Sunday, March 24, 2013

Simple Stories With Yuki Shimada!

Good Morning! 
I'm very pleased to get to showcase some cards made by the talented Yuki Shimada!  On these cards, Yuki combines products from new Simple Stories collections with some products from previous collections.  I absolutely LOVE the outcome!!


Follow Your Heart
A note from the artist:

I love the color combination of pink and grey. I created the sentiment and doily lace using my cutting machine, Silhouette Cameo

Supplies List:



You are my Happy
A note from the artist:
The Vintage Bliss collection is perfect for your spring projects. I love the cute patterned papers. I used Sn@p Cards for the sentiment. Sn@p Cards will help you to create simple and fast cards.

Supplies List:



Thank you so much, Yuki, for your inspiration!  Make sure to stop by Yuki's blog for more beautiful cards and creations!

Make sure to keep an eye on our Simple Stories, CHA 2013, and All New Just In categories this upcoming week for every more Simple Stories and new collections!  Here are a just a few that have arrived:



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131 comments:

  1. Gorgeous cards, love the pop of pink on the first one!!

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  2. Gorgeous cards and such awesome colorchoises too. I love them both.

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  3. These cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Thanks for sharing, love the papers on the second card, really cute!

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  5. Wow, great DP on these lovely cards! Hugs, Hanneke

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  6. Awesome cards!!! I am really loving the Vintage Bliss line, oops I can feel a shop attack coming on ...hahahaha!

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  7. amazing cards!! really loving the first one, love those colours together ♥

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  8. Love my cameo ;)) these cards r super cute

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  9. love these cards and the new SS collections.

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  10. Neat cards! Like all the different pattern paper used.

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  11. Lovely cards! The first is a little hard to read with all the stripes, but other then that, very cool!

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  12. Beautiful cards, love the color combos and spring look to them.

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  13. they have a great line of paper - love the fun patterns and colors!
    Thanks for the inspiration.
    Sandra ltb

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  14. Love the bright colors. Gives me hope that Spring might really being coming. LOL!

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  15. Both cards are beautiful and just in time for Spring. Thanks for sharing :)

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  16. Wow, so pretty! Great color combinations!

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  17. Super sweet cards,love the cheery colours!

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  18. You always have wonderful projects to share! I love checking in every day.

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  19. So glad to see Vintage Bliss!!! LOVE!!!! <3

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  20. Great cards! I really love the patterned paper in the second one - so pretty!

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  21. Nice Spring colors. Thanks!

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  22. Beautiful cards and I just love how you combined so many different patterns on the second card. Inspires me to put a few cards together today...thank you!

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  23. Beautiful cards. I love those
    colors.

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  24. I Love the mix of pattern and color!

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  25. Simple stories are simply beautiful!!!

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  26. Very pretty! I love the new lines from Simple Stories:)

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  27. I love both cards. The top one was a little hard for me to read. But love the colors. Great job. TFS

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  28. Gorgeous cards! Love the diecut title especially!

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  29. Pretty cards! Love that butterfly paper and its lovely spring color combo!

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  30. Such pretty cards, love the colors and the lovely patterned paper!!

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  31. Yuki is certainly talented at combining patterned papers. These cards are lovely.

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  32. Love your cards,Very pretty,love the spring colors!!

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  33. Ooh, I love the Snap color vibe color pallet.

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  34. Lovely cards! And what beautiful papers. :)

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  35. Love Simple Stories! Thanks for sharing the beautiful cards.

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  36. Very pretty! I love the new lines from Simple Stories

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  37. This card is really artistic, thanks.

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  38. simple stories has some great stuff!

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  39. Great cards!! Love the Simple Stories line.

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  40. Wonderful projects...love the butterflies.

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  41. What cute cards :) Love the colors!

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  42. Love that sentiment..you are my happy! Fab!

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  43. The Snap cards are looking cute and fun. TFS
    Becky J.

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  44. What beautiful cards made with beautiful patterned papers! Thanks for the inspiration.

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  45. Pink and grey together--one of my favorite combos. Love the bold sentiments on both cards. Thanks.

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  46. Pink, green and yellow - a happy combo.

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  47. I took a moment for my eyes to focus to read the sentiment on the 1st card, but decided I really liked it. The 2nd card just "feels" happy with the fun Spring-like colors. Lovely!

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  48. Lovely cards and great papers. Thanks for inspiration.

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  49. That Happy card is oh so happy.

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  50. Beautiful cards! I love Simple Stories~!~

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  51. I LOVE EVERYTHING about her cards.

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  52. Love Snap!!! It's awesome. And those cards are really cute.

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  53. I love all of Simple Stories collections....they truly do make scrapping and card making simple.

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  54. I love Simple Stories Paper and cannot get enough of it! Love this project!

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  55. Thank you for sharing these cards, Yuki. You make me believe that spring is on the way.

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  56. Such beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  57. Love the happy, cheerful colors, and you beautiful creations!

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  58. Great cards! Thanks for the ideas and for sharing with us. ;-)

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  59. Wow, Yuki's cards are fabulous! TFS :)

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  60. Her cards are so sweet and colorful! Sure to brighten someone's day. :-)

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  61. While I like the idea and the execution of the first card I think the stripes are distracting and make it very difficult to make out the text. Nice use of mixed patterns in the second card.

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  62. The You Are My Happy card is so cute!

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  63. The cards are great!The strips combination is very modern. I like it.
    I have to say that i am anxious to see the Kelly Purkey & Simon Says Stamp Project Kits!

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  65. Just love these bright and cheery cards!!!!

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  66. These are really pretty and colorful.

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  67. Gorgeous cards, and I especially love the striped lettering on the first!

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  68. cute cards today thanks for sharing them with us.

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  69. I always look forward to your posts:) Such fun cards, thank you for sharing!!

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  70. Very sweet cards, love these new Simple Stories collections!

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  71. Lovely cards. thanks for the inspiration

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  72. Great cards -- I especially like the second one!

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  73. Beautiful cards .. thanks for the inspiration..

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  74. Lovely and colorful cards. Thank you

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  75. Great color combo's for these cards.

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  76. Love the stripped words, great cards

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  77. Loved the "You Are My Happy" card!!

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  78. Great cards! I really like the font used for the "You are my happy" card.

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  79. What bright and cheery cards, luv this post!

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  80. Like the second card. Lovely colors:)

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  81. Great ideas. Such pretty colors and so versatile. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  82. Great cards! Love simple stories!! Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  83. These cards are absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing! :-) xx

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  84. Love the new products - especially the very cute butterfly DSP. Thanks for sharing.

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  85. lovely cards, well done composition , nice color combo.

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  86. Great job! Thanks for sharing~!~God bless~

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  87. I think the first card is very difficult to read the message. It took me a while. Gorgeous second card! Really love the colors and layout!

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  88. Love those pretty pastels. Very spring

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  90. Love the inspiration here! Would love to win the doggie bag of goodies, too!

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  91. The You are my happy card is so pretty - makes me happy. Iris

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  92. Pretty cards. The "you are my happy" is so spring - flowers, colors. Great.

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  93. Great cards!! Love the colors and patterns in the You Are My Happy card..so Springy!!!

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  94. Love the cards and the new Vintage Bliss line.

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  96. Had a hard time reading the message on the 1st card, but love the pink/gray color combo, and the 2nd card makes me trust that spring weather actually is coming despite all of the snow now on the ground.

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  97. Who would have thought that combining those patterns would be so OK?!
    Laura Holt

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  98. Great cards! Love the colours, i am a new follower!

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  99. Love these cards and love Simple Stories!!

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  100. Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing :)

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  101. Great cards! Thanks for sharing!

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  102. What fun, graphic color combos!

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  103. Love these! The pink and gray together is beautiful!

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  104. I'm crazy aboout the simple stories collections !!!

    Hugs from France ♥
    Lunéa ^^

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  105. Very cute springy card.
    marilyn2222 @ hotmail dot com
    folloer

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  106. The first one made my eyes go BUGGY!!!!!!!! It's like an optical illusion. Cool.

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  107. Just love all the great spring colours!!

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  108. Cute, cute, cute butterfly paper! Unique designs!

    Kris in Alaska
    funamom at yahoo dot com

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  109. Fun ideas, thanks for sharing!

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