Sunday, June 16, 2013

Summer School with Jess Larsen!


Hello and welcome to the weekend classes of Simon Says Stamp Summer School!

Today's lesson brought to you by Jess Larsen!
She has created an amazing card for Father's Day that features the Simon Says Stamp All Seasons Tree die.

Happy Dad's Day


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A little about the card from Jess:

My favorite part about card making is experimenting with all of the new products available and coming up with a new technique! On today's card, I used the Simon Says Stamp All Season's Tree die, Eclipse Masking Paper and Unicorn White Ink to create a super cool shadow effect on some kraft cardstock. To get all of the details, you can check out a start to finish video of the entire process!

Thank you so much to Jess for sharing her amazing creativity with us for summer school!
Thanks for visiting today! See you in class tomorrow!

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180 comments:

  1. What a fun card! Great idea and beautifully executed!

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  2. What a neat twist on shadow stamping - love this idea! The trees look amazing! And I'm so glad to know there's someone else out there who doesn't measure when matting! :)

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  3. Fabulous card Jess :-) I love how you made the shadow effect and will definitely be giving this technique a try ! :-) Great video !

    Luv
    Lols x x x

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  4. Wauw, this is great! Gotta try it out myself.

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  5. What a neat shadow effect! Like your card.

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  6. love the card today thanks for sharing it with us.

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  7. Great idea - I find fathers day so difficult year in year out - thanks... Mxx

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  8. Interesting effect! First I thought that negative mask was used for a shadow. But white ink is much quicker!

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  9. Fantastic card. Love the shadow technique. Thank you for sharing.

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  10. Awesome card here today and an interesting technique used on it too, so think I´ll have to more into trying this too now.

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  11. Brilliant card, love that tree die!!

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  12. Such a cool idea. Really like the two frames card :-)

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  13. Brilliant card - I love the sadow effect

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  14. Ooh, I just LOVE a new technique. Don't have this die (yet...), but the wheels are turning for my other dies. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  15. Love that shadowing effect. So clever. great card :)

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  16. Oh my!! That's a great card! I will definitely have to try this technique!

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  17. Brilliant technique, and fabulous card!

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  18. Love the tree die! Great card!

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  19. LOVE the dimension in this card!! Definitely on my "to do" list!!!

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  20. Very cool effect! Would never have guessed you shaded it with white ink! tfs!!

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  21. Great card! Thanks for sharing!

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  22. Love your card,Very pretty,Thanks for the lessons!!!

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  23. fabulous card, love that tree :) ♥

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  24. Very cool techniques. I love your card too! I can't wait to try this.

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  25. Beautiful, love that shadow effect!

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  26. Great card! I really like that shadow effect. Such a cute die.

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  27. Thanks for sharing. That's great use of the die.

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  28. I love your technique because you made it seem so doable (meaning I could do it)! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  29. I love this card...the die is so amazing and what a wodnerful father's day card.

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  30. Fabulous card ..Thanks for sharing :)

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  31. I'm adding that shadow thing to my repertoire. Thanks for sharing it!

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  32. Cool technique, thanks for the video :)

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  33. Luv the shadow look the tree die is wonderful

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  34. I have to try that shodow effect now that I have a white inkpad, it looks really cool. Love how the card turned oout!

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  35. Great Technique and Video to show step by step!
    I forget to cut out in white and color with Copics, thanks
    Fantastic Card!

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  36. I really like this stamp and die. it made a very pretty card for Father's Day.
    It is versatile - can be used for masculine or feminine.

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  37. Just love how this turned out, Jess - thanks for the great video!

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  38. Great card. I am in love with that tree die!

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  39. Great card. I am in love with that tree die!

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  40. Great technique and love the card.

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  41. Awesome card!! I LOVE the tree shadow!!

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  42. Super cute and I love your shadow effect! TFS!

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  43. Awesome Father's Day card! Love how you created the shadow behind the tree!

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  44. Oh my goodness, Jess! I love your Father's Day card--I love how you put it together--brilliant!

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  45. Oh how I love this tree die and the card made with it. such a neat technique! thanks for the inspiration! :)

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  46. Wow....I love that shadow effect. Your video was awesome. The tree die is a must have. And, the picture hanger stamp too! Heavy sigh, maybe next month. Thanks for the tutorial.

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  47. Very interesting shadowing...thanks so much for sharing this!

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  48. Not sure if this has been mentioned yet but I would suggest coloring before popping the tree out of the paper---it would have more stability.

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  49. I liked the shadow effect on the tree.

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  50. Love the shadow effect technique, looks wonderful!!

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  51. The shadow technique is really cool and provides a lot of dimension without added layers and depth. Nice...really nice. Thanks for making school so much fun.

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  52. Thank-you for sharing the shadow technique - it works fabulously. Nicola x

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  53. This is an awesome technique, thank you for sharing. Your card is creative and edgy.

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  54. So great, it's a fantastic technique.

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  55. Great technique! Thanks for sharing!

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  56. I can't wait to try that technique. Thanks!

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  57. That's really awesome. Love the shadow technique. This is so lovely!!
    xxx Marianne

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  58. Great tutorial. Love that little picture hanging stamp. That white ink DOES do a great job to help create the shadow effect. Very cool.

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  59. wow, das sieht wunderschön aus
    lg gila

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  60. Very cool effect with the white shadow. I love the cute little picture hanging stamp and matting details. Great card!

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  61. Really cool card and technique!

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  62. TFS. Great video and technique. Did wonders for my double vision ~grin~. Terrific summer series, SSS. Thank you.
    Becky Johnson

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  63. Great technique. I'm going to try it today as soon as get off the compute,
    Perfect for masculine cards.
    Thanks fro the video.

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  64. The shadow effect is too cool!

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  65. I have never seen anything like this - amazing!!

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  66. WOW!! This is such an amazing card. Really unique with that tree die

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  67. I like that effect of the shadow and cutting part of the image away. I love when people do that but I find it hard to remove some of the image but your look is stunning and I will have to give it a try. I know I can do it..LOL

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  68. Awesome card! I love that tree die and how Jess used it.

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  69. So cool! Love the shadow and the "picture-effect".

    Greetings, Christine

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  70. Who knew that summer school could be so fun? :)

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  71. Gorgeous card Jess, love your shadow effect :)

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  72. Super video Jess, love your picture hangings. Thanks for sharing your shadow technique with us.

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  73. Amazing card!! Love the clean look and that shadow effect. Any Dad would be thrilled to get this card!!

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  74. Great technique! Love the Kraft shadow with white ink.

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  75. TFS this technique. I love it and the entire card. So cute with the picture hangers.

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  76. Wow, I love what you've done with the die on this card, and the shadow under is a perfect touch.

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  77. Great card. I like the shadow effect you achieved.

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  78. What a FABULOUS card with the shading and coloring! I LOVE this!!

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  79. Great shadow technique - great card!

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  80. Very pretty! Love how you stamped the tree then positioned the die-cut a bit off the image... great shadow affect!

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  81. Wow I just love this card! The shadow effect is amazing and that tree die is really creatively used here!

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  82. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  83. That shadow technique is great! I love how the tree crosses into both frames. Neat card

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  84. Those little trees are so charming.

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  85. Brilliant! What a ton of work, but so worth it!

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  86. Love the shadow stamping behind the die, beautiful card

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  87. I so need that tree! I love love love this card!

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  88. such a cute card!! I really want that tree now!

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  89. Jess, that is one fantastic card! I just bought this die--can't resist anything with a leaf-- and I can't wait to try this technique.

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  90. Very very cool technique! I am definitely going to try that. LOVE the card!

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  91. Thanks Jess for the video tutorial on how to make this card. Will love to try my hand at this technique. Such a gorgeous card.

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  92. Such a fun card and video! I love the shadow effect you got! Can't wait to try it! Love that white ink!

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  93. Great card Jess...I love the stamped shadow affect of the trees.
    Who would have thought Summer School on the weekend could be so much fun.

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  94. awesome technique and tutorial love it

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  95. Wow, so fabulous! I have to go watch the video to check out the technique(s)!

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  96. This card is wonderful.
    Love the shadow of the
    tree.
    Carla from Utah

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  97. Thanks for sharing the shadow technique. It looks really great.

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  98. Great card and video. I'll have to try and do that. Thanks.

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  99. Love the card and shadow technique! Thanks for sharing! :)

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  100. Cute card. Thanks for the video. I learned several different things from it. Love the die.

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  101. I Love this card, the cardstock and the tree, love how is it matches everything =D

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  102. Great technique! Adorable card, thanks for sharing!

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  103. I love the "shadowing"... Great card, thanks for sharing your creativeness with us.

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  104. Too cute! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  105. Love the card! I am going to have to try your technique. Thanks!

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  106. Lovely card! Thanks for sharing that technique, it really looks great.

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  107. Fabulous! I adore tree dies!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  108. Absolutely LOVE this card! Now I need to add that die to my wish list!

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  109. Wauw! Neat shadow effects. Awesome video. Thanks for sharing.

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  110. I am loving summer school. I am learning so much and can't wait to try it all. This technique will be so useful in so many of my projects. thank you.

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  111. Love the technique of shadow effect and the tree die. Great card!!!

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  112. Awesome card! Love the shadow effect and the nail stamped effect. Thanks for the video tutorial!!!
    ~God bless~

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  113. Love the shadow effect. Gotta try!

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  114. Very cool card! Love how you did the faux picture hanging! Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  115. Cute, cute! Awesome video and technique.

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  116. Love this card and love how you did the shadowing technique. This card turned out gorgeous.

    Hugs,
    Jo

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  117. Great techniques! Love this card!

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  118. Great technique! I love how this whole card looks.

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  119. Beautiful! I love how the trees pop! I also love how you always include a list of supplies used (although my bank account doesn't ;-) ).

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  120. Wowwww this is such a wonderful card...

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  121. OMG, I love that super cute tree!!!

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  122. Love the double tree dies on this card! Summer school rocks!

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  123. I love the shadow effect using the white ink. It looks awesome! Thanks for showing how to do this neat technique

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  124. What a great technique. Definitely will have to give that a try. Thanks so much.

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  125. Awesome. I love it!!! What a wonderful card.

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  126. Very unique. I love your creative ideas

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  127. Super cool technique and a fun card. Will definitely give it a try myself.

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  128. I really like the shadow effect! Thanks for sharing.

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  129. I love this card and since I just bought the All Seasons Tree die I can
    try it out. Thanks for sharing.

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  130. Love the little trees-great shadows.

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  131. Oh My! I absolutely love this technique!! Gotta try it!

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  132. Love the shadowing on this card, loves amazing!

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  133. The shadow effects are amazing. Also seeing the white ink in action looks like that also needs to go in the shopping cart. Thanks for a nice card and demo.

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  134. Great Technique.. love that shadow effect.. The dies in this release are so versatile. TFS!

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  135. Love the little trees-great shadows.

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  136. That is really lovely splitting the tree over the two frames. What a great design. Thanks for sharing

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  137. What a cool effect! I will be trying this technique soon! I'm so glad I purchased some eclipse paper.

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  138. great card - I like the shadowing effect too!
    Sandra ltb

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  139. Love the shadow effect - great card!

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  140. i've ordered this tree die, i'm going to try your technique. i know i could use other designs, but i love your tree!

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  141. The shadow effect was neat. Thanks for showing us how to do it.

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  142. Fantastic card - and the tutorial is added bonus! Thank you for sharing and inspiring!
    c

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  143. Love the shadow effect. Thanks for sharing

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  144. Wow, such a creative card! I love the tree and colors. Hugs, Hanneke

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  145. Thanks for sharing your lovely tree card.

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  146. Love this card and the shadow technique. Thanks for sharing.

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  147. Cute card and great idea! Thanks for sharing this technique! :-)

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  148. Jess, your card is very cute for this very special day. Thank you so much for sharing!!

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  149. Love the way the shadow effect looks on the card. Definitely want to try this.

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  150. Fantastic card! I really like the shadow effect. Definitely on my "try it" list. Thanks for sharing!
    hoopitydoo(at)gmail(dot)com

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  151. such a cool technique!!! Love the shadow! great card.

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  152. Very fun! I'm in love with that All Seasons Tree Die! I must order it! Thanks for the Summer School tutorial!

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  153. Thanks for the tutorial. I love your card.

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  154. Such a pretty card. I love the white shadow technique!

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