here is what we started with....

1 random dictionary page

2 page from vintage stamp collectors price guide

3 half sheet of printed vintage images

4 various tissue, mulberry, paper scraps - 5 pcs

5 Queen of Spades playing card

6 rectangle of cardstock w/pinked edges

7 used paper access swipe card (bus?)

8 teabag, match, scrap of foiltape, film negative

9 scrap of mylar type paper (silver on one side, black on the other)

10 postage stamp, piece of flower stem?, 2 bits of novelty yarn

11 baggies of: embossing powder (pink) and dried up acrylic paints

~ plus there was the project note, envelope, ATC sized card for backing

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