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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 22, 2021

PIP Challenge 2147

This week's sponsor is Lawn Fawn.
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!
 Go check them out now!
Here's my card!
This is a pop-up card and was lots of fun
to make! 
Lawn Fawn has lots of interactive dies
and stamps to make a variety of fun cards.
Any stamped images were colored with
Copic markers. Nothing too complicated
in this creation as long as you have a
die cutting machine available and my very
favorite one is The Gemini by Crafter's
Companion. The machine is invincible! 
Be sure to head to LF and see all they have!


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sponsor for this challenge:

Be sure to visit our sponsor's website and begin creating
some of your own awesome creations! 

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Monday, November 15, 2021

PIP Challenge 2146

 Polkadoodles is this week's sponsor!! YAY!

Be sure to pop over and see all the fabulous digis, stamps and supplies that they have!  Go check them out now!

We REALLY appreciate them!
Here's my card...
I am beginning to get the hang of creating
digital images and digital "papers." Polkadoodles
has some great papers and images so I added
this cutie gingerbread guy to the Merry
Christmas paper. I printed it out on cardstock
and cut it to size.
Then I colored it with Copics. I printed
two of the gingers so I could cut out an
extra Merry Christmas sign. Once I colored
that I added it with mounting tape for
the added dimension. The candy cane was
colored with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens
for some glitz. 
Layers were created and some vinyl dots
were added to complete the card.

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Monday, November 8, 2021

PIP Challenge 2145

 Another great  challenge with our wonderful sponsor,

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Here's my project!

This coffee cup die cut was fun to play 
with! So many ways to use it! I chose a
paper with foil design to make it shine.
I sponged some brown ink around the
background and label part. Using the same
brown ink, I stamped coffee rings (from
a former stamp company). I added pop dots
to the cup, label and lid for fun dimension. 
The stamps and die cuts
are from CAS-ual Fridays,
Hot Coffee stamps and 

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Monday, November 1, 2021

PIP Challenge 2144

I want to thank our wonderful sponsor

Star Stampz

Be sure to pop over and check out all the fabulous digis they have!  In fact, gcheck them out now!

Here's my card 
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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, October 25, 2021

PIP Challenge 2143

is our amazing sponsor this week!!
Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous digis that they have!  
Go check them out now!
Here's my card!
I had fun coloring this fun image from 
Beccy's Place and I used Copic markers.
I fussy cut the image and added pop dots
to raise him up for a bit of dimension. 
Not sure about you but I have my "Fat Pants"
all ready for the holidays! How about you?? 

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 
Be sure to visit our sponsor's website and 
begin creating some of your own awesome 
creations! Without our amazing
sponsors the challenges wouldn't happen. 
Still time to get involved with the 
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge

Monday, October 18, 2021

PIP Challenge 2142

 Newton's Nook is this week's sponsor

Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous digis, stamps and wonderful die 
cuts they have!  Go check them out now!
Here's my card!
Having some fun stamping after a couple of
weeks of recouping from the knee replacement.
It's good to be functional again and I was happy
to be creating with Newton's Nook.
I used NN Evergreen Stencil and the stamp
set is Frozen Friends (couldn't find the link). 
 I sponged different shades of green inks
with the stencil. I colored the little snow guy
with Copics and fussy cut him out. I found
a sentiment bubble die cut and added the 
phrase, coloring the little heart.
I raised the snowman and sentiment with
a thick pop dot. I added Diamond Stickles
to the trees to give some sparkle to the snow.
I created some background layers to
finish the card. 

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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!
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Monday, October 11, 2021

PIP Challenge 2141

This is our amazing sponsor this week
and
SheepSki Designs is offering the 
random winner THREE DIGIS!!

I know...you're wondering where my card
is...me too!! I think I will try to get one 
made yet but right now I haven't been 
able to create. BUT don't let that stop each
of you from entering in the current challenge.
SheepSki Designs has so many fun images
for your inspiration. Please go check them out!

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Monday, October 4, 2021

PIP Challenge 2140

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!

No project from me...and I'm blaming my 
knee replacement. Sitting, with this 
bruising, just isn't very comfy! I'm so glad
PIP Challenges has a wonderful DT! 
(Here's proof of my excuse!!)

I will say, I am still very able to get around
and my hubby has been a champ!

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 for this challenge:
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Monday, September 27, 2021

PIP Challenge 2139

Polkadoodles is our amazing sponsor for this week's challenge!

Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous digis, stamps and 
supplies that they have!  
Go check them out now!
We REALLY appreciate them!

So...where is my project/card??? Good
question!! Our family was on vacation,
on an island, so no time to create...then 
we got home and I went in for a knee 
replacement! Boy am I beat! 
(this is after surgery 9/24/2021)
The surgery went well, on Friday...now on
Sunday I am hurting some but it's all good.
BUT...needless to say, no stamping or 
playtime for me. Therapy starts tomorrow.
OWIE! lol!! I'm so thankful for PIP's 
design team. They keep us going! 

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Monday, September 20, 2021

PIP Challenge 2138

I'm in the middle of nowhere on an island...
Yep, that's right...it's called Grandma's Island
in Phillips, WI. Privately owned, 13 acre island.
It's truly a piece of heaven and it does have
WiFi. Soooo, I hope this all gets posted. lol!
I am posting a few location pics at the bottom
of this post so everyone can see the beauty!!
NOW,
Our amazing sponsor this week is
Jan's Digi Stamps is kindly offering a
$10 Gift Certificate. Without our amazing
sponsors the challenges wouldn't happen. 
Here's my card for the week!
This card was created for one of my best buddies
and my Florida travel pal's birthday this past
week. Gerri and I travel to FL for 3 months in
the winter, and husbands join us for a month
right in the middle. Enough about that, now 
about the card. I printed this wonderful image
from Jan's Digi Stamps. It's been colored with
Copics with some sparkle pens added to some 
of the flowers. I made the sentiment and added
some delightful, matching little hearts to the 
sentiment panel. A little bow out of twine, some
random dots in the background and layers to
complete the card. Basically easy but lovely...
I think. lol

Now here are a few of my Island photos.
Heading to town

Grandson chillin'

From the Grandma's Island Sign

Good Morning

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Monday, September 13, 2021

PIP Challenge 2137

This week's sponsor is PIP Challenges and 
we are offering a 
$5 gift code from Mo's Digital Pencil

NOW...
Here's my card for this challenge:
As much as I love MO Manning I decided
to use My Favorite Things stamps and dies.
I cut out three squares and sponged on 
a variety of inks. I colored the cute bears
with Copic markers and after I die cut them
I added them to the squares with pop dots.
I stamped and raised the sentiment and
finished the card with some layering.

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Monday, September 6, 2021

PIP Challenge 2136

 HAPPY

Another great  challenge with our wonderful sponsor

CAS-ual Fridays Stamps

Here's my project!
I seldom, or if ever, make a slim line card
but this stamp and die set seemed the
perfect pair for a slim card. I created a 
cloud stencil for the sky and colored the
images with Copics. I added some white
ink to the balloon and waxy flax/twine for
the string. The images were raised up with
mounting tape. 
The stamps and die cuts
are from CAS-ual Fridays,
We love our challenge sponsors!!

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge: