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11th Anniversary Day 6: February Release Day 1 + Egg Hunt Challenge

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We’re so glad you’re here to join us as we kick off the new product introductions for this month! We’re looking forward to Easter and Spring with projects bursting with blooming, pastel goodness. You’ll also get your first look at the debut set from Jennifer Campbell, our newest product designer, and you’re going to be head over heels!

Penned Elegance is a stylish set of modern, hand-lettered calligraphy sentiments. There are a wide variety of sentiments for so many occasions and moments in life. Hand lettering allows you to add that special, personal touch to all of your cards.

Available for purchase February 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.

 


Bold Borders: Blooming is the first in a monthly series of dies. This stylish, wide frame features a delicate floral pattern that pairs beautifully with the sentiments you already have in your collection. Included with this frame is a large-scale “hello” sentiment die that you can use with the Bold Borders: Blooming frame or on its own. You’ll love how easy is it to create gorgeous in a snap with this elegant die cut frame and a simple stamped sentiment.

Available for purchase February 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.

 

A sweet set for Easter that features a bunny, a butterfly, flowers, and egg designs. You are going to love the outline and solid image options and how they will bring your cards, tags, and other projects to life for the spring season. Use the Bunny Blessings dies to cut out the images in the Bunny Blessing stamp set. The egg and flower dies match the stamp set images exactly so that the detail stamps in the set work perfectly with the die cuts.

Available for purchase February 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.

 

A bit more is just that! This set has just a bit more to compliment the Bunny Blessings set. It includes sentiments in a larger size and smaller versions of the bunny and easter egg shapes.

Available for purchase February 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.

 

This big egg shape is going to be a great addition to your paper crafting supplies for Easter and spring projects. The size is perfect for a card front or a larger size tag perfect for decorating basket and gifts.

Available for purchase February 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.

 

Easter is on it’s way and it’s time to decorate eggs! This coordinates with the Big Egg die to make adding stripes, zig zags, and dots a breeze.

Available for purchase February 15th. CLICK HERE for further product details.

 

Now that we’ve made all of the formal introductions, let’s get onto the projects!

 

Lizzie-Jones

Lizzie Jones is featuring Penned Elegance + Bold Borders: Blooming

Lizzie paired watercolor and ink blending on this colorful project. The ink splatters in the background add texture and interest without competing with the flowers and vines in the Bold Borders die.
Supplies:
  • STAMPS: Penned Elegance
  • INK: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Smokey Shadow
  • PAPER: Raspberry Fizz, Ranger Watercolor Cardstock, White
  • DIES: Bold Borders: Blooming, Double Ups: Rectangles
  • OTHER: Scotch Foam Tape, Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens, Multi Matte Medium
Using the Bold Borders die as an impression plate gives it a much more delicate, understated appearance. The vellum die cut Lizzie used gives her project an even airier feel. Using pale blending on the lower layer gives it subtle definition that sets it apart without distracting from the beautifully hand-drawn sentiment.
Supplies:
  • STAMPS: Penned Elegance
  • INK: Spring Rain, Stormy Sea
  • PAPER: Stormy Sea, Stamper’s Select Vellum, White
  • DIES: Penned ElegancE, Bold Borders: Blooming, Friendship Jar Flowers
  • OTHER: Scotch Foam Tape, Martha Stewart Crystal Glitter, Embossing Pad Kit

 

Nesting sections of the Bold Borders die like Lizzie has on this card creates such a fun, unique layout! She used glitter in the negative spaces to give her card front plenty of sparkle and shine.
Supplies:
  • STAMPS: Penned Elegance
  • INK: Smokey Shadow
  • PAPER: Berry Sorbet, Pale Peony, Sweet Blush, Lavender Moon, White Adhesive Sheets, White
  • DIES: Bold Borders: Blooming, Noted: Scalloped Square, Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical
  • OTHER: Scotch Foam Tape, Martha Stewart Crystal Glitter, Embossing Pad Kit

 

Laurie-Schmidlin

Laurie Schmidlin is featuring Bunny Blessings + Big Egg + Egg Stripes

Laurie’s charming monogrammed Easter tags are almost too cute for words! The embossed white stripes are a wonderful contrast against the colorful eggs. And the bunnies are absolute perfection with their shading and pom-pom tails.
Supplies:
  • STAMPS: Bunny Blessings, Egg Stripes, Botanical Letters
  • INK: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal Harvest Gold, Lemon Tart, Honey Nut, Lilac Grace, Amethyst Allure, Smokey Shadow, Versamark
  • PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Sweet Blush, Green Parakeet, Hawaiian Shores, Lilac Grace, Harvest Gold
  • DIES: Bunny Blessings, Big Egg, Botanical Letters, Fun Frames
  • OTHER: White detail embossing powder, White poms, Sequins, Sweet Blush Grosgrain, Spring Moss Satin Ribbon, Hawaiian Shores Satin Ribbon, Plum Pudding Satin Ribbon, Harvest Gold Grosgrain

 

Laurie cleverly used the Big Egg Die to create the focal point mat for her bunny. She added so much wonderful, spring color with her clusters of flowers and the pom-pom trim is a fabulous way to repeat the texture of the bunny’s tail. Her use of dimension and depth makes this card something truly special.
Supplies:
  • STAMPS: Bunny Blessings, Big Egg Stripes
  • INK: Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Honey Nut, Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Lilac Grace, Amethyst Allure, Pale Peony, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, True Black, Soft Stone, Versamark
  • PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Vellum Cardstock, Bitty Big: Lilac Grace
  • DIES: Bunny Blessings, Big Egg, Tag Sale: Quilted, Mix & Mat: Confetti
  • OTHER: White detail embossing powder, White pom, Trim, String, Harvest Gold Satin Ribbon, Rhinestones

 

Everyone loves an interactive card and Laurie’s pocket tag card is sure to delight! A simple tug of the tag reveals the bunny’s hidden stash of decorated eggs. Her stitched layer also adds the perfect carefree finishing touch to her background, don’t you think?
Supplies:
  • STAMPS: Bunny Blessings, A Bit More: Bunny Blessings
  • INK: Spring Moss, New Leaf, Ocean Tides, Blueberry Sky, Stormy Sea, Tropical Teal, Fresh Snow, True Black, Versamark
  • PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Patterned Vellum, Kraft, Bitty Big: Spring Moss
  • DIES: Bunny Blessings, Gift Card Cozy, Noted: A2 Scalloped
  • OTHER: Rustic Button Twine, Spring Moss Stitched Ribbon, Baker’s Twine, Spring Rain Buttons

I hope you have enjoyed all the creations that we have shared with you today! Doesn’t today’s post put you in the mood for warmer weather, spring flowers, and dying Easter eggs? We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced! Please leave a comment on this post to tell us what you think of the new products and you will be eligible to win big!

 

And now for even MORE inspiration from the rest of the team! 

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

To see more from Heather Nichols, CLICK HERE.

To see more from Keeway Tsao, CLICK HERE.

To see more from Melissa Phillips, CLICK HERE.

To see more from Stephanie Gold, CLICK HERE.

 

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

To see more from Heather Nichols, CLICK HERE.

To see more from Melissa Phillips, CLICK HERE.

To see more from Michelle Leone, CLICK HERE.

To see more from Stephanie Gold, CLICK HERE.

 

Egg Hunt Challenge

In honor of Papertrey Ink’s new spring products, we are hosting an Egg Hunt and you are all invited!  Your challenge is to visit each of team member’s blogs who are sharing projects today and locate the main Egg Hunt photo at the top of their blog posts.  Search each of the eight photos for a small image of an egg that looks like this:

DO NOT count eggs that are part of the project or stamped (solid and in color).  Only the white egg images will be included in the final count.  Be forewarned that some photos may not have any eggs hidden within them and others may feature as many as four! Once completed, calculate your final grand total and add your official entry to the comments section of this post!

If you are joining along, here are the details for this Egg Hunt Challenge:

  • Each of the Design Team members posting project today will have an “official egg hunt” photo on their personal blog posts with anywhere from 0-4 eggs hidden in it. Go to each of the posts and count up the number of eggs that you can find hidden in the photos.
  • Enter your guess for the total number of eggs hidden in the projects of the design team members posting projects today in the comments section.
  • You will have until 6am ET, Thursday, February 15th to add your comment to be eligible for the contest.
  • Two randomly selected winners will be chosen from ALL OF THE CORRECT ENTRIES on Friday, February 15th. Tune into our Release Party Live broadcast on our Papertrey Ink Facebook page where the winner from this challenge will be announced! Winners will then be posted on our February 2018 Winners Page. Two randomly selected winners will get a $100 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!

EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS:

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  8. My count was 16 eggs! Some of them were very well hidden, too 🙂 Beautiful Spring inspiration from all the design team. Love the variety of stripe decorations for the Big Egg!

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  9. My eyes are a little cross-eyed as I need to get them checked but it was fun. Hope I found them all – 9 !!

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  10. I also found 16 eggs! Beautiful projects by everyone. Love
    Spring and all the glorious color it brings to the cards.

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  11. I have old cataract -developing eyes, but believe I spied 16. Beautiful cards & tags for the Easter season. You gals know how to tempt!

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  35. I found 16 eggs. The projects today are just fantastic! Can’t wait to get my hands on Penned Elegance! Loads of Easter additions to stock up on too! So much fun!

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  40. Love the Easter egg hunt!! I found a total of 16 eggs! All of today’s inspiration is spectacular!!
    Betsy – 4
    Heather – 3
    Keeway – 0
    Laurie – 3
    Lizzie – 2
    Melissa – 1
    Michelle – 1
    Stephanie – 2

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  41. I found 16 eggs! That was a fun egg hunt! Such fantastic inspiration from the team! Loving the egg die and the penned elegance set!!

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  50. Oh my…it took a while to find Heather’s third one hidden on the doily, but I found 16! Very fun, Girls! Thanks!

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  57. I think I found them all…I counted 16 total. Lizzie – 2, Laurie – 3, Betsy – 4, Heather – 3, Keeway – 0, Melissa – 1, Stephanie – 2, and Michelle – 1. Beautiful, beautiful projects from every one today!! :0)

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  62. What a fun treat this morning!
    I found 16 eggs in all. I had to check twice to make sure I didn’t miss any (which I did the first time!)
    Thanks for the contest and prize!

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  63. Haven’t hunted Easter eggs since my children were little. What a lovely way to bring back sweet memories. Hopefully, I’ve found them all…16! Thanks for doing this 🙂

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  83. Love the egg hunt! I found 16 altogether. What a FABULOUS day one of PTI’s February release! Love everything and I just loved all the designers cards/projects. Such great inspiration.

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  85. I found 16 eggs. Thanks for the chance to win! Love all of the new products introduced today! The design team’s projects are nothing short of amazing! Great job!

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  86. I love the Easter Egg hunt and was really hoping you would have one this year! Yay! I just really enjoyed myself looking at all of the lovely talent and hunting, hunting! I found 16 eggs. You were very clever with your hiding; well done!

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  90. I see 16 eggs 🙂 LOOOVING the big egg die and egg stripes and bunny blessings is just too-cute-for-words! Thanks PTI for another amazing chance to win!!

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  93. I counted a total of 16 eggs! Had to double check myself as some were hard to see. Beautiful projects. Just love the little bunnies.

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  95. I found 16 eggs and apparently that the right number according to all of the other commenters! Happy Anniversary to all!

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  110. I knew it, such a sneaky design team!! 🙂
    I found 16 hidden eggs and had a ball. Very fun!!
    The new big egg die, Egg Stripe stamp set and Bunny Blessings really caught my eye!
    Delightful projects!!

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  113. What fun…drinking my coffee and going on an Egg hunt.. Thank you
    16 is my number…

    Love the bunnies and cut out eggs…

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  121. I found 16 eggs!! Made a list and checked it twice!
    Such a Wonderful start to this release!! I love all the spring stamps, dies and colors. So Happy and Fun!!

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  128. Easter egg hunts are so much fun for grown-ups. 16 eggs in total. I am just loving this release. The team did such an excellent job of showcasing so many different ideas. Exciting!!!!

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  132. I love all of the Springy and Eastery goodness! The design team did an excellent job of making us ready for Spring!
    I counted 16 eggs in the egg hunt.

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  135. Oh you ladies are so sneaky! I found 16 eggs (hidden very well!) among all those gorgeous projects!
    Lizzie -2
    Laurie- 3
    Betsy – 4
    Heather – 3
    Keeway – 0
    Melissa – 1
    Stephanie – 2
    Michelle – 1
    For a total of 16

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  138. I love all of the Easter designs. They are so colorful and cheerful. My favorite colors are the pastels. Such a fun time of the year for card makers.

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  144. I also found 16 eggs – some took several perusals to finally spot!! What wonderful projects today! I usually make very few Easter projects, but this year I think that will change. Betsey’s egg shaker card and all of the team’s Egg tags and other projects are simply delightful!

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  153. I found 16 white eggs. Thank you for the blog tour of beautiful cards. Am making my list and checking it twice for February 15.

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  155. 16 eggs is my count. Great Spring inspiration! Welcome Jennifer…your word set is beautiful. Looking forward to each new day.

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  163. Not sure what I loved more-the wonderful spring projects or the hunt. I found sixteen eggs in all and had a great time getting inspired for Spring.

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  166. There are 16 cleverly hidden eggs on all of these beautiful cards:
    Lizzie had 2, Laurie – 3, Betsy -4, Heather – 3, Keeway -0, Melissa -1, Stephanie -2 and Michelle -1

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  173. I found 16 hidden eggs. Kudos to Stephanie for the cutest hiding place!
    I’m loving Penned Elegance. It’s going to be a classic and a must-have.

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  175. So excited for all these lovely spring releases! Gorgeous inspiration from everyone! And how wonderful to welcome Jennifer as a new product designer too! Love these pretty sentiments my dear! I had fun straining my eyes looking for eggs too! I couldn’t find any on Keeway’s photo but I think there are 16 total.

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  180. Love this challenge every year! I found 16 eggs (Lizzy: 2, Laurie: 3, Betsy: 4, Heather: 3, Keeway: 0, Melissa: 1, Stephanie: 2, Michelle: 1). Thank you, Papertrey.

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  181. I found 16 very difficult to locate eggs. However, each new project brought the color and hope of Spring so it was totally worth it.

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  183. I found 16 “hidden” eggs among all the gorgeous creations! Thanks for this fun contest and the chance to win a Papertrey Ink gift certificate. I am looking forward to more great projects featuring the new release!

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  187. 16 eggs. What a great distraction at the volleyball tournament! I’d much rather be checking out the fun eye candy than the games LOL!!!

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  188. You gals are sneaky, but I did manage to find 16 before even looking at the posted comments. This would have spoiled the fun for me if I had seen other answers in advance. Maybe next time have a form to fill in like the sneak peek contest. Just my two cents!

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  190. I found 16 eggs. Are the egg graphics larger this year? If so, in several cases it made them blend into the background more, and harder to see! Thanks for all the lovely inspiration, and for the chance to win great prizes this week!

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  191. I tried and tried to find 16 eggs, as lots of people above said they found that many. But as much as I tried, I only found 15. Penned Elegance looks amazing!!! And all these springy colors make me long for spring weather!! Can’t wait for the rest of this release!

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  192. It took some extra look-see but I finally found 16 egg images. Great inspiration for the first day, looking forward to the release.

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  203. 16 eggs total. Looking forward to the set that has the lily of the valley in it – noticed there was a sneak peak to it in a project today. Fun egg hunt…thanks!

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  205. I think I found 16 eggs in all the teams photos today. Fun contest and thanks for the opportunity to win. Bunny Blessings is a sweet little spring/Easter set.

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  210. Sixteen (16) eggs were spotted hiding around some delightful projects. The large egg die is my surprise “I didn’t expect to like it as much as I do” product today; though, it might be the Egg Stripes that bring it to a special place more than the actual die. Fabulous start to your twelfth year in business.

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  217. Now that’s my kind of Easter egg hunt! The projects are so beautiful and creative. I love the new products and I’m enjoying the anniversary festivities very much.

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  240. I found 16 eggs. Beautiful projects from everyone! (Lizzie – 2, Laurie – 3, Betsy – 4, Heather – 3, Melissa – 1, Stephanie – 2, and Michelle – 1 and Keeway – 0 = 16)

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  241. I found 16, too. If the next 4 days are as wonderful as this first day I may need to take out a second mortgage! Easter items are wonderful!

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  249. The Easter Egg hunt was so much fun! Some of the eggs were cleverly hidden. I found 16 eggs. I also enjoyed seeing all of the beautiful Easter cards.

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  262. Whew! My eyes are crossed! Lol! I ended up with 16 eggs. I hope that’s correct because my eyes can’t see well enough to count again.

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  264. I always look forward to the egg hunt, and of course, the great inspirational projects! First go around I only found 14 but after reviewing the images again I found 2 more. So my total is 16. Great job everyone.

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  270. I’m going with 16 eggs. I almost missed one of them!!! 🙂 I love what you’ve shown us so far and can’t wait to see more.

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  277. My daughter and I counted 16! Good thing she helped because I missed a few she spotted! Thanks for a fun challenge!

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  279. I love doing this every year – you guys made it harder this year!!! I hope I am right when I say I counted 16 eggs. My eyes are buggy!

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  289. This was a team effort that required young and old eyes. We counted 16 eggs across the blog posts. This was a fun exercise.

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  293. Love the Big Egg die and stripes. I found 16 eggs and enjoyed looking at all of the card samples. My favorite was Laurie’s white embossed card. Thanks!

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  298. Fabulous new products! Your design team really showed off today!! Love the Bold Borders! I found 16 hidden eggs!

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  305. Had to count twice to finally see 16. Laurie knocked it out of the park with her Bunny Blessing card and her Big Egg striped monogram tags !!! So excited to see the rest of the anniversary release !!!

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  328. I almost missed one on Heather’s. I decided to scan them back and forth, as if reading line by line. Anyways, I hope I found them all, I got 16.

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  329. Some of my fondest memories is Easter hunts as a kid. And as an adult it was so fun to do one again! Loved it. I got 16.

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  346. Such gorgeous and fun projects! I love the annual egg hunt… I found 16 eggs in total (almost missed one but found it on the re-check). ^_^

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  347. Lizzie – 2: Laurie – 3: Betsy – 4: Heather – 3: Keeway – 0: Melissa -1: Stephanie -2: Michelle -1. All beautiful cards with some very well hidden eggs! I found sixteen in total. Thank you for a fun blog hop and the chance to win!

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  350. After first counting several times on my i-pad I gave up and turned to the desk top computer screen. It was great help
    for the eyes! So 16 it is.

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  361. I believe there are 16 total hidden white egg images. I enjoyed searching for them, but my eyes aren’t what they used to be, so I hope I didn’t miss any while I was admiring the beautiful cards. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  378. Beautiful designs-as always and a fun challenge to go along with them. I counted 16 (some very well hidden) eggs! 🙂

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  379. That was fun, but tricky. I had to go through it several times, but I found 16 white eggs in total in this order:
    2-Lizzy
    3-Laurie
    Then the team projects in order:
    4
    3
    0
    1
    2
    1
    Just lovely cards and tags. Full of color and inspiration! Happy Anniversary!

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  383. Ok, so I found 20 eggs but 4 of them were on the smaller picture of Betsy’s card introducing her blog.
    Do I include these four or not?

    I’m going with 16 saying the smaller photo isn’t the official blog photo.

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  390. It’s silly fun but I look forward to this “hunt” each year! Thank you for reminding me of the importance of visiting designers’ blogs to get more detail and information on their projects.
    Such inspiration!
    I found 16 eggs:)

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  394. I had trouble last night trying to leave a comment for this challenge. I think there was a server problem.
    If you are accepting late entries then here is mine.
    16 eggs!

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  395. I guess 16. I enjoyed the challenge. Harder than you think. I kept going back to the same picture by mistake. I guess I should be asleep instead!

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  401. Love all the beautiful cards for Easter! The egg hunt is always so much fun – you really get a good look at each project while looking for the eggs, of which I found 16!

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  410. So Fun! I so look forward to this challenge every year. Heres the break down:
    Betsy 4
    Heather 3
    Keeway 0
    Melissa 1
    Stephannie 2
    Michelle 1
    Laurie 3
    Lizzie 2
    Grand Total 16!!!!
    PS. I just love these bunnies and eggs!!!

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  416. I found 16 eggs in total, LOVE this egg-hunting game! Always look forward to have it during the anniversary celebrations! Thank you for inspiration and fun!

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  420. I found 16 eggs 🙂 What a fun way to kick off this year’s anniversary release! Can’t wait to see what PTI has in store for the year.

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  426. Such fun projects today! I love Easter & can’t wait to try some of these awesome new goodies. I counted 16 eggs & sure hope that’s right!

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  428. I love the egg hunt Challenge! I found 16 very well hidden egg watermarks. (I have to say the ones on Stefanie Gold’s photo were quite tricky to spot). But oh, what a fun Challenge!

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  431. This is always a fun game! I counted 16 eggs total. And I totally know I was so wrong on the guess the designer game! Lol

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  452. Such soft, sweet colorful projects today!

    I found 16 eggs.
    Lizzie – 2
    Laurie – 3
    Keeway – 0
    Betsy – 4
    Heather – 3
    Melissa – 1
    Michelle – 1
    Stephanie – 2

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  453. Beautiful projects from the Design Team, as always! My favorites from today’s post: the Penned Elegance stamp and die set. I also love the egg-shaped tags by Laurie.

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