Thursday, February 27, 2014

Hero Arts + BasicGrey Spice Market Blog Hop



Hello and welcome to my stop on the Hero Arts + BasicGrey Blog Hop!

Today we are featuring some gorgeous products from the new Spice Market collection. There are two clear stamp sets and three backgrounds to coordinate with the collection and let me tell you, they are amazing!!!

My first card features the Flower Symbol Background paired with some items from Kelly Purkey's new Mon Ami collection.


I love the subtle tone on tone background created with clear embossing powder. And this is a stamp that will work well with many different styles.


Next up, I've made a card with the Best Time Ever clear stamp set. This set has so many great images for building your own backgrounds.


I just did a video for Hero Arts that shows how I made the pattern on this card as well as two others using stamps from Spice Market -- you can check it out HERE.


To celebrate the release of Spice Market, Hero Arts and BasicGrey are having an awesome giveaway!


They will be giving away two complete Spice Market collections -- including paper, embellishments, clear and cling stamp! Just leave a comment on this post by 11:59pm PST on Sunday, March 2nd and they will randomly draw two winners from all the comments left on the hop. The more comments you leave along the hop, the better your chance of winning!

Your next stop on the hop is the very talented Melissa Phillips!

If you happen to find a link that doesn't work, you can hop back to the Hero Arts Blog for a list of direct links to all the blogs in today's hop.


478 comments:

  1. Your cards are beautiful, Kelly! I love that tone on tone embossed background you created. SO subtle and fabulous! And the chevron pattern you made is just out of this world! How creative! Love it!

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  2. Beautiful cards! I especially love the first card with the embossed background and the vellum.

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  3. ooohhh---WOW! Love the embossing, and tat vellum rocks! great cards!

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  4. Very beautiful cards ! the first one is my favorite, very elegant, cute and sweet !

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  5. gorgeous! Love the stamping/embossing!

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  6. The tone on tone embossing is so pretty!

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  7. Love how you embossed the stamp, such pretty pattern.

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  8. I want the Best Ever, and I want it right now! I just love that little geo corner!

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  9. Love your cards!! The background stamps are awesome!!

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  10. I just love how you are able to build a background with the stamps!!
    makes for a perfect match for the lovely papers EVERY TIME!!

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  11. Such awesome cards! I am really loving the BG stamps in this collection!

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  12. Lovely cards! Thanks for the chance to win an awesome collection.

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  13. Love your cards! I love how you stamped the second card!

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  14. Wonderful cards. And thanks for the video!

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  15. Fabulous cards & video Kelly! I adore pattern building stamps. They are so small (for storage) & offer such versatility. I am still learning, so I often misalign my stamped images. But that's okay. I simply die-cut a pretty shape from the good bit & make a card with that ;-) thanks for all the hints & tips tgat make it easier. Theresa x

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  16. Oh, I just bought a ton of this. Although I didn't get those wonderful background stamps. Love the first card especially though both are very pretty.

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  17. Your card looks great. I've used it for inspiration to make a birthday card.

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  18. Love the cards which you made from this set :) I have a soft corner for your second card, the color combination is great..

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  19. Loving those colors and that triangle stamped chevrons! Great collection.

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  20. i just love the vellum. It just gives it an extra little flair.

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  21. I like the colorcombies you made for both cards!

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  22. Your cards are terrific! I really loved the tone on tone background with the clear embossing powder so gorgeous yet subtle.

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  23. Awesome cards ad love the background the stamping!

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  24. Love the embossed look you created! Beautiful card!

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  25. Gorgeous GORGEOUS cards! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  26. Your cards are beautiful but the top one is over the top. I love it marvelous job. TFS

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  27. Love the cards! The embossed background looks great. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  28. That clear embossing looks SO beautiful on the card. Thanks for sharing!

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  29. both your cards are great but especially love the flower card!

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  30. I love velum and the way you use it in your first card is great. I think I will have to buy this collection if I don't win it.

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  31. Oh, how LOVELY! Thank you for the chance to win!

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  32. The first card is very sweet plus ilove embossing

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  33. Two more beautiful cards Kelly! Thanks for sharing!

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  34. Love both your cards. The first one is so elegant and the second one is so trendy. Thanks for sharing it. :-)

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  35. Those cards are amazing, especially love the video!

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  36. Lovely cards, Kelly! Especially love the first one! Thanks for sharing.

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  37. Love the CAS cards you showed, papers are stunning too, Thanks for sharing! Also, thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  38. Your cards are beautiful! I especially like the last one! It is a great masculine card but change of colors and it could be for a girl!

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  39. I'm so amazed by all the cool patterns you did with those unassuming little stamps! Great video!

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  40. Love your cards, Kelly! I enjoyed watching your video the other day and can see just how versatile these new stamps will be! Thanks for your inspiration.

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  41. Two beautiful cards, this collection is great.

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  42. Beautiful cards! The first one is my favorite!

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  43. Beautiful cards! And, Fantastic collection! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  44. Beautiful cards! Can't wait to watch the video.

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  45. Really great set of stamps, papers and embellishments, beautiful cards with the set, Kelly!

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  46. Love your cards...the vellum is so delicate int he first one and love the color triangles in the second card..nice masculine card idea...great job!!

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  47. Loving this blog hop! You guys are so talented! And, what an amazing giveaway!

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  48. Love this collection, the embossing on the first card really makes the whole thing pop!

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  49. Beautiful embossing technique. Great color combinations.

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  50. Kelly, your cards are wonderful! A great use of the stamps.

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  51. Such a fantastic color combination!

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  52. Kelly - Beautiful cards! I especially love how you have clear embossed the background stamp on your first card, it is stunning!

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  53. love your clear embossing pattern!!!!

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  54. That first card is amazing! Love the modern design of the 2nd card too!

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  55. Lovely cards. I enjoyed the video too! That tone on tone is especially effective on the first card! TFS

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  56. Such beautifully crafted cards!!!

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  57. Great cards. Have always preferred the tone on tone look. And the chevron pattern is fantastic! Thanks.

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  58. Truly lovely cards!
    The twine on the first card adds a bit of flourish without seeming overly girly.
    Thank you for sharing these!

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  59. Amazing cards! Adore the background on the first one, it's so pretty!

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  60. Great inspiration - how I love blog hops. So many new ideas to try!

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  61. Love that chevron look with the stamps on the second card! Your work is amazing! Glad to see a fellow Nebraskan on the design team! :)

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  62. Love the color of the second card! really nice.

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  63. I Love the clear embossing with the flower background stamp!
    The second card is awesome-the repeated stamping with multiple colors really makes a stunning effect.

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  64. These are both fantastic! I really love the color tones in the first card! Gorgeous!

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  65. Wow! The tone on tone background and the Chevron pattern are......I have no words. Just squeals. Wow!

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  66. The more I see this collection the more I like it. Wonderful examples!

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  67. Two great cards showing two very different styles. Love the soft feel of the tone on tone with vellum and the more masculine, geometric look of the chevron. The video was so very helpful also.

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  68. I love the pattern you made for the card. Stunning!

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  69. Both cards are so different, yet so so gorgeous!!

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  70. What lovely colors! Love the use of vellum on the first card. Beautiful!

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  71. Great projects! Fantastic video featuring 2 stamps from this collection. Both cards look so professional, it's almost hard to believe they are hand stamped. But the video proves they were stamped.

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  72. Great cards! Love the embossing.
    Thanks for the inspiration.

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  73. Beautiful cards and I love both of them. I love the background on the first and your clever use of the stamp on the second one!

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  74. Your cards are really amazing, are so beautiful!

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  75. Love all these patterns, great cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  76. Great cards! I love the background stamps, but always forgot that I can stamp my own background using smaller stamps. Thanks for the ideas! ;-)

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  77. Great work! Your cards look awesome.

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  78. These are wonderful! I love the embossing and the vellum on the first and what perfect and precise stamping on the second!

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  79. Love, love, love those enamal dots! And the vellum and the rounded corners on the first card are sweet too!

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  80. Love your beautiful cards Kelly! Thanks for sharing.

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  81. I love the yellow and grey! Such a great combo.

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  82. I love how you put colors together.

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  83. Love your cards. Love how you stamped your own background using the triangle stamp and made it look like a chevron pattern.

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  84. The new papers and stamps are terrific...your card is too.

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  85. The new papers and stamps are terrific...your card is too.

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  86. Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing.

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  87. Pretty. Like the stamping, embossing w/ clear embossing powder, use of vellum, colors, flowers & chevron pattern.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  88. like using stamps to make cool background paper

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  89. Beautiful cards. Love the stamp set. Excited about the possibilities.

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  90. Such luscious colors and nice ideas. Lovely indeed. Thank you.

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  91. Beautiful cards! Thanks for the opportunity to win a great package!!!

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  92. I love the colors you used in the second card.

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  93. I'm loving the vibrant colors and texture of this line. More amazing cards!

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  94. I love your cards! Love the tone on tone embossing!

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  95. These cards are gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  96. Your cards are totally gorgeous! Thanks for sharing!

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  97. I find both of your cards gorgeous.

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  98. Love the shiny embossing on the first card and the color combo on the second card.

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  99. Love the cards and the techniques you used!! :)

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  100. Like the way you made your own pattern with the stamps -- I always like to see projects that have the personality of their maker-- Thanks for the chance to win this great collection

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  101. Nice to see how the stamps pair up with other collections as well. Love the little velum tag banner for the sentiment cluster.

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  102. Love the colors of the collection

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  103. The vellum over the clear embossing is so cool. I love the triangle stamp and your chevron pattern with it, great cards!

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  104. I watched that video and was so impressed, I need to try that! Thanks! Linda

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  105. WOW!! I'm new to your blog and cannot wait to look through your other posts. I love these two projects and how you show the versatility of stamps.

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  106. Your cards are amazing! Love the first one!

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  107. Lovely cards - love the clear embossing on the first one! TFS!

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  108. Love tone on tone too. I dreamed last night I would try it and here you are.

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  109. Wow, your card creations are beautiful! I love the "Hello Friend" card. :)

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  110. Way cool. That triangle stamp makes as terrific background.

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  111. Love the textures (GREAT embossing) on the first card! Your stamping on the 2nd is PEERLESS! Amazing work, Kelly!

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  112. I had my doubts when I saw the colors on the video but the finished cards are awesome. Thinking outside the box with color combos. The 1st card on the blog is very elegant (loving the tone on tone) and very different from the cards in the video. All are great. thanks for sharing

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  113. I love this bloghop!

    jachelno at gmail dot com

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  114. I really am loving this collection. Your cards are gorgeous!

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  115. Would SO love to win these....love the cards and the colours are fabulous!

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  116. Love how you build your backgrounds with a simple stamp! You really show the potential of all these stamps! Thanks for sharing!!

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  117. Love the cards. This collection has so many beautiful papers, and other elements that go with it. the stamp sets are cool.

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  118. Beautiful set of cards! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  119. What amazing card samples and techiniques!! Awesome product release! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  120. Love your cards! They are so elegant and stunning!

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  121. Love your work! Very inspirational!

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  122. What beautifl cards and great use of the different options this line has to offer.

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  123. Love both cards but especially like the chevron one. Very cool. Thanks for the video.

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  124. luvmymariners@gmail.comFebruary 27, 2014 at 1:05 PM

    Thanks for the opportunity to win. Your cards are beautiful.

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  125. love the embossed background on your first card. what a great stamp.

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  126. These are both beautiful! I really love hat tone on tone background on the first one!

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  127. Totally love the last card! Great colours.

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  128. Love your cards!!

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  129. Love the tone on tone and new techniques to try.. Thanks for inspiring!

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  130. FAbulous cards--love the embossing on the first one.

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  131. I have to agree with your on the clear on clear embossing. It looks very pretty.

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  132. Lovely!.Thank you for the chance to win!.

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  133. I love that chevron pattern! Such nice cards

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  134. Wow! I love those background stamps, so lovely

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  135. Beautiful cards!! I love how the embossed background looks.

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  136. Beautiful cards! !love the embossing and embellishments.

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  137. love the hop, gives me so much inspiration thanks

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  138. I really like the hello card. Great use of the pattens.

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  139. Kelly - I absolutely love your cards. My favorite is the second one and the stamp set is a must have. I watched the video just to see how it was made. Thanks for sharing.

    Linda D.

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  140. Lovely cards.

    Margaret K

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  141. You create your backgrounds so effortlessly! I enjoyed watching your video.

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  142. Love the second card - off to watch the video!

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  143. Pretty cards! I love the background texture on the first one. Great job on both!

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  144. Wow...Love your cards and I'm also loving this set....so beautiful and amazing how many ways it can be used!! Thanks for sharing :)

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  145. Love the colors and the patterns in this collection!

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  146. The cards are all lovely, I especially like the clear embossing background.

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  147. You are so creative!

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  148. Beautiful cards...I love these stamps and the clear embossing on the first.

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  149. Love how you created the chevron background with one of the stamps ;)

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  150. Wow -I love the pattern you created on the second card!

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  151. Kelly--I love your cards--especially the use of that one small stamp--creating the chevron look! Awesome!

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  152. Love all your cards, especially the card with the vellum.

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  153. Card are so cute! Basic Grey's Spice Market looks so cool. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

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  154. Very nice! Love both your clear embossed background and your triangle design background. Thanks so much.

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  155. Fab cards, Kelly! Love the pretty embossing and vellum of the first card and the cool stamping on the second. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  156. L-O-V-E the stamping on the 2nd card. I kept staring at it trying to figure out how you did that. I'm off to find the video!

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  157. Gorgeous cards! I especially like the way you created the background for the second card. Thanks so much for showing off these BG+Hero cards!

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  158. I love the faux chevron look you made! A must have stamp.

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  159. Love the colors and design of your cards, awesome products.

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  160. Great collection. Very nice cards.

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  161. love the chevron pattern!
    thanks
    Holly

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  162. Gorgeous! Love how you used the medallion background.

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  163. Ooooo, a bit of spice in one's life is a good thing. Great cards.

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  164. Great cards! Love the vellum with the subtle background.

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  165. Such pretty cards, Kelly! Love the beautiful colors and your gorgeous stamping! :)

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  166. Great cards, love the new release.

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  167. I love Friend cards! The Spice Market Line is fabulous!

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  168. Love these cards Kelly, think I need to get this collection!

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