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  • Everyday Foiled Glimmer Cards – More Tips, Tricks & Ideas. Video

    • October 14, 2019
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    • Misc
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Cheer & Joy Release. Modern Christmas Cards. Video

    • October 10, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Muted Colors with Kraft Cardstock. Video

    • October 7, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Spellbinders Merry Little Everything Card Kit – 8 Christmas Cards. Video

    • October 1, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • My Favorite Things | Copic Tips For Dark Backgrounds. Video

    • September 25, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Tips & Tricks For Hot Foil Holiday Cards. Video

    • September 12, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Hero Arts | How-to: Night Sky / Galaxy Card. Video (Blog Hop + Giveaway)

    • August 22, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Spellbinders | Foiling with Etched Dies. Video (Blog Hop + Giveaway)

    • August 19, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Tonic Studios | Modern Floral Cards. Video (Blog Hop + Giveaway)

    • August 9, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Cardmaking with Spellbinders July Large Die Of the Month | Video + Giveaways (Now Closed)

    • July 12, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Color With Paper and Stamps. Video

    • July 9, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • My Favorite Things | Underwater Scene Cards with Nothing but Markers (and critter stamps, too). Video

    • June 27, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Hot Foil Backgrounds Made Easy (Repeat Foil Stamping). Video

    • June 25, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Hot Foil Stamping Tips | Video

    • June 15, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • How to Color with Chameleon Dual Ended Color Pencils – 4Bar Magnolia Greeting Card. Video + Sale!

    • May 23, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Colorful Backgrounds in Minutes with Hero Arts Reactive Ink | Video | Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • May 22, 2019
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Flip Up Birthday Card. Video

    • May 21, 2019
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  • Abstract Backgrounds Made Easy | Simon Says Stamp | Video

    • May 15, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • How to Money Holder Cards without Specialty Supplies | Pretty Pink Posh | Video

    • May 13, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Watercolor Clematis Card for Mom. Video

    • April 29, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • How to Assemble Shadowboxes & Calculate Paper Size using Spellbinders Shadowbox Dies. Video

    • March 16, 2019
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    • Tutorials
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  • 5 Ways to Use Nuvo Drops. Video

    • March 3, 2019
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    • Tutorials
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  • My Latest IKEA SKÅDIS Pegboard Set Up – VIDEO!

    • February 23, 2019
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    • Misc
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Floral Friendship Card. Video

    • February 8, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Spring Inspired Thank You Card. Video

    • January 23, 2019
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Floral Pattern Birthday Card. Video

    • January 8, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Hero Arts | One Layer Floral Pencil Colored Card. Video

    • January 4, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • My Favorite Things | Female Birthday Card Idea. Video

    • December 27, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Last Minute Christmas Cards. Video

    • December 17, 2018
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  • Alexandra Renke | 3 Sheets of Paper = 8 Holiday Cards. Fast Holiday Cardmaking with Minimum Supplies

    • November 29, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Calligraphy-Like Christmas Cards. Yippee For Yana Series. Video

    • November 21, 2018
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  • Spellbinders | Foil Stamped Christmas Cards. Video (Blog Hop + Giveaway)

    • November 8, 2018
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  • Alexandra Renke | Super Easy Washi Tape Christmas Cards. Video

    • October 29, 2018
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  • Pretty Pink Posh | Seasonal Happy Mail Cards. Video

    • October 24, 2018
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Christmas Coloring with a Single Pen (or Pencil). Video

    • September 29, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Minimal Supplies Holiday Cards with Mama Elephant. Video (Blog Hop) + STAMPtember Mama Elephant Exclusive

    • September 15, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Gina K Designs | One Layer Floral Birthday Card. Video

    • July 24, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Ink Road Stamps | Dry Embossing & One Layer Tropical Cards. Video

    • July 14, 2018
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  • My Favorite Copic Color Combos (UPDATED!)

    • June 26, 2018
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    • Misc
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  • My IKEA Craft Room (Craft Corner) Tour 2018

    • May 30, 2018
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    • My Craft Corner
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  • Pretty Pink Posh | Sequin & Confetti Shapes. Video

    • April 27, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Pretty Pink Posh | Cherry Blossoms Friendship Card. Photo Tutorial

    • April 11, 2018
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  • Simon Says Stamp | One Stencil – Four Ways. Video + Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • January 27, 2018
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Center Cut Heart Background – Selective Polychromos Colored Love Card. Video

    • January 23, 2018
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  • WPlus9 | Emerald Pencil Colored Background (Take Two) – So Very Grateful Card

    • September 29, 2017
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    • Cards, Misc
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Textured Lace Cards. Video + Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • May 26, 2017
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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  • WPlus9 | Floral Cards Trio – Easy Watercolor Ranunculus using Daniel Smith Watercolors. Video Tutorial

    • March 8, 2017
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    • Cards
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  • Simon Says Stamp | Easy Galaxy Background. Video

    • August 7, 2016
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  • WPlus9 | Adding Foiled Accents with Heat Embossing. Video

    • July 6, 2016
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    Pretty Pink Posh | Christmas Greetings Card by Yana Smakula featuring Leaves & Berries Stencil #prettypinkposh #cardmaking #christmascard

    Pretty Pink Posh | Christmas Greetings Card. Blog Hop + Giveaway

    • October 17, 2019
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    • Cards
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    Hello, friends! I’m excited to join Pretty Pink Posh for their October 2019 Release. It’s crazy how fast the time goes by, it feels like it was just Summer yesterday. I have a simple and easy to replicate card to share today using one of the new stencils – Leaves & Berries. This project was…

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  • Everyday Foiled Glimmer Cards - More Tips, Tricks & Ideas. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula featuring Spellbinders GLP-141 Glimmering Butterflies Glimmer Hot Foil Plate & Die Set and GLP-144 Birthday Hugs & Wishes Glimmer Hot Foil Plate

    Everyday Foiled Glimmer Cards – More Tips, Tricks & Ideas. Video

    • October 14, 2019
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    • Misc
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    Hello crafters! I’m back from my trip to the UK (I have been back for more than a week now, actually), I mentioned in one of the previous videos that…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Christmas Bulbs Card. Cheer & Joy Release. Handmade Greeting Card by Yana Smakula featuring SSS102042 Outline Christmas Bulbs and SSS202037 Holiday Greetings Mix 1 stamps

    Simon Says Stamp | Christmas Bulbs Card. Cheer & Joy Blog Hop. Giveaway

    • October 12, 2019
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    • Cards
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    • 204 Comments

    Hello, stampers! Happy Saturday! I’m joining Simon Says Stamp blog hop today celebrating the release of their Cheer & Joy collection. I think it’s one of my favorite product launches…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Cheer & Joy Release. Modern Christmas Cards. Video tutorial by Yana Smakula featuring SSS202037 Holiday Greetings Mix 1 and SSS102039 Leaves and Berries stamps #simonsaysstamp #cardmaking #christmascard

    Simon Says Stamp | Cheer & Joy Release. Modern Christmas Cards. Video

    • October 10, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 19 Comments

    Hello, friends! Today I’m sharing two clean & simple Christmas cards featuring just a bit of heat embossing, coloring, and watermark stamping. These cards use brand new products from Simon…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Muted Colors with Kraft Cardstock. Video

    Simon Says Stamp | Muted Colors with Kraft Cardstock. Video

    • October 7, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 7 Comments

    Hello and welcome back for another Yippee For Yana video! In this episode, I will show you how to use kraft cardstock to your advantage when coloring with Copic markers…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Happy Christmas or Merry Christmas? | Handmade card by Yana Smakula featuring INSIDE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS sss202028 #simonsaysstamp #stamping #christmascard

    Simon Says Stamp | Happy Christmas or Merry Christmas?

    • October 6, 2019
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    • Cards
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    • 8 Comments

    During my latest trip to the UK, I had an interesting and very educational discussion with some of the local crafters about the use of the phrase “Happy Christmas” versus…

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  • Simon Says Stamp | Thank You Made With Love - Handmade card by Yana Smakula featuring FLORAL HEART sss202032 and SCHOOL DAYS GROW sss102017 stamps #simonsaysstamp

    Simon Says Stamp | Thank You Made With Love

    • October 5, 2019
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    • Cards
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    • 4 Comments

    Hello, friends! I’m back from my trip to the UK (I’ll share more about that in another post) and I’m happy to be back to blogging and sharing my handmade…

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  • My Favorite Things | Super Simple Halloween Cards. Video

    My Favorite Things | Super Simple Halloween Cards. Video

    • October 4, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 2 Comments

    Hi everyone! In this video, I will show you how to create very simply, almost one layer Halloween cards, using Spooktacular Friends stamp set from My Favorite Things. Like this…

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  • Spellbinders Merry Little Everything Card Kit - 8 Christmas Cards. Video

    Spellbinders Merry Little Everything Card Kit – 8 Christmas Cards. Video

    • October 1, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 4 Comments

    Hello crafters! Today I am sharing several Christmas cards created using Spellbinders new Merry Everything Christmas kit. This is a ginormous kit that’s available without any subscription, anyone can buy…

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  • STAMPtember – Pretty Pink Posh Exclusive | Cards for All Seasons. Video

    STAMPtember – Pretty Pink Posh Exclusive | Cards for All Seasons. Video

    • September 28, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 1 Comment

    Hello and happy STAMPtember, friends! I’m super excited to show you one of the new STAMPtember exclusive collaboration sets – The Topiary Stamp Set by Pretty Pink Posh! I have…

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  • My Favorite Things | Copic Tips For Dark Backgrounds. Video

    My Favorite Things | Copic Tips For Dark Backgrounds. Video

    • September 25, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 6 Comments

    Hi everyone! In this video, I will show you how to create a Copic colored & heat embossed floral card on a dark background. I like my cards to be simple,…

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  • STAMPtember – The Stamp Market | Pattern Stamping & Copics

    STAMPtember – The Stamp Market | Pattern Stamping & Copics

    • September 22, 2019
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    • Cards
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    • 2 Comments

    Happy Sunday! I’m here to share a card featuring yet another (absolutely fabulous) STAMPtember collaboration set by The Stamp Market called Just Because. Do I like this set? I LOVE…

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  • STAMPtember - Clearly Besotted Exclusive | Copic Colored Christmas Card. Video

    STAMPtember – Clearly Besotted Exclusive | Copic Colored Christmas Card. Video

    • September 21, 2019
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    • Cards, Tutorials
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    • 6 Comments

    Hello and happy STAMPTember, friends! Today I’m super excited to show you one of the new STAMPtember exclusive collaboration sets – The Celebrate The Season Set by Clearly Besotted! I…

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  • STAMPtember – Paper Rose | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

    STAMPtember – Paper Rose | Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

    • September 18, 2019
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    • Cards
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    • 9 Comments

    It’s official, I’ve started making Christmas cards and I can’t seem to stop. The only supplies I have on my desk these days are Christmas (or anything in red, green,…

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