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Monday, March 12, 2012

Makin' Waves Release Party - Day 1



For those of us who still are buried in the snow or are soaking wet from all the rain thoughts of summer sunshine and playing at the beach are consuming our thoughts right now.

So we are just thrilled to be able to share with you one of our newest releases - a summer collection called Makin' Waves!

This collection is bursting with color, super fun embellishments and designs that you won't be able to stop creating with it!

Here's a look at the super fun collection of 12x12 patterned papers.

Walking on Sunshine
Surf's Up

Tropical Heatwave
Bloomin' Hot
Keepin' Cool

Hot! Hot! Hot!

Our Design Team has once again designed stunning projects to share with you this week. So let's begin.



"Hot Summer Days"
Mary Ann created a countdown to summer and has attached a pocket on the backside of the layout to contain the numbers. How awesome is this idea?! Super fun Mary Ann!
"Birch"


"Makin' Waves"
Rhonda has filled this layout with so many eye-catching details from punched work to stitching.
"Keep on swimmin"



"Hot Summer Days"
Tiffany has created an fun page using squares of patterned papers and photos of summer-time memories.



"Sun Kissed Girl"

"Summer Flip Flop" mini album
Shellye trace a pair of size 5-6 flip flops on to chipboard and covered them with patterned papers. Make sure to check out Shellye's blog for more pictures of her mini and details of how she created this stunning project.

Swim Party Invitations

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Now we couldn't have a release party without giving away this fabulous collection now could we?

So here's what you need to do.
Leave us a comment on each post this week and you will be entered into a random draw.
Today we'd like to hear what your favorite summer-time activity is.

Giveaway:
Makin' Waves collection pack

(winner will be announced Fri., March 16th)

140 comments:

  1. OMG! The first post, can't believe it!! Have been waiting for this since I saw the CHA sneak peeks. Love what Mary Ann did... and teh flip flop album is so cute. Favorite summer activity... hm. Does reading in a beach chair under an umbrella with an iced coffee count as activity??

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  2. Such a cute line! I can't wait to see more this week! I love the flip flop album!

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  3. wow this is such a fab line i love the bright colors and the beautiful projects by all the Dt members...fave summer activity has to be pinic on the beach!!!

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  4. Fantabulous line!! Can't wait to play with it -- and to have some new summer photos to go with it!!

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  5. I love to go swimming with my kids in the summer.

    Love this paper too!
    Pam Mzlavr2screations@live.com

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  6. So cute! Love the fun bright colors!

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  7. Oh I love the bright colors....every layout is so darn cute...my favorite summer time activity is going to California.....spending time with my family especially when we go to the beach....watching the kids jumping the waves is great and collecting sea shells is a blast....

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  8. Swimming and sunning! This collection would be perfect for my Hawaii trip!

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  9. The bright colors and cute prints are great! Can't wait to make some pages of the grandkids this summer. Favorite activity would be a day at the lake with my family.

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  10. Love the new release!! Great job by all the designers! My favorite summer time activity is grilling out!!

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  11. This collection is just so breezy! Absolutely love it! Love all the projects posted too... love the sandals album..too cute!

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  12. Such a cute collection and I love all the projects made with it!

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  13. Great projects by everyone, love the flip flop album! I love being outside and playing with my boys in the summer, when its not scorching hot that is! ;)

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  14. Beautiful line I can't wait to see it in person

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  15. oH WOW!!! That is such an awesome summer collection, I'm totally in love with those bright and happy colors!!! My fav things for summer are going on camping vacation to France again !!!

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  16. You always have the BEST summertime collections. LOVE this one!

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  17. Awesome collection! I love so many of the papers- so bright and happy! The projects are fantastic too!

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  18. what a cutr collection! i love swimming with the kids in the summer

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  19. I love this collect such great patterns!! Love seeing what the Dt made with them!! My favourite summer time thing to do is take time off work and each year we pick a place to go as a family and every year is different. Lat year we went to Niagra Falls this year we haven't pick where yet!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
    Kristan
    sierrababy08 at hotmail dot com

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  20. This is a must have for me!! My family spend the summer camping, boating, and having outdoor fun so I see some great LO with these!! Thanks Imaginisce
    Cindylu

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  21. My whole family lives in Florida (yes I am the weirdo that left LOL!). We usually go down at some point during the summer and definitely over Christmas and of course a visit to the beach is a must. This paper is so cute and reminds me of the colors that are so prevalent there. And how could you not love that flip flop album?

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  22. Can't wait to get my hands on some of these fun papers!

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  23. This collection is adorable! What fun!

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  24. What a fun collection! I love just hanging out, some camping and no set schedules in summer!

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  25. I fell in love with this collection when I saw the preview for it during CHA. My favorite summer activity is anything to try and "beat the heat".

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  26. So cute!! LOVE the colors and the flip flop album!!

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  27. Love the papers and the colors. Nice collection!
    hugs,
    Carol

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  28. love the projects! my favorite activity during the summer is reading on the beach , under an umbrella of course.

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  29. My favorite summer is activity is when our play group takes the kids to an awesome beach in the area. That's what I think about all winter long. These papers would be awesome for that.

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  30. We love going to our cabin during the summer! This line would be perfect for all those water days we spend at the lake!

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  31. I use to love going to the beach when we lived in California. I loved to fall asleep to the sound of the ocean. Now I fall asleep to one of those machines that makes fake wave sounds!
    All the projects today are so very cute. Especially that flip-flop album.

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  32. such bright and fun papers! Thanks for all the fab projects to drool over.

    Anne

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  33. How cute is that flip flop album?!

    And I love all the CAS layouts this time around - Tiffany's with the misting is so fabulous. Just perfect!

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  34. Favorite Summer Activity- would have to be, going to the Gulf Coast and just sitting out on the beautiful white sand beaches.

    Just love that flip flop album.

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  35. OMG!! I love this collection! My favorite summer activity is hanging out at a pool while my kids have fun :)

    Thanks so much for the chance to win!

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  36. Great work by design team such bright fun summer colors
    Love the mounds of layers for keep on swimmin and fun cute invitations
    So many fun ideas flip flop book caute idea

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  37. Loving this collection! What great projects.

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  38. I love this collection! It reminds me so much of trips to the beach with the kids. My favorite summer activity right now is just getting outside and having a picnic and enjoying sunshine.

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  39. This collection would be great for a project I have coming up. My favorite summer activity is heading to the beach!

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  40. So summery and fun! My favorite summertime activity is swimming!

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  41. My favorite summertime activity is the beach or pool. Cute Cute mini album and LO's.

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  42. Love the papers...gorgeous colours. Great job by the design team.

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  43. Absolutely love this line!!!

    My favorite summer time activity is going to the splash park with my daughter!

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  44. An adorable collection and such fabulous projects from the Design Team!!

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  45. Another fun line from you guys! A favorite summer activity is taking my daughter to the playground.

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  46. This collection is adorable! I can't wait to get my hands on it! My favorite summer activity would be watching my kids swim while I sit back and read a book or magazine. Its wonderful that they're big enough (its an above ground pool so not very deep!) for me to just supervise instead of having to go in. I prefer my pool time after they've gone to bed so its calm!

    ~Tracy
    blue.tacs at yahoo dot com

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  47. love this line..thanks for making summer stuff that is not TOTALLY girlie.

    Favorite activity in the summer for this family is going to the beach!!!

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  48. Very cute projects! I love the Makin' Waves page!

    My favorite summer time activity is camping and all that goes with it. L-O-V-E IT!

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  49. This collection is wonderful! I loved!
    And the projects are very cute!

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  50. what a cute line, love all the bright cheery colors,
    It may sound dull but my favorite activity would be sitting on the back porch with my mom after the day's work is done, with a nice cup of tea.

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  51. Love all the projects today the paper is so pretty and summery.

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  52. Awesome projects! My fave summertime activity swimming and BBQ's with the family.

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  53. Such an adorable line! I love the projects....I want this collection SO bad!

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  54. This line is absolutely adorable!!! Love it! My favorite summer activity is softball!

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  55. You girls rocked this one! Fabulous projects...all of them!

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  56. totally love it very cute can it be summer now

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  57. Cute line and great projects today. I love to just be outside in the summer-whether it be just hangin with the kids, BBQing, camping, whatever.

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  58. My favorite summer activity is beach combing. I live close enough that I get to go all the time. I especially love finding sea glass. Your new collection is my new favorite and on the TOP of my wish list.

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  59. Mre than anything, I love
    taking trips to Ormond Beach to listen to the surf, wade in the shallows, and soak up the sun. It's so worth the hour's drive to come home refreshed in mind and body!

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  60. LOVE this collection and you all rocked these projects!

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  61. This line is adorable, and I love the bright colors! My favorite summer activity is spending time at the pool with my kids.

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  62. LOVE all of it!!! In the summer I love to put my toes in the sand! ;)
    craftin-on-my-door.blogspot.com

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  63. summer is almost here! that means taking lovely night walks. or beach time!

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  64. In summer I get to read a book that is not a textbook!! I can choose what to read and I have more time for crafts... yay!

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  65. Love the new collection! My favorite part of summer is relaxing with a good book!

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  66. In love with this collection! Can't wait to see it in person! My favorite summer activity is camping. Here in the Pacific Northwest we have amazing beautiful camp grounds along the coast. The best of both worlds ... camping in the tall trees and the beautiful beach!

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  67. OMG!! I LOVE this FUN Collection!! The bright fun collors and the AWESOME designs!! THANKS for sharing all of the GREAT Projects!! I LOVE them all and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  68. beautiful collection i love all the different projects!

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  69. WOW! I'm loving this collection - Love the bright colors and funness (is that a word??!) of it all! My favorite thing to do in the summer - anything! I'm so fed up of this snow right now - summer seems so far away! As long as the sun is shining I'm happy - swimming, walking the dog, mountain biking - whatever. Although this summer I'm super excited as my parents are coming over to visit from the UK. Thanks for the chance to win :-) x

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  70. Favorite summertime - on the beach at the Edge of America - Folly Beach SC !! I love this collection - both the A and the B sides !

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  71. So cute, love the new line! Awesome projects!

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  72. Wow this paper collection is outstanding. It makes me want summer here right now. I have so many pictures that I can use with these papers to create some amazing layouts. Thanks DT for your inspiration!

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  73. I love to read in the shade of my umbrella, drinking iced tea and listening to the birds.

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  74. OMG, I am loving this collection and it is making me ready for summer.. I love to lay out in the sun and watch my kiddos play in the water.. Thanks for the chance to win..

    Scrappy hugs,
    Amanda :0)
    amandascraftsandmore(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  75. My summer favorite is being in the water - doesn't matter if it is pool or beach!

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  76. So much fun!! WOuld love to play with these.

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  77. I love playing with the kids outside in the swimming pool and taking them to the park.

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  78. The sandals are so darned cute I almost can't stand it.

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  79. I love to scrapbook in front of my craftroom window in the summer. I also love to go swimming. And so that brings to mind how much I adore this new kit. Wish me luck.

    Sherry

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  80. This is a perfect line for me!! I live in FL--and we love the beach:) SO FUN!

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  81. My favorite activity is camping in the forest.

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  82. Cute cute line! Flip flops and sandcastles are definitely my speed! :) thanks for the cute samples, too!

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  83. I like to go to Hawaii in the summer. I'm going in May, which is before summer, but close enough.

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  84. Lovin this collection. Perfect for those summer vacation pictures. I love to head south to Florida for vacation. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  85. What an awesome collection for pictures of my kids at the water parks this summer. Going on my wishlist for sure.

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  86. These are beautiful papers! Thanks for the chance to win! Love um! Shannon

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  87. What an awesome collection. Every year I'm in love with the beachy papers you come out with and this year is no exception. Needless to say my favorite summer activity is going to the beach!!

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  88. Love this collection... we are sadly coming to the end of our summer here downunder. My favourite summer activity is spending a fun arvo at the beach, swimming, frisbee, sandcastles and then fish n chips for dinner... easy and everyone is happy :)

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  89. lovely bright summery collection, just love it!! I love taking walks by the lake with my husband on summer nights so romantic!

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  90. I love the flip flop mini album. My favorite summer activity is to spend time outside. Doesn't really matter what I am doing. I just love to be outside.

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  91. I love this collection. Cute colors and design.

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  92. I love this colection! Thanks for the chance to win!
    Kisses Fabrise

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  93. What a fun collection!!! Love what the DT created! My favorite summer activity is enjoying the great outdoors.

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  94. great collection and my favorite outdoor activity is swimming.
    scrtsbpal at yahoo dot com

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  95. amazing collection! I love all the designs ... what I like about summer is out of town and enjoy the sunny days, but what I enjoy most is going to the beach! and this collection is perfect for a layout my vacations

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  96. Favorite summer-time activity is swimming.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  97. I love those fishies. My fav activity is hiking in the summer. Thanks so much!

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  98. gorgeous projects! so love the colors and designs of this collection. It's so much fun!

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  99. I love everything about this collection! We just moved to a house that has a pool, and we can't wait to use it! I'm sure that will become our new favourite summer past time!

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  100. reading on the back porch in the sun

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  101. my favorite summer time activity is reading at the pool while my daughters swim, and then I can jump in and cool off when it gets to hot.

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  102. We are going to Myrtle Beach this summer, and this collection would be PERFECT for our beach pics! :) I LOVE LOVE LOVE summertime...having my kids home all summer with no school routine and just having fun together is my favorite! :)

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  103. Tis line is just another reason why I love so much..... Everything you design is so stinkin' precious!

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  104. This line is wonderful! I can't wait for sumer s I can sit on the porch with a glass of0 tea and a book while the kids swim!

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  105. I always love your summer lines! I love going on a summer vacation.

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  106. OMG...Love those colors....perfect!! I can't wait to get my hands on some...I have the perfect project for that theme!

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  107. My favorite summertime activity is attending concerts in the park.

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  108. What a great collection! Thanks for all the ideas DT! I love eating shaved ice in the summer.

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  109. Fab projects and love the collection. Hugs,Moni

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  110. Walking the dogs along the shore! Tx

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  111. Awesome collection! My fave is swimming!!! :D :D

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  112. The bright colors and cute prints are great! My fave activity would be a family BBQ :)

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  113. I love this collection!!!

    My fave summertime activity....taking the kids to the park and letting them run and play in the water park, then sitting in the sun, having a picnic to dry off....topped off with a stop for ice cream on the way home! Spending as much time outside is always fun!!

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  114. What a super cute collection! I love all the DT's projects!

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  115. I love all the great colors and cute graphics.

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  116. This collection makes me happy!! I can stare at it for hours and get myself in the sunny mood ;-)
    Can't wait to get myself this pack. The projects are amazing, especially love the flip flops mini, very creative Shellye!!

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  117. The projects are awesome...the papers look faab!!!
    I can't wait for summers to come so I can eat loads of ice-cream and ice lollies! :D

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  118. Oh. My. Word! This collection is beyond awesome! My favourite summer activity is picnics by the river. I absolutely love picnic'ing!

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  119. Love going hiking with the hubby and 4 legged pup and then we will usually treat ourselves to ice cream or a dip in a stream somewhere!!!

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  120. I love swimming and water slides! So much fun!

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  121. Aaah, can't wait for summer to go swimming for the outdoors.

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  122. My favorite summertime activity is going to the beach or going on a cruise!!

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  123. My favorite beach activity - layin' and playin' on the beach; wading, swimming,sunning, picnicing, and letting the breeze blow away the stress!

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  124. Love, love this paper! Our favorite past time is to go to Hawaii. This paper sends me there!

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  125. A day at the beach with my grandson tops my list of summertime activities. These papers would be perfect for his photos! I love the bright, vibrant colors and the cute patterns. So adorable!

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  126. Gorgeous paper! Love it! My favorite summertime activity is taking long hikes with my husband and our fur baby! Thanks for the chance!

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  127. sitting out on the patio watching my garden grow. :)

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  128. Love this collection... such fun patterns and pretty colors. A favorite summer-time activity... my gardens (don't like to weed, but love the results!)

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  129. What a CUTE collection! I love the bright colours and that fish paper is super adorable :) I have a stack of books that I've collected for my summer reading b/c reading on a lazy afternoon is my all-time favorite summer activity!

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  130. This collection is so cute...love it. My favourite summer time activity is watching the sunsets and not worrying about waking up early the next day to get the kids off to school!

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  131. Great papers and my favorite summer time activity is going to the beach.

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  132. hanging out at the pool in my own back yard!

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  133. Wow, you have a LOT of people entering this giveaway! I hope you choose my name!

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