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Painterly Pears Many Thanks Card

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The Painterly Pears designer series paper from Stampin’ Up is one of my favorites or recent.  This paper makes a card so easy and quick it is a great go to if you need a card fast. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Darling Duckling card stock (2025-2027 In Colors Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Painterly Pears designer series paper (July 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Gathering Moments stamp set (September 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Mossy Meadow Ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Low-Profile Sparkle Dots (July 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

With your Darling Duckling card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to 4 ¼” x 5 ½”.  From your white card stock cut a piece for the inside of your card to 4” x 5 ¼”.  From the Painterly Pears designer series paper pack find the piece with the pears decorating around the edges and cut the lower right corner out to 4” x 5 ¼”. 

Take your Gathering Moments stamp set and your Mossy Meadow ink and stamp the “Many Thanks” in the upper left on the white portion of your designer series paper.  Adhere to the front of your card. 

With the Low-Profile Sparkle Dots, adhere three of the Darling Duckling colored dots around your greeting in the white space.

For the inside of your card take your white card stock piece and your “Expressing heartfelt gratitude” stamp from the Gathering Moments stamp sent and stamp in the upper center in Mossy Meadow ink.  Find the piece of designer series paper that has the yellow florets and cut one out and adhere to the lower left.

This gives you a bright and cheery thank you card for anyone you need to say a bit of thanks to. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Gathering Together Beige Many Thanks Card

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The Basic Beige colored papers in the Gathering Together designer series paper pack are just stunning and work together so well, along with the Basic Beige ribbon.  I was so excited to get to make a few thank you cards using this paper. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Basic Beige card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Gathering Together designer series paper (September 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Gathering Moments stamp set (September 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Basic Beige Ribbon (September 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From your Basic Beige card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to form your 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card.  Then cut a piece to 2 ½” x 3 3/8” and another to 1 1/8” x 4 3/8” and another for your label to 7/8” x 2 3/8”.  From your white card stock cut a piece to 3 ½” x 4 ¾” and one for you label to ¾” x 2 ¼”.  From the Gathering Together designer series paper, find the Basic Beige paper with the gold leaves and cut a piece to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and another to 2 3/8” x 3 ¼”.  Then find the Basic Beige piece with the squares design to 1” x 4 ¼”. 

Adhere the 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” piece of gold leaf designer series paper to the front of your card base.  Take the square Basic Beige piece and adhere to the Basic Beige piece measuring 1 1/8” x 4 3/8” and adhere that to the left side of your card front about ½” in from the left edge.  Adhere the second gold leaf Basic Beige piece to the Basic Beige piece and with your Basic Beige ribbon tie a knot around the lower portion and then and adhere that piece in about 1” from the left side. 

Take your white label piece you cut and with your Basic Beige ink and the “Many Thanks” greeting from the Gathering Moments stamp set and stamp on your label.  Adhere your label to the Basic Beige label piece and then adhere that about a ½” in from the right side and about ½” down on the top layer. 

For the inside adhere the white piece and then stamp in Basic Beige ink the “Expressing heartfelt gratitude” greeting. 

This is a lovely thank you card that you can give to anyone.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Gathering Together Thinking of You Card

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It is getting time for my favorite time of year, Fall and it’s the perfect time to make a card to tell someone you are thankful for them.  This card made with the Gathering Together suite from Stampin’ Up.  It is very simple, yet elegant.

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Early Expresso card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Basic Beige card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Gathering Together designer series paper (2025 September Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Gathering Moments stamp set and dies (2025 September Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Cajan Craze and Gold Dots (2025 September Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Cajan Craze ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

From a piece of Early Expresso card stock cut a card base to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half.  Cut a second piece to ¾” x 4 1/8”.  From Basic Beige cut a piece to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”, a second for the inside to 4” x 5 ¼” and a third piece measuring ½” x 4 1/8”.   Then from the Gathering Together designer series paper find the piece that has the leaves in Crushed Curry, Cajan Craze and Early Expresso.  Cut a piece to 4” x 5 ¼”.

Adhere the leaf paper to the Basic Beige piece you cut to 4 1/8” x 5 ¼” and then adhere to the front of the Early Expresso card base.  With the Gathering Moments stamp set find the “Thankful for you” greeting stamp and stamp toward the right side of your Basic Beige strip.  Then adhere that strip to the Early Expresso strip and then to your card front about 2/3 of the way down.  Add three of the Cajan Craze and Gold Dots to the left side of the strip in and even row. 

For the inside of your card, take the last piece of Basic Beige and with your Cajan Craze ink and the smaller oak leaf stamp, stamp in the lower left corner. 

This gives you a great card for anyone you are thankful to have in your life.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Beautiful Gallery Celebrate Birthday Step Card

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I love the way this card turned out, a floral step card made with the Beautiful Gallery Suite from Stampin’ Up.  The colors are lovely and it is just so pretty. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Mossy Meadow card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Beautiful Gallery designer series paper (2025 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Beautiful Motifs stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Happy Birthday stamp (retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Oval Flat Top nested dies
  • Rectangle Oval Ended Label Layering Dies
  • Pressed Flower Motif embelishments (2025 Annual Catalog Stampin’ Up)
  • Mossy Meadow ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

From your Mossy Meadow card stock cut a card base to 4 ¼” x 11” and score at 2”, 4” and 7 ½” and fold the big section together and the smaller section together to form your step card base. 

Grab your Beautiful Gallery designer series paper and find the Mossy Meadow piece with the white roses and the painted looking piece of Mossy Meadow paper.  From the painted piece cut a piece to 3 ¼” x 4” and another to 1 ¾” x 4” and adhere each to the front of your steps. 

Now get your Oval Flat End dies and cut the following:

               White Card Stock: 2 3/8” x 3 13/16”

                  2 13/16” x 4 ¼”

                                                                  3 ¾” x 5 ¼”

               Mossy Meadow Card Stock:      2” x 3 7/16”

3 ¼” x 4 13/16”

               Mossy Meadow Floral:             2” x 3 7/16”

                                                                 3 ¼” x 4 13/16”

For the back step, take the 3 ¾” x 5 ¼” white piece and adhere the 3 ¼” x 4 13/16” floral designer series paper piece and adhere to the front of the large step.  Then take the 2 3/8”x 3 13/16” piece of white and the small floral designer series paper piece and adhere together and then adhere to the front of the small step.  Take the 2” x 3 7 1/6” piece of Mossy Meadow and adhere to the back of your small step piece, it just gives is a bit more support for your card to stand well.  Now from Mossy Meadow die cut out a label base and from white card stock cut out the top of your label.  Stamp in Mossy Meadow ink the “Celebrate” from the Beautiful Motifs stamp set.  Adhere to the lower portion of your front step with pop dots.  Use the Pressed Flower Motif embellishments to decorate each end of your label.

Then take the Mossy Meadow piece that is left and the white piece and adhere to the white to the Mossy Meadow.  With your Mossy Meadow ink and a “happy Birthday” greeting stamp and stamp in the upper portion of the white.  Adhere to the back of your card. 

This gives you a beautiful birthday card for one of your girlfriends of family members.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.  All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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Peaceful Garden Sympathy Card

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This lovely Peaceful Garden designer series paper has such pretty colors using the new Secret Sea and Cloud Cover colors from Stampin’ Up, especially the hydrangea piece I used for this sympathy card.  The Peace on Earth stamp set also has some nice sayings. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Secret Sea card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Cloud Cover card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Peaceful Garden designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Peace on Earth stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Hues of Blue Flowers embellishments (Stampin’ Up)
  •  Secret Sea ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

Take a piece of Secret Sea card stock and cut to 5 ½” x 8 ½” and fold in half to form your 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card.  Cut a stripe to ½” x 5 ½”.  With your Cloud Cover card stock cut two pieces to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”.  From the Peaceful Garden designer series paper find the hydrangea piece and cut a piece to 4” x 4 ½” with the hydrangea facing up on the 4 ½” direction.  Cut to an angle on the top. 

Take a piece of the Cloud Cover you cut, your Secret Sea ink and find the “With deepest sympathy” greeting from the Peace on Earth stamp set and stamp in the upper right corner. 

Adhere your hydrangea designer series paper with the angle to the top.   Take the Secret Sea stripe you cut and adhere along the angle over the hydrangea paper, then turn over and trim along the edges.  Adhere to the front of your Secret Sea card base.  With the Hues of Blue flower embellishments, adhere three of the large white flowers in a row along the top left of your card. 

Take the second piece of Cloud Cover card stock you cut, the Secret Sea ink and the “sending heartfelt prayers” greeting from the Peace on Earth stamp set.  Stamp in the upper center.  Adhere to the inside of your card.  Place three of the small Hues of Blue flower embellishments around your greeting. 

This made a beautiful sympathy card for when you need one. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website.  Also, if you would like to purchase any Stampin’ Up products, please visit my website at https://www.stampinup.com/?demoid=2269501.

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Gathering Together Thinking of You Leaf Stepper Card

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Fall is on its way so it is time for some fall cards.  This leaf stepper card fit right in using the Grateful Together designer series paper from Stampin’ Up and the Vintage Leaves stamps and dies. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Basic Beige card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Cinnamon Cider card stock (retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Hello Honey card stock (retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Wild Wasabi card stock (retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Grateful Together designer series paper (September 2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Vintage Leave stamp set and dies (retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Soft Seedlings stamp set (retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Traditional Label Dies (Stampin’ Up)
  • Cajan Craze ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Scoring board or trimmer scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice
  • Pop dots

For the card base use your Basic Beige card stock and cut to 5 ½” x 11” and score at 2” x 4” x 7 ½” and fold all up.  Cut another piece to 3” x 5”.  From the Grateful Together designer series paper pack and find the Cajan Craze piece with the small leaf background and cut a piece to 1 ¾” x 5 ¼” and cut two pieces to 3 ¼” x 5 ¼”.  Adhere the small piece to the small front section of the card base, one of the larger pieces to the front of the back section and the other to the inside of your card.  Adhere your 3” x 5” Basic Beige piece to the inside on the Cajan Craze leaf piece. 

With the Vintage Leaves stamp set stamp three of the oak leaves on the Cinnamon Cider paper and cut out with the die.  From the Hello Hone stamp two of the maple leaves and cut out with the die and then two of the medium leaves and cut out with the dies..  Then with the Wild Wasabi stamp three of the smaller beech leaves and cut out with the die.  From a scrap piece of Basic Beige cut out a label with one of the Traditional Label Dies. 

Grab your Cajan Craze ink and the “Thinking of You” greeting from Soft Seedlings stamp set and stamp on your label.  Use the “so grateful” stamp and stamp on the inside Basic Beige piece you put on the inside of your card. 

Take one of your large maple leaves and adhere to the left side of the front step and one of the small green leaves to the right.  Use pop dots to adhere your label over the top of the leaves.  For the back portion of the card, adhere two of the Cinnamon Cider oak leaves to the back, making sure they don’t exceed the 4 ¼” height to fit into an envelope.  Then adhere the rest of the leaves around to your liking. 

Happy fall which you can say to anyone with this card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Painterly Pears Double Z-Fold Card

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I am in love with this card, the colors go together so well (even though they are University of Michigan colors, Michigan State fan here 😊).  All of the paper in this Painterly Pears designer series paper pack from Stampin’ Up is just so elegant.  And it is a different take on a Z-Fold card which is one of my favorites. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Secret Sea card stock (2025-2027 In Colors Stampin’ Up)
  • Darling Duckling card stock (2025-2027 In Colors Stampin’ Up)
  • Painterly Pears designer series paper (2025 Online Exclusive Stampin’ Up)
  • Perfectly Pears stamp and dies set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Low-Profile Sparkle Dots
  • Secret Sea ink (2025-2027 In Colors Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

From a piece of Secret Sea card stock cut your card base to 5 ½” x 8 ¼” and score at 2 ¾” and 5 ½” and fold into a “Z” shape.  With your Darling Duckling card stock cut a piece to 2 ¾” x 8 ¼” and score at 2 ¾” and at 5 ½” and fold into the same “Z” fold. 

In your Painterly Pears designer series paper pack find the Secret Sea color pear paper, the Darling Duckling pear paper and the Darling Duckling checker paper.  From the Secret Sea pear paper cut three pieces to 2 ½” x 5 ¼” and adhere to each of your three Secret Sea card base pieces.  Then cut two of the Darling Ducking pear pieces to 2 ½” x 2 ½” and adhere to the first and second panels of the Darling Duckling “Z” fold.  From the Darling Duckling checker designer series paper cut a piece to 2 ½” x 2 ½” and adhere that to the third panel of the Darling Duckling card stock. 

To adhere your “Z” folds together, center the Darling Duckling “Z-fold” paper into the Blue “Z-Fold” and then measure to make your yellow hang out about half way and making your card measure 4” or so across and then adhere down, making sure you are only putting adhesive on the part that hits the blue “Z”. 

Cut a piece of 2” x 2” Darling Duckling card stock and with your “A good friend is a gift” greeting stamp from the Perfectly Pears stamp set and Secret Sea ink stamp and then adhere to the back panel of your Darling Duckling “Z-fold”.  On a small scrap piece of Darling Duckling and your Secret Sea ink stamp the “Friend” greeting and use the small label die from Perfectly Pear dies to cut it out, or cut out by hand.  Adhere the Friend label on a angle in the lower right corner of your front Darling Duckling panel and then add three small Low-Profile Sparkle Dots that come in the Perfectly Pears suite around on that front panel. 

This is such an elegant card for any friend to show you care!

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Sweeter With You Hello Friend Card

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Tell a friend how much you care with the Hello Friend card made from the Sweeter With You Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin’ Up. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Paper Pumpkin Sweeter With You kit (July 2025 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • Garden Green card base (July 2025 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • Pool Party Strawberry designer series paper (July 2025 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • White scallop rectangle (July 2025 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • Strawberry plant cut-out (July 2025 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • Two large strawberries (July 2025 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • Five white bloom flowers (July 2025 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • Hello Friend white frame cut-out (July 2025 Paper Pumpkin Stampin’ Up)
  • Sweet Sorbet ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Corner Rounder
  • Adhesive of choice

Take the Garden Green card base and fold in half, use your corner rounder to round all four corners.  With the Pool Party strawberry paper cut to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and round all four corners.  Adhere to the front of your card base. 

Take the white scallop rectangle and the strawberry plant cut-out and cut the plant pieces to decorate your white rectangle.  Also use the a large strawberry and four of the blossoms.  With the white “Hello, Friend” label base, stamp “Hello, Friend” in Sweet Sorbet.  Adhere this angled across the center with pop dots.  Adhere the rectangle piece to the center of your card base front. 

For the inside of your card adhere the large strawberry and last blossom to the lower right corner.  Use the “Love you lots” stamp and Sweet Sorbet ink and stamp on the inside upper center. 

Such a lovely card to give to a friend you love that will let them know you care.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Tent Fold Stepper Peaceful Garden Card

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I have seen a few of these online as ideas, but this one came from my Stampin’ Up upline in one of her Thursday night Facebook lives at My Stamping Style.  It was a really cute design that I hadn’t seen before, but I have now saw a few times since.  It folds into a normal 4 ¼” x 5 ½” card but forms a stand for a 4” x 4 ¼” card with a front step.    I used the Peaceful Gardens to make this charming card. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Secret Sea card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Cloud Cover card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • White card stock
  • Peaceful Garden designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Secret Sea ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Hues of Blue flower embellishments (Stampin’ Up)
  • Scoring board or paper trimmer scoring blade
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

With your Secret Sea card stock a piece to 4 ¼” x 11” and score at 4”, 8”, 9” and 10”.  From the 4” end, fold the 4” to the 8” score, fold the 9” score up and then the 10” score down.  With your Cloud Cover card stock, cut two pieces to 3 7/8” x 4 1/8” and a piece to 7/8” x 3 7/8”.  From the Peaceful Garden designers series paper, find the white hydrangea paper and cut a piece to 3 ¾” x 4”.  Then find the Cloud Cover paper and cut a piece to ¾” x 3 ¾”. 

Adhere one of the pieces of Cloud Cover to the front of the 4” x 4 ¼” fold up piece and then adhere the white hydrangea designer series paper.  Adhere the 7/8” x 4 1/8” piece of Coud Cover to the front of the step and then the Cloud Cover designer series paper piece to the front of that. 

Take a spare piece of Cloud Cover card stock and the small label from the Peace on Earth dies and cut a label, and then with the larger label die cut one from Secret Sea, adhere together.  From white card stock die cut the dove with wings up.  With the Peace on Earth stamp set and your Secret Sea ink stamp the “Sending” and “Heartfelt Prayers” together on your label.  Adhere the dove to the upper left of your label and add one large and two small flower embellishments from the Hues of Blue flower embellishments.  Adhere the label to the front of you step about ½’ up from the bottom of your step. 

With the second piece of Cloud Cover you cut, your Secret Sea ink and the “with deepest sympathy” greeting from the Peace on Earth stamp set.  Adhere to the inside of your card. 

That makes your Peaceful Garden Tent Fold Stepper card. 

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

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Beautiful Gallery Hello Card

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Here is a card I made to say hello when I haven’t seen or talked with someone in a while.  It uses the Beautiful Gallery designer series paper from Stampin’ Up along with the Beautiful Motifs stamp set. 

To create this card, you just need a few things:

  • Tan colored card stock
  • Cinnamon Cider card stock (Retired Stampin’ Up)
  • Basic Beige card stock (Stampin’ Up)
  • Beautiful Gallery designer series paper (Stampin’ Up)
  • Beautiful Motifs stamp set (Stampin’ Up)
  • Banner label dies
  • Floral dies
  • Cinnamon Cider ink (Stampin’ Up)
  • Paper trimmer
  • Adhesive of choice

This is an easy and quick card.  With your tan colored card stock cut a piece to 5 ½” x 8 ½” card base.  Score at 2 ¾” x 7” and fold both sides in to form the front of your card.  From Basic Beige cut a piece for the inside of the card to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8”. From the Beautiful Gallery designer series paper, find the piece with grassy hills and flowers in the front.  Cut a piece to 4” wide and 5 3/8” tall and then cut from the left in at 2 5/8″ which gives you the two pieces for the front of your card. 

With a scrap piece of the tan colored paper cut a smaller size banner die (or you can cut a strip and you can trim the end).  Then from the Cinnamon Cider the next size up die.  Take two nature or floral dies and cut two larger size from the tan colored card stock and two of the smaller from the Cinnamon Cider card stock.  On the tan smaller banner stamp the “hello” stamp from Beautiful Motifs stamp set in Cinnamon Cider ink. 

Adhere the two pieces of designer series paper to the front of your card base.  The adhere your label banners together, trim to size and adhere in the upper left corner down about a ½”.  Then adhere one each of your two floral pieces to the lower right corner. 

For the inside take your piece of Basic Beige and adhere your two floral pieces in the lower left corner.  With your Cinnamon Cider ink and the “I’m here for you always” stamp and stamp in the upper center of the Basic Beige piece.  Adhere into the center of the inside of your card. 

What a simple and easy card that can be given to anyone just to say hello.

If you are interested in seeing other card ideas, please visit my blog at www.daisychainfun.com or follow my website. 

All cards are handmade and photos taken by DaisyChainFun.

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