Sunday, July 20, 2014

StampNation Summer Beach Vacation Blog Hop


Today we are kicking off the StampNation Summer Beach Vacation event with a Blog Hop. Each of the StampNation Dream Team members, along with some of our crafty friends (including me!), are hopping along sharing cards inspired by our first challenge, "Beach Style," as well as a peek at another favorite projects from the event!

Here's my card for the first challenge:



I'm absolutely smitten with Lawn Fawn's adorable beach-themed Life Is Good stamp set and coordinating dies! Especially the super cute flip-flops! How cute are they paper pieced with some bright polka dot paper?? The towel is a piece of patterned paper (Echo Park Walking On Sunshine 6x6 collection) rolled up and fringed at the end. That's my beach style: sand, surf, and a few colorful accessories!



It's time to hop along now. Make sure you leave comments at each of the blogs listed below to be eligible to win...



Plus...











For each of these prizes, one winner will be randomly drawn from all the blog hop comments. A second winner will be chosen from all the challenge entries at StampNation!

You will have have until 11:59 pm EST on July 27 to leave a comment. Winners will be chosen randomly and will be announced on Monday, July 28th on Catherine's blog.


Amy Sheffer (you're here!) 


Not a StampNation Sistah yet? We hope you will join us. Learn more here

This event is going to be SO MUCH FUN! Here's a peek at another project I have coming later this week...


(More Lawn Fawn cuteness!)



Enjoy the rest of the hop!

177 comments:

  1. I love the torn paper beach and your design! I've used fine sandpaper in the past for the beach and the Lawn Fawn die cuts through it perfectly, just cut on the backside of the sandpaper.

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  2. This is one of my favorite cards! Love!

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  3. Creative beach towel, really like it.

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  4. Love the beach towel! Great card.

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  5. This is so cute!!! Love the little scene you made! The towel and sandals are adorable! :)

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  7. I absolutely love how you made your towel!! What a fabulous card!!!

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  8. How clever how you made the towel . . .

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  9. Love the torn paper with the embossed background. The towel is so clever! Great card.

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  10. This is just wonderful! I love the stamps, the embossing, the layout, the colors. I love it ALL!

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  11. that little beach mat is adorable!

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  12. So cute with the rolled up towel and torn paper waves!! Love it.

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  13. That towel is absolutely adorable. It reminded me of a scrapbook layout that I created a long time ago so it gave me a happy memory. (Odd that it didn't remind me of time at the beach with a towel - lol). Love all that layering of the elements. Awesome creation!

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  14. I love this! The beach towel is genius !

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  15. I love the entire card, but that beach blanket- total genius!

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  16. Very creative with the paper. Love it. :)

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  17. I feel like I'm at the beach when I look at your card! Love the torn paper :)

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  18. What a great card - I love your style!!!

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  19. I LOVE your beach towel! I LOVE this whole card top to bottom! Well done!

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  20. This is a wonderful card. Thanks for the ideas. Love the towel.

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  21. Loving the little towel Amy. And your waves. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  22. Super cute card and the best part about it? That super cute beach towel.

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  23. This card is adorable. I am a fan of polka dots. The Beach Towel is inspired.

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  24. I love all you textures and dimension on this card! The torn edges and dots are lovely and the towel is a show-stopper! Thanks for sharing your card today!

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  25. So creative...love your towel...love it:)

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  26. You see, I'd go all the way to the beach and forget my beach towel! How cute is that Amy! Thanks for joining us for our StampNation Beach Vacation!

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  27. OMG - LOVE the towel. A great idea and perfect for the theme. Love it!

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  28. I love the polkadot background and the torn paper beach! Very cute!

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  29. Love your card! The beach blanket and flip flops are darling.

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  30. Your card is just wonderful.Love the unexpected sand background and the paper torn surf. The towel and flip flops just add such interest and charm!

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  31. Very cute. Love your torn paper waves.

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  32. Very cute, cute card. I love the beach towel and how you created the waves.

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  33. Very cute and creative, your beach blanket is GREAT!!!

    Sue
    http://suek86401.blogspot.com/

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  34. Love this card and that little rolled up towel is the bomb!

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  35. I think everyone's in love with that rolled up mat! Super cute idea--love your card!

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  36. Oh my what an adorable card! Your towel is perfect! Just so fun and beachy! I love it!

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  37. LOVE love love your card! It totally fits my beach style of surf and sand. The rolled up beach towel is genius! Thank you for joining the StampNation Dream Team for this blog hop!

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  38. LOVE the layout and colors of this fabulous beachy card! This is one I want to case right now!

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  39. Got to run and brush the cobwebs off my summer stamps! Adorable layout.

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  40. Adorable card!! Love the little flip flops!

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  41. Love your card! Love the simplicity of it and that towel is a awesome idea :)

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  42. So glad I got to play with 1 challenge before I go on my on vacation. Fabulous card.

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  43. love all the different textures

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  44. Loved this card! Great job! I think this tops the list for me!

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  45. how cute is this! Love the little beach towel!

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  46. Am loving the beach theme. Live how you made the towel. Very clever. Am also enjoying the blog hop.

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  47. Nice towel - looks like one I used to have! Thanks for the neat ideas.

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  48. Love the blanket
    and flip flops!
    Very cute and
    fun card.
    Carla from Utah

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  49. Love the embossing on the card. The towel is very cute and I like the torn waves! One of my favorite cards!

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  50. Your beach towel is inspired! As always, love flip flops!

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  51. The towel and waves just make this card so sweet. Great job!

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  52. I love the beach towel!! I need this stamp set!!

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  53. Wonderful texture and dimension on your card!

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  54. So adorable! Love how you creatively made your beach towel and the flip flops are just perfect!

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  55. Your rolled beach mat is BRILLIANT! Such a great card!

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  56. Your rolled up beach towel is so clever and really cute. Love this card!

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  57. what a cute idea to roll up the paper to make it look like a blanket. Adorable.

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  58. Such a cute card, love the torn paper beach and the towel is genius

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  59. You are very talented! Everything about your card is perfect!

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  60. I love your rug!! That is so creative!! Very fun card!

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  61. Everything about this card is amazing - I love the beach towel! Thanks for sharing!

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  62. Your detail is amazing! Right down to the fringed beach towel!

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  63. Such a creative and clever design, too cute, love the details. The towel is a genius idea for sure!!!

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  64. That water lapping against the sand is great! Cute idea for the blanket!

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  65. What a great card! I love that little beach blanket you created! So clever. tfs hugs, Kristina

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  66. Love, love, love this card. My favorite in this hop!

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  67. Those flip flops are adorable and I love how you created the beach towel!!! Awesome work!

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  68. I really like the torn paper and the towel. How creative.

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  69. Love your creative beach towel. Great card!

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  70. I like the soothing beach colors and the rolled up towel.

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  71. Amy love the towel on your beach card. It is really cute!

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  72. Your card is awesome! I especially love the beach blanket... what cool idea!

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  73. Very cute card. Am lovin' the beach scenes. Makes me want to go to Calif. to the beach!!

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  74. I think this might be my favourite!

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  75. Amy that blanket is fantastic! Love your design!

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  76. Wow, your beach towel is so creative and cute - the perfect detail with the flip-flops! Love the torn and layered water! A really terrific summer card!

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  77. Thanks for sharing your fun card with so many great ways to create dimension and texture with paper. The beach towel is so clever!

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  78. Your card really has me imagining I'm at the beach. Love that towel!

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  79. Love the beach towel idea! Very cute card!

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  80. adorable! love the creative beach towel idea!

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  81. What a great card and this towel is so cute.

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  82. totally adorable. Love the rolled up towel and jandals.

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  83. Another wonderful card using the adorable Lawn Fawn set! It is amazing to see the many clever uses for this set! Your card is great with the fringed towel!

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  84. How fun! Love the folded towel and the torn paper for the waves.

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  85. Love your darling beach towel and your colors are perfect for a beach scene. The torn paper makes great white caps on the waves. Great idea for me to save for a future card!

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  86. Absolutely A-dor-able! Love the water and cute rolled towel and the flip flops!

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  87. What a sweet card Amy. Love the cute flip-flops and the 'towel'!

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  88. Love this blog hop and your card ~ the beach towel is so clever! :)

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  89. Love this card! What a cool way to make a beach towel!

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  90. so creative love how it feels like a beach

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  91. Beautiful card love the beach blanket !

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  92. i love how this looks, great idea with the beach towel.

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  93. Beautiful card! Love the beach towel!!

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  94. Love your card. I like the way you placed the beach towel and flip flops. Great colors too.

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  95. Amy.. this card Rocks!! it's my favorite in the hop. Love all the textures, layers and the fun colors. ~ Pam

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  96. This is adorable! Love all the texture on this card. And the fabric towel is such a fun touch.

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  97. Love the dots and the torn paper. So cute!

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  98. Sweet card. I love your little towel along with the flip flops. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  99. Your card is adorable. I absolutely love that towel.

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  100. Cute card. Love the towel!

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  101. Love the adorable flip flops and your beach blanket.

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  102. I'm wild about this card! Every little is so creative.

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  103. Oh goodness such a cute card!!!

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  104. super fun card, love the look of the towel, the stamp set is really cute! :-))

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  105. Great card! I love the texture on this card (:

    -Dee

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  106. Great card! Love your rolled up towel with the flip flops!

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  107. Love the beach towel - clever idea. The pieced flip-flops are darling. The torn paper for the water is fun. Great card.

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  108. I love love love the embossed background of this card! And I especially love the rolled up beach towel made of paper, how very clever!!

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  109. I love your card! That towel is adorable, and I love how you made the waves. TFS

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  110. I love your card it is so great that blanket is amazing!!!

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  111. Thus is fabulous! Love the rolled up towel!

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  112. I love the torn paper and the adorable 3d towel!

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  113. This card is adorable. I love the use of texture with the waves. TFS.

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  114. Very creative card. I love polka dots, and like how you did the towel

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  115. I love everything about your card Amy - wow!!!

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  116. Oh my goodness, Amy, your card is just adorable! I really like what you did with that cute blanket and how you attached those fun little flip flops to the bottom of it. Great job!

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  117. I also love this card Amy. Love the beach towel, with fringe, no less! Love the torn paper look for waves,simple yet spectacular.

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  118. I love the way you used the circle embossing as part of the background. It's a subtle reminder of the beach theme and reminds me of water. Nice!

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  119. So cute! Love the rolled up towel and the fringe and the torn paper water.

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  120. I love the embossed dots on the kraft cardstock. Not sure why I didn't think of this before!

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  121. I'll have to try the torn paper for the water. It's too cute. Also love the flip flops.

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  122. I love the colorful towel addition - - perfect for DSP

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  123. Love the flip flops over the roll of the beach towel. Great texture too, such a fun card. Love it

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  124. Love this card!! Such cute ideas!!

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  125. I love this! The embossing is perfect, and I really love the beach towel! So clever :).

    Chris L.

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  126. That is adorable!!! Your beach towel is great!!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  127. Adorable card!!! Love the beach towel.

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  128. Love this card, and that towel just sets the mood!

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  129. Love that little beach towel. So clever!

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  130. Love, love this!!! The sand, the water and that towel are all to die for!!! I am CASEing this card today as I am inspired by you!

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  131. Torn paper waves & towel are so cute! This card is one of my faves!

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  132. Wowzer........so creative the the towel torn paper for sand & water.

    I love it!

    Felicita

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  133. Great card! I love that towel! Adorable!

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  134. Wow, love the pop of the beach towel, very clever! Never heard of Lawn Fawn until I did this hop...very sweet stamps and dies! Thanks for sharing your talent.

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  135. How clever are you! Love the towel and love the polka dot flip-flops. Job well done!

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  136. This one is subtle and makes your viewer think about all the fun summery stuff!

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  137. Love this. Love how you did the blanket. It is so cute.

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  138. ok, the beach blanket did it. This is my favorite!

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  139. Oh my! That is very creative to create a beach towel with paper! Super fun card!!

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  140. love your little beach blanket, lets go. cute card.

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  141. Love the flip flops and the beach towel is a great idea!!

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  142. Adorable scene. Love the beach blanket. TFS

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  143. This is awesome!! Love your color choice!
    Thanks for the inspiration!

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  144. Nice idea for the towel...I have never seen that before.

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  145. Wonderful layout Love these Lawn Fawn products

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  146. Love the torn pages for the water and the dot background.

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  147. This card is great! Love the embossing and the little towel/mat is so very cute.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  148. Really sweet card. The beach towel...how creative! Thanks.

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  149. Love your card...the colors..the embossing...

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  150. I love the embossing background, the beach towel and the thonges and the wripping waters,Great card.

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  151. I love the embossing background, the beach towel and the thonges and the wripping waters,Great card.

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  152. Fabulous! I love the beach towel and flip flops!

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  153. Super cute card! Love the fringed towel!! :)

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  154. love that towel. it adds a lot

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  155. Cute and clever bright beach towel adds so much visual interest to this card. I also like the paper piecing on the flip flops and beach/water.

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  156. I love your beach scene, the towel is great.

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  157. Woooo too clever for me! I would never been able to think of rolling up dp as a beach mat! Awesome :D

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