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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, December 15, 2025

PIP Challenge 2550

 Are you ready for our current challenge?
This is our last challenge of 2025 and
this week's awesome 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!

*** Sick all week ***

Be sure to check Lawn Fawn out. 
They have everything you could need
or want. See their NEW ARRIVALS.

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 

Monday, December 8, 2025

PIP Challenge 2549

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
Newton's Nook is a great place to find
just the right stamps. This sloth is ideal
for my daughter's friend and their back
and forth Sloth fun. My daughter won't 
even need to add a stamp so she won't have
an excuse to not mail it. lol! For the tree
I used a Tim Holtz diecut and I added
a few red dot elements. The sloth was
stamped and diecut out then colored 
with Copics. Mounting tape was used
to raise him up.
For the inside I used another one of
the sloths that I had colored and 
diecut. 
inside
I used one of the diecut tree's cutout
as a stencil to sponge some green
coordinating ink. Then I stamped the
sentiment and added my sloth to 
complete the fun Christmas 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:
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 

Monday, December 1, 2025

PIP Challenge 2548

Before the current challenge I want to
introduce you all to the newest member
of my family...PIP. Yup, her name was
voted on and PIP was the winning choice.
She's the latest PIPer. 
And you can see how she's helped
me with this week's blogging.

Now down to business...

 PIP Challenge 2548 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!
As usual I needed another birthday card
and Gerda was able to set me up nicely
with "Hoppiness" but it might be retired?
So, I stamp the fence twice together then
cut it out. The bunnies were stamped
and die cut. Copics were used to color
the images. The sky was created using
a stencil, dauber and ink. I stamped the
sentiment (CROOKED!! Grrrr) and made
a speech bubble, edged in ink, and put
in a Happy Birthday I had on hand.
I raised the speech bubble and used a
thicker mounting tape for the bunnies.
Yup, gotta love
and I do! 
                               
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Be sure to join in the challenge and visit 

 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 

Monday, November 24, 2025

PIP Challenge 2547

is sponsored by
The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from

Here's my card for inspiration...
I needed a card for my God-daughter's
son, Broderick, who's going to be 4 on 
Dec. 6.  I found a nice tree die cut tree and
added it to some lovely fall designer paper. 
The cute little guy was colored with my
Copics and cut out. I added an acorn to
his hands with mounting tape and raised
up the sentiment too.
For the inside I added a cut squirrel
and some raised acorns to go along
with the fun sentiment.
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leave, consider following my blog!
Find the current challenge HERE   

Monday, November 17, 2025

PIP Challenge 2546

  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 just wanted to show the actual image
since my printer didn't print decent and
I had to ink in some of the lines myself
 and I didn't do the image proper justice 
BUT I still enjoyed coloring the image with 
my Copics. I did it all digital. I found some
Christmas digi paper for my printed
background and added the cute
little image. I then added a solid green
digital background behind the printed
image. I added the entire piece to a
Word Document and printed it out on
cardstock. I cut it out and attached it to
a pretty piece of silver sparkle cardstock.
Sparkle pens were used to color the
ornament and white gel pen added the
freckles and dots and stripes to her 
little dress. Then I used a .03 red pen
to add the dashes around the image. 
Boom, finished!!

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 

Monday, November 10, 2025

PIP Challenge 2545

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


Here's my card for the challenge...
using "Hello Sunshine" stamp set
Normally, I am using some of the digi 
choices from Polkadoodles but this time 
I went to one of the fun clear stamps set. 
"Hello Sunshine" is such a cute set and 
stamped great. First, I used a rain drop 
stencil that I have with daubers and ink. I
attached it to a coordinating sparkle 
cardstock. The frame die cut was done in
matching cardstock and added it to the
rain drops. My images were stamped, then
cutout using my Scan 'n' Cut. Copics were
used for all the coloring. I found a random
sentiment and added it. All the images
were raised up with mounting tape. 
Thanks for stopping by!

I'll be entering this card in the following
challenges...
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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, November 3, 2025

PIP Challenge 2544

 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...
I LOVE succulents because that's the
only plant I can't kill without really 
trying. LOL! I had fun with 
I printed out the images and fussy cut
them out. Copics were used to color them.
I printed the sentiment I created from 
one I found online and added the two
little images to make my main cardfront. 
The pot was glued directly to the front.
Then I raised up all the plants with
mounting tape. A white gel pen accent
 was added to the pot.
Be sure to visit Varada's Etsy shop 

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

Head on over to the latest PIP Challenge
HERE!!    

Monday, October 27, 2025

PIP Challenge 2543

  Are you ready for our current challenge?
This week's awesome 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 Lawn Fawn creation
Here's my Fall fun for a friend's Oct.
birthday. Lawn Fawn always has all 
I need. I just got the leaf border
and love it. I used daubers to add color
to a strip of white cardstock then used
the diecut for the leaves. Then I stamped 
the little scarecrow and colored it with 
my Copics. I made his shirt a kind of plaid. 
Copics were coordinated to match the colors
on the leaves. The large pumpkin was
stamped directly on my card front
and Copics were used again. I colored
and cut out the little pumpkin and crow.
A random Happy Birthday from a LF
set was used to make my banner. Edges
were sponged with ink and a pop dot
was used to raise it, the crow, little 
pumpkin and scarecrow.
For the inside I found a misc. sentiment
and added some of the left over leaves.
Be sure to check Lawn Fawn out now. 
They have everything you could need
or want. See their NEW ARRIVALS.

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