that you shared and thank you! 
You have until 11:59 p.m. (central standard time) on September 1, 2014 to enter.

All winners from our August Release Tour of the Stars will be announced the week of September 1, 2014.

389 comments:

  1. Fabulous cards! Looking at these, makes me want to go back and make lots more!

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  2. Great cards. Looking forward to hopping along and getting inspired. :)

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  3. I'm following your blog through Feedly!

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  4. I like Winnie & Walter on Facebook! :)

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  5. I follow all of your boards on Pinterest!

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  6. I've been loving your little sneaks peeks on instagram. The new release looks wonderful!

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  7. Hole-lee smokes! Blown away by these sample cards. Truly gorgeous!!

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  8. Wow !! what a fantastic line up of projects I love the new release ! I am a blog follower !

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  9. Great cards! I'm so excited about the new releases!

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  10. Follow you on Twitter as well !

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  11. Love the cards, thanks for sharing!!

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  12. What a fantastic release!! Can't wait to see what the blog hop will have in store, lots of amazing ideas and creations I bet!!

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  13. Already follow your blog with email updates.

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  14. Just signed up to follow you through email. Thank you!!

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  15. Following your blog thru email

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  16. I liked you months ago on Facebook! Thank you! ;)

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  17. Following you on instagram

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  18. Following you on Pinterest

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  19. Following you on Twitter

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  20. Following you on Pinterest! Thank you!! ;)

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  21. These look like amazing sets.

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  22. I shared about Winnie & Walter's third release on Facebook for all my friends to see. Thank you!! ;)

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  23. 1: totally awesome Shay and Julie.... you are awesome!

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  24. 2: Been a follower for some time - so enjoy seeing all the goodness on the blog

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  25. 3: Also been a Facebook follower for some time... love all your freebies thanks

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  26. Such fantastic cards, love them!!!

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  27. I like you on Facebook, and am following you on Pinterest as well as Instagram :)))

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  28. And definitely follow your awesome blog!

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  29. Your stamps and dies really bring fall alive - fabulous cards and fantastic inspiration!

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  30. Oh i didn't realize that each comment was supposed to be separate -- sooo this is the Pinterest one :)

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  31. anddd this is the Instagram one!

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  32. AWESOME!! LOVING the INSPIRATION for today and the New Release!! =) THANKS for sharing and for the chance to win!! Have a Fabulous Week!! =)

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  33. These cards and tag are absolutely fabulous! Great job in showing off these fun designs!

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  34. Oh my, this looks like a wonderful release! I am off to check out the blogs...

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  35. beautiful cards!! amazing job ladies... kudos to you!!
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  36. I have already like W & W on Facebook..
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  37. I'm following your blog through Feedly :)
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  38. I'm following your instagram page...
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  39. I'm following all your boards on Pinterest...
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  40. Wow these are amazing! Way to go on this release!

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  41. Oh my gosh, both of you already having me super stoked to go hopping--then shopping LOL!!! :) Julie, your eek! tag is absolutely boo-tiful and I'm totally in love with that big huge leaf die cut!.. the size of darn Texas is right!! I adore both of your awesome houses and how you've showcased the versatility of it so beautifully! I can see TONS more ideas for using THIS AWESOME HOUSE (perfect name btw)!! So much gorgeous inspiration already!! This will be my first time hopping with you and I know it's going to be a blast and a half!! :D

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    1. Thanks so much, Linsey!! We're glad you love the new release as much as we do!!! :)

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  42. I have shared on my blog sidebar...
    -Berina
    Moxie Craftie

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  43. I follow you on Blog Lovin and Google Friend connect! :)

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  44. I already Like you on Facebook....but only because I can't Love you on FB! :)

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  45. I already Follow you on Pinterest (scrappygirl21) :)

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  46. I already Follow you on Twitter (@scrappygirl4) :)

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  47. I shared the link to this release on my Facebook timline here: https://www.facebook.com/linseyrickett

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  48. I tweeted about this release here: https://twitter.com/scrappygirl4/status/505555136286969856

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  49. I follow you thru e-mail.

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  50. So many great card in this post i LOVE the haunted house so much!!

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  51. I tweeted about the contest @TraceyMcNeely!

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  52. I really love Moonlight and This Awesome House!

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  53. I follow the blog through Feedly.

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  54. Great release an cards! So much inspiration and good stuff.

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  55. Stunning release! Stamp goodness for sure! And awesome projects, too! Love that you named your blog hop "Tour of the Stars"! ☆☆☆

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  56. What a great release! I really must have that house, there are so many ways to decorate it!

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  57. August is an AWESOME month!!!
    LOVE the new releases and the projects they INSPIRE!!!
    ... time for me to get hopping along now, I'm going on A TOUR OF THE STARS :)

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  58. I'm already subscribed to your blog and get e-mails via FeedBlitz :)
    I also follow you via BlogLovin' just to make sure I don't miss a thing!!!

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  59. I already like you on Facebook - my name there is Tracy Moloney :)

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  60. I already follow you on Pinterest - my name there is Tracy Moloney :)

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  61. I already follow you on Twitter - my tag is @TracyM6773 :)

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  62. I shared about the August release, the fabulous projects and the giveaway using the link to this Blog Post with my crafty friends on Facebook - my Facebook name is Tracy Moloney :)
    https://www.facebook.com/tracy.moloney.71/posts/915562451805466

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  63. I Tweeted about the August release, the Tour of the Stars, the fabulous projects and giveaway using the link to this Blog Post - my Twitter name is @TracyM6773
    https://twitter.com/TracyM6773/status/505588909288337408

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  64. Just Awesome. I love the cards and these stamps. So versatile! TFS

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  65. I don't have Instagram, so I shared about the August release, the Tour of the Stars, the fabulous inspiration and the giveaway too - my Pinterest name is Tracy Moloney :)
    http://www.pinterest.com/pin/247275835765896045/

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  66. Awesome way to showcase new release and that too with a BIG giveaway ! I loved Julie's n Shay's card and specially the ones with house on them :) lovely Inspirations !

    I follow W&W through blogger facebook and have liked the page :)

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  67. I liked you on facebook. So glad I found you!

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  68. I can't wait to see these sets, they sound awesome!

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  69. So many beautiful projects!
    These new sets are amazing :-)

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  70. I follow W & W on Bloglovin :-)

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  71. Julie and Shay, your cards are awesome! The new stamp sets and cut files are awesome!

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  72. Gorgeous & inspiring work by the talent, as always!! Bravo on another fantastic w&w release!!

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  73. I follow all of your boards on Pinterest :)

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  74. Wow. These cards are truly terrific. I follow you on FB, IG and on Pinterest. Love your products and your service.

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  75. Wonderful line-up of fabulous designers and cards!

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  76. and when I get your emails? a happy dance I do!

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  77. I have been waiting for this release. Fantastic stamps. And the blog hop is very, very inspiring!

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  78. Already follow the blog through email

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  79. Following all boards on Pinterest.

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  81. Beautiful projects! The Chevron Maple Leaf is my favorite!

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  82. I follow on Instagram (@acools)

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  83. I tweeted.
    https://twitter.com/acools/status/505712939597189120

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  84. Fabulous creations everyone! Love each individual creation.

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  85. I am a subscriber to the blog via email.

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  86. I follow on Pinterest (Allison Cope Israels).

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  87. Your release, and the showcase cards, are absolute delights! A whole lot of fun; a whole lot of possibilities!! WOW! I follow you via Feedly...
    ~c

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  88. Woah! Look at the sizes of these stamps! Can't wait to see what your Talent created!! Your cards were great!!

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  89. I already follow your blog through Feedly!

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  90. I already like you on Facebook!

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  91. I already follow you on Pinterest!

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  92. I already follow you on Instagram!

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  93. I already follow you on Twitter!

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  94. I just twitted about your blog hop!

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    1. Oh my gosh!! Autocorrect somehow just turned tweeted into twitted!! haha

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  95. I "like" you on FB.

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  96. Awesome release but I'm hoping this doesn't mean we are done with the Big and the Bolds because I still have a list of about 50 words that I think would complete my stamping needs!!! LOL (well until I think of more things I am needing to say!)
    but I do love these :D

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  97. What a wonderful release and blog hop!

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  98. Thanks for such great inspiration, Julie and Shay ... need to find some time to play! Anita :)

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