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	<title>ScrapMatters Blog &#187; Challenges</title>
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		<title>Join us for the February Stack Exchange!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kelseyll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know what happens when we have lots of participants in our monthly Stack Exchange Challenge?!  We all get MORE participation prizes!!  Each participant uses only the featured kit to create a beautiful stacked paper or clustered element and submits their entry to receive everyone&#8217;s entry as a prize. This month we are featuring [...]]]></description>
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<p>Do you know what happens when we have lots of participants in our monthly Stack Exchange Challenge?!  We all get MORE participation prizes!!  Each participant uses only the featured kit to create a beautiful stacked paper  or clustered element and submits their entry to receive everyone&#8217;s entry  as a prize.</p>
<p>This month we are featuring <strong>Dis-moi un Secret by Steph.designs</strong>!  This kit is loaded with so many elements for clustering!  It has pinks and purples for Valentine&#8217;s layouts and has the elegance for a sophisticated look with vintage or heritage layouts!  Her papers are so beautifully textured and the patterns are stunning!  This kit will be 30% off for the duration of this challenge!!    Click <a href="Each participant uses this kit only to create a beautiful stacked paper or clustered element and submits their entry to receive everyone&#039;s entry as a prize." class="broken_link">HERE</a> to read more about the details in the forum!</p>
<p>Featured kit: (click to see it in the store!)</p>
<p><a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/dis-moi-un-secret.html"><img class="alignnone" src="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/images/cache/8fdd503cce1e01ca2da43513ca6ab7c4.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p>Challenge Ad:</p>
<p><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/forums/showthread.php?p=415609#post415609"><img class="alignnone" src="http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/kelseyll/FebStackExchangeAd-Page002600x600.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p>Here is the stacked paper I made and one of the participation prizes:</p>
<p><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/210846"><img class="alignnone" src="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/2182/Feb_Stack_Exchange_preview_-_Page_003_600_x_600_.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p>I hope you&#8217;ll join us this month and give our easy-peasy Stack Exchange Challenge a try!!</p>
<p>Lisa (kelseyll)</p>
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		<title>Feb 12th:  ScrapMatters Bingo Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kelseyll</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone.  Kelseyll here to bring you another fabulous challenge prompt! February 29th is leap year. Leap year only comes around every four years, so use 4 of something on your layout&#8230;. 4 photos, 4 flowers, 4 pattern papers, 4 alphas. Here are some fun entries to get those creative juices flowing&#8230;. by KairynLisa: created [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hi everyone.  Kelseyll here to bring you another fabulous challenge prompt! February 29th is leap year. Leap year only comes around every four  years, so use 4 of something on your layout&#8230;. 4 photos, 4 flowers, 4  pattern papers, 4 alphas.</p>
<p>Here are some fun entries to get those creative juices flowing&#8230;.</p>
<p>by <strong>KairynLisa</strong>:</p>
<p>created with the <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/product.php?productid=10392&amp;cat=0&amp;page=" target="_blank">ScrapMatters Mega Collab Snippets of Life</a></p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/500/2007-08-12FtWilliams-L.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
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<p>by<strong> keepscrappin</strong>:</p>
<p><a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/bunches-of-photos-template-set-by-haynay-designs.html" target="_blank">Bunches of Photos Templates</a> from Haynay Designs<br />
<a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/product.php?productid=10491&amp;cat=6" target="_blank">Curious You</a> from MemoryClips</p>
<p><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/210568/sort/1/ppuser/787"><img class="alignnone" src="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/500/thanks_Mar11_web.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>and here&#8217;s mine using <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/product.php?productid=10521&amp;cat=0&amp;page=1">It&#8217;s Cosmic</a>, Stolen Moments&#8217; new release!!</p>
<p>4 pics<br />
4 WA in photo border cluster<br />
4 WA in journaling</p>
<p><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/210714/ppuser/578"><img class="alignnone" src="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/1292/SM_Bingo_2-12-12_-_Page_001_600_x_600_.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
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<p>You can see all the challenges <a href="http://scrapmatters.com/forums/showthread.php?p=413722#post413722">HERE</a> in the forum!  Good Luck!!</p>
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		<title>2 / 11 “Love Triangle Challenge”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sm_teammember</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everybody, Isabel (Leandi) here with a new challenge for today. Your challenge today is choose products you love from 3 different ScrapMatters designers and make a layout. Please make a note of the 3 designers you used in the Bingo Tracker thread! here are some pages for inspiration 1. by debbysrose she used  Stolen [...]]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center">Hi everybody,</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Isabel (Leandi) here with a new challenge for today.</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Your challenge today is choose products you love from 3 different ScrapMatters designers and make a layout.</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Please make a note of the 3 designers you used in the Bingo Tracker thread!</p>
<p style="text-align: center">here are some pages for inspiration</p>
<p style="text-align: center">1. by <strong>debbysrose</strong> she used  Stolen Moments-Beautiful on the Inside, Kim Broedelet-Snapshots of the Heart(her portion only), Down This Road-Love Letters</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/4-Generations.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16805" src="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/4-Generations.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center">2. by <strong>keepscrappin</strong> she used MAK items from Down This Road Designs, Julie Marie Designs, and Simply {Kat}</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iLoveUMeggy_Dec11_web.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16772" src="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/iLoveUMeggy_Dec11_web.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center">Have fun can´t wait to see our creation!</p>
<p style="text-align: center"><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/forums/showthread.php?p=413722#post413722">here</a> in the Forum you can look for the challenges</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Hugs and kisses Leandi</p>
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		<title>White Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>scrappurple</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your challenge for today &#8230; white space! Scrap a page that has white space! The term “white space” refers to an area devoid of photos, embellishments, journaling, and title. White space provides a resting point for the eye and breathing room for the viewer taking in your photos and journaling. Here is a layout I [...]]]></description>
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<p>Your challenge for today &#8230; white space! Scrap a page that has white space! The term “white space” refers to an area devoid of photos, embellishments, journaling, and title. White space provides a resting point for the eye and breathing room for the viewer taking in your photos and journaling.</p>
<p>Here is a layout I created using <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/sports-nuts-girls-bundle.html">Sports Nuts- Girls Bundle by WimpyChompers</a><br />
<img class="aligncenter" src="http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp155/scrappurple/Softballmemories.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
<p>Here is another layout from Kairyn:<br />
<img class="aligncenter" src="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/originals/500/2006-09-13SillyPirate-L.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
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		<title>2 / 10 &#8220;Love Challenge&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/2012/02/10/2-10-love-challenge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sm_teammember</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Friday, ScrapMatters friends!  Annisa (lionsimba) here to describe today&#8217;s SM challenge.   This challenge is all about love!  All you have to do is include the word &#8220;love&#8221; somewhere in your layout.  It can be in the title, the journaling, or anywhere else you can sneak it in. Here is my layout using the new [...]]]></description>
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<p>Happy Friday, ScrapMatters friends!  Annisa (lionsimba) here to describe today&#8217;s SM challenge.   This challenge is all about love!  All you have to do is include the word &#8220;love&#8221; somewhere in your layout.  It can be in the title, the journaling, or anywhere else you can sneak it in.</p>
<p>Here is my layout using the new kit &#8220;Lovestruck&#8221; by the fabulous LDrag Designs:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/lionsimba/Love-You-Forever22311we.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
<p>And here is a gorgeous wintery layout by Kayla (keepscrappin) using the February SM Designer Collab &#8220;Snow in Love&#8221;:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TreeLove_Jan12_web.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
<p>And finally a fun layout by Carolyn (calliclaire) using &#8220;It&#8217;s Cosmic&#8221; by Stolen Moments Designs and Erica Zane:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt357/calliclaire/love-bowlingweb.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait to see what you come up with for this challenge!  Have fun with it!</p>
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		<title>Top 10 of romantic movies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cinna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! Since we have Valentine´s Day just around a corner, a list of your top 10 favorite romantic movies seems just the right thing to scrap about! I made mine using  a kit from our new designer Siamese Studios here at ScrapMatters: Now I hope you´re excited to see my list and I can [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hi everyone!</p>
<p>Since we have Valentine´s Day just around a corner, a list of your top 10 favorite romantic movies seems just the right thing to scrap about! I made mine using  a kit from our new designer Siamese Studios here at ScrapMatters:</p>
<p><a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/images/cache/9b6afc8cb4122edd646968ce83644107.jpg"><img class="alignnone" src="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/images/cache/9b6afc8cb4122edd646968ce83644107.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p>Now I hope you´re excited to see my list and I can tell you that it was hard to narrow it down to only ten:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p71/Cinna71/My%20LOs/bec271f4.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
<p>Now I´m really excited to see your pages and read YOUR lists. I wonder how many of mine you´ll pick to yours?</p>
<p>Have a great day!/ Carina</p>
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		<title>Hybrid Challenge: 2/7/12</title>
		<link>http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/2012/02/07/hybrid-challenge-2712/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sm_teammember</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone, Kayla aka keepscrappin here with today&#8217;s challenge, so dust off those scissors and warm up the printer cuz we&#8217;re going hybrid today. 7. Let&#8217;s get hybrid: Create a Valentine! It can be a traditional card, a candy wrapper cover or something else! I decided to keep it simple today and used Simply J [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>Kayla aka keepscrappin here with today&#8217;s challenge, so dust off those scissors and warm up the printer cuz we&#8217;re going hybrid today.</p>
<p><strong>7. Let&#8217;s get hybrid: Create a Valentine! It can be a traditional card, a candy wrapper cover or something else!</strong></p>
<p>I decided to keep it simple today and used Simply J Studio&#8217;s <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/pillow-box-template.html">Pillow Box Template</a> and the February Mix-a-kit items from <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/down-this-road-designs/">Down This Road Designs</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/valentine_pillowbox_web.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16718" src="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/valentine_pillowbox_web.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p>Just clip your papers to the template and print on cardstock.  Then, sized the heart to fit on the pillow box and turned off all the other layers.  Then I printed the heart on a separate sheet of cardstock.  Cut them out and tied the box with a little string for a quick and easy pillow box to put a little treat in for my sweet heart.  Gotta love simple and cute.</p>
<p>You don&#8217;t have to make a pillow box.  You can make a card, candy wrapper, tag or whatever your heart desires, just make sure you print it out and take a photo of your creation so we can see your finished product.</p>
<p>CT member Kairyn Lisa made this adorable Valentine&#8217;s Party  Invitation to give you more ideas on how to do this challenge.</p>
<p><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/invite_web.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-16757" src="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/invite_web.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="429" /></a></p>
<p>Hope ya&#8217;ll have fun with this one and as always keepscrappin&#8217; along with us <a href="http://scrapmatters.com/forums/showthread.php?p=413722#post413722">here</a> for February&#8217;s Bingo Challenges.</p>
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		<title>1 Feb&#8211;Avatar Challenge!!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sm_teammember</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy February Scrappers&#8230;love is in the air so let&#8217;s start the month out with an avatar challenge!  Change your avatar to something related to LOVE!  Doll-up your current photo or make it something new!!!  Can&#8217;t wait to start a new month of challenges here at ScrapMatters.com with you all! Hugs, Jami]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center">Happy February Scrappers&#8230;love is in the air so let&#8217;s start the month out with an avatar challenge!  Change your avatar to something related to LOVE!  Doll-up your current photo or make it something new!!!  Can&#8217;t wait to start a new month of challenges here at ScrapMatters.com with you all!</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Hugs,</p>
<p style="text-align: center">Jami</p>
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		<title>January 24 &#8211; Travel Scraps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>snowdrop</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Heather (snowdrop), and today&#8217;s challenge is my favorite, Travel Scraps! This month, your challenge is to wrap-up your holidays by scrapping a page about your Christmas or Winter Vacation! You don&#8217;t have to have traveled far, you can even scrap a staycation! This December, I went to Florida. One of the things I did [...]]]></description>
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<p>It&#8217;s Heather (snowdrop), and today&#8217;s challenge is my favorite, Travel Scraps! This month, your challenge is to wrap-up your holidays by scrapping a page about your Christmas or Winter Vacation! You don&#8217;t have to have traveled far, you can even scrap a staycation!</p>
<p>This December, I went to Florida. One of the things I did was go to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Here is my layout, using <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/wizarding-magic.html">Wizarding Magic</A>, a ScrapMatters collab and <A HREF="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/smd-font-kim.html">SMD Font: Kim</A> by Stolen Moments.</p>
<p><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/209890"><img src="http://scrapmatters.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wwohp_shops_sm.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-16594" /></a></p>
<p>For a full list of the January 2012 Bingo challenges head over to <A HREF="http://scrapmatters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27127">the forum</A> and if you want all the details about our challenge system including the prizes check it out <A HREF="http://scrapmatters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26863">here</a>!</p>
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		<title>January 19 Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>calliclaire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, Happy Thursday!  Carolyn here to bring you your inspiration for Challenge 19: Use a Black and White picture on your page.  I have to admit that this WAS a bit of a challenge for me as I really love color photos.  But sometimes there is a particular kit that is perfect for my [...]]]></description>
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<p>Hi all, Happy Thursday!  Carolyn here to bring you your inspiration for Challenge 19: Use a Black and White picture on your page. </p>
<p>I have to admit that this WAS a bit of a challenge for me as I really love color photos.  But sometimes there is a particular kit that is perfect for my photo, but the colors just look horrible together.  That&#8217;s when a black and white photo makes all the difference. </p>
<p>Here I was just LOVING Amber&#8217;s kit and wanted to smack every element in it on the page&#8230;I just love them all THAT much.  So, with all those papers and elements, my picture was lost.  Not anymore!  Once I changed it to black and white, it was much more visible on my busy page.  Here&#8217;s my layout that I had so much fun making with <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/product.php?productid=9444&amp;cat=0&amp;page=1">Just One Of  The Boys</a> by Stolen Moments and Jenn Barrette Designs:</p>
<p><a href="http://scrapmatters.com/gallery3/showphoto.php/photo/209623"><img class="alignnone" src="http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/tt357/calliclaire/eezyrollerweb.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></a></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a sweet layout from Annisa, using <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/its-a-boy-thing-by-haynay-designs-and-wm-squared-designs.html">It&#8217;s A Boy Thing</a> by Haynay Designs and WM[Squared] Designs:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/lionsimba/Happy-Boy3310web.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
<p>And here&#8217;s a fun layout from Jan with a partial extraction, using <a href="http://shop.scrapmatters.com/backyard-bbq.html">Backyard BBQ</a> by The Design Girl:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone" src="http://quiltymom.smugmug.com/photos/i-pDWfVLR/0/L/i-pDWfVLR-L.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p>
<p>Hope these inspire you to have fun scrapping some black and white pictures.  I cannot wait to see your layouts for this challenge!</p>
<p>For a full list of the January 2012 Bingo challenges head over to the forum <a href="http://scrapmatters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27127">here </a>and if you want all the details about our challenge system including the prizes click <a href="http://scrapmatters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26863">here</a>!</p>
<p>Happy Scrapping!<br />
- Carolyn (calliclaire)</p>
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