Stamp of Approval Blog Hop
Hello friends! Welcome to my stop of the Stamp of Approval Lovely Notes collection blog hop!
If you’ve never heard of Stamp of Approval, let me tell you a bit about them! Stamp of Approval collections are a special box of stamps and dies that released quarterly; inside the box of goodness, you’ll receive a variety of products that will give you TONS of stamping and die cutting fun! These collections sell out really quick, and this Lovely Notes collection will be released on July 13th.
The best way to make sure you get YOUR Stamp of Approval box, head on over to Catherine Pooler’s website (the founder of Stamp of Approval) to sign up on the Waiting List. Wait List members will receive an email notification when the box goes up for sale; as an added bonus, the email notification gets sent to Wait List members one hour before the collection is released to the general public! So make sure you take advantage of the perks and sign up for the Waiting List so that you don’t miss out on your Stamp of Approval box!
So now let’s check out the cards I created for the blog hop using the newest Stamp of Approval stamps and dies!
My first card features the Concentric Circles die and Painted Thanks stamp set; both sets are designed in collaboration with Neat & Tangled. Don’t you just love the stunning design of the Concentric Circle die?? I decided to create a watercolor background using Ken Oliver Color Bursts that I later cut with the Concentric Circles die to create a gorgeous, multicolored background! The Color Bursts are a powder pigment that react and spread out when they come in contact with water; just sprinkle the powder onto your paper and spritz with water… and the powders come to life!
I popped my Concetric Circles watercolor panel up off of a white card base with I had splattered with white gold watercolors using the Finetec gold mica paint set. I also layered the Painted Thanks sentiment onto the panel (stamped with purple dye ink from Altenew), along with Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins.
My second card features the Fill in the Blanks and Wonderful Wreath stamp sets, the Lovely Lattice background stamp and the Lovely Flowers die set; I’ve paired them all together to create a colorful and VERY happy birthday card!
For this card, I started off by using my MISTI stamping tool and the Fill in the Blanks stamp set; I stamped each word of the large sentiment in a different color of ink to create a rainbow effect. The reason I stamped this with the MISTI is because I wanted to make sure each word stayed in their original place. I also wanted to be able to stamp back over top of the sentiment with embossing ink so that I could clear heat emboss it.
Stamping each word in a different ink color is actually quite simple; just mask off the words above and/or below the word you are about to ink up and repeat this until all the words have been stamped onto your paper. For this card, the sentiment is stamped onto white card stock that was die cut using the frame die from the Lovely Flowers die set.
After the sentiment area was finished, I used the same dye ink colors that I used for the sentiment to create an ink blended rainbow background! I first stamped the Lattice Background onto my cardstock using clear embossing ink; however, I did not do any heat embossing. I just wanted to have the clear stamped impression because this was going to create a tone-on-tone effect for the background; I applied the dye inks onto the paper using ink blending foams. As the ink was blended onto the paper, the clear stamped lattice design began to appear, like a watermark. I love how this creates a stunning look to the background without being distracting.
To finish off this card, I scored a simple border around the edges of the card and layered some vellum under my sentiment panel (die cut with the same frame used for the sentiment panel); the entire sentiment panel was then popped up off my ink blended card using foam tape. For one final touch I used the bow stamp from Wonderful Wreath and popped that onto the top of the sentiment panel.
Finally, my third card I have to share with you features the gorgeous Lovely Flowers stamp set, along with some sentiments from Butterfly Notes. For this card I wanted to use the floral building images from Lovely Flowers to create a pretty background.
To do my stamping, I used a variety of dye inks from Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp; all of the ink colors are listed in the products section at the bottom of this post. For the largest flowers, I layered up multiple images to create more dimension.
After my background was stamped, I heat embossed my sentiment in Platinum embossing powder; I fussy cut it out before layering it onto the card using foam tape. I also finished off the sentiment with a supporting one stamped onto a piece of cardstock (colored with pink ink used in the floral stamping).
For a final finishing touch on this card, I scattered a few Sparkling Clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh around the sentiment; I love how that small amount of shine dresses up the design so perfectly!
KEEP HOPPING & A GIVEAWAY
There is lots more Stamp of Approval inspiration to be had! Check out all the fabulous designers below and leave comments on EVERY stop for a chance to win this gorgeous Lovely Notes Collection box!
Catherine Pooler
Heather North
Emily Leiphart
Allison Cope
Nina-Marie Trapani — that’s me! :D
Iliana Myska
PRODUCTS
If you are interested in any of the products used in this post, I have them all linked below to Simon Says Stamp. Affiliate links used when possible.
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Looks like a whole lot of fun !
So sweet! How the use of the background to “pop” the die cut birthday stamp :)
Great cards. The watercolor circles card is my favorite. The colors are so vibrant.
Love your cards! colors are fantastic!
A brilliant use of primary colors! These are beautiful!
Wow! Amazing cards. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
I love color and I LOVE the color in your cards. Thanks for sharing your creativity!
What beautiful vibrant colors. Your design is inspiring. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
Absolutely gorgeous! Wow! Love those colors!
Very beautiful cards
Your colours on these cards are really fabulous. I think the rainbow one might be my favourite but they are all so amazing it’s hard to decide! Wonderful work.
You really highlight the versatility of this kit with your beautiful cards! Simply gorgeous!
Your Lovely Flowers card reminds me of my bedroom growing up. Thank you for the nostalgic refresh!
I love your use of colors, they make your cards really stand out and look so different than others using the same supplies, how inspiring! Thanks.
I really like the painterly look of your designs!
I love the painterly way your creations look!
Love your cards!
Love the vibrant colours and the die cut!
OH GOSH! THe colors are outstanding! Love these
Beautiful cards!
I love your beautiful cards♥
These are all delightful!
Love the cards you made!! So excited for this collection.
Gorgeous cards! I truly like your style. This collection is awesome. I can’t wait to get my hands on it! Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful cards! They are all different but each is lovely. I especially love the cheerful colours!
I especially liked the flower card and the vellum on the other one thxs
I’m so in love with this kit. Oh my gosh, can it get any better. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful, bright cards!
Your cards are beautiful,. I have never used versamark as a guide for colouring the background,. I only used it as a watermark. The things you can learn!!! Thank-you 😄😄😄
Nina your work is gorgeous, so glad for blog hops!
Love all your cards, but the multi-colored stamping is my absolute favorite!
I absolutely love your cards, Nina-Marie! This is a beautiful collection – I want it all, lol!!!
OH MY GOSH !! I love your cards. The bright colors are so cheery and it is hard to decide which I like best?? I am very partial to the hot pink and purple colors and I love that die, so guess that’s my favorite ;)
Great cards, love them!!!
The fill in the blanks and thank you sentiments are great. Your color choices on the cards are wonderful.
So many beautiful things I don’t know what’s the best! I just love it all!
Your cards are gorgeous! I’m so excited about the new kit!
Beautiful cards
KathleenR
Inspiring! Your watercolors just make me smile.
Great card. Love new SOA.
What a clever way to make the watermark! LOVE that card! Great job on the details!
Great colors!
Your cards are so clever, bright and happy.
Beautiful job!
Your cards are stunning! I love that cute die and that big birthday sentiment.
Wow, these cards are so bright and beautiful. Absolutely love the color schemes and design. Such an awesome collection this time.
Wonderful cards, technique and colors. Thanks for sharing.
OH MY! I am in awe! The color burst is stunning and the Happy Birthday card looks like SO much work! They are all Amazing!
The backgrounds are awesome.
I’m blown away by your Watercolour circles card! How stunning! Love how vibrant it is. The other two are lovely also but this one wowed me.
Gorgeous cards! I love the bright, happy colors!
Love the use of such bright colours with these products. It really makes them stand out!
I love all three of your cards. The birthday card is my favorite! I love the bright rainbow of colors you chose!
Love your cards they are all beautiful. Thank you
Nina, these cards are just so colorful and the way you laid your stamps out just makes such a statement. I’m usually not a fan of randomly stamped images but yours is absolutely gorgeous! Love your colors, your design and really liking what I’m seeing from this collection.
These are so very vibrant and lovely!
Soooo colorful! Love them!
Hi! The rainbow card is my favorite. I love the brilliant colors and the sentiment. Great job!!
That “thanks” card!!! Love!!!
I love your multi-colored text card, and that concentric circles die is my favorite so far! Wow!
The rainbow card is my most favorite! Very nice !
Your use of color on these cards is fantastic. Love these stamp sets.
Great cards, very pretty, unique stamps and dies greay collection
Omigosh all that color!!! WOW!!!! I love these cards!
Your cards make me smile :) Love the happy feel of all your cards. What a great use of color and your style is unique. I am really enjoying this blog hop and seeing all the inspiring works of heart. And the prize is pretty special too. Thank you!
Great collections of cards.
so coloring, so beautiful!!!
Love your cards! I think your very talented!
Oh my! These are beautiful! The rainbow card….love…
Your cards are lovely . . .brights and florals are my favorites. This is a great kit!
Nina-Marie I love your cards! Especially the last flower one! I can’t wait to CASE your work!!
Nina-Marie, thank you so much for the technique tip with the lattice background. Going to give that a try. So many combinations could be made. The card that you made your own background was so pretty ….. reminded me of one of my Grandma’s dresses that I loved so much. The fill in the blanks card was so pretty and colorful. Made me smile. Thank you for sharing all your great ideas. This SOA box looks fabulous.
These colors make me Happy!! Gorgeous work!
Outstanding, every one.
I also like that your comment box is at the beginning of your 5 gazillion comments. Thanks for that, too.
Your cards are really inspiring! Love them all!
I cannot choose between the cards. I love the watercolor because of the colors and the technique. I love the last card for the unique stamping to make it look like a background and the birthday one is adorable. Really nice cards to inspire us out here in Stamp Nation!
Very Pretty and Vibrant colours… Love the simplicity of your cardsThanks for the chance to win this lovely collection .
Love your colorful cards! Hadn’t thought about inking over versamark without embossing powder but I really like the more subtle tone on tone you achieved. I’ll definitely be giving that a try. Thanks for sharing your gorgeous cards!
Love the flower card. It’s so pretty.
Oh how fun is that sentiment! Love your beautiful bold color combos, Nina Marie. This kit looks amazing :-)
Love all your bright colorful cards!!!
WOW! These are fantastic. Love the colour schemes you chose.
Great colours. Funny Cards.
i love your bright, beautiful, summery cards!
Don’t you just love the Ken Oliver Bursts? I do! Such a pretty card using the up-coming goodies!
You are very talented. Thanks for the chance. TFS
Your cards are so pretty and the color combinations are spectacular!
Neat effect with the clear stamping! I didn’t know it would do that!
Love the cards and colors! Can’t wait for this SOA!
These cards are so colorful–thanks for the ideas!
These are lovely. I sure do like the concentric circle die.
I love them all, but the multi-color embossed greeting is just fabulous!
Lovely notes with the Mica powder is stunning! I don’t have it yet but Mica is on my list!
Love these cards!! Bright and cheerful!!
Love your cards! The first one using the concentric circle die was gorgeous! Also loved the third card with the flowers on it. A lot of great ideas!
Wowsers! That first card with the colour-burst is almost mouth-watering, its so juicy.
Your second card reminds me how effective Versamark can be, minus the heat-embossing. I love the multi-colour sentiment, too.
Your last card is just plain fun. Random, all-over stamping has such possibilities, and the flower stamp set worked wonderfully for that.
Such a cheerful and happy design. Love to create unique backgrounds.
Love your cards, they are so bright and cheerful. This collection is awesome.
Now that is an amazing use of colors! That brighten my day! I love all of the different techniques used on the cards! Great job!
So bright and cheerful!
Thank you for using the powdered pigments, I am just starting to play with them. Your cards are full of colour and life! Love them.
Sharon Mesdag
Wow, you guys are rockin’ it for sure. Love the cards.
These cards are WONDERFUL!!! Thanks for sharing!
Loving the background stamp!!!!!
Your cards are always so special! I love all the colors.
From graphic black and white to pastels to brilliant colours. What a great set of samples for this collection.
Oh my Nina-Marie; these are all just the most gorgeous cards! Love them all!! Thanks for sharing them!
I love that Concentric Circles. Your use of color is amazing!
Your colorful cards really woke me up this morning! They are awesome!
Wow! Yet another rendering of the concentric circles yet it’s equally gorgeous and totally different. The flowers and leaves stamped one layer are just as beautiful as when cut. And the rainbow version of the fill in blanks makes it more playful. Amazing job! Thx for the inspiration!
I love the gorgeous blended tone-on-tone inking you did with the Lovely Lattice background!!
Beautiful 😍
Love the rainbow of colors used
Oh wow! Really gorgeous cards!!!!
And your cards make me smile, love the bright and cheerful colours! Thank you!
Amazing projects <3
great cards
So cheerful and bright! Awesome works!
These cards are so Bright and Cheery can’t imagine anyone not having a brighter day receiving one of your cards. SOA has so much to offer.
The MISTI makes these rainbow techniques so easy and foolproof. Your cards are amazing and this SOA collection is amazing as well. TFS!
Oh wow, super use of very vibrant colours. I’m just learning how to use more colour in my cards and I’m just so in love with these. Thank you so much. x
Very Pretty Cards, love them all!
I especially love the floral background. Great color choices.
What gorgeous cards, Nina Marie! Such great techniques! I love the rainbow stamping and the Color Bursts! I’d love to try them out. Thanks so much for participating in this great hop and giveaway. You definitely enhanced the whole thing!
Just love the vividness!
WOW – seriously gorgeous cards! It’s such an honor to design alongside you….I”m in love with the way you used the colors to bring out the best in the sets. :)
Love your use of bright colors. The cards are delightful
Love the card!
Wow as usual your cards are simply amazing and gorgeously infused with colours!
Beautiful cards!!! Love the bright colors, great inspiration!!
Beautiful all of them
Such bright and beautiful cards.
Hi Nina!
Omg! Your cards are always amazing! I love the beautiful style and colors…this collection is fabulous! Thanks for sharing! :)
Love these cards! You really show the versatility of this fabulous collection
Wonderful cards. Love the rainbow colored one. Thank you for sharing your ideas and being part of this giveaway
Very pretty lots of different ideas…Thank you
Beautiful cards and I love the colors you picked. Can’t wait to see your other designs with this SOA box. Thank you for sharing with us
I love the bright colors!
love your cards! hoping to win my box!!
Loving the colours
Everything is just stunning and I find all of the products really easy to mix and match with each other and sets I have already. A great box and certainly will get a lot of mileage.
Can’t wait to order these, concentric circle die and thanks stamp are definitely my favs!
My sis turned me on to the totally awesomeness of SOA. This will be my first box and I couldn’t be more impressed with all the cards I’ve been peeking through. I’m delighted to be hopping around with y’all!
I love love love this collection, especially the big bold sentiments. Fabulous.
Beautiful. Love you techniques
Great technique for using the background stencil! Love it!
I NEED this stamp and dye set, it is so full of wonderful loveliness. The samples you have made are adorable.
WHOA!!!!!!!!!!! I am in Major Card Love with your cards!!!! :D :D
All these cards are beautiful and I love the watercolor background on the first design!
Wow, beautiful cards! So colourful!
Love each card you designed tfs
WOW – love your cards! The colours are fabulous, and extremely eye catching.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful cards, Nina Marie! Love the bright colors and the concentric circles die! Can’t wait to order my SOA box!
Love your colors and simplicity. Great job!
These cards are just beautiful! Love the colors you chose. Thanks for the inspiration.
Lovin’ that swirly die TONS! Fabulous vibrant cards :)
What beautiful cards. I love the different colored sentiments and the colorful background! Then the stamped background is awesome! Then the colorburst with the concentric circles…a match made in heaven!
I love your color combinations – I’ll be CASEing your cards for sure!
Gorgeous! All 3 of these….so happy and the colors are super yummy ♥
More beautiful cards. What a fantastic kit.
Love your rainbow birthday card! So happy!
That’s pretty
Nina-Marie, I just subscribed to your blog! I’ve been a subscriber of your VLOG and love your work. Your cards using this box of goodies makes me wanna buy it. You are so inspiring and so are the cards you’ve shared with us today. TFS!
what a great collection of design ideas. I love the Ken Oliver Color Bursts – I think mainly because there is always that little surprise at what you end up with.
My fave….3rd card….I love stamping background and creating a beautiful floral pattern. Perfect spacing.
Loved those concentric circle die and the colorful sentiment as well. Gorgeous cards!
Love this blog hop..
Your third card is my fav, loving that pretty flowery background! I hope to win so I can play and CASE. Fingers crossed.
Thanks for sharing your lovely creations.
Great cards. The floral one is my favorite.
Love the bright and colorful cards!
We love all the new cards and projects and are playing along at home with some other goodies. Can’t wait until the box arrives so I can make back to school cards like the faux shakers…so awesome.
I love the way you used the stamps to make a beautiful background pattern! So creative! Thanks so much for sharing them with us!
Charlene
Beautiful cards, I love the colours you have used.
Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
Concentric Circle die is most fabulous!
Definitely hard to pick a fav – so I won’t! I love the background on the 3rd and the way you embossed the ‘Thank You’. The colors on all of them are gorgeous.
I am especially loving both. I can’t choose just one. I can do that. I will try and case these two cards. Thank you for sharing.
Love all the bright colors
All your cards are awesome. I think the BD card is my favorite.
Beautiful cards and I was drawn to the watercolor look.
Oh the colors!!! Very inspiring!!!
Nina, what versatile ways to make these cards. Very, very nice! :)
I am loving all of those bright colors. Great job!
Your cards are always top-notch! Love the bright and beautiful colors you’ve used! My favorite card is the last one where you stamped your own patterned paper – love it! This is a great box of goodies!
I really enjoyed the watercolored circle card…actually, i loved them all! Great job!
Love the bright colors.
The more inspiration I see, the more I want this collection……….Your cards are just fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
I love the cards. Beautiful collection.
Wow gorgeous cards!
Hi Nina-Marie ~ First, I’ve got to say…..you fussy cut that Thank You? Wow….your cutting is perfect! LOL Love the colorful cards you’ve created, especially the card with the Color Burst and Concentric Circles. I believe that die will be my favorite stand-alone die for quite some time. Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring! ~HUGS~
So many beautiful styles. I’m so excited for this SOA release. Love the watercolors. Wow!
Wow, all 3 of these cards are wonderful! :Love the bright cheery colors on the first one & The Fill in the Blanks stamps are a great set. I can see using this one a lot.
I am do drawn to the way you brightened up the concentric circles die with the color burst . Great idea!
Fantastic cards! I love all the bright colors for your Lovely Flower card!
Beautiful cards. Love the different colors on the Birthday sentiment card and the colors on the watermark card. Truly wonderful ideas!
I need to be braver with color after seeing these.
Second card was Brilliant!
beautiful cards! I really like the birthday one and how you did the background
Color, color, color – I love these cards. They make me happy and filled with anticipation for the SOA box to arrive..
What bright beautiful colors! Feels like summer looking at these s collection looks amazing.
Concentric Circles makes me smile as does the awesome Birthday sentiment!! Definitely a must have collection of goodies! Fingers crossed!
Awesome! Especially the color burst one. Cannot wait for the collection to be released next week!!
Your colors are so bright and really make everything pop!
I love the gorgeous bright colours you used on all your cards you created, all 3 are fantastic. I can’t wait for this kit to be released…
Love the bright color combinations!
Your colors are amazing! What a great showcase for this fantastic SOA.
Great cards!!! The new SOA Collection looks awesome! Love the friends birthday card with the fantastic background and great stamp. Thanks for an opportunity to win the SOA collection.
Talk about lovely, WOW! Gorgeous cards!!! Thanks for sharing!
I love the watercolor card…the colors are so pretty
I love all these cards Nina-Marie! I love, love, love the background you did with the lattice die and versamark! So cool! Thank you so much for sharing your creations with us all!
I love all three of your cards, especially the watercolor card…
Wow! What a wonderful bunch of colorful, cheerful cards Nina-Marie! Great work!!!
Very nice cards! Love the inspiration!
Wonderful cards. Thank you.
Your vibrant colors made me happy.
Love the colors
Your cards are really pretty using these new products!!
Gorgeous cards! love the watercoloring and can’t wait to get this kit
more great cards. I think my favorite is the concentric circles with the color burst==so bright and vibrant.
The watercolored circle card is my fav!
Love the circle card. Very eye catching
Wow! What amazing cards!
Great cards! I love your style!
Thanks
The watercolored circles card is smashing!
These are just gorgeous cards! The watercolour effect & the colours! Wow, oh wow! Thanks for the inspiration.
Love the background of the 2nd cards love the colors you used
Awesome colors! Love all the different colors you used on all your cards. Great job!
Your use of color is amazing.
Great cards! Thanks for sharing.
Love your cards. All are beautiful! I’m going to love working with the Concentric Circles die and I love working with Colorburst! Such a great coloring medium!
These are beautiful!
Beautiful cards. I really like the lattice background stamp.
beautiful cards and ideas!!!
Sweet cards Nina! Love how you used the stamps in such a fun way with the bright colors! So cheerful :)
Beautiful cards.
Wow! Your color choices are amazing on these cards. The color just pops and really shows off the stamps. Beautiful work that makes me want this collection even more. Wow!
What bright and cheerful cards. Love your color choices and designs. Thanks.
Awesome cards! Love that circles die!!!
I live the way the back ground came out that is wonderful it is tone on tone and it is not bold and blinding great job.
Hi Nina-Marie, I like what you have come up with on your cards, and I am loving the new concentric circle die, great card, Cheers Anna.
Great ideas……The concentric circles made with colorbursts really caught my eyes….thanks for sharing!
WOW! Beautiful cards! LOVE the blending you did and that circle die is Fab!
Theresa
Love the floral card!
Your cards are amazing. I cannot wait to get the newest kit.
Your Rainbow Birthday card was my favorite! I love the colors
Those dies are lovely. And thanks for sharing your cards.
Brilliant colors…beautiful cards. Thank you for sharing your techniques!
I especially like the birthday card!
Wow, super nice projects. Thanks for sharing.
Just lovely. Love all the bright colors.
Love your beautiful work.
Love these bright colors on the stamped images!
Wow all the cards are so bright and cheery. If I walked passed those in the card section of a store I’ld be buyin them! Thank you!
WOW! I love your bright colors, especially on the first card. The pink and purple are so beautiful together!
Great use of color! Love your cards. Thank you for sharing
Amazing use of colors on these cards. Can hardly wait to get my SOA box
Geez! Another round of awesome cards! Just beautiful!
Your cards are stunning. I really like the 3rd one. Thanks for sharing!!
I love your cards and how you utilized everything. Very, very nice
Lovely, nice vibrant colors.
Lovely set of cards, all are very cheery and colorful, absolutely beautiful makes.
Each one of your cards is different, but all are so bright and cheerful. I can’t decide which one I like the best. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Your cards are amazing! They are so bright and vibrant!
Those colors are amazing! Love them all and you make me smile too!
Beautiful bright and colourful cards. They are bound to make the recipient smile.
Such pretty cards! Thanks for the inspirational ideas. Love the dies! Thank you for the chance to win this great kit.
Beautiful use of color! The cards make me smile!
Nina, your cards are gorgeous. I love how you used water colors on the concentric circle one, very cool. The Birthday card in different colors looks awesome. I love the floral Thank you card, so pretty.
Love your use of color! Beautiful…Yellow is my new go to color and I see you used it here!
Love your use of the lattice background stamp and the floral stamped card.
OMG these are wonderful So much inspiration
Beautiful cards!
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!
I believe the dies are going to be my favorite part of this SOA box!
Love the way you made BRILLIANT stand out on the bright rainbow birthday card.
How amazing!! Love the little flowers so much
Loving this new SOA kit and all that can be created with it. Can’t wait to get mine.
Fantastic! This box looks so amazing and I can’t wait!
Love!!!
Absolutely LOVE the bright colors on your cards!!
I love love love the thanks card!
I so want to create a background with The Lovely Flower stamp set, yours is beautiful!
Adorable cards and each one is so different! I see some techniques I want (have) to try now! Thank you!
Absolutely love the cards. The color is so vibrant and eye catching. Definitely will be coming back to your blog for inspiration when I get the SOA collection.
Your cards are simply lovely! What a great collection of stamps!
Gorgeous cards. Love the rainbow colored background and the concentric circles die!
I love the beautiful cards you designed with the new SOA set! My favorite is what you made with the circles die set – gorgeous!! :)
I love the rainbow watermark background – can’t wait to try that! Thanks for a chance to win.
Great cards. Such great ideas.
Your cards are amazing. I love to create my own backgrounds also and love the color burst. Mostly I love your tip about using the embossing ink but not heat embossing, never knew you could do this THANKS for the tip.
What colorful, amazingly designed cards. Great job!
Stunning! That lattice background is to die for.
Wow!!! Gorgeous cards!!! Love them all!!
Your rainbow card….I cant!!! So stink binkin pretty!!!! TFS
Your cards are exquisite! Love all the colors and die cuts.
Your cards are gorgeous. I love the bright colors and I love this new SOA set.
Very beautiful cards.
Another bunch of great cards – I love the color burst colors – so bright. I like the vellum touch on the 2nd card – that really sets off the sentiment and the 3rd card – who doesn’t love a bouquet of flowers. Thanks for sharing
Gorgeous cards! This blog hop has me excited about the SOA collection!
Gorgeous cards! Love all the bright colors you used and the multi colors in the Happy Birthday sentiment! So pretty. And the water coloring of the concentric circles is lovely!
Nina-Marie, I’m not sure my post, posted! I thought your cards were beautiful. So talented! Thanks for sharing!
Nina-Marie, the cards are beautiful. Even your post is so “colorful”, it makes me smile!
Beautiful creations. I can’t wait to start using this release. I’m inspired!
Love these cards😊
Awesome cards! I especially love the watercolored Thanks card!
I love color and you have made my day “happy” with color on your cards. They are all beautiful.
So colourful! I love your ideas! Very unique and stylish! Love your Blog too! Axx
Awesome cards, love the colours and designs :)
I love all the bright colors on your cards—just beautiful!!!!!!
Such bright and beautiful cards. The dies in this set are just so amazing. Love your creations.
Color Burst scare me, but you card came out beautiful. Hope to win this collection.
Such bright and beautiful cards!!! Love them all!!!
You used these products in such a great way. Beautiful cards!
beautiful cards and uses of the stamps in the box!
ooohhhh…love the designs & the colors!
amazing cards….beautiful to look at!! TFS
I am loving this collection. You really did the die and stamps justice. I really like the embossed thanks. So pretty.
Thank you so much, Love your cards so much! Can’t wait to play myself!
Your cards are so colorful
Such great inspiration,Oh,oh,oh!!! Pick me, pick me!!! I so want to hug the SOA box and do a happy dance when the postman hands it to me lol X have a creative day X
I am really enjoying these new products, love the thank you die and stamp set as well as all the other wonderful products. Thanks to Catherine for her creativity and dream team, Keep SOA coming!
First I love your name (I named my daughter Dana-Marie) I wasn’t sure anyone else had a hyphenated name! Second your cards are beautiful love the colors you used. Thank you for sharing
So many different ways to use this stamp kit, love all the techniques!
These are gorgeous!!! I love the watermark effect! I’ll have to try that!! Thank you for sharing!!
Wow, so many gorgeous cards, Nina! I absolutely love the vellum pieces cut from the banner die.
Thank you for all the great ideas to use the kit. I’m drooling. Great work. Diane
Love the cool colourful cards you have made with this glorious kit! xxx
Hello Nina-Marie! Your cards are absolutely stunning!!! I love them all!! Thanks for sharing! :)
I think my favorite part of this collection is the concentric circle die, but all your cards are beautiful.
Your cards are so bright and pretty. They make me smile!
All of your cards are fabulous! I’m into florals right now, so I love your floral Thank You card!
Thanks for the chance to win this SOA box!!
Great cards
Your cards are pretty and colorful. Great set of cards, all different. Thanks.
Love your creative use of kit. I like that you used concentric circles die cut on an angle on your card front.
And also the background stamp with Versamark and not embossed.
Awesome
Oh my goodness..I love the bright colors! Your cards are beautiful!
These are so pretty!
Wow! All of these cards are absolutely stunning! Love the trick with using the clear embossing ink, but not heating it! Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your take on these wonderful stamps! Your cards are so pretty and fresh!
I am in love with the concentric circle die. So many ideas floating in my head. Thanks for sharing and the chance to win.
Loved all 3 of your cards. I’m so in love with the concentric circle die and can’t wait to receive my kit.
Gotgeous cards! ALL of them!
Love the backgrounds. Great colors.
I am loving all the colors! I think the rainbow background one is my personal favorite.
Wonderful backgrounds ! !
Beautiful rainbows!
What gorgeous cards. Thanks for showing us wonderful ways to use the stamps and dies in the kit.
Beautiful cards, I love the rainbow one.
Loving the purple and pink palatte on the first card, the vellum on the second, and the third has a sweet vibe with the precious background you created. :)
OMG your cards are SSOOOO awesome! Loving this set!!!
Wow! Super colorful! Love.
LOVE your cards… so bright…TFS
I hope to one day be able to come up with the beautiful cards that you create. I love rainbow colors with the lattice stamp, and the card with all the flowers. All 3 were so lovely I could not possibly pick a favorite. thank you
Beautiful cards! Love the new collection.
Janet
Such creative use of the stamps. The background looks great. I would love to win this SOA set and have the burden of choosing which items to use first.
I love your cards! The colors make me happy!
What a great variety of styles. Lots of possibilities in this box!
Beautiful cards! I’m in love with all of them.
Such bright and cheery creations! Talk about fabulous!!
gorgeous designs and colour combinations, great inspiration
Your cards are so bright and beautiful!
Love your designs and colors. They really put a smile on a face. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Luv the cards.
Your cards are wonderful and I love the variety you achieved with this kit!
Oh my Nina, your cards are so pretty. As always your work is great and this collection must have been a dream to “work” with!
I LOOVVEEE color – and your cards fit the bill!! Simple gorgeous! TY!
The vibrant colors are stunning. So much inspiration here. Thank you.
Lovely color combinations. Great job on the cards.
Beautiful cards!! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win! :)
Love, love, loving your Thanks card with the concentric circles die. But all are beautiful. Thank you for sharing your talents. :-)
I love the rainbow effect you created on your cards! So trendy and versatile! Love it!
Very cool cards! I love the swirl die and the neon colors!
My goodness Nina-Marie , I loved your first card … then adored the second … and your background paper card is so fresh and lovely . I would be happy to receive any of those cards for any occasion . thank you for sharing .
Your use of water color bursts, rainbow colors, the scalloped die with the side element and backgrounds. So many wonderful techniques
Great colours – I love what you have done with the concentric circles.
So fun! I love the way you used the kit. Lovely 💗
Great cards.
Love your backgrounds they really make the cards pop. Beautiful cards.
As usual, your cards are very colorful and beautiful.
I LOVE the bright and fun colors! You’ve made these stamps come to life 😊
WOW!! All of your cards are amazing! I love the colors you used. This is an awesome collection!
Love love love your cards
Lovely, just lovely!!
I just love the floral stamp card!!!
Awesome cards!
Love these cards. Such elegance.
Nina-Marie, such pretty cards! I just purchased some of the Ken Oliver color burst powders. I can’t wait to try them out with this collection. Your floral card is so pretty.
That concentric circles die is my favorite part of the kit!
Beautiful cards. Love the colors!
Nina-Marie Trapani
I love the colors and the way you used the stamps to make your cards. Love them all.
Beautiful colors.
That circle die is my favorite item in this collection. Your watercolor treatment on that card is spectacular! Love all the cards! Thanks for the opportunity to win the awesome Lovely Notes Collection!
Beautiful cards! I love the concentric circles die!
These cards are so pretty. I love seeing so many different aspects to using these stamps and dies.
Your cards are so colorful and beautiful! Thanks for sharing your ideas! I can’t wait to get this great collection. :-)
Beautiful cards!
Nina-Marie,Your cards are all so “cheery” and bright! Love your colors!
Love the watercolor card!
Nina I just love watching your phenomenal creations.They’re all GORGEOUS.
Wow – – I really LOVE the way you use color. And the result is fabulous – – making me smile.
love your cards! so bright and cheerful.
Beautiful cards! Love the colors and how you used the stamps!
What gorgeous cards! I especially like the floral thank you card!!!! -Stacy
Beautiful background paper you created. Thank you for inspiring me. God Bless!
Beautiful job lots of ideas
OH WOW your cards were super cute I agree with you the stamps and die are so neat – I think the die is especially super cool and would be great to create with…
I love the bright colors in your cards! Beautiful!
The summer colors are prefect. Thanks.
What amazing cards! Love them.
Beautiful cards!
Beautiful cards! my favorite is the yellow flowers with the thank you.
Love the flowers and colors !
Beautiful cards, love those backgrounds with the watercoloring, ink blended and the floral stamped pattern, all so pretty!
Everything in this set is fabulous. Your cards are inspiring. Can’t wait to win this set!
Love the color bursts! I wish I could see more Stampers use them. They are so much fun and unique .
Just beautiful!
I agree that your “watermark” background is stunning.
Thank you.
Love the florals.
Very creative. Love the diagonal sentiment card.
Beautiful color combos! Lovely cards.
your cards are so creative and different – wonderful!
Love the card with the Colobursts!
Love your bright colors. The pink one is my favorite as I love pink!
Holy Crap! These are amazing too! This SOA set is definitely the best in my opinion, love your cards!
Beautiful! I love the different ways you use the stamps.
Heavenly, is the first thought that came to my mind. TFS
l love the colors and the way you used the stamps to make your cards. Very lovely for any occasion
Your cards are all so beautiful! I think they all have such happy colors on them.
Love, love, LOVE!
Love the colors and the creativity!
Your cards really show off the so many of the new Lovely Notes stamps and dies! Beautiful cards!!
Awesome cards!
Awesome cards with some awesome products!
Ah Ha! Thank you for the birthday card that I will be sending to my friend if I’m able to get this box. I love it. You make me like yellow as it’s used in the Thank you note. Thanks!
Fabulous! Love how you created such different cards with this collection
Great cards and such luscious colrs.
I love the bright colors you have chosen!
WOW…so pretty … love the colors and the watermark background w/color idea….can’t wait to try that technique
your cards are just beautiful. can’t wait for my collection
Oh how fun are your cards! so bright and happy! I love the ThankYou in gold, so pretty!
Your cards are Beautiful, I love your work!!
Such unique cards! I love them both.
great cards
I am so impress with the cards I am seeing in this hop.
Love the cards. Love all the different colors.
Absolutely love the colors you used…. So fun and cherry. The concentric circles card is just gorgeous
The circles die is so cool!
Love this background stamp. Love all your cards. Amazing!!!!
So pretty!
Sweet, sweet cards and very feminine…great job, Nina!
Awesome cards! Love the colors you used on each one. This box is full happiness!
I’m loving your vivid color choices, especially on the fun circle panel!
I love the vibrant colours on these cards!
All of these card are beautiful but my favourite is the birthday card and it’s vibrant bright colours..
Nina-Marie, your cards are beautiful. Those flowers are so beautiful and versatile. They can be used in so many ways. I love the colors you chose and the color bursts was my first thought when I saw this die. It looks amazing, can’t wait to try it.
Love the Lovely Notes set. Can’t wait to play with the collection.
Love your use of color!!!
great card,
Inspires me to start making stamped backgrounds!
I like the colors – some of them remind me of tie die. Pretty
Such beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing with us!
that rainbow birthday card is so striking
Wow! I’m drooling.
Wow, loving these cards and my favorite is the bright birthday card!!
Such beautiful colors. I just love the rainbow card!
I love your cards they are gorgeous.
I love the 3rd card with the flower stamp and such uplifting colours
Beautiful cards. Love all the bright colors you used. Can’t wait to use that die.
I love all your cards! I totally want to make the bright Happy Birthday card, I really liked the watermark look of the lattice background! And the floral background you did was beautiful! I can’t wait to play with that circle die! Thanks for the post
Love the cheery colors in your cards. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card. Loving this set.
I LOVE these cards!!!!
Beautiful special cards.
Such lovely cards. Love the different techniques.
The thanks card is my fav!
I love the circles die and would probably buy the kit just to get that die. Your cards are lovely. I like the idea of using the little flower stamps to make a background paper. Thank you.
I love all the cards, but that last one with all the flowers is my favourite. Very cheery and colourful!
Love the flowers on the last card. So summery and pretty.
Popping pieces off the background really gives a lot of
depth to our cards. That first one is wonderful.
thanks for sharing.
Wow, love your cards, Nina. They are so vibrant and beautifully made (as always. LOL) Your coloring techniques are awesome. Thank you for sharing your cards with us:)
Wow, the colours!! I am totally loving your designs with the kit. I just discovered the Stamp of Approval kit and signed on to the waiting list, am really hoping I get a chance to try it
Love your cards. So bright and cheerful.
WOW! Nna-Marie, all of your cards using this SOA supplies are WOW!!! The colors and designs are fabulous. Thank you for sharing the inspirations.
WOW this new SOA collection is awesome!!! and so are your cards:)
Wow, these cards are so beautiful! My favorite is the second. The tone on tone affect with versamark I absolutely love! I’ve never seen it done this way with ink blending before! Gorgeous!
Awesome cards and SOA kit!!!
LOVE your beautiful cards!!! This new SOA kit is amazing!!!
The flowered background card was especially lovely.
Love how you made a background with the flower stamps. Beautiful cards!
I live your creative use of color to make your cards bright and cheery! Thanks and have a great day!
Very nice cards. Looks like it will be a great kit.
Great colors so, happy and fun. Loving the circle die. This is a great kit.
I love all of your cards, but most especially the background on the last card! Beautifully done!
love the stamped floral background.
All your cards are so pretty, but the third one knocks it out of the park!
Great colors on your cards! Waiting to receive my MISTI so I can create cards like the rainbow birthday card!
I love the colour combinations you choose for your cards. So pretty!
Gorgeous cards! The colors are amazing and I love how you used the items from the new SOA box. I’m really looking forward to getting this newest box!
Your cards are gorgeous. I love them all. And I really like the last one. TFS
Love your colors and the circle die . Wonderful talent you have.
Your cards are so pretty. I like the colors you chose.
love the colorful backgrounds. Great cards!
Thanks for vellum and color bursts included in your cards. Need to use mine more!
The flower card favorite!! Thanks for your inspiration!
Such happy use of color on your cards. Well done!
Such beautiful cards! Can’t wait to try them myself!
Beautiful cards Nina! The colors are gorgeous. Tfs and the chance to win the giveaway.
You’vebenbusy. Love your gorgeous creations
So colourful, would love to receive any of the cards to brighten my day.
Great cards. I love the concentric circle die with the color bursts – just gorgeous! Also love the watermark effect using the background stamp.
Very pretty! I love the multi colored stamping!
Your bold colors choices are amazing! The vellum under that banner was the perfect touch! Brilliant!
Wow, these cards are eye catching to say the least. I love the bold colors.
Gorgeous! Such vibrant colors! I love them all. Thanks for sharing them.
Your cards are “brilliant”! Love the bold colors to accentuate the concentric circle card and the birthday card.
Love your color combos and details! That Concentric Circles die is absolutely fabulous! Gorgeous birthday card in bold rainbow colors, and such a pretty background stamp! Love everything I am seeing in this SOA kit!
Your cards are wonderful and inspirational, so colorful.
Good morning,
I absolutely love your cards!! I can’t wait to get my hands on the SOA to start making my own cards!! :-)
The colors are fabulous in all of your cards! I love the way you used the little flowers to create your own background!! Beautiful and so creative!
Nina, I’ve never tried the KO Colorbursts, the color is really bright, which I love. I also love the subtle watermark look you created with the background stamp!!
awesome cards
LOVE your projects…especially what you did with the concentric circles…LOVE.
All three of your cards are gorgeous. I love the Color Bursts so I am anxious to try them with the concentric circles die like you did. They provide the perfect way to color the paper before die cutting.
Love the bright, pretty colors! That large birthday sentiment is fabulous.
I like how you used the lovely flower stamp set to make it look like designer paper
Love the way you inked the stamp in all the colors!
Thanks for sharing your bright and colorful card ideas, so cute.
Your backgrounds are amazing! So colorful and cheery. I wish I had one-half your talent. Can’t wait to begin to work with these products.
love all the colors.
So colorful and eye catching. Loved the cards!
Love the colors
The Concentric Circle Die: O—-M—-G!!!!!!!!!!
Love all the color on your cards. Fabulous!
Beautiful cards!!! Love the birthday card the colors are gorgeous!!! TFS!
Your cards are gorgeous! They’re so bright and fun…I love the whimsy mixed with the elegance on the “A note to say Thank You” card.
Love the bright colors with the Concentric circle die cut.
Three beautiful cards!
Love your cards. The floral background card is absolutely fabulous. Thanks for sharing.
Really pretty cards Nina-Marie. I love the use of all the colors.
Gorgeous!!! All of them! I love the colors – so bright and fun!
Fantastic cards, Nina-Marie! Stunning color choices! I love them all!
I love the designs on all of your cards. Absolutely beautiful.
Love all the ideas you all give with these sets!
Gorgeous cards!!!
Love your backgrounds
Love, love the colors used on all the cards,.
Such colourful, bright, happy cards! I love the way you combined pieces from the collection to create your beautiful cards! Such great inspiration!
WOW, what amazing cards!
Colors well done and just make the cards stunning. Love your designs and certainly inspired by your examples of what can be done with the SOA.
Fabulous cards! Love the inspiration.
Beautiful cards. So much insperation. Thank you
Such vibrant colors!!
Love your cards. The colors are wonderful. These would make any one put a smile on their face.
Love the birthday tag card, so bright, cheerful and very happy! All the cards are so lovely, getting so many good ideas to try when I get my stamps (hopeful they don’t sell out first;)
Love your cards with this collection! All so unique and stunning! Thanks for the inspiration!!
Such a wonderful assortment of Creations you have come up with this with collection. I cant wait to get my hands on it
I love how you stamped the Birthday stamp in different colors and then matched the background with the same colors. Absolutely stunning cards.
Great use of all the stamps! I love all the new ideas I’m getting from seeing everyone’s cards!
Beautiful cards, I love them all!
Such pretty cards. Thanks for all the inspiration. I think I will create a few Brusho panels so they are ready when my box arrives with that gorgeous die.
Gorgeous card designs!!
Such beautiful cards you are so creative. Thanks for sharing.
Nina you always amaze me. You take great supplies and make something completely different from them! I love the bright happy colors and textures!
WOW…these are all absolutely GORGEOUS Nina-Marie!! LOVE the color burst card using the concentric die…too, too cool!! :0)
Everyone is so talented. I love how you used the Fill In The Blanks stamp set. Love the bright colours.
Such VERY pretty cards Nina. TFS
What fun, fun colors. Your cards are so happy and cheerful. Love them! Thanks for sharing.
Fabulous cards!
Loving all that
color and great
designs.
Carla from Utah
Such beautiful colourful cards. They would brighten anyone’s day. Thank you for sharing. Happy day and stamping
Your cards are gorgeous!
Nina-Marie, your cards are colorfully fabulous!!! Thanks for being a part of this fun blog hop!!!
Fantastic colorful cards…love them all!
I love all the bright colors you used on all of these amazing cards!!
Awesome cards!
I love your bright colors. Truly beautiful cards! Thank you for sharing your talents!
I like the variety of colorful cards you created with this box of goodies.
Beautiful Birthday card!! I had no idea embossing ink could be used without heat love…love… love this look. I am not familiar with the color bursts can you tell me where I can purchase them.
Beautiful cards! I love the variety and how you mixed the sets together.
So pretty, Nina-Marie!!! I LOOOVE the colorful birthday card!