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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, 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!!
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 

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...
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 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 

Monday, October 20, 2025

PIP Challenge 2542

  
A brand new challenge over at PIP Challenges.
This week's sponsor is 
If you haven't checked out SheepSki Designs
new blog site, be sure to go now and visit
Sheepski Designs. There so many awesome
digital images! So much fun and so very
reasonable too! PIP appreciates the support!
Sadly, I was unable to create a card this
week...I can't even give a good reason. I 
love creating with Sheepski Designs so I
missed out with the challenge but I do have
some birthdays coming up and I think
create something with this beauty!
It's been a great image for many reasons.
I like stamping a sentiment right 
on the ribbon sash. 

Thanks for stopping by and consider
"Following" my blog and go join in with

Monday, October 13, 2025

PIP Challenge 2541

  
Our sponsor for the current challenge is...

It's always fun getting to find new stuff
and a great sponsor as well! YAY!
Go shop at Sunbird Spark for some 
awesome new stuff! I know I did! lol!
They've added plenty as well! 
Here's my card for the challenge...
As always, I had fun "playing" with
my Sunbird Spark goodies. This was 
a great digi for a "Crafty Friend." I searched
the web and found a wonderful background
image to print for my card. I colored 
the images with Copic markers and then
fussy cut them out. I was going to use my
Scan n Cut machine but I decided to 
go old school. LOL! I did personalize 
the image...😀😀😀
Mounting tape was used to lift up
the sentiment and "me." LOL!
This was an easy, but fun card.
Coloring is a tad time consuming but
I DO LOVE TO COLOR!!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see
your entries in the Current Challenge.


Consider "Following" this blog. 
AND a big thank you to our awesome
sponsor,  Sunbird Spark ! 
Find the current challenge HERE

Monday, October 6, 2025

PIP Challenge 2540

   Another fun challenge ahead! PIP's fabulous
sponsor for this week is
It's always fun getting to find new stuff
and a great sponsor as well! YAY! Be
sure to go shopping!!
Here's my card...  
For some reason I love cacti 
and Pattie's Creations image was so
cute. I fussy cut it out and colored it
with my Copics. I had some digi black
and I added the PNG sentiment in white.
I found the sentiment online. A banner
die cut was used then I raised it, and 
the image, up with mounting tape. 
I printed the inside on white and colored
it with my Copics. The background paper
was a cactus digi I had on hand.
Easy peasy!
Be sure to stop by Pattie's Creations
and head over and join in the

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 

Monday, September 29, 2025

PIP Challenge 2539

with a THEME: Fall/Halloween
 and this week's amazing sponsor,
where you can find some of the cutest 
digis, dies, and stamps for just about 
any of your creative desires. 
They are kindly offering 
$25 gift code for this week's winner! 
Here's my card!

Spoiler alert...this card is being sent to Terri
on the DT for her anniversary. So don't look 
Terri! lol!
I used this great image from Whimsy Stamps
which is ideal for a fall anniversary card.
It was colored with my Copics and
random sentiments were added, along with
some fun embellishments. 
Inside...
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