2/24/11

Welcome to the first Paper Smooches blog hop!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the newest Paper Smooches stamp release! Three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase at 12:01am (mountain time) on March 1st.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! Just leave a comment on any of the five design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of the three new March stamp sets! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify) You have until midnight MT on Sunday, February 27th to leave a comment. Please check all five blogs on Monday, February 28 to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.



KryssiNg - 03Mar2010 - Vegtastic 2

I created a watercolor piece with my Vegtastic stamps. I didn't have actual watercolors, so I used a combination of Spray inks (Smooch Spritz, Tattered Angels) diluted in water and a brush. Pretty much the same, but I've been digging the washed out, imperfect coloring of watercolors lately, so I'll have to reinvest in a basic watercolor set. If you decide to do this, make sure you use watercolor paper. Regular cardstock will warp and bend when wet.

I'm thinking this would be really cute displayed in our kitchen!

Thanks for stopping by, good luck along the hop!

185 comments:

  1. these stamps are absolutely adorable!

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  2. what a creative idea. I love the way it looks like a painting that you should hang on the wall!

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  3. so cute! vegies dancin' on the countertop! lol
    Pam Going Postal

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  4. so adorable!! love the new sets!

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  5. Adorable....I am counting down the days until these sets are mine!

    Mary Juckett

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  6. Awww...this is so cute. I can't WAIT to order this set! I think it's my fave from this release.

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  7. Very nice. The watercolouring looks fantastic!!

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  8. Such a cute card! I love how you colored this!! I tend to always want to stay in the lines,...I like this so much better!
    Dawn G.

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  9. Oh the watercolor veggies are sweet!!!!!!!!

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  10. LOVE what you did with the watercolors, and the way you grouped the images... very pretty!

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  11. This is just SOOOO cool! This piece is ready for framing!

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  12. This is just awesome! I really like the watercolor and it shows how these veggies can have such a different look depending on how you color them.

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  13. This is my favorite card in the blog hop! You did a wonderful job with the watercolors.

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  14. This is my FAVORITE new set. Those veggies are just darling!! Can't wait to play with them. :)

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  15. This is a water colour masterpiece!!! How SWEET! LOVE it!

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  16. So sweet, Kryssi! I love the watercolor look with these veggies-I would never have thought to try that! Thanks so much for sharing!

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  17. I love these stamps and the beautiful veggie card!

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  18. oh my goodness! what a great project! it's so original and fantastic! i love the look!

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  19. Cute and beautiful at the same time! Love it!

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  20. This is the set I was thinking of not getting right away and now I am going to have to think about that...super cute card. Love the effect of the water colors.

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  21. Love the simplistic look of the card. Great way to watercolor too!!!

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  22. How precious would this be in a nursery?

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  23. Super cute card! I love how you spotlighted the lovely vegi's in the center. Awesome!

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  24. i love it! sooooo cute! such a great "watercoloring" job too! i like the fact that you went a little out of the box. very cute!!

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  25. seriously cute veggie stamps! Great card!

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  26. This is SO cute! Makes me think of "Veggie Tails" :-) Love how you just used the soft watercoloring. Wonderful! TFS!

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  27. These veggies are just so cute. Love their smiling faces.

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  28. what adorable water colored veggies!! totally cute!!

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  29. I love your card!! Love the look. What water color paper do you recommend? I'm now your newest follower and would love for you to stop by and visit my blog sometime. jennyscards.blogspot.com
    hugs,jen

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  30. purely-swoon-worthy. I could look at this little masterpiece all day :)

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  31. I am seriously impressed! That is some cool watercoloring, and you didn't even use watercolors! WOW! Very nice! :)

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  32. Awesome Kryssi! You always have such a fun style. Your kitchen is gonna be totally cute!

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  33. Gorgeous Kryssi! I LOVE the watercolor effect!!

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  34. Loving this hop! this one makes my heart happy! Thanks for sharing!

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  35. I'm in love with your adorable veggies! Such sweet and gentle colouring, it's really beautiful!

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  36. Very Pretty! I love it!
    ~Sarah
    craftingwithsarah.blogspot.com

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  37. What a fantastic idea! This is a wonderful piece of art.

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  38. SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!! Your water coloring of these veggies is out of this world brilliant!! Love, love, love this!

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  39. This is super darling!! Love how you've colored in the images!! ♥♥♥

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  40. That's one awesome watercolor technique, Kryssi! Love the CAS look of the card as well.

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  41. Great idea to make a picture out of this. Great job!

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  42. Wow! I love the watercolor effect you got on your card! Beautiful work.

    I ♥ these Kim Hughes stamps! I suspect she's going to outdo herself every single month!

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  43. What a fun piece of art! Love the watercolor idea!

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  44. This is so 'out of the box', creative, and cute! I LOVE your watercoloring!

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  45. Awwww...this is just too cute! Love your card.

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  46. super cute! :) i have an extra watercolor set for you! do not buy yet!

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  47. What a great idea!! Love it! You can use your distress inks to watercolor. I've seen some beautiful work on the blogs using that. I need to try that myself!

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  48. love the watercoloring, great pc of artwork!!!

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  49. these veggies really make me happy!

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  50. TOOO super cute!!!
    What a great bunch they are :)

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  51. Oh, they look soooo cute all together! Great card!

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  52. love the soft watercolored feel of this. just lovely.

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  53. super cute, love the layering of images and the soft color!

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  54. What an adorable card! :-)

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  55. Soooo cute!! I'm loving these super cute veggies!! Gives a whole new meaning to "Veg out"!!tfs.

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  56. so cute, what a daring stamp, thanks for sharing.

    Later Tater,
    Laney
    laneyhollo@yahoo.com

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  57. Awwwwww . . . what sweet veggies. Super terrific watercolor painting!

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  58. such a cute project! LOVE these sweet veggies, and the watercoloring looks fabulous!

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  59. LOVE your sweet little watercolored veggies!!!! FANTASTIC work!

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  60. love the look with these cute stamps!

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  61. This is so sweet - love the watercolouring.

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  62. Super cute in water colours and definitely worth hanging in the kitchen! Perfection!

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  63. Wow! So soft! You're so clever in your paint mediums! Super adorable card!

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  64. This is such a funny set!!! Makes me want to sing Veggie Tale songs.

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  65. What an interesting technique with fabulous results!

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  66. I love the pastel treatment you did with this set...it gives it a totally different look and feel!

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  67. great card and I like that watercolor look as well!

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  68. I love those veggies, they are just SO cute!

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  69. oh my--this is amazing; you are so creative with your supplies

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  70. Tee Hee Hee...those fun veggies just made me smile.

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  71. Tee Hee Hee...those fun veggies just made me smile.

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  72. What adorable watercolored veggies! So, so cute!

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  73. Great water coloring! I can't wait for the unveiling on March 1st!

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  74. adorable! great job on creating your own watercolors!!

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  75. Oh! your veggie card is too cute! Thanks for sharing! Bev, Pine Mtn Club, CA

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  76. Very cute veggies! I like your watercolor effect!

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  77. Loooove that soft water color look..and the veggies are SO CUTE! Gorgeous card. <3

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  78. These new stamps really are vegtastic!

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  79. I just love your technique and you have created a wonderful piece of art!

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  80. Great use of what you have on hand! Those veggies are adorable!

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  81. LOVE LOVE LOVE! I want that veggie set! SOOOO cute:)

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  82. Love the number of ways I can use the veg stamps. Love the water colour idea! This set is too cute.

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  83. What a neat idea! Fantastic work!

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  84. So adorable!! I love it! Thanks for the fun!
    hugs, Sharon

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  85. How fun are these little veggies? Love your watercoloring and I should do more of it because I love the look! Boy, you could do the pepper in several colors even now that I think about it. Thanks for sharing.

    Chris R. from Iowa

    ckrobinson01@hotmail.com

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  86. It WOULD look totally adorable displayed in your kitchen! I love that watercolored effect, I've never been able to prefect it myself, and it looks great paired with this bunch of Kim's cute images. Strong work!!

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  87. I love the soft colors you used for the cute new stamp!Margaret K.

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  88. Cute! It's like a veggie family portrait! THanks for sharing it.

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  89. This looks like art. This is gorgeous. Love the stamps and the water colored look you created with them!

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  90. Okay, that is simply too perfect for a kitchen! Very cute and the watercolor effect is a fantastic way to highlight this set.

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  91. THIS IS FABULOUS! I love these veggies!!!!

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  92. These stamps are just too adorable!

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  93. Super cute! I love how you colored these!

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  94. Very neat idea! Watercolors are so fun!

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  95. Oh goodness, what a cute card! I'd love to try this technique out, thank you for showing it!

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  96. Oh my, that is really cute! I love it! :)

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  97. So cute, love the watercolor veggies!

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  98. Very cute--I like your watercoloring.

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  99. You are JUST amazing! I love it.. I have to try it :)

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  100. Cute stamps and adorable card!

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  101. Great job with the watercoloring!! I love these veggies. They could make such cute note card sets!

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  102. I absolutely love the watercolor effect you achieved. Perfect for this design!

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  103. Wow, your coloring is awesome! Reminds me of some of my favorite children's book illustrations. Nice job!

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  104. love the paper smooches stamp sets and your coloring techniques!

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  105. omg the veggies are to die for! love them! Love the watercolor too. tfs!

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  106. Lovely card!!! The veggies are so cute!!

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  107. great watercolor look for this group of veggies!

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  108. I love the water color look. Makes me want to try it. -Mary Kaye

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  109. Great technique and adorable veggies!

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  110. This is so pretty, very creative idea!

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  111. Love, love, love those veggies and your imperfect on-purpose watercoloring!

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  112. Very cute! Thanks for sharing.

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  113. This is so cute! I would frame it and put it in my kitchen! Love the watercolors - perfect!

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  114. Love water colors and this is fantastic! So cute.

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  115. The watercolor is perfect with this set. The colors are soft, yet delectable!

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  116. The watercolor is perfect with this set. The colors are soft, yet delectable!

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  117. I love that washed out look Kryssi! And the veggies are so cute even my kids might eat them! Great card.

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  118. Love the watercolouring (I've tried it a few times it is harder than it looks!)

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  119. Love this card and your water coloring technique. Thanks for sharing!

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  120. Love the effect you've created here

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  121. just tooooo cute!! thanks for making me smile....

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  122. Kryssi, oh my gosh! I LOVE your watercolor without water colors. There is just something about water color that draws my attention, it's so interesting maybe? but you know when I water color I feel like I have to fill in all the space. I'm not sure what's up with that. LOL The effects you got with the tattered angels and smooches is great. =D

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  123. Great watercolour look Kryssi! Such a cute card, Jo x

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  124. This is adorable! I just love the watercolor look! And I love how you improvised! :>

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  125. Way cute! I think the water coloring is superb, great way around not having 'watercolor' pencils and paint! I would not have thought of that.Thanks for the tip!

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  126. just LOVE your watercoloring.
    that is my favorite look, and i am not so good doing it myself.
    you have done a GREAT job!!
    thanks for sharing and for the inspiration.
    marty ferraro

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  127. Absolutely adorable!!! I love this card!

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  128. OMG, those veggies look so sweet in watercolor! Reminds me of faded fabric...adorable!

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  129. Very artsy and cute. I love the soft, rustic feel it gives to such a whimsical stamp set. :)

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  130. I love the watercolor look, too! Fantastic job!!!

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  131. aww, what a bunch of vegetables! LOL i love it!
    Susan

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  132. Kryssi,
    This is great! Love what you did the set!

    Teri

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  133. love the watercoloring effect. I'll have to try it with my TA's

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  134. This is so adorable... I love the look of watercolor, and you did fantastic!

    Thanks so much for sharing!!!

    ~Ola
    okj83 at live dot com
    zloe.blogspot.com

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  135. So so cute! Very creative coloring!

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  136. Love Paper Smooches and love your veggie card!
    Please 'pick' me (I'm ripe!)

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  137. This is sooo cute, love the design and the soft colors on the images!

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  138. Super sweet Kryssi, so soft and pretty, love it!

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  139. the stamps are adorable and I love the softer colors

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  140. Shut the front door! I would've NEVER thought of doing this...but I LOVE how it looks!! What an amazing idea - thanks for the incredible inspiration!

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  141. What a wonderful job you did coloring the cute veggies! I love the softness you created! This is a great card!

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  142. I love how you watercolored the images! Gives it such a different look. Great way to show versatility!

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  143. Love the 'watercoloring' on the cute vegie images!

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  144. Love the soft colors you used!

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  145. Happy veggies! I think I'll stamp these on a mini card and put them next my boys' plates when I serve veggies. Makes eating your vegetables a happy thing!

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  146. Just beautiful! I love the watercoloring- it gives the images such a soft look!

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  147. Aww! So cute! I love the watercolouring!

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  148. Adorable! Love the watercolor look!

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  149. I was just thinking how cute that would be framed in a restaurant or kitchen!!
    Love your watercolors

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  150. Wow, love your coloring! I can see this hanging in a kitchen. NICE!

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  151. Reminds me of Veggietales :-) Very cute and sweet!

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  152. Oh my word! I absolutely love this....simply fabulous!

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  153. love love the watercolor look! cute project!

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