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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, October 2, 2023

PIP Challenge 2339

 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.
Be sure to pop over and see all her amazing
sets and ideas! Such a talent! 
JDS has an abundance of amazing digital art
and I can always find something 
I love to play with! 
If you're looking for my inspiration,
you won't find it. I managed to get a 
cold. Not Covid, whew. BUT my first
cold in 4 years and the coughing wears me out!
Thankfully PIP has an
amazing DT to share their wonderful
talent. They are the best!!!

Thanks for stopping by! 
A big thank you to our amazing sponsor,

Jan's Digi Stamps

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Monday, September 25, 2023

PIP Challenge 2338

 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 is my card 
I always have fun with Newton's Nook and
creating this card was no exception. I used
a variety of NN products, and as always, 
top notch quality! First of all I stenciled
the shells, using 3 different MFT inks. 
Next I stamps my gulls, and die cut them,
and my sentiment stamp. Both were colored
with my Copic markers, matching the 
stenciled ink colors. 
I used some mounting
tape to raise up the gulls to complete the
card. Of course I created some layers
and added a brown strip between the
stenciling and the gulls and sentiment.

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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, September 18, 2023

PIP Challenge 2337

 The challenge this week is sponsored by
The prize will be a 
$10 Gift Certificate from 
YAY!!

Here is my project for the challenge...
I needed quite a few birthday cards for
this month and this challenge seemed like
the perfect time to do them. So, I used a
Newton's Nook stamp and die cut. I went 
through my paper pieces/scraps and 
found a nice variety. I colored the flowers
with coordinating Copic markers. 
I added a few white dots to flowers. 
Then I stamped the sentiment and raise 
up the flowers with some mounting tape. 
Super easy.

😀
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Monday, September 11, 2023

PIP Challenge 2336

Polkadoodles is this week's sponsor!! YAY!
We REALLY appreciate our sponsors!

Be sure to pop over and see all the fabulous digis, stamps and supplies that they have!  Go check them out now!
They have soooo many items to choose from
and they are offering a prize of 3 digis of
your choosing. You don't want to miss out.
Head over to the current PIP Challenge 2336 NOW!

Here's what I made for the challenge.
I used Gil Rabbit Gardening from our
wonderful sponsor, Polkadoodles. I cut the
image into the 3 separate images. I colored
them with Copics. The leaves were stamped,
on Polkadoodles digital papers, and die cut
out. The sentiment was from the same 
company as the leaves and dies. Now closed.
and die cut (from a closed company) I raised
Gil, the rabbit, with mounting tape and 
that's it. Very easy card. 
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Monday, September 4, 2023

PIP Challenge 2335

Another great challenge over at PIP Challenges
with our lovely sponsor
Varada Sharma
VS has such beautiful images! It's 
awesome that she is kind enough to sponsor 
PIP Challenges! Please be sure to visit her site!!
 Here's my card for this week!
I used "Floral Digi" from Varada Sharma. She
has such beautiful creations!! I took the 
PNG image and added it to some digital paper
I had from We Are 3. I then added the 
sentiment to the blank space. I colored the 
flowers with Copics. I punched a couple of 
holes on each side of the sentiment banner
and ran some ribbon through. I put on a 
few dot embellishments and layer the finished
front to a yellow piece of cardstock. 
The finished card is 5.5 square. 

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 
for this challenge:
Be sure to visit her Etsy shop and pick out
some beauties for you creative talents!

Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, August 28, 2023

PIP Challenge 2334

 This week's sponsor is Lawn Fawn.
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 card!

inside
I used LAWN FAWN's 
for this cute card. The sets are awesome
and so easy to work/play with! I colored
all the images with Copics. I raised up the 
little typing mouse with mounting tape
for a great dimensional effect.

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, August 21, 2023

PIP Challenge 2333

  This week's PIP Challenge is sponsored by
There's plenty of time for you to join in!!
Here's my weekly inspiration...
This card is completely digital. I did color 
the flower with SN TriBlend markers.
It's always fun to create a fast card that 
looks amazing when completed!
We Are 3 has all you need to make 
a super fast and easy card. Just need a printer
to make awesome cards. Thank you, We Are 3
 
A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge: We Are 3

Monday, August 14, 2023

PIP Challenge 2332

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.
Be sure to pop over and see all her amazing
sets and ideas! Such a talent! 
JDS has an abundance of amazing digital art
and I can always find something I love to play with! 
Here's my card this week...
Such a sweet little image,
"Across The Miles"  I will be 
sending it to my grandson...that I see
all the time, but he loves to get mail. 
 It was colored with Copics and image was 
cut out with the Cut n Scan. I raised
the image with with mounting tape. 

Thanks for stopping by! 
A big thank you to our amazing sponsor,

Jan's Digi Stamps

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Monday, August 7, 2023

PIP Challenge 2331

  This week's amazing sponsor is
Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous cutting projects that they 
have to help your creativity!  No 
die cutting machine necessary! 
Go check them out now!
Here's my project for this challenge...
Thanks for stopping by!! 
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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor
 for this challenge:
The Cutting Cafe always has something
for every occasion. I used Animal and Bug Love.
I fussy cut out the fun little snail and raised 
him on the matching frame. He was colored 
with Copics. I added some trailing dots and
gave them a bit of sparkle.
I put some white dots on the snail heart
and finished the card with some sequins.

Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, July 31, 2023

PIP Challenge 2330, 5th Monday, with Inspiration

 The challenge this week is sponsored by
PIP is offering a 
$10 Gift Certificate from 
YAY!!
Here is the Inspiration for the
5th Monday Challenge.

Here's my inspired card.😀
Pam 
I used a variety of stamp companies to 
create this card. I can't remember 
all of them...bad memory. ugh!! Anyway,
I know the palm trees/frame/sun is from 
Gina K. The "water" is from Stampin'Up...
Flip flops...and die...and sentiment...
I'm drawing a blank.
This card is sort of self explanatory. 
I used Copic markers and MFT inks.
Guess that's it for now. Time for me to 
put on my flip flops and go outside!
😁
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leave, consider following my blog!
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Monday, July 24, 2023

PIP Challenge 2329

 A brand new challenge over at PIP Challenges.
This week's sponsor is SheepSki Designs
 Without our amazing sponsors the 
challenges wouldn't happen. 
SheepSki Designs is offering the 
random winner THREE DIGIS!!

Here's my card for this week!
This image from our amazing SheepSki Designs 
is "Butterfly Curl" and it's so pretty! I used
the PNG image and placed it on a digi
paper from We Are 3. The butterflies were 
colored with Copic markers and I used a 
sparkle pen to give them pizzazz. I colored
another butterfly and cut it out to raise it's
wings for some pretty dimension. The 
sentiment is from My Favorite Things. 



The image is so lovely and it certainly 
created a beautiful creation!

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Monday, July 17, 2023

PIP Challenge 2328

 The challenge this week is sponsored by
The prize will be a 
$10 Gift Certificate from 
YAY!!
Here is my project for the challenge...
PIP is proud to sponsor this week's challenge.
Since the prize is a certificate from MFT I
decided to crack out my MFT stamps, and I have
bunches!! A dear friend of mine has a 
birthday this week so I came up with this idea
for her. Then I went to MFT and checked out
their challenges and decided to enter...
and

Both of those helped me create the card.
The images were colored with Copics and
I used my Scan n Cut to cut them out, plus
multiples for additional cards. I added some
sparkle pen to the butterflies and raised them
up with a bit of mounting tape for some
added dimension. I used the following sets.
Spread Your Wings (retired)
and

😀
Thanks for stopping by and before you
leave, consider following my blog!
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Monday, July 10, 2023

PIP Challenge 2327

   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!
They have soooo many items to choose from
and they are offering a prize of 3 digis of
your choosing. You don't want to miss out.
Head over to the current PIP Challenge 2327 NOW!

Here's what I made for the challenge.
Another fun card using an adorable digi from
Polkadoodles! The image was colored with
my Copics. Simple easy card. I cut the digi
with my Scan n Cut. Be sure to visit Polkadoodles
to see ALL the goodies there! Woo Hoo!!

We REALLY appreciate our sponsors!

Thanks for stopping by!!!
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