PIP Challenge 2539

 PIP Challenge 2539, 

with a THEME: Fall/Halloween

 and this week's amazing sponsor,

Whimsy Stamps

where you can find some of the cutest 

digis, dies, and stamps for just about 

any of your creative desires. 

They are kindly offering 

$25 gift code for this week's winner! 

Go check them out now!

Here's my card!

Spoiler alert...this card is being sent to Terri

on the DT for her anniversary. So don't look 

Terri! lol!

I used this great image from Whimsy Stamps

which is ideal for a fall anniversary card.

It was colored with my Copics and

random sentiments were added, along with

some fun embellishments. 

Inside...

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 

for this challenge:

Whimsy Stamps

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 Challenge   

PIP Challenge 2538

 Newton's Nook 

is this week's sponsor

Be sure to pop over and see all the 
fabulous the wonderful new stencils,

stamps, die cuts, and papers they have! 

Go check them out now!

Here is my card

As usual, I love my NN kitties. This is made

for my niece-in-law in OR. She is a dog lover

but I think she will enjoy this fun birthday

card. I colored the images with Copic markers

and cut them out by hand this time. I sponged

some brown inks around the white panels

and stamped the sentiments in a brown too.

I used mounting tape to raise up some of

the images.

inside

I love all my goodies from Newton's Nook. 

 Be sure to checkout NN!!

💗

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

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 

for this challenge:

Newton's Nook

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 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge       

PIP Challenge 2537

  Another fun challenge ahead! PIP's fabulous

sponsor for this week is

 Pattie's Creations

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...  

using "Silly Squirrels"

I love these cute squirrels from Pattie's Creations.

They were colored with Copic markers. 

Super easy card. I created my own sentiment

so I can send it to a friend for a day of

crafting soon. I hope!! 

The sentiment was

raised up for dimension. Easy peasy!

Be sure to stop by Pattie's Creations

and head over and join in the

Current Challenge.

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

A big THANK YOU to our sponsor 

for this challenge:

Pattie's Creations

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 

Current challenge at

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge    

PIP Challenge 2536

  Welcome!

Time to join in the challenge with 

Polkadoodles as this week's sponsor!! 

YAY!

We REALLY appreciate our sponsors!

Here's my card for the challenge...

I used pre-colored Polkadoodles images,

that I added some additional Copic touches.

The PNG image was added to a digi paper

and printed out. I printed additional images

and the sentiment. A die cut was used for 

the sentiment and I fancy cut the images

for layering and a 3D appearance. 

The inside was a sentiment PNG added

to the same digi paper. Then one of the

flowers was cut out and raised up.

Consider "following" my before you leave!

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 2535

  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 "Lotus Frame" and

"Lovely Lotus"

I made this card for a sweet friend of mine.

She and I (and our spouses) have spent the past

12 years wintering in Florida. This year we 

aren't going. I'll be toughing out the cold and 

finding more time to create while home. Anyway,

I added the main image and sentiment PNGs

to a digital paper background. I printed

the image on white cardstock 2 more times

so I could use my Copics to color and 

fussy cut them out. I raised the flowers with

mounting tape, the center flower 2x. I 

found a butterfly embellishment and used

my Copic to match the colors.

Be sure to visit Varada's Etsy shop 

and Rubber Stamps.

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

Head on over to the latest PIP Challenge

HERE!!    

PIP Challenge 2534

 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 "Backyard Bird Feeder"

                            

 This card was made for my beautiful,

critter-loving daughter's birthday.

The stamp set and dies, Backyard Bird Feeder,

are awesome and fun to work with, or I 

should say, to play with! I didn't use the

LF platform pop-up because I didn't have it 

with me so I used a different one but LF's is

great and always have a very helpful tutorial.

My images were stamped and colored

with my Copics. The grass die cut was from

the Grassy hillside pop-up add-on.

Be sure to check Lawn Fawn out now. 

They have everything you could need

or want. See their NEW ARRIVALS.

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

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.      

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.

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

Head on over to the latest PIP Challenge

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.

Consider "Following" this blog. 

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!!

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

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