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Apr 17, 2020

Spread Joy not Germs Blog Hop with Prizes

Greeting Crafty Friends!  I am here today with a post sponsored by Catherine Pooler and Hedgehog Hollow!  In this difficult time, we are encouraging everyone to make and most importantly MAIL cards to those they love!

I am always up for a good challenge. Tell me the parameters and I am off and running. This blog hop is about spreading joy and inspiration to our fellow stampers who are home, alone or just plain bored!

I have created 4 cards for you today. I hope you enjoy! Stay safe my friends!





We'll start with the Unity Stamp set Delectable.


I began by white heat embossing the stamp onto watercolor paper. The flowers and leaves were watercolored using Catherine Pooler inks. Here are the colors: Party Dress, Fuchsia, All That Jazz, Grass Skirt, Tutti Fruity and Tiara.  I used Something Borrowed for the sky. Once the background was dry, I heat embossed the sentiment I believe in you from the Magical Unicorn set from Ink on 3.


I love the organic nature of this card. I mounted it on a turquoise cardstock base.

Here is card number 2 - rainbows and unicorns!

What a happy card!


I started by black embossing the unicorn from the Ink on 3 Magical Unicorn stamp set. I used the same colors of Catherine Pooler inks listed above.

The next 2 cards were made with the free digital download from Catherine Pooler.  
You can access it here.

I love this sentiment! We are truly all in together!


I am a smoosher at heart! I love the dimension you can create. For this card, I added the colors, one at a time onto an acrylic sheet. A little water and you are ready to go. After flipping the sheet over, I laid the color on a piece of watercolor paper.  I heat dried the piece after each addition of color so the colors could overlay. I moved through the rainbow of colors to cover the front.


 Once the piece dried, I attached it to a piece of paper and printed the sentiment using my computer and printer.

Here is the final card.



For this one, I colored the background stripes using Catherine Pooler inks and a wide waterbrush.


As described above, I attached the background to a piece of copy paper and printed the sentiment.
Added to the green cardstock with a few black bling, it is good to go.

Did I mention there are PRIZES?  



We have 31 Sponsors many of whom are providing gift cards.  The prizes will be randomly drawn from all the blogs and all the comments.  Some of the companies are offering discounts and freebies. That info will be found on the company blogs, it’ll be like a scavenger hunt! 

Deadline to enter is April 24 for prizes. Winners will be announced on Monday, April 27 on Catherine and Alexandra's blogs.

Your next stop is Carly Tee Minner.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'd love to have you follow/subscribe on my social media sites Instagram, Facebook, Blogger and You Tube.  Be well. Be creative. Be safe!



















112 comments:

  1. I love the bright colors of these cards--it does put a smile on my face! Thanks for participating!

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  2. Pretty cards, love the unicorn!

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  3. I love all of the colors for your projects! Thanks for sharing!

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  4. STUNNING cards! I love the watercolor very much each is a treasurer tfs and being part of the hop blessings

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  5. Cute, thanks for thinking of us and sharing.

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  6. I love these cheerful colors! Super cards!
    Hugs, Joy
    Joyfully Stamps

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  7. Hard to pick a favorite from the 4 awesome cards! Thanks for sharing

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  8. Such pretty Spring cards, Teri. Thanks for sharing your talents and inspiration. I hope you're doing well during this chaotic time, and staying safe. Your art is such a blessing to me.

    I'm not on the blog hop list, but I am participating as part of the Paper Sweeties DT if you'd like to stop by and see my project. Hope you're staying safe and health.
    Blessings,
    Karen Letchworth
    www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com

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  9. Love that you've used that digi sentiment and your colors look so brilliant!! All of these are so gorgeous and inspiring! TFS!

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  10. You sure did make some beautiful and colorful cards!
    Stay Healthy

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  11. Love your cooor choices. Thanks for sharing

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  12. Such fun ways to use the digi stamp, and I love the watercolored florals! Thanks for spreading joy!

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  13. I love all of your cards, but my favorite is the ink smooshed card!

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  14. Thank you for the inspiration, especially during this difficult time. A nice pick me up.

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  15. I love your color palette! Beautiful cards!

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  16. wonderful cards. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.

    Hugs
    Ute
    DT Whimsy Stamps

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  17. Absolutely beautiful! Your watercolor is gorgeous!!! I love them all!

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  18. Nice selection of cheerful cards!

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  19. Love the bright watercoloring! TFS

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  20. Such a delightful selection of cards, the colours really are beautiful

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  21. Beautiful, colorful cards!

    Cheryl
    http://shestamps.blogspot.com/

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  22. Wow!! What stunning beauties!! I love them all!!

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  23. Totally just saved this to my rainbow card inspiration Pinterest board! 🌈✨

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  24. Beautiful, bright and certainly cheerful!

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  25. This hop is so much fun. Smooshing is my favorite.

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  26. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

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  27. Love all your cards. I especially love the flower card. So pretty!

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  28. very bright cards thanks for being a part of the blog hop

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  29. Yay! Another schmoosher! And yes, very happy card.
    Thanks and please be well!

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  30. Darling cards! perfect for this hop! Thank you to all who have come together!

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  31. Bright and cheerful. Lovely cards. I love the download font from Catherine.

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  32. Your cards are so colorful and pretty...sure to bring a smile to someone's face! :)

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  33. Great ideas! This is so wonderful to do! Thank you!

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  34. Beautiful colours and cards! For some reason, I can only see your first picture on the blog, but it's the one that showcases all your cards, so I can imagine what is in the other pics :-)

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  35. such bright colors on your cards. super fun

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  36. Amazing cards. Love the unicorn!

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  37. Gorgeous cards.. .....Thanks for sharing x

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  38. Very bright pretty cards. But some of the photo links are broken. Can not see them. But the first one. Tried my phone and my tablet

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  39. Very bright, cheerful cards. I downloaded the sentiment you used and appreciate learning how you printed it on your great backgrounds.

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  40. LOVE the bright colors you used on these super sweet cards

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  41. Really cute cards, especially the unicorn.

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  42. EEK, what a gorgeous rainbow color palette!!!

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  43. Lovely, lovely cards. Thanks so much for the inspiration.

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  44. Love your awesome and vibrant cards. Thanks for sharing and participating in this fun blog hop.

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  45. Stunning cards. Love the vibrant colors. Thanks for sharing joy with your project for the Spread Joy Not Germs Bloghop. Blessings.

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  46. What colorful and fun cards. The unicorn was fantastic. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe.

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  47. Your cards are so vibrant and colourful! Love them all! The unicorn card is absolutely gorgeous! Love that stamp too! Thanks for spreading some joy today and being part of this amazing hop!

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  48. Such happy and vibrant cards, you've been busy! Thanks for sharing all your inspiration!

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  49. What pretty cards :D

    Huge hugs

    Amy xx

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  50. Great cards! Thank you for helping to spread joy!

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  51. Four cards, and each is amazing as the other!

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  52. Love the colors especially the watercolor background

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  53. Great cards. The colours are so bright and cheery. Thanks for sharing. xx

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  54. Thanks for the amazing inspiration! These cards are really beautiful!

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  55. Beautiful cards!! Thank you for sharing!!!

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  56. I love these watercolor cards. Very pretty!

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  57. You truly created four amazing cards. All are so colorful and bright, that anyone would smile receiving. Together we will get through this indeed. Keep smiling and more importantly keep crafting lol. Stay safe.

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  58. Fabulous collection of cards!! They are all so beautiful!

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  59. These cards are beautiful!!! Stay safe! Stay healthy! Stay crafty!

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  60. All four cards are so bright and happy! The perfect way to spread a little joy.

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  61. Pretty cards! I love the colors you used! The floral card is my favorite!

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  62. Love your smooshing, I never can make it look right but you made me want to try again. Great cards!

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  63. Beautiful cards. The colors are wonderful.

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  64. Beautiful creations. LOVE the pops of colour and gorgeous designs. Hugs, Wends xoxo

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  65. love the cards! they would lighten up anyone's day xx

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  66. Gorgeous creations! Awesome event to spread Joy during these uncertain times! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  67. Beautiful, colorful cards. Love them all.

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  68. you had me at the stripes! Love the downloadable sentiment and those stripes really set it off. Gorgeous colors!

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  69. These are wonderful. I love the colours! xx

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  70. These cards are so beautiful and colorful! They'll definitely bring some cheer to the recipient! Thank you for the inspirations :)

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  71. Amazing set of cards Teri. Love the bright coloring! The backgrounds are awesome! Also love the images... especially the flower frame! Very pretty! Thanks for the inspiration. God bless!

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  72. what a gorgeous set of cards. love the colours!

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  73. Beautiful cards. Lots of color
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  74. These are all beautiful cards with fabulous techniques. I'm so hooked on the ink smooshing. I think it goes perfectly with the "We're all in this together" sentiment. TFS!

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  75. Very pretty. Love the spring color combination

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  76. Good shares. I like the coloring.

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  77. Fun! Love your color choices. Thank you for sharing! XO :)

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  78. Wow, love the cards and youR color choices :)

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  79. I love the Delectable stamp set from Unity Stamp and I really like the way you presented the card. It's full of beautiful springy colors. Thanks for sharing!

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  80. Beautiful cards - cheerful colors and uplifting sentiments.

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  81. Beautiful cards! I love the CP digital cards with their bright colors. I haven't seen the unicorn before and I love it. Thanks for sharing.

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  82. These are so beautiful and the colors make me happy!

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  83. Your cards are all gorgeous, bright and cheerful. Love those Catherine Pooler Inks. Thanks for joining in on this amazing blog hop.

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  84. BEAUTIFUL cards!
    LOVE your CHEERY colours and designs, they ALL make me SMILE :)
    Thank You for sharing and INSPIRING!

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  85. Such fun and fabulous cards each creative in it's own way....I love them :) Hugs...Janie

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  86. What fabulous creations. Love the colours and your design.

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  87. I love that ink smooshed background! Thank you for participating in this excellent way to encourage stay-at-home!

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  88. What a beautiful colorful set of cards.

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  89. Am in love with your gorgeous rainbow cards and am admiring that you have made this huge array of cards for this!! #spreadjoynotgerms

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  90. Your cards are amazing I love your color choices!!

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  91. Beautiful and happy cards! Such lovely designs and wonderful colors.

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  92. Fantastic cards and beautiful colours. Thanks for sharing.

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  93. Love how colorful your cards are!

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  94. Hi Teri :) Your cards are stunning!!! Such variety within the same color palette! Thanks for inspiring me :)

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  95. Such lovely cards! All so pretty and encouraging! Thanks!

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  96. Pretty and cute cards with wonderful colors.

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  97. Awesome cards! Great sentiments and lovely colors. Thanks for a wonderful hop and the inspiration!

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