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Not blogged for ages, but just had to take these before we eventually get the thaw.  Ive never seen icicles like these before.   Got a fresh fall of snow last night and the sides roads are terrible.

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Last night was Victoria's Year 6 Leavers prom, an event that has them looking forward to for weeks.   They have a disco at the local town hall and there are stretch limos flying about everywhere, it was absolute mayhem when everyone arrived. We managed to dodge the showers as there was a thunderstorm as we were leaving the house.  And we also managed to get a photo of Harry as well.

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This was a card I made this week for a 45th Wedding Anniversay.   As Im into doing iris folding at the moment I thought Id tackle this pattern. It was quite tricky to cut out but Im really pleased with how it turned out.  I think its a pattern I will use again. Thanks for looking                             Julie x

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Back again this time to show you a special card for an order for my friend June.  She asked me to make a special card for her friends daughters wedding.   She cant go to the wedding so she wanted the card to be a keepsake.   Ive made one of these type of cards before so I thought Id do it again.  The image is from "Joanna Sheens - Fashion Boutique" cd along with the papers that match the picture.

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Hi Everyone, It ages and ages since I did a post, I pop by every day to look at new posts but just havent had the inclination to post myself.  I thought Id put some cards on that I have made over the past few months.   The first two cards made for a work colleague for her family.  In this one I used a Mikey image from Charmed Crafts, coloured with promarkers.   The papers are from a retro paper

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Hi Here is a card made for an order.  I apologise for the completely rubbish photo, bit dark but I took this with my camera phone because my hubby has got the other one (he's away on business).   The image is a Greetings Farm - Amy Paints.   I thought it was ideal for a teenager.   I sponged around the edges with my ink and then coloured the background with a pale promarker.   The image is

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Hi Here are some cards Ive made over the last couple of days, for my mum and mum in law for Mothers Day, same card and design, just coloured slightly different. The tilda is sweet tilda and I coloured her with Promarkers.    The flowers Im really pleased with, they are made from scalloped nestie circles.  You cut between each scallop, then wet with a waterbrush on each side, then you scrunch them

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Its nice to be able to join challenges again, this time its the turn of The Sugar Bowl.   There challenge was to follow the following sketch provided by Kathy.   Here is the sketch. Ive used one of the lovely gorguss girls which I received in an image swap from a fellow blogger, Shirley (Nannieflash).   Ive coloured her with promarkers and I hope Im getting better at using them.  Im pleased

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Hi, Im back again.    This time using some tea bag medallions.    This one on the right is an order for my friend who asked me to make a simpleish card.   Again I used my alphabet stamps I got for Christmas.  I stamped them onto cardboard, in fact the cardboard was from our envelope boxes at work, it seperates the envelopes. Its perfect for creating chipboard letters.   I coloured the letters

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I love using Magnolia - Tildas for cards and this one was for an order for my friend June who is sending it to her daughter.   I coloured it with Promarkers and I am entering it into the challenge at Passion for Promarkers where the theme this week is to add buttons and bows.   I actually made the button myself with Fimo clay.  My first attempt, I think I'll make them bigger next time.   Anyway

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Hi Im getting back to blogging now.   Here is a card that was ordered by my work colleague, Judy for her parents in law for their anniversary.   Ive made cards for Judy in the past and she requested that I make a box as well.   This is what I came up with.  This idea came to mind and I thought the best way to show it off was to make an easel card (cos I like doing them anyway)   Its A5 in size.

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Another of these lovely stitched letters.   I really love doing these.   They make really personal cards.    This is for my sister in law Mary, its her birthday on the 16th Feb.   The card is quite a large one 8" x 8".  I just matted and layered it using the colours I did the stitching with.    Thanks for looking                                Julie x

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Victoria wanted to show you this lovely card she made using my prisma colour pencils.   I showed her the technique how to use these pencils and I think she did really well.   She used my cuttle bug to cut out the label shape and I also showed her how to ink the edges.   The fringed flowers are from my stash, Ive gone none left now!!!.   She also stamped the sentiment as well. There will be no

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Here are some cards I made using the Alphabet stamps I got for Christmas. They are great for making quick birthday, christmas cards as they come with the other half  of the sentiment, you just use the letter to finish off the word.    I embossed them a little bit and then put some diamond glaze on them.  The clocks are a stamp borrowed from a friend.  I coloured them with my lyra colours and

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Here is my daughter Victoria.  She is 11 years old and today she has made some lovely cards with her friend Jade. Whilst I was giving my craft room, which is up in the loft a much needed tidy up, Victoria asked if she could make some cards.  I gave her some embellishments that I had been given and probably would never use, some card and some of my flowers and ribbons. Below are the cards she

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Hi   Just wanted to show you my "new baby", meet Henry the Smart Car.  Ive been without a car for the past six weeks when my Landrover failed its MOT big time.  The wheel hubs were badly corroded and it was going to cost quite a lot of money to get it back on the road and the value of the car didnt  justify it.  Anyway we found this little beauty on ebay and picked it up on Friday.  Smart cars

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Hi Everyone I wanted to show you the handstitched card I made for my hubbys Auntie who was 70 years old yesterday.    My friend had used this pattern recently for a card swap and was really taken with it.   I ask to borrow the pattern from her to make the card.    Auntie Mary has done lots of cross stitch in the past so I wanted to make something for her which would be a keepsake and I know she

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But at long last all the bedrooms are done.  I started back in August doing Victorias, and then moving onto Harrys and finally our bedroom.   The kids bedrooms are a bit cluttered with all their stuff and they do look better than in these pictures.  Im really pleased with ours, it feels so lovely to have all new stuff. Will hopefully be back soon with some cards.    Julie xxxxxxxxxx

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Its my intention over the coming months to make cards to go into a box so that I always have a card on standby.  This card is one that going into the box.   As Im into stitching cards at the moment I had this one stitched all ready to just mat onto some card and decoupage.   Whether I get any more cards into the box remains to be seen. Thanks for looking.  

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HiIm quite proud of this card.   Ive picked up card stitching again and this is my latest effort.   The card is for a girl at work who is leaving on Friday to go on maternity leave.   Im going round today to do the collection for her so the card had to be big enough for all the signatures.  Its 8" x 8", made by joining two A4 pieces of card together.  I layered it up that much, it wouldnt fit in

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I seem to have got back into the card making again recently, firstly doing these cards for my sister in law, Dawn who is 40 on this coming Friday.  The first one is using a decoupage sheet taken from the Joanna Sheen -Edwardian Diary CD which I got recently.   The second card is using some 3D decoupage stitching sheet from card stitching.   I need to practice the stitching though, but I find

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Ive managed to make another card.   My friend asked me to make a card for her cousin who is 80 on the 7th November, she was anxious to get it in the post before the dreaded postal strikes.   I used one of the Pixie downloads from Charmed crafts.  The sketch I used is a recent one from Sketch Saturday I think but I didnt enter it into the challenge cos I was too late.  I used my nesties to make

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Bet you all thought I'd gone for good.   Nooooooo, I do stop by most days to look at your lovely blogs.   Ive been busy decorating my house since I went part time in July so my time has been taken up with this.   Ive done my daughters room and my sons room and Im now on with doing the bathroom.  I had a card to do for my friend and her husband who have been married for 20 years.   Its one of

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This is a card I made this morning before going to work. It is for my childminder to thank her for caring for Harry and Victoria over the last 7 years. As some of my followers know I'm going on to part time hours from the beginning of August so Victoria wont be going to the childminders anymore. She is in year 6 when she goes back to school and is one of the older ones anyway (11 in October) and

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HiIs that a card I hear you say!!!! I ventured into my craft room yesterday, nearlyforgot what it looked like. I made this card for my son Harry who is 14 on the 7th August. I hope it will qualifies for Mojo Monday but looking at the sketch since, I realise that the strip or ribbon should be under the circle so if it doesnt qualify it doesnt matter, I enjoyed making it anyway. I cheated a

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This is a special card that I made for my sister in laws - mum and partner when they got married last November. The images and papers are from Joanna Sheens - Dancing With Shadows cd. The card was A5 in size and was made by attaching two A5 cards together. I also made a box to present it in.It was well received and I believe they have since framed it. Thanks for looking. Have a good weekend.

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As I call them, Harry is nearly 14 and Victoria 11 in October, it doesnt see two minutes since they were babies. My dad took this picture last weekend when we took my mum and dad to see our new caravan in storage, so I thought I would share it with you.Have a good weekend everyoneJulie x

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Here are a small selection of scrapbook pages that I have done when I was in my scrapbooking phase. Ive started a scrapbook of Harry my eldest, and have done about 10 pages, then havent done anymore. He'll probably be 21 by the time I finish it!!Thanks for looking Julie x

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Ive no new cards to show you that I have done recently, but these three cards are what I made when I was keen on doing Iris Folding. The ladies are from a pattern called "Breezy Lady" created by a lady called Sheila from Circle of Crafters. Its a lovely pattern to do, it takes quite a bit of paper to make it and can be quite bulky at the back, but I would say its one of my favourite ones. The

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I have just discovered the "blogger in draft" thing, so I am scheduling this to appear in my blog. This is a card I stitched whilst at the caravan last summer. I made it into a card for my box Julie x

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Hi EveryoneNo I still havent got any cards to show you (but they havent been forgotton - I will be crafting again!) I am going part time from the beginning of August so will find time to do some crafting then. This post is to tell you that my Dad is now a blogger. My mum and dad are visiting at the moment and he mad keen on orchids, in fact any kinds of natural history. He makes the most

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HiJust a little note to say why Ive been absent for a while. I haven't fallen off the face of the planet, I just haven't felt or had the time to craft just lately. As some of you may not know my husband and I are big caravanners (a couple of pikeys!!!) we go on lots of rallies, so because of this we traded our 3 year old caravan in for a brand new one, with a fixed bed and end bathroom. As a

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Time for another card. I wasn't going to do any crafting last night but my craft room was calling to me. I went up there to look for some tent pegs for our caravan awning but didn't find them! Then I tidied the mess from previous crafting episodes and then I coloured this cute image of Madison for my daughters friends birthday card. I based the colours around the designer paper which is from

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Well Ive had a go at crocheting. Learnt these by following a you tube tutorial. They are made using crochet cotton. A very fine yarn but it makes the flowers nice and small. The circle I also crocheted. The card was for my friend June, who was thrilled to bits with it. She said that she is going to frame it and put it in her bedroom. The tilda is one of the two I own coloured with prismas

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Just popping on to show you the lovely award I received from Shirley from Cottonberry Creations. Shirley hasnt been blogging very long, a bit like myself but her blog is lovely, have a pop by to have a mooch!!!I will also be away all next week on holiday in East Sussex in the caravan, everything is all packed, along with my crocheting yarn (going to make some flower embellishments) Im really

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As I have lots of family birthdays coming up in the next few weeks, I thought I would make a start on them. It isn't for any challenges but I have used a past sketch. I keep my sketches in a little notebook so that I can refer back to them when I need to. Any how this card is for my niece Alice, she is 12 so I thought that she needed a more grown up card. I have used my new downloads from Charmed

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Over the last two days Ive received two marvelous award from my lovely friend Shirley (Nannieflash). The first one is an Inspirational Blog award and the second one is the Lemonade Stand Award. Here they are. These are the ladies I would like these awards to go to.Denise CrafterCrafterBeryl Biks HomeKate (Catos Cards)Joey Joeys StuffAll these ladies give me real inspiration. I have found new

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Ok, this card is what Ive been working on for the past couple of days. My friend June asked me to make a special card for her friends who have been married for 65 years in June. I am entering it into the Cute Card Thursday because you have to utilise numbers or letters on your card. I hope it qualifies as the numbers arent actually on the front. Got to dash and get ready for work!Thanks for

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I quite enjoyed doing this card a sketch from Creative Inspirations, again on a large card base, 7" square. It was one of those cards where you get smudges over everything, so I had to keep adding stuff! The running Tilda is another stamped image from a recent image swap. Flowers are quilled one and the little pearls I bought this weekend, they actually have a fragrance to them. Thank you for

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I even had to write them all down and check first. I absolutely love this card, its definetley going to someone who appreciates the work that has gone into it as it took me two hours to do, good job I'm not on piece rate! These are the challenges it covers Creative Card Tuesday - Everybody emboss, Sketch Card Saturday - to follow sketch #49, Colour Create - Chocolate, red and cream, A Spoon

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I received this lovely award when I returned back from a short break in the caravan for the bank holiday weekend. Thank you very much Barbara (Paperdreams). Your blog is amazing!These are the ladies who I would like to pass this award onto. I find their blogs so inspirational. Blogging has opened up a whole new world for me. Whilst I dont have loads of time to make cards I try to keep up

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Im on a roll, two posts in less than a day! I made this card for a friend who loves gardening. The lovely Sarah Kay image is a stamped image that I won in a recent candy win. I coloured her with my prismas. The sketch is from Inspirational card sketches. She was a bit tedious to colour in but I like the finished result. Then I faffed with the flowers, which I made using my nesties.

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I got a chance to make a card this afternoon! Victoria, my daughter, got sent home from school with conjunctivitis, poor thing. She's on antibiotic drops. So in my newly tidied craft room I did this card. It covers two challenges Mojo Monday(to follow this weeks sketch) and Papertake Weekly Challenge. Papertake Weekly wanted you to create a card using spots and stripes. The papers are from

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Because it's a bright card!!! Ive located my craft room at long last. Its usual mess as usual but I had to get a card done for a friend. I went to visit my good friend Sara, she has lent me load of stuff, so Ive got to have a sort out my stuff again. The card is for my work colleague son who is into exotic pets! He wanted a iguana has a kid but his mum drew the line at that. The image is from

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Hi girlies. At long last Ive managed to get myself into my craft room (tucked away in the loft) to at first tidy it (cos it was a mess) and to create this card for the Sketch and Stash Challenge #8. Their sponsor this week is Bee Crafty which incidently their shop is only 10 miles from my house, the prize is a download of your choice. Ive never been there yet, but is on my list of "must visit"

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Hi Everyone,Just popping on to say that I wont be posting until next week. We are going away in the caravan for Easter. Car is packed, (Ive put my prismas in there) along with some printed images to colour. Then I will get down to doing some challenges as Ive been lacking lately. Its been manic since my birthday. Ive updated my side bar with some yummy candy - so take a look. Logging off

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Ive finally been able to publish a post. Its been over a week since Ive made a card, what with my birthday and going away in the caravan this weekend. My new prismas arrived last Friday along with my nesties and lyra watercolours. I only just had time to rip open the packet and look at them for a few minutes before we set off. Anyway when I got back my neighbour said "can you make me a 50th

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Hi Girlies, just a quickie this morning, as I have got relatives arriving from Lancashire for my party. Im sat here with a bad head because I went out for a curry with the girls last night and drunk a bit too much wine. This card is for the challenge over at TPE. The stamp is one borrowed from a friend again, I coloured it with watercolour pencils and then stamped all over it with clear embossing

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Ive been busy again this time its Papertake Weekly , another 40th birthday card! This time I gathered all the papers together before I coloured the stamp and it was much easier. Ok then, card stock is from my stash, the cream paper is from a surprise box from crafters companion when you spend your loyalty points. The spotty papers are from Canon Creative park and the paper on the diagnol bit is

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Needed to get the mojo going, and what better way to start by using a sketch from Mojo Monday. This is a card I needed to get in the post today for an old school friend who is 40 next Tuesday. She was born the day after me and our mothers became friends whilst in hospital together. We didnt go to primary school but ended up in the same form at high school. We send christmas cards to each other

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I would like to thank Shirley (Nannieflash) very much for my first award. Thank you very much for thinking of me.

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Im on a roll now. This is the challenge card Im entering for the Friday Sketchers Challenge #44. Its a birthday card Ive been asked to make. The stamp is a Magnolia one that I bought at the NEC last week and its the first time ive used it. I coloured her in with fine markers (which is all I have). Ive seen lovely colouring results with the copic whilst looking around other blogs and these are

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Well I got into my craft room last night. It was a night where nothing went right but I managed to a last create something, the room was a tip afterwards mind you. This is using a sketch from sketch and stash challlenge. The stamp is one I borrowed from a friend, I think it said stampendous on the side of it. The image coloured with watercolours pencils, the paper is some from my stash and the

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Im not being a very good blogger am I. Work gets in the way too much!! Im going to install myself in my craft room tonight and make some challenge cards. Ive printed out the sketches and have them hung up all over the place for inspiration. Watch this space.

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I had a brainwave this week, I have been crafting all this time on the dining room table with my paper upstairs under the bed and stuff in a tower stacker in the dining room. So I went up the loft and chucked a load of stuff out and put it all up there. Yes its not glamourous by any stretch of the imagination but its somewhere to go out of the way where I can make a mess and leave it if I

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Here is my first card I have made from the stamps from my candy win from Pink Gem. I have used Milly and Chickens. The background papers are some freebies from Papercraft magazine. I cuttlebugged the strip down the side (not sure which folder it is). The little flower are made from some punches I have. I used a embossing tool to make them curl up. Then I layered them and stuck a bead in the

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Here is my card for the Mojo Monday Challenge . My friend asked me to make a card for a friend of hers, whose mum is having a baby again (second marriage) The girl is 18 and will have a new baby sister. I havent got any nesties yet so I used a compass to do the circle. The stamped images are the crafters companion cute companions.Julie x

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This is the card I made for my nephew "Daniel" who is one on the 23rd March. He was born on Easter Sunday last year. I have recently purchased the Patchwork Number from Crafters Companion. I coloured them in with my watercolour pencils. The dog and the kennel are decoupaged from the Guys and Gals Crafters Companion cd. Julie x

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This is a quick card that I made from the Crafters Companion Guys and Gals cd. I know its quite plain, but I wasnt going to put loads of time and effort into something that will be tossed aside once open. He supports Burnley Football Club so I tried get the claret and blue colours by using the colouriser.Julie x

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Oops! I nearly forgot to post the link to this blog candy. Kerry has some lovely punches and magnolia stamped images on offer, but you have to guess the number of Hersey Kisses in the jar. To go to her blog click on Kerry's name. Here is the candy and the jar of kisses. Julie x

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Wow, Check out the fabby candy from Pauline . Lovely Jubbly!

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Im so pleased to have won the candy from Pink Gem. I was so surprised to see my name come up. Ive only just started to use my blog, ive had it created a bit but didnt use it. Im feeling my way around at the moment, adding things here and there, looking at all the lovely blogs. I will post my cards with the stamps Ive won. I cant wait to receive them. Thank you Janet for the opportunity to

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I hope I get this right here is the picture of the blog candy on Pink Gem's blog. Here is the picture and the link is http://pinkgem-janet.blogspot.com/ Julie

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Hi, This is my first attempt at Blogging, but it looks so cool I thought I would give it a whirl. The card below is my first attempt at stamping, gosh its addictive isnt it. It was a card I made for my daughters friend. I coloured it with watercolour pens which was all I had, but now saving for some Lyra watercolurs

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