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scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="design team" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="new design team members" /><title>New Designers announced....</title><content type="html">I am happy to announce that we have 2 new design team members. This was a very hard choice to make and thank you to all the designers that applied.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
I have asked each designer to tell us a little about themselves...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;so Without Further Ado&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I would like to welcome to the team &lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;Lynda and Sarah...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DMA4cZR7WRU/Tx90gteTkcI/AAAAAAAABVg/z0Ujrw56RHE/s1600/Lynda+Lindley+bw+%2528467x640%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DMA4cZR7WRU/Tx90gteTkcI/AAAAAAAABVg/z0Ujrw56RHE/s320/Lynda+Lindley+bw+%2528467x640%2529.jpg" width="232" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;My name is Lynda Lindley and I live in the beautiful state of&amp;nbsp;Washington&amp;nbsp;with my husband, two daughters, and a puppy.&amp;nbsp; I have been paper crafting for twenty years; starting out as&amp;nbsp;a stamper; then began incorporating that&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;into scrapbooking and other paper crafts.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I love photography, beading, painting and gardening when I'm not paper crafting.&amp;nbsp; I make time to craft every days as it helps to ground me...I don't feel the same if I haven't gotten ink or paint on my fingers each day.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I am so excited to be part of the ABC Toys and Crafts design team!!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WITa5nhjIHE/Tx909PGbcfI/AAAAAAAABVo/3pffXEyRTHI/s1600/sarah-headshot-1-resize.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WITa5nhjIHE/Tx909PGbcfI/AAAAAAAABVo/3pffXEyRTHI/s400/sarah-headshot-1-resize.jpg" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;My name is Sarah Bennett, I have been married to my wonderful husband for nearly 28 years and I am a Mom to our four beautiful children and two precious Labrador Retrievers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;em&gt;  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Originally from New England, we have been happily transplanted to sunny Southern California, trading snow for sand and often can be found spending time at nearby Disneyland.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;I am a true rubber stamp addict, and a former Stampin' Up! demonstrator, now focusing on my love of designing and creating. I also enjoy counted cross stitch embroidery and baking.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;I am trilled to be joining ABC Toys &amp;amp; Crafts and hope my cards and projects will bring inspiration to you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I am sure these designers are going to be a great fit with the ABC Design Team, I am looking forward seeing wonderful projects from them.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"&gt;~Julie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;DEADLINE: January 15th, 2012&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;Details below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
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Open Design team call for ABC &lt;a href="http://abctoysandcrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6d6d61;"&gt;Design Team Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;The Term is:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
January 30th –  May 25th, 2012 (4 months). We are looking for 2 new designers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What we  are looking for in a designer:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Someone self motivated, that can create freely.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Any style or skill level may apply  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Must be familiar with the &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/" target="_blank"&gt;ABC Toys and Craft&lt;/a&gt; Product line  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Must have your own Blog and are willing to post once a week on that Blog  about the store and the project you made.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;USA designers only at this time (due to cost and the time delivery of  items.) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What is expected of the DT Member:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You must submit a project once a month to the ABC DT Challenge Blog with  detailed items used and links to the items currently available in the store.  Projects must be submitted to the Challenge Blog on the scheduled day. Challenge  is posted on the first Sunday of every month. Projects are due by the Friday  before.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Comment on the DT Challenge entries Blogs thanking them for playing.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post once a week on the DT Blog on your assigned day and on your own blog  that same day or if not able to do it on your Blog the assigned day, a day that  works for you. (This would be the same project on both blogs.)  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You must display that you are on our Design team on your blog with links to  the Blog and Store. Blinkies are provided.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Most of all enjoy what you are doing and have fun! &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What is  expected as a project?&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I expect you to create a project within the stated theme or product line of  that week.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I expect you to create a card or project using at least 2-3 items currently  available in the store.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You may do a how to video to show how to make a project. (Not required)  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;How you benefit:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You will receive a $20.00 credit each month in your account to purchase the  items you will need to create projects. (extra items may be sent with your store  order by us)  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You will receive a 25% discount of the SRP of each item in the store when  purchasing from the store.  &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Inspiration from a great team of designers. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What you need to do  to apply:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Email your Resume to &lt;a href="mailto:abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6d6d61;"&gt;abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  Subject: DT CALL&lt;br /&gt;
Include:&lt;br /&gt;
Name&lt;br /&gt;
Address&lt;br /&gt;
Email&lt;br /&gt;
Link to your  blog&lt;br /&gt;
Tell us why you think you are a great fit for ABC Toys and  Crafts.&lt;br /&gt;
What design teams you are on and have been on.&lt;br /&gt;
Something about you  that we should know that could help us pick you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://abctoysandcrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6d6d61;"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts  DT Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Deadline for applications is January 15th,  2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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Here is a great giveaway &lt;a href="http://lifestylecrafts.com/blog/imadethis8/" target="_blank"&gt;Check it out&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;from &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lifestyle-Crafts/174059609281166"&gt;Lifestyle Crafts&lt;/a&gt; !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-608643238933753671?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZIkAEWN_N0/TVOGIG3VhlI/AAAAAAAABAw/MCKSpfSwi4w/s1600/2009ABCbluedesignidesignfor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="169" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tZIkAEWN_N0/TVOGIG3VhlI/AAAAAAAABAw/MCKSpfSwi4w/s200/2009ABCbluedesignidesignfor.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
Open Design team call for ABC &lt;a href="http://abctoysandcrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6d6d61;"&gt;Design Team Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Term is:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;January 30th – 
May 25th, 2012 (4 months). We are looking for 2 new designers.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What we 
are looking for in a designer:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Someone self motivated, that can create freely.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Any style or skill level may apply 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Must be familiar with the &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/" target="_blank"&gt;ABC Toys and Craft&lt;/a&gt; Product line 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Must have your own Blog and are willing to post once a week on that Blog 
about the store and the project you made. 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;USA designers only at this time (due to cost and the time delivery of 
items.) &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What is expected of the DT Member:&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You must submit a project once a month to the ABC DT Challenge Blog with 
detailed items used and links to the items currently available in the store. 
Projects must be submitted to the Challenge Blog on the scheduled day. Challenge 
is posted on the first Sunday of every month. Projects are due by the Friday 
before. 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Comment on the DT Challenge entries Blogs thanking them for playing. 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Post once a week on the DT Blog on your assigned day and on your own blog 
that same day or if not able to do it on your Blog the assigned day, a day that 
works for you. (This would be the same project on both blogs.) 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You must display that you are on our Design team on your blog with links to 
the Blog and Store. Blinkies are provided. 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Most of all enjoy what you are doing and have fun! &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What is 
expected as a project?&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I expect you to create a project within the stated theme or product line of 
that week. 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I expect you to create a card or project using at least 2-3 items currently 
available in the store. 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You may do a how to video to show how to make a project. (Not required) 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;How you benefit:&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You will receive a $20.00 credit each month in your account to purchase the 
items you will need to create projects. (extra items may be sent with your store 
order by us) 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;You will receive a 25% discount of the SRP of each item in the store when 
purchasing from the store. 
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Inspiration from a great team of designers. &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;b&gt;What you need to do 
to apply:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Email your Resume to &lt;a href="mailto:abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6d6d61;"&gt;abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 
Subject: DT CALL&lt;br /&gt;Include:&lt;br /&gt;Name&lt;br /&gt;Address&lt;br /&gt;Email&lt;br /&gt;Link to your 
blog&lt;br /&gt;Tell us why you think you are a great fit for ABC Toys and 
Crafts.&lt;br /&gt;What design teams you are on and have been on.&lt;br /&gt;Something about you 
that we should know that could help us pick you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://abctoysandcrafts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6d6d61;"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts 
DT Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Deadline for applications is January 15th, 
2012&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, Julie&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-314896335388416382?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Christmas Card"&amp;nbsp;Challenge &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Winner and&amp;nbsp;Top 3 Runners Up&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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What an&amp;nbsp;awesome turn out,&amp;nbsp;I had a really hard time narrowing down my picks,&amp;nbsp;but like always the whole team has a say in the picking process.&amp;nbsp;So&amp;nbsp;we have voted, and here are the results.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WINNER!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://frommycraftroom.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Norma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; -&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; Entry #5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Our Winner is Norma, I love how this card tells a store, very beautiful work. If you would like to see more projects from&amp;nbsp;Norma click &lt;a href="http://frommycraftroom.blogspot.com/"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Norma&amp;nbsp;displayed the Challenge blinkie on her Blog that gives her an extra $5.00 to spend at &lt;a href="mailto:www.abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net" target="_blank"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts!!&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Your total Shopping Spree&amp;nbsp;is $25.00!!!&amp;nbsp;Congratulations!! I will be contacting you shortly to let you know how to claim your prize. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"&gt;TOP THREE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"&gt;Runners Up!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
We are also grateful to all that entered and wanted to honor the top 3 runners up that did a great job on their Cards as well.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#1﻿ - &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://gotjoycreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"&gt;Dana Joy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;#2 - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://fifishobby.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-halloween-lantern.html"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Natalie Z&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;#3﻿ - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://heatherahudson.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Heather Hudson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;If you want more information on these project click on the Designers name above the photo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Congratulations, ladies!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;We have a "Top 3" blinkie for you, so if you’ll email me (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Subject - Top 3), I’ll send it to you to post on your blog! The Winner will also receive a "Winners" Blinkie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Thanks Again to all that participated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;THE NEXT -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://abcdtchallenge.blogspot.com/"&gt;ABC DT Challenge&lt;/a&gt; will be posted on February 5th 2012. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The DT Blog &amp;amp; Challenge Blog are taking a Holiday Break. Both will be returning in February 1st, 2012.&amp;nbsp;I will be however giving away some "Blog Candy" so keep an eye out for that. If you want to know what is going on instantly at ABC Toys and Crafts,&amp;nbsp;friend&amp;nbsp;us on &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/ABC-TOYS-AND-CRAFTS/213963859460"&gt;FaceBook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Hello!&amp;nbsp; I can't believe that this is the end of my term here at &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp; I want to say a big &lt;strong&gt;Thank You&lt;/strong&gt; to Julie for letting me play with her wonderful products over the last few months:)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;For my card today, I used this adorable set from &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-Hero-Arts/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Hero Arts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; once again called Holiday Dolls.&amp;nbsp; I stamped the doll with &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Inks-bdsh--cln--Markers-%26-Pads-cln-Mementos/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and colored with &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Copics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I stamped the sentiment with SU Chocolate Chip and cut it out with &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Spellbinders-cln-Nestabilities/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Rectangle Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I layered them onto some My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas dp that I cut with my Circle &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Spellbinders-cln-Nestabilities/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I cut a pretty border with&amp;nbsp;the &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2533/Martha-Stewart-Edge-Punch/Detail"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Martha Stewart&amp;nbsp;Doily Lace&amp;nbsp;Border Punch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and&amp;nbsp;added some &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Martha-Stewart-Crafts/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Martha Stewart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;punched snowflakes.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;I hope you have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!&amp;nbsp; Thanks for stopping by!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-size: large;"&gt;Kerri&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-5150855898692542768?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Julie, thank you so much for everything!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are still playing around with punches this week and I thought that I would try another punch around border as I loved how last weeks turned out.  I think I can get addicted to these.  Today's sample is a Christmas Card using the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3194/Spellbinders-Shapebilities-Die-Cuts/Detail"&gt;Create a Flake #2&lt;/a&gt; die from Spellbinders.  Instead of embossing it the normal way you emboss a Spellbinder die,  I punched it out then ran it through my &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3480/Cutterbug-Embossing-Folder-Swiss/Detail"&gt;Swiss Dots embossing folder&lt;/a&gt; to give it a whole different type of texture.  What do you think?  Pretty cool...Give it a try!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Recipe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stamps:&lt;/span&gt; Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-Stampavie/Categories"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ink:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spellbinders:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3194/Spellbinders-Shapebilities-Die-Cuts/Detail"&gt;Create a Flake #2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Punches:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3460/*NEW-Martha-Stewart-Corner/Detail"&gt;Embroidered Floral Corner Punch (Martha Stewart)&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3460/*NEW-Martha-Stewart-Corner/Detail"&gt;Embroidered Floral Edge Punch (Martha Stewart)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Embossing Folders: &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3480/Cutterbug-Embossing-Folder-Swiss/Detail"&gt;Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3075/NEW-Martha-Stewart-Punch/Detail"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Paper:&lt;/span&gt; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, Baja Breeze Cardstock (SU!),&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3705/Basic-Grey-12x12-Collection/Detail"&gt; Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Other:&lt;/span&gt; Ribbon (SU!), Button, Floss, Pearls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Happy Stamping!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s1600/Signature2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 110px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 67px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651518011860281458" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s400/Signature2.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget to visit the &lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts  store&lt;/a&gt; to receive 10% off Storewide Everyday!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-6332946710151605359?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Now is the best time to check out my store. I am offering 25% off until November 30th, 2011 on all items, that's right, All items!&lt;br /&gt;
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We also offer Free Shipping on orders over $55.00 in the USA.&lt;br /&gt;
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If you view my &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/"&gt;Store&lt;/a&gt; home page you will also see a handful of Martha Punches on sale for 32-33% SRP. Great time to stock up on all your favorites.&lt;br /&gt;
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When I first saw the Martha Stewart line I immediately fell in love with the Punch around the page sets.  In fact have a bunch but the sad part is that I have never used them like that.  So I decided to challenge myself this week and I pulled out the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3075/NEW-Martha-Stewart-Punch/Detail"&gt;Eyelet Lace&lt;/a&gt; set.  I started with a 5" square and punched the four corners out.  Next,  I went back with the edger punch and completed the punching.  The stamp is&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-Stampavie/Categories"&gt; Chic Shopping by Penny Johnson for Stampavie&lt;/a&gt;.  Hope that this will inspire you to pull your punches out and try something new with them!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Recipe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stamps:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-Stampavie/Categories"&gt;Chic Shopping by Penny Johnson (Stampavie)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ink:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;Copics&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spellbinders:&lt;/span&gt; Classic Rectangles Nestabilities, &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;Big Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Punches:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3075/NEW-Martha-Stewart-Punch/Detail"&gt;Eyelet Lace (Martha Stewart)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Paper:&lt;/span&gt; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, Baja Breeze Cardstock (SU!),&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3705/Basic-Grey-12x12-Collection/Detail"&gt; Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Other:&lt;/span&gt; Satin Ribbon, Glitter, Pearls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Happy Stamping!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s1600/Signature2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 110px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 67px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651518011860281458" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s400/Signature2.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial"&gt;Don't forget to visit the &lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts  store&lt;/a&gt; to receive 10% off Storewide Everyday!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We  hope you will get a chance to play along with this months&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;"Christmas"  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://abcdtchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-card-challenge.html"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 156px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672011985263882738" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OGb7Um3CziI/TrcI2VdpcfI/AAAAAAAADXQ/KqzH--o6Jqw/s400/Challenge%2Bbutton.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-8649857608362567655?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Boy does that bring a smile to my face and reminds me of all those fun years where my boys waited anxiously for Santa's arrival!   We are making Christmas cards over on the ABC Toys and Crafts  Design Blog and the designers are working with the MS Punches.  I used &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2566/Martha-Stewart-Edge-Punch/Detail"&gt;Double Scallop&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3446/*NEW-Martha-Stewart-Edge/Detail"&gt;Quilt&lt;/a&gt; border Punches.  But of course I don't want to forget my &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;nestabilities:&lt;/a&gt;  Snowflake and Rectangle.  I stamped my&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt; Stampavie&lt;/a&gt; image with &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;Tuxedo Black&lt;/a&gt; and then colored it with my&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt; copic markers&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;b&gt;You all want a chance to win some goodies?  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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Hello!&amp;nbsp; Are you enjoying&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-My-Cute-Stamps/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;My Cute Stamps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; Week?&amp;nbsp; I really love their images!&amp;nbsp; Julie sent me this whimsical set called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3789/My-Cute-Stamps-Clear/Detail"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Miss You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;, and I thought it would be perfect for a thank you card that I needed to make.&amp;nbsp; I stamped the images with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Inks-bdsh--cln--Markers-%26-Pads-cln-Mementos/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black Ink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;, and colored with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Copics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I stamped the butterfly twice so I could cut out the wings and pop them up.&amp;nbsp; I cut the images out with&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Spellbinders/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Circle Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; and added some sponging and stitching.&amp;nbsp; The sentiment and tag are from PTI~Tiny Tags, and the pretty dp is My Mind's Eye Six by Six~Vanity Fair.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All My Cute Stamp Sets are on sale &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-My-Cute-Stamps/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;HERE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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My card uses the&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3909/My-Cute-Stamps-Clear/Detail"&gt; e.i.e.i.o&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; set that has a bunch of fun farm animals .  I used the cute little sheep from the set.  I thought that it would be fun to use a black &amp;amp; white color combo since it reminded me of this lil' cutie.  I also broke out my new postage stamp nesties.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you have any My Cute stamp sets??  You can find them {&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-My-Cute-Stamps/Categories"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;}.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Recipe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stamps:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3909/My-Cute-Stamps-Clear/Detail"&gt;e.i.e.i.o (My Cute Stamps)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ink:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Inks-bdsh--cln--Markers-%26-Pads-cln-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;Copic Markers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Spellbinders:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3919/Spellbinders-Nestabilities-Die-Cuts/Detail"&gt;Postage Stamp Nestabilities&lt;/a&gt;, Classic Circle Nestabilities, Petite Circle Nestabilities&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Embossing Folders:&lt;/span&gt; Dots (Sizzix)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Punches:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2529/Martha-Stewart-Edge-Punch/Detail"&gt;Martha Stewart Edge Punch Embossed Scallop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Paper:&lt;/span&gt; Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, Black Bazzill Cardstock, Polka Dot Paper (Making Memories)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Other:&lt;/span&gt; Satin Ribbon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Happy Stamping!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s1600/Signature2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 110px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 67px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651518011860281458" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s400/Signature2.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial"&gt;Don't forget to visit the &lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts  store&lt;/a&gt; to receive 10% off Storewide Everyday!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We  hope you will get a chance to play along with this months&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;"Christmas"  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://abcdtchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-card-challenge.html"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 156px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672011985263882738" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OGb7Um3CziI/TrcI2VdpcfI/AAAAAAAADXQ/KqzH--o6Jqw/s400/Challenge%2Bbutton.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-8715676319727906084?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Isn't this little gal just so CUTE!!!&amp;nbsp; I just fell in love with this clear set from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-Hero-Arts/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Hero Arts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; called Holiday Dolls.&amp;nbsp; I stamped my images with&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; and colored them with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Copics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #45818e;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; I cut them out and layered them on top of a frame cut with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Spellbinders/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #e69138;"&gt;Oval Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The sentiment comes with this set and the dp I used is Echo Park Paper Co. Holly Jolly Christmas.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Don't forget to play along with our &lt;a href="http://abcdtchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-card-challenge.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #e06666;"&gt;Christmas Card Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for your chance to win a &lt;strong&gt;$20.00 Credit&lt;/strong&gt; at &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I love the look of monochromatic color schemes so I only used Red &amp;amp; White...reminds me of a candy cane.  What I also liked about this card it that you didn't need a lot of supplies.  The focal point was created with the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3480/Cutterbug-Embossing-Folder-Swiss/Detail"&gt;Swiss Dots&lt;/a&gt; embossing folder and the Snowflake was created with the &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3194/Spellbinders-Shapebilities-Die-Cuts/Detail"&gt;Create a Flake 2 Die&lt;/a&gt; from Spellbinders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Recipe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nestabilities:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3194/Spellbinders-Shapebilities-Die-Cuts/Detail"&gt;Create a Flake 2 &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Embossing Folders:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3480/Cutterbug-Embossing-Folder-Swiss/Detail"&gt; Swiss Dots&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Punches:&lt;/span&gt; Ticket Corner (SU!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Paper: &lt;/span&gt;Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock &amp;amp; Pure Poppy Cardstock (Papertrey)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Other: &lt;/span&gt;Ribbon, Button, Floss, Glitter, Pearls, Foam Tape&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Happy Stamping!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s1600/Signature2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 110px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 67px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651518011860281458" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s400/Signature2.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial"&gt;Don't forget to visit the &lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts  store&lt;/a&gt; to receive 10% off Storewide Everyday!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope you will get a chance to play along with this months&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"Christmas" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://abcdtchallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-card-challenge.html"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 156px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672011985263882738" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OGb7Um3CziI/TrcI2VdpcfI/AAAAAAAADXQ/KqzH--o6Jqw/s400/Challenge%2Bbutton.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-8803078681192389201?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Wi4a97FcFg/TrcI6-f2qRI/AAAAAAAADXc/48l-ubIy01w/s1600/ABC%2BChristmas%2BMonday.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672012064998467858" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7Wi4a97FcFg/TrcI6-f2qRI/AAAAAAAADXc/48l-ubIy01w/s400/ABC%2BChristmas%2BMonday.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #660000;"&gt;Hello and Happy Monday everyone! If you stopped in yesterday you will know that we are challenging all of you to make Christmas cards this month on the ABC Toys and Crafts Challenge and I am hoping you will all join us! So to kick off today- I made a card with a tag combination. As you may have noticed most recently I have been leaning toward vintage- and today's no different. What is it about that cherry cobbler and kraft combination? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
RECIPE: &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3653/Making-Memories-Clear-Stamps/Detail"&gt;Making Memories Noel Christmas Stamp Set&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;Memento Black Ink&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;Sizzix Embossing Folder&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;Hero Arts Gemstones&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;ABC&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Toys&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Crafts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Each month ABC Toys&amp;nbsp;and Crafts Design Team&amp;nbsp;challenges you to create a Theme related project.&amp;nbsp;In this Challenge you must create a&amp;nbsp;Christmas Card.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"&gt;This month's theme is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Christmas Card&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-weight: bold;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here are some Rules&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;You will have&lt;strong&gt; 3&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;weeks &lt;/span&gt;to enter our challenge as many times as you like: &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;This challenge ends on&amp;nbsp;Saturday, Nov 26th, 2011, at Midnight CST.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Earn an&amp;nbsp;extra $5.00 &lt;/span&gt;by simply DISPLAYING our CHALLENGE BLINKIE (you will find the HTML code for our Blinkie on the side bar on the challenge blog.) that's a total of $25.00.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Our challenge is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;JUDGED&lt;/span&gt; by the ABC Design Team&amp;nbsp;and myself, so get Creative and show your &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;BEST WORK.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;To qualify:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;ul&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;All Blog Challenge entries must be dated no earlier than&amp;nbsp;3 days before the challenge started, anything earlier will be disqualified.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;If the project does NOT match the Challenge, I have the right to delete it from the list.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Blog Challenge MUST have a link back to the contest to qualify with a mention of the challenge going on at ABC DT Challenge Blog.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Without further Ado, here's&amp;nbsp;the Design Teams&amp;nbsp;interpretation of&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;"The Christmas Card&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Created By Heidi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c01OMieWGrk/TofDi6FH_iI/AAAAAAAABNs/3mNGjiWSl4w/s1600/ABC%252BPumpkin%252BCHallenge%252B%252BSept.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Items used:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2168/Vintage-Christmas-SL-08/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Crafty Secrets Vintage Christmas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black Ink&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-773/EK-Success-3D-dsh-Dots-1-fdsh-16%22/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;EK Success&amp;nbsp;3D Dots&amp;nbsp;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nestabilities Circle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;, &amp;amp; &lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3064/*NEW-Martha-Stewart-Edge/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;MS Ornament Border Punch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Created By Sheri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/28103128/sn/1649194185/name/Sheri+Gilson_ABC+DT_December+Challenge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/28103128/sn/1649194185/name/Sheri+Gilson_ABC+DT_December+Challenge.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Items used:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;Stamps:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;Snowy &amp;amp; Rudolph (Stampavie)&lt;/a&gt;, Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!); &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;nk:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)&lt;/a&gt;, Poppy Red (Papertrey), &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;Copics&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Spellbinder Nestabilities: Classic Rectangle, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3401/Spellbinders-Nestabilities-Die-Cuts/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Big Scallop Rectangles&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;; &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Paper: Wonder Collection &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Authentique)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;, Kraft Cardstock (Papertrey), Poppy Red Cardstock (Papertrey); Punches: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Word Window (SU!); Other: Grosgrain Ribbon, Pearls, Glitter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;Created By Kerri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #1f497d;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3629/Penny-Johnson-Clear-Stamps/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Penny Johnson’s I Wish Christmas&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;, &lt;span style="color: #1f497d;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black Ink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Spellbinders/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Rectangle Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;, and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Copics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Good Luck!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;~Julie&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;H&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;ello!&amp;nbsp; Clean and Simple&amp;nbsp;is not my normal style, and I know I probably didn't do it justice, but I had this idea in my head for this darling &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Clear-Stamps-cln-Hero-Arts/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Hero Arts Clear Set&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; called Sending Holiday Cheer.&amp;nbsp; Aren't these Christmas houses just so cute?!&amp;nbsp; I stamped the images onto Kraft cs with &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Memento Rich Cocoa Ink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I colored just a few areas with &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Copics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and added some &lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #38761d;"&gt;Stickles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to the ice and snow.&amp;nbsp; The sentiment comes with this set, and the snow drifts were made with PTI dies.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;That's it for me!&amp;nbsp; I hope you like my CAS Christmas card, and I'll be back next Thursday with another fun Christmas creation:)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"&gt;Kerri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-757353972741397599?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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To coordinate the image with the papers I paper pieced the cupcake liner an his hat. I also added some pearls for his eyes and buttons to give him a little dimension.   The border is punched with Martha Stewart's &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3074/*NEW-Martha-Stewart-Punch/Detail"&gt;Aspen Snowflakes Edge punch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Recipe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stamps: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2342/HERO-ARTS-Rubber-Stamps/Detail"&gt;Cupcake Snowman (Hero Arts)&lt;/a&gt;, Mega Mixed Messages (Papertrey)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ink:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt; Memento Tuxedo Black&lt;/a&gt;, Basic Gray (SU!), &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;Copic Markers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nestabilities: &lt;/span&gt;Petite Oval, &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3394/Spellbinders-Nestabilities-Die-Cuts/Detail"&gt;Big Scallop Oval&lt;/a&gt;, Tags Trio&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Punches:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3074/*NEW-Martha-Stewart-Punch/Detail"&gt;Aspen Snowflakes Edge Punch (Martha Stewart)&lt;/a&gt;, Snowflake (Martha Stewart)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Paper:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3929/Authentique-6x6-Paper-Pad/Detail"&gt;Journey Paper Pad (Authentique)&lt;/a&gt;, Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, Basic Gray Cardstock (SU!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Other:&lt;/span&gt; Satin Ribbon, Glitter, Pearls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Happy Stamping!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s1600/Signature2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 110px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 67px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651518011860281458" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s400/Signature2.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 100%"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 100%"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Remember, All items in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,102); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts  Store&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; are discounted 10% all the  time!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-8873389403660064443?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SJlps5l_q28/TqTBs798aQI/AAAAAAAADVw/OfEeAU5BQoc/s1600/ABC%2BChristmas.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666867208894834946" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SJlps5l_q28/TqTBs798aQI/AAAAAAAADVw/OfEeAU5BQoc/s400/ABC%2BChristmas.jpg" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="color: #990000; font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;This month over at ABC Toys and Crafts we are going to be challenging you all to make Christmas cards, perfect timing, right? I mean we all are going to be working on these until Christmas Eve so join us! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #990000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;But here is the fun part, this stamp is a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3426/Helz-Cuppleditch-Clear-Stamps/Detail"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;Stampavie EASTER&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; stamp! Yep, for those of you who know these images probably had to look twice. I just stamped the image with Memento ink but didn't ink the easter eggs that were sitting in the bucket or next to the bucket. Instead I used my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3197/New-Martha-Stewart-Craft/Detail"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;Martha Stewart branch punch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; to fill these areas. Of course, I colored the image with my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;copics&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; (R29, E31, E21, G99, G42).The paper pack is&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2859/K-%26-Company-Christmas/Detail"&gt; K&amp;amp;Co Merry&lt;/a&gt;. To finish off I put&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt; rhinestones &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;on the wreath and then the branches got a little liquid pearls. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #006600; font-family: trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now don't forget about the sales going on until the end of the day today: Slice and Ink Products 23% off, KI Memories 40% off! And when you are done shopping stop over and enter your Christmas cards in our November Challenge that will start next week!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://abcdtchallenge.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5666867062550556546" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z5SM3ZCc7ZY/TqTBkayv74I/AAAAAAAADVk/JHaLZrYfUvs/s400/Challenge%2Bbutton.jpg" style="display: block; height: 156px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-3117614050681781288?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Pumpkin"&amp;nbsp;Challenge &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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What an amazing turn out, I personal had a hard time choosing what projects were my favorite, but like always the whole team has a say in the picking process.&amp;nbsp;So&amp;nbsp;we have voted, and here are the results.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WINNER!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappyjandesigns.blogspot.com/"&gt;Janiel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Our Winner is Janiel, I love her little boy dressed up as an alligator, the seen reminded me of the book "Where the Wild Things Are...", and the gift box is so cool. If you would like to see more projects from Janiel click &lt;a href="http://scrappyjandesigns.blogspot.com/"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Janiel you’ve won a gift assortment valued at $28.00 from ABC Toys and Crafts!!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Congratulations!! I will be contacting you shortly to get your ship to information.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"&gt;TOP THREE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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We are also grateful to all that entered and wanted to honor the top 3 runners up that were just as great.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#1 - &lt;a href="http://fifishobby.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-halloween-lantern.html"&gt;Natalie Z&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;#2﻿ - &lt;a href="http://boxofbuttons.blogspot.com/2011/10/edwins-halloween-treat-challenges.html"&gt;Rhonda A&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-size: x-large;"&gt;#3﻿ - &lt;a href="http://lepiccolecosedigio.blogspot.com/2011/10/stampavie-more-challenge.html"&gt;Gio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;If you want more information on these project click on the Designers name above the photo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Congratulations, ladies!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;We have a "Top 3" blinkie for you, so if you’ll email me (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;abctoysandcrafts@comcast.net&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; Subject - Top 3), I’ll send it to you to post on your blog! The Winner will also receive a "Winners" Blinkie.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Thanks Again to all that participated.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;THE NEXT -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://abcdtchallenge.blogspot.com/"&gt;ABC DT Challenge&lt;/a&gt; will be posted on November 6th and it's all about Christmas. We will be giving away $20.00 Store Credit to the lucky winner. So mark your calendar!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Hello!&amp;nbsp; Are you ready for some more&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Stampavie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; cuteness?&amp;nbsp; I have to laugh because I used the same image for my card that Sheri used on her card yesterday:)&amp;nbsp; Great minds, right?&amp;nbsp; I ADORE this image from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Penny Johnson&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; called Snowy&amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; Rudolph.&amp;nbsp; I stamped the image with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black Ink&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; and colored with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I cut the image out with Rectangle &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-SPELLBINDERS/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;Nestabilities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt; and added a frame with my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2805/Spellbinders-Nestabilities-Classic-Scalloped/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Classic Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The dp is Authentique Wonder.&amp;nbsp; Julie has several new Authentique Paper Pads available and you can see them all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f;"&gt;HERE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; I added a sentiment from PTI and cut it out with my &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2955/Spellbinders-Nestabilities-Classic-Ovals/Detail"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oval Nestabilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;.&amp;nbsp; A little stitching and ribbon and it was complete!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="style2"&gt;&lt;span class="style18"&gt;&lt;span class="style7"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="style12"&gt;23%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="style12"&gt; off all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="style12" style="color: #7f3f00;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #7f3f00; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a class="style6" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-INKS/Categories"&gt;&lt;span class="style7"&gt;INK products including Copic Markers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style4"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;span class="style12" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="style7"&gt; until October 31st, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;
40% off all &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #7f3f00;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a class="style6" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-CLEAR-STAMPS-cln-KI-Memories/Categories"&gt;&lt;span class="style19"&gt;KI Memories Clear Stamps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style7"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="style7"&gt;&lt;span class="style12"&gt; until gone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 23px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span class="style12"&gt;23% off &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 24px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 23px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 22px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 21px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 20px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span class="style12"&gt;a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="style12"&gt;ll &lt;span style="color: #7f3f00;"&gt;&lt;a class="style6" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-SLICE-Machine/Categories"&gt;Slice Products&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; until October 31st, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class="style2"&gt;&lt;span class="style18"&gt;&lt;span class="style7"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"&gt;Have a terrific Thursday!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana; font-size: large;"&gt;Kerri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-5061753698435552503?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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This week I decided to start my Christmas cards and used the fun &lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;Snowy &amp;amp; Rudolph&lt;/a&gt; from the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-size:100%;" &gt;Penny Johnson collection.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;font-size:100%;" &gt;  I used &lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;copic markers&lt;/a&gt; to color and then lightly dusted it with glitter to add a bit of sparkle. The papers are from the NEW &lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3929/Authentique-6x6-Paper-Pad/Detail"&gt;Journey Paper Pad (Authentique)&lt;/a&gt; that have just arrived in the store.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-CLEAR-STAMPS-cln-Stampavie/Categories"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-weight: bold;"&gt;Recipe:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Stamps:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/Categories"&gt;Snowy &amp;amp; Rudolph (Stampavie)&lt;/a&gt;, Mega Mixed Messages (Papertrey)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Ink: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-2867/Tsukineko-Memento-Tuxedo-Black/Detail"&gt;Memento Tuxedo Black&lt;/a&gt;, Basic Grey (SU!),&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-Copic-Markers/Categories"&gt;Copic Markers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Nestabilities:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-SPELLBINDERS/Categories"&gt;Classic Rectangles&lt;/a&gt;, Tags Trio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Punches: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3074/*NEW-Martha-Stewart-Punch/Detail"&gt;Aspen Snowflakes Edge Punch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3074/*NEW-Martha-Stewart-Punch/Detail"&gt; (Martha Stewart)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Paper:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/the-3929/Authentique-6x6-Paper-Pad/Detail"&gt;Journey Paper Pad (Authentique)&lt;/a&gt;, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cardstock, Going Gray Cardstock (SU!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Other:&lt;/span&gt; Ribbon, Pearls, Floss, Glitter, Jingle Bell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Happy Stamping!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s1600/Signature2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 110px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 67px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651518011860281458" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5hx0-X4Pf2U/Tm45sFKnaHI/AAAAAAAAHcg/g2Z4_Jhiv70/s400/Signature2.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 100%"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;Remember, All  items in the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abctoysandcrafts.net/servlet/StoreFront"&gt;ABC Toys and Crafts  Store&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt; are discounted 10% all the  time!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1254746289558880281-2644741618998264890?l=abcdesignblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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