Pink Fresh Studio Monthly Challenge – Monochromatic Magic

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This month’s Pink Fresh Studio Challenge theme is Tone-on-Tone & Monochrome Magic. ✨ Pick a single color and bring it to life by layering different tones and shades—or explore the tone-on-tone technique for added depth and dimension. To spark your creativity, we’ve provided a color palette to choose from—just pick one hue as your star and let it shine!

Our monthly challenge is an Anything Goes Challenge: While the theme and colors are here to inspire you, feel free to enter any NEW project that primarily uses Pinkfresh Studio products. Whether you use the theme, the colors, both or none—it’s up to you. At the end of the day, we just want you to get crafty and have fun!

My card today would fit into the Anything Goes Challenge but I feel it can also fit into the Monochromatic Magic theme as I have used purples and grey colours with a touch of silver for a soft and subtle colour palette.

My Project

My card is a standard side folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card with a twist. I have trimmed the front panel down and added a lace border and a grey plaid strip tone on tone card to the front panel. I have hot foiled the Magnificent Magnolia image on white cardstock and coloured it with purple and grey inks. I added some purple inks to the leaves to keep with the tone on tone theme and then added it over the front edge.

For the inside back of the card I have used the Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate to add some interest on the panel by using grey ink on the grey card to tie in with the plaid front and floral image.

I added silver accents with the lace on the front panel and also with the base layer of the sentiment panel on the inside back panel. The sentiment has been reverse hot foiled as well to allow it to stand out on the white background.

Finally, I have added silver pearls to the front and back of the card as shown.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Magnificent Magnolia Press Plate, Stencils and Die Set

Pink Fresh Studio Plaid Press Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Edgers Die

Pink Fresh Studio Dotted Fancy Frames Die

Pink Fresh Studio Wonderful Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Sheer Freesia Wisteria, Lavender, Misty Coast, Rocky Slope

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Spellbinders Better Press Pebble Card

Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock 110 Ib

Hammermill Cardstock

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

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With Grateful Thanks Amazing Paper Grace

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I have another very quick and easy shaped card made using just a die and a hot foil sentiment from Amazing Paper Grace. For this card I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Filigree Rectangle Etched Dies to both create the base card and make a frame for some beautiful pattern paper from Mintay. The elegant hot foiled sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate Set added the perfect sentiment to complete the card. And of course an Amazing Paper Grace card is not finished until pearls are added to the decorative filigree die.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

S4-989 Filigree Rectangle Etched Dies

GLP-219 Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Alabaster Cardstock

Mintay Peony Garden Paper

Hammermill White Cardstock 300 gsm 

Spellbinders Foil – Gold

Pearls from Stash

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Pink Fresh Studio Challenge Thanks For Everything Roses and Butterflies.

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Here is my final submission for the Pink Fresh Studio November 2024 which is about ‘Thank You’ and the ink shades that are the best matches for the colors in the challenge are: Waterfall, Begonia, Mimosa, Citron & Storm.

This card is full of lots shine and sparkle with glitter, glitter card and shiny reverse hot foiled butterflies. For the sparkle I have die cut the background die from the Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass from Pink Fresh Studio Ivory Glitter cardstock. I then die cut the frame from the Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Rectangle Frame out of gold cardstock.

I stamped and heat embossed the roses from the Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stamp with fine gold embossing powder. The roses were coloured with the challenge inks before the image was die cut with the coordinating die. I added the roses over the gold frame with the bottom left of the flowers under the frame to give the feeling that the flowers were growing through the frame. The frame with the flowers were then added to the front od the card with foam strips and tape.

I added the hot foiled sentiment to the front over the flowers using scrap card for more dimension.

The butterflies were reverse foiled using the foil left over from the previous butterflies that I had foiled and once die cut I added two butterflies around the sentiment with foam squares.

To complete the card I sprinkled some glitter to the flowers and gold dust gems around the flowers and frame.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Small Butterflies Hot Foil Plate, Stencils and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Stained Glass Die

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Hot Foil Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Fancy Rectangle Frame

Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stamp, Stencils and coordinating die

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Clear with Gold Dust

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Ivory, Gold

Spellbinders Foil – Aura

Hammermill Cardstock

Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb cardstock

House of Card White Cardstock 300 gsm

Versmark ink

Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder

Heat Gun

Foam Tape

Foam Squares

Foam Strips

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Bearly Art Glue

DMC Sparkling Dust

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Thanks Amazing Paper Grace

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This week I have a simpler card to share with you made using one of my favourite Amazing Paper
Grace dies – Tallulah Frill. This die set is just so beautiful and one I reach for a lot when I want to make timeless and classic cards that will become keepsakes. I have not been able to do much cardmaking lately, but I have been learning how to colour with Copic markers through some classes at Kit and Clowder which I am really enjoying as I have always loved colouring. So I decided to combine my love for cardmaking with my love for colouring and this card was the result.

The image I have coloured here is a digital stamp from Beccys’ Place and the Amazing Paper Grace Tallulah Frill die set went perfectly with it to create a pretty lacy frame to create an elegant card that can be kept to decorate a mantel or table.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card base out of white cardstock and then matted a lifht teal card on top leaving a narrow white mat.

I downloaded the digital stamp onto X-Pressit Paper and then coloured it with Copic markers. I trimmed this to 4 1/8″ x 2 7/8″.

I die cut two outer decorative frames using the Amazing Paper Grace Tallulah Frill die set and one decorative edge out of white cardstock. I added the decorative edge die behind one short edge of the frame before adding the second frame beneath the first frame. I then adhered the coloured panel behind the frame, making sure the white does not show behind the small lacey edge inside the frame. This frame was then added to the card front.

To complete the card I added clear Wink of Stella to the flowers and cup and pearls to the decorative frame.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

Tallulah Frill

Other Products Used:

Beccy’s Place Stem in a Tea Cup Digital Stamp

Hammermill Cardstock

Spellbinders Waterfall Cardstock

X-Press It Cardstock

Copic Markers R85, R83, R81, RV00, E18, E15, E13,BG45,BG32,BG11,BG10, YG67, YG63, YG25, YG11, B00 ,B000, W7,W5,W3,W1

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Clear Wink of Stela

Pretty Pink Posh Pearls – Marshmallow

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Amazing Paper Grace Hot Foiled Gold and White Thank You Card

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Today I have a very elegant white and gold thank you card to share with you. I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate as a base for layering die cuts and added some sweet flowers. I have also used a die – the Amazing Paper GraceA2 Swirl Background Etched Dies – to create the embossed finish on the background

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card today I have made a top folding 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card out of white cardstock. I cut a piece of brushed gold cardstock 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and I then cut a piece of white cardstock and embossed it using the Amazing Paper Grace A2 Swirl Background Etched Dies for some texture and added it to the front of the gold card.

I heat embossed both ends of the Amazing Paper Grace Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate and then die cut it with the die that comes with this set. I matted this with some brushed gold cardstock and added it to the front of the card. I then die cut two edges out of brushed gold cardstock using the small topper die from the same set. I added these over the hot foiled images on the front of the card. To hide the join I cut a 1″ strip of brushed gold cardstock, embossed a line 1/8″ each side before adding a strip of hot foiled border using the hot foil plates from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Glimmer Borders and Sentiments on top and then adding to the front of the card and folding the edges of the band behind the front panel before adhering the complete panel to the card base.

I die cut three small circles using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Twist Circle dies – one from brushed gold cardstock, one from gold glitter cardstock and one from mirror gold cardstock. I layered these together to show the brushed gold cardstock rim, the gold glitter shadow and the mirror gold elegant twist on top. This was then added to the front of the band and panel with some foam tape.

The sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Glorious Glimmer Elegant Occasions Hot Foil Plate has been hot foiled using Aura foil on Hammermill cardstock. This was die cut with the coordinating die and I also die cut two other plain dies to stack together with the foiled sentiment on top. This was then added to the centre of the circle medallion.

The flowers were die cut from white cardstock, coloured with light yellow ink and then shaped using my fingers and then added to the bottom left of the circles. I die cut green leaves using the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motif Etched Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Etched Dies, shaped with my fingers and added around the flowers. I also added some gold glitter leaves using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Holiday Label Motif Etched Dies.

To finish the card I added some Frosted Lace stickles to the flowers and gold pearls to the centre of the flowers and on the decorative dies, corners of the central panel and on the hot foiled border.

Amazing Paper Grace Dies Used:

Glimmer Place Card Mini Topper Hot Foil Plate and Dies

Elegant Twist Circle Etched Dies

A2 Swirl Background Etched Dies- embossed background

Glorious Glimmer Elegant Occasions Hot Foil Plate

Die of the Month March 2021 – Floral Mason Jar Etched Dies – Flowers

Elegant Twist Glimmer Borders and Sentiments Hot Foil Plates

Layered Lilies Etched Dies – leaves

Summer Label Motif Etched Dies – leaves

Holiday Label Motif Etched Dies- gold leaves

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, 

Spellbinders Brushed Gold Cardstock

Spellbinders Foil – Aura

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Hammermill Cardstock

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Glitter Cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio Lemon Whip ink

Frosted Lace Stickles

Bearly Art Glue

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

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Layering Dies with Amazing Paper Grace

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My card today has been cased from a card I saw on YouTube which I have always loved. However, I have switched it up by making a square card with matted layers and dimension for the base of the card and using a different hero die – the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Doily Etched Dies – and I have also used handcrafted flowers to embellish the card. I have also used a stunning pink and ivory colour combination that really shows the delicacy and elegance of the Amazing Paper Grace dies.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card I have created a top folding 6″ x 6″ base card out of white cardstock. I then layered ivory pearl cardstock with pearl rose gold cardstock followed by ivory pearl cardstock and pink flocked pattern paper that has been added using fun foam.

I die cut the middle sized rectangle from using the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies out of pearl ivory cardstock and added it to the centre of the card front with foam strips.

For the second layer of dies I die cut the decorative circle die from the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Doily Etched Dies out of pearl ivory cardstock and added it to the centre of the rectangle using some fun foam for more dimension. I dent die cut a circle out of the patterned paper and added it to the centre of the decorative circle.

I have die cut two inner decorative ovals from the Amazing Paper Grace Victoriana Crest out of pearl ivory paper and stacked the two ovals together before adding it to the front of the patterned circle.

For my final layer I die cut a small rectangle from the Amazing Paper Grace Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies and added it over the oval and base layering dies with foam strips.

I have hot foiled the sentiment from the Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate in Aura foil on Hammermill paper and then die cut it with the coordinating die. I also die cut another two plain dies and stacked these together with the foiled sentiment on top and added it to the centre of the frames.

I have die cut the flowers using the flower dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies out of Barely Peach Cardstock. I added some Kitsch Flamingo ink to the centre of the flowers, shaped the petals with my fingers and then assembled the flowers with two petals. I die cut the large and medium sized stamens using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Cinch and Go Blossoms Etched Dies out of flower shaping paper. I coloured the stamens with Lemon Whip ink and then shaped them with a ball stylus. I adhered two of each sized together making sure they overlapped and then added the larger and smaller stamens to the centre of the flower. I then added a pink iridescent jewel to the centre of the flower before adding it to the top left of the frame.

I die cut the leaves out of green cardstock using the dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Die. Coloured the edges with Mowed Lawn ink, shaped them with my fingers before adding them around the flower.

I die cut the flower out of white cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Spring Label Motif Etched Dies, coloured them with pink ink before assembling them. The flower was then added to the card with a triple layer of foam square behind the flower and leaves.

I then die cut more green leaves using the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Lilies Etched Dies and coloured the edges with Mowed Lawn ink before added them to the card under the frame.

I die cut the small leaves from light green cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Etched Dies and added small sprigs around the flowers and leaves.

To finish my card I have added small pearls to the doily die and medium pearls to the floral oval die.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Hemstitch Rectangles Etched Dies

Graceful Doily Etched Dies

Victoriana Crest

Die of the Month June 2020 Snip it grid and Calendar Creator Etched Dies – flowers and leaves

Petite Floral Potpourri

Cinch and Go Blossoms Etched Dies

Spring Label Motif – pink flower

Layered Lilies – leaves

Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Dies

Other Products Used:

Hammermill White Cardstock 300 gsm

Pink Fresh Studio Gems – Ballet Slippers

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest, Barely Peach

Creative Expressions Pearl Ivory Cardstock

Pink and cream embossed paper from stash

DMC Soft Flower Shaping Paper

House of Cards White Cardstock – 300 gsm

Pearls from stash

Spellbinders Foil – Aura

Foam Tape

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Sparkling Rose, Ballet Slipper

Fun foam

Distress Oxide inks – Mowed Lawn, Sugar Spun, Kitsch Flamingo

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Amazing Paper Grace With Grateful Thanks

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I have just purchased a new hot foil machine so of course I had to try it out and yes I am much happier with this machine. I really love the border hot foil plates from the Amazing Paper Grace Delicate Impressions collection by Becca Feeken. The Amazing Paper Grace Diamonetta Background Hot Foil Plate creates the perfect background to add some gorgeous fussy cut coloured flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Blooms Border Hot Foil Plate. Add these to a very pretty decorative floral border and a ‘heartfelt’ sentiment and the card is complete.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card I have cut a piece of cardstock 6 3/4″ x 8″ and scored at 5″ along the long side leave a front flap of 3″. I die cut the decorative floral border from the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Floral Border Dies out of white cardstock and adhered the side under the front flap. I cut a piece of white cardstock 6 3/4″ x 2 7/8″ and adhered it to the underside of the front flap hiding the end of the decorative border. I then cut a piece of gold cardstock 2″ x 6 3/4″ and adhered it to the right side of the inside back of the card. I cut a piece of gold cardstock 6 1/2″ x 2 3/4″ and adhered it to the front flap. I cut a piece of white foil friendly paper 6 1/4″ x 2 1/2″ and foiled it with with Amazing Paper Grace Diamonetta Background Hot Foil Plate with gold foil. This was then applied over the gold panel on the flap. To finish the panel I die cut decorative edges out of gold cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Graceful Floral Lace dies and adhered them to the panel to add a decorative finish to the panel.

I hot foiled the Amazing Paper Grace Sweet Blooms Border Hot Foil Plate onto Hammermill white cardstock with gold foil. I then coloured the flowers and leaves with Copic markers and fussy cut the images out. These were then added over the diamond background within the border as shown.

To finish the card I hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Heartfelt Sentiments in gold foil on white cardstock and diecut it with the coordinating die. I also die cut two plain sentiment dies from white cardstock and stacked all three dies together with the foiled sentiment on top. This was then added to the front of the decorated panel on the card.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Graceful Floral Lace Border Dies

Diamonetta Background Hot Foil Plate

Sweet Blooms Border Hot Foil Plate

Heart Felt Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Die

Other Products Used:

Crafter’s Companion Centura Pearl Snow White Cardstock – Hint of Gold

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Hammermill 100 Ib White Cardstock

Spellbinders Foil – Gold

Copic Markers – RV55, RV63, V000, E99, Y38, Y11, B00, G99, G94, YG25, YG03

Bearly Art Glue

Amazing Paper Grace Stenciled Thank You Card

Today I want to show that Amazing Paper Grace dies are not just for die cutting and layering. For my projects I have used the Amazing Paper Grace Round Doily die as a stencil for ink blending. This die has such a pretty pattern and I was really pleased with how the ink blending has turned out and I was able to get two cards out of the one action which is also very pleasing.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

I have made a top folding base card of 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ out of white cardstock. I have die cut the largest rectangle from the Amazing Paper Grace Rectangle Fluted Classics Dies set from white cardstock and adhered it to the front of the card. I then die cut the stenciled image using the next size fluted die from the same set and adhered it to the front of the card.

I hot foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Occasions Sentiments Hot Foil Plate in matte gold and die cut it out with the coordinating die. I also die cut another two plain dies and stacked the dies together with the foiled sentiment on top and adhered it to the card front over the stenciled image.

I added some pink daisies left over from another card and a small butterfly from the Amazing Paper Grace Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutter Dies to decorate the card.

To finish the card I have added some pink jewels.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Round Doily Die

Rectangle Fluted Classics Dies

Butterfly Bliss Garden Shutter Dies

Layered Daisies

Elegant Occasions Sentiments Hot Foil Plate

Other Products Used:

Hammermill white cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Rajni Chawla’s Flowerite Vellum

Spellbinders Foil – Matte Gold

Distress Oxide inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Saltwater Taffy, Kitsch Flamingo

Altenew inks – Pink Diamond, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Whip, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime

Go Man Go Prills

Bearly Art Glue

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Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Pocket Card

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Today I am sharing a card that has a pocket inside that is just right for a gift voucher to give to someone special to say thank you. This card design could also be used for birthday and Christmas as well and is very easy to make. I was inspired for this card by a card that Pink Fresh Studio Influencer Yasmin Diaz created on Instagram. I have switched it up and turned it around and made the pocket for the gift voucher rather than for another smaller card like Yasmin has done.

My project

I have created a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ base card that is side folding. I have created three layers of lacey edges for the front using the lacey edge die from the Lacey Edges 1 die on the front of the card. I then added a panel in the front of the card and embossed it with the Stained Glass Die for more texture. For the inside of the card. I have cut a piece of white cardstock 5 3/8″ x 4 5/8″, scored at 2 1/2″ aong the long side and folded it to create a pocket. I have glued down the edges and then adhered the pocket to the inside of the card. I then added an embossed panel 2 3/8″ x 5 1/4″ to the front of the pocket.

I stamped the image from the Garden Rose Stamp in Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. I coloured the images with pink and green inks using the coordinating stencils and then die cut with the matching die. I also cut another plain die to adhere the coloured image on top. I trimmed the roses to fit the front and inside back of the card as shown.

I hot foiled the sentiments from the Perfect Sentiment Hot Foil plate and die cut them out with the coordinating die. I also die cut another plain die to add the foiled sentiment on top. I then adhered the ‘Just a note’ sentiment to the top left of the card and the ‘thank you’ sentiment to the bottom right of the inside back.

To finish I have added some gold pearls around the sentiments.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stamp

Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Die

Pink Fresh Studio Garden Roses Stencils

Pink Fresh Studios Stained Glass Die

Pink Fresh Studio Lacey Edges 1

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Die

Spellbinders Gold Foil

Hammermill White cardstock

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Garden Stroll, Fairy Dust

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

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Pink Fresh Studio Surprise Pop Up Card

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I was inspired to create this pop up card by a reel on Instagram from Pink Fresh Studio with instructions on how to make the card. The finished card looks amazing but it was incredibly easy to make and the instructions were very easy to follow. It took longer to die cut all the washi tape flowers and decorate the card! And I love how I have used the sentiments to create a little story for the recipient! This would make a fabulous birthday, wedding or any very special occasion card for someone very special.

For the instructions please visit here.

Products Used:

Pink Fresh Studio Enchanted Flora Washi Tape and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Pink Fresh Studio Stitched Diamonds Cover Plate

Pink Fresh Studio Essentials Scallop Stitch Dies

Hammermill cardstock

Bearly Art Glue

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