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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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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Get Ready to Shop!!

Crafter's Companion will be featured
on the HSN show Oct. 3rd! Be sure to
tune in and watch! LOTS of fantastic
new products to create amazing things.
Here are some I created for the show.
















Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 362

Challenge 362 - More than one fold

Now for the challenge FUN from Tuesday Throwdown
and our awesome sponsor, Sugar Pea Designs!
Here's my card for this week's challenge.
I love Sugar Pea Designs and this little set is one of my 
faves! This card is a Z Fold and ideal for my tin can talking
girls! I paper pieced their dresses and used Copics for all
the other coloring. I cut the girls out and ran a piece of
black twine from one to the other. I just layered some
embossed colored cardstock and completed the card.
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Blog before you leave!

Be sure to check out Sugar Pea Designs for more great images!
Still time to get involved with the current 
challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.

Monday, September 25, 2017

PIP Challenge 1739

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1739
All PIP challenges are ANYTHING GOES!

So just get your cards ready and...
Head over and join in the fun NOW!

So happy to have Digital Delights as our sponsor this week!
They have some fun and beautiful designs! 
Be sure to check them out!

Here's my card!
I printed this cute little image, "Rocky Goes Fishing" and 
colored him with Copic markers. I added some white gel
pen to the water and then some clear glaze. Then I cut the
image out. I printed out my own sentiment to create a guy
birthday card. I may have to save it for my hubby's next 
birthday...in MAY! I raised the sentiment and image using
mounting tape. 
I wrapped a bit of twine around the sentiment and added
a cute little fish charm to it 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.
They have wonderful products! 

Still time to get involved with the 

Sunday, September 24, 2017

Some Crafter's Companion Creativity

Crafter's Companion has some awesome card kits that
are simple and require little to make stunning cards.
Now, I love having a bit more of a person touch, like 
my own stamping or coloring, but these kits are just so
lovely! The quality of cardstock is top notch! Here are 
two that I made. Can't remember exactly which kit, or 
if I combined product from both of them, but, regardless,
they turned out very pretty. I am waiting for some of the
Crafter's Companion Luxury cardstock in gold to really
step up the elegance! Thanks for stopping! 



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Monday, September 18, 2017

PIP Challenge 1738

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1738
All PIP challenges are ANYTHING GOES!

So just get your cards ready and...
Head over and join in the fun NOW!

So happy to have Bugaboo Stamps as our sponsor this week!
They have some fun and beautiful designs! 
Be sure to check them out!

Here's my card!
Those Bugaboo's are just too adorable. There are
four images in the set that this cutesie giraffe came
from. I used Copic Markers to color him with. I added
some gold leafing pen on the edges of the sentiment
banner and the image. I embossed the background
paper and added some coordinating pattern papers.
I used some white pearls and colored them with the
matching Copic pearls and added them to complete
my 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.
They have wonderful products! 

Still time to get involved with the 
current challenge at

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 360

Challenge 360 - Happy Birthday

Now for the challenge FUN from Tuesday Throwdown
and our awesome sponsor, Power Poppy!
Here's my card for this week's challenge.
I just love this image and it was a pleasure to color with 
my Copic markers. Added a couple of layers and some
gems and it's complete!
Thanks for stopping by and consider "following" my
Blog before you leave!

Be sure to check out Power Poppy for more great images!
Still time to get involved with the current 
challenge at Tuesday Throwdown.

Monday, September 11, 2017

PIP Challenge 1737

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1737
All PIP challenges are ANYTHING GOES!

So just get your cards ready and...
Head over and join in the fun NOW!


So happy to have Fred She Said as our sponsor this week!
They have some fun and beautiful designs! 
Be sure to check them out!

Here's my card!
The sentiment is what helped me create this card. I could 
envision the butterfly as "completion". From cocoon to 
something beautiful, as it will be when believers go to be 
with Jesus. I used a scalloped die cut oval. I sponged 
some ink on the edges. I printed out my images and 
colored them using Copic markers, except for the 
flowers. For them I used Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen for 
a great blingy sparkle. I printed 3 butterflies,
using two of them on the card and I cut the extra wings,
from the third butterfly, and attached them to the top 
butterfly for dimension. I did the same for the flowers 
on top. I popped them all out using pop dots. 
 The pattern cardstock was perfect colors
with a touch a sparkle too! It turned out nicely but
what type of card is this??? Who does it get sent too?
Sympathy? Birthday? Any thoughts? lol

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.
They have wonderful products! 

Still time to get involved with the 
current challenge at

Monday, September 4, 2017

PIP Challenge 1736

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1736
All PIP challenges are ANYTHING GOES!

So just get your cards ready and...
Head over and join in the fun NOW!

So happy to have Di's Digis as our sponsor this week!
They have some fun and beautiful designs! 
Be sure to check them out!

Here's my card!
This was super simple with a lot of flare. I used
Altnew stamps and a Stampaholic stamp positioner.
The stamps are three stamps to create the flowers
and leaves using different shades of inks. I used
FSJ inks and they worked perfectly. I can make
multiple cards in a blink with the Stampaholic
and the stamp placements all set up. Boom, done!
This is one of the cards I am using at my stamp club
this month. Nothing simpler! 
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.
They have wonderful products! 

Still time to get involved with the