trick or treat disney style

Boo!

Bet you thought I fell off the face of the earth, huh?  I think this has been the longest hiatus I've taken from the blog since I started blogging about a year and a half ago. 

Busy, busy, busy! 

I've been working on lots of layouts and projects, mostly for Scrapbook News and Review.  I'll share them as I can.  Some of them you can see throughout this week during their daily Halloween email newsletters.  Sign up now if you're not already receiving them.  There are some AMAZING projects by the staffers on there.  Lots of great Halloween ideas!  You can see many more in the upcoming Octobert/November double issue premiering Sunday 10/31. 

I began my hiatus with 5 days at the Disneyland Resort.  Our hotel was awesome because it had an entrance right into California Adventure (which, truth be told, I love so much more than Disneyland...is that wrong?). 

We met up with some friends right at the beginning and hung out for a little while for the Disneyland Halloween celebration.  They close the park early to general admission and you have to have a special pass to be in the park for the evening.  (Translation: They get you to pretty much pay double to be in the park all day long on that day.  Mmm hmmm.  It was fun but not THAT fun.)  They have a special Halloween-themed fireworks display with a Nightmare Before Christmas theme, a special Halloween parade with the characters dressing up in costumes, and trick-or-treating. 

The boy dressed up as Woody (I think this is his third Woody costume since he was 2 - the boy LOVES Woody) and the girl was a punk-y version of Alice in Wonderland.  Not intentionally, although I think it looks ADORABLE.  In my haste to pack I overlooked the footwear aspect of the costume so she ended up wearing her All-Stars. 

Loving this week's Sketchy Thursdays sketch!

So, I set out to make this layout really quickly and wouldn't ya know it, I decide to get all fancy on the ears and ended up spending waaaaaay longer than I wanted to on it.  Oh, well.  I think it's pretty cute!

I tried to make the Mickey ears look like a real hat by sewing the words.  Yes, with my sewing machine. 

This Friday the boy's school is having a Literary Parade (apparently we can't do Halloween in school anymore?) where the kids can dress up as a literary character - no cartoon characters or monsters allowed.  The boy has picked Harry Potter and I can't wait to get him all dressed up.  They can bring a small pumpkin to carry which can be either a miniature version of their character or a sidekick.  (If I get it done) the boy will be carrying a white pumpkin made to look like Hedwig.  I'm so proud!!!  I'll definitely share pics.  He's already been wearing the HP glasses all around and he looks like Harry! 

So, do you do Halloween?  Any big plans for the weekend?

Heidi

p.s.  Tessa from Precocious Paper is challenging everyone throughout the month of November to develop an Attitude of Gratitude.



Every day in November she'll share on her blog something she is grateful for.  I will definitely try to follow her lead and play along.  Goodness knows my gratitude attitude could use some developing!   Check out Tessa's post here to see how to play along.

Mad Roots 4 Our Official Baller

The current Pink Ninjas prompt is "roots".  

It's amazing just how many different ways there are to interpret that word.  Just take a look at how many different ideas came from the Ninja DT alone! 

We are so proud of our little guy playing basketball.  He may not yet be the best player but he enjoys himself and he's getting better every day.  (Literally...he's doing basketball camp every weekday this month!) 

These pics show him dribbling and shooting (a Swish! no less!!) in one of his games!  I loved how the two pics lined up so well.  The shooting one is popped up on foam a bit.

So, of course, I had to go with "rooting" for my little baller!

~title detail~

This Basic Grey paper was perfect in and of itself but I thought the large main area just cried out for some sort of stitching so I stitched a basketball on it (like it's being overlapped with the titles).  It's kind of hard to make out with the pics laid on top so here's what it looked like:

~ stitching detail front ~

And here's the back so you can see it's really stitched (and how messy my machine stitches, lol).

~stitching detail back ~

I finished it off with some wooden star beads since he's our little star (sappy, lol!).

~beads detail~

So, here's your challenge...show us your interpretation of "roots".  C'mon!  I dare ya!

- Heidi

Happy Birthday To Me!

Yep.  Today is my birthday.  Forgive me if I don't sound too excited...it's a big number.  I don't like it.  I feel much, much younger, which I suppose is a good thing.  :oD 

(pic courtesy of supercutekawaii.com)

I was so inspired by this amazing layout by Tessa HERE that I made this birthday layout for myself:

(Man, that's a bad picture!   I'll try to take a better one later today in better light!)

I used this week's Design Dollies sketch and also w i d e l y interpreted their elements challenge "showers & flowers" (the layout is "showered" with tons of mist, lol!). 

I also had the Who's That Girl "Distinguishing Feature" challenge in mind when I made this.  I have been told as long as I can remember that I don't look "that old" whatever the age happened to be.  I was, no joke, still frequently carded until I was 37.  (And then, for some reason, it shut off abruptly like a switch...I blame the crazy kids. Bitter? Me?  Nooooooo...) 

And, if you read the journaling you may have a sudden urge to kick off your Sunday shoes and cut footloose.  I've used a line from the song Footloose which is the challenge song over on Scrapping the Music. 

Of course, I must send a shout out and wave a big hello to my girl Diana for the gorgeous flower!  You can find similar ones in her etsy store!!!!

Off for a fun day with the kids...the boy's basketball game and then to his school carnival!!!

Heidi

Details:  Glimmer & Maya Mists; Design by Diana paper flower; The Paper Company paper; Zig Millennium pen; unknown ribbons; clothing tag; thread. 

Stitch

We are having a Second Chance Challenge with Lawn Fawn Stamps over on Sketchy Thursdays for the next couple weeks! 

I am sooo impressed with the quality of these stamps.  The images are adorable and stamp so crisply.  And, the stamps themselves are very sturdy and well-made.  Plus, I simply adore Miss Kelly Marie, the brains behind the stamps. 

OK, have to say, I'm quite impressed with my sketch this time around.  I really like the way it came out.  Good enough to be a "Diana sketch", if I say so myself, LOL!!! 

Since our sponsor is Lawn Fawn Stamps, I just had to use my Sew Lovely set and therefore my layout simply had to be about my sewing machine! 

And, of course, there were many perfect elements in the Ninja Addicts "Don't Get It Twisted" kit that supported a sewing theme, too!!

Super rad Fimo sewing machine from the Ninja kit!!!  As well as both patterned papers.  The spools piece was too overwhelming color-wise for this layout so I covered it with bits of a dress pattern. 

OK, does anyone know why I get perfect zig zag stitches on the underside of my paper but the top side looks, well, NOT like a zig zag?  It looks like it's pulling itself back and forth. (Does that make sense?)  Is that normal or do I have a setting wrong somewhere?  I tried playing with thread tension and stitch spacing but that didn't seem to help at all.  So, needless to say, all the zig zag stitches on this layout were stitched from the back. 

Adorable button stamps from Lawn Fawn.

Super cute little spool and needle stamps, too.  Wrapped some real thread around that spool stamp and through the eye of the needle. 

Used the needle again here as my "i" in my title.  (So totally stole the idea from American Crafts!)

OK, have you SEEN the amazingly adorable creating/sewing/handmade-themed stuff by GCD Studios lately??!!  This embroidered canvas tag is from a huge set, of which I purchased solely for one that said, "Creative People Are Seldom Tidy" which describes me to a "T".  And there's also a gorgeous, huge set of epoxy stickers with images such as old-fashioned sewing machines, 50's era women, flowers, and cheeky "creative" sayings. 

Please come play along with us over on Sketchy Thursdays.  You could win a "Sew Lovely" set of your very own!!  You have until 11:59pm EST Saturday 4/17 to submit your link to your layout in the comment on THIS POST over on ST.

Hope you all have a beautiful Easter!

Heidi

Details:  Button, Spool, & Needle images from Lawn Fawn Stamps "Sew Lovely" set; Papers, Fimo sewing machine, and Thickers from the Ninja Addicts' "Don't Get It Twisted" kit; GCD Studios canvas tag; Tsukineko ink; Stampin' Up! clear embossing powder; dress pattern, thread.

If I Could Bottle This I Would

Today we have a very happy, cheery color combo over on the Design Dollies to perk up your Monday:  black, white, and yellow.  Be sure to check out what the Design Team made for your inspiration. 

The flowers are fingerpainted and then stitched.  I love this self-portrait, the camera held at arm's length.  So funny! 

~closeup detail~


I used my Sketchy Thursdays April Guest Design Team sketch and even the prompt.  I did mist and paint, athough not pink as directed. 

The April GDT Challenge is closed but you can still hop on over to cast your vote for your favorite. 

Have a great Monday!

Heidi

Details:   Studio Calico stamp (coffee ring); Autumn Leaves Stampology ink; Making Memories paint; Maya & Glimmer Mists; Zig Millennium pen; DCWV cardstock; thread.

So Pretty

It's Sketchy Thursday!!! 

As you can see, I took a bit of creative license with this week's sketch again:

 But that's OK!  Our sketches are for your inspiration...the catalyst for your creativity.  Where you take it is up to you!!!!  (As long as it's somewhat recognizable as inspired by the original sketch!  LOL.) 

Everything (except for the mist, paint, floss, and thread) is from the GORGEOUS Ninja Addicts' Caroussel kit. 

OMG.  When I laid out everything that came with this kit I was in heaven!  By far the Ninja's most wonderful kit yet. (And you know how much I ~heart~ all their other kits, too!)  I'm telling you now...go grab one while you can!!! 

I love the way this pic of my little ballerina came out...she was moving so it's slightly blurred which gives it such a soft look.  Before I misted the page I set down the acrylic wings as a mask.  I then blotted the beaded up mist from the wings onto the paper above, around which I stitched another set of wings.  So cute!!!  (The edges of the acrylic wings were also fingerpainted.)

We would love for you to drop by Sketchy Thursdays and play along with us.  Check out what our amazing, talented Design Team made for your inspiration.  LUV Tessa's colors & misting!  Jennifer's pictures are stunning as usual - I gotta get into one of her photography classes!  Amanda should be thankful there's an ocean separating us because otherwise I'd be trying to find a way to get that adorable little kitty all to myself.  OMG what a cutie patootie!   Our GDT Melissa just does not disappoint!  Beautiful layout!!  Oh, and of course, can't forget Diana.  Wow.  She blows me away each and every week.   I love these girls!!!   I am going to be so sad to see them go at the end of the month.  (OK, well, not Diana.  Can't get rid of her!  She's sort of the brains behind the whole thing, LOL.  :oD )  But lucky them - they can now play for all the amazing prizes we all salivate over every week.   

And speaking of prizes, this week's sketch is being sponsored by Tracy Ann Digital Art.  One lucky winner will get a $15 credit in the TADA store!  Check out what they have...it's gorgeous!!  Do a little pre-shopping for when you win, right?

Thanks for stopping by today!

- Heidi

P.S.  Also, while you're over on Sketchy Thursdays, take a look at our new Design Team announcement and leave a shout out for our wonderful incoming team. 

Details:  All elements from the Ninja Addicts' Caroussel kit unless noted:  Making Memories paint, Glimmer Mist, DMC floss, thread. 

Sometimes They Actually Like Each Other

This week's Design Dollie's elements challenge, brought to you by the birthday girl Adina, is to lift something of Adina's!!  Hop on over to her blog to check out her cool creations and wish her a happy bday while you're there!  (AND she's giving out birthday candy!!!)

HERE is the gorgeous layout that I chose to lift of Adina's.  And here's where I went with it...

Oct/Nov 2010 issue - Sibling Love

Everything but the letter stickers are from the Torendi store.  The paper (which includes the scalloped smiley face border), the frame, and the ribbon are from this month's Torendi kit "Framed Cuteness":

The bot and the thought cloud are from Bam Pop!'s Vol. 2 Collection (as well as the blue paper I made the hearts from and the scissors image...they were the leftovers from the same page).  The pennant is new Sassafras Lass Nerdy Bird. 

This is one of the 2-1/2 layouts I made at the crop with Julie this past weekend!  I had so much fun that night!  And 2-1/2 layouts in one night is good for me.  I'm definitely going to have to subject those poor girls to ME again soon!  LOL.

We'd love for you to come play along with us on Design Dollies!!!!  If you've never checked it out, they have some of the best prizes!!!!  Check it out!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Heidi

Details:  Torendi kit Framed Cuteness - paper, frame, ribbon; Torendi Store - Sassafras Lass border, robot & thought bubble from Bam Pop! Vol. 2 collection; Making Memories alpha stickers; Dymo labeler; thread.

P.S.  Be sure to stop by Sketchy Thursdays tomorrow to check out our new DT announcement!!!!  We're so excited!

Remember This Love

Wow, it seemed like we were on holiday from Sketchy Thursdays for a long time and now it seems like we just posted the last sketch.  Looks like 2010 is going to fly by just as quickly as 2009.  ~sigh~

I'm going to venture a guess that this is going to become another fave for me. 

Remember a couple months back I made a layout and noted that I loved the way the stitching looked on the back side of it and intended to use it to make another layout?

Well, here it is:

October/November 2010 issue

When Kins was a baby I thought she looked so much like Kee that I'd be hard pressed to tell them apart in pictures.  But as they grew I began to think they didn't really look so much alike anymore.  Until this picture about a month ago.  They look so much the same to me!  The same squinty-eyed smile.  And, can you believe this was actually a, "Hey, mom needs a pic to show people she hasn't seen in a while what you guys look like.  Can you pose for me?" picture??  No cheesey smiles, no sulking, no looking away.  OK, so sometimes they come through for me.  LOL.

I love the way the fussy cut butterfly and flower actually look like they're stamped atop the pic.  And I also cut out the butterfly that would've gotten covered by the picture and posed it on top.  The trims are a score! from Joann's & the LSS today.  It's some hot pink fringed trim with some black dingle ball trim on top.  Very cool. 

I love the way the bird came out.  It's made out of that pressed wood - what's that called? - onto which I rubbed some black chalk ink and then sprayed with the most GORGEOUS hot pink Glimmer Mist.  I tried to capture the mist in this pic but it's not really coming through.  You're just going to have to trust me on this.  I finished it off with some flourish stamps with white chalk ink. 

So, I had already glued down the bird when I decided I wanted him to be holding the lock and key in his mouth.  I guess I could've just stuck the bow on top but I really wanted to be able to tie the bow.  So mama broke out the power tools!  Drilled a hole right through bird's beak out the back of the layout!   Tool Time in the Scrap Room!  Rrrrr rrrrrr rrrrrr!  (Can't you just hear Tim the Tool Man Taylor grunting??) 

And yes, the original layout on the back didn't survive.  I knew it'd come to that as soon as I placed the picture and decided I needed to cut out the butterfly and flower.  So I salvaged what pieces I could use for future layouts and never looked back.  I know some of you are reeling in horror but truthfully, I knew the day I made that first layout that I wasn't a fan of it and this would be its fate someday. 

One more look at the underside stitching - isn't it so cool??

I love the way it's all loopy.

Head on over to the Sketchy Thursdays blog to check out what the Design Team made for your inspiration.  Some of my fave layouts made so far on this team!  And we've got the debut of our January Guest Design Team member, Sarah, too.

Hook your creation up to Mr. Linky in the Sketchy Thursdays sidebar by 11:59pm EST Wednesday 1/13 for your chance to win not one but TWO kits from Keep In Touch! 

Super Fun Kit

Passion For Red Kit

Aaaand, in case that just isn't enough for you, Kelly from Keep In Touch is offering up a discount in the shop for all Sketchy Thursdays customers this week!  Hit this week's post for more info.

Hope your 2010 is going well.  I'm slowly but surely easing my way back into the routines and getting back on top of creating again. 

- Heidi

Details:  Glitz Design paper; Ink - ColorBox, VersaMagic; Autumn Leaves stamps; Glimmer Mist; Wrights pink trim; DMC floss; thread; unknown: wood bird, black trim, metal lock & key.

You Make My Heart Throb

This week's Pink Ninjas prompt is Elsie-inspired. 

If you are not familiar with Elsie, check out her blog.  She is so much fun and an amazing talent.  Every time I click onto her blog I get lost for waaaaaay too much time.  (As I just did so I could link it up to this post.  Ha ha!)

The cool prompt is brought to you by this month's Ninja Star Gloria!!  She's a barrel of fun her ownself!!  Check out her bloggity blog.    

Here's my Elsie-inspired:

Inspired by this by Elsie:

This is one of my all-time fave pics of my son (c. 2 years ago) and I've had it sitting staring at me on my craft table for weeks just looking for the proper inspiration. 

So, obviously, I was inspired by Elsie's hand-drawn, no-fuss line frames (which ARE solid lines on my layout despite if they may look broken on the screen), her fun mixed-up font writing, and her always gorgeous doodling. 

I pulled in a little reddish-pink to complement the fabric swatch on the left side. 

This fabric is some Elsie adhesive fabric (of which I've had so long it was no longer adhesive - but that worked out to my advantage).  I stitched it at the edge of the paper to show how it's hanging over the edge.  I like to do that, huh?  Push the boundaries of the l/o.  Looks fun except it makes photographing the l/o a bitch and doesn't work too well when you try to cram it into a regular scrapbook, lol. 

The top doodled text block is also some Elsie paper - I think it's called math class. 

Check out what the rest of the Ninjas made for your inspiration.  It's simply fabulous!!

Have a great Wednesday!!

Heidi

Jump!!

Happy Sketchy Thursdays!!!!

Congrats to the winner of last week's sketch and the Precocious Paper prize!  And, we starting up something new this week:  DT Faves.  Every week, in addition to the randomly drawn winner, the DT members choose those creations that caught their eye and those are displayed on the Sketchy Thursdays blog.  PLUS they all get to display a cool new "I'm a Sketchy Thursdays fave!" blinkie on their blog!!  Check out the post HERE for this week's winner and faves.

Although the "official" design team sketch layouts reveal isn't supposed to be until next Thursday, some of us played along with this week's sketch reveal. And, here it is...





Be sure to check out the Sketchy Thursdays site to see what deliciousness was created with this sketch to inspire you!

OK, so by now you know me...just can't take a sketch at face value. Gotta Heidi-ize it a bit. But, again, isn't that what sketches are for? They're a jumping off point...

Ha! Ha! Ha! Jumping off point. Jump! layout. Get it??!! I crack myself up. (It's late.)

So I have a sizeable stash of "old" Cosmo Cricket collections (this one's from *gasp* 2007!!) and figured I need to just use them. That's part of my new scrapping philosophy - JUST DO IT!! Use it, don't save it for that "perfect" layout. Place it then stick it, don't futz around. If an idea strikes, take the bull by the horns and GO FOR IT! Most "mistakes" can be salvaged, and sometimes the "mistakes" turn out to be the best discoveries!

So, OK. I had these pics of The Boy jumping on the trampoline so I got my borders all torn to size and immediately stuck them down. Then I placed and stuck the pics and letters quickly. Get 'er done! Of course, THEN I decide to simulate the inset patterned paper on the sketch with a stitched frame.

~stitching detail~


Okey dokey. Well...everything's already stuck down so, ok, I'll just stitch around it. So, I don't know if you can see it on this pic very well but everywhere you see the stitched border "go behind" a letter, border, or pic, I've actually stitched up to one edge of the element and started up again on the other edge. So, sometimes the "just do it" philosophy causes you some extra work.  LOL!



~p detail~

So, then I decide it'd look fun to stitch "jumping" marks. Here's where the "just do it" could have possibly caused some trouble if it didn't look right. I'd have ruined my pics, letters, and paper. But, I think it came out pretty cute.

At this point I was going to leave the layout as is, but it just didn't look quite right, so I added some "western" looking elements which I thought went with the feel of the CC paper (which is Halfway Cafe, btw).



~flip side detail~

Did you notice I used the bar code border (or whatever that's called) from the bottom of one of the CC papers? They always put such cool little phrases or pics at the bottom and bleed the pattern down onto it, too, so they just BEG to be used. I strategically covered up the CC logo with one of my pics.

Details: Paper and cardstock alpha - Cosmo Cricket; hardware and linen thread - Stampin' Up!; thread; unknown button.

So, what are we playing for this week on Sketchy Thursdays, you ask??? An amazing prize from our wonderful sponsor Evalicious!!!

Link up your creation to Mr. Linky on the Sketchy Thursdays sidebar by midnight, Wednesday 9/23 for your chance to win the cool Evalicious prize!!!

Oh, and of course, we're still having our Grand Opening celebration, so there's a random drawing prize up for grabs today, too! It's from one of my FAVORITE stamp companies, Unity Stamp Company!!!





(I still haven't figured out how to link up a pic with this new "improved" Blogger editing so you can't actually click on the logo to go to the Unity site. I apologize PROFUSELY to Unity. You can instead CLICK HERE to go to their site. And go you must!!! They make the most scrumptious stamps!!)

 I can't believe how generous they were in helping us out with our Grand Opening prizes!!! There are SIX Unity sets or singles that we'll be giving away in the coming week, so be sure to check back again and again this week for you chances to win.

Oh, did I forget to tell you WHICH Unity stamp is up for grabs today?? It's actually TWO!!!

You're a Star




AND
Feel the Joy





Two classic and gorgeous Unity singles. (OK, so Feel the Joy is technically not a single - there are 2 stamps in thet set.)

So, whatdaya gotta do to win these? You get one entry for being a Sketchy Thursdays follower (although you are perfectly welcome and encouraged (ok, begged) to become one of MY followers, too!!), one for commenting on the 9/17 post on Sketchy Thursdays, and one for blogging or otherwise shouting about us and letting us know in a comment what you did. That's THREE chances to win these amazing stamps.

And, let me tell you, if you have not ever used Unity stamps, you are in for a treat. They stamp so beautifully!!!

OK, enough already today, Heidi! Let these poor people get on with their day.

Peace out!

Heidi

Pink Ninjas BFF prompt

OK, I'm a bit late posting this one...this was last week's prompt on The Pink Ninjas - BFF.  It was sort of done yesterday but it just didn't look finished so I added a little sumpin' sumpin' and now I'm happier with it.  It just isn't living up to my vision but I just couldn't seem to arrive there.  Oh, well.

So this is a pic of me and my friend Lara a couple months ago.  We've known each other since FIRST GRADE in 1977!!!  Mrs. Middleton's class.  I still have fond memories of that class even though I can't remember much about many other classes in subsequent years.  I just remember Mrs. Middleton being an awesome teacher and having a ton of fun.  But, I digress. 

I don't see Lara very often anymore.  She lives across the country from me.  But I get to see her every couple years when she comes home to visit her parents.  It's so cool now to see how our lives have progressed.  Talk about our kids while remembering the games we used to play when we were their ages. 

I'm on a paint and sewing kick, can you tell?  AND, I even broke out the FOAM STAMPS!  Remember when those were the greatest and most sought after scrap tools a few years ago?  I have oodles of alphas, words, and shapes and I am ashamed to say I've probably used them maybe 5 times total, EVER. 

Details:  Making Memories paint, foam stamps; Autumn Leaves stamp; StazOn ink; Prima ribbon; Zig Milennium pen; Slick Writer; The Paper Company paper; thread. 

Well, as mentioned, this was last week's prompt on The Pink Ninjas.  The prompt this week is collections.  I'm sure I'll have no problem finding a subject for this one!  Ha ha! 

Thanks for slogging through my THIRD post today!  Pretty sure I'm done until tomorrow...

Heidi

Autumn in Disneyland

Happy Monday!

It's time for the 15th installment of SPCC!!!  Can you believe we've done 15 already??

My first impression of this color combo was Disneyland.  My second was fall.  Sooooo...

Autumn in Disneyland

Of course, you wouldn't really know this pic was taken at Disneyland by just looking at it, but it was.  Have you been there in October?  It's so cool!  They decorate the whole place for fall and Halloween.  There are giant carved pumpkins everywhere, includings some amazing ones carved as the faces of some of the characters. 

And the Haunted Mansion looks even cooler than normal.

They even change the entire ride to be the Nightmare Before Christmas!  Pretty Cool!

Ummmm...as I was going through these pics I realized I have some SERIOUS D-Land trip scrapping to do, huh??  Three days and 600 pics worth! 

This particular setting was at the Woody's Round Up show in Frontier Land.  My son has been a die-hard Toy Story fan since before he was 2 and he still is! 

Just before this pic was taken, they were dancing up a storm!  Great memories!

Details:  DCWV paper; American Crafts felt flowers; Heart and Home Collectibles button; Michaels ribbon; Zig Milennium pen; thread. 

Of course, can't forget to tell you what you're playing for this week on SPCC!!  Memories Forever Scrapbooking has generously donated this scalloped foam shapes prize plus a $5 gift certificate to their store:

Head on over to SPCC to link up your creation by Sunday, September 20th (which happens to be my DS's birthday!) for a chance to win!

Have a great day!

Heidi

p.s.  I must, once again, apologize for the poor state of formatting on this post.  I just do not have the time nor the patience right now to try to mess with it.  It was fine until Blogger got a hold of it.  I'm ready to tear my hair out over the stress they cause me with formatting.  Ugh!!