4/28/11

April Paper Smooches blog hop!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the newest Paper Smooches May stamp release! Three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase at 12:01am (mountain time) on Sunday, May 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 May stamp sets! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify) You have until midnight MT on Saturday, April 30th to leave a comment. Please check all five blogs on Sunday, May 1st to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.

Heather Pulvirenti

Heidi Van Laar

Laurie Schmidlin

Teri Anderson

Here's my card for the hop using Chubby Chums.



These gumdrop cuties are sooooo adorable! My fave is this little chick! I created the nest out of jute twine cut into short strips and adhered onto scor-tape which was first cut into a bowl/nest shape.

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  1. That is one awesome chick. I love what you did with the nest....fantastic!

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  2. OMGosh, another clever way to create the nest - wow! So cute this card is! TFS :)

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  3. This is just too cute! Love that nest, what a great idea!

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  4. Totally fabulous card. Love your CAS design.

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  5. Cuteness! That's what this is! :)

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  6. I love this! What a darling, creative little nest you have this cutey!

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  7. So cute! Love the little nest!

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  8. This is a brilliantly cute nest! I love the simple design that focuses on the cute chickie.

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  9. Cute little chubby chick and looks so comfy in it's nest. Great card

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  10. Sweet card and love the nest for the cute little chickie :)
    Jenny x

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  11. What a great idea for the nest!! Love it!

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  12. This is so awesome and adorable!! love the chickie in the jute nest :)

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  13. To, to cute!!! I love that little chick too and can't wait to use it for cards for my granddaughters.

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  14. So cute! I love the nest you made.

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  15. PERFECT nest!!! Why haven't I thought of that!! Great job!!!

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  16. LOVE this!!!!!! The nest, the cutie patooty little birdy, and the chubby chickie!!!!

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  17. Another neat idea for a nest...so cute! Love that clean simple look as well!
    Pam

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  18. I love the yellow and blue together! Thanks for sharing your lovely card =)

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  19. You can do no wrong girlie amazing sweet little card.. OH I need this set! :)

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  20. Such a cute card!! Love the twine nest! So sweet!

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  21. I love how you made that adorable nest for this sweet card!!

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  22. this chick alone is going to seal the deal i think...i love it!! and that nest rocks!

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  23. simply adorable, love the jute nest!

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  24. This little chubby chick is adorable! Perfect for upcoming spring cards...

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  25. Eeeeeeeeeee! This is adorable! Look at this cute little nestie!

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  26. Love love this Kryssi....Soooooooooo cute!

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  27. Too cute! Love the darling nest :)

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  28. That nest is sooooo cute. Great clean and simple card.

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  29. So CUTE!! Can't wait to see them all!! (=

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  30. This chick is so darn cute. Enjoying the Pep Rally

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  31. Sooooo suuuuupper cuuute! I love the nest! TFS!
    Anni!

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  32. gosh.....sooo cute and perfectly CAS!

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  33. ooo the chickie is just too cute :) love

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  34. Oh, he's a cutie! I love the lopsided eye! Your card is precious and highlights this little guy perfectly!

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  35. Love the textured nest and the little chickie on the shoulder. Sooooo cute. I'm lovin' Paper Smooches Stamps... I want one! or two! or three..heehehee. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the stamp set. Thanks for sharing.

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  36. Wow! Adorable. People like you help me think "outside the box!" Thank you.

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  37. I just love this little chickie!! Cute nest you've created!!

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  39. Thanks to this blog hop I will have no shortage of ideas for creating nests for this cute little chicky once I get my Chubby Chums set! So cute!

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  40. this cute little chick is so so adorable... what a sweet card!!!

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  41. how cute, love the little next.
    -joanne p
    jpineda77@hotmail.com

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  42. A twine nest! EEEk! Super adorable!!

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  43. Awwww....SO CUTE! LOVE the little bluebird sitting on the chubby chickie's shoulder too!! ADORABLE!

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  44. What a cute card...love your and Heidi's different but adorable takes on that chick!

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  45. Awww, what a sweet couple! Love the bright colors.

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  46. Very cute chick and a great idea for a nest!

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  47. AWWW this card is completely ADORABLE!!

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  48. How cute is that? Answer: Very cute. I love the bird and the nest.

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  49. This is so sweet! Love the nest!

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  50. Ha, great minds!:) Love how you gave your chick a little friend.

    (-: Heidi

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  51. CUTE - love how the the CAS approach, really lets this sweet little guy shine!

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  52. This is one cute chick!! I love her "twig" best and the colors just make me happy.

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  53. Oh, how cute and clean and simple and just...FABULOUS your card is!!!

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  54. Absolutely adorable Kryssi. I just love the texture.

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  55. Very cute card..love the nest.

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  56. Such a cute little card--love that chickie with the birdie! BEAUTIFUL:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

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  57. Adorable!!! I love this chick and the nest is such a great idea! What an impact it has on such a CAS design.

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  58. So clever - the nest is totally inspired!

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  59. This is so adorable! I love the little birdie on the chickie's shoulder and the jute nest. Great job!

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  60. hehe really cute nest you've built too!! very unique!!

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  61. What a cute stamp and I LOVE the way you did the nest...great job!

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  62. Another great nest. This little chick is so bright and yellow. He brings a bit of sunshine to my day.

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  63. HOW CUTE! I love the texture on the chick and the adorable nest!

    Thanks for the chance to win! I ♥ Kim's stamps!!

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  64. I love the nest you created! That bird is so cute, I what to pinch it!

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  65. Super cute.... I love this chubby chick! Your nest is perfect!

    Thanks so much for sharing!!!

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

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  66. Hi there,
    What a pretty CAS card and love how you made the nest.

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  67. Great cute little card. Your clever little nest adds a little extra special touch! Love it!

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  68. What an absolutely adorable card. I love it. Chickie is so cute......

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  69. I love that nest! What a great idea! The chickie is cute, too.

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  70. Super cool texture in the your chick! Love the jute for the nest. And the tiny bird pal for the chick, is so sweet!

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  71. I love seeing all the bird nest ideas! This is too cute!

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  72. I love that chick!! Your crad is so cute!

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  73. Look at that adorable little nest! I LOVE it!

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  74. Another really cute card... and I love the nest too!

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  75. What a sweet card! Such a cute design for the nest, too... love it!

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  76. this is totally cute, love it!!! The little chickie in the nest is adorable.

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  77. LOVE this card! The chickie is so cute and the sentiment is perfect!

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  78. Oh my! Adorable!!! CAS is the way to go with this cutie, he should definitely take center stage :>)

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  79. Love the chickie too! and your twine nest...great idea.

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  80. That is a sweet little nest! Scor-tape is probably my best friend!

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  81. So simple and cute! What a great idea for the nest! I love it!

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  82. Very cute chickie and great nest.

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  83. i really love your chick, and i especially love the little bird next to the chick! :) oh, and your nest is just genius!! :)

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  84. I sure love this image too!! Love the twine for the nest!!!

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  85. This is SOOOOOO adorable! Very sweet and simple but FABULOUS. LOVE that jute nest! :)

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  86. Its hard to explain in words how much I love this card.......... its Brilliant!!

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  87. great idea! love the texture on the bird too!

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  88. What a gorgeous card & I love the way you did the nest. Such a fun & fantastic card xoxoxoxo

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  89. Aww this is so cute! Love that little nest! :)

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  90. Very cute CAS card - the nest is so effective!

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  91. Very cute card - the nest is so clever - sorry please ignore the last comment- I clicked anonymous instead of Name/URL (my google account is not working).

    Hi from South Australia

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  92. I love this card. I love that you left it mainly white and gave it a tiny bit of color with the chick. Very good contrast, love it!

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  93. Darling yellow chickie and I love that nest! :)

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  94. OMG I love the little sticks they are so clever

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  95. Kryssi, you have such a way to rock CAS card. LOVE this!

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  96. Aww... she is such a cutie pie!! Thanks so much for sharing. AJ

    queenofmynest(at)gmail(dot)
    queenofmynest(dot)blogspot(dot)com

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  97. Awesome nest and I love his little birdie buddy on his shoulder!! :)

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  98. I just love these birds. You did a great job building the nest that your cute bird is perched upon!

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  99. Oh my goodness, such a cute card! Your twine nest is fantastic.

    I having to comment as Anonymous because Google is having some troubles with their commenting system and my Google id won't work.

    LaurieJ

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  100. this is so sweet.. I love bright colors of your adorable chick.. HUGS

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  101. Kryssi, is this ever cute! I love that twine nest!

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  102. Oh! Oh!! Such a simple card but oh wow! i'm going to try your technique for making the bird's nest. Thanks for the inspiration! :)

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  103. I LOVE this card! So clean and simple and cute!

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  104. i love seeing how you girls made these designs your own! each card is so cute and one-of-a-kind! ~k

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  105. What an absolutely adorable chick! (So PLUMP!) Awesome nest...so clever!

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  106. That little chickie POPS! So adorable, so fun, and I love the jute nest - what a fantastic idea! I can't wait to borrow this concept, and see what I can do with it! THANKS for the inspiration!

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  107. So adorable! The twine nest is such an amazing idea!

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  108. awesome...love how you did the nest...

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  109. Oh wow, love the card, the nest was amazing :)

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  110. Aw so sweet, love the way you've done the nest

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  111. Your card is absolutely adorable - love, love, love that nest!

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  112. Super cuteness!!! Thanks for sharing!!

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  113. Any chickie would love that nest. It sure makes me smile.

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  114. The nest is so creative - who would have thought?? Love the clean and simple design so the chick can be the focus.

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  115. Darling card! Love your nest!
    DeniseB

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  116. LOVE!!! SUPER cute CAS card!!! That little nest is SO awesome!

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  117. gaaaaaaaaa!!! too cute, too cute! love love this little chic! fabulous card, Kryssi!

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