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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, May 26, 2025

PIP Challenge 2521

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 are my cards
I needed two guy cards and they are 
both football fans, one in Kansas, so
red and white Chiefs (and sometimes a
Packer fan)
 and green and gold for the
other guy who is a Packer fan. 
I had fun using my Copics to color the 
bears. At least neither guy is a 
Chicago Bears fan!! lol!! These bears
are ok!! I embossed the main background
and stamped the sentiment on the white.
I added mounting tape to raise up the bear.
These are the insides of each card.

I love all my goodies from Newton's Nook
 Be sure to checkout NN!!
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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! They have sooooo 
many goodies to choose from!
Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, May 19, 2025

PIP Challenge 2520

  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 are my cards...  

I love squirrels, most of the time, so this
was the ideal image for my hubby's birthday.
The images were colored with my Copics. 
I found a stamp set that had the perfect
sentiments and acorn to accent the 
cute squirrels from Pattie's Creations.

and this card
using "Thinking of You"
Such a lovely image from Pattie's Creations.
The sentiment was a part of the image.
I used this for an anniversary card for
friends that got married on my birthday,
many years ago! It was colored with Copics
and I added some random dots. The butterfly
needed some glitz so I used a sparkle pen.
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, May 12, 2025

PIP Challenge 2519

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

Here's my card
I had so much fun using all the goodies
from Polkadoodles! The digital paper was
an ideal fit with my Copic colored cactus.
Of course, the sentiment was just right too.
I added a few white dots to the pot design
and a dot in the cheek blush. And as I tend
to do...mounting tape was used to raise 
up the cute little cactus.
I had a great die cut banner for the sentiment
and the rest was finding the coordinating
papers and layering to finish. I made it
into a birthday card for a friend!!

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, May 5, 2025

PIP Challenge 2518

 Our sponsor for the current challenge is...
Formerly, Penguin Palace, now
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...

using "Bee Happy"

inside
I've been using this set Bee HappyA LOT 
lately because it's such a fun set to work 
with and I have many birthdays coming up.
Soooo, you will see more in the future.
Firstly, I found a printed background
paper that seemed like a good fit with 
my little bees. Using the 
right color to coordinate with the
background. I then cut another one
out of white so I had the white additions
to the card front. The white hexagon 
will be used on another Bee day card.
There are matching 
dies for the stamps. I colored all the 
images with Copic markers and some of 
the dotted bee trails were my own.  lol
The bees were raised up using mounting 
tape. A touch of a clear sparkle pen on the 
wings gave the finished bees a bit of
"bee"ling. tsk tsk. I added a couple 
of flowers to finish the card.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see
your entries in the Current Challenge.

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AND a big thank you to our awesome
sponsor,  Sunbird Spark ! 
Find the current challenge HERE!