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Join me for 30 days of mixed media card making! In this video, learn how to make a nature themed card using leaves or flowers. This tutorial teaches you how to make a handmade card that anyone would love to receive using supplies you probably already have.
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Resources you will need:
Card or card blank - https://amzlink.to/az0U0dahg7ZUO
Leaves or Flowers
Hammer - https://amzlink.to/az0SENKdxXBqV
Piece of scrap wood
Quality Paper such as watercolour paper - https://amzlink.to/az0x4TBQglDcZ
Washi tape or masking tape - https://amzlink.to/az0EOgLpxOo5t
Glue - https://amzlink.to/az0ab8UUcr2Ls
Sticky pads - https://amzlink.to/az0guIJcXnNwj
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Hi, and welcome to 30 mixed media cards
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in 30 days. I hope you're joining me for
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all of them, but if this is your first
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one, please feel free to join us. You
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can find all the others on my channel,
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on the screen, in the description below.
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You know the score. Today, we're going
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to make this card here. We're going to
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use a technique called flower pounding,
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or as you can see here, I've used
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leaves. And let's get started. You're
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going to need some card to actually act
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as your card. So, you just need a piece
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of card that you can fold in half. Now,
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I'm making a standard 7 by 4 in card. It
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doesn't matter what size you make. And
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you'll see that mine's green just
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because I want that effect. But you
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could do it on white. But what does
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matter is the paper that you're going to
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do your pounding onto. And I'm using
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some watercolor paper so that it's got a
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bit more absorbency. And what you'll see
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there is a piece of wood to hammer onto.
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A little hammer. And it's ideal if
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you've got a bigger piece of wood, but I
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just haven't at the moment, so I'm going
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to do it on there. And then you want
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your flowers or your leaves. Oh, the
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sun's come out to make sure we get no
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nice continuity on this video. Oh, gone
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again. We must be in the northwest of
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England. That's about how long it lasts.
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So, just get your flowers and your
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leaves and arrange them how you want.
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Um, you can consider any pattern you
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like and you can break your leaves up,
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break your flowers up, just use odd
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petals.
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This is the real creativity. You can do
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exactly what you like. All I'm showing
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you is the technique. But you can see I
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don't mind if some of them overlap. It
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really doesn't matter. I'm choosing
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quite a natural arrangement by putting
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them all with their stems in the same
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corner, but you don't have to. In the
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same way as I've used a red leaf and
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some green leaves just to give that bit
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of variety, that bit of extra color, you
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could add flowers on as well. But once
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you've got your arrangement, you want to
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tape it in place. Now, be careful. We've
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got to lift this tape. So, I'm using
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washi tape because it peels off easily.
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You could use masking tape like you use
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for your decorating.
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Just something that's going to peel off.
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And you need as much tape as you
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confidently think you can do this and
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they'll all stay in place. So you can
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see because of my design, I'm going up
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that longer section as well.
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And I really do think that'll hold it in
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place. So then you want that design on
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your piece of wood. Trust me, a hammer
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can do a lot of damage to your table or
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your desk. Don't ask me how I know. So
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make sure you've got a piece of wood
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under there to hammer onto. And I tend
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to put a piece of kitchen paper, kitchen
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roll, between my hammer and my leaves,
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just because I don't want any of the
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color coming up onto the hammer and then
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me applying that to another part of the
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page. That's all. And as you can see,
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I'm pounding it. We're not talking great
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big swinging the hammer above your head.
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Just lots and lots of hammering. And
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because I've got a small piece of wood,
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I'll just keep moving it around. And
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just go over and over and over because
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what you're doing is forcing the liquid
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out of your flower, your leaves, and
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it's taking the color with it. And you
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can check, has it gone or not, just by
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peeling a little bit of tape back. Now,
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I apologize for it jumping about a bit,
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but as you can imagine, I'm hammering.
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So, it is just making everything jump a
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little bit, including the camera. So, I
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apologize for that. But just keep
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pounding away. I've sped this up. So,
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don't be surprised if it takes you a
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little while to get that color to
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transfer. And this really varies by
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flower and leaf. So, a little bit of
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experimentation goes a long way here.
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So, you see things rolling around on my
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desk. Let's have a look. Oh, I'm still
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not getting that green. You can see the
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red's coming out really well, but some
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of these green leaves are not so keen to
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give up their color. So, just do them a
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little bit more.
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Let's have a look. If you're enjoying
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this video, could you give me a thumbs
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up below so it spreads to more people?
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as I think a lot of people would enjoy
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this and I think the beauty of it is how
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creative you can be because it's your
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own design every time.
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Now that is coming out beautifully. So I
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think I'm going to go for it. So I'm
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going to peel all this tape off. But as
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you can see I'm doing it very slowly and
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very carefully. I don't want to damage
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the front of my paper.
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Now, as I said, I've used watercolor
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paper and I ripped it to the size I
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wanted, just so I got that nice rustic
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edge. Again, you could have nice crisp
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edges. Um, and it could be some sort of
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blotting paper you use. Any sort of
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paper that's got a little bit of uh heft
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to it that can take the liquid a little
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bit better. A fab copier paper didn't
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really work very well when I tried this
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before. Now, I'm not happy that that's
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got quite enough on it. So, I'm just
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going to add another leaf and go again.
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And that's really important that this
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isn't a onestep process. You can repeat
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as many times as you like to end up with
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the design you want. And if a leaf turns
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out to be a little bit disappointing or
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a flower, just do another one. Do
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something different. Add to it. Just
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keep going till you're happy. You can
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see I'm just peeling back the edge of
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that flower to make sure it has
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imprinted. Yes, that's better.
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Now, I'm happy with that. What you could
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do is get a marker pen, a fine line, and
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go over elements and highlight them. I
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have done that before, but I'm happy
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with mine as it is. I'm going very much
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for that natural look. And I think
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you'll see when I put it onto the green
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card, the green in the design is picked
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up in the green of the card. So, I'm
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happy with that. And I'm just going to
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stick it down flat. You could use
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double-sided tape. You could use the
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little sticky pads to raise it up. I'm
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using my trusty glue stick and just
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sticking it down flat. I'm going to get
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the 3D effect using my greeting
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and maybe some addition to this picture.
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So, I'm just going to stick that not
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putting it in the middle. I'm putting it
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in the top section so that I can get
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that greeting underneath. So, let's just
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get that firmly down first.
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So, I'm going with my greeting miss you
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and I'm sticking it on with these little
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sticky pads that I'm sure you've seen
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before. And it just raises it up and
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gives it a little bit of a stronger
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effect. But if you haven't got them, you
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can just stick it down flat. There's
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nothing wrong with that at all. Equally,
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you could take an ink pad and go around
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the edge of this card to add a bit of
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detail. I don't think I'm going to. I
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don't think it needs it, but you could
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do. So, let's get that greeting on.
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I could stop there, but I'm wondering if
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it's just lacking a little something.
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So, I'm going to look in my supplies and
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add a little card topper that I've got.
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So, you could stick anything on here.
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Now, you'll see it's got a little pad,
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but it's it's an old supply. So, I'm
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going to add some glue because the
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little sticky pad has lost its back and
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it's not sticky anymore. It's just been
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sitting somewhere for far too long.
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So, if you have elements like that, just
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use glue. You don't need to throw them
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away, reuse, and crack on. So, now I'm
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happy with that card and I hope you've
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enjoyed flower pounding and are going to
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have a good go at it on your card. So,
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enjoy.
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