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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 17, 2017

PIP Challenge 1716

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1716
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Here's my card for the challenge!
Sasayaki Glitter has some great digis and I was excited
to use this cute little girl. While I was trying to think of
how I wanted to use her, I felt she needed some books
for a background, sooooo, off to Google I went. I searched
Book Images and found one I liked. I saved it then printed
it out on cardstock. Perfect!! I colored my image using
Copic markers and cut her out. The sentiment is from
My Favorite Things and it just seemed to go perfectly
with the Sasayaki Glitter digi! I added a layer of mounting
tape under the little girl, and two layers under the die
cut sentiment. That gave it great dimension.  Naturally
I needed to add a bit of FSJ Glaze to her glasses.
I needed to add the rest of the sentiment to the inside
of the card, with a couple of stamped books from My
Favorite Things. I used inks from Amuse.

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

Crafter's Companion Card


This is my first "official" post as a 
part of Crafter's Companion Color Team.
I will be trying to give a decent tutorial
and promote the awesome products that
C.C. has to offer. Be sure to check out 
their website! You won't be disappointed!

Here's my finished card...now, let's see
if I can show you how I made it! LOL
First of all I stamped my main image on
white cardstock, using Momento Tuxedo
Black. I also stamped on of the single 
flowers twice and a leaf. Then, using my 
awesome Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. 
I colored the flowers, beginning at the 
center, using the darkest color and worked 
my way to the outside of the flower getting 
lighter to the outer edges of the flowers.

 Next I used IB1 to color the background.

 I colored the "torn" edges of the image.

For the leaves I chose my greens and 
colored the same, dark to light, as I
did on the flowers. 

 This is the completed image. I also
colored my extra stamped flowers and 
leaf and cut them out for later.

 I used the clear Spectrum Noir 
Sparkle Glitter Brush Pen to add
a bit of blingy shine to all my flowers.

 I took a bit of white ribbon and used
the chiseled tip of one of the flower
colored pens to match my card.  I wrapped 
the colored ribbon around the bottom of
my image piece, attaching it to the back.
I found a few yellow/gold pearls to add 
to the flower centers. Using some mounting
tape I added my extra flowers and leaves.

 I attached the image to a piece of 
matching shimmer cardstock and 
completed my card. 
As a footnote, let me just say I loved
working with the Spectrum Noir Alcohol
Markers! Thanks for stopping by! 
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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 338

Challenge 338 - something Clear

Now for the challenge FUN from Tuesday Throwdown
and our awesome sponsor, Honey Bee Stamps!

Here's my card for the challenge.
Honey Bee Stamps was a brand new company for me and
I was super excited when I got to see all the great stamps
they have! I chose "Hello Gorgeous" for this challenge.
I stamped my HELLO, on acetate, using StazOn black 
and set it aside to make sure it dried thoroughly. I die 
cut a rectangle in the front of my card, and a piece of 
pink cardstock. When my Hello was dried I attached it 
to the back of the pink, and attached that to the main 
card front. I stamped the floral image inside and colored 
it using Copic markers. I stamped another flower 
group, twice, and colored them with the Copics and cut
the main one out, and just the pink flower from the 
second one. I attached the pink flower using pop dots
and then, using pop dots again, I put it on the front of
my card. I like the dimension and Honey Bee Stamps!

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Monday, April 10, 2017

PIP Challenge 1715

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1715
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Here's my card for the challenge!
This was such a great digi to work with and Bugaboo Stamps
are always adorable! I printed this image twice so I could
add some dimension to my flowers. I colored both images
(using my Copics), then cut out the flowers I wanted from
one of them. When I finished coloring my pocket image I 
cut it out. I then added my additional flowers, using pop dots.
I also added a pretty gem to "seal" the envelope pocket.
I picked out some pattern paper and created my layers.
After assembling my layers I used pop dots to attach my
pocket. I added a small sentiment (not sure what stamp
company) and that completed my card. I like the crisp
look of this card. Simple but is attractive!

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Monday, April 3, 2017

PIP Challenges 1714

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1714
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Here's my card for the challenge!
MHK Designs has some beautiful digis and I just love this one!
I just added some Copic color to this digi and that was all it
needed! Then a few layered banners and some pearl additions
and easy peasy done! Be sure to check out MHK Designs 
to see all her lovely creations! 

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 336

Challenge 336 - sparkle

Now for the challenge FUN from Tuesday Throwdown
and our awesome sponsor, All Dressed Up!
Here's my card for the challenge.
I made this card super simple because I really wanted
to show off the cute little image from All Dressed Up.
She is actually from a digi with three sweet little girlies
but I only wanted one of them so I cut her out and saved
the others for different cards. 😀 I colored this one with 
Copic markers. I added some sparkle strips of cardstock,
 four sparkly hearts and raised up the little girl using 
mounting tape. 
I left the front sentiment-free so the image was 
the main focus. 

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Monday, March 27, 2017

PIP Challenge 1713

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1713
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Here's my card for the challenge!
I needed a thank you card for a friend of mine that had 
a great St. Paddy's Day together for a bunch of friends.
We had such fun. Nothin' like a bit of green and some 
yummy Corned Beef and cabbage. For this image in my
card I went to Pinterest. I am sure it's copywritten but
I thought, perhaps, just a quick card for my friend.
The image is stunning and all I did was add some Copic
coloring and layering and DONE! Be sure to check out
Di's Digis wonderful digital art! Great stuff there!

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Monday, March 20, 2017

PIP Challenge 1712

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1712
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Here's my card for the challenge!
I love my Bugaboo images!! This little gal is adorable!
I colored her with Copics, adding a few freckles with a 
white gel pen, and cut her out. I took a piece
of white and die cut an oval in the middle, then I ran it
through an embossing folder. I used pop up dots to raise
the white piece over a pretty piece of floral. I attached my
little girl, with pop up dots. I cut out the sentiment and 
added some colored layers to it and popped it up as well. 

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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge 334

Challenge 334 - tag/bookmark
Now for the challenge FUN from Tuesday Throwdown
and our awesome sponsor, Joy Claire Stamps!
Here's my bookmark for the challenge.
I don't think this bookmark did justice to 
Joy Claire Stamps, but I am sure I'll get MANY better 
uses out of great blotchy stamp set. Perhaps my snowbirding 
here in Florida has made me VERY lazy...or just too busy at 
the beach and pool to get quality in my stamping. Anyway...I cut 
out my bookmark, with the cute little birdie at the top. I stamped 
my blotches using pastel inks, in pink, blue, and green. I dotted 
some black lines around the white edge. I attached the white to 
a piece of black, cut it out, and attached it to a piece of green. 
The multiple layers gave my bookmark some firmness. I used a 
sparkle pen over my bird, that I have colored in Copics, and 
crystal glaze over the entire bird. And that was it! 
Certainly not my greatest creation but I am anxious to work 
with these stamps again very soon...maybe when I get back 
to Wisconsin. lol

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Monday, March 13, 2017

PIP Challenge 1711

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1711
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Here's my card for the challenge!
Sometimes I just struggle and struggle with my "coloring"
and this was one of those times. This little girl is so cute
and I think I messed up her hair...but...I wasn't going to 
start over. lol. Copics were used to color the image. I added
some FSJ Glaze to her little boots.

A couple of gems for the flowers centers and putting my layers
together was all I needed to complete this card.

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Monday, March 6, 2017

PIP Challenge 1710

Pammie's Inky Pinkies
Challenge 1710
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Here's my card for the challenge!
What can I say??? I LOVE Newton's Nook! I always 
find it fun to create with them. Stamps are awesome. Ok,
onward, I stamped my cups, beans and sentiment first. 
I stamped my kitty on a separate piece of white. I colored
everything using Copic markers. I die cut my kitty so I could
use pop dots to mount him up. I cut the word "sip" off 
of one of the other sentiments in the set so I could add it
to my little coffee cups. I used a fine tip pen to add whisker
nubs to my kitten. There...now it's time for some COFFEE!

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