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I love living just blocks from the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan, in WI. I am a wife to Greg(for 49 yrs in 2021), mother to Heather and Amber (love my girls), Gamma to LJ, daughter to Marion (deceased in 2012 at 88 y/o, lived a life glorifying the Lord), sister to Paul and Samantha, aunt to Paula, Shelley (and fam) and Jeremy (and fam), Tuffy, the parakeet (2021) and most of all...a child of God, saved by grace through Christ Jesus. Life is a gift! Eternal life, a BLESSING!!!

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Monday, April 29, 2024

PIP Challenge 2417 with a THEME: Inspiration

This week's PIP Challenge is a 5th Monday
and the THEME is an inspiration challenge.
It's sponsored by
The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from

YAY!!

Here is my project for the challenge...
following the INSPIRATION:

Sometimes paper can really put a card
together. My background was two 
different cardstocks, one with the seagulls
and one with the wavy lines. Not quite 
sure where I got my flamingo (I have LOTS
of those pink cuties) or the sentiment.
I colored my image with Copics and added
some clear gloss to the goggles.
I added my image to the card with a
bit of mounting tape. The sentiment was
stamped in a cornflower blue.
Boom! Finished!

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Monday, April 22, 2024

PIP Challenge 2416

   This week's amazing sponsor is
Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous digital projects that they 
have to help your creativity!  No 
die cutting machine necessary! 
Go check them out now!
Here's my project for this challenge...
The Cutting Café offers so many ideas
and all you really need is paper, printer
and scissors. It's a great place for the 
minimalist card makers. 
I watched Regina's instructional video
and it assisted with my creating. I added
a variety of white die cut flowers. All I
used for this was my pair of scissors and
my printer. You can decorate this box
with anything you may have on hand.
 I am using this to hold cards ready for mailing.

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge:
Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, April 15, 2024

PIP Challenge 2415

 The challenge this week is sponsored by
The prize will be a 
$10 Gift Certificate from 

YAY!!

Here is my project for the challenge...
This was originally made for a dear dear
friend but she passed away before I was able 
to mail it. Sue was the friend that got me 
into stamping and she will be MISSED!! I
was able to send this to another wonderful
friend, Ardith, who has always said "we" 
should write a book. HA! 
Anyway, I used a wood image stamp 
(MFT retired) to create the floor. 
All the images were colored with
TriBlend markers.  I used mounting tape
to raise up a couple of the bunnies and books. 
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Hope you like it!

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Monday, April 8, 2024

PIP Challenge 2414

 This week's sponsor is Lawn Fawn.
You certainly want to be a part of this challenge!
Be sure to pop over and check out all the 
fabulous products they have! Get everything you
need in one place to create your next project!
Make sure you view their amazing tutorial
videos! They are wonderful crafting aids!
 Go check them out now!

Here's my project 
using "Let's Go Nuts" stamps and Dies
I always have fun playing with Lawn Fawn
stamps and die cuts! I made this card 2
different ways. Card on the right, I punched
out 3 circles (used them on the card on the
left). I added a green and blue ink to look
like grass and lawn...(sort of...) I added a
cloud die cut to each of the inked circles.
I stamped some confetti to the right card
and colored all images with my Copic markers.
I raised the right's panel, with the holes, up
with mounting tape.
Next came the cute little squirrels, also
raised up for more added dimension.
The card on the left I added the circles
and squirrels to complete the second card,
after I added the bubble sentiment. The
inside was just...
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A big THANK YOU to our 
sponsor for this challenge:
Be sure to visit our sponsor's website and begin creating
some of your own awesome creations! 

Still time to get involved with the