tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26340580719220750612024-03-14T07:59:12.405+00:00it's a girl thingColettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-35222778751594581842012-03-23T16:35:00.000+00:002012-03-23T16:35:41.828+00:00Good Afternoon Everyone,<br />
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I am posting this little Birthday Card made using a Digi Image from <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.blogspot/">Squiggle Stamps</a>, coloured with Promarkers and the sentiment is <a href="http://www.mollybloomsdesigns.co.uk/">Molly Bloom</a>. I am entering it into the 'Birthday Bash' challenge over on the <a href="http://www.squigglestamps.blogspot.co.uk/">Squiggles and Giggles </a>blog,<br />
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Have a lovely weekend,<br />
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Hope the weather is as beautiful where you are as it is here. I wanted to share a few cards made using <a href="http://echoparkpaper.com/collections/victoria-garden/">Echo Park, Victoria Gardens papers</a>. They are just so sunny and vibrant. I love that they also suit both Male and Female cards. The first card uses a <a href="http://www.craftworkcards.co.uk/products/2303/chipboard-mannequins.html">Craftwork Cards Chipboard mannequin</a>, I covered the mannequin with a pearlised paper, attached some pink tulle to make the skirt and added some gems from <a href="http://www.meiflower.co.uk/">Meiflower</a>. The second card uses a sentiment from a <a href="http://www.pinkpetticoat.co.uk/">pinkpetticoat</a> download and a flowers and ribbon from <a href="http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/">ribbongirl</a>. The 'pearls' around the edge were created using a white pearl pen from <a href="http://www.viva-decor.de/en/index.php">Viva Decor</a>.<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-2308205067726364432012-03-16T10:44:00.001+00:002012-03-16T10:44:36.303+00:00Mothers DayHello Peeps,<br />
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Just sharing a Mothers Day card using ribbon from <a href="http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/">Ribbon Girl</a> and downloads from the <a href="http://www.pinkpetticoat.co.uk/">Pink Petticoat</a> (Ribbon Stripes and Mini Divas).<br />
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Hope you are all well and enjoying Autumn as much as I am. I found these microslide holders on the <a href="http://www.imaginationcrafts.co.uk/shop/">'Imagination Crafts' </a> website and used some Halloween downloads from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/madebyjanet?ref=seller_info">'Made by Janet'</a>. I also used Inkadinadoo Halloween stamps and some MME 'Blackbird' paper. All papers used were off course distressed with Vintage Photo distress ink by <a href="http://www.timholtz.typepad.com/">Tim Holtz</a>. Apologies for the poor lighting. I am entering this into the <a href="http://studiol3.blogspot.com/2011/10/grungy-monday-22.html">Grungy Monday Challenge</a><br />
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My friend and I have decided to try to make a bit of crafting money this year by taking part in a local Christmas Craft Fair.<br />
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Here are a few samples of fabric baubles and cones and a few of the cards we are in the process of making. I also make little paper heart gift bags. The patterns from the baubles, cones and giftbags are from <a class="title" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tildas-Christmas-Ideas-Tone-Finnanger/dp/071533865X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1315075096&sr=1-3" jquery1315075093500="95"><strong><span style="color: #004b91;">Tilda's Christmas Ideas</span></strong></a> <span class="ptBrand">by Tone Finnanger. It is a gorgeous book and I want to make everything!</span><br />
The paper for the little gift bags is from <a href="http://www.pinkpetticoat.co.uk/index.php">http://www.pinkpetticoat.co.uk/index.php</a> and the pompom trims, lace and jingle bells are <a href="http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/">http://www.ribbongirl.co.uk/catalog/</a>, fabric is from Pelenna Patchworks.co.uk<br />
The Christmas trees are decopatched ( <span style="font-family: inherit;">The <span style="color: #ff0066;">Decopatch </span>Place ) and glittered.</span><br />
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I have made these flower brooch/hairclips for a fair I am going to on Saturday. I thought I would also enter them into this weeks Allsorts challenge 'Anything but a Card' <a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/</a>.<br />
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They have been made from scraps and super sticky contact tape (the red liner sheets) and the roses are from wired ribbon<br />
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Bye for now,<br />
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Colette x.<br />
Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-10016604922284558462011-08-12T08:57:00.000+01:002011-08-12T08:57:54.468+01:00Commenting on other peoples blogs, aaargh!!!Hi Everyone,<br />
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I don't know if anyone else is having problems signing into their google accounts when they are commenting on other peoples blogs? I have been so frustrated for the last week or 2 as I can't leave comments on everyones blog that I would like to. I want to say a particular apology to Lisa-Jane, I hope you are reading this! You leave so many lovely comments for me and I can't do the same for you. <br />
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I am not very techno savvy but it seems I can leave comments where there is a Name/Url option if I am asked to sign in to my google account I just keep encountering problems.<br />
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Anyone know anything about this let me know please,<br />
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Thanks <br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-1488846890841413982011-08-11T13:45:00.001+01:002011-08-11T13:51:04.578+01:00I've started early for a change!Hi Everyone,<br />
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The Reindeer is a grungeboard element which I inked, sanded, stamped, embossed and distressed. The stamp is a snowflake stamp but I am not sure which collection it's from. The gingham paper is from craftwork cards and the ribbon is a scrunched paper ribbon which I got on ebay forever ago, I knew I would use it someday! <br />
I am entering it into the Make it Monday Challenge <a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/">http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/</a>. ,Wags and Whiskers 'Sparkle' challenge <a href="http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-60-sparkly.html">http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-60-sparkly.html</a> and Totally Papercrafts 'Holidays' <a href="http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/">http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/</a>.<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-8410456327311943592011-08-03T22:34:00.003+01:002011-08-06T10:30:29.288+01:00Vintage Crazy!Hi Everyone,<br />
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Just wanted to share a card a created tonight, I just love this little girl, she looks so sweet. It comes from a printable download called 'retro squares' I bought on Etsy from 'madebyjanet'. I swear I want one of everything she sells, lol! The paper is Cosmo Cricket 'Something New', the laser cut paper is from pinflair, the 'Congratulations' stamp and green crystals were from a Hero Arts stamp set and the rose I made with cheap lining cut into circles and synged with a heat gun. I used a paper rose from Wild Orchid in the centre and then sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Old Lace. The ditsy floral fabric was a scrap I had lying around!<br />
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I would like to enter this into this weeks Polka Doodles Challenge 'English Country Garden' <a href="http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-30-challenge-in-english-country.html">http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2011/07/week-30-challenge-in-english-country.html</a><br />
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It's a slight cheat in that I have used 2 patterned papers and a fabric as opposed to 3 different patterned papers but I would also like to enter the 'Shabby Tea Room' 'Mix and Match' challenge as well <a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/">http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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I am also entering the Allsorts 'Free and Easy' Challenge <a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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I have also taken part in 'Make it Monday' <a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/">http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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I am entering this card into Crafts and Me Challenge 'Anything Goes' <a href="http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/">http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-73540724741361000372011-07-27T22:19:00.004+01:002011-07-28T11:07:13.259+01:00Pretty in Pink<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> A card for my Auntie from my Mum, I hope she likes it! I have used gold embossed vellum (have it too long to remember where it's from), my beloved grosgrain, pearl stick pin and flower from Wild Orchid. The sentiment is Craftwork Cards,</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I would like to enter this card into the <a href="http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/">http://trulyscrumptiouschallenges.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And the <a href="http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/">http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/</a> Ribbon challenge.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;">Colette</span> x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-32791863552492215882011-07-25T09:01:00.000+01:002011-07-25T09:01:18.013+01:00Wedding CardHi,<br />
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Just a quick post to share a card with you. I have made it for a friend of a friend on her Wedding Day. The flowers are from Wild Orchid, I just love her range of paper flowers, they are stunning. I have used a cream pearlescent card stock and some gold mirri (something I rarely use but can come in very handy for these occasions).<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-73750566581293652362011-07-23T21:50:00.000+01:002011-07-23T21:50:52.755+01:00Another Birthday!Hi Everyone,<br />
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Just coming down after a manic day of hosting my little Charlotte's 6th Birthday party. The only time my kids get to drink fizzy stuff! It was a great day and as always on my daughters birthday the sun shone. Everyone seemed to have fun. The card is from her brother. I have also included a frame I did a while ago with scraps of silk. This is us when my son was born. I hate photographs of me but I just love the closeness of this little shot. I think the Happy Birthday paper is Bo Bunny, I also used Cart-Us glittered alphabet stickers and some grosgrain ribbon.<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-42036648799034273112011-06-03T11:36:00.000+01:002011-06-03T11:36:46.737+01:00Frame revamp<u></u>Hi Everyone,<br />
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I revamped this plain old photo frame with some Vintage Decor papers from Calico Crafts and some gardenia's from Wild Orchid Crafts. I distressed the paper with some rock candy stickles and inked the flowers to coordinate with the papers. I also sealed the paper with Mod Podge.<br />
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For the Polka Doodles challenge <a href="http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-19-challenge-menu-choice.html">http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-19-challenge-menu-choice.html</a> I chose turquoise, ribbon and fairies and gemstones. The second challenge is for The Shabby Tea Room 'Monocrome' challenge. <a href="http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/">http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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The products used are all Elusive Images but since they are now relaunched as Chocolate Baroque I am not sure if any of the products are still available.<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-28971899484917147492011-05-04T18:31:00.000+01:002011-05-04T18:31:38.693+01:00A fab site you might like!Hello Everyone,<br />
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It's the lazy blogger here, the one who never 'gets round to posting' these days. I plan to rectify that but in the meantime I wanted to share a link to Ikea Hackers <a href="http://www.ikeahackers.net/search/label/craft">http://www.ikeahackers.net/search/label/craft</a>. If you have already discovered it I am sure you love it as much as I do. If you haven't and you love to 'alter' stuff I urge you to check it out,<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-40126538042807598862011-04-07T19:30:00.000+01:002011-04-07T19:30:14.999+01:00AndySkinner.org: Its Time!Check out this link for a fantastic competition with amazing prizes!!! <a href="http://andyskinnerorg.blogspot.com/2011/04/its-time.html?spref=bl">AndySkinner.org: Its Time!</a>: "The stamps are in the shops, so to celebrate it’s …Competition Time!Details of where you can purchase my stamps can be found HereThe wo..."Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-89717555562280161152010-09-29T14:13:00.002+01:002010-09-29T14:44:02.253+01:00ABC Challenge<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> I am entering this card for the ABC Toys and Crafts Challenge Inspiration <a href="http://abcdesignblog.blogspot.com/">http://abcdesignblog.blogspot.com/</a>. This is the picture that is to be used as inspiration, I have picked up on the use of pink and red, a colour combo I love, and the gingham. I have used silk to cover the Maya Road Envelope.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LpMXHtMDk948E6QSIfFYtM81b5I-CAi_gtxwu11hyphenhyphenPpwg65BwGDACuztKMmscevQLqK2OBrzmRLvtlnZDRALJW3MZmO8Y_vS9hC8zQLiW05yz8BgCg_fFu-fxMJ1OwsVxkcw7w18ir8/s1600/DSCF5626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LpMXHtMDk948E6QSIfFYtM81b5I-CAi_gtxwu11hyphenhyphenPpwg65BwGDACuztKMmscevQLqK2OBrzmRLvtlnZDRALJW3MZmO8Y_vS9hC8zQLiW05yz8BgCg_fFu-fxMJ1OwsVxkcw7w18ir8/s1600/DSCF5626.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br />
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Just a quick post to thank the Nicky and her team at <a href="http://www.polkadoodle.blogspot.com/">http://www.polkadoodle.blogspot.com/</a> for placing my card second in their design challenge:<br />
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I am posting this card I made for this weeks challenge over on Allsorts <a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/">http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/</a>, the brief being plain and simple.<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-1998972774825582542010-09-22T10:34:00.002+01:002010-09-23T20:35:07.180+01:00More Halloween crafting.I love Halloween and Autumn in general. Its the colours mainly that appeal so when I saw this challenge <a href="http://ribbongirls.blogspot.com/2010/09/colour-challenge-1.html">http://ribbongirls.blogspot.com/2010/09/colour-challenge-1.html</a> I couldn't resist having a go.<br />
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It started out as a card and morphed into a little wall hanging. I mounted the card onto a piece of grungeboard that was part of a bracket book. I have also used some grungeboard Halloween shapes (the cats and the lantern) which I painted with black metallic paint and the pumpkins come from a Polka Doodles digi kit. I used some Rock candy crackle paint which ended up curling the paper which I hadn't expected but it adds to the whole shabby look. I tied on some black and white fibre to create a little hanger.<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-29107020205292584562010-09-21T09:06:00.002+01:002010-09-21T13:36:39.636+01:00Challenge Entry for Oldie But a GoodieMorning Everyone,<br />
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I spied this challenge on Fleur's blog <a href="http://fleurapassionforcraft.blogspot.com/">http://fleurapassionforcraft.blogspot.com/</a> and decided to enter it with this card. I made it for my daughters Birthday and it features 'Rose' from the Flower Fairies. It just sums up my little Charlotte, very tiny and delicate and with the sweetest little nature possible! <br />
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The brief was to use green and or the theme of Nature. I have combined both, I used elements from the 'Sing your Song' stamp set from Elusive Images, Cosmo Cricket papers, 2 M.S. punches (what did we do before they came along!) and a Basic Grey rub-on.<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-481991453760270502010-09-18T13:00:00.000+01:002010-09-18T13:00:45.359+01:00Halloween cardI have created this card for the Polka Doodles challenge which is a sketch. It was originally going to be a Christmas card, the origins of which are still on my desk. Somehow it managed to become a Halloween card. The cat is a grungeboard shape and is just the best halloween cat shape ever. I painted with metallic black paint and then some stickles over the top, which kind of negated the point of using metallic paint but no matter. I have also used an M.S. punch to create the 'ribbon' which the brief specified was not to be fabric. The sentiment comes from a download from the <a href="http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/">http://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/</a> website. Three brads completed the brief, which aren't straight but hopefully they won't hold that against!<br />
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I like to keep a few cards on standby for Birthdays and such so I came up with this. I love the bright cheerful papers and of course the M.S punch that never seems out of place on a card, I love the sentiment too which comes from a seemingly never ending Cosmo Cricket kit!<br />
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Colette x.Colettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07294246241549296424noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2634058071922075061.post-69314139121994530342010-09-13T19:27:00.001+01:002010-09-13T22:41:32.837+01:00Don't you just love Ikea?I have been absent from blogging and crafting for a while now. I have been focusing my attention on something in my life that whilst I don't want to discuss here has been a major hurdle for me. I feel I am finally coming out the other side and can get back to having fun. Suffice to say I have overcome a massive and I mean massive fear in my life and I feel truly excited about the future now. If anyone following this blog has a challenge in their life that they feel is insurmountable I am here to testify that anything is possible if you believe in yourself. I used to think that was such a corny thing to say but it really works.<br />
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Anyway back to the title of my post, I went to my beloved Ikea yesterday and bought amongst other things a set of 3 cork pot stands or whatever they're called. I decided they would make cute little noticeboards.<br />
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I have used a range of Cosmo Cricket, Anna Griffin and BoBunny products plus some handmade grosgrain ribbon flowers and Prima pebbles.<br />
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I'll be back with a few other projects later in the week,<br />
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Thanks for still following,<br />
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