Hi there! So excited to be a part of the STAMPtember® Blog Hop!
I have a couple of projects featuring the You Matter products. For this first one I used my favorite “smoothing” technique on the background.
For this second card I die cut the “You“right into the front of the card.
This is a fantastic way to show off both sides of double-sided pattern paper.
Here’s a video showing how I made both cards.Simon Says Stamp is having a HUGE dream craft room giveaway!!! You can register to win HERE!
Here is the full blog hop order:
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Kristina Werner
Jennifer McGuire
Shari Carroll
Nina-Marie Trapani
Laura Bassen←you are here!
Debby Hughes
Yoonsun Hur
Wanda Guess
Suzy Plantamura
Yana Smakula
Amy Rysavy
Lorraine Aquilina
Kathy Racoosin
Kelly Latevola
Sarah Moerman
Heather Ruwe
Heather Hoffman
Nichol Spohrs
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Both your cards are super fabulous, Laura. Love the technique you have incorporated in your second card. Totally love them both. 🙂
As always, you’ve created two fabulous cards! I can’t even decide which one I like better; they are both wonderfully encouraging, cheerful cards! Thanks for sharing them!
Beautiful! I love the colours in the first card Laura 🙂
Such a lovely clean n simple cards…
Oh, I just love the technique you did for the BG of the first card. What a beautiful card! Love the colors, too. I also like the idea of the 2nd card, using front & back of double sided paper.
Love your videos! Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! Love your cards. The you and sentiments are great!
Lovely Cards Laura. Thank you for sharing these ideas with us and thank you for the beautiful Stamp Set. Happy Birthday to you. God Bless
Stunning card creations – I am in love with card number 1 – love the background and added bling!
I always struggle making birthday cards for men and the styles and colors of your cards would be perfect. Thanks for sharing.
happy birthday!! hope you have a wonderful day.
‘YOU’ is very cool. For cards, it is all about the person receiving isn’t it!
First HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA! you’re such an inspiration and you always brighten my day with your vids… and rainbow cards!
Second, I fell in love with this set first, the moment I laid eyes on it… I saw it I loved it, I shared the release with a friend and she agreed…she LOVED this set too! The BG is soooo fabulous and the stamp and die…well it says it all!! I always make my little girl inspirational cards for her lunch especially on test days and these are PERRRFECT! Thank you so much for the inspiration and designing this fab set and again…HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL!! 😀
Happy Birthday to one very creative fun inspiring lady! You are the best!
Happiest of Birthdays to you!!! Fabulous cards, as usual!
Happy Happy Happy Birthday!! =) SQUEAL!! The New Release is AMAZING and I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of the Inspiration!! SO FUN!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!! =)
Happy Birthday! Your videos and chat always brighten my day!
Great cards I love your background!!!
LOVE your videos!! LOVE your cards!!! Sending LOVE on your birthday!
I am a big fan of your art Laura, the first card totally won my heart. I love this set, thanks so much! Hugs from Budapest, Zsofi
Great cards and great new ‘you’ products! 🙂
I absolutely love the You Matter cling stamp. Love how you used it
Lovely cards! Happy Birthday to you and Heidi, hope it’s wonderful!
Love that you word die!
“You Matter” will be in my cart shortly. Love the font and the sentiments! Happy Birthday to you and Heidi, what a fun video to watch.
Happy Birthday! Love both of these cards. I have never tried the “smooshing” but I will now. Thank you.
Like your cards especially the You one with the pretty blues.
Hahahahha – brilliant – the cards, the video, the banter and the singing 🙂
Wonderful cards. The first is my favorite, I love the beautiful background you created.
Fantastic cards Laura. Especially love the first one… awesome background… I also love the stamp/die combo… the style of the you die is amazing! Well done!
Ok your cards? And your video? Amazing. And you look like a monkey.. so YOU! It’s all about the monkeys! Thank you for the inspiration and have a wonderful birthday
Happy Birthday Laura!! Will never be able to have enough videos to watch from you…you are just hilarious…keep them coming always!! Beautiful cards..especially love your smooshing card!
Happy Birthday! Great cards, Laura!
Happy Birthday Laura! Love your cards as usual. But the distress watercolor background is stunning. Love it and you!
My favorite colors on that first card!
🎈Happy Birthday Laura 🎉! Your cards are beautiful as always! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Huge happy birthday to you, Laura! Your cards are the best— and your videos!
Beautiful cards!! The first one with the watercoloring is stunning!
Love the smooshing! The smooshing looks too beautiful to be that easy! And the smooshing gives an awesome finished result! There…more smooshing! Also, the struggle is real! Get so bored making the same things for supper! I think my daughter is going to turn into a chicken nugget! And don’t let any food touch any other food. The world might come to an end! Just eat already!! Loved the video
Happiest Birthday, dear Laura! I just love the smooshed watercolors over the You Matter background. Congratulations on designing these heartwarming You Matter products. I need them!! Have a great weekend, Laura!! ♡
Oh, and Happy Birthday!
I was going to try to resist buying anything, (since I’ve had packages coming left and right for the past month!) but you just ruined it for me! I LOVE the whole YOU shebang, background, stamp set and die cuts; gotta have them! Happy, Happy Birthday Laura and thank you for all YOU do for us!
Great cards. Love the background of the first. So pretty with the watercolor and the words. Beautiful!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Laura! You are so inspirational! Gorgeous cards and great video!
Wow I really like your first card the best, so pretty. I ordered the whole set after I saw your first card, I think you did an awesome job designing the set. I can not wait to get them so I can start creating awesome cards!!
Happy Birthday Laura!! Your cards are absolutely fabulous and so pretty!!!
Such simple yet beautiful cards. Thank you so much for sharing them with us.
Love that background die. Thank you for sharing. Love seeing your family. Happy Birthday Heidi.
HAPPY Birthday Laura!!
it is my eldest son’s B-day today too..he has become 29…
LOVE your first card …my colors too and love the design and the set you designed..love it!!!
Happy Birthday Laura! Love your videos and your blog, and these cards – gorgeous! This is a pretty cool Stamptember release for sure!
I LOVE your background stamp. Great job on that one. Always love your videos as well. You ooze enthusiasm and joy and make me laugh. Have a fantastic Birthday!!
Laura, your cards are SO very lovely … especially love the watercolor one … and thank you for taking time to make the how to video … so appreciate that!
WhooHoo! Wow you’ve done it again – hit it out of the park! Great cards, you are one of my favorite Design Artist! Please keep up the inspiration. Thank, Denise
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA!!!!!! Love the You matter stamp and die set, it is a must have!
Happy Birthday!!! Love your cards! The first one was smoochtastic! ❤️
YOU make the world a better place! Love them all!
Both of your cards are fantastic! The first has such beautiful layers.
Happy Birthday Laura!! Love your videos and Love your cards! You are a true joy to watch and listen too! I am in love with the color combination you used for your ‘smooshing’. Will be using it on my next card for sure. Thanks for sharing and the inspiration to pull out some of that patterned paper I am hoarding. 😀
Fantastic cards as usual. Thanks for the fun videos…always learn something and get a good laugh too!
Your cards are great. I really like the smooched one! Good job…
Happy Birthday Laura love the smooshed card and the family greetings for Heidi
Happy Birthday! ! Love! Love these cards! Love the smooshing technique! What is the spray you used ? Just water ? Now I want this set !!! Thank you for sharing ! !
A very Happy Birthday to you! Love your fabulous cards! Thanks for the video!
Happy Birthday to you both! The words background is fantastic! I love it being straight from the heart!
Oh I really like both of your cards. New techniques for me to try.
Great watercolor! Happy Birthday to you and Heidi! Hugs, Robin
Happy Birthday, Laura! You are the best! Love your cards and the brightness that you do. Loved this new set the first moment I saw it. Thanks for making a sharing such a goodie!
Well, you’ve, once again, rocked the cards. And here’s your gold star for trying to break out of the dinner doldrums. Sorry, it didn’t work out. Happy Birthday…hope this day and this year are everything you hope for.
Love your cards, Laura – the smoothing technique is so cool, as are your videos – they always make me smile:)
Wonderful cards…love them! Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!
What a wonderful video, not only for showcasing the new Simon Says Stamp products (and making me want to try the smooching technique..Laura style..again ), but also for the great use of the printed card stock! And finally the fun Happy Birthday to Heidi. BTW. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! 🙂
Lovely cards! The smooshed colors look so gorgeous.
HA! HA! I think that I mean’t smooshing technique in the above comment. Whatever! 🙂
Just adore your beautiful cards. Thats is my favourite set, the You matter set. Love it.
Love love love. Ordered my stampcandles die set!
Love your smooshing card and diecut card! Happy Birthday! How cool to have the same birthday as Heidi! Enjoy your day sweet lady.
Thank you, Laura for the inspiration and the great video. Any friend would be lucky to receive it.
Happy Birthday Laura. Loved your cards and the You Matter stamp & die set and the background stamp. Thank you for making the video, sharing your ideas & techniques, and being part of this awesome stamptember blog hop giveaway.
Wow two amazing ways to use the word YOU!Absolutely beautiful!
Laura, I could listen to you all day. Love the laugh, it really brightens my day. Happy Birthday to you and Heidi. Thanks for sharing with us.
Aw, I knew you would make me laugh! Thank you! PS Heidi doesn’t look like a monkey — so funny!!! Your family’s great! Love the video and techniques. Really want to try them out 😀
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Love your card and those colors! I can’t wait to get this background stamp. I’m sending you Happy Birthdays wishes and I have to say I love your family – what fun they are!
awesome cards. great smoothing colours. thanks.
Fabulous designs. Love the water colored background.
Happy Birthday Laura and Heidi!!!!!! You both deserve the Best Day Ever!!! Love your cards Laura!! Already ordered my You Matter set!!!
Laura, Gorgeous cards as usual. They make me want to use my YOU die!!!
Both of the cards are GREAT, but I’m in love with anything watercolor!!! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Love your choice of smooshing colors — and all you do. Especially loved the warmth and sweetness of your family birthday wishes to Heidi. Too sweet. . .
Wonderful cards. I really like the background on the first one.
Happy birthday, Laura! Love your stamps and die cut! Great design! Your cards are inspirational. Can’t wait try both techniques. Thanks!
you have created a wonderful set and background. love them! happy bday!
The happiest birthday to BOTH of you ladies and this is a fant-ab-ulous release!
Like the watercolored background colors & look. Like the cut out sentiment & peek thru.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Happy Birthday, Laura. Love your creativity and videos. Have a great day!
Love your You Matter set! Fabulous watercolour card!
HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Laura! Love both cards, and your video was so fun! Thanks so much for making me smile 🙂
Love your video and your cards, amazing!! Happy birthday. Thanks for sharing.
“You” are so talented! Love your cards. 🙂
I like that you stamp set. It has a lot of great sentiments. Thanks for sharing your cards.
Thank you for making the how-to video. Your cards are beautiful!
Your cards are super awesome.
Lovely cards!
OMGosh Laura! These cards are so cute! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh how lovely is this watercolor card!! Can’t wait to get that “You Matter” set!!!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday!! 🎂🎉🎁 Love your smooshing card – the colours are awesome!
Thanks for the wonderful inspiration!
Happy birthday!
Love your cards and your new products. How exciting!
Oh Laura, your background is amazing! I keep seeing this sweet “YOU” die popping up, and I’m falling in love with it more and more. That’s one you will use over and over again. Thanks for sharing your talents and inspiring us all.
Karen Letchworth
http://www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com
Happy Birthday and thanks for Sharing!!
You outdid yourself again, Laura! Love the use of the patterned paper, gives me inspiration to stretch my existing supplies 🙂
Love both the cards! That supersized you is a must have!
Wishing you the happiest Happy Birthday, Laura … may you be blessed with love and laughter always! Thanks for another wonderful video … and for all your enthusiasm and energy … it’s a joy to visit you! Hugs, Anita 🙂
Great cards and happy birthday!
First of all : happy birthday to you ! Then, of course, your cards are awesome. Your birthday did not change your creativity…. ;-))
Beautiful cards! I would be so happy to receive card like these!
Happy Birthday Laura Fedora!! You always crack me up, I love your videos! …and you make the best cards!
The cards are wonderful, and I love the colors.
Happy Birthday Miss Laura! What fun that it’s your day and we are having an awesome hop. Love both versions but I agree, what a great way to show off your double side papers. Thanks so much and party on!!!!
Happy Birthday to you! LOVE the cards and your new stamp set is amazing!!!
Love the “smooching” technique!
smooching is one of my favorite techniques beautiful cards
thanks for sharing your creativity.
Beautiful cards! Your videos are always so much fun. Happy Birthday!
Both your cards are wonderful. Your smooshing technique always produces the best background.
Laura, I love both your cards! I love your food stories, too. I must say, I’m with your family on casserole-type dishes. I have a definition for a casserole, but I won’t share it here. 😉 May you have a very happy birthday, and many MANY more to come! 🙂 ~ Andrea
Your watercolor background is just beautiful!
I LOVE that background stamp! Leave it to you Laura Bassen to design something so wonderful!!
You and your cards are always terrific! Congrats on your designed products.
LOVE how you did the shaker element on the second card and the first one is so delicate and lovely!!! TFS!
Happy Birthday it’s also our granddaughter’s 8th birthday and in 2 days our son’s birthday humm 35 I believe. Anyways I did count like 12 smushings mentioned throughout the video but who’s counting right lol. Thanks for a wonderful video.
Great cards! Love the idea of the die cut to show double sided paper! Thanks for the video!
Love your cards and love this stamp and die set
Beautiful cards, love especially the first one.
Love the cards and your video! Happy Birthday–hope it’s a great one!!
Love your cards – thank you so much!!
Happy Birthday Laura! Hope you have a happy monkey day! lol
Love your cards. Obviously, I love your first card, because it’s a Laura card, but I also love your quick peek-a-boo card. Such a great idea to used up some of those pretty but neglected papers. And finally: congratulations on your first stamp and die desigs. Well done!
Marianne x
OMG the funniest rendition of Happy Birthday I have ever seen…….. your whole family is as cooky as you are. Lol. Happiest of Birthdays to you and Thank you for all you humor, cards and video.
Happy Birthday Laura! Love your cards and the new SSS products!
I like the little video at the end. Fabulous cards especially the one where you used the pattern paper. I also love your ink smooshing.
I really love the “You” card and the coordinating background stamp! Beautiful!
Beautiful cards. TFS
Happy Birthday Laura!!! I so enjoy your tutorials, I learn so much from you and you have such a great, down to earth personality, you really are a so much fun to listen too and learn from . Also congratulations on your Awesome YOU background stamp, stamp and die set, I love what you have said on it and I can only imagine what a fantastic feeling it must be to have your own thoughts and design made into stamps and a die, woo whoo for you :)!!!
Loving the watercolor background
Your backgrounds are gorgeous!!
This is my favorite set and I appreciate the beautiful inspiration of your work here.
Love the backgrounds 😊
As always, beautiful cards~ 🙂
Happy Happy Birthday Laura!!! I love your stamp and die set! Thank you for always making me smile!
Fun and hilarious video as always! You have a great family! Your card is lovely and I can’t wait until I can get your products! Have a great day!
Great cards, and a great video as always. Happy Birthday!
I love the idea of embossing a script background stamp and then watercoloring it. Gorgeous. As usual.
Laura, Love your cards, they’re so coooool. Great colors & layout. Thank you for sharing your talents with us. 😊
I love this stamp and die set!!! Your cards are beautiful!!!
Great card!
I have never smooshed, but after watching you smoosh & seeing the beautiful results, my next project will be a smooshing one. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas.
Happy Birthday Laura !! have a great day !! I’m in love with your first card. The colors of the background are amazing.
Happy birthday- hope somebody sends you some amazing cards too!
Super awesome cards Laura!
Happy Birthday – and we got the gift – what great tips on both card – off to put some more things in my SSS cart thanks to you!
Fabulous cards! I really like the opening on the You allowing the other pattern to be seen. 🙂
Your cards are so beautiful Laure! Tfs
Hi LautaFedora,
Your cards are always amazing and these are no different!!! May I buy some of your creativity???? I think you have way more than you need!! LOL !! Thanks for sharing!
Happy Birthday Laura Fedora! Your cards are wonderful and this set is my favorite of the release. Just love it and love that you created them. Thanks for another fabulous video.
Your cards are beautiful. Thanks for sharing them.
I adore your first card. I need to see a video of that. Pretty please.
Happy Birthday Laura, hope you had a fabulous day!! Your cards are beautiful and you always make it so much fun, thank you.
Really love that Distress color combo for the ink smooshing! Happy birthday to you and Heidi! And A+ for your family’s performance 😀🎶
Happy Birthday! Love your color combo for smooshing.
“YOU” have created amazing cards for this SSS blog hop!!
Thank you for sharing your technique with us! Happy blogging! One of these days I will win! Sending positive thoughts to all.
Happy, happy birthday to you and Heidi! Great cards, fun release, YAY! STAMPTEMBER!!
You really are the queen of smooshing! 🙂 Awesome cards today.
Happy Birthday! Fabulous colors in the first card and I love the die cut out of the second card, great idea!
Love the mix of colors and patterns!
Happy happy birthday, Laura!! I haven’t smooshed ink in a while, I should do that soon! Thanks for inspiring as always.
Laura, you are so amazing!
Happy birthday. Love your background stamp and you die.
Wonderful watercolors!
LAURA, your so gifted !
Classy! Love your style!
Oh Laura! Loved the cards a lot! As usual you have done an excellent job even this time. Thanks a lot for sharing!
Beautiful cards! I love everything the Watercolor card and colors. Great video and amazing creativity. And a very Happy Birthday to you!
Just love, love this triple package. Fantastic cards. My favorite is the first card & my favorite of the September release is the the set you helped design & showcase today. Great job.
Happy happy birthday Laura! My birthday was Tuesday. I love this stamp and die set — it was the first thing in my shopping card! Both cards are wonderful — I always enjoy your smushing technique and the background, sentiment and dies are great!
Your cards are gorgeous! I enjoy your videos so much.
Happy Birthday Laura. Lots of young-uns were born on this “labor” day many moons ago. 🙂 Your cards are so fun. thanks for sharing with us.
Love your cards. I’m going to have to get the “You” set.
Love this stamp set, Laura. First release= huge success! These cards are terrific. I can’t believe I’ve never thought of double sided card stock for a card- simple genius. And SSS- thanks for Stamptember.
beautiful cards. I will have to try your favorite technique to “smoothing” the background.
Happy birthday!
Smooshing is a favorite of mine and so is this You release!!! I gotta have it for all the cool ways to send messages of love and that we matter in this world! Happy Birthday girlie!
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Great designs! Love the background on your first card.
Great cards. I have never tried “smooshing” but I’m going to give it a try.
Great cards, I especially love the 1st one.
Happy Birthday! Love both cards. . . .plan to try both techniques. . . .
You make creating FUN! Your videos are a hoot plus informative! First I love this encouraging set you designed! It’s a big hit! Second, love how you used the double sided papers! That helped with the anxiety of choosing! And, third, I’ve never made a recipe from Pinterest that I liked!! Oh, yeah, Happy Birthday!!
Two fab ways to use the You Matter die and stamp set!!!
Love, Love watching your videos. They always put a smile on my face, you are so down to earth! Thanks for sharing your amazing talent!!
The green & blue watercolor card is stunning. Love the look!!😃😃
I’m smitten with thgthge watercolor card.
Love the cards. Thanks for sharing
beautiful cards !
You are the BEST Laura! Always look forward to seeing your cards. My favorite is the water color one … gorgeous!
Only day three and already I want so much. The You Matter background stamp will be one for my stash. Thank you for sharing your lovely cards!
Love your cards and the idea to do the “peek-a-boo” is genius! Love it! Happy Birthday! That video was great!
Great designs. You’ve given me a bunch of ideas…thanks 🙂
Love the watercolor! This stamp/die set is at the top of my list. I see everyone is wishing you a happy birthday, so…HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I just celebrated the 19th anniversary of my 39th birthday on the first. LOL
Oh Laura, you crack me up when I watch your videos. My kids are grown now but I too use to try new recipes and the flops well they too definitely let me know. I had to throw those left overs away. Haha. Anyways, congratulations on designing your new stamps and dies. This set is a must have for me. TFS.
Beautiful cards! Wishing you a Happy Birthday!
I wasn’t sold on the whole “you” stamp set, until I saw the smooshed card. A-mazing! I’m getting that!
Love the smooshing over the embossed background! Great technique. I’m learning so many new background ideas it’s fabulous. Great cards Laura!
Laura, I somehow never heard of you (new to the world of blogging) but am now in the know and am subscribed to follow you. You have great talent and a great personality! Your cards were fun. Who doesn’t have double sided paper with both sides loved? Now a solution of how to use! And I love your smushing technique! I can’t wait to try that technique, too! How exciting that you designed that stamp and die set! Congrats. Before I even saw your blog, I had added it to my cart. Thanks for sharing!
Beautiful cards, love the YOU matter products!
So neat cards. And happy birthday to you. Love your video after as well.
I used to not care for blue and green together, but now I love it, and your card is beautiful!
Loved the peek-a-book card.
Happy Birthday Heidi and congrats on designing a wonderful stamp set! Love your smooshing card!
Happy Birthday! I’m sure you had fun with a “back up group” like you have in the video! Oh, how I love smooshing, and you did it beautifully. What a lovely combo of colors. Interesting technique on the 2nd card, too, though I may have put them the other way. Very fresh and fun, though. How nice to see your handwriting available for us all to share in. It’s beautiful.
I always love seeing your cards and being inspired by them to try new techniques!
P.S. Happy birthday! Loved the singing!
Beautiful cards! The background on your first card is especially pretty 🙂
Happy Birthday From Sweden !! Dear Laura you created Amazing Product for this release and amazing cards too. I am in love with first one with embossed background and beautiful color combination!
Great cards! I like the blue and green background 🙂
Love your cards! Love your family on the video! Happy Birthday!!
Happy, happy birthday Laura! Love your go to cool colours – fabulous smooshing!
Fabulous as always!
Leah,
I love the look of both cards!
But my favorite is the beautiful water color card.
I also love the idea of using double sided paper like you did on your second card.
Thank you for sharing your great ideas!
Sorry I meant Laura..not Leah..
Your cards are beautiful
Kathleen
Awesome video…especially the end, HB to Laura and Heidi. Love your cards and enjoyed watching the smooching technique, a technique I really will need to try.
Congratulations on designing some new goodies! Hope we get to see many more products from you 🙂
Happy Birthday to you too and congratulations on your design. It’s my most favorite. I haven’t tried smooshing yet, but I might have to figure out a way to do it when I get this set!!! Thanks for all you do. PS–I would love to try your new recipe!!!
I love your “smooshing” technique card! One of my favorite color combinations!TFS
I really love the first card of you
the background is stunning
I really love the black sentiement and the BIG WHITE YOU
I wish I can get a card from you one day…
could we SWAP Card miss lady..
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hugs
Monika
Wow! Your cards are absolutely stunning!!!
That embossed watercolour background is just gorgeous! Love it!
Happy birthday! Both cards are fabulous. That stamp set & dies are so versatile.
Your first cards is so interesting, it draws me in over and over! Love it!
I truly love your first card design where you did the smooching of colors, whch the choices of colors were perfect.
Love them Laura. Awesome watercoloring on the first one (I adore the colors) and the second one is fab!
YOU are SO TALENTED and FUN Laura!!!
LOVE your cards, the sentiment window is COOL and your inky panel a DELIGHT, BOTH INSPIRE!!! THANK YOU for sharing 🙂
Wonderful designs, each so unique but using the same cutting die!
Very simple and clean cards. Great job.
Love your “smooshing” technique!
Oh, Laura-I have learned to expect the unexpected while watching your videos, they always, always put a smile on my face! Happy belated birthday! Oh ya- great cards too!
Love how you used the double-sided paper. TFS and happy birthday.
I like KW’s smooshing technique too. And happy birthday.
BTW – I always like the unexpectedness of your videos. 🙂
what great cards, the green watercolored one, caught my eye immediately, love it even without any rainbows or inkblending :-p
Haha so fun!! Happy Birthday!! Gorgeous cards too!!!
Good to be able to use both sides of double-sided paper.
Sometimes it’s hard to decide which to make the main side –
now you can use both.
thanks for sharing a wonderful card.
I have said this before and I will say it again, I LOVE when you do videos!! I can’t help but smile and laugh when I am watching them! You make the most amazing cards AND we never know what you are going to say next! I love that about you!! Happy Birthday to you!!!!
Gorgeous cards. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Happy Birthday! I love both your cards and this background stamp is my favorite of the entire Stamptember release – thanks for creating it!
Love your “YOU” cards Laura. You’re always such an inspiration 🙂
Fabulous cards!
First, I have to say thank you so much for the You Matter background stamp. I read it when the release went live and just had to buy the set because it is so amazing. Love the way you smoosh and the new way to look at my patterned paper. Both cards are beautiful and I always love watching your videos. Hope you had a fun Happy Birthday!
I love your cards and I love your videos! Happy birthday!!!
So glad I visited today, when I’m in much need of a spirit boost! HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you (belated)! Your family’s singing: too precious! Your video: engaging, as always; your cards, gorgeous! Feeling much sunnier and smiley-er for having dropped in. Thank you!
~carol
Gorgeous watercolour look. Love the blues and greens.
And A HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!
So many great ideas in your video – can’t wait to try “smooshing!” I love the You Matter products; congratulations on your contribution. And Happy Birthday!
So pretty! Both card are gorgeous! I hope your birthday was fabulous!
Happy Birthday, Laura! Your cards are beautiful as always. Love your videos – and you – you always make me smile!
Love your cards!!!
Congratulations on your new stamp and die set! They look great! Very creative cards, and the audio is always interesting. The happy birthday video clip from you and your family to Heidi was hysterical!
beautiful card!
I really love that first card, especially the color but also the second card with a new way to use that 2 sided paper.
I especially love the watercolor card, just beautiful!
Beautiful cards! Love the color combo for the second card.
Very beautiful cards ! I especially love the first one, those colors are so gorgeous and I love the ink resist text on the background. Thanks so much for sharing and for the chance to win.
beautiful cards!
love your background stamp.you did an amazing job with the watecolors.
Both fabulous, Laura! Love the cutout, so striking!
Awww great end to the video!! Congrats Laura on your new products, they’re awesome just like YOU!!! Happy belated Birthday to you and Heidi!
First off HIPPO BIRDIE TWO EWES!!!! Laura, you slay me … LOve your cards, your MIDWEST sense of fun … we just do NOT care who thinks we’re goofy, right? … and cannot wait for you to come redesign my craft-room when I win this make-over prize!!!!! WAit. you are doing that, aren’t you? xx
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Wishing you the best day ever, too! Love your style!!!
Cool cards. Loving the big sentiment dies!
What great cards! Love the smooshing! 🙂
Love the combo of colors and the background design 🙂
Happy Birthday, Laura and Congratulations on your designed handwriting die! LOVE that You Matter background and regular stamp set, with the die! Those are my fav’ and LOVE your gorgeous cards with the inspiring designs!! Thanks for your DI color ideas, too!!
Fabulous cards, great job on designing both background stamp and die. I love your background stamp
Happy birthday. So cool to see your happy family. Wonderful ink smoothed card. The background stamp is sweet. Thank you for sharing.
Great card Laura! I love how you used the sentiments with the You Matter set to make the background.
Great cards. I like that they are made with the same dies.
Congratulations Laura! This is a great set that can be used over and over again!
Great cards!! Both of them rock-and so does your video! Happy belated birthday! 😉
Love the cards! Happy belated birthday to you, Laura and to Heidi!!
Happy belated birthday and congrats on your first design job!
Happy belated birthday! Every time I visit your blog I leave with a big smile! Thank for that and for all the inspiration and happiness that you spread ! And congrats on your fabulous staps.
Nice cards! The watercolor background looks great over the writing and what a great idea to use patterns that way with the see thru word.
Oh WOW!!! Laura, your both cards are GORGEOUS!!! Love!! :o)
Congratulations on your first set!
Love your cards and need this stamp set!!!
Your videos are always such fun and your cards are great. I’m sure Heidi will love the birthday greeting.
Great cards! Love how you used the die cut in two different ways!
Love the look of these cards! TFS!
First, Happy belated Birthday… I’m sure it was a great day shared with your loving family.
Just love your style and what you bring to those sets of stamps. Thank you so much for sharing your creativity. xx
Awesome cards, love them:-)
Happy Birthday! Great cards! Thanks for sharing
Your cards were awesome! Thank you so very much for the inspiration!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY…I hope your day is as fantastic as you are. Your stamp creation is absolutely gorgeous! Thank you!
Happy Birthday Laura! Thanks so much for sharing the smoothing technique – the first card you shared is just so striking – love the colors!
Wonderful cards. Really like the smooch technique on the first card.
Love everything about this!
I love, love, love the first card! I like the idea of the second card too. 🙂
I especially like your watercolor “smoothing” background!
Fabulous card!!
Happy Birthday Laura!!! Great cards love the backgrounds great share! Happy Stamptember too! Hugs
Love this stamp set – You matter – it is so cool. Your cards are delightful, just like you! Happy Birthday, Laura!
Happy Birthday! YOU are special! I’m going to make your smoothing card.
Happy Belated Birthday!! Love your videos! Your sunny personality shines through!!
Happy Belated Birthday Laura! I love the “you matters” stamps and dies. They are terrific.
First of all, happy birthday! Second, I have to tell you that your videos always cheer me up and make me laugh. I’m usually watching craft videos while I’m out walking so people probably think I’m nuts for literally laughing out while walking!
I love both of your cards, especially the smooching one!
Awesome cards with wonderful design!!!
Happy Birthday!!!
I love how simple yet powerful your cards are. Beautiful work, thanks for sharing!
Both of your cards were winners. Thank you for all of the inspiration.
Gorgeous cards.
Such lovely cards!!! I like how you did the die cut you and the different patterned paper popped through.
Great cards! Love your idea of showing both sides of double sided paper :o)
Beautiful cards…as usual, but the colors on the first one just kill me!!!! gorgeous!!!
Both cards are great. I love the color combo and the way you apploed the anooshing technique on the first one.
Love all of your cards! TFS!
Wonderful cards featuring these new stamp images – love the watercolored “smoothing” version!
Love both cards and the techniques used!! Great job.
Awesome cards, as always!!!!
More great cards Laura!
love your smooching card -So Kool!
I love the water color background!
Going to dig up some of my double sided paper!
So cute, love this release and your cards!
Laura, Happiest of birthdays and to Heidi too I love you ladies ,you rock my crafting world …. yours in Christ and ink Anne Sent from my iPhone
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Love, love, love the smooshing! Gorgeous!
Love your cards Laura!! Also, Happy belated Birthday to you friend!! Hope you had a wonderfully blessed day!!! As always, loved watching your video!!
Beautiful designs! I love the amazing color blends!
Laura, you did a great job on the stamp set and I love the “You” stamp w/ coordinating die. Love it a lot. Can’t wait to get it. Love the colors you use and the cards you made is beautiful. Thanks for your labor of love! TFS 🙂
The watercolor card is super fun! I love it! And such a great way to combine 2 patterned cardstocks in one card! Love the idea!
Oh my gosh you and your family are a hoot!
Beautiful cards and a great idea on combining designer papers on one card. Thanks so much for sharing.
Beautiful!
You are soo talented.
I love all the cards.
Both cards are really gorgeous!!!
I especially love the first one… maybe the colours and watercolor effect on the white embossed background, so beautiful! 🙂
Very cute cards,vthst stamp set is very versatile.
Beautiful cards, Laura! Love the watercolor technique and embossed background! These new stamps and dies are totally amazing! I can’t wait to give them a try! Thanks for sharing and inspiring! 🙂
Fabulous cards as usual!
A belated happy birthday to you! I love your cards, Laura – both so fun. But that patterned paper – ugh, how gorgeous is it. I’m still mad at Basic Grey for quitting.
Love the new ‘You Matter’ stamp and dies set, and love the cards you’ve made with them, especially the first one – the water color/smooshed background is so pretty. Thanks for all your wonderful inspiration!
Wow! Beautiful cards, as always! I love your use of color in the first one and the die in the second one. Double-sided card stock finally as a purpose!!
Could you share what that little extender is on the tip of your glossy accents
Love the watercolor/word background – very soft and pretty!
I absolutely love your videos!! They lift me up and make me smile every time. Your cards are wonderful also, I still haven’t tried the “smooshing” technique yet but I want to. Thank you so much for sharing your passions with us!
I too really love your cards and your fun and cheerful videos so often make me laugh! I have now finally taken the plunge into Distress inks – loving blending and smooshing 🙂 – and adore the script and sentiment of your stamp and die bundle. Thanks so much for all the fun and inspiration 🙂