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Monday, July 11, 2016

Kathy's 30 Day Coloring Challenge with Hero Arts Friends

You've entered the BLOG HOP ZONE!  Some past hostesses/friends of Hero Arts are cheering
Kathy Racoosin from the Daily Marker on, in her 30 day coloring challenge.  
Kathy is not doing her FIRST 30 day coloring challenge, but is hosting her FIFTH 30 day coloring challenge.  I'm finding it incredible that she's done one.  The premise of the challenge is to color something everyday, even if it's for five minutes.  As she says, it doesn't matter what you color or the medium you use.  We hope we give your creativity a "jump start", as Kathy says.  I know from past experience that all the blogs you visit will give you plenty of ideas.

At the end of the hop, you will find that Hero Arts is offering 
TWO shopping sprees of $25.00.

(winners will be randomly picked from the blog comments of the blog hop).

I went totally clean and a bit simple today.  I actually found this image sitting on my desk as I was trying to clean it (my desk).  Obviously, I got distracted from cleaning the desk.  I don't know if these succulents come in these colors ((Copic markers B00, B000 and Y08), but mine do.

Supplies: 
Hero Arts Stamp Your Own Succulents and To Do List (remember)
 Copic markers (love that BG0000 for the glass)
Die-namics Stitched Rec STAX & Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles

Start with Kathy's Blog here (that's Headquarters)
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<b><a href="http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/blog" target="_blank">Jennifer McGuire</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://shari-design.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Shari Carroll</a></b><br />
<b>&nbsp;<a href="http://sideoatsandscribbles.wumple.com/" target="_blank">Lisa Spangler</a></b> <br />
<b><a href="http://virginialusblog.blogspot.com/…/kathys-30-day-colorin…" target="_blank">Virginia Lu</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://heartshugsandflowers.blogspot.ca/…/kathys-30-day-col…" target="_blank">Linda Brandyberry</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://wadingincreativity.blogspot.com/…/30-day-coloring-ch…" target="_blank">Kathy Wade</a></b><br />
<b>&nbsp; <a href="http://arlenesbits.blogspot.ca/…/kathys-30-day-coloring-cha…" target="_blank">Arlene McClung</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://bdengler4.blogspot.ca/…/kathys-30-day-coloring-chall…" target="_blank">Barb Engler</a></b><br />
<b>&nbsp;<a href="http://scrappinstampinsingin.blogspot.ca/…/the-daily-marker…" target="_blank">Linda Wetterlin</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://stampingandstitching.blogspot.ca/…/kathys-30-day-col…" target="_blank">Heather Doran</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://cheironbrandon.typepad.com/…/kathys-30-day-coloring-…" target="_blank">Cheiron Brandon</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://sarahjmoerman.blogspot.ca/…/kathys-30-day-colouring-…" target="_blank">Sarah Moerman</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://leiphartonart.blogspot.ca/…/kathys-30-day-colouring-…" target="_blank">Emily Leiphart&nbsp;</a></b> <br />
<b>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/?p=10332" target="_blank"> Kathy Racoosin</a>&nbsp;
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192 comments:

  1. Arlene I am so glad you decided to do the hop!!! It wouldn't have been the same without you. With that said I love your cards and your succulent colors!!! Simple, elegant and beautiful. Thanks for doing the hop today it means so much to me. Hugs, Kathy xo

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  2. This i really lovely Arlene, such soft, calming colors.

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  3. Arlene, I love your card with the multiple blue frames! This could be used for so many occasions! So very happy that some of us got to have this little reunion today!

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  4. Very CAS- love it! Great coloring!

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  5. I'm wowed by this card, so elegant; thanks for sharing.

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  6. Hi Arlene! I love how you colored the succulents! Just love. Sending you a big hug from Texas!

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  7. Your succulents look spot on to me! I have been toying with getting a succulent/cactus stamp set and you may have pushed over with your card.

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  8. Very nice succulents! Love the container even more.

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  9. Lovely card, so simple and clean in its design:)

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  10. It's a great day for a blog hop. Thank you for sharing.

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  11. Lovely stamp set! You made a beautiful CAS card! :)

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  12. Beautiful CAS and succulent to say the least! :D Love it!

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  13. LOVE the simplicity of this card. I have a Hero Arts succulent set, just sitting there waiting for me to do this! Thanks so much for sharing and the inspiration!

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  14. Love your card. Thanks for sharing.

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  15. succulents come in all colors and sizes - depending
    on where they are located. I'm sure you could find
    some with this coloring.
    I love this card. it's simple and so pretty.
    thanks for sharing.

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  16. Beautiful succulent terrarium designed card! TFS

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  17. What a lovely combination of stamps, I love the succulents.

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  18. Very nice. That's what's so fun about coloring, you can make your images any color you want. Thanks for sharing.

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  19. Such a beautiful card , love the CAS design!

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  20. Great card. Thank you for sharing and being part of this giveaway

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  21. Love your succulents in the transparent vase ! They look so relaxing ! And I also love your calming color tone !

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  22. Nice simple card. a real CASE coming up.

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  23. The different blues and lots of white space make this a very calming card. Thanks.

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  24. Love these calming colors. Neat!

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  25. Just love your succulent garden, Arlene - yummy colors!! It was great hopping with you today!

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  26. Great card! I need to get that stamp for the succulents!

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  27. So soft and soothing. Thanks so much.

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  28. DELIGHTFUL card, Arlene! I love your coloring- so fresh and fabulous! I am so happy that you are able to be part of this hop. Thank you for your wonderful support in this hop.

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  29. Love you cas succulents. I love having succulents in my home.

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  30. Love you cas succulents. I love having succulents in my home.

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  31. Like the color choices so pretty. Thank you for sharing

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  32. Like the color choices so pretty. Thank you for sharing

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  33. Great idea to put those succulents in the translucent pot!

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  34. Charming succulents!! Love the colors you chose!!

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  35. I'm addicted to my B00 copic marker! love how you matched the paper and kept it CAS.

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  36. Such a darling card. I love that succulant set from HA. TFS.

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  37. Beautiful card..love the subtle colors..

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  38. Thanks for sharing a clean and simple card. I also have the same succulent stamp set from Hero Arts and it reminded me to use them more often for coloring.

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  39. Love the look of your clean and simple card!

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  40. Pretty! Glad you got distracted!

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  41. I really like the simplicity of your card. It is fantastic.

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  42. This is my first time here and I love this card. They can be any color you like and these look authentic to me. I love that vase too.

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  43. Oh what a gorgeous card, Arlene! Love your wonderful colouring and all the lovely layers with the stitched detail! I have to admit I get distracted from cleaning my desk a lot too:)It has been great fun hopping along with you today:):):)

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  44. Very pretty CAS card. Thanks for sharing with us.

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  45. Fab design, love the simplicity, yet so striking.

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  46. I love the simple and elegant look of your card. There may not be succulents of those colors, but isn't it fun to color and create your own! That's what this is all about, I think. Happy coloring and best wishes and praise to Hero Arts.

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  47. You've made these succulents look fabulous!

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  48. Nice clean design! A very peaceful card.

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  49. Love this stamp set. Your card is beautiful Melanie x

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  50. So pretty! I have many Hero Arts products and love that they support Charities.

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  51. Very nice and if I remember correctly Kathy says everything comes in the color you make it. Maybe that was me but I do know she has inspired me to color some everyday lol.

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  52. I have lots of colored images to incorporate into cards too. When I attempt to do something with them I can't think of anything but when I need something fast, for some reason I manage to pull it together.

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  53. I never cease to be amazed at how one product or color used by so many talented gals can be so different and yet so dang pretty or stunning or fun!

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  54. Such a unique and pretty card!

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  55. Lovely stamping and coloring. I love the colors you chose for your matting! Well done.

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  56. such a classy card using those stamps - and the colors are wonderful!

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  57. I love your clean and simple card! I really admired those of you that make them. It's very, very pretty!

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  58. This is a beautiful card. Love the colors. Thanks for sharing!

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  59. I just love that succulent stamp set. It is definitely on my wish list. I love how you just let the stamps shine by keeping the card simple and clean!

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  60. Very nice CAS card. It's nice to see cards that don't use too many embellishments.

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  61. Again, you may call it "simple", but it is lovely!

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  62. What a lovely simple card! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!

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  63. Very nice! I always appreciate clean and simple!

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  64. Your card is so cute! I like your CAS style!

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  65. Simple and beautiful. Love the color combo!
    Eva

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  66. The succulents have a wonderful, beautiful, soft look to them. I love it. Thanks for showing it. Good job.

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  67. Very pretty card! Blue has always been my favorite color! Thanks for using it!

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  68. Sometimes simple is just as beautiful as a bold color card.
    Very nice

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  69. Succulent. A beautiful card. This reminds me of when my Mom lived in Arizona. Her and my Uncle traveled the dessert years ago (she is 88 now) and they dug cactus to take home. Totally illegal. Egads!

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  70. Love terrariums and these new stamp sets make such lovely cards. Pretty design.

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  71. I love your terranium card,and would love those succulent stamps! Thanks so much for sharing!AnnB

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  72. I think succulents can be any color, Arlene, especially in our stamping world. The two shades of blue frames really enhance your image.

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  73. You have captured the beauty and simplicity of a succulent terrarium perfectly. Lovely card!
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  74. I love this card. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  75. Cute little succulent garden.

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  76. Such a pretty card!!

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  77. What a lovely card. The terrarium and succelents are so highlighted, but with elegance. Love CAS cards. Thanks.

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  78. Clean and Simple, my kind of card!

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  79. Artistic license! I certainly have no idea what colors they come in "for real," but they look great! :)

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  80. Love the simplicity of this card. We all need cards like this in our stash!

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  81. I love the sweet look of your card and the cute little succulent plants. It's so fresh and fun!

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  82. I love all the layers on your card, yet its still CAS. I think you did a great job coloring even if there may not be succulents in these colors. You make me think there *can* be ;-)

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  83. Beautiful clean simple card. The colors and design work beautifully together !

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  84. Lovely CAS card! I think the colors are great!

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  85. Fabulous card! Love the succulents in the angular bowl!

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  86. I don't know if succulents come in those colors either, but if not they should! Very pretty.

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  87. I love the clean and simple look (my style). And the succulents!

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  88. Love this CAS design and the succulents are such a fun image. I have this set and really need to pull it out and play!

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  89. Very peaceful card, with your simple design and great colors.

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  90. Love the fresh colors & the gorgeous succulents!

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  91. Your card is so beautiful and elegant, I love how you coloured the succulents.

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  92. Very nice coloring on the cacti! Like someone else said as card makers we can make things any color we want.

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  93. The simplicity of your card is so effective. Love the coloring. Flawlessly beautiful. Thanks Hero Arts for such great products!

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  94. Pretty coloring, Arlene! So fun hopping with you today! Hugs!

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  95. perfect color for the glass!

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  96. We can color them any color we want to. Great card.

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  97. Clean and simple is always a winner! Love it- and your choice of colors for the succulents!

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  98. Great CAS card--love the succulents!

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  99. What a great card, I love the coloring!

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  100. Nice KISS card....thank you for sharing. Happy day and colouring

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  101. Lovely card, Arlene - understated and elegant.

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  102. Love your card! It feels very modern and up to date!

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  103. Wow! Such amazing card! Really beautiful!!!

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  104. What a sweet sentiment for a good friend -- remember!

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  105. DELIGHTFUL card Arlene!!!
    Your cacti look perfect to me, such pretty colours and elegant design, LOVE IT!!!
    THANK YOU for sharing :)

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  106. What a cool and lovely card! Thanks so much for sharing it!

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  107. Lovely and fabulous card. Love your coloring :)

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  108. What a cool card, Arlene! It really looks like glass. Thanks so much for sharing with us AND for participating in this great hop and challenge and giveaway.

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  109. Nice job coloring!

    Love Hero Arts! Really having fun with the color layering stamp sets !

    ~God bless

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  110. Great coloring Arlene! It's been fun hopping with you! :)

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  111. Your succulents in a terrarium are so cool! Thank you.

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  112. Simple but effective...thanks for your inspiration!

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  113. Very cool feeling card, the terrarium is quite realistic, (very thoughtful of you to give away the Copic color number used in coloring the glass-such a helpful tip)! The card is "cool" in more ways than one!!!

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  114. I need to try a succulent stamp soon! Pretty

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  115. Love this card, what a unique idea!

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  116. Love the coloring challenge. It is a very calming thing.

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  117. This turned out great! Cleaning can always wait!

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  118. I love the look you got with coloring the stamped image. A perfect handmade touch.

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  119. Very pretty card! I love the pretty soft blues and greens are so soothing!

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  120. I am a big fan of succuents and they can come in a few colors, which is cool. A nice simple card is very zen lol so good subject matter using succulents :) I also really love air plants- so easy to care for!

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  121. Arlene, your clean and simple terrarium of succulents is perfection! I love the fresh colour combination. It’s been a pleasure hopping with you to celebrate Hero Arts and Kathy’s 30 Day Colouring Challenge!

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  122. Pretty card, thank you for sharing

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  123. These succulents are gorgeous Arlene! I love the colors. So fun to hop along with you! Hugs :)

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  124. Love the elements in the terrarium. So pretty!

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  125. Making CAS cards is a definite talent. You've nailed it. I think succulents can be any color you want. I've seen them in all shades, so let your imagination soar.

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  126. What a pretty card! I love how you do the stitching. I also do embroidery besides coloring and card making so that impresses me. I see you used my favorite color of yellow and I love anything that uses my favorite color. You asked if the cactus came in the colors you used? You know what? If you like those colors then you should use them. When I do a card, I use colors that I like. When I did some birds recently, I colored some of them purple, blue and yellow and one I did with stripes! Are birds the colors I used? They are in my world! LOL Can you tell I love colors?
    Thank you for showing us your pretty card!

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  127. Very pretty card. Love the colors you chose.

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  128. I am smitten with your terrarium card Arlene!

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  129. Simple and beautiful. What a great design.

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  130. oh... this looks great.. all this plnats behind glass... stunning... THANKS so much for inspiring me... Hugs Ute

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  131. Very cool card! I love the coloring of the glass!

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  132. Darling card Arlene. Love the soft colors. They look good to me. :) I've been wanting a succulent set and this one is really nice.

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  133. Clean and simple is my style! Love this!

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  134. Great idea! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  135. I always approve of succulents!

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  136. What a lovely CAS design. I love that little bowl of succulents!!

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  137. Great card, love the colors and the glass. Thanks for sharing.

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  138. Love your CAS design !!!

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  139. What a great stamp! So smart to let it take center stage!!

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  140. Oh I really like your CAS card with the double frame!! My kind of card!!

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  141. That's what is great about coloring it in yourself, the cactus can be any color you want. Cute card.

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  142. indeed the plants can be any color you like. Thanks for the tip on the glass color.

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  143. I like all the layers you used. I have a hard time with that but I'm trying. Your coloring is so sweet.

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  144. This card would be perfect for a guy card. I love the succulents, they are adorable!
    Elaine
    maxandshoji

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  145. Cute succulents. I have an urge to reach into the screen and pop them, just like real succulents!

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  146. Awesome card - love the way you encased the succulents - wonderful card!!

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  147. What a cute image!! Thanks for sharing :)

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