Tag: Crafts

  • Lawn Fawn Card Class!

    Hi there! It’s the weekend! Yay! Last night was night two of card class at Scrap-A-Latte. We featured Lawn Fawn this month and it has to be one of the favorites because there were 30 people in class over the two nights! I love getting together with everyone, we always have such a great time! Last night Andrew’s girlfriend Kayleigh came, she said that she will be back next month so I’m guessing that she enjoyed it! Here is a picture of the three of us…

    SAL Lawn Fawn Card Class 9-2015

    Before we get to the cards I wanted to wish two of my favorite people a Happy Birthday! My traveling companion Brian and my cousin Jules. They happen to share a birthday and they are even the same age!

    Jules & Brian Rest Stop

    Ok, now without further ado here are the cards from this month’s card class…

    SAL Lawn Fawn Bokeh-WM-imp

    A simple birthday card using the Lawn Fawn Let’s Bokeh Photopolymer Stamp Set.

    SAL Lawn Fawn Ghoulfriend-WM-imp

    A fun Halloween themed hello card using the Lawn Fawn Booyah Photopolymer Stamp Set.

    SAL Lawn Fawn Scarecrow-WM-imp

    A neat thank you card using the Lawn Fawn Happy Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set.

    SAL Lawn Fawn Shaker-WM-imp

    And this month’s shaker using the Lawn Fawn Ready, Set, Snow Photopolymer Stamp Set.

    SAL Lawn Fawn Shaker Close-WM-imp

    You can even pull off the shaker and use it on your tree!

    I hope that you enjoyed seeing the cards as much as everyone in class enjoyed making them! Thank you so much for coming by to visit and I wish you a spectacular Saturday! 🙂

    Products used:

    Bokeh Birthday Card:

    Stamp Set: Let’s Bokeh Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Soft Pool Shadow (Hero Arts) and Memento Tuxedo Black

    Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah)

    Dies: Let’s Bokeh Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

    Ghoulfriend Card:

    Stamp Set: Booyah Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah), Black (Paper Cuts) and Purple Dot (American Crafts)

    Dies: Stitched Rectangles and Booyah Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 2-Way Glue and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot, Het Tool and Fun Foam

    Scarecrow Thanks Card:

    Stamp Set: Happy Harvest Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah), Soft Yellow and Suede (Paper Cuts)

    Patterned Paper: Echo Park

    Dies: Stitched Rectangles, Slopes and Hill and Happy Harvest Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 2-Way Glue and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

    Shaker Snow Globe Card:

    Stamp Set: Ready, Set, Snow Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 80lb (Neenah)

    Specialty: Window Sheet (Stampin’ Up!)

    Patterned Paper: Echo Park

    Dies: Ready, Set, Snow and Shaker Add-On Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Embellishments: Silver Sparkle Lawn Trimmings (Lawn Fawn) and Crystal Coarse Glitter (Martha Stewart)

    Adhesives: 1/8″ Score Tape, 2-Way Glue and Magnet Tape (Xyron)

    Tools: Big Shot and Thick Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Pals Paper Arts 269

    Oh yes peeps… it’s FRIDAY!! I headed straight over to Scrap-A-Latte after work to finish cutting for class and set up. The drive over was lovely in the convertible! There were 15 people in class last night and like I said, the cards were complicated so the last one finished around 10:00. Not bad, three hours for four cards that had a lot of coloring! I got home around 10:30 and made a quick card for today’s post.

    Oh, and just because you know how I love Sam, his new single for the James Bond movie Spectre is out today! You can listen here!

    Sam Smith - Writing's on the Wall

    The quick card is for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge…

    PPA 269

    I have been in a Lawn Fawn frame of mind lately so I dug out an oldie but goodie! The card base is Neenah Solar White 100lb Card Stock. The balloon, clouds and greeting are from the Lawn Fawn Blue Skies Photopolymer Stamp Set. I stamped part of the greeting in Memento Tuxedo Black on the card base. A piece of Soft Sky is cut out with the Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Circles and adhered to the card with SNAIL. The clouds are heat embossed in Hero Arts White Embossing Powder on Vellum, cut out with the coordinating dies and adhered to the circle with 2-Way Glue. I colored in the balloon with Copics, also cut out with the dies, and adhered that with some Foam Tape. For the word BLUE I used the Lawn Fawn Owen’s ABC’s Photopolymer Stamp Set, stamped in Pacific Point, cut out with the coordinating dies and adhered to the card with some more Foam Tape. I think that this would make a great little pick me up card to send to someone that might be going through a rough patch, it would brighten my day! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge! Don’t forget that I will be posting the class cards tomorrow! Thanks so much for coming by and I wish you all a fantastic Friday! 🙂

    PPA 269-WM-imp

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Blue Skies and Owen’s ABC’s Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Pacific Point Classic Stampin’ Ink (Stampin’ Up!)

    Markers: Coipcs

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: White (Hero Arts)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah) and Soft Sky (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty Card Stock: Vellum (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: Blue Skies and Owen’s ABC’s Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 2-Way Glue and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

     

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    Piglet MAT

  • Freshly Made Sketches 205

    Another busy day at the office. The weather here has been really nice though, in the 70’s and sunny. Sort of the same as it was when I was in London! After work I went over to Scrap-A-Latte and did my cutting for card class. I can’t wait to post the cards on Saturday so you can see them! I love them! LOL! When I got home I had a sandwich and then made my card for today. A relatively quiet evening.

    And that card is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge…

    Freshly Made Sketches 205

    I wanted to use a cool new die that I recently acquired! My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I flagged a piece of My Minds Eye Christmas on Market Street Vellum and adhered it to the card. Next up is the Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmas Ornament Die cut from a piece of Cherry Cobbler with a little SNAIL at the top to hold it in place. Finally a piece of Gold Glimmer Paper is adhered across the top. A quick and simple Christmas card but that die makes it look amazing! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thanks very much for taking some time to stop by and I wish you a very good Thursday! 🙂

    FMS 205-WM

    Products used:

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Cherry Cobbler (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty Paper: Christmas on Market Street Vellum (My Minds Eye) and Gold Glimmer Paper (Stampin’ Up!)

    Die: Merry Christmas Ornament (Simon Says Stamp)

    Adhesive: SNAIL

    Tools: Big Shot and Paper Snips

     

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    Piglet MAT

  • Paper Players 263

    TGIW! LOL! We are at the halfway point, didn’t you miss the countdown to Friday?! I didn’t! Ha! The office reared it’s ugly head yesterday and I was super busy but the day did move along quite rapidly. After work I had some quality time with little Daniel, he is such little man now! And fresh! You don’t get kisses anymore! Cheeky little devil! When I got home it was time to change the faucet in the kitchen that my lovely daughter broke while I was away. Thankfully, my dad came over and helped. There is nothing that man can’t do. When that was finished I ran to Michaels to pick up some stuff for card class and tonight I will be off to cut for said class. 🙂

    I have been enjoying coloring with my copics and when I saw this week’s Paper Players challenge…

    Paper Players #263

    I knew just want I wanted to use! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. My background is a piece of Hello Honey that I cut out with the Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Rectangles. The bottom is a piece of Soft Suede also cut with the same die and then again with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders. I traced across the slope with a pencil and then stamped the corn stalks from the Lawn Fawn Happy Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set in Old Olive using generation stamping. The background is adhered to the card with SNAIL and Fun Foam. All of the rest of the images and greeting are from the same set and are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored in with Copics. They are all cut out with the Lawn Cuts Happy Harvest Dies and adhered to the card with SNAIL. I love the cute images in the stamp set and I’m really enjoying coloring with the copics! I hope that you enjoyed my fall scene card for this week’s Paper Players Challenge! Thank you for visiting and I wish you all a wondrous Wednesday! 🙂

    Paper Players 263-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Happy Harvest Photopolymer (Lawn Fawn)

    Ink: Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Ink (Stampin’ Up!) and Memento Tuxedo Black

    Markers: Copics

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah), Hello Honey and Soft Suede (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: Small Stitched Rectangles and Happy Harvest Lawn Cuts (Lawn Fawn)

    Adhesives: SNAIL

    Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

     

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    Piglet MAT

  • SIP Challenge 15 – Colors!

    First day back to work not too bad, I did have over 1000 emails that I finally got though around 3:30. I met with some people to catch up on what happened while I was away. Just another typical day. My friend Louis stopped by in the evening and we went out and got some frozen yogurt. I got peach and it was delicious! Not a bad day but not an I’m on vacation day either! LOL!

    Now on to toady’s post, it’s time for another Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge! This week we have some colors from Andrea…

    SIP Color Challenge 15

    I pulled out some Mama Elephant goodies to make this one. My card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. A strip of Basic Black that I embossed with the We R Memory Keepers Woodgrain Embossing Folder goes down the right side. My flowers are from the Mama Elephant Freestyle Florals Photopolymer Stamp Set and are stamped in Daffodil Delight on Daffodil Delight, cut out with the coordinating dies and adhered to the card with SNAIL. My greeting is cut from some Pool Party using the Mama Elephant Thanks Script Die twice. They are adhered together with 2-Way Glue and then across the flowers with some more. Nice and simple and flat so it’s easy to mail! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Stamp, Ink, Paper Color Challenge! Head on over to the blog and check out the rest of the talented Design Team’s cards and make one of your own to enter in the gallery! Thank you very much for visiting me today! Have a terrific Tuesday! 🙂

    SIP Challenge 15-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Freestyle Florals Photopolymer (Mama Elephant)

    Ink: Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin’ Ink (Stampin’ Up!)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah), Basic Black, Daffodil Delight and Pool Party (Stampin’ Up!)

    Die: Thanks Script and Freestyle Florals (Mama Elephant)

    Embossing Folder: Woodgrain (We R Memory Keepers)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and 2-Way Glue

    Tools: Big Shot

     

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    Piglet MAT

  • Mojo Monday 416

    And my vacation is officially over and we shall resume our normal week of wishing it was Friday! LOL! I’m back to work today and not looking forward to my email at all. It will be good to see my work peeps but I honestly I haven’t missed it! I had a more productive day yesterday, no where near back to normal but better. I dropped off my cards for class yesterday and will post them here on Saturday. There are 26 in this month’s class between Thursday and Friday! Oh wait, that’s a lot of cutting! LOL! I would say that it will be good to get back into the day to day but I would be lying! I did get to speak to Michael for bit last night, told him all about vacation and got caught up, that was nice! Here’s to hoping today goes fast and smooth!

    Monday and it’s time for another fabulous sketch over at Mojo Monday

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    This was one of those that as soon as I saw it I knew exactly what I wanted to do! A nice change from the past few days! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the entire front covered in a piece of Basic Black. The background is a piece of Very Vanilla with a strip of Gold Foil Sheet along the bottom. The two “rings” are also Gold Foil Sheet cut out with the Circles Framelits and adhered with 2-Way Glue. I used them again to cut out a piece of Timeless Elegance Designer Series Paper. My congratulations is cut out from a piece of Basic Black with the Simon Says Stamp Congratulations Circle Die and adhered to the DSP with more 2-Way Glue. I then adhered some Fun Foam with SNAIL to the back to hold the circle to the card. My greeting is from the Simon Says Stamp Congratulations Photopolymer Stamp Set and is heat embossed in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder on a piece of Basic Black that I cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Apothecary Labels and it’s adhered with some Foam Tape. Simple but elegant, don’t you think?! I hope that you enjoyed my Design Team card for this week’s Mojo Monday sketch challenge! Be sure and stop by the blog and check out the rest of the Team’s cards and enter yours in the gallery! Thanks for coming by and have a manageable Monday! 🙂

    Mojo Monday 416-WM-JK

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Congratulations Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Stampin’ Emboss Powder: Gold

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah), Very Vanilla and Basic Black (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty Paper: Gold Foil Sheet (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: Circles Framelits (Stampin’ Up!), Apothecary and Congratulations Circle (Simon Says Stamp)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and 2-Way Glue

    Tools: Big Shot, Heat Tool and Fun Foam

     

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    Piglet MAT

  • Pink Feathers Happy Day

    The lack of motivation is real! It took me all day yesterday to make my cards for card class and one more. I guess that I’m suffering from PVD, Post Vacation Depression! I need to get out today and do some stuff, anything! LOL! I’ll go by Scrap-A-Latte and drop off the cards and then maybe take a drive somewhere, that helps to clear the mind sometimes.

    The other card that I made last night is a just for fun one. I always find it funny that people think that a birthday card actually has to say happy birthday on the outside when there are so many other greetings that work! The base for today’s card is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I ran a strip of My Minds Eye My Story Washi Tape down the left side of the card. Next up is a piece of My Minds Eye My Story 6×6 Paper with the bottom flagged. A circle of the same paper is cut out with the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle Dies to back my greeting which is from the Simon Says Stamp Oh Happy Day Photopolymer Stamp Set and is stamped in Simon Says Stamp Smoke Ink. My feathers and twigs are from the same set and are stamped in Teeny Bikini, Rosie Cheeks and Goldenlocks. They, along with the greeting, are cut out with the matching Happy Day Craft Dies. I adhered some Fun Foam that I cut out with the Sizzix Circles Framelits to the back of the stitched circle and greeting and the adhered everything to the card with SNAIL. A few Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear and Ballerina Pink Iridescent Sequins finish off the card. I think that Oh Happy Day works pretty well for a birthday, don’t you?! I hope that you enjoyed today’s card and I thank you, as always, for taking some time to stop by and see me! Here’s to a more productive Sunday! LOL! Have a great day! 🙂

    Pink Feathers Happy Day-WM-imp

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Oh Happy Day Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp)

    Ink: Smoke, Teeny Bikini, Rosie Cheeks and Goldenlocks (Simon Says Stamp)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

    Patterned Paper: My Story 6×6 Pad (My Minds Eye)

    Dies: Happy Day and Stitched Circles (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: My Story Washi Tape (My Minds Eye) and Ballerina Pink Iridescent and Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: SNAIL

    Tools: Big Shot and Fun Foam

    Piglet MAT

  • Freshly Made Sketches 204

    I had another somewhat of a lazy day yesterday. I just can’t seem to get motivated to do much! I did run out to get some stuff from Target yesterday but the rest of the day was spent mostly in front of the TV and that’s not like me at all. I made two cards, only two! Lets hope that today is a bit more productive!

    One of those cards is for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge…

    Freshly Made Sketches 204

    Much to my dismay I made a holiday card! LOL! I guess that it’s not too early to start. The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. Down the middle is a piece of Black. I die cut some more of the 110lb Card Stock with the Simon Says Stamp Snowflake Block Die and adhered to the card with 2-Way Glue. Across the lower half is a strip of Black that is adhered with some Foam Tape. The greeting is also die cut from 110lb using the Simon Says Stamp Deco Tree Die and adhered to the strip of Black with some more 2-Way Glue. Super clean and super simple! I hope that you enjoyed my card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge! Thanks for your visit and have a simple Saturday! 🙂

    FMS 204-WM

    Products used:

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah) and Black 100lb (Michaels)

    Dies: Snowflake Block and Deco Tree (Simon Says Stamp)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 2-Way Glue and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot

    Piglet MAT

  • Fab Friday 73

    And it’s Friday, next week I will be much happier about that! LOL! Yesterday I caught up on some things around the house, took a ride over to see Renee and picked up the stamps for next week’s card class and got to see little Daniel! Not a bad day at all. Today I have some cleaning to do and lots of cards to make. I also need to venture out and get some food!

    Every other Friday it’s time for another Fab Friday challenge and today’s it’s colors…

    Fab Fri 73 9-18-2015

    I played with some new goodies that I ordered while I was away so they would be waiting for me when I got back! The card base is Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with the front covered in a piece of Very Vanilla. I used the Simon Says Stamp Notebook Edges Die on the left side of a piece of paper from the Pretty Petals Designer Series Paper Stack and adhered it to the card slightly askew with some SNAIL. The panel in the middle is a piece of Rich Razzleberry with the center cut out with a die from the Simon Says Stamp Happy Day Dies. All of the images are from the Simon Says Stamp Oh Happy Day Photopolymer Stamp Set. The hi is heat embossed in Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder on Vellum and adhered behind the negative in the panel. Old Olive and Soft Suede are used to stamp the sprigs and feathers, they are cut out with the matching dies. Some Soft Suede is cut out with the Circle Loops Dies and all of them are adhered to the card with 2-Way Glue. The main panel is adhered with Foam Tape and a few Pretty Pink Posh Gold Sequins are added for a little sparkle. I always love a greeting heat embossed on some vellum! I hope that you enjoyed my card for the Fab Friday color challenge! Take a minute to stop by the blog and check out the other Designer’s cards and enter your card into the gallery! Thanks very much for taking some time to come by and visit! I hope that you all have a fabulous Friday! 🙂

    Fab Friday 73-JK-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Set: Oh Happy Day Photopolymer (Simon Says Stamp)

    Ink: Sahara Sand and Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Ink (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty Ink: Versa-Mark

    Embossing Powder: Gold (Stampin’ Up!)

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb (Neenah), Very Vanilla and Rich Razzleberry (Stampin’ Up!)

    Specialty Paper: Vellum (Stampin’ Up!)

    Designer Series Paper: Pretty Petals Stack (Stampin’ Up!)

    Dies: Notebook Edges, Happy Day and Circle Loops (Simon Says Stamp)

    Embellishments: Gold Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

    Adhesives: SNAIL, 2-Way Glue, Multi-Matte Medium (Ranger) and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot and Heat Tool

     

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    Piglet MAT

  • Butterfly Postage Wishes & BA

    Good day everyone! I’m back in NY, missing my cousins already. We went our for a breakfast yesterday before heading to Heathrow. It started to pour once we got to the airport. Tracey and Jules waited with us for  a long while, we even sat and had a Costa Coffee before we said our goodbyes. The flight home on British Airways was really nice! We sat in Club World with the nice big seats that turn into a flat bed! Lunch was delicious and so was the snack before landing. My friend Betty met us at the plane and walked with us through to baggage claim and we were out in 15 minutes! Heather and Stephanie picked us up and Heather and I had our movie moment! LOL! I unpacked last night and went to be early so that I can try and reset my clock. Today I have some cleaning to do and then finally sit down and make a card, the first time in over two weeks! That has been the longest for me in over 4 years! Wish me luck! Here are some pictures from the plane yesterday…

    BA Club World Seats

    Our nice big comfy seats, and yes, you sit facing the back of the plane!

    BA Club World TV

    A view from the seat just as we were flying out into the Atlantic.

    Now on to today’s card which I actually made before I left. The card base is the usual Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I stamped the “Vintage” Dictionary Background Stamp in Smoky Slate on a piece of Solar White 80lb. Down the left side is one of the stamps from the Butterfly Basics Photopolymer Stamp Set stamped in Real Red and up in the right corner is a stamp from the “Vintage” Office Ephemera Stamp Set stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black. Two of the stamps from the same set are stamped in Pacific Point and cut out with my Paper Snips. The butterfly is also from the Butterfly Basics Set and is stamped in Pacific Point, Real Red and Memento Tuxedo Black and then cut out with the Bold Butterfly Framelits. I adhered the background to the card with Fun Foam and SNAIL, the stamps are adhered with SNAIL and the butterfly and greeting are adhered with Foam Tape. For the greeting I cut out a piece of Solar White 80lb with the Papertrey Ink Just the Ticket Border Die and stamped it from the Butterfly Basics Set in Memento Tuxedo Black. I resisted the urge to add some sequins, LOL! I hope that you enjoyed today’s card! Thanks for sticking with me through these last two weeks and I wish you all a terrific Thursday! 🙂

    Butterfly Postage Wishes-WM

    Products used:

    Stamp Sets: Butterfly Basics Photopolymer, Dictionary Background Clear Mount (Vintage) and Office Ephemera Wood Mount (Vintage) (Stampin’ Up!)

    Ink: Smoky Slate, Pacific Point and Real Red Classic Stampin’ Ink (Stampin’ Up!) and Memento Tuxedo Black

    Card Stock: Solar White 110lb and 80lb (Neenah)

    Dies: Bold Butterfly Framelits (Stampin’ Up!) and Just the Ticket Border (Papertrey Ink)

    Adhesives: SNAIL and 3M Foam Tape

    Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips and Fun Foam

     

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    Piglet MAT