Thursday, July 9, 2015

Coloring Fun Blog Hop {Waffle Flower Crafts}


Hello friends!

It's Release Day at Waffle Flower Crafts and we are celebrating with a blog hop that's all about coloring fun!

You should have arrived today from lovely, talented and witty Laura Bassen's blog. If not, you can catch the entire hop order below or start from the beginning at at the Waffle Flower Crafts blog

My first card features the Leafy stamp set, the Hibiscus stamp set and dies, and the Willy and Friends stamp set and coordinating dies. My color medium is Distress Inks. 


I added a wash of watercolor to make the floor and the jungle background.  Next I stamped the ferns from Leafy with Waffle Flower's Chalk Ink (shade 1). I love how beautifully the chalk ink blends with the Distress Ink. 


I stamped and die cut the monkey from Willy and Friends and colored him more Distress Ink.  The branch and sentiment are from the Hibiscus stamp set. 

In honor of Shark Week, I have another card to share featuring the Tiger and Lily stamp set and dies


I added a bit of color to the background with Distress Ink and stamped and die cut the shark conga line- this time coloring with Copic Markers. 


Is there anything more fun than a shark conga line?  In costume, no less?  I think not! The sentiment is from Willy and Friends.  


Nina is generously giving away a $50.00 gift certificate to the Waffle Flower shop.  Just leave a comment on each of the stops on the hop and the Winner will be drawn from comments left on all of the participating blogs. Enter by midnight, Sunday July 12. The winner will be announced on Waffle Flower blog on Monday July 13.

The entire new release is available now in the Waffle Flower shop. Your next stop on the hop is stamping superstar, Jennifer McGuire!  

The entire hop list is below: 

Thanks for stopping by and good luck! 
Katie

285 comments:

  1. The shark card makes me smile

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  2. the sentiments in this release are so fun, love the dancing card!

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  3. Too cute! Love the dancing sharks. Very clever

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  4. The shark card makes me want to dance.

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  5. This is such a fun card! Great coloring on those cute sharks too!!

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  6. Your versatility is amazing!

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  7. Your cards are wonderful! The dancing shark card is the best and that sentiment is great!

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  8. Fun, fun, fun cards. Love em!!! xo

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  9. So cute, Katie! I just love the jungle background that you created! ♡

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  10. Very cute cards! i love the colors you used on each one!

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  11. Katie, your cards are precious, especially the sharks! Very clever!

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  12. Awesome cards ! Love the blue sharks!

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  13. Cute cards. Love the coloring and the sharks. Can't wait to get them home and start making cards. Thanks for sharing!

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  14. Love both cards but the dancing sharks? Brilliant!

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  15. Such a cool shark parade! haha! Lovely colour choice as well. ... hopping further to the next blog, sunny regards from stempelfrida
    http://stempelfrida.blogspot.de

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  16. Great cards Katie! I love that you tied one into Shark Week! ;)

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  17. Love the technique to watercolor and then stamp over the top. The jungle leaves look great!

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  18. Katie, love how you used a watercolor wash for your jungle floor and the leafy background!! The new Leafy Stamp Set looks like it would be so versatile!! A great stamp set for my collection!!

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  19. Such fun cards. I am ready for the jungle putt at the beach now.

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  20. The shark card is hilarious! Great cards!

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  21. Very cute cards, love the shark conga line.

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  22. Bright blue sharks line dancing and the perfect sentiment!! I laughed out loud when that card came up on my screen.

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  23. What wonderful cards! I'm still laughing at the dancing sharks.

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  24. Cute cards & the dancing card is so clever!

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  25. The shark card is beyond cute. Love this idea.

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  26. VERY VERY CUTE CARDS!!!! Thanks for sharing I appreciate it!!!

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  27. Fun cards, Katie. These sharks are especially hilarious. TFS

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  28. Those 3 sharks card is the cutest thing ever!!! Love it.

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  29. So cute! I like the sentiment. I need a stamp like that.

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  30. Great cards! and great product, Waffle Flower. I really enjoy the variety of sharks you have created.

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  31. Such beautiful coloring on your cute cards! The dancing sharks are a lot of fun :)

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  32. I love the sentiment you choose from Willy and friends. This set is just wonderful!

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  33. Cute cards - I love the dancing sharks and the little monkey is so cute.

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  34. I now have a mental picture of the Rocketts wearing shark suits at Radio City next Christmas! NICELY DONE

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  35. Each shark card gets funnier and funnier with each blog...I just LOVE them!!!!

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  36. Love your cards, the coloring on the shark trio is spot on.

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  37. These are great cards ! Thanks for sharing!

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  38. I love what you did with the ferns! So pretty

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  39. Love both of these! Fabulous sentiment on the first card ♥

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  40. Cute cards thanks for sharing!

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  41. Your cards are amazing!
    Love that little monkey and the sentiment is so perfect! Awesome coloring.
    How fun are the Dancing Shark's. Just adorable and made me smile BIG!
    So very nicely done! Thanks for sharing with us! Lynn Gauthier

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  42. Such wonderful and fun cards...I just love the conga line of sharks!

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  43. These are so darn CUTE, love the monkeys and those adorable dancing sharks!!

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  44. Both card are fantastic! The sharks made me giggle!

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  45. Such adorable cards - those critters really come to life in your cards!

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  46. Like how you mixed up the sets. The grass skirt on the shark made me laugh.

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  47. Your cute monkey card is so unique from the others! I am loving this blog hop!! I have tons of new blogs bookmarked with some great ideas once I get the monkey stamp set! Can't wait! Thank you!!

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  48. Love the expression on the monkey…he's funny!! Love the concept of the shark dancing. So clever!! Very cute cards!

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  49. still giggling over those dancing sharks.... hopping to the last stop.. this has been so much fun....

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  50. Beautiful and cute cards!!! The shark card is so funny !!! ;)

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  51. Very cute!!! The card with the Sharks dancing is wonderful!!!

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  52. That conga line made me smile (until my cheeks hurt!)
    Donna

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  53. Your cards are so cute! I love the dancing sharks! Thanks for sharing!

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  54. Oh wow -just awesome designs and coloring!! The sentiments are so unique- love them!!

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  55. Great cards! I really enjoyed seeing them! Love the conga line! So much fun! Thanks!

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  56. Suck a different take on the monkeys love it and the sharks

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  57. Ha Ha! The sharks dancing are pretty funny. Love the colors. Sweet little monkey card.

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  58. love the dancing sharks, so bright and fun!!!

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  59. Those are the cutest images. I love all your card designs! They are so filled with joy and fun!

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  60. What a lovely monkey!!! And sharks are cute :)

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  61. Love the shark conga line. : ) and the monkey too.

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  62. These are adorable stamps that you turned into adorable cards. I really enjoy your take on these images. Thank you for sharing!

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  63. Great use of product and love the colors.

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  64. oh my gosh...the dancing sharks are ADORABLE!!!

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  65. WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!! These are AMAZING Katie!! =) I LOVE the FUN Designs an the New Release!! These are going to be SO SWEET to use for creating Scenes!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!

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  66. loved both the cards! so wonderfully made.. and i can feel the sharks are also having fun dancing!!

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  67. great cards! loving all the shark cards!

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  68. LOVE the conga line! so cute. love the shark in the grass skirt. Thanks for sharing!

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  69. Like Willie's background colouring , and your shark trio is very creative

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  70. LOVE that pirate shark! How fun!

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  71. Such cute cards. Love the sharks.

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  72. Your shark card made me LOL!!! Both cards are cute, but your idea for the shark card is just awesome.

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  73. Awesome cards! The monkey is the cutest ever!!!!

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  74. Great cards, love the blue sharks.

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  75. gr8 coloring technique... didnt know chalk ink blends with distress ink..thanks for the idea... been thinking of buying some chalk inks sometime...:) i love the monkey in the palm tree on the first card...thanks so much for your time and effort:) sincerely "glow"ing

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  76. Who doesn't love dancing sharks?!? So fun! I love that Waffle Flower included so many cute accessories :-)

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  77. How cute your cards are!
    Loving the sharks and how
    you popped up the parrot.
    Carla from Utah

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  78. These are great! I love the sweetness of the first one and that second one with that sentiment totally made me laugh!

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  79. Such cute cards! Love the little monkey, and the conga line of sharks :) these sets would be perfect for creating cards for kids with either a jungle or pirate theme!

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  80. Such a great stamp release, adorable cards

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  81. Your cards are nice. Thank you fo the inspiration.

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  83. I like the blue sharks, how cute, that monkey is adorable too!

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  84. The sentiment on the first card warms my heart; it could be used to make cards for kids and inside the writer could describe the child's unique qualities. A must have!

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  85. Really cute cards! Thanks for sharing your fun ideas!!

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  86. Both of these cards are just so fun! Thanks for the inspiration on these fantastic images!

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  87. Love the conga line! Thank you for sharing!

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  88. Love a conga line, and showing how to use all those little dies.....fabulous!!

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  89. Fantastic cards! Both are adorbs! Esp. love that conga line of sharks! :) lol

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  90. Such cute cards. I love the dancing sharks!

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  91. Both cards are seriously cute but the shark dance totally cracks me up!

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  92. All of your cards are so fun! Something new for me to try with distress inks!! Thanks.

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  93. The trio of sharks is so fun. These stamp sets are amazing.

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  94. Love your cards. Great stamp set.

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  95. Cute card, love the shark congo line. And the blues you used are so pretty.

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  96. New sets of stamps are so beautiful. Thank you for the inspiration.
    hugs,
    BozenA

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  97. The shark card fabulous really cute!

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  98. Fun cards!!!! Love the monkey one! :D

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  99. Great job! Love the leaves stamped over the irregular shape to imply trees, and the dancing sharks!

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  100. The sharks are sooo cute and they make me smile. Thanks for sharing your cards with us :)

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  101. Really like the watercolor backgrounds--makes it look like the whales belong where they are!

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  102. So cute! I love the color of your sharks. It makes me happy. ^_^

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  103. There they are again, those cute sharks!

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  104. Wonderful cards! Love the coloring with distress markers!

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  105. The dancing sharks are super cute!! love it!

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  106. Cute Cute Cute!!! this are great!

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  107. you achieved wonderful color with distress inks.

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  108. Impressive coloring skills you have, girl.

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  109. I love the way the chalk ink blends with the distress ink too. And the sharks look like they are dancing! Cute cards. Thanks for sharing.

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  110. SUPERBLY DONE!!!!!!!!!! ;) I just LOOOOVE that little monkey!!! LOL

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  111. Both cards are adorable. They made me smile "big-time" and are a clever use of these cute new stamps! :)

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  112. I had to laugh at the sharks. I can tell you had fun with these cards.

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  113. Fun cards, that chorus line of sharks is awesome!

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  114. Ok, your sharks made me laugh out loud! Given all the bad press they are getting, its good to see their goofy side too :)

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  115. Great coloring and love the sayings on these both! Both gave me a smile!

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  116. Adorable cards! I love these new stamp sets.

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  117. That that dancing shark card is just awesome. Now I've gotta have that shark!!

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  118. Great coloring on your adorable cards!`

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  119. Great cards love the coloring.

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  120. Both of your cards are cute, cute, cute! The Tiger and Lily set is my favourite of this new release but the Willy and Friends is adorable too!

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  121. The stamp set is great and I like how you used it.

    Thanks for sharing your work

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  122. I'm loving the little monkey and sharks! So cute, great job!

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  123. Terrific cards--love the "sharks" in all their different "looks"--like a shark fashion show! Great job!

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  124. love these new critters. great card!

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  125. The dancing sharks card is way cute. Maybe they were auditioning for the Pirates of Penzance musical.

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  126. I love the silliness of your sharks. So cute!

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  127. really like the effect of the leaves stamped over your watercoloring!!

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  128. I love the accessories that go with the monkeys and the sharks :) So fun!

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  129. Too cute. Thanks for sharing these darling cards.

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  130. These cards are adorable. Love the dancing sharks. Great imagination. Thanks for sharing.

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  131. Cute cards. This was my first visit to your blog, thank you!

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  132. Both cards are super sweet, love the 3 dancing sharks :)

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  133. Super cute! Love the dancing sharks!

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  134. Your cards are delightful. Love the bright colors!!!

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  135. Oh my, your shark card is too, too cute!

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  136. Really cute cards!. Thanks for sharing.

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  137. I love these new whimsical releases! Your cards are adorable!

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  138. Cute cards. I absolutely love those dancing sharks!

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  139. The green wash over the leaves in the money card is very cool. Thank you for sharing this technique.

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  140. Love your cards! So colorful and fun!

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  141. Your cards are adorable! Those dancing sharks are just too funny!

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  142. How clever, you made a shark chorus line of dancers !

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  143. How can a shark be cute.... Waffle Flower has it figured out! Very cute cards!

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  144. Very nice cards, thank you for sharing them!!

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  145. Love the monkey and the sharks make me happy!

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  146. Both cards are adorable! I love the dance line. Thanks for participating and sharing!

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  147. I like the very bright blue you used...thanks for the inspiration.

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  148. Fun cards. The sharks are too cute.

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  149. Great cards! I love the tribute to shark week card... So fun! Thanks for the great inspiration.

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  150. I love your shark personalities!! Both cards are adorable!!

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  151. I am new to your blog, Katie, and I sure like your style. These Waffle Flower stamps & dies are so great! I don't have any and so want to try them out!

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  152. Always like cute little animals cards.

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  153. Smiled from ear to ear when I saw your Dance like nobody's watching shark card!! Great fun!

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  154. I love your dancing shark card! What personalities!

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  155. Great cards! I love these critter sets!!

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  156. Loved both the cards. The shark card was my favorite! TFS!

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  157. Sharks can dance... love the idea.

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  158. Your cards are cute, but the dancing sharks cracked me up. Love your coloring on it and the monkey too. Thanks for sharing your sweet ideas with us.

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  159. The shark card just makes you smile and giggle. What cute cards. This release looks like a whole bunch of fun.

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  160. OH MY GOSH...that shark conga line is such a crack up! Clever and fun....and beautifully colored to boot!

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  161. Such fun happy cards. Love what you did!

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  162. Both of your cards are beautiful... I have never tried a card like your monkey card. your sharks are adorable. i love love love it :0

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  163. Just loving all these shark cards, (the shark card makes me smile!) I may have to buy this set and of course the monkeys too... Oh the hardship that will cause ;)

    Thanks for sharing!!

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  164. What cute cards. The shark one is so much fun.

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