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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, April 28, 2025

PIP Challenge 2517

 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!
Here are my projects for this challenge...








These were soooo easy to make and fun too.
The Cutting CafĂ© offers so many ideas
and all you really need is paper, printer
and scissors. It's a great place for the 
minimalist card makers. I printed my "notes"
on cardstock and layered them on 
coordinating paper. I though about adding
some stamping on them but they looked
simply fine. I cut out the "cover", following
the pattern, onto a designer cardstock. I 
found some cute flowers, clips, elastic ties, 
and paper clips to use for closures. These 
notes are little, so, perfect for your purses 
or to insert into a card for mailing. 

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

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge:
Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, April 21, 2025

PIP Challenge 2516

PIP Challenge 2516 is sponsored by
The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from
YAY!!

Here's my card for inspiration...
My card is created using Varada Sharma 
stamps. You can find her etsy store HERE
and her actual stamps HERE.
I'm not thrilled with the finished card.
I just don't feel I did the stamps justice. 
I drew the black petal lines by hand. The
inks for the petals didn't have enough 
contrasting colors. I added the white dots
and the corner dots n dashes.
 
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Find the current challenge HERE  

Monday, April 14, 2025

PIP Challenge 2515

  This week's awesome sponsor is
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
As always, I had a lot of fun playing with
my Lawn Fawn stamps. I needed an
entertaining birthday card and this one
turned out perfectly. I stamped my images
and die cut them out. They were then 
colored using Copic markers. I had a 
honey comb stencil that worked nicely
using LF inks. Mounting tape was used to
raise up the little bees and the honey 
comb image. A couple of coordinating 
papers created ideal layering. 

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, April 7, 2025

PIP Challenge 2514

 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!!
Sadly, I was traveling this week and 
unable to complete a card but stop by the
current challenge to see what the amazing
design team has to share with you!
Also...
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