PIP Challenge 2525

PIP Challenge 2525 

is sponsored by

PIP Challenges!

The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from

MFT

Here's my card for inspiration...

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Making cards is such a lovely, relaxing 

time and especially when I can share the

cards with friends on their birthdays!

I found some cute pattern paper to accent

the cards and colored the images to

coordinate with the paper. Copics were my

go to markers today. I extended the 

balloon strings and put some white gel pen

dashes on the balloons. The first card I

stamped the sentiment right on the base

card front and the second card I made

a raised up, layered sentiment. 

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Find the current challenge HERE!    

PIP Challenge 2524

 PIP Challenge 2524 and this week's

amazing sponsor is Gerda Steiner 

where you can find some of the cutest 

digis, dies, and stamps for just about 

any of your creative desires. 

They are kindly offering 

$15 gift code for this week's winner! 

Go check them out now!

Here's my card!

This was made for a friend's birthday.

I know I love getting happy mail and 

this set was just right. It's Puppy Mail

and a great set from Gerda Steiner Designs.

I cut out the mailbox and puppy after 

I colored them with Copic markers. 

I made a wavy green hill to attach to 

the blue background. I used die cuts for

the sun and clouds and stamped my

sentiment to complete the card. Here's

the inside. I am sure my friend will smile.

Yup, gotta love

Gerda Steiner Designs,

and I do! 

                               

Thanks for stopping by!!

Consider "following" my before you leave!

Be sure to join in the challenge and visit 

Gerda Steiner Designs!

 Thanks for stopping by!!

Consider "following" my before you leave!

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 

for this challenge:

Gerda Steiner

Be sure to visit our sponsor's website and begin 

creating some of your own awesome creations! 

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge    

PIP Challenge 2523

 Our sponsor for the current challenge is...

Formerly, Penguin Palace, now

Sunbird Spark

It's always fun getting to find new stuff

and a great sponsor as well! YAY!

Go shop at Sunbird Spark for some 

awesome new stuff! I know I did! lol!

They've added plenty as well! 

Here's my card for the challenge...

using "The Sweetest Truck"

Well, I needed a special card again. This 

one for my almost 6 year old grandson, LJ.

On Friday, June 13th, he is getting his

adenoids and tonsils out and getting

tubes in his ears. Sooo, his momma asked

a bunch of us to mail him Get Well cards

for when he gets home. He should have 

a nice pile to open. Send up prayers for 

him AND his mom, who needs peace. 

Ok, enough of my rambling.

For my card, I started with the perfect

background cardstock. Then I got out

 The Sweetest Truck set from Sunbird Spark.

I tried to coordinate the coloring of the

stamped images to blend in with the

scenic background paper. I did the best

I could using my Copic markers. The 

colored images were cut out and attached

to the card front. The truck was flat while

I raised up the "LJ" little boy

and the sentiment was stamped on

a die cut tag. The "feel better" came from

a random set, the "ice cream" is from 

Sunbird's stamp set and I hand printed

the word "eat."

The music notes from the set were stamped

directly on the card front. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see

your entries in the Current Challenge.

Consider "Following" this blog. 

AND a big thank you to our awesome

sponsor,  Sunbird Spark ! 

Find the current challenge HERE!

PIP Challenge 2522

 Another great challenge over at PIP Challenges

with our lovely sponsor

Varada Sharma

VS has such beautiful images and stamps! 

It's awesome that she is kind enough to sponsor 

PIP Challenges! Please be sure to visit her site

or find her actual stamps at RubberStamps.com!!

 Here's my card for this week

using "Easy Layering Florals 1" (sentiment)

and "Take a Moment"

I needed 3 anniversary cards this month

and Varada's stamps and sentiments 

managed to fill my need happily! My Copics

were used to color my images. The Brothers

Scan n Cut cut the flowers out perfectly!

First I stamped the leaves directly onto my 

card front, as well as the sentiment.

I added some white gel pen dots to a few

of the flowers and raise it up with mounting

tape. A coordinating colored cardstock 

added just the right "pop" for the flowers.

Be sure to visit Varada's Etsy shop 

and Rubber Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!!
Consider "following" my blog before you leave!

Be sure to checkout Varada's site and 

head on over to the latest PIP Challenge

HERE!!   

PIP Challenge 2521

  Newton's Nook 

is this week's sponsor

Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous the wonderful new stencils,

stamps, die cuts, and papers they have! 

Go check them out now!

Here are my cards

I needed two guy cards and they are 

both football fans, one in Kansas, so

red and white Chiefs (and sometimes a

Packer fan)

 and green and gold for the

other guy who is a Packer fan. 

I had fun using my Copics to color the 

bears. At least neither guy is a 

Chicago Bears fan!! lol!! These bears

are ok!! I embossed the main background

and stamped the sentiment on the white.

I added mounting tape to raise up the bear.

These are the insides of each card.

I love all my goodies from Newton's Nook. 

 Be sure to checkout NN!!

💗

Thanks for stopping by!!
Consider "following" my before you leave!

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 

for this challenge:

Newton's Nook

Be sure to visit our sponsor's website 

and begin creating some of your own 

awesome creations! They have sooooo 

many goodies to choose from!

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge      

PIP Challenge 2520

  Another fun challenge ahead! PIP's fabulous

sponsor for this week is

 Pattie's Creations

It's always fun getting to find new stuff

and a great sponsor as well! YAY! Be

sure to go shopping!!

Here are my cards...  

using "Silly Squirrels"

I love squirrels, most of the time, so this

was the ideal image for my hubby's birthday.

The images were colored with my Copics. 

I found a stamp set that had the perfect

sentiments and acorn to accent the 

cute squirrels from Pattie's Creations.

and this card

using "Thinking of You"

Such a lovely image from Pattie's Creations.

The sentiment was a part of the image.

I used this for an anniversary card for

friends that got married on my birthday,

many years ago! It was colored with Copics

and I added some random dots. The butterfly

needed some glitz so I used a sparkle pen.

Be sure to stop by Pattie's Creations

and head over and join in the

Current Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!!
Consider "following" my before you leave!

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 

for this challenge:

Pattie's Creations

Be sure to visit our sponsor's website 

and begin creating some of your own 

awesome creations! She has so many 

awesome images to choose from!!

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge    

PIP Challenge 2519

 Welcome!

Time to join in the challenge with 

Polkadoodles as this week's sponsor!! 

YAY!

We REALLY appreciate our sponsors!

Here's my card

using "Cactus Smile"

"Cactus Succulent Sentiments"

"Happy Cactus Succulent Digital Papers"

I had so much fun using all the goodies

from Polkadoodles! The digital paper was

an ideal fit with my Copic colored cactus.

Of course, the sentiment was just right too.

I added a few white dots to the pot design

and a dot in the cheek blush. And as I tend

to do...mounting tape was used to raise 

up the cute little cactus.

I had a great die cut banner for the sentiment

and the rest was finding the coordinating

papers and layering to finish. I made it

into a birthday card for a friend!!

Consider "following" my before you leave!

A big THANK YOU to our 

sponsor for this challenge:

Polkadoodles

Be sure to visit our sponsor's website and begin creating

some of your own awesome creations! 

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges.       

PIP Challenge 2518

 Our sponsor for the current challenge is...

Formerly, Penguin Palace, now

Sunbird Spark

It's always fun getting to find new stuff

and a great sponsor as well! YAY!

Go shop at Sunbird Spark for some 

awesome new stuff! I know I did! lol!

They've added plenty as well! 

Here's my card for the challenge...

using "Bee Happy"

and "Hexagon Geo Cover Die"

inside

I've been using this set Bee HappyA LOT 

lately because it's such a fun set to work 

with and I have many birthdays coming up.

Soooo, you will see more in the future.

Firstly, I found a printed background

paper that seemed like a good fit with 

my little bees. Using the 

Hexagon Geo Cover Die I found the

right color to coordinate with the

background. I then cut another one

out of white so I had the white additions

to the card front. The white hexagon 

will be used on another Bee day card.

There are matching 

dies for the stamps. I colored all the 

images with Copic markers and some of 

the dotted bee trails were my own.  lol

The bees were raised up using mounting 

tape. A touch of a clear sparkle pen on the 

wings gave the finished bees a bit of

"bee"ling. tsk tsk. I added a couple 

of flowers to finish the card.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see

your entries in the Current Challenge.

Consider "Following" this blog. 

AND a big thank you to our awesome

sponsor,  Sunbird Spark ! 

Find the current challenge HERE!

PIP Challenge 2517

 This week's amazing sponsor is

The Cutting Cafe

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 are my projects for this challenge...

using Mini Note and Card Set.

These were soooo easy to make and fun too.

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 printed my "notes"

on cardstock and layered them on 

coordinating paper. I though about adding

some stamping on them but they looked

simply fine. I cut out the "cover", following

the pattern, onto a designer cardstock. I 

found some cute flowers, clips, elastic ties, 

and paper clips to use for closures. These 

notes are little, so, perfect for your purses 

or to insert into a card for mailing. 

Thanks for stopping by!! 
Consider "following" my before you leave!

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor

 for this challenge:

The Cutting Cafe

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge