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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 31, 2024

PIP Challenge 2413

Happy and Blessed Easter!!
PIP Challenges has a wonderful NEW sponsor
It's always fun getting to find new stuff
and a great sponsor as well! YAY!
Here's my card... 
Since I had to leave sunny Florida yesterday
I felt this was the perfect card for the
bitter sweet departure. I look forward to 
returning home and family but will miss the
"family" of friends there in FL. 
Anyway...
This image already had the words in place.
(and one image, without the words, was
included too) I colored the image with TriBlend
markers and had my Brother's Cut n Scan
cut it out for me. The background was actually
paper, except I added the birds in the sky.
I attached the image with mounting tape
and an added a twine bow to 
complete the card.

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:
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 

Sunday, March 24, 2024

PIP Challenge 2412

  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 is my card 
using "Newton's Perfect Wave(on sale)" and "Gull Friend"

As always, I just had fun with my 
stamps and dies from Newton's Nook.
I stamped and cut out images and 
then colored them with my Copic markers.
I found some coordinating papers and 
using LF ta-da diorama I created this
fun interactive card for my grandson.
Newton's Nook always has such great
stamps and die cuts. I will be making
a variety of this type of card using my
NN. Such fun and pretty easy as well!!
Thanks NN for being a fantastic sponsor!!

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

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!
Still time to get involved with the 

Sunday, March 17, 2024

PIP Challenge 2411

 Polkadoodles is this week's sponsor!! YAY!
We REALLY appreciate our sponsors!

Be sure to pop over and see all the fabulous digis, stamps and supplies that they have!  Go check them out now!
They have soooo many items to choose from
and they are offering a prize of 3 digis of
your choosing. You don't want to miss out.
Head over to the current PIP Challenge 2411 NOW!
Here's what I made for the challenge.
So, I used a fun set from
and there are loads of digis and papers. 
First I downloaded the digi paper that came
with the bundle and added my PNG gnome
image to it. Then I printed it out and 
cut it down to the size that I wanted 
so I could have some layers.
I colored the image with Copics. I cut out
one of the sentiments and edged it with a
coordinating Copic marker and raised it
up with some foam tape. A super easy card!
Thanks for stopping by!!!
GO to the CURRENT CHALLENGE now!!     

Sunday, March 10, 2024

PIP Challenge 2410

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 
the retired set "Sunny Skies", and the 
interactive dies set "Pull 'n Pop." 
I colored my images with Copic markers
and cut them out. I added a bit of sparkle
to the sun's rays.

This was a simple card with lots of fun.

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

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 3, 2024

PIP Challenge 2409

  I want to thank our wonderful sponsor
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 used a clover stencil and MFT inks to make
my clovers. I printed the image and used 
my Cut n Scan to cut her out. I colored her
with Copic markers and raised her 
up with mounting tape. I added the sentiment
banner to complete the card. 

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

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