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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Holiday Ivy - Ketto That Is!




Welcome to the first Ketto Blog Hop sponsored by Stamping Bella! Click here to start from the beginning, on Bloggabella, 'cause you won't want to miss any of these adorable Ketto creations! 

Em has hidden a $40 gift certificate to Stamping Bella somewhere along the hop so be sure to give each card some lovin' for a chance to win. One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post and the winner will be announced on Bloggabella on Monday! So share the LOOOOOOVE!!!

I decided to use Ivy Ketto but I wanted to do something a little 'out of the box' so I decked her out for the Holidays! Doesn't she look simply adorable as a Christmas Ketto?!? She's stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with copics.
I had the fun striped S.E.I. paper in my stash...it's from the Glitzmas line...and it already had the sparkly flourish right on the paper. It reminded me of the ivy branch. The Happy Holidays sentiment is also from Stamping Bella.

I layered a ghost snowflake onto a 10mm Denim Glitter Dot then topped it with a 5mm Platinum Glitter Dot. Three 5mm Poppy Glitter Dots tie in with the berries on the branch. The layout for this card is from one of the sketch challenges on the Stampin' Out Alzheimer's site.   

Next you're hopping on to the fabulously talented Candice. She is THE copic queen...I'm just glad I'm before her on the hop and not after!!! LOL! Happy Hopping!

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

161 comments:

  1. Love this Ketto Hop! Have to do it again...! I am a sucker for stitching! Love Love Love this card and the colors are awesome! TFS!

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  2. isn't she just the prettiest... I love her. Your card is just FAB!

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  3. gorgeous card - thanks so much for sharing!

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  4. Love her colors! I especially love the snowflake!

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  5. Awww...she's so sweet! Love these colors! :)

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  6. She *does* look great as a Christmas Ketto! Love your card!

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  7. Awesome -- you matched her dress perfectly to the DP!!

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  8. love how you made her a Christmas Ketto my friend!!

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  9. Huh...I haven't seen this Ketto before...how'd I miss her??? LOL She's great for the Holidays...love the colors you chose.

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  10. pretty, pretty, PRETTY! Love your colors and layout, and how FUN to make her a Christmas-y Ketto? Love!

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  11. So pretty. What a great holiday card. Love the little snowflake and the entire layout!

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  12. What a fun holiday card! I love this - great job!

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  13. Beautiful card! Love the layout and snowflake!

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  14. Beautiful! Love the colors and the way you adapted it for the holidays, such fun!

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  15. Just fabulous! Love the fun embellishments and cool colors.

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  16. This is such a sweet card! Love it!

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  17. Great card...love the colors & the sketch is awesome.

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  18. Such a great holiday card! Love the colors you chose for her. I think I am going to have to pull out my Ketto's and get coloring! :)

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  19. Way to think out of the box! She is the perfect little Christmas elf. Love the snowflake embellishment too!

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  20. She is so pretty. I love the colors.

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  21. Love you card and the berries on the ivy.

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  22. she is adorable as a christmas ketto! so much so i just might have to get her now! love it.

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  23. Love the blues and greens and your coloring ...especially on those teensy weensy stocking...perfect!

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  24. This is so pretty, great colors!

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  25. Love it! She's so festive and well, you know how I feel about those ghost snowflakes :) Now, I'm exhausted from all the hopping - need to make a cup of tea and continue hopping.....

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  26. Ivy Ketto is my new Favorite! (though others have also been added to the list! :) ) She is so pretty...I love these bright colors! Pretty! Pretty!

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  27. This Ketto is so cute... she's on my list. I have a Ketto card today too, it's my first...although I'm not part of the hop :-( But I'd love for you to check it out anyways.... HERE: http://craftycallie.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-very-1st-ketto-card.html it is!
    Off to finish up the hop!!

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  28. Wow, so pretty~ Love the colors!

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  29. Oh, these colors are beautiful! Such a wonderful card!

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  30. Great card! I love how you made it into a holiday card.

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  31. Ooh! I started here and then went to the beginning and I'm LOVING all the Kettos!!! Ivy's so sweet and I love your creation!! ~Shelly in MN

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  32. Really cute! I love this image and your design

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  33. I love the Christmas look... so is too cute! Thanks for the inspiration... :)

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  34. Great idea for making her more Christmas-y!

    Love the papers and your details! Great card.

    Laura

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  35. This is beautiful! I love the colors! The paper looks great! Love that snowflake too!

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  36. What a beautiful Christmas card! Great design.

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  37. Merry Christmas Ivy.

    thanks much

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  38. she is just delightful... love her colors and that you showed what colors you used..Thanks

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  39. I have Ivy, but i just can't get her to look this good! I love what you have done to her!

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  40. She's fab! I love how you colour coordinated her stripes to match the paper! It's never too late to get those Christmas cards started. Fab idea! TFS!

    Hugs

    ~Spike

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  41. LOVE this card, it is so stunning and gorgeous :)!

    Hugs,
    Catherine
    catlevy@eastlink.ca

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  42. She's adorable no matter what season!

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  43. I've been looking for inspiration for christmas cards. I've just found it!

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  44. The color combo is fabulous! Beautiful card!

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  45. WOW this is AMAZING!! Ketto's for Christmas! What a fab idea!!
    hugs

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  46. This Ketto's is just getting pretier!!

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  47. What a fun idea - your card turned out great!

    Shanna

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  48. This card is so cool! What a wonderful idea for Ivy. I lovey your dp & color combo. Your coloring is wonderful. TYFS!

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  49. WOW!! wonderful coloring and design. fabulous work! Thanks so much!
    Sue B

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  50. What a fun idea! She'd be super cute with a Santa hat tilted on her little head :o) Thanks for the inspiration!

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  51. I love your card and how you turned Ivy into a Christmas girl...I have this stamp and can't to play with her.

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  52. Lovin' the winter theme. Adorable card.

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  53. The colors are awesome and wow you know how to color an image.

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  54. love that paper and the snowflake.

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  55. Oh my goodness this is SO cute!

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  56. Just gorgeous! I love the colours!

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  57. Great card...love everything about it. Thanks for sharing your talent.

    Michele B
    mburnard@sympatico.ca

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  58. How fun! I love that you did a Christmas-type card in June :o)
    It is a beautiful card and you did an amazing job sistah!

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  59. I love the colours you chose for this card!

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  60. I remember seeing this at SOA...and it really caught my eye there. Wonderful card!

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  61. What a fun holiday card! Love the non-traditional colors.

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  62. I love her as a Christmas card! Love your color choices. Anyone would love to receive that card!

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  63. I love what you've done with this stamp, the card is beautiful
    greetings from Scotland
    xx

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  64. Very cute card!!! I love the colors...

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  65. Love the paper combo your card makes it look like she is have a grand time.

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  66. I love the colors in this card... and I think I have found my second favorite Ketto :)

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  67. love your card.............hopping, hopping I go........

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  68. Barbara (canadian_stamper)May 30, 2009 at 7:39 PM

    Nice job I love the colours and great colouring too.

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  69. Love the colors! great great card

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  70. Super fun flourishes and dsp choices.

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  71. I need more kettos and i only got my first two this morning.

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  72. Love these colors! Sweet card karen!

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  73. Gorgeous gorgeous card. Love the colour combo and layout. Hugs, Maria

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  74. Fun card, thanks for sharing with us.

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  75. How darling she is!

    Denise Wells
    mamascollections@aol.com

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  76. Very pretty in blue! Gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing!

    Melisa Hunter

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  77. All I can say is cute, cute and more cute! Great job!!

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  78. Such a fun blog hop! Great card Karen! laura j

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  79. Whoa! Love those colors! Your card looks FANTASTIC!

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  80. Great card! Such unique colours for a Christmas card!

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  81. Great idea, love the way you turned her into a Christmas ketto, may have to snag that idea for sure. So many great creations along the way.... now I am sure my Kettos will get lots of love this week. Thank you for sharing!

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  82. Love those flourishes. Just a stunning card.

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  83. Oh my heck!!! What an amazing card! I love everything about it! Wow...see what happens when you think and DO something out of the box, lol. The colors are great together, love the snowflake and Poppy glitter dots, and the sketch...fantastic! Awesome job!

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  84. Ivy is so great for your card and ready to party!

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  85. Love this one, Karen!! Your stitching is AMAZINGGGGGGGGG!!!

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  86. What a great idea! I would never have thought to use a ketto for Christmas!

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  87. This is so cute! Love her as a Christmas Ketto! :o) I need copic lessons from you too! :o)

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  88. she is so cute...hop hop

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  89. I totally love the colors you used, this is a fabulous looking holiday card. Love those stripes, they coordinate so well with Ivy's outfit. Beautiful job!!

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  90. I LOVE her as holiday ketto! ;)

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  91. I love this one too. I can't decide which ketto is my fav.

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  92. Great idea to make a Christmas card with these images - I hadn't thought of that. I love the paper, colour combo, colouring, layout - EVERYTHING! Great job!

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  93. this is my favorite color combo - LOVE THE CARD!!! you did an amazing job coloring Ms. Ivy!

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  94. Well Ivy Ketto is adorable...love her pigtails!! Fabulous card...and great to get a jump on the holiday cards ehh..?! bx

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  95. Love your color choices! The blues are so refreshing!

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  96. Super cute card! Love the cute image and the great colors. TFS!

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  97. cute cute and really cute!! janny

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  98. Love the use of all of the bling!! Ivy never looked better!

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  99. Just love what you have done with this Ketto!

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  100. awww, a little holiday Ketto, such a gorgeous card, thanks for sharing

    ceashark at aol dot com

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  101. Precious! This card is so adorable. I already bought three Ketos and really, I need more--LOL.

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  102. Love this card! Ivy is such a cutie and I love the Holiday card with the cool blues & greens! Great job!

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  103. Great coloring. . .you picked fantastic colors!

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  104. Very cute! Love the colors and the holiday twist!

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  105. WOW! she is just adorable!!! so you are telling me the stamp doesn't come w/t he berry branch? IT SHOULD!

    LOL!!!

    -- dalis

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  106. Love your card! I like the flourishes a lot!

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  107. Awesome, love the non-tradional xmas colours

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  108. I love this image used for Christmas with the blues & greens, totally adorable!

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  109. This is wonderful! I love that sentiment!

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  110. Wow! I'd love to get a Christmas card like that! Love the colors, the coloring, everything!
    Smitten with Ketto
    DeniseB

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  111. Cool colors. I love the hair on this Ketto. I'm off and hopping.

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  112. So cute - love the colors you used!

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  113. I just love your card! It was the one that started me on this hop!

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  114. Gorgeous! She could work for other times of the year, too!

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  115. Gorgeous! Love these colors and layout.

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  116. She makes the cutest Christmas card. But I can see her in other seasons too. Loved your color scheme.

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  117. oh another lovely card so sweet and pretty!!

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  118. Hey Girlie!! She is as sweet as can be and so is this card. I think you are going to have to just bring All your Bella binders when you come to NY (and I know you will need another suitcase for just those Hehe) I just cant keep track of all these cuties. HUGS!!!!

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  119. Way CUTE!!! thank you for sharing I am falling more and more in LOVE with the Ketto stamps as I hop!!! Wonderful work!

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  120. Kimberly (pierides)May 31, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    Wow! Beautiful!

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  121. Love the sewing and the Copics!

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  122. wow
    just love those colours you used
    she's such a cutie
    you really made that card rock!

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  123. oh wow. that is so beautiful.

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  124. OMG Karen, this may be my favorite Xmas card you've done so far! That image is soooo cute and you've colored her so perfectly. I really love the ghost snowflake with the embellishments you added. Outstanding!

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  125. Totally adorable Karen!! So many great touches!! :)

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  126. I love the use of blues and greens. Thanks!

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  127. This is adorable. I love the layout and the SEI paper!!!

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  128. Love the papers and the details are fabulous!

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  129. Gorgeous coloring! Very pretty card!

    Louise C.

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  130. aw...she is fantastic as a holiday ketto! it *almost* makes me want to make a Christmas card but I am soooo not ready for that- we just barely got spring!

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  131. what a beautiful card. Gets me in the mood for the holidays.

    M.E.

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  132. I love this, what a different Christmas card it makes!

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  133. Each one of you do something to make your Kettos your own. I love the colors.

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