Jess 2015

I loved the gorgeous citrus colours in D-lish Scraps' February Fresh Cut inspiration board, and this is what I created:

Materials

Bo Bunny Country Garden - Charm patterned paper
Kaisercolour Lime acrylic paint
Kaisercolour Mango acrylic paint
Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe - Fabrics patterned paper
Celebrate polka dot grosgrain ribbon
Lime Tree Creations yellow crocheted trim
Lime Tree Creations yellow crocheted motif
Crochet by Robyn orange flower Painted wooden flower buttons

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Grill'd

These layouts were inspired by a few different February challenges...

This one is based on the sketch at Anna's Craft Cupboard:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned papers
Washi tapes x3
Buttons
Paper clips
Cutlery wrapper from Grill'd

I'm also sharing it at:
* Colorful Creations ~ Get Inspired.  I took inspiration from the word LAYERS and used lots of layers on my page.

   

 * Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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This one is based on a Sketch 303 at Creative Scrappers:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned papers
My Mind's Eye Find Your Wings & Fly ~ Pick a Card patterned paper
My Mind's Eye Boy Crazy - Seeing Stars patterned paper
Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe - Fabrics patterned paper
Pink Paislee Indigo Bleu - Burlap patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla Flying High cork stars
ProvoCraft Alphabiggies - Girls are Weird letter stickers

The sketch was perfect for using up a mix of different patterned paper offcuts.

I'm submitting this layout at:
* Paper Girls ~ Stars and Stripes. I've used stars, stripes, florals, chevrons, checks... I love mixing patterns!

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Some random places...

I love bouncing around between photos and memories when I'm creating, and this weekend I've been scrapping a few different vacations and day trips...

This one is from our most recent trip to Sydney:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Basic Grey Serenade - Shilling patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Material Girl - Tailor Made patterned paper
My Mind's Eye Find Your Wings & Fly ~ Pick a Card patterned paper
Cocoa Vanilla Flying High - Wood Veneer banners
Baker's twine
Memory Box Alphabet Soup cutting dies
Sequins
Crocheted lace trim

I took inspiration from the Shop and Crop Tic Tac Toe challenge ~ top row ~ PATTERNED PAPER, SEQUINS, WOOD VENEER:

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This page is for the 2015 October day-tripping album:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Social Club - Swingin' patterned paper
Bazzill Basics Limeade cardstock
WorldWin Colormates Smooth & Silky - Spring Green cardstock
Painted wooden butterfly buttons
DMC embroidery thread
Alphabet cutting dies (unknown brand)

My page was inspired by the Escape to Nature challenge at Soul Scrappers, where the current theme is WATERFALLS.  ** I just noticed I didn't finish writing the quote attribution - it should read K.Gibran **

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Girraween Today

The February challenge at Another Freaking Scrappy Challenge inspired me to create another double page for my Girraween mini album:

Materials

Basic Grey Marrakech - Blue Nights patterned paper
Red zigzag washi tape
Simple Stories Life Documented- Bits & Pieces die cuts
Baker's twine

I'm also sharing this at:
* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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And since I was working on the mini album, I added another double page too:

Materials

My Mind's Eye Cut & Paste - Adorbs - Hello - Greet patterned paper
Glitter washi tape
Dandelion cutting dies

I'm sharing this one at:
* Addicted to CAS ~ Wood.  I chose a woodgrain patterned paper.
* Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

On this page, I added a lovely sentiment which I  found on the internet: The earth has music for those who listen - attributed to Shakespeare.

26/02/2016 Edit to add: I didn't recognise the quote so I decided to find out which piece of work it is from... and subsequently discovered that it is widely MIS-attributed to Shakespeare.  And also mis-attributed to Santayana.  One intrepid researcher has posted THIS INFORMATION which indicates it is a (misquoted) line from a poem by a self-published amateur poet.  Quoted/misquoted, attributed/ mis-attributed... either way, I still think it's a lovely sentiment!

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Stockman's Hall of Fame

It's been a while since I worked on my Outback Queensland album, so it felt good to scrap another layout about that amazing holiday.   Super simple, but very satisfying!

Materials

Cosmo Cricket Material Girl - Tailor Made patterned paper
Bazzill Basics Fourz - Grenadine cardstock
Button
Baker's twine
MFT Die-namics - Little Letters alphabet dies
MFT Die-namics - Little Lowercase Letters alphabet dies
Date stamp

I'm sharing this one at:
* Challenge YOUrself ~ Feature red and some stamping.
Lots of red.  I stamped out the date several times... a bit smudged in parts :(



* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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A tag...

I don't make tags very often, but I really loved this one at Tag You're It:

And so, I wanted to give it a try.  This is what I came up with:

Materials

Kraft cardstock
May Arts 3/8"Solid Checkered - Black gingham ribbon
Urban Lily Celebration chipboard circle
White paper clip
Baker's twine

I'm also sharing my tag at:

* Paper Players ~ CAS challenge ~ Use a sentiment as your focal point.  I've had this chipboard in my stash for a long time; it's the last one from a pack.  I've finally found just the right project for it!
* Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes.  A beautiful, uplifting sentiment, for all occasions.
* More Than Words ~ February Mini Challenge ~ LOVE

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Happy Birthday

I made another birthday card... this one featuring balloons, for the Soul Scrappers Birthday Bash card challenge:

Materials

Echo Park Victoria Gardens - Wild Rose/Bluebird patterned paper
Echo Park A Walk in the Park - Elements sticker
Memory Box Stitched Happy Birthday Circle Frame cutting die (circle removed)
Striped grosgrain ribbon (unknown brand)

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Stuck?! twice

This layout was inspired by the February 1st sketch at Stuck?! Sketches:

Materials

Webster's Pages Hello World - Little Moments patterned paper
Bo Bunny Lil Monster - Tough Guy patterned paper
Simple Stories Daily Grind - Journalling Cards Elements card
Basic Grey Sublime - Raspberry patterned paper
Vintage book paper
Polka dot washi tape
Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden - Entrance patterned paper
Alphabet cutting dies (unknown brand)

I substituted a camera for the large star element, and used a single photograph instead of three.

I'm sharing this layout at Simon Says Monday for the Use Your Favourite Tool theme... once again using my guillotine to cut the patterned paper pieces, and my scissors to fussy cut the camera.  Also used my sewing machine for this one... I also LOVE adding stitching to my layouts.

I'd also like to share at Word Art Wednesday, for the Anything Goes theme.

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This layout was inspired by the February 15th sketch at Stuck?! Sketches:

Materials

Prima product packaging
Crate Paper Crush - Bands Tags & Frames die cut shape
Creative Imaginations Winter Garden - Winter Vine patterned paper
May Arts 1.5" Parrot Green net ribbon
Anerican Crafts Monograms - Sarah Script White alphabet stickers
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Yellow Wood patterned paper
Baker's twine

I'm sharing this layout at SanDee & amelie's Steampunk Challenge.  I hope it's okay ~ the layout is very clean and simple, but the theme is about a steampunk find by my Doctor Who-obsessed daughter.  I raided my "green scraps" ziplock bag for this layout, and I was pretty stoked to use up lots of different "forgotten stash" bits and pieces... stash-busting SCORE!

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Sunday scrapping (1)

Clearing up some packets of photos and some offcuts from my scrap desk... and very happy with how this page came together:

Materials

Webster's Pages Hello World - Little Moments patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Yellow Grid/Yellow Wood patterned paper
Crate Paper Toybox - Explore patterned paper
Basic Grey Lime Rickey - Howdy Doody patterned paper (bird motifs)
Studio Calico Classic Calico 2 - Tiny Stars wood veneers

This layout is based on the February sketch challenge at Scrap the Girls. It's my second take on this sketch {the first one is HERE} and this time I took a much more linear approach, with a photo montage.

The colours were inspired by the February mood board at Scrapbook Boutique:

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Next, a little more pocket page scrapping to catch up some 2012 photographs.  {Clickety-click for a closer look:}

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Insta-page inserts
Simple Stories Daily Grind - Journalling Elements card
Alphabet cutting dies (unknown brand)
Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden - Entrance patterned paper
Polka dot washi tape
Twinings foil packaging
Kaisercraft Vines cutting die
Basic Grey Lime Rickey - Howdy Doody patterned paper (fussy cut birds)
Cosmo Cricket Social Club - Swingin' patterned paper

I'm submitting this one at:
* Mystical Scrapbooks ~ One Little Word cyber crop.  My word is BIRDS.
* Simon Says Monday ~ My Favourite Tool.  My guillotine, to cut the photos to size for pocket scrapping.  And also my scissors, fussy cutting the bird motifs from patterned paper.
* Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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More pages for my Woodford album

This page was inspired by the February mood board at Scrapping Clearly:

Materials

Kraft cardstock
Collage Press Scrooge & Marley - December 24th patterned paper
Simple Stories Summer Vibes - Yellow Grid patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Earth Love - Borders patterned paper
Words or Whatever Love You Today Pack chipboard title
Vintage book paper
My Memories Heart - Small punch
Carl Mini Daisy punch
Kaisercraft Yellow Deep Gold rhinestones
Provo Craft Cuttlebug - Flowers cutting die
Pewter floral trim

I found this colour combo very tricky, but I"m pleased with how it turned out.

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This page is brought to you by the letter N, inspired by the Random Word challenge at Soul Scrappers:

Materials

Kraft cardstock
Collage Press Grayson Hall - Postmark patterned paper
Fiskars The Wedge alphabet stickers
Bronze leaf metal embellishments
Pewter floral trim

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Rise and shine...

Looking forward to some scrapping time this weekend... and the "One Little Word" cyber crop at Mystical Scrapbooks.

This layout is my take on the first challenge, with the theme of LIGHT.  For me, the most beautiful light in the world is the sunrise:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Pink Paislee C'est La Vie - Paper #10 patterned paper
Simple Stories Carpe Diem - Bits & Pieces die cut pieces

I'm also sharing my layout at:
* Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper ~ Patterned paper.  Pink Paislee is one of my favourites!
* Country View Challenges ~ Under 30 minutes.  This was a very quick layout to put together - one piece of patterned paper and a large format photo... pretty much letting the photo do all the work on this page!  I also love how quick and easy it is to embellish with die cut ephemera.
* Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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This page is based on the second cyber crop challenge with the theme of MOVE.  Train ride, anyone?

Materials

Kraft cardstock
Collage Press Scrooge & Marley - December 24th patterned paper
Maya Road Signature - Red ribbon
Metal star washers (from the hardware store)
Wood veneer heart
Black paperclip

I'm sharing this page at:
* Ribbon Girl ~ Anything Goes.  I've used Maya Road ribbon.
* The Paper Girls ~ With Heart.  I've used a wood veneer button heart.

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Revisiting Rockhampton

Another page for my Rockhampton album:

Materials

Want2Scrap Labels Eleven chipboard album (used as page template)
My Mind's Eye Dreamy - Daydream - Funky Flowers patterned paper
Pink Paislee Pop Fashion - Bell Bottoms patterned paper
Bo Bunny Vicki B - Buh-Bye patterned paper
Carl Mini Daisy punch
Portacraft hot pink paper flower
Green Tara 2.5cm Petals - Hot Pink paper flower
Kaisercraft Red pearls
Kaisercraft Vines die cut
Cherry Arte Floral chipboard negative
Washi tape

I'm entering my page at:
* Dies R Us ~ Think Spring.  I used lots of flowers on this page, with the leaf spray made with Kaisercraft Vines die.
* Clique Kits ~ Anything Goes
* Simon Says Wednesday ~ Fantastic Florals.  Floral patterned paper, paper flower embellishments, punched daisies, flower chipboard negative...

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Off to camp

This layout is based on the February sketch challenge at Rochelle's Scrappy Friends:

Materials

Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe - Fabrics patterned paper
Cherry Arte Alphabet 1 chipboard (negative)
Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day - Wondrous patterned paper
Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day - Superb patterned paper
Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day - This Way patterned paper
Green Tara 7cm Petals - Green paper flower
Flourish with a Bling Elise - Green flowers
Baker's twine
Technique Tuesday Hometown - Lowercase alphabet dies
Creative Embellishments Curly Heart chipboard
Therm O Web Deco Foil - Gold foil transfer

I'm also submitting at:
* Scrap Boutique ~ Back to School.  This layout is about the J-girl going to school camp (2012).
* Deep Ocean ~ Hearts.  I used a chipboard heart, which I embellished with Deco Foil, and some heart-motif patterned paper.

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This layout is based on the February sketch at Scrap the Girls:

Materials

Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe - Fabrics patterned paper
Crate Paper Toy Box - Explore patterned paper
Cherry Arte Alphabet 1 chipboard (negative)
Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day - Superb patterned paper
Fancy Pants What a Wonderful Day - This Way patterned paper
Bo Bunny Vicki B - Florilicious patterned paper
Simple Stories Life Documented - Bits & Pieces date tab
Technique Tuesday Hometown - Lowercase alphabet dies
Kaisercraft Enchanted Garden - Entrance patterned paper
Petaloo Flora Doodles - Crinkled Rose layered flower

I'm sharing my layout at Simon Says Monday for the Favourite Tool theme.  I love my GUILLOTINE - I've had it well over a decade and it's still going strong!  So fabulous for fast trimming of papers, cardstock and photographs.  It even cuts through chipboard easily, as it did for the alphabet negative sheet that I used on this layout.

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A grateful heart

There's a new PhiloSOULphy challenge happening at Soul Scrappers, and I used the quote inspiration to create another double page for my Girraween mini album:

Materials

Pink Paislee Cottage Farms - Wheelbarrow patterned paper
Glitter washi tape
Blue paper clip

The quote this month is:  Live each day with a grateful heart.

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Scrapping the boy...

I'm joining in at Scrap the Boys this month, where the theme is SOMETHING NEW:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Stencil Girl Square Dancing stencil
Imagine Crafts Creative Medium - Metallic Silver texture paste
Heidi Swapp Rhyme Upper - Ghost Alphabets acrylic letters
Kaisercolour Red acrylic paint
Star washers (from the hardware store)

Not a lot of product on this page, but I'm happy with how the stencilling turned out, and very happy with my stash-busting efforts too.  I'd totally forgotten about my ghost alphas, and now they are on my desk to use up in upcoming projects.

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This one is based on the February sketch challenge at Scrapping Clearly:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Cosmo Cricket Social Club - Swingin' patterned paper
Creative Imaginations Mistletoe - Mistletoe Song patterned paper
Prima Essentials cream paper flowers
Green paper flowers, unknown brand
My Memories Medium Heart punch
Dymo tape
Painted wooden flower buttons
Buttons from my habby stash

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More weekend cybercropping

I've done a bit of everything this weekend!

A quick look at my blog will tell anyone that I don't 'do' OTP projects.  So... one of the challenges at The Scrap Suite cyber crop has taken me out of my comfort zone this time.  The criteria was to create an off-the-page project featuring flowers.  This is what I came up with:

Materials

Becky Higgins Project Life - Jade Edition patterned paper
Vintage book paper
LuminArte Twinkling H2Os - Caribbean Mist watercolour paint
LuminArte Twinkling H2Os - Summer Breeze watercolour paint
Washi tape x2
Buttons from my habby stash

Here's a closer shot of the front panel

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Back to the pile of 2012 photos... and another pocket page... click to enlarge:

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p! Insta-page inserts
Simple Stories Life Documented - Bits & Pieces die cut number
My Mind's Eye Collectable - Remarkable decorative tape
Bazzill Basics Fourz - Blue Oasis cardstock

This one was inspired by another cyber crop challenge at The Scrap Suite to "Create a project that features a grid style design." Nothing says "grid style" like a pocket page...

And last, a traditional layout... super simple, using up some more scraps. This one is also for the cyber crop, creating a project that features black and white:

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Basic Grey Serenade - Shillings patterned paper
Vintage book paper
Technique Tuesday Hometown - Lowercase alphabet dies
May Arts 3/8"Solid Checkered - Black gingham ribbon
Green Tara Apple Blossom - Black flower

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Point Cartwright

It's taken me a while to embrace pocket scrapping, but I'm getting there... every now and then I get a little burst of energy and do a few more pages.  I don't find it as relaxing as traditional scrapping because I need to plan ahead and print the right combination of photographs in the right size and orientation to match the inserts. For me, that removes some of the spontaneity and fun.  But, once I've got that part out of the way I do enjoy choosing the bits and pieces to embellish the pages.

This is a page that I made today:

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p Insta-page insert
Simple Stories Sn@p Studio - Everyday filler card
Blue lace trim
Washi tape

I added the digital title to my photograph before printing, using Kimberly Geswein's gorgeous You Are Loved font.

I'm sharing this page at:

* Really Reasonable Ribbon ~ Hearts theme
I love the heart-themed map marker card, and I customised it with some scalloped trim:

* Clique Kits ~ Anything Goes
* The Paper Girls ~ With Heart
* Simon Says Monday ~ Young at Heart

Did I mention how much I love the heart-themed map marker?

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This is the next page in the album, a double page spread.  Click to enlarge:

Materials

Simple Stories Sn@p Insta-page inserts
Simple Stories Sn@p Studio - Everyday filler card
Creative Embellishments Lighthouse chipboard
Crate Paper Toybox - Alpha Labels letter stickers
Micador Collected & Co - Text Type Black letter stickers
Washi tape

I'm submitting this layout to the D-lish Scraps/Scrap Suite cyber crop for the LYRICS challenge. I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside - I thought this tune was from the 1930's or 1940's, but a little research told me it was written in 1907!

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Cyber cropping

Another layout from our visit to Coalcliff, this one inspired by the colour challenge at The Scrap Suite cyber crop:

Materials

Cocoa Vanilla Sugar & Spice - Perfect Posies patterned paper
Cosmo Cricket Social Club - Swingin' patterned paper
Flourish with a Bling Jasmine - Gold laser flourish
Arctic Frog Alphabet Avenue - Garden Alpha letter stickers
Webster's Pages Make a Wish alphabet stickers

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A flashback to 2012... {And I suspect these are the last photos from our day at GOMA.. yay for the photo-busting!}

Materials

Bazzill Basics Smoothies - Blackberry Swirl cardstock
Bazzill Basics Fourz - Grenadine cardstock
Kaisercraft Quarters stencil
Imagine Crafts Creative Medium - Metallic Silver texture paste
Alphabet stencil from my stationery supplies

The challenge criterion: Use three or more stencils.  I used a patterned stencil for my background, and an alphabet stencil (which I then fussy-cut) for my title.   It looks pretty cool and 'industrial' in real life; this photograph just doesn't do it justice!

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Woodford, again

I added another page to my Woodford mini album ~ making some steady progress!

Materials

Kraft cardstock
Collage Press Scrooge & Marley - December 24th patterned paper
Vintage book page
Baker's twine
Metal star washers (from the hardware store)
Fabric tag - RAK from Yvonne Yam @ LESSology

I'm sharing my page at:

* SanDee & Amelie's Steampunk Challenge ~ New Stash / Forgotten Stash
This is the first time I've joined in this challenge; I don't really do very much that fits into the steampunk genre.  I hope that this project fits the category - a vintage steam train ride and some metal cogs from the hardware store.  A short time ago I was sent a package of goodies which included the awesome fabric tag that I used on this page.  It's something new for me that I haven't used before.

* Creative Artiste ~ Mixed Media 
A very clean mixed media page, with papers, metal, and fabric

* Clique Kits ~ Anything Goes

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Coalcliff Rock Pools (1)

I love creating monochromatic layouts, so I wanted to try the current challenge at 7 Dots Studio:

This is my layout, using aqua/teal tones:

Materials

7 Dots Studio 9th Wave - Sea Foam patterned paper
7 Dots Studio 9th Wave - Deep Water patterned paper
Prima Lady Bird flowers
Buttons from my habby stash
Vintage book paper
LuminArte Twinkling H2Os - Caribbean Mist watercolour paint
LuminArte Twinkling H2Os - Summer Breeze watercolour paint
Stencil Girl Striped Circles 6x6 stencil
Fiskars 1.5" Circle punch

I used the January sketch from My Creative Sketches and I'm entering my layout in the following challenges:

* Stamplorations ~ Mixed Media

I used a Stencil Girl stencil, molding paste, and Twinkling H2Os:



* Scrap Boutique ~ Summer mood board:

12/03/2016 Edit to add:  My layout was selected as a TOP PICK at Stamplorations!

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