Here is one of the finished layouts with a spray painted background.
Hier ist eines der fertigen Layouts mit dem Spraydosen-Hintergrund.
*Trust Yourself*
Supplies: Cardstock, Golden Montana Spray, Lace, Selfmade Stencils, Heidi Swapp Mask, Tattered Angels Screens, Tim Holtz Mask, White Ink, Acrylic Paint, Marker, Rose Moka Diva Paper, Rose Moka Diva Letter Stickers
Wishing you a gorgeous day!!!!
Wünsche Euch einen grandiosen Tag!!!!
So…finally I made it to the store around the corner “Underpressure” and bought some really cool spray paints – I limited myself to four cans before I entered the store- but I do totally know I need more colors- LOL. Although I was totally out of place in this store and admitted right from the beginning that I was a newbie to the whole thing, I got some amazing costumerservice! I also bought a mask- which is absolutely necessary and which I forgot to put on once- no good!!!I also got the coolest Markers in the world- more about them some other time.
Nun denn …endlich habe ich es geschafft den Laden um die Ecke zu betreten “Underpressure” und ein paar wirklich coole Sprayfarben zu kaufen. Vor Betreten des Ladens hatte ich mich schon auf 4 Dosen limitiert – aber ich brauche nun wirklich mehr Farben – LOL. Obwohl ich völlig ferngesteuert und fehl am Platze in dem Laden wirkte und zudem auch noch von Anfang an gleich zugab, dass ich von der ganzen Materie null Ahnung hätte, bekam ich eine unglaublich nette und gute Beratung! Ich kaufte auch gleich noch eine Maske – die absolut notwendig ist – und die ich dann auch einmal beim Sprayen vergaß aufzusetzen – Großer Fehler! Außerdem bekam ich die genialsten Marker aller Zeiten – aber davon ein andermal.
And then I set up a spraying station on the roof and started. Boy that was fun! Here are just my favorite examples from this afternoon.
Und dann habe ich mir so eine Spraystation eingerichtet – oben auf dem Dach – und losgelegt! Hier sind ein paar Fotos von meinen Lieblingsergebnissen an diesem Nachmittag.
Although I screwed up the Ape-Stencil – I like the background a lot. Definetly have to try this again. The Ape and the scrolls on the side are bought stencils.
I love the depth here and I have already an idea for a layout with this. The Rays and the bubbles are selfmade stencils.
The layout for this one is already done – I love this a lot.
This one is a collaged – pretty big- canvas that I have standing around for a while now. So I just thought I would do some stuff on here and I like the outcome. I still need to think how to proceed with it- but I think I will come up with something eventually.
So I hope you enjoyed my spraypaint stuff- LOL – don’t you think I need more colors? Which ones should I get?
Ich hoffe Ihr mochtet mein Sprühversuche – LOL – meint Ihr nicht auch, ich brauche mehr Farben? Welche soll ich kaufen?
I think this my favorite technique of yours so far! I think the blendie and the crisp. I am sending you “an ugly” bag with your B-Day present!
Sehr cool! Gimme more!!!
you make me want to pick up a spray can and create! Love it NAT!
Spray paint festival on the roof terrace, sounds good to me!!
Sag mal, du hast aber auch immer wieder was neues auf Lage, was ? Sieht das coooool aus. Ich habe mich ja nur mal an Airbrush versucht – allerdings nie mit SOLCHEN g…len Ergebnissen !!!
You are the coolest girl that I know.
Well, actually you live in Germany and I haven’t met you, but I can tell from here that you are really cool.
Hammergenial – ist ja total irre!!!!
Sehr cool! Ich habe ja mit dieser treibgasfreien Variante zum selber einfüllen der Farbe auch ganz gute Erfahrungen gemacht, vielleicht ist das noch ne Variante?
WOW! The spray paint really does have such a different look for any of the other products out there! Awesome stuff!
I’m totally in love with the last LO…. OMG – you’re good at this!!! In fact, you should buy ALL colours – that should be fun! Just buy them all!!!!
This looks incredibly fun! Thanks for sharing! And cute photo of you with the can!
ooooooooooo very fun and funky. it appears you know what’s doin!!! woo hoo!
Man, there are sooo gorgeous!!! the birdie one is my fave, looks like a piece of fine art!!
colours? what about a sunny orange or bordeaux red?
WOW! Love the bright colors and the bird on a branch LO is my a absolute fave. Will I start to see your art on buildings and public walls next? LOL
Oh wow, that is soo cool!!!
Welche Farben? Regenbogenfarben!!!
Gibt es eigentlich irgendwas, was Du nicht kannst????
holy moly, hope you’ll do it only on paper!! LOL
it’s amazing!! :D
hihi, wie coool! ich seh dich schon in dunklen klamotten maskiert die ubahntunnel besprühen und ganz deutschland berichtet über den neuartigen, geheimnisvollen künstler ;o)
du brauchst definitiv mehr farben!
You are rockin the spray paint! I love the depth and each one has it’s own personality! So COOL!
Bah! Jetzt mach’ste die Street Art auch noch selber?! Die Straße bekommt große Konkurrenz – ich kann das genau sehen! Welche Farben fragst Du? Du wärst auch mit nur einer verdammt gut. :-)
oh, how cool is that? I love it! Especially the last one…. do I recognize the canvas from our painting class?
This weekend I played a lot with all kinds of stuff and stencils. I’m not really satisfied with the outcome- but I’m working on it :)
Dieses Wochenende habe ich mit allerlei Zeug und Stencils gearbeitet. Ich bin nicht wirklich mit dem Ergebnis zufrieden, aber ich arbeite dran :)
Detail:
I love the outcome of my umbrella man – the rest didn’t get the sharp crisp edges that would make it really cool.
Ich liebe das Ergebnis meines Regenschirm-Mannes – der Rest hat leider nicht so scharfe und klare Umrisse, die das Ganze wirklich cool gemacht hätten :)
i have been here, admiring your work for the past hour Ms Nat… u’re awesome you know? *hugs*
VERY cool!
for me it’s totally cool!! JEALOUSY!! ;)
not really satisfied.. hmm.. now who is a demanding girl here?
It is AMAZING!!!
I think it is super cool!!!
Na was? Bisschen Zufall gibt Charakter!
This looks too cool! I want to see it IRL. We need to have coffee again, soon.
I love it Nat! It looks like he is actually lit up! Beautiful!
Awesome, awesome layout! And totally funny that we have the same crafting brain!
Aw, It reminds me of Rene Magritte!
Here are my photos from last week :)
Und hier sind die Photos der letzten Woche :)
*187/365*
got a nice flower bouquet from my office
*188/365*
I know you saw this pic already :) Had a lot of fun at the Yeah Yeah Yeahs Concert in the Docks in Hamburg
*189/365*
love that flower at Planten un Bloomen
*190/365*
stumbling stones in Hamburg – always make me sad and think about who lived in those houses and what happened to them! Makes me also realize how unlikely it is when people say they didn’t know.
*191/365*
St. Pauli Game – 2 : 0 – good game, lot’s of rain, cold, but still fun
*192/365*
Crop & Grill at Scrapbook-King– awesome day- and finally seeing Andrea again – it’s been a while
*193/365*
Playing all day with stencils, paints and other media. So fun!
Hope you have a gorgeous day today!
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Looks like you’ve been up to your regular fun stuff. Very powerful images!
hmmmmmmmmm……. Who put the stumbling stones into the sidewalks?
if they are what Im thinking, are they gentle reminders to not go down the wrong paths maybe some others have gone down. Dreams that we learn from others mistakes.?
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Sad too, but pretty.
holla die waldfee, dein layout ist der hammer!! :D
Love every one of your photos this week – wow!
Love your photos and the project is way cool!
I really am so inspired by all your photos! Love them!
Awesome Flower close-up!
Love the pic of your art work.
“Makes me also realize how unlikely it is when people say they didn’t know.”
you can’t imagine that it actually happened but you also can’t imagine that nobody “knew”…….
Ui, das untereste sieht aber sehr vielversprechend aus!
I really love the song we do have this week at Scrapping The Music and as it is a song my husband loves too – it was pretty obvious what to do – LOL. The Romantics with “What I Like About You”.
Ich liebe diesen Song der Romantics “What I Like About You”, den wir diese Woche als Challengesong bei Scrapping the Music haben. Da es auch einer der Lieblingssongs meines Mannes ist – war es ziemlich einfach welches Thema mein Layout haben sollte- LOL.
*What I Like About You*
Supplies: Rose Moka Mec Paper, Ranger Colorwash, Acrylic Paints, Golden Gesso, Prima Pulse Paper, Rose Moka Letter Stickers, Tim Holtz Alpha Masks
Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Kann es kaum erwarten Eure Werke zu sehen!
Hi,
Just wanted to let you know I love this page. The colors and details are wonderful. Fabulous work!!! I was reading your comments on the CC DT call. Lucy called the other day to tell me who got the team. I often wish I were on a design team, but feel some what like you. My work is not main stream and I am not going to change because then it becomes work and a struggle for me. I hope eventually a company needs my talent. For now Somerset continues to pick up my work for their different publications.
Gayle
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TheNextStepchallenge.blogspot.com
very fun and funky!!! love the song too.
Stunning!
Love, love, love your layout!!! You rocked the song totally!!!
Awesome colors Nat!
I love this song…my hubby and I used to dance to this song in a wild way;-)
you did it again: bright colors, a FAB background and such a cute couple!! :D
Beautiful colors. Great letters. Cute picture.
i love the alpha masks. great layout. the colors are awesome.
This is one hell of a lay out!!! Gosh, I LOVE it! Just everything!
Wooohooooo! So good to see this on a monday morning!
I love the stamping on the corners of the photo!
Your colors just GLOW! This is GORGEOUS Nat! I especially love the way you masked the word Love at the bottom – so cool!
It took me a while to do the entry for Kerstin‘s Circle Journal – simply because this book is sooo amazing!!!! The theme of her book is to yarn a story/promise the moon – well…make up something. So…but finally I came up with something and I hope she likes it :)
Ich habe eine ganze Weile gebraucht, mich endlich an den Eintrag für Kerstins Circle Journal zu wagen – ganz einfach, weil ich das unglaublich tolle Buch nicht ruinieren wollte!!!! Das Thema ihre Buches ist “Das Blaue vom Himmel” – also etwas über sich zu erfinden. Endlich habe ich mir was einfallen lassen, ich hoffe es gefällt ihr.
*Ich kann fliegen/I can fly”
Journaling translated: When I was in elementary school I was able to fly! Really! Everytime I went out with our dog and reached the bridge I jumped into the air and did some swimming moves and …I flew a couple meters! One day I made the mistake to tell my friends on the school yard about my ability. They all laughed and asked me to fly right now. I started to doubt myself and of course it didn’t work anymore. Several months ago I met a woman. She looked at me and said ” I was able to fly when I was a kid”. I replied “Me too”. And we nodded knowingly at each other! I know if I do stop to doubt myself I will be able to fly again!
Supplies: Claudine Hellmuth’s Sticky Canvas, Acrylic Paints, Ranger’s Colorwash, Oil Pastels, Staz On, Tim Holtz Script Stamp, Newspaper Stamp, Neocolors II, Wooden Letter Stamps, Tim Holtz Grungeboard, Glimmer Mist, Tim Holtz Stencil Letters
Take a flight today :)
Gorgeous! I love the story too. <3
Super! Maybe you won’t believe me but I was able to fly as well but I ended up with a really big bump on my forehead while trying to fly from the stairs with my head right on to our front foor. That was the end of flying for me
;-)
Great page!
Dein Eintrag ist sooo klasse … und IRL nochmal so schön … dieses grüüün *schwärm*
Ich kann leider auch nur in meinen Träumen fliegen, aber da kann ich es.
… aber das Knittersche CJ ist nicht von dieser Welt … ich habe es gestern (dank Dir)gestreichelt, bewundert und wollte es erst nicht wieder hergeben ;-)
War schön Dich wieder zu sehen ;o)
Your LO is fabulous, and I have to say, Kerstin’s CJ is just out of this world.
auf dem bildschirm schon ein augenschmaus; im original der hammer!! D
Have wings…will fly!
Can’t wait to see you fly!
beautiful CJ entry!
xo
Natas
Ja könnte denn wer daran zweifeln, dass DU fliegen kannst?
Irre, dieser Bubble-Effekt und das Spiel der Farben! Ich freu mich riesig und danke Dir! :-)
Wie poetisch, toll er CJ-Eintrag!
Ich liebe solche “Stories”;))
Dein Eintrag ist wundervoll,dieses satte grün,herrlich!
Guten Flug;))
love those wings! beautiful.
Just beautiful.
Ich kann immer nur nachts fliegen, in Orpheus’ Armen, wenn mein stofflicher Körper fest auf der Matraze liegt ;-) Und auch dann nur selten… Wunderschön geworden und wie ich diese Farbkombi liebe.
OMG this is absolutely MAGICAL! I love your story and the colors and your wings!
Really wonderful.
I got some mails and a comment about not making the Cosmo Cricket Team. Nice Mails- thank you girls. But to tell you the truth..it is not THAT bad. Yes…I do not well on rejection…and in the past, honestly I had shed some tears, questioned my self, questioned my work, questioned the people that picked the design team, questioned the bussiness- everything.
But I’m over it. I’m still sad when I’m not picked and it needs an hour to soak in, but I do know why. There are many reasons and one is that I stay true to myself and my style is just not what most manufacturers are looking for. I do not scrap a lot of children, I have often political or very personal statements in my work. My layouts are messy and contain a lot of paint and techniques that might drive away the attention from the actual product. I’m just not what they are looking for – and that is fine – because…I WANT to stay true to myself. You know…they miss out – LOL – not me, because I still get published, teach workshops with products and I still show quite a lot about the versatitilty of product (you can disagree of course- but this is my post- LOL). And at least…if I’m picked by the amazing manufacturer Rose Moka I know that they definetly like my work with all my rough edges.
It would have been nice if CC would have left a little comment on the thread just to let me know they saw the work and well…say they appreciate me trying, because at least me and a lot of others did some “nice” advertisment for free for their company, but hey…that little comment wouldn’t have made the world more beautiful or my life a quota better.
Because- even with that rejection… my life is good and beautiful. Life is not just paper and scissors and art can be a cure:)
Congratulations to the CC finalists – I wish you all luck!!!
For us you’re a scrapping hero! Forget CC, you have more talents to show than they could ever grasp! And you”re right, your style is so individual you would have to give up part of your personality if you changed it. But don’t, ever!!
I am upset that people wasted time in emailed you and commenting about you not making the team. Have they nothing better to do with their time? You are an amazing original artist and you don’t need a manufacturer to tell you that in order to realize how talented you are. And I am so thankful for that. Lots of love to you!
Ich denke es ist das wichtigste sich selbst treu zu bleiben,das stimmt! Und ob die “Treue” politischen Themen,Katzen+Hunde,Häuser oder eben seinen Kindern gilt ist jedem selbst überlassen!!
Und wenn es nicht in das Schema der SB-Firmen passt,dann ist das eben so,Ende!
So true! The no thank yous are hard to take each and every time, but make the yes emails sooo much better!
Dude , that attitude is what I love about you – don’t ever change who you are just for the sake of some free papers. It totally is NOT worth it
You are a true original!! Keep it up!! Love ya!
Nat. I am not always a nice person and I think that I want to say a not nice thing: I think *most* (not all) scrapbooking is crap. It looks very, very much what a few friends of mine in graphic design and web design do as advertising.
The reason that I say “crap” is because art is not meant to be advertising, even if it advertising about how awesome your kids are. If the scrapbooking’s purpose IS advertising, then many people make lovely ads.
I LIKE your work and some others, in fact some others that have commented here. I like it because its intention is art not showing off product.
Yes, I am an art snob (music, literature…) but still.
ha schatz! You know you rock and everybody loves you because you are you!!!!
kudos for putting yourself out there!!!! but i agree w/mandy things happen for a reason. hope you find many windows open for ya!!
Their loss for sure. On to other projects Nat. And do not change
your wonderful style! Paint on.
You are you, your style is unique and you cant fit in that kind of box, I’m glad you can see thru to the other side because these things happen for a reason…you know…one door closes and a window opens…
Have a great weekend and look for a window – or scrap one!! (big smile)
I’m actually pretty disgusted that CC got all that FREE “advertising” …it’s just not cool, but that’s business. And art, should not be anyone’s business but your own! ;) The fact that they did not acknowledge those who made the effort is really disturbing. I don’t care how many entries they had, a thank-you card is just good manners! Hang in there…
good for you for giving it a try- and for staying true to you!
Bravo Nat.
Being in this business is not for sissies!
Why cant I learn to proof read before I post!
I meant to say……….
YOU Rock just the way you are!
Yes!!! Never change yourself or style for someone else! Your Rock just the way you are!
{{hugs tightly}}
so true and so *straight ahead*!! that’s the right way, my friend!! hugs!!
Love you for staying true to yourself.
Hugs,
Natas
Bleib, wie du bist, kann ich da nur sagen. Du bleibst dir selbst treu, das zeichnet dich, deinen Stil, deine Werke aus und macht sie unverwechselbar. Danke dafür :-)
Great attitude! I totally sulk whenever I get rejected (which is *all* the time – LOL!). And yes, stay true to yourself! Always a good choice!
He süße. Ich mag deine layouts und deine arbeiten – auch wenn ich das in der letzten zeit wenig bis gar nicht dokumentiert habe … *drückdich* und sich selber treu bleiben ist manchmal viel wichtiger :) Ich wünsche dir ein schönes, entspanntes wochenende.
*knutsch* ;-)
OMG I can so relate to what you are saying Nat. I have had those same feelings, but you are SO RIGHT. Staying true to yourself is the most important thing – art is supposed to be SELF-EXPRESSION after all. I don’t have to tell you that your work is beautiful and so unique!
We have a new fun challenge idea on our Scrapping the Music Blog going on. Each month the first song will be a TV-show theme song – and this month we start off with “Cheers”
Wir haben eine neue Challenge Idee auf unserem Scrapping The Music Blog. Die erste Challenge im Monat wird jeweils ein Song einer TV-Serie sein – und diesen Monat starten wir mit “Cheers“.
The line that inspired me was: “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name” – it reminded me on all the fun photos I took in Amsterdam with sign that said NAT- which means “WET” in dutch.
Eine Songvers hat mich besonders inspiriert “Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name” – er hat mich an die witzigen Photos, die ich in Amsterdam geschossen habe, erinnert, auf denen NAT – also NASS stand.
*Sometimes you want to go*
Supplies: Rose Moka Papers, Rose Moka Letter Stickers, Cosmo Cricket Paper, Acrylic Paint, Ranger Liquid Pearls, Prima Felt Stars
Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Ich kann es kaum erwarten Eure Ideen zu sehen!
cool pictures hehe :-)
superlo!
hihihih, don’t you just love Amsterdam?! Great layout NAT ;)
xo
NATas
How FREAKING cool is that?? One of my all time fave TV shows and I so adore that song too.
Fantastic layout
I love that line from the song and your LO is fun and colorful as usual!
wow, dieses werk springt mit seinem leuchtenden farben förmlich aus dem bildschirm!! und ich liebe bunt und leuchtend!! :D
As always.. stunning work!
hello hotness!!! you’re rockin’ the colors here.. yeehaaaw!
Yesterday we went to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert (IndieRock-ArtPunk) here in Hamburg – part of my birthday present. So cool. It was totally my music- which might surprise some of you, and it was an awesome performance and I had a lot of fun. I love the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for some time now- have all of their three albums and I needed hard and loud music yesterday!
I did not take my Camera nor Flip with me so there is only this bad cell phone picture
And this is my favorite song by them…
[youtube width=”325″ height=”271″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsgRCRlf77U[/youtube]
Hope you have a wonderful day…I sure will have :)
I <3 the yeah yeah yeahs too. Glad you enjoyed yourself. And I didn’t know that you got engaged in Paris. Very romantic!
sounds really good! i’m glad you had fun!!
note to myself: visit mor concerts!! ;)
Glad you enjoyed the concert.
Loved the guitar licks!
Yay you! It sounds like it was awesome!
Looks like an awesome concert! Sorry to have missed you on gchat the other night!
ooh, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are great! Makes me want to go listen to them now. The cell phone pic is fine though, you were busy enjoying the show and that’s what matters :)
Happy belated birthday!
cool stuff! we were at the Regina Spektor concert on Monday. She also rocks!!
I can’t think of anything more fun to do for your birthday than a concert! That’s awesome! I had heard of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs but never heard their music before – doesn’t surprise me a bit that you would like them! Thanks for sharing – they are cool!
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fab!
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WOW nat, LOVE this, amazing LO!!! XOXO eef
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Jen Davis
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Wow, just brilliant!
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Sue Clarke
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Yes you can…trust yourself and make a kick-ass LO!
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Kim Sonksen
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This is totally awesome! I love all the background techniques you do and this one is out of this world
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Freakin’ awesome…….
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betsy (pharmgirl)
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soooo cool! i wish i could do that stuff!
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Maren Thunert
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Wow,- mehr fällt mir dazu einfach nicht ein!!!
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HAMMER – mehr fällt mir grad nicht ein :o)
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Annemarie (mommyvictory)
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It came out great!
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Natasja
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That’s just stinkin’cool!
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sue brown
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absolutely fantastic Nat. Wow this is so cool!!!!!
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Absolut supercool!!!
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christiane
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super duper cool!! wohoo!! :D
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Jenny
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Super cool lo :-)
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heather
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Cool, but hard to do!
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Michelle LaPoint Rydell
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Liz is right – this is stinkin COOL! I absolutely LOVE it!
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Liz
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This is so stinkin’ cool! You are my idol!
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