Friday, May 1, 2009

Our Craft Lounge-New Release and Blog Hop!





How would you like to win this Gorgeous Summer Release set from OUR CRAFT LOUNGE?

The Girls at OCL are hosting this Fabulous Blog Hop and Giveaway!!! What to do? Hop from Blog to Blog and leave a comment! I'd love to know what your favourite summer pastime is? I love to swim, eat lime popsicles and go to the Drive in for the Double Feature weekends!




Leave your comments by Monday May 4th at noon and I will pick a winner. A different set is being given away on each blog!


If you are following the succession of the Blog Hop, you will have just come from the very talented Valerie Stangle's Blog. Where are you headed next???


To Denise Marzec's Blog-The Paper Landscaper. What a gorgeous Blog Peanutbee!

If you get lost along the way, visit Cammie's Blog for the whole list!



This is what the stamp set looks like in it's entirity!






Card Details:

Sandy Sunsets Our Craft Lounge
Crate Paper, Chocolate Chip CS, Momento Black Ink, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Summer Sun, Yo Yo Yellow, Only Orange Chocolate Chip and Creamy Caramel Ink, Sponges, Hemp Twine and Scallop Punches

129 comments:

  1. Beautiful card! Just gorgeous.

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  2. Wow, love the dramatic effect that sillhouettes have on a card. So nice!

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  3. You still have a drive-in??? That is so cool! So is this set. I love that the artist thought to do it as a silhouette set. Living in Florida, this is what the landscape looks like just before dark. I can see lots of brayered skies with this set! Favorite summer pastime--reading on the beach!

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  4. I love silhouette images.....would make great cards! Thanks for sharing! laura j

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  5. Great card! My summer faves are golfing and reading by the pool. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  6. I love the tropical hut in this set and the HAMMOCK--I think that's one of my favorite summertime activities! nuthin' like a bit of lazy swingin' nappin' daydreamin' in a hammock in the shade on a warm sunny day! I can think of lots of cute stamp images to put in this hammock! Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Wonderful set! Love it and your card! Thanks for the opportunity!

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  8. Oh now I love this set!! But your card is so gorgeous with your sunset colors!! AWESOME!

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  9. I love the silouettes! Great samples thanks for sharing, SharriC

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  10. Now THAT's a beautiful card! You really have quite an eye for all things artistic.

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  11. Wow, I remember the drive-in! I wish we still had one here. I love your card with the beautiful sunset. My favorite part of summer is grilling out and just playing outside with the kids (grandkids).

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  12. Awesome card; I love the silhouette. My favorite summer pastime? Making cards, of course! Just kidding, I like to go to the park for picnics, and have watermelon while watching the fireworks display on the 4th. Also, ice cream always tastes better in the summer, don't ya think?

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  13. I love using silhouettes, its an awesome set. I hate to say it but I love the winter way more than summer! I guess my favorite thing about summer is walking with my dog later at night when its finally cool at, yes I know I'm a whimp! Thanks for a chance to win a great set.

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  14. My favorite pasttime for the summer is spending the day on the boat at the beach with all of our friends. This is such a cute stamp set. Thanks for the chance to win it!

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  15. Great set. Thanks for a chance to win!!

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  16. WOW, this set is so different! I want it for the sentiment alone! "Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses"... how cute is that!!? Really nice, I'd love to win!! Your card is beautiful, the sunset colors... makes me feel like I'm there! Fave summa pastime? Just sitting, anywhere, in or by the water, smellin' that salty air... heaven! *sigh*

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  17. My favorite summer past-time is camping. Love the set and your card. Have a great day!

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  18. This makes me want to just ditch work and hang out on the beach.

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  19. Beautiful! I love this set! I might "need" it because I live in St. Croix and this is what things look like here! Thank you for the chance to win!

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  20. Great set. I love reading at the beach in the summer. Thanks for the chance to win this beachy set.

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  21. What a great set!

    My favorite summer pastime is being at the beach--be it walking in the sand with the water splashing my legs or just relaxing with a book and listening to the waves.

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  22. I love this set! One of my favorite cards to make are the ones featuring sunsets and these types of silhouette stamps are perfect! LOVE it!
    Laura Love

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  23. My favorite summer pastime is having everyone over on the deck to barbeque.

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  24. I love this card! :) Very cool Vicki! Thanks for playing.

    My favorite summer past time is going to Disneyland! :) Or go to an Angels game. They are both so close that I take them for granted.

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  25. What a relaxing set. Please enter me for the drawing.

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  26. You rock Vicki... just rock my friend! Thanks for all your help this week! LOVE this card!

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  27. Love your work as always! Thanks for a chance
    to win some blog candy!

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  28. LOVE your card....very cool looking!!! I want to go to the beach an lay in that hammock. :)

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  29. My favorite summer past time is riding my ATV or sitting out on the back deck reading a book.

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  30. Fabulous card, you caught the sunset colors perfectly. I love the hammock in the set. My favorite summer pasttime?? Watching a baseball game on a warm sunny day.

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  31. I really like these images, something is so different with them and I like it.

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  32. Nice job with this new set. My favorite summer activity is 4th of July held at my sister's. TONS of fun!!! THANKS!

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  33. my favorite summer pass time is going on vacation.. vacation anywhere that isn't home :)

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  34. Love the set!! Your beautiful art sure helped me want it, too!! TFS~

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  35. Such a great Hawaiian feel. Love the silhouettes! Your card really captures that feel as well! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  36. Reminds me of Hawaii--even though I've never been there. Summer means flowers in my garden and lime ice cream to cool down the evening!

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  37. This so far is my favorite set on the hop. I love your card and what you did for the sunset. Stunning!!!

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  38. This is great! I love the set, and I love the way you used the hemp twine. It has a great cabana feel.

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  39. OMGosh! THis set is awesome! I love it!
    Lucky you to still have a drive in! there are none to be found here anymore. I love to BBQ and camp and go on our boat in the summer with our kids. thanks for the chance to win!
    Elizabeth

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  40. Beautiful set and I really like what you did with it. Wish I were "there" wherever "there" is - Hawaii, Florida, Jamaica etc. Beautiful.

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  41. great sample Vicki!! thanks for the chance to win

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  42. Your card is gorgeous - love the way you knotted the twine. I think this is one of my favorite sets of this new release!

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  43. This is a must have set for me! I love it and the cards you have created with it have been amazing. Our favorite summer pasttime has been anything but the ocean, it's been baseball, although we did go to Panama City for a tournament last summer and spend some time at the ocean ;-)

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  44. This just may be my favorite of the new releases... I want to BE THERE! Cool card!

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  45. Talk about relax. I look at that and don't want to do anything but stare!
    Sharon

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  46. Your card is awesome! This set looks divine! Thank you for the chance to win!

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  47. Love the knots!! Great card! Favorite summer past-time? Sitting in the pool...with no kids around to splash you!!

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  48. I love the background on your card!! You are quite talented! Blessings and hugs!!

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  49. Great card! I love your background color and awesome twine embellishment.

    This is my FAVORITE set from OCL's May release! I LOVE silhouette stamps...and the beach scene silhouettes is over-the-top COOL!! Thanks for giving me a chance to win!

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  50. Dang! That hemp is a total wowzer! (like you!)

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  51. If I'm on vacation, I love to sit on the beach and read a book. If I'm not on vacation, I love to go to the local Sno-Cone Lady and get a sno-cone! Bludberry muffin sno-cone! YUMMMMMM!!

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  52. That was supposed to say BluEberry muffin

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  53. Fabulous card - Vicki!!! Your rocked this Set!!! Hugs ~S~

    BTW - all your latest creations are fab :)!!!

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  54. A gorgeous card Vicki! Summertime is all about the swimming and beach! Love it!

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  55. Nice card. Nice stamp set. You girls are great - Nimmy

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  56. Such a cute set! I love going to the beach or the pool, its very hot here in Florida!

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  57. Hi Vicki! LOVE the sunset colors you used to make this fun card! What a cute silhouette set! Would get lots of use at our house! Love those Florida sunsets!

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  58. Gorgeous card Vicki!! I just stumbled over here to tell you that I have an award for you on my blog. But, since I am here, I will tell you that I love floating around in the pool, camping and also going to the drive in during the summer. I am going to head to the beginning of this blog hop now!! lol
    Have a great weekend!

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  59. What a great card for this set. It is awesome. TFS!!! My fav thing about the summer. Well, since nothing really changes for me I don't have a fav thing. (My kids are not yet old enough for school, I don't work and the hubby still has to work all summer) I do hope to get to the beach a few times to show my kiddos where I grew up since we are so close this year.

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  60. Hmmm...my favorite part of summer is just enjoying having no snow!!

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  61. I absolutely love your card - and the stamp set. Well done.

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  62. I love this stamp set. I like to eat ice cream in the summer.

    Judy

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  63. Lovely card. Favorite summer past time would have to be invovled in the library's summer reading program with my kids.

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  64. Your card was great, I love the colors.....  I also enjoyed your blog very much.  Can't wait for your next posting.Jane B

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  65. i love to sit out on the back patio and drink iced tea and visit with neighbors.

    smallcity

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  66. Gosh these stamps are wonderful and your card is stunning!

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  67. Your card makes a person just want to relax and ENJOY the sunset! GREAT card!

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  68. Love this set! I too like going to the drive-ins or to the local car hop for a soft service ice cream cone!

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  69. A wonderful stamp set to make beautiful beach scene. I love your sunset.

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  70. Great card! Love these silhouette images! Lying on the beach with a cool, tropical drink sounds like heaven to me!!

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  71. Love your card! I like to take the grandkids to the swimming pool on a nice afternoon.
    Kate

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  72. Great blog, thanks for the chance to win what a relaxing set.Fun to play with

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  73. This is a beautiful set. It fits with my relaxing at the lake.

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  74. Your card is AMAZING!!! I love it!

    My favorite thing to do in the summer is to hang out with my friends and youth group.

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  75. Wow -- those silhouettes look terrific against the "sunset" background!

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  76. This is the perfect set!!! I absolutely love it!!!! Cant wait to get my hands on it!!!

    Raquel

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  77. Wow, this one reaks of relaxation. I can almost feel the hammock around me. I just love your card. Great job!

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  78. Hey Vicki ~ your sunset background in glorious ~ How fantastic would it be to just ~blink~ and be right there on the beach, with the sand between your toes??!!

    My fav summer past-time is our 2 week vacation at our cottage. We are totally in the wilderness on our own Lake ~ no electricity (solar), no phones or laptops, no neighbours, zippo. ** P-E-A-C-E and Q-U-I-E-T ** It's a total SHOCK to the system when you first arrive ~ by the end of the two weeks you can't imagine returning to work and the City. It's truely the BEST :0)

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  79. Great card--- all I need is a bathing suit and I could move in.

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  80. What a relaxing card...wish I could dive in...My favorite is chillin in my backyard with family and friends...tiki torches lit, music playing, all the kids playing, sipping on some cool drink and reminiscing...

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  81. I really love this set the best of all the new ones I've seen so far. It's hard to find great silhouette stamps, and I love the images on this one, as well as the great card you made. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  82. That set is wonderful! Very unique!

    My favorite part of summer is the relaxed schedule, the homemade slushies, grilling, swimming.

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  83. This set makes me want to be on vacation... right now! My favorite summer pastime is to visit our grandchildren! TFS your great card.

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  84. This stamp set has really caught my eye and your card just made up my mind that I have to have it.

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  85. Your card is beautiful. Makes me want to get on a plane and get away.

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  86. nice job - love your card.
    Sandra

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  87. what a gorgeous card girl!! love how it resembles a sunset! makes me think of Hawaii (not that I've been there, but that was my first thought when I saw your card). :) very stunning!!

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  88. Making ice cream on the weekends is so much fun in the summer. Nothing tastes better than homemade with the old crank machine.

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  89. What a cute set! Love the beach and I love your card. Great job!

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  90. wow! what a wonderful card. Would make a nice honeymoon card.

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  91. I love just sitting on the beach watching the waves (and people) and watching the sun go down....
    thanks,
    Julie

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  92. My favorite beach set yet and love what you've done with it!

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  93. Wow how beautiful....what great cards and a gorgeous stamp set. You Rock!

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  94. OMG! Vicki, your card is beautiful. I wish you a happy weekend...;-) Hugs!

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  95. Oh my what a stunning card. Looking at it makes me feel like im on the beach. thanks for sharing.

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  96. great card and what a cool set!
    I love to sit in the sunshine readin' a great book, while sippin' on a nice tall glass of limeade! and then on the weekends we all head to the drive-in, too! :)

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  97. Love this set and would love to laze around in that hammock with a good book. Alas, with the little ones, I'd have to say that my new favourite summer past-time would have to include running through a sprinkler and eating ice cream and popsicles!

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  98. WOW! Your card is beautiful. I LOVE this set!

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  99. Holy Cow, I always post on your blog and this was a LONG list to get through to make my own! LOL

    I LOVE the quiet nights of Summer, just sittin on the porch and listening to the frogs sing. Our Summers are short here in Western Washington so we have to cram a WHOLE LOT IN in such a short time, Friends, food and frog song.... Ahhhhh!!!!!

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  100. This set is gorgeous! Well our summers are short here and the kids are out of school, which is my fave of all (getting to spend the days with them) doing what?? going on vacation at the beach. We always have so much fun :)

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  101. Wow, I love the tropical look of your card and the images! Such pretty colors, vicki!! You did a wonderful job with your blog hop card!!

    Maria

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  102. I absolutely love this set and the cards you made with it are totally amazing. My favourite summer pastime.....drinkin' coolers with my BFF!!!! Any time I spend with you is my favourite pastime, spring, summer, winter and fall.
    Love ya

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  103. I'm loving these new releases! Cute stuff! :)

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  104. This set looks so calm and relaxing. My favorite summer past time is to watch televison while eating fried potatoes and onions. Yum, yum!

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  105. Love this silhouette set. Very versatile. Love the coloring on your sample.

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  106. I love getting Icecream T those places where you mix your own flavours!

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  107. Love your creation and thanks to OCL for the opportunity to win this set!

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  108. Totally love this set and would ADORE winning it! I'm with you on the lime popsicles among my summer favorites. Also enjoy barbecuing!

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  110. Great card Vicki!! I love this set, especially with living in Florida :), I "need" this set, it is very appropriate. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  111. Gotta love this set. Your card makes me want to kick off my shoes and do a little daydreaming. Thanks for the chance.

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  112. I love this set, it reminds me of summer in Maui. My favortie pasttime in summer is camping where the phone doesn't ring!!!

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  113. What a wonderful card! And I love this set!

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  114. Sitting, sipping a cool drink and watching the clouds float by!

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  115. I really like this set! Your card is great!!!

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  116. Great sample card! I love your siloutte and have visions of a beach vacation enticing my senses. Thanks for sharing.

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  117. I just love the "island" feel of this set and what you've done with it. Thanks for the chance to win the blog candy!

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  118. I think this is one of my favorite sets I've seen so far.
    My favorite summer activity is sitting on my front porch with a great book, while watching my little ones splash in the sprinkler or play on the slip n slide.
    Thanks for the chance to win.

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  119. Thanks for the chance to win this beautiful set.

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  120. This reminds me so much of my Honey moon..Would love it!

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  121. Wow, that is such a nice silhouette, summer stamp set! Absolutely gorgeous! Makes me want to be on a beach right now...

    Cindy

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Thanks so much for visiting my blog. I hope you have a wonderful day and I very much appreciate your sweet comments!

*****Vicki*****