Today Challenge #2221 over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies is being sponsored by Sheepski Designs.
I had so much fun with the image that I got to play with for this challenge. I am such a fan of bees and coloring them which is a surprise to me since I got stung by a bumblebee at a young age in the face and still cringe when one gets too close to me. But I do understand the important of bees to our environment.Background
Monday, May 23, 2022
PIP Challenge #2221
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Dueling Darlings
Time for our Dueling Darlings Challenge. Kelly is our hostess this month and our theme is "We are a rainbow!" Each of us brings a light and color to life. We are all an important "band" of the rainbow. We have all been given a randomly chosen color and our challenge was to use ONLY your color to represent our band of the rainbow.
Monday, May 9, 2022
PIP Challenge #2219
Spring is here in the Midwest although this week feels more like summer. Typical up and down weather. I am enjoying all the beautiful flowers blooming right now so today's challenge is a little more reminder of the beauty around us. Today over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies we are being sponsored by Jan's Digi Stamps.
For my card today I am using the digital stamp from the stamp set "Spring Tiger Lilies".
I printed off the image on my computer and then colored it with my copic markers. I used paper from Simple Stories Simple Vintage Farmhouse Garden. The sentiment is from the same stamp set. I used a Lawn Fawn border die for the blue top and added 3 enamel dots at the bottom of the card.Thursday, May 5, 2022
Newtons Nook Birthday Theme
I am in need of birthday cards in my stash so I decided to go to my favorite stamp company "Newtons Nook" and see what their Inky Paws Challenge is this week. Lucky for me it is a birthday challenge.
So I went to my Newtons Nook inventory and found this adorable stamp set called "Newtons Birthday Balloons".Thursday, April 28, 2022
Challenge Your Stash
Since today is the 28th, that means it is time to post my creation for our "Challenge Your Stash" group on Splitcoaststampers. So just like the title says, we are to find something in our stash to make a card. Sue is our hostess for the month of April and her challenge was to make an Earth Day card in honor of Earth Day on April 22. I have to admit that this challenge had me stumped. She said to think about all things that make this earth beautiful. Well that has endless possibilities. Of course I put off to making my card until yesterday because I was so torn on which stamp set to use. Ocean, flowers, trees, etc. came to mind but since I waited until the last minute to make the card I thought I had better go with a simple card.
April 22 is Earth Day, my challenge is to make an Earth Day card. Think about all the things that make this earth beautif
Monday, April 25, 2022
PIP Challenge #2217
It is getting to feel a bit more like spring here in the Midwest. I am enjoying seeing all the trees blooming and flowers ready to bloom. My favorite time of the year.
This week for PIP Challenge #2217 is being sponsored by Cas-ual Fridays Stamps. They have such a fun store and you should check out their blog also because there are some great tutorials on there.
Friday, April 15, 2022
Dueling Darlings
The 15th sure rolled around quickly this month. But this means I need to post my card for our Dueling Darlings Challenge. Terry and Darlene were our hostesses this month and their theme for the challenge this month was Holograms.
Monday, April 11, 2022
PIP Challenge #2215
Today I am making a fun card for Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2215. This week is being sponsored by Lawn Fawn.
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Challenge Your Stash
Yesterday was our day to post our Challenge Your Stash projects but since I had a post for PIP Challenges yesterday, I thought I would save it for today.
Jeanette was our hostess this month and her challenge for us was to make a spring card. I sure am enjoying seeing all the flowers pop up here in Kansas. Just noticing the magnolias, daffodils and forsythias are blooming here. I know tulips are right around the corner.
Monday, March 28, 2022
PIP Challenge #2213
Today I have a fun card I made for Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2213. This week we are being sponsored by We are 3 Digital Shop.
I just love digital images because storage has become an issue for me. I try to weed out my stamps and dies every once in a while but my inventory still creeps up on me. That is why digital is the way to go.
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Dueling Darlings 2
Barb and Lorraine were in charge or our challenge this month and what a fun one it is. They decided to come up with Team Coffee and Team Tea as our group challenges. Lorraine was in charge of our group and decided we are Team Tea.
I love myself a cup of tea so this was a fun challenge for me.
The image of the mug and heart is from Hampton Arts. The lemons are from Hero Arts. The mug was stamped with CTMH New England Ivy Ink. I colored the lemons with my copic markers. The Designer paper is from Papertrey Ink. Lorraine also sent us a Lipton tea bag so we could enjoy a cup of tea while we make the card. I decided to use the actual Lipton tag on my card. I colored the small coffee mug with my copic markers.
What a fun theme and I loved the challenge this month. I always love starting my day with a cup of coffee but in the evening I love a good cup of tea so it is hard for me to decide which I prefer. Both are good.
Check out what some of the other members did with the challenge this month.
Lorraine - SCS Gallery
Tracie - That's Me
Monday, March 14, 2022
PIP Challenge #2203
I am really excited to share my card with you today for Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2203. Our sponsor this week is Polkadoodles. Whenever I feel the urge to color, I go through the images at Polkadoodles because they are so adorable and fun to color.
For my card today I am using the digital stamp "Fluffy Friends".
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Challenge Your Stash
My card today is for our Challenge Your Stash Group on Splitcoaststampers. I love this group because everyone month someone will pick a challenge and you need to go through your Stash and see what you can use for the theme that month.
Barb was our hostess this month and she decided that our challenge would be to include a bird in our project. I thought oh that will be easy because I have so many bird stamps. Well 4 hours later I had cleaned out my stamps and sorted through. I now have many stamp sets ready to go to a garage sale.
\In my stash I came across this adorable stamp set called "Flamingo Botanical" that I have never used. I stamped the image our and then colored it with my copic markers. I then fussy cut the bird out. The background was formed by making a mask with one of my oval dies and then used the Farmhouse Basket stencil from Whimsy Stamps. I thought it made a nice background to the bird. The sentiment is from the same stamp set.
Monday, February 28, 2022
Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2209
Can't believe this is the last day of February. This month sure flew by fast. Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge #2209 is up and what a fun sponsor we have for this week. The Cutting Cafe is our sponsor for Challenge #2209. A lucky winner will win 3 sets of their choice from The Cutting Cafe.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Dueling Darlings
I sure everyone had a nice Valentines Day yesterday. It was a beautiful day here in Kansas and I got my favorite valentine meal. We have a Greek restaurant here that I really like.
Since today is the 15th of the month, this means it is time for our Dueling Darlings group to post pictures of what they have done. This month I was paired up with Carol to be the hostesses for February. I always like to look and see what special holidays are in February and I noticed that February is Library Lovers Month. I love to read so this theme really jumped out at me. I love our local library so this card is in honor of all libraries.
Monday, February 14, 2022
PIP Challenge #2207
I am so excited for our sponsor this week over at Pammie's Inky Pinky Challenges. Our sponsor this week is Varada Sharma which is new to us here at PIP Challenges.
There are some amazing digital images in her etsy store. I sure hope you check it out. The design team was given the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set to work with. I do love butterflies so I was trying to think of a different way to use these beautiful images. I colored them up with my copic markers and then found some papers to coordinate with the colors.
Monday, January 31, 2022
PIP Challenge #2205
I am so excited about our Challenge #2205 over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies. This week is being sponsored by one of my favorite stamp companies. Newton's Nook Designs I am the owner of 2 orange kitties so this stamp company has always had a special place in my heart. They are just the nicest people also. There is an extra piece to the challenge this week and it is "Sunshine".
I was also excited this week because I got to use one of my favorite stamps sets from Newton's Nook Designs called Woodland Spring. I just love all the adorable animals.
Friday, January 28, 2022
Challenge Your Stash
I'm really not sure how the 28th rolled around so quickly. But today is our day to post our project for the challenge your stash group on splitcoaststampers. Our hostess today is Jennifer Lewis and her challenge theme for us is "I have a dream". Well I pulled out a couple of stamps that I have been wanting to use and came up with this card.
Monday, January 17, 2022
PIP Challenge #2203
Happy Monday. Not sure where the time goes but the weeks just seem to fly by. Today I have a fun card for our Challenge #2203 over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies. Today our challenge is being sponsored by SheepSkiDesigns.
For my card I used the Peonies Stamp. I always love floral stamps and this one was so fun to color.
Saturday, January 15, 2022
Dueling Darlings 2
Did you know that today is National Strawberry Ice Cream Day? I wonder if I could go outside and gather some of the newly fallen snow and make snow ice cream. Did you ever do that as a kid?
January 15 starts a new round with the first Duel as a Dueling Darlings 2 group. Kelly and Jeanette were our hostesses this month and came up with the fun challenge.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Butterfly Kisses
I am in a group on Splitcoaststampers called the Monthly Image Swap. I love it because I never know what the hostess will use as our image for the month. This month our hostess is Imke who is our moderator on the swap.
Imke chose this beautiful image from Simon Says Stamp called Butterfly Kisses.
Monday, January 3, 2022
PIP Challenges
2022 brings more exciting challenges from Pammie's Inky Pinky Challenges. I am so fortunate to be on the design team for this great group. I know Pam has been working very hard behind the scenes in setting up our challenges for 2022. I appreciate all the work she puts in to this.
Challenge #2201 is being sponsored by Jan's Digital Stamps.
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Happy 2022
Another year has arrived. I have to admit I was asleep by 9:30 and did not see the new year come in. Guess that is old age talking.
I have decided on my motto for 2022 and it is Choose Kindness for many reasons. I think if everyone would do a Random Act of Kindness each week they would be rewarded with a wonderful feeling and also help someone out in need. If you need ideas, I found this 100 Daily Acts of Kindness. Just pick one a week and see how it makes you feel.
Check back on Monday because we start our new challenges for PIP Challenges.
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