PIP Challenge 2533

 Another great challenge over at PIP Challenges

with our lovely sponsor

Varada Sharma

VS has such beautiful images and stamps! 

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!!

 Here's my card for this week

using "Easy Layering Florals 1" (sentiment)

and "Fall Celebrations"

I sure had a lot of anniversaries in the 

summer and this is a biggie for a couple

of friends, Nancy and Mark, and we get to 

celebrate with them next weekend. In fact,

Mark's birthday is on MY anniversary, 

Aug. 19 (53 years). Busy month! 

For this card I used some images I had

already stamped and cut out from

Varada. I colored the images with my

Copics to coordinate along side of the 

background paper. The sentiment was

heat embossed in black on vellum and

attached with some mini black brads.

I used pop dots to raise up the main

leaf for dimension. The "5, 0" were 

die cuts and added to the front. 

For the inside I used a couple of scrap

strips from the front and added them

and an extra leaf to the inside. The 

sentiment was from a random set on

hand. I like how it turned out and 

with a couple of gift cards added to 

the inside it should be a hit! 

Be sure to visit Varada's Etsy shop 

and Rubber Stamps.

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HERE!!    

PIP Challenge 2532

  Our sponsor for the current challenge is...

Formerly, Penguin Palace, now

Sunbird Spark

It's always fun getting to find new stuff

and a great sponsor as well! YAY!

Go shop at Sunbird Spark for some 

awesome new stuff! I know I did! lol!

They've added plenty as well! 

Here's my card for the challenge...

using "Cruising on the Ocean"

As always, I had fun "playing" with

my digis from Sunbird Spark. I have

some of their stamps too but this week

I opted for this fun digi set,

Cruising on the Ocean. What's really

nice is that it comes with Bonus images 

all ready to be printed on an A2 size

card. I printed out the images and

colored them using Copics. For the

background I decided to play around

with my Pan Pastel Chalks. A wavy

stencil created the water looks. I used

a light hairspray to set the chalks. 

When I finished coloring the images

I cut them out. A slit was cut below the

lighthouse so I could insert part of 

the lighthouse. Mounting tape was

used to add the main sentiment, one

cloud and the boat and bear. 

I added the long, wavy birthday sentiment

from a stamp set I had on hand. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday 710-711

Allsorts Challenge 829

Creative Fingers Challenge 306

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see

your entries in the Current Challenge.

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AND a big thank you to our awesome

sponsor,  Sunbird Spark ! 

Find the current challenge HERE!

PIP Challenge 2531

This week's amazing 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 my card for this challenge...

As always, The Cutting Cafe is great for

stretching my creativity. All I needed 

was a printer and some scissors to get

going. I used The Acorn Shaped Card and

Birthday Greetings inside and out to make

this super fun card. I printed the design 

onto pattern papers and cut everything out. 

I used plain white cardstock for the base.

The bottom of the acorn I used an

embossing folder. (Probably should have

done it to the cap of the acorn instead,

but...oh well, LOL) I used a leaf diecut 

I had for the green pattern paper. I 

attached on to the front and one inside.

I printed the sentiments on cardstock

and attached them. Some coordinating

twine was used for the bow holding

the Happy Birthday sentiment.

Everything was cut out with scissors,

except the leaf. Goes to show you 

don't need every tool available, although,

I love my tools. hehe. Thanks to

The Cutting Cafe!!

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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor

 for this challenge:

The Cutting Cafe

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge     

PIP Challenge 2530

 A brand new challenge over at PIP Challenges.

This week's sponsor is 

SheepSki Designs

If you haven't checked out SheepSki Designs

new blog site, be sure to go now! It's really good!

Here's my card using Gnome Snowing

I've been doing more with digis lately.

SheepSki Designs has a lot to choose from.

Generally, I print them and cut them

out but sometimes it's easiest to just 

find a great digital background, like I 

did, and just take the PNG image and 

place it where I want it. I printed the 

sentiment and layered it on coordinating

cardstock and raised it up with mounting

tape. Copics were used to color my

little Gnome. Stickles were used to 

highlight some of the snow elements.

Thanks for stopping by and consider

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SheepSki Designs

at THE CURRENT CHALLENGE!   

PIP Challenge 2529

 Another fun challenge ahead! 

This week's amazing NEW sponsor is

Gina K Designs

It's always fun getting to find new stuff

and a great sponsor as well! YAY! Be

sure to go shopping!!

Here's my quick and easy card...

I used a fantastic stand alone die from

Gina K Designs called Botanical Duo.

This was simple and looks great. 

I die cut each flower, one for the inside 

and one for the cardfront. I used an old

GKD sentiment for the front. I added some

coordinating ribbon and inks to finish

the outside. 

The other flower from the die cut set

was added to the inside with a random

sentiment I had on hand. 

This will be a perfect card for a friend's

upcoming birthday! Be sure to see

all great products and inspiration 

offered over at Gina K Designs begin

shopping now. Great quality and selection.

Thanks for stopping by!!
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A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 

for this challenge:

Gina K Designs

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge      

PIP Challenge 2528

  Welcome!

Time to join in the challenge with 

Polkadoodles as this week's sponsor!! 

YAY!

We REALLY appreciate our sponsors!

Here are my first 2 cards.

Generally I prefer to color my own images

from Polkadoodles but I needed to make 

some quick cards. And, quick they were. 

Everything was digital and the colored

images were amazing. I added the flowers

and sentiment to the pretty digital pattern 

image. An extra print was used to cutout 

some of the flowers to layer on top with 

mounting tape. I attached the cardfront

to a white cardstock and that was it.

The next cards were made the same way

but using different images etc.

Sadly, the color of the cards didn't 

photograph as fabulously as they 

turned out. I used Dahlia Flower 1,

Watercolour Flower Stem and

Flower Meadow.

It was so simple creating these lovely

cards and all I needed was a printer to

get such wonderful quality to work with.

All together I made 8 cards.

Such fun!!

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A big THANK YOU to our 

sponsor for this challenge:

Polkadoodles

Be sure to visit our sponsor's website and begin creating

some of your own awesome creations! 

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges.       

PIP Challenge 2527

Are you ready for our current challenge?

This week's awesome sponsor is

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 Lawn Fawn creation

using Mini Pop-up Box

I had lots of fun creating this card for

LJ's 6th birthday. His theme is Mario so

I had to make something Mario. For the

front of the card I found the images and 

birthday sentiment on the internet and 

they were all pre-colored. Red cardstock was 

used with a random "6" die I had on hand.

I raised the sentiment and 6 with pop dots.

I just got my order from Lawn Fawn that

contained the Mini Pop-up Box dies 

and I had to give it a try right away. 

LF always has excellent 

tutorials to help us get started. I was

going to use LF's new Capybaras set 

because LJ loves them but I decided to

stick with the Mario birthday 

theme. Now for the inside surprise...

The die set is complete. It cut the box

and all the stars and streamers, plus

the Marios on the box too.

I die cut out the L and J in red. The

"Super Mario" on the box banner was

cut out from an internet picture. The

same picture from the from of the card

was printed twice and I hand cut them

out so I could add one to each side of

the inside. Holographic cardstock was

used for the stars and streamers. The

card does fold close. It's thick but works.

Be sure to check Lawn Fawn out now. 

They have everything you could need

or want. See their NEW ARRIVALS.

Thanks for stopping by!!!
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A big THANK YOU to our 

sponsor for this challenge:

Lawn Fawn

Be sure to visit our sponsor's website and begin creating

some of your own awesome creations! 

Still time to get involved with the 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenges.