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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, July 26, 2021

PIP Challenge 2130

This week's PIP Challenge is sponsored by
There's plenty of time for you to join in!!

Here's my weekly inspiration...
I love We Are 3 because you can get digital
images, paper and sentiments. What fun!!
I printed the cactus 3 times, in different sizes.
After I cut them out I layered them on some 
of the matching digital paper, using mounting
tape to raise one of them for dimension. They
are colored with Copics. I die cut a cloud and
sponged some ink on the edges. I added the 
sentiment and that was it!

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge:

Monday, July 19, 2021

PIP Challenge 2129

A new challenge with the amazing sponsor

Here's my project!
I love easy cards and this one fell right into
that category!! I used a die cut for the black
frame with the diagonal inside. I layered
that on a sparkly piece of pattern paper. 
The flower stamps and die cuts, including
the leaves are from CAS-ual Fridays. I 
added some clear sparkle pen to the flowers
and attached a sentiment. I did raise the blue
flowers, with mounting tape, for some dimension.

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge:

Monday, July 12, 2021

PIP Challenge 2128

Time for a new challenge and

Polkadoodles is our amazing sponsor

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 for the current challenge!
First of all...the card isn't actually PINK! lol!
Apparently my lighting really stunk! The card
was made on WHITE. I used Polkadoodles 
flowered paper download and layered the
image on top. She was colored with Copics
and I added a sentiment. That was it. 

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Be sure to go and join in the 

Monday, July 5, 2021

PIP Challenge 2127


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!
 Newton's Nook stamps are some of my very
favorites and this set, "Newton's Sick Day", 
was perfect for my waterfall/flip card I made 
for a friend going in for knee replacement 
soon. I used Lawn Fawn's "Flippin' Awesome
dies. The images were colored with Copics.

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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, June 28, 2021

PIP Challenge 2126

This week's sponsor is 
Beccy's Place
Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous digis that they have!  
Go check them out now!
Here's my card!
What I initially wanted to do with this ship
image didn't work out soooo this is the way
I went instead. It turned out better than I 
thought it would. Beccy's digis are excellent
and I think the simplicity of this card pretty
much showcases the ship. The die cut banners
and sentiment came from different companies.
I colored the image with Copics and edged
the layers with a gold ink. 

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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, June 21, 2021

PIP Challenge 2125

This week's sponsor is Gerda Steiner
where you can find some of the cutest 
digis and stamps for just about 
to meet your creative desires. 
They are kindly offering $15 gift code 
for this week's winner! Go check them out now!
Here's my card!
I always love working with Gerda Steiner
images and this cute little mouse is just
adorable!! I colored it with Copics and fussy
cut it out. I used a die cut for the sun burst
and the other images were Fun Stampers
Journey stamps and fussy cut. I mounted 
a couple of them and added some crystal
lacquer for the glass.

 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! 

Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, June 14, 2021

PIP Challenge 2124

YAY for our current challenge 2124 and
our amazing sponsor,
Jan's Digi Stamps is kindly offering a
$10 Gift Certificate. Without our amazing
sponsors the challenges wouldn't happen. 

Here's my creation for this week!
The flower image from Jan's Digi Stamps 
is actually an Orchid but I decided I wanted
to make it a daffodil instead. Shows how 
versatile images can be. I made the image
small and printed out 2 of them. Once 
colored with Copics I fussy cut them out.
The THANKS die cut is from Crafter's 
Companion. I added a couple of strips of
the coordinating pattern paper across 
the top and bottom of the die cut. I attached
the flowers with mounting tape and 3 dots
of Black Nuvo Vintage Drops to create the
pearly effects.
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Monday, June 7, 2021

PIP Challenge 2123

This week's sponsor is 
The Cutting Cafe
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's my project!
As always, creating something with The
Cutting Cafe takes me outside of my 
comfort zone with delightful results!
Here's my latest project. It was created using
I made the jar into a shaker card. I never 
feel like I do my templates justice but
they are nice to use! Sentiment and bug
are from a stamp set I had on hand.

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

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Father's Day Card

Hard to believe, I know...I barely take time to 
create let alone take time to join in challenges,
BUT, I decided to give some a shot. lol.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:


This was an easy card except for all the 
fussy cutting I had to do. I colored the 
stamped images (Darcy) using Copic markers. 
I edged the sentiment and embossed piece 
with a brown ink.

 

Monday, May 31, 2021

PIP Challenge 2122

First of all, on this Memorial Day, I want us all

to remember those who have fallen while serving

our countries!!

Now...This week's challenge is a 
THEME challenge with

Bugaboo
The theme is 
BUTTERFLIES!!

Here's my card!
I printed out the image to be a perfect sized
cardfront. I colored it with Spectrum Noir
colored sparkle pens for amazing glitz! 
added a sentiment and layered the front on 
some sparkle cardstock and finished the card.

Thanks for stopping by!! 
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 Blog 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! They have sooooo 
many awesome digis to choose from!

Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, May 24, 2021

PIP Challenge 2121

Ready for a new challenge at PIP Challenges?

ME Too!!

Polkadoodles is our amazing sponsor


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 for the current challenge!
Nothing difficult about this card. Embossing,
and coloring. Love it! I used Copics, along with
a couple of Sparkle pens. A clear one for the 
butterfly and a black one for the sentiment.
I added some white pen dots to the flowers
and butterfly and a couple of green enamel 
dots to the flower centers. I also dotted the 
bunny's scarf and edged dashes around 
the image with a black pen. 
Thanks for stopping by!!!

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Monday, May 17, 2021

PIP Challenge 2120

Welcome!!

I want to thank our amazing sponsor, 
Star Stampz!!

Be sure to pop over and check out all the 
fabulous digis they have!  In fact, g
check them out now!
 
As you can see...I still haven't figured out
how to get my printer to work. Seems I'm missing
some driver on my computer and multiple 
attempts at installing one has failed...BUT, 
I think I may have found a solution to the 
next challenge! My apologies to my sponsor
AND my blog followers!! I'll be back SOON...🙏

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