Monday, January 24, 2011

1st stop


eta: And the winner of the new label stickers is.................
Robin said...

love the cowlick title and those little cows all over--cute!

Robin, please send me an email april@studiocalico.com to claim your prize.

Welcome to the first stop along the Studio Calico CHA Winter 2011 Blog Hop. We're going in alphabetical order from one designer to the next and I happen to be first. In school, I was April Alexander and was always second behind my sister, Amber until Neely Abell came along and bumped me to third place. That name always put me in the front of the class in assigned seating, the front of the line to the bathroom, and first to the cafeteria. Served me well for lots of years.

Too long of a story for this blog hop. One of my favorite products in our release is these label stickers. Yes, they're simple, but versatile and I get to give away a set of all 3 colors to one lucky winner. Just read through this post and comment at the end and go to the next person on the hop for a chance to win another product. Fun, huh?

I used the cream and blue version of these stickers on the Cowlick layout below.

I also used several papers from the Countryside release, a border punch (which is back in stock!) a white gel pen, black pen, and some of the More Color from January's kit. The colors just worked so well with this release.

On my next layout, I used one of my favorite papers from Countryside (that red gingham) along with the State Fair papers.

I was so happy with the way this SUPER CLAIRE layout turned out. Don't you love it when an idea in your head works out on paper?

The journaling reads:
Fighting frowns and general crankiness one grin at a time. Super Claire comes equipped with goos, coos, and winks to combat the worst of scenarios. Warning: spit-up has been known to accompany some crime-fighting situations and poo occurs almost hourly so a change in super-suit is almost always needed. No batteries necessary. Stays charged all night.
Now on to the next stop, my friend in France: Celine Navarro.

If you lose your place along the way, you can always go back to the Studio Calico blog and click on the designers' links in the side bar.

Don't forget to leave a comment here. Say anything you'd like for a chance to win those label stickers. Comments will be closed on Wednesday 12:00am EST and a winner announced shortly thereafter.

475 comments:

  1. A SC blog hop for a cold Monday morning! Yay!

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  2. LOVE the super claire.
    too darling.
    xo.

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  3. great layouts -- really like the pp radiating out of the star :)

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  4. Very cute layouts! I might have to steal them - especially since my little one is named Claire, too.

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  5. oh claire is just adorable. love those stickers too. - hera

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  6. awww Baby Claire :) i LOVE these pages April, both new collections are amazing. i *LOVE* the titlework (and title!) of the "COWLICK" page :)
    XOXO
    Leigh

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  7. Love Claire's smile! :) Great layouts! Thanks for the giveaways!

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  8. Really dig the way the stitching echos the quilt on the super Claire layout.

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  9. Awesomeness! Love everything about the SC new releases (and the old stuff too!)

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  10. I always love your work April. Thank you for the chance to win this great product!

    kathyv

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  11. Awesome layouts A! Love the use of the new stickers!

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  12. Love the Super Claire layout! Her face is precious! Would love to win..

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  13. in your house, it may be a "real" COWLICK, too! LOL!

    Too cute!

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  14. Yay! I LOVE blog hops!!! Claire is getting cuter by the day! :)

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  15. Great layouts! I really love the title on the first one -- nifty idea!

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  16. Those labels are the best SC release yet!!! :) and Super Claire is Super Cute! :)

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  17. A Monday morning blog hop with SC....I love it!!! And I love Super Claire...so precious!

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  18. I love baby cowlicks! My "Baby Boy" who is now 5 still has his. Thanks for the chance to win!!

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  19. can totally relate to the cowlick! LOL. Such a fun blog hop!

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  20. Love your layouts! Can;t wait to see the rest!

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  21. super claire is SUPER ADORABLE !~ i'm off to visit Celine !~

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  22. Love the cowlick layout and I love the new lines. Thanks for a chance to win!

    j

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  23. Super Claire is super cute!!!!!! Good grief girl, that layout is fabulous!!!!!

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  24. April - Can't wait to get my hands on the 2 new lines. Love your layouts.

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  25. gorgeous layouts! I'm adding you to my Google Reader.

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  26. What an adorable layout that is! Love the new labels!!

    Karen Borges

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  27. These layouts are gorgeous! Love your design style!

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  28. adorable!! love the little cows & especially how you did the title of the cowlick page!

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  29. Those label stickers might be my favorite thing in the release

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  30. Cute layouts and I think I'm going to lift your idea of faning the paper strips on a lo ... love it!

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  31. Beautiful layout April. Love the new products.

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  32. adorable layouts. i adore the cowlick picture :)

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  33. super adorable layouts april with a super cute baby to boot! :)

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  34. Those label stickers are adorable and like you said...so very versatile! The pics of Claire are just precious! What I really want to know, though, is how you did that COWLICK title!! Please make that a tutorial soon? ;)
    April M.

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  35. Love the baby layout, very creative!

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  36. Yay for Claire layouts!!! Yay for Claire layouts using new SC products!!! :D Beautiful stuff, April!

    g

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  37. Love how you got a little sample of all those yummy papers in that layout. It looks fantastic!

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  38. Love the colors in the second lo. And the photo is so cute.

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  39. Yay, love this release! :)
    Love the paper-work on the Claire LO, and love the little dots and cows and title on the first one...so cute and clever! Thanks for the chance to win and for such an inspiring product line!

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  40. I too love those label stickers! One of my favorites! And adorable layouts!!

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  41. Thank goodness for the iPhone so I can hop without the boss knowing about it! Love the label stickers!

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  42. I cannot wait for these new lines april!

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  43. Love those LOs! Especially the little cows on the Cowlick page! Claire is just so cute!

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  44. Love the new lines & adorable layouts! Congrats on your little sweetie :)

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  45. LOVE these! First, your daughter is adorable!!! Love the sweet smiley photo!
    I love all the cows:)

    And, how on earth did you make the title on the first layout??? LOVE IT!

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  46. Love the super Claire layout, the papers look so pretty! And the journalling, hilarious!

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  47. I love your pages and I love the die cut tags. Super cute! Also love what you did with the patten paper in the Super Claire layout.

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  48. the labels look perfect for typing on ;)
    My first born had a cowlick right in the front. It was the first thing we noticed when he pooped out! We have always called it "the swirl" ;D

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  49. super cute LO! Love the new line!!

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  50. Just found you!! :) love the super claire! thanks for sharing and the chance to win

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  51. The new lines are looking good! Love the label stickers. One can never have too many of those.
    -Karin

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  52. I am off to blog hop!!!!! the new lines are just beyond gorgeous

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  53. Beautiful layouts and cute story about being an A! I was always an S and then married an S, so I kept my place at the back of the line. The only time it bothered me was at graduations...the wait!

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  54. Loving those label stickers! Great pages and thanks for the giveaway!

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  55. Super cute layout! Thanks for the giveaway!!

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  56. The Super Claire layout is my favorite and that picture is so adorable! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  57. Oh, the Cowlick page is adorable, as is your baby girl!

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  58. super cute! I love the way you have fanned those papers!

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  59. Hi April! Love your layouts & love the 2 new SC lines!!

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  60. A blog hop is just what I need on my sick day. I love the Super Claire layout, especially the journaling. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  61. The stickers look terrific, and I love your Cowlick title work!

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  62. I love the mix of strips of papers coming from the star. Love what you designed for this year!!!

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  63. Ha.. I love your layout my youngest son has a cow lick like my hubs but he has it near the front side to the right.. Ha.. He's 7 now but each time we give a hair cut its funny because the barber has to try to get around it Ha...Its so funny. These are so sweet hmm I am gonna see if i find some pics of my son w/it when he was younger thank you for the inspiration! :)

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  64. the new collections are just amazing!! especially with the sweet colors - i definitely to see these in person and already have tons of ideas going through my mind...

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  65. such a sweet adorable baby you have! Thanks for sharing! As well as the chance to win those goodies!

    Angela M

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  66. Thank you for the chance to win! And that baby, Claire is soo stinkin cute!!!

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  67. Beautiful baby! Beautiful layout!! Love everything in the new line so much:)

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  68. Love your Super Claire Lo April! It is really cute and adorable! (I just might have to lift that design!) Thanks so much for a chance to win one of my fav things from this season's release! Take care!

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  69. Love the journaling on the Super Claire LO!
    Did your teacher ever pull a reverse alpha order where you actually ended up being last? That happened to a few people I know. ;-)

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  70. Love those label stickers!!

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  71. I love the layouts you made, but I am especially loving the quilt in the 'super claire' picture- beautiful!

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  72. love your layouts and a lot of ways of using these stickers

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  73. Your Super Claire LO is crazy adorable!

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  74. i LOVE how you did the title for the cowlick layout! and those labels are awesome. love the size of them!

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  75. These may be my favorite lines yet. Of course, I do say that every month.

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  76. Cute layouts. I like the theme of the Super Claire layout. The journalling is great. Dianne

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  77. Yeay, what a great way to start off a Monday! I just LOVE your super Claire layout and the journaling is so funny (and I can relate...I have a super Olivia!!)

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  78. I am so obsessed with the "Cowlick" letters! I am trying to figure out how in the world you made those..... can you share your secret? I feel like the Slice may have been involved?

    Also love love love the new label stickers! I have so many ideas on how to use those!

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  79. I LOVE the Super Claire layout! I also really love label stickers, just about my fave scrappin product.

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  80. fabulous layouts! i love those label stickers!

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  81. Dang, I love that title work! Pick me! Pick me!

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  82. It's my first time on a blog hop. pretty fun! Love the pic of your baby and the colour combination. SWEET!

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  83. so happy to see miss claire on some layouts! gorgeous product thanks for the chance!

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  84. you guys did an amazing job with the new lines. i know i will be getting a little bit of everything...or a lot. thanks for sharing.

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  85. Love these stickers! They are so clean and simple!

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  86. Love a good hop!
    These layouts are so pretty! I love the little popped up circles in your Cowlick LO!

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  87. April, these are both FABULOUS! I love the one of sweet Claire.

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  88. LOVE that Super Claire layout!!!!

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  89. How cool are those label stickers!! I don't think I'd ever tire of using them.
    Great layouts.. I really like your style.

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  90. gorgeous LOs! I can't wait to see more of Countryside!

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  91. These layouts are gorgeous! Fun with blog hop, lots of great inspirations!!

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  92. thanks for hosting this blog hop! i am excited to see each members blog! :) :)

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  93. Simple and versatile is always a good thing. Love the labels! The possibilities are endless.

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  94. Those label stickers are one of my favorites also! Can't wait to get my hands on them!

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  95. i can think of a few uses for these label stickers! hopping on over to the next blog! :)

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  96. Super Claire is my hero!
    Kirsten B in MN

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  97. Love the label stickers! The colors on the sweet claire layout are divine!

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  98. Gorgeous label stickers.

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  99. I am so in love w/ both of the new lines and can't wait for them to ship to stores. Love your super baby too.

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  100. I Love your journaling for the Super Claire page. Won't she just get a kick out of that when she has her own baby someday?!

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  101. Love those label stickers and adore that "super claire" layout!

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  102. The SC stuff is just killing me lately! It's all so awesome.

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  103. i love the color combos! They are always just right from SC.

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  104. I love these layouts!! I had to stare at the cowlick title for the longest time trying to figure out how you did it- so cool! And new SC goodies are so yummy!!

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  105. Love the journaling on the Super Claire Layout! So cute!

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  106. awesome layouts :) ... totally love seeing miss claire pages :)

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  107. great idea for a hop today! love the photo and the layout. see you soon!

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  108. Just love it all! In England it's called a calflick! Funny!

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  109. love the layout! and love those label stickers too!!

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  110. Cool labels! Thank you for the blog hop-I can't wait to see everything! What a great day to spend a "snow day" from my job as a special education teacher!

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  111. Love your journaling for the Super Claire layout. Thanks for a chance to win.

    scrapbooking.mommieof2 at gmail dot com

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  112. Love pictures of Claire and your wonderfuly layouts.

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  113. Oh what cute layouts! Love the Super Claire layout -- the placement of the journaling is so fun! And the cowlick layout is just perfect with the little cutout cows! What a fun start to the blog hop!

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  114. So cute!! I love Super-Claire =)

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  115. Thanks for the chance to win. I love this collection!

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  116. Those label stickers look fantastic!

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  117. Beautiful pages April and thanks for making my Monday a bucnh brighter!
    Beth Ann

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  118. Love how you did the cowlick title! Very kewl!

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  119. Love the Super Claire layout! Such pretty colors!

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  120. Love the layouts! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  121. What a gorgeous LO of your daughter, I love the layers. And she is such a sweety-pie!

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  122. Yeah! Love the blog hop! You are my last stop!

    I am LOVING all the new studio calico especially the wood grain and the cute bird and cloud accessories!

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  123. The bloghop definitely made my day! Love the new layouts, esp the Super Claire one! :D

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  124. Could the cows be any more perfect for the "Cowlick" page and adore the strips of pp leading up to the star on your second layout!

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  125. I really love all the new SC products...thanks for the giveaway!

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  126. I really love the new lines!

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  127. Love the Super Claire layout! Thanks for the blog hop! it'll keep me busy on this cold cold Monday

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  128. Lovely layout! And who wouldn't want to win such a goodie too! :D

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  129. For the love of pie!!! Love them.

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  130. Beautiful LOs! I always think "this" is my favorite SC kit or release...until the next one comes out. You've really outdone yourselves this time!

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  131. Oh I love the stickers and the BABY!! Cute!!

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  132. adorable baby layouts! I love the giant Cowlick title!

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  133. Sweet, sweet layouts! Thank you for the chance to win! Hugs!

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  134. very cute

    and I just want to say

    GO STEELERS!

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  135. cutest idea for the super claire...totally going to have to copy that one for my little lovebug

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  136. Really cute layouts!! I love how you made the Cowlick title. Very cool.

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  137. Great layouts! Love Super Claire!

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  138. these LOs are adorable, and so is Claire! can't wait to get my hands on SCs new releases!

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  139. Great LO's! Love the layered look!

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  140. Loving your layouts with that sweet baby. :)

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  141. Oh how i LOVE that "cowlick" picture. I actually told my boys that the reason they have cowlicks are because they got too close to our fence when they were little and a cow licked them. And that Ella doesn't have one because we don't raise cattle anymore. :0) Ha!
    Can't wait to get my hands on some new SC goodness!

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  142. Fabulous pages! Love her cow lick too, how perfect! My oldest has a huge one right in the front of his hair line, his hair will never sit straight or down... lol

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  143. cowlicks are the bane of my existence :) thats such a precious pic of claire on a super claire fantastic lo.

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  144. Love those tiny cows in the cowlick layout! And the Super Claire layout is so fun & cool! I love how you journaled on the different papers!

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  145. oh, i cant waite to see the whole claire page!!! and I cant wait to get ahold of the new sc lines!!

    karin A

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  146. fabulous layouts :) thanks for the giveaway!!

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  147. REally beautiful pages! Thanks for the chance to win so goodies.

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  148. Beautiful! I am so excited about these new releases, thanks for the chance to win.

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  149. love the cowlick title and those little cows all over--cute!

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  150. Love your layouts My son has a cowlick just like Claire's. I might have to lift the idea.

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  151. Awesome layouts! My fave is Super Claire - using the pp in a starburst pattern is so clever :)

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  152. Super cute!! Love these LOs..TFS!!!

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  153. I love your Super Claire LO - any chance we can see all of it? :) Would love to see all the details.

    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  154. Super cute layout of Claire! Thanks for the chance!

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  155. Aww that journaling is the sweetest! TFS :-)

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  156. SUPER cute!! I'm loving the new products! Thanks for the chance to win :)

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  157. That Super Claire layout is adorable!

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  158. Cute! You all really rock the new releases!

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  159. Love your inspiration! Thanks for the chance to win

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  160. I love your pages and the new label stickers!

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  161. Eeek! :) Lovely pages!! My fingers are crossed!

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  162. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE Cowlick!!! So adorable... and all of my boys have one too!!!

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  163. Love the new labels - so many ways to use them!

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  164. Adorable layouts! I love the look on baby Claire's face!

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  165. Love your layouts and these new labels -- so cute!! :)

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  166. Love the super claire layout, so cute! I'm loving these new collections.

    Ashley B
    abenne27@comcast.net

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  167. great layouts, thanks for the chance to win

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  168. What a unique journaling design! Love it!

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  169. Love the layouts!! I love the labels too!!!

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  170. Love the labels. Thanks for the opportunity to win.

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  171. i {heart} the COWLICK!!!

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  172. omg how cute is super claire, love bothe the LO's the colours are fab :)

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  173. Can't wait to see what the design team does with all the new goodness!

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  174. super LOs - love the way you've done the cowlick title!

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  175. Great layout the second one was gorgeous ! Hope I win !

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  176. Love the Super Claire layout! Also, love the cow paper!

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  177. I love that "Super Claire" layout...not that anything that had that adorable baby on it wouldn't be well...adorable! :-)

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