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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 29, 2024

PIP Challenge 2430 with a Theme: FLOWERS

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's my creation for the challenge:
This is such a pretty digital image from
Pattie's Creations and it was perfect for
some August anniversaries coming up.
I printed the image and cut it out. My
Copics were used for the coloring. Using
a clear sparkle pen I filled in the hearts.
I embossed the hearts for a layered
background against the red. The sentiment
was stamped in a coordinating red to 
finish the card. The sparkle pen really
added a great touch of bling.
There's still time to get involved with the 
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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! She has so many 
awesome images to choose from!!

Monday, July 22, 2024

PIP Challenge 2429

  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!!
The PIP Design Team has some awesome
inspiration. Be sure to visit each  
blog for additional inspiration!!
Here's my card...
I used a digital background and added
the Sunflowers png to it. The flowers 
were colored with my Copics, with a couple
of white dots added to the centers. I 
made a banner and stamped a sentiment
with a couple of daisy embellishments.
The banner was added with mounting tape.
Be sure to go and visit Sheepski Designs
Etsy shop. She has so many awesome
digital images! So much fun and so very
reasonable too! PIP appreciates the support!

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Monday, July 15, 2024

PIP Challenge 2428

  PIP Challenges wonderful sponsor
for the current current challenge is...


It's always fun getting to find new stuff
and a great sponsor as well! YAY!
Here's the card I made for the challenge! 
using "Woodland Friends" and
"Framescape Winter Trees"(retired?)
I've used GKD and love the quality.
I stamped the tree frame image then
added inks with blending brushes. Then 
I added the sentiment. I stamped and 
colored the squirrel, with Copics, and 
fussy cut it out. With mounting tape I
raised the squirrel for dimension. I 
made this card for my daughter's birthday,
July 13. She LOVES "her" squirrels. She
feeds them peanuts throughout the day,
everyday! Sometime she has 10 sitting
there waiting. LOL! Be sure to go and 
visit Gina K Designs. I am sure you will
find all you need to create fantastic 
creations. Gina is such an awesome
lady and very talented!! 
This is from a few years ago when we
visited Gina's shop. We all had such fun
and we've all changed so much!! LOL!
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Challenge Card Using Polkadoodles

 So, I needed a card to give my 5 y/o 
grandson, LJ, for after his last soccer game 
of the year on Thurs. July 11. Naturally, 
set to create the proper card. The inside
of the card has one of the set's sentiments,
"From your #1 Fan." I added an s to Fan
because grampa wanted to be included,
of course. LOL
I colored my little dude with Copic
markers and stamped a random
sentiment and LJ. Now, the real winner
of this will be LJ, in my book anyway...

LJ just scored a goal...sure doesn't 
look excited but I'm guessing because
it was 84 degrees outside.
I'm entering my card in 
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Monday, July 8, 2024

PIP Challenge 2427

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 2427 NOW!
Here's what I made for the challenge.
As usual, I found all I needed to create this
card at Polkadoodles, images, sentiments, and
papers. I printed the paper and sentiment and
cut to the size I needed and attached it to a 
coordinating green cardstock. I cut out my
cute cactus after I colored it with my Copic
markers. I used a white gel pen to dot his 
cheeks and Crafter Companion sparkle 
pens to color the pot. A sweet little flower 
embellishment to the center of the main flower.
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, July 1, 2024

PIP Challenge 2426

  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 project 
front
inside
I always have fun playing with Lawn Fawn
stamps and die cuts! To create this fun
card I used parts of each of these sets...
Happy Everything (inside sentiment)
Happy Harvest(flowers, birds)
Let's Go Nuts (squirrels)
Grassy Hillside Add-on (grass die cut)
I needed an anniversary card for some 
friends and I wanted to make my card using
Lawn Fawn soooo, I began by deciding to 
make a pop-up card. LF has many great 
options for this but, for whatever reason,
I made my own pop-up tabs. Sheesh. 
All the images were colored with my Copic
markers. The front sentiment isn't a LF
sentiment. Not sure who it belongs too. LOL!
I left space on the inside to write a personal
message AND I misspelled my friend's name.
Crazy! We've been friends for almost 30 yrs.
Apparently, I'm getting old and my memory 
must be going. 😵
Seriously, once everything was colored and
fussy cutout I began to create my card. I 
have quite a few different layers and the
banners, on the front, were some misc. 
die cuts I had on hand. Mounting tape was
used to raise up some of the images.

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