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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, October 18, 2021

PIP Challenge 2142

 Newton's Nook is this week's sponsor

Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous digis, stamps and wonderful die 
cuts they have!  Go check them out now!
Here's my card!
Having some fun stamping after a couple of
weeks of recouping from the knee replacement.
It's good to be functional again and I was happy
to be creating with Newton's Nook.
I used NN Evergreen Stencil and the stamp
set is Frozen Friends (couldn't find the link). 
 I sponged different shades of green inks
with the stencil. I colored the little snow guy
with Copics and fussy cut him out. I found
a sentiment bubble die cut and added the 
phrase, coloring the little heart.
I raised the snowman and sentiment with
a thick pop dot. I added Diamond Stickles
to the trees to give some sparkle to the snow.
I created some background layers to
finish the card. 

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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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Monday, October 11, 2021

PIP Challenge 2141

This is our amazing sponsor this week
and
SheepSki Designs is offering the 
random winner THREE DIGIS!!

I know...you're wondering where my card
is...me too!! I think I will try to get one 
made yet but right now I haven't been 
able to create. BUT don't let that stop each
of you from entering in the current challenge.
SheepSki Designs has so many fun images
for your inspiration. Please go check them out!

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Monday, October 4, 2021

PIP Challenge 2140

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!

No project from me...and I'm blaming my 
knee replacement. Sitting, with this 
bruising, just isn't very comfy! I'm so glad
PIP Challenges has a wonderful DT! 
(Here's proof of my excuse!!)

I will say, I am still very able to get around
and my hubby has been a champ!

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge:
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Monday, September 27, 2021

PIP Challenge 2139

Polkadoodles is our amazing sponsor for this week's challenge!

Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous digis, stamps and 
supplies that they have!  
Go check them out now!
We REALLY appreciate them!

So...where is my project/card??? Good
question!! Our family was on vacation,
on an island, so no time to create...then 
we got home and I went in for a knee 
replacement! Boy am I beat! 
(this is after surgery 9/24/2021)
The surgery went well, on Friday...now on
Sunday I am hurting some but it's all good.
BUT...needless to say, no stamping or 
playtime for me. Therapy starts tomorrow.
OWIE! lol!! I'm so thankful for PIP's 
design team. They keep us going! 

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Monday, September 20, 2021

PIP Challenge 2138

I'm in the middle of nowhere on an island...
Yep, that's right...it's called Grandma's Island
in Phillips, WI. Privately owned, 13 acre island.
It's truly a piece of heaven and it does have
WiFi. Soooo, I hope this all gets posted. lol!
I am posting a few location pics at the bottom
of this post so everyone can see the beauty!!
NOW,
Our amazing sponsor this week is
Jan's Digi Stamps is kindly offering a
$10 Gift Certificate. Without our amazing
sponsors the challenges wouldn't happen. 
Here's my card for the week!
This card was created for one of my best buddies
and my Florida travel pal's birthday this past
week. Gerri and I travel to FL for 3 months in
the winter, and husbands join us for a month
right in the middle. Enough about that, now 
about the card. I printed this wonderful image
from Jan's Digi Stamps. It's been colored with
Copics with some sparkle pens added to some 
of the flowers. I made the sentiment and added
some delightful, matching little hearts to the 
sentiment panel. A little bow out of twine, some
random dots in the background and layers to
complete the card. Basically easy but lovely...
I think. lol

Now here are a few of my Island photos.
Heading to town

Grandson chillin'

From the Grandma's Island Sign

Good Morning

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Monday, September 13, 2021

PIP Challenge 2137

This week's sponsor is PIP Challenges and 
we are offering a 
$5 gift code from Mo's Digital Pencil

NOW...
Here's my card for this challenge:
As much as I love MO Manning I decided
to use My Favorite Things stamps and dies.
I cut out three squares and sponged on 
a variety of inks. I colored the cute bears
with Copic markers and after I die cut them
I added them to the squares with pop dots.
I stamped and raised the sentiment and
finished the card with some layering.

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Monday, September 6, 2021

PIP Challenge 2136

 HAPPY

Another great  challenge with our wonderful sponsor

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Here's my project!
I seldom, or if ever, make a slim line card
but this stamp and die set seemed the
perfect pair for a slim card. I created a 
cloud stencil for the sky and colored the
images with Copics. I added some white
ink to the balloon and waxy flax/twine for
the string. The images were raised up with
mounting tape. 
The stamps and die cuts
are from CAS-ual Fridays,
We love our challenge sponsors!!

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge:

Monday, August 30, 2021

PIP Challenge 2135

Now...This week's challenge is a 
THEME challenge and it is
CAS
You can find requirements HERE.
(Now, if you follow the theme you get an
extra entry) 

Bugaboo
Sadly, Bugaboo Stamps is no more...😞
The prize for this challenge will be the
Bugaboo images the DT use. Nice!!!

Here's my card!
This Autumn image was colored with Copics.

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Monday, August 23, 2021

PIP Challenge 2134

A brand new challenge over at PIP Challenges. This week's sponsor is

 Without our amazing sponsors the 
challenges wouldn't happen. 
SheepSki Designs is offering the 
random winner THREE DIGIS!!
Here's my card...
Pull the tab...

After tab is pulled
How does it work??? Watch these quick 
videos to see the magic.

I loved working with this cute frog image
from SheepSki Designs. I colored both
images with Copic markers, adding a 
couple of white dots to the flowers. I had
made a mask of the image so I could sponge
color for the background. The directions 
for the Magic Picture Changer are found
at Lawn Fawn. So many of SheepSki Designs
images would be idea for this style card.

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Monday, August 16, 2021

PIP Challenges 2133

This week's amazing sponsor is,
Jan's Digi Stamps is kindly offering a
$10 Gift Certificate. Without our amazing
sponsors the challenges wouldn't happen. 


Well, no card for me again this week but my
knee surgery went well and I'm getting around
pretty well. I will be back in the card making
mood this week for sure!! I miss creating. 
PIP Challenges DT has lots of wonderful
inspiration to share on the blog. Go check
it out now! 
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Monday, August 9, 2021

PIP Challenge 2132

We have a brand new sponsor, Lee Holland, and I have no doubt that you will LOVE the creativity available. Any digital need you may have, including images, papers and sentiments, can be found at the Etsy shop.

Be sure to pop over and check out all the fabulous digital images, papers and sentiments they have now! 

Sadly, I am unable to share a creation this week due to a knee injury. I got up on Tuesday (last week) and found I was totally unable to apply any weight on my RIGHT knee. OWIE!! The pain was unbearable so, thankfully, I was able to visit my Ortho doctor the same day. The MRI showed a severe tear in the meniscus and surgery/scope is scheduled for tomorrow, pending insurance authorization. I have been unable to do anything but keep my knee up. Now...keep in mind that my LEFT knee is scheduled for a replacement the end of Sept. sigh...needless to say, since the right knee pain is causing my left knee to support me, the left knee is also painful. Sheesh. Anyway, I may be totally relying on my fabulous design team to carry the challenge inspirations and I have complete faith in them. They ROCK!! 

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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 

Monday, August 2, 2021

PIP Challenge 2131

  I want to thank our amazing sponsor, 

Star Stampz!!

Be sure to pop over and check out all the fabulous digis they have!  In fact, gcheck them out now!

Here's my card 
The image was printed, and a sentiment
created. I used Copics for the coloring and
a soft blue ink to sponge around the die
cut out image. I used a yellow sparkle pen
to color the sun.
I used a decorative die cut to use against
the background paper behind the image. 
I raised up the image with pop dots and then 
glued the sentiment. All in all, a very easy 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