Sunday, 20 April 2025

Happy Easter


 Hello, Happy Easter.

Today I'm using a pretty sweet digi from Whimsy Stamps and Sylvia Zet: Springtime.

I thought the bunny  and the little chick are very "Easter".

I printed the digi and colored it with alcohol markers, them cut is to make a frame with the card base.

I don't have a Happy Easter stamp so I left it out and could use it for a birthday o or a welcome baby  as well.

You can find the digi in the Whimsy Shop:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/springtime-digital-stamp?_pos=30&_sid=4d4563260&_ss=r


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#Springcard #EasterCard #BabyCard

 

Tuesday, 15 April 2025

AAA Colourful Challenge #15: Apr-May


Hello, this month  our game badge has blue leaves, but I saw ocean.

So for my card I inkblended a panel with  Distress inks (Salvaged Patina and Peacock feathers), let it dry; made it square for the window then diecut a window from the panel.

It's from Gummiapan (Seagrass) and traced the opening on the cardbase. I inkblended more Distress inks inside the lines (Prize Ribbon, Blueprint Sketch and Salty Ocean and splattered water for a bubble effect. Adhered the panel onto the cardbase.

I might add a fish later, but  for the color challenge, this is it



I look forward to your makes, you can enter them here.

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 #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam  #Blogspotchallenge 

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Monday, 14 April 2025

Bunny Beans

 Hello, today I'm using a digi called Bunny Beans from Whimsy Stamps and the Dustin Pike line.

When we were little we played a trick on my younger brother when walking in the sand dunes we saw many a pile of "bunny Beans" and told him they were jelly beans (or kokindjes a licorice in the Netherlands) and he started picking them like it was gold dust ;-) we of course had to tell him at one point not to eat them!

Anyway onto the card: I printed the digi , cut it out and colored it with alcohol markers.

For the back ground I made a mask with the scan and cut as I don't have egg shapes dies, but you could use the Whimsy Stamps nested pierced egg dies.

Through the mask I added Distress inks: Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron, Spun Sugar, Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold and Shaded Lilac  with whatever was left on the inkblending brushes, just a hint of Easter eggs there for you, didn't want to do them black as if the basket was overflowing, it's Spring and I need Spring colors.

I mounted the bunny with foam tape and adhered him to the cardbase. The sentiment is a nod to the toilet paper roll...

you can find the items in the Whimsy Store:

Bunny Beans: https://whimsystamps.com/products/bunny-beans-digital-stamp


Nested pierced eggs:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/nested-pierced-egg-die-set?_pos=1&_sid=1de409607&_ss=r


Simple Sentiment Strips: https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=b977880ce&_ss=r

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#punnycard #sarcasm #SpectrumNoir #Eastercard #EasterBunny #Easter




Sunday, 13 April 2025

AAA Card Challenge #288: Sketch

 Hello, this fortnight we have a sketch. As always you can rotate or flip the sketch, as long as we can see it. You don't have to use silhouette stamps either, some of our DT didn't.

I really liked the rainbow circle, so I tried to recreate it with Distress inks and a circle mask. I did  hand the circle off the sides.

I've used Distress inks: Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron and Mermaid Lagoon.

The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps: Simple Sentiment Strips.

The images are from Nellie Snellen: Sil050 and I stamped both images and sentiment with Versafine ink.

I Stamped the cat 3 times and gave 2 white feet, like my own ;-)



To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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Monday, 7 April 2025

Bunny Toots

 Hello, today I'm using one of the new digis from Whimsy Stamps and Dustin Pike: Bunny Toots.

I printed it, then cut it out with the Scan n Cut and I also made egg shaped masks on the Scan N Cut, 2 sizes, but ended up covering the small one wiht the digi.

I colored the digi with TriBlend markers this time and mounted it with foamtape.

For the backgorund I've used the mask I  made and applied Distress inks: Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron,Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar and Shaded Lilac.

Adhered the bunny on top.

You can find the digi in the Whimsy Store:

Bunny Toots:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/bunny-toots-digital-stamp

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#punnycard #sarcasm #SpectrumNoir #Eastercard, #Easterbunny #BunnyToots

 


Tuesday, 1 April 2025

meowy birthday

 

Hello, today I'm showcasing you a birthday card I made for a friend with Whimsy Stamps and a digi from the Some Odd Girl line.

The digi is called Loveable Kitten and I had to color it black to resemble mine and it's actually Charlie's birthday today, or so we think.

I printed th edigi, cut it out and colored it with alcohol markers, then added some details with a white gel pen.

For the background I masked off a circle and in the circle I applied Distress inks: Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers through more circle masks I made with  circle dies.

I stamped the sentiment from the Simple Sentiment Strips with Versafine ink.

Then I mounted the image with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.



You can find all the supplies in the Whimsy Stamps Store.

Digi:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/loveable-kitten-digital-stamp?_pos=100&_fid=8c008862a&_ss=c

Sentiment:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=f8d17c0fa&_ss=r

Circle dies:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/swiss-dots-a2-die?_pos=4&_sid=c1eabadd9&_ss=r


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#BirthdayCard #Blackcatsarecool #SpectrumNoir

 

 

 

 

 






AAA Birthday Card Challenges #72: Mythical


 Hello, this month it was my turn to choose a theme and I went with mythical beasts, a dragon in my case.

Such a cute dragon too, from My Favorite Things Darling Dragons, doesn't look menacing at all.

For my card I stamped the sentiment with MFT Extreme black ink and coloured it with alcohol markers, then cut him out and mounted him or her with foam tape.


The background I made by masking off an area on the cardbase and applying Distress inks, now it should be two distinct colours, but they kinda merged together, I've used Tumbled Glass and Salvaged Patina.

Splattered with Studio Mow gold glitter spray.

The sentiment is from Studio Katia (MIni birthday Greeting) and I stamped it with Versafine ink.

Adhered the image on top.

I look forward to your Mythical Beasts and you can enter your make here.



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Sunday, 30 March 2025

AAA Card Challenge #287: 1+1

 Hello, this fortnight we have another 1+1 challenge for you where the main component is in the middle and you can choose one of the outer circles.

I chose: Geometric/organic shapes to go with my silhouette sentiment.

I masked off an area on my card base and with a stencil I made once (with hexagon dies), I applied Distress inks (Candied Apple, Picked Raspberry, Squeezed Lemonade, Mermaid Lagoon, Carved Pumpkin and Twisted Citron)

The Happy is from Whimsy Stamps Large Happy Die and I cut it from black cardstock.

The Birthday is from Whimsy also (Happy Sayings) and I stampe dit with Versafine Black ink.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 


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#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  


Wednesday, 26 March 2025

A cup full of Happiness

 

Hello today I'm using the Whimsy Stamps digi: A cup full of happiness.

It's a cup full of carrots that is sure to make any bunny happy. I chose to make it a birthday card, but Hello Spring or Happy Easter would also be perfect.

I don't seem to have any Easter sentiments or didn't find them .

I printed the digi, cut it out and colored it with alcohol markers.

For the background I mad a mask with the smallest of the dies in the Mix and Match Marquee set, also Whimsy Stamps. I thought it could look like a picket fence of sorts, I chose similar and fun colors of Distress inks: Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin and Twisted Citron.

You can find the digi and die set in the Whimsy Store:

Digi:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/cup-full-of-happiness-digital-stamp?_pos=79&_sid=5a2332c39&_ss=r

Dies:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/mix-and-match-marquee-die-set?_pos=2&_sid=a626c6ab4&_ss=r


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#Eastercard #Springcard #SpectrumNoir #Spring #Easter

Monday, 17 March 2025

"Thank you "for lending a helping hand

 Hello, today I'm using one of the new digis from Whimsy Stamps and Dustin Pike: Chocolate Bunny.

The sentiment is from the Kindness is Contagious set, also Whimsy Stamps.

I thought they went well together maybe it needed Quotes, but hey if you thought a Bunny, especially the Easter kind, would be helpful, that's on you ;-).

I colored the image with alcoholmarkers and I wanted it to look like chocolate bunnies and also those marhsmellow peeps. Some details with a white gel pen and foamtape to mount the image.

The cardbase is inkblended with Distress inks: Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn.

You can find the digi in the Whimsy Store:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/chocolate-bunny-digital-stamp

Kindness is Contagious:  https://whimsystamps.com/products/kindness-is-contagious-digital-sentiments?_pos=2&_sid=79975d18e&_ss=r

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#punnycard #sarcasm #SpectrumNoir


Sunday, 16 March 2025

AAA Card Challenge #286: Follow my Lead


 Hello, this fortnight we have a Follow my Lead card. Our leader is Kristin and she wants us to follow the card that was her DT call entry. In Kristin's card I see an inblended and diecut fern or palm(?) frond, but I don't have that and so to give it my twist I inkblended and diecut a moon with flowers from Decotime.

I sized the die on a cardpanel and inkblended Distress inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron and Salvage Patina; trying to keep the yellow to the moon shape, but it's a hollow moon, so much was lost I didn't anticipate, oh well, still like it.

Then on the leader's card there's some splattering and a sentiment, I did black and pearl colored shiny ink splatter and the Moon sentiment is from the same Decotime set.



To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  #Decotime


Saturday, 15 March 2025

AAA Colourful Challenge #14: mar-apr

 

This month we have a yellow and green theme and I have to say, it wasn't my favourite, it reminds me too much of a Dutch Football club, but I came up with a card I kinda like.

I swiped Distress inks onto some panels of cardstock ( Squeezed lemonade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness), adhered some double sided adhevise on the back of these panels, so when I diecut the words, they become stickers.

I've used the Leane Creatief NL teksten for this and even the little dots inside the letters have now become a sort of embellishment,


And I made another card, with Marianne Design paint tube I got in January (Marianne Design LR0857), Same Distress colours and Whimsy Stamps Cutie ABC dieset.




I'm sure  you can come up with something clever, you can enter your card here.

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 #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam  #Blogspotchallenge 

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Friday, 7 March 2025

Hey Ho let's not go

 Hello, today I'm using one of the new Whimsy Stamps digital stamps: Bunny Coffee from the Dustin Pike line.

I prepped the image  and printed it, colored then cut it out ( I think the Scan n Cut needs calibrating :-( )

If I stuck to my normal routine I would have cut it first, but I colored when I was at work, stupid..don't look at it too much ;-)

I then cut some sort of grass from green card and inkblended yellow Distress ink on the cardbase, I thought that looks Easter like.

The sentiment I made up and printed with the digi, it's a play on a famour Ramones songs...Bunny doesn't look eager to get going until he's had his coffee.

There.s a few newly released digis and you can find them here:

https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital


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#punnycard #sarcasm #SpectrumNoir

 

Sunday, 2 March 2025

AAA Card Challenge #285: Anything CAS goes

 

Hello this fortnight we have an Anything CAS goes challenge, with the optional twist of Spring/Spring Colors.

For my card, I diecut the Happy from pink card I colored myself with Distress ink Picked Raspberry and placed it on the cardbase. Then I stamped the Birthday from Happy  saying stamps set. So far both are Whimsy Stamps products.

Then I decided to tuck in some ephemera from Simple Stories ( floral bits). Pink, green, yellow sure say Spring to me and if not, it's still Anything CAS goes haha.

Looking forward to what you make.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  


Saturday, 1 March 2025

AAA Birthday Card Challenge #71: masculine

 

Hello this month we celebrate all things Masculine.

I didn't plan on using this image, but I was rummaging through my stash and I thought a stag looks manly and magnificent, maybe if the person getting this card is a hunter or outdoorsey kind of man?

Don't know, but I liked it, it's actually a Christmas stamp but to me it feels like it's carved out of wood.

The stamp is really old from Craft Sensations and no longer available at Action.

I stamped it and the sentiment (Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiment Strips) with Versafine black ink, let it dry.

The I meant to apply Distress inks (Salvaged patina, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass) but I found there was enough ink on my brushes to give a hint of colour. I used home made masks with circle openings, I wanted it to have a big of colour and I thought these were kinda manly on the cold side of the rainbow.

I look forward to your makes, do masculine cards stump you as well?


You can enter your card here.


 

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Sunday, 16 February 2025

AAA Card Challenge #284: Sketch


 Hello, this fortnight we have a sketch. As always you can rotate or flip the sketch as long as we can see it.

For my card I inkblended Distress inks trough circle cutouts: Tumbled Glass, Salvaged Patina and Cracked Pistachio.

Stamped the sentiment from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) with Memento Nautical Blue ink.

The fishes are diecut from white cardstock and they are from Marianne Design (Cr1657)


I look forward to your makes.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  





Made a second card with the Craft Emotions Deer (130501/5053) and Memento inks and Clearly Besotted sentiment from Tiny Type

Saturday, 15 February 2025

AAA Colourful Challenge #13: Feb-Mar

 Hello, this month we have a fan favorite: a rainbow.

I for my card I used and Action Stencil, that is a set of 5 but has no brand, also I don't think it's still available as Action is funny that way.

I inkblended Distress inks through the stencil (Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry. Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed)

Splattered the cardfront  with gold ink.

The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted (Brush Greetings II)

I look forward to your cards, you can enter it/them here.




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 #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam  #Blogspotchallenge 

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Friday, 14 February 2025

Whimsy Stamps Valentine's Day hop

 

Welcome to our first Instagram Hop of 2025 here at Whimsy Stamps. We had a wonderful year of hops, collaborations and creativity in 2024. So we look forward to you joining us this year for more creative fun. What better way to celebrate, than to share our love for this fabulous hobby?! Come and join us for a fun LOVE themed hop and be in with a chance to win a fabulous prize from Whimsy Stamps to add to your creative stash!

Entry Details:1.Like this post.

2.Follow@whimsystamps and the designers on the hop.

3.Leave a comment on each stop for the best chance to win.4.Tag a crafty friend who may enjoy the hop too.

 


Randomly Drawn Prize:$50 Gift Certificate from Whimsy Stamps. Your next stop on the hop is Marianne @melfving76

 

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Friday, 7 February 2025

Relax...I'm just here for the cake

 

Hello, today I'm using a new digi from Whimsy Stamps and Dustin Pike: Mardi gras.

There's 3 in the set and also sentiments.

I've used the alligator and a sentiment, to which I've added Relax....I thought it was funny.

I printed the digi and sentiment, cut it out and colored it with alcohol markers.

I partial diecut one of the boho circles so I would get a straight top.

Then cut around the crown or jester hat? not entirely sure, we don't do mardi Gras here.

For the background I traced the opening onto the cardbase and applied Distress inks: Mermaid Lagoon and Twisted Citron.

Adhered the image to the frame, making sure the hat/crown sticks out, then mounted the frame with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase. Added the sentiment.


You can find everything Whimsy in their store:

Mardi Gras: https://whimsystamps.com/products/mardi-gras-digital-stamp

Boho Circles: https://whimsystamps.com/products/boho-circles-die-set?_pos=2&_sid=c7d43badc&_ss=r


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#punnycard #sarcasm #SpectrumNoir #MardiGras #fattuesday 

Sunday, 2 February 2025

AAA Card Challenge #283: Color Challenge

Another new kind of challenge we came up with: 4 color tiles and you should use at least 3, you can use neutrals, for say skin and or fur and black and white for stamping and sentiment. The colors don't have to be an exact match, as close as you can get them.

I used all 4 in my Distress color palette (Speckled Egg,  Weathered Wood, Iced Spruce and Pine Needles)

For my card I masked off a portion on the cardbase and inkblended Speckled Egg and Weathered Wood, for my blue-ish greys, then splattered with water.

I diecut really old Clearly Besotted dies (on the line dies) masked off on the bottom and dragged the other  two colors over the trees and houses ( Iced Spruce and Pine Needles).

Mounted them on the cardbase, on top of each other.

The sentiment is also Clearly Besotted: Tiny Type and I stamped it with a morning mist Versafine Clair ink, thought it would match better than black.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.




 

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Saturday, 1 February 2025

AAA Birthday Cards Challenge #70: ink smooshing


 Hello this month the theme is Ink Smooshing and my card used the ink smooshing a bit differently.

Granted I started by covering a whole cardsize panel of Clairefontaine Aquapad paper wit Distress inks (Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet), I aided myself of a piece of acetate, but I didn't like it, too musy for my CAS heart, so instead I chose the bits I liked most and diecut the sentiment out of it.

For this I use dthe Whimsy Stamps Birthday Wishes Word Dieset, I made a shadow layer our of black card so it would pop from the back ground.

On the cardbase I splatttered some Studio Mow Glitter Spray in black and let it dry.

The when I adhered the sentiments I had a bit of a brain fart and attached the Birthday where I  wanted Whishes, so the sentiment is on the lower half and that was not for the sake of the splatter, although that could be my story..hehe..nono it's all by design ;-) The sentiments were raised a little with foamtape.

I look forward to your makes, you can enter them here.



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Thursday, 30 January 2025

Winter is for Sleeping

 

Hello, today I'm using the Whimsy Stamps digi: Sleepy Bear; it's from the Dustin Pike line.

I prepped the image, thought of a funny sentiment, then  printed it and colored the image with Tri Blend markers and cut it out. I've used the Simple Sentiment strips dies for the sentiment, didn't mean to do it on a slant, but hey, so to make it look intentional I also adhered the sentiment on a slant.

For the card base I applied Distress inks through a mask: Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron.

Mounted the image and sentiment with foamtape.

You can find the products in the Whimsy store:

Sleepy Bear digi: https://whimsystamps.com/products/sleepy-bear-digital-stamp?_pos=1&_sid=cc970c9f6&_ss=r


Simple Sentiment Strips: https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-die-set?_pos=2&_sid=4d11a95f7&_ss=r

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#punnycard #sarcasm #SpectrumNoir


Monday, 20 January 2025

Welcome to the neighborhood

 

Hello, today I'm using a new digi from Whimsy Stamps and the Dustin Pike Line: Key to my heart.

Obviously it's for Valentine's day , but I thought the lock and key might be to a new home, a new car as well, first appartment.

I printed the image, cut it out and colored it with alcohol markers.

For the cardbase I thought I could make my inkblending look like  the shape of a house, so I masked it off like it and applied Distress ink: Speckled Egg, Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers.

I used the fence from a Whimsy Clear set: Friends like ewe, for that white picket fence idea, except I made it grey with Morning Mist ink from Versafine as I wanted it in the background and white would pop too much.

I mounted the image with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.

The Welcome I made with the Whimst Stamps Cutie ABC  die set. I colored white cardstock with Peacock Feathers ink, so it matches. Before diecutting I put soem double sided tape on the back, so the letters become stickers.

Adhered the Welcome in a whimsical way, to make it fit but also because the shape of the alphabet.

You can find all the Whimsy Stamps products in their store:

Cutie ABC die set: https://whimsystamps.com/search?q=cutie+abc&options%5Bprefix%5D=last

Key to my Heart digi: https://whimsystamps.com/products/key-to-my-heart-digital-stamp?_pos=1&_sid=3da1352b7&_ss=r


Clear set Friends  like ewe: https://whimsystamps.com/products/friend-like-ewe-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=f98632930&_ss=r


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#newhouse #welcometotheneighborhood #SpectrumNoir 


Sunday, 19 January 2025

AAA Cards Challenge #282: Follow my lead (Marlies' Lead)



 Hello, this fortnight we have a fun new kind of challenge where one of our Design Team members made a card you should try to emulate, copy or build on, basically it's a sketch kind of thing. They also call it CASE my card, but I thought Follow my lead was much more intuitive...I hope ;-)

Marlies made the first card to follow and I did, but flipped the design so the reindeer pointed inwards and not to the edge of the card, it looks better in my opinion.

I also paired down the amount of layers and elements to make it more me, I did a gold detail instead of red and added a Merry Christmas sentiment..in January, I know I know.

I diecut many more pieces but didn't use them, they were there in case I need them.

The Reindeer is from Newton's Nook and I have no idea how old it is (Splendid Stags).

The Holly is from Avec Love 2 Craft (sold at Action) also old, in fact everything is or has bee in my stash for a while.

the little bauble/ornament was a gift with an order at La Coppia Creativa.

The snowflake is from Precious Marieke (PM10143 Winter Flowers)

The gold cardstock is from Studio Light A5 pack.

The sentiment I printed with my laser printer and then foiled in gold with my laminator/Minc machine.

I adhered the elements to the card with liquid glue and the stag with foamtape.

I look forward to how you interpret Marlies' card, please enter your creation here.

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