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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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Sunday, March 30, 2025

PIP Challenge 2513

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

Here's my card following the Theme:
RAIN
Using Newtons Nook Newtons Rainy Day
April showers bring May flowers, right?
I'm counting on that since I'm leaving
Florida tomorrow to head back chilly
Wisconsin. I used a rain drop stencil with
some blue inks. I stamped my kitty and
frog. Kitty was colored with Copic markers. 
I stamped the kitty and frog again on my 
green dot pattern paper. The frog's belly
needed a touch of pink though. The 
umbrella was paper pieced with the 
dotted pattern paper. I added the 
sentiments and then raised up the critters.

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Sunday, March 23, 2025

PIP Challenge 2512

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 is my card 
                                        Here's a fun birthday card for a friend,
in WI, from me in FL. They are still getting
snow. hehe... As always, Newton's Nook has 
always the right stamps, die cuts, and 
great stencils. I used Sunscape Stencil, Gull
Friend (retired), and a Palm Tree set (retired).
Copics were used to color the gulls. 
I used blending brushes to apply 
my inks to the Sunscape stencil. The image
was die cut and raised up with mounting
tape for a tad bit of dimension. 
I love all my goodies from Newton's Nook
 Be sure to checkout NN!!
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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! They have sooooo 
many goodies to choose from!
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Sunday, March 16, 2025

PIP Challenge 2511

Welcome! 
Time to join in the challenge with 
Polkadoodles as this week's sponsor!! 
YAY!
We REALLY appreciate our sponsors!

Here are my cards for this week's challenge

   using "Happy Easter Chick"
Be sure to visit Polkadoodles! They have 
so much to choose from, for all your 
creating fun!!!
For my icy snowman card I printed a winter
scene digital paper. After I printed out my
snowy guy he was colored with Copic 
markers. The image was fussy cut out and
I raised the image up with mounting tape.
The layers were created to match the 
background and a crystal Stickle was used
to highlight the ice and snow. 
My grandson was the one to get this 
card. I miss him since I've been 
in FL since Jan. 1st, not 
home until April 3. He does get lots of
goody gifts from me, and Grandpa.

For the Easter chick card, which my grandson
will also receive, I found a great background
paper. Not sure if it was digital or actual. 
LOL! The cute image was colored with
TriBlend markers, with a few ink dashed
corners. Easy peasy!! 

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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 

Sunday, March 9, 2025

PIP Challenge 2510

 This week's awesome sponsor is
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!
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Here's my Lawn Fawn creation
using "You're Just My Type" and 
I made it for a friend's birthday and
it was just a fun card to make. I used
Copics to color the images and complete
the card. Here's the inside...
Be sure to checkout Lawn Fawn
because they also have coloring stencils,
papers, and die cuts to coordinate many 
of the stamp sets. Their tutorial videos 
are amazing and very helpful. 

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sponsor for this challenge:
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some of your own awesome creations! 

Still time to get involved with the 
Current challenge at

Sunday, March 2, 2025

PIP Challenge 2509

 I want to thank our wonderful sponsor
for the current challenge...
Be sure to pop over and check out all the 
fabulous digis they have!  
In fact, gcheck them out now!

Here's my card for inspiration.
I had fun with this little guy. I made 
the card for my sweet nephew who is 
a soccer player. I added his number,
27, and used his colors and the striping
to match his uniform. I printed the image
and used a die cut rectangle to cut it out.
Using my Copic markers I colored him.
A white gel pen added the number to the
shorts and streaks in his hair. I stamped
a Happy Birthday and used another
die cut to finish it out. Just a bit of
layering and coordinating papers were
enough to complete the card. 

Thanks for stopping by!!
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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 
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge