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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, September 16, 2024

PIP Challenge 2437

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 card...  
I actually made two cards because I like
using the oval die cut for one and the 
left over for the other one. AND, I did
need two birthday cards this week. I love
Fall and pumpkins and apples sooooo this
image from  Pattie's Creations was ideal!
Perfect colors were found among my Copics.
I added some white gel pen marks. Both
colored images were raised up with
mounting tape. I love dimension on my
creations. It always seems to make the 
card come alive.
I found some nice pattern papers 
to add and some random sentiments
to complete the cards.

Be sure to stop by Pattie's Creations
and head over and join in the

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! She has so many 
awesome images to choose from!!
Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, September 9, 2024

PIP Challenge 2436

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 2436 NOW!
Here's what I made for the challenge
I love the colors of fall so this was  a fun
card for to create. I used a leafy stencil and
a variety of inks to make the background. I
used my Scan n Cut to cut out my fox and
colored him with Copics. I did add a few
whisker dots too. I used an edge-able die cut
and heat embossed, in white, the Happy
Birthday sentiment. The rhinestones were 
added because my friend that's going to 
receive this card is a blingy person. lol! 
For the inside I used the same die cut. 

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 

Monday, September 2, 2024

PIP Challenge 2435

I am out of commission since Thursday.  
BUT
 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
or find her actual stamps at RubberStamps.com!!

Be sure to go and check out 

Thanks for stopping by!!
Consider "following" my before you leave!

Be sure to checkout Varada's site and 
head on over to the latest PIP Challenge
HERE!!  

Monday, August 26, 2024

PIP Challenge 2434

 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 
I always have fun playing with Lawn Fawn
stamps and die cuts! To create this fun
card I used Critters in the Forest. For the
background I sponged on inks using one of 
the Beach Sunset stencils. I used daubers
and inks to create the sky and ground.
All the images were colored with my Copic 
markers. Once the images were cut out 
I attached them to the background, raising 
a few of them up for the added dimension. 
I added the "Woo Hoo" to complete the card.

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 

Monday, August 19, 2024

PIP Challenges 2433

   Newton's Nook is this week's sponsor
Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous the wonderful new stencils,
stamps and die cuts they have! 
Go check them out now!
Here is my card 
This was an easy peasy card. I masked out
a section in the center of the card front
and stamped some of the other butterflies
and then the sentiments. The main butterfly
was colored with my Copics and die cut out.
I raised the Monarch up with some 
mounting tape. Nothing like some fun

Thanks NN for being a fantastic sponsor!!

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! They have sooooo 
many goodies to choose from!
Still time to get involved with the 

Monday, August 12, 2024

PIP Challenge 2432

  PIP Challenges wonderful sponsor

for the current challenge is...

It's always fun getting to find new stuff
and a great sponsor as well! YAY!
Go shop at Penguin Palace for some 
awesome stuff! I know I did! lol!
Here's my card
using "girl on floatie"
I found a great digital paper for this 
little cutie and added the sentiment
from  Penguin Palace. I fussy cut the 
little floater and colored her with my
Copic markers. I added one of those
bouncy springs behind her and then
attached her to the card. The bounce
 gives the action to the "waves" and my
floating ocean beauty. 
With a flick of your finger the little
gal gives a fun wiggle.  Thanks
for stopping by and I hope to see
your entries in the Current Challenge.

Consider "Following" this blog. 
AND a big thank you to our awesome
sponsor,  Penguin Palace !

Monday, August 5, 2024

PIP Challenge 2431

 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!
Here's my project for this challenge...
The Cutting Café offers so many ideas
and all you really need is paper, printer
and scissors. It's a great place for the 
minimalist card makers. Ok...this wasn't
my greatest success BUT it was my fault
and NOT TTC's issue. lol. I have been 
struggling with a backache and was trying
to hurry the creating process and that just
made mistakes to correct. Anyway, 
this it the finished project and I only 
needed my scissors, printer, glue, and paper.

Thanks for stopping by!! 
Consider "following" my before you leave!

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

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 
                                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! 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!

Thanks for stopping by and consider
"Following" my blog and go join in with

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!
Thanks for stopping by!
 Join in the Current Challenge.

Consider "Following" this blog. 

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 
Thanks for stopping by!!