PIP Challenge 2602

 Sponsored by

 

  Gerda Steiner 

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs.  I would like to take a moment to thank Gerda for her sponsoring this week's challenge.  My card this week uses a freebie image Gerda had made available as part of her 2025 advent calendar.

 

After printing the image out on white card stock, I colored it using my Ohuhu markers before blending some left over ink from another project and layering.  Once I adhered the card to it's base, I added googlie eyes and some star dust stickles to highlight parts of the image to finish it off. 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #82 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Critter Crazy #106 - Anything Goes Featuring Critters (penguins)

Crafty Calendar Jan 2026 - Anything New (new digital image)

Polkadoodles #1 Wk 2 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Left Over Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ohuhu Markers, Stickles, Googlie Eyes  

 

 

Conjurer of Dreams October 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to share with you my inspiration projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge.

 

Digital Page

 Sets used: Victorian Madame, Silhouette Fences clip art, Edwardian Bride and Groom Ghosts, Moon clip art, Victorian Maid clip art, group freebie (house)

 

Challenges entered:

 

Digital page

 

Sets used: Shadows In The Forest, Snarky Quotes, Crow and Raven clipart

 

Challenges entered:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #267 - S Is For Spooky 
 

 

 ATC's

Sets used: Wednesday, Gothic Entrance, Misty Moor Banshee, Photo Corners, Poe Clipart, Aged Papers Background, Black Silk 

 

Challenges entered: 

ATC Around The World Oct 2025 - Monsters, Ghosts, Witches (Ghosts/Floating Banshee )

Crafty Calender Oct 2025 - Halloween 

 

 

Sets used: Spooky Town, Poe Clipart, Poe Quotes, Wednesday, Crow and Raven clipart, Photo Corners, Aged Papers, Red Black Damask Background

 

Challenges entered:

Digi Choosday #10 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

 

 

 

 

Sets used: Wednesday, Spooky Town, Women of the Night, Photo Corners, Crow and Raven clipart, Gargoyle Protector, Black Silk 

 

Challenges entered: 

 

 

Sets used: Well Read Haunts ATC, Women of the Night clip art, Wednesday, Snarky Quotes, Crow and Raven clipart, Photo Corners, Black Silk, Aged Papers, Cool Cats

 

Challenges entered:

 Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #263 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Mini slimline card

Sets used: Torn Paper Scene, Misty Moor Banshee, Crow & Raven Clip Art, Halloween Dogs, Aged Papers 

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #168 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Simon Says Stamp Oct 4th 2025 - World Cardmaking Day 

Two Old Bats Oct 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween (banshees, trick/treat dog)

 

 

Magnets (made from up-cycled dominos)

Sets used: Wednesday Adams Tiles
 

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (Wednesday Tiles)

Creative Artiste Mixed Media #120 - Anything Goes Mixed Media (domino magnets) 

 

 

 

 

PIP Challenge 2524

 

 Sponsored by 

Gerda Steiner Designs

Gerda Steiner FB

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs.  I would like to thank Gerda for her sponsorship of this week's challenge.  For my card, I paired Gerda's Mouse In Cup along with a retired stencil from Picket Fence Studios and Cas-ual Friday coffee sayings stamp set.

 

I started out by die cutting a cup shaped white card base using a die I received from a friend as a present.  I then lightly stippled tattered rose, milled lavender and tumbled glass distress inks against a retired Tulip stencil from Picket Fence Studios.  I then colored the mouse/cup image using my Ohuhu Honolulu markers before fussy cutting it out.  Once I had the mouse cup adhered to the cup shaped card, I added some tiny white sequins before going over letters using a black 3D glaze pen.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Neglected Stuff June 2025 - Use Your Unused Stash (cup die, coffee saying, stencil) 

Polkadoodles Cardmaking #7 Wk 3 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar June 2025 - Add A Sentiment 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 702 to 703 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this week's Pammie's Inky Pinkies challenge. 

PIP Challenge 2518

 

 Sponsored by 

Sunbird Spark

SS Challenge Blog

SS Blog

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Sunbird Spark.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of this week's challenge.  My card this week uses their My Favorite Chapter digital stamp set.  

 

After combining the digital images, I typed the Dr Seuss saying myself before printing the image then colored it using my new Ohuhu Direct markers.  Once the coloring was complete, I lightly blended some tumbled glass distress ink around the colored image before layering and adding some faux brads and adhering the image panel to my card.  I then added some white/silver bakers twine, sequins and a googlie eye to finish the card off.  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I'm dealing with another migraine.  

Challenges entered:

 

Allsorts #822 - Anything Goes Optional Inspired By A Song (anything goes)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #74 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Polkadoodles #6 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar May 2025 - For A Child 

CD Sunday Plus #157 - Anything Goes Digital (Sunbird Spark My Favorite Chapter digi)

Critter Crazy #98 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (dinosaur)

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join in the challenge this week at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

 

Stamps: Sunbird Spark

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ohuhu Markers, Small Hole Punch, Glue, Sequins, Bakers Twine, Blending Brush 

 

A Little Stained Glass Winter

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards made using Conjurer of Dreams Winter Stained Glass Windows images along with several others.  First, let me just say, I absolutely LOVE Kim's stained glass images!!  For both of these cards, I merged the stained glass with the following: Polar Bears AI Art Digitals, Frosty Quirky Elves, Christmas Gnomes and Christmas Ducks.

I started out by printing a non-merged Winter Stained Glass images twice to use as designer paper before printing the merged church/gnomes/ducks image at 3.5 x 5.  After layering, and adding brads, I adhered it to my card using glue dots before adding crystal stickles to highlight the snow/church windows/frozen creek. 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Peace On Earth #76 - See Inspiration Board (inspired by the reds, snow 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown Nov 2024 - Sparkle (crystal stickles)

The Holly and Ivy Christmas #172 - Anything Christmas Goes (images) 

CD Sunday Plus #146 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

 

Peace On Earth

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

  

Next is a card using a different stained glass church image.  This time I combined it with the Polar Bears AI Art and Frosty before printing it also at 3.5 x 5 then layered and added silver brads before adhering it to the card using glue dots.  After adding some silver cord, I again highlighted the snow/windows/frozen creek using crystal stickles.  I am really happy with how both of these turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

FarmQuest Country Christmas #14 - Anything Goes County Christmas (images)

Never Before Used Schtuff #68 - Use Your NBUS (COD Stained Glass images)

Crafty Calendar Challenge Nov 2024 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday #71 - Anything Goes Optional Twist Tags 

Critter Crazy #92 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (polar bears) 

FarmQuest Challenge #64 - Frozen Pond or Creek (frozen creek)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.  Also, you still have time to enter this month's Winter Critters  over at the Conjurer of Dreams blog.  Plus don't forget about our Christmas blog hop starting on the 15th of December.  There will be prizes and free images, so don't forget to join us then.

 

Mine!!

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an easy card I made using Conjurer of Dreams pre-colored digital image No Swimming.  With Halloween just around the corner, and all of the new scary movies coming out, I figured why not.  Right?  

I started out by combining the image, and saying, in Photoshop© before printing the image on Neenah white card stock, I layered it before adding some faux brads.  I then cut a strip of recycled avocado mesh and adhered it to the back of my layered image panel using glue dots making sure to "wrap" some of the mesh around the corners to kind of look like garbage.  Taking more glue dots, I then adhered the layered panel to my card before trimming any excess mesh I didn't want showing.  After adding a few Picket Fence Spiked Ocean sequins and some diamond ice stickles, my card was finished.  Creepy enough? ;)  Maybe not your traditional Halloween image but if it's scary and creepy it works in my book.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #65 - Use Your NBUS (image)

CD Sunday Plus #140 - Anything Goes Digital (image)

Digi Choosday Wk33 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar Aug 2024 - Anything Goes 

Two Old Bats Aug 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Photoshop, Sequins, Glue, Ice Stickles, Faux Brads, Glue Dots, Recycled Mesh Bag

Fear Not

 

Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share with you a simple card I made using an image from Conjurer of Dreams and a wood block stamp from Stampabilities I received in a destash.

 

I started off by printing one of the Serenity images as a 4x6 image before adhering it to a Neenah white card base.  I then stamped the phrase from Isaiah 41:10 directly onto the lake image before adding some sequins from Picket Fence Studios.  Very clean, simple and easy.  It's not my best work but was easy to do with this blasted migraine.  I'm sending this to a member of our church who just lost her father.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers F4A751 - National Simplicity Day 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #64 - Use Your NBUS (image, saying)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 657 to 658 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Isaiah 41:10)

Digi Choosday Wk 29 - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp Monday - Add A Sentiment (Isaiah 41:10)

CD Sunday Plus #138 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams background)

Crafty Calendar July 2024 - Add A Sentiment (Isaiah 41:10)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams; Stampabilities

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Sequins, Glue

 

 

 

 

PIP Challenge 2423

 Sponsored by 

Penguin Palace

PP Challenge Blog

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at  Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Penguin Palace.  My card today uses their digital set Cruising On The Ocean.  With the temperature here in California hitting triple digits, I'm dreaming of the ocean, beaches, and cool breezes.

After combining images using Photoshop, I pulled out my Castle Arts watercolor pencils and got to coloring.  Once everything colored, I lightly blended Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink to fill in the white space but also to give the impression of an incoming fog bank.  After layering the colored image, I added brads and set it aside before digging through my stash and finding the wooden anchor I knew I had, but also rediscovered a package of K and Company paper ribbon.  I then added my layered image panel using glue dots and the anchor using my Bearly Art glue.  The final touch was adding a bit of  diamond ice stickles.  I'm really happy with how it turned out since I made it while still dealing with this migraine that won't go away but also it's great for a kids birthday/get well, etc. 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #63 - Use Your NBUS (image, anchor)

The Four Seasons June 2024 - Anything Goes Summer (sailing in the ocean, cool breezes, beaches)

Park Hopping My Happy Place June 2024 - Anything Goes Theme Park Related (inspired by The Columbia sailing ship and Mark Twain steam boat in Disneyland's Rivers of America)

Crafty Calender June 2024 - For A Child (birthday, get well, etc)

CD Sunday Plus #135 - Anything Goes Digital/CD (Penguin Palace digi stamps) 

Digi Choosday Wk 22 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.

Stamps: Penguin Palace

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Computer, Printer, Blender Pencil, Ice Stickles, Anchor Charm, K and Co. Paper Tape, Brads, Glue Dots

Boo To You

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a Halloween card I made using some "new" and "unloved stash".  I was inspired to dig into the "pile" after seeing a friend Marie's blog post of a "crafty squirrel" challenge.  Basically, time to find stuff that is over 2 years old/older and/or never seen some love.  No problem I thought.  Since I'm already done with this Spring heat wave, I went digging for a long retired Stampin Up set called Booglie Eyes dreaming of cooler temps.  I bought the set over 10-15 years ago (copyright label says 2006) and never even mounted any of the images to the matching wooden block.  Proof below: 

Once I had cut and mounted the images, I dug out another retired SU set, Web Wishes and stamped the spider web on some scrap white card stock.  Then taking several of the newly mounted images, I stamped them in memento tuxedo black ink on the card stock making sure to stamp the spider one in the corner web.  After coloring everything using markers, I stippled Tim Holtz walnut stain, weathered wood, stormy sky, tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks using my paper pouncers to give a foggy night appearance.  Digging through my stash of designer paper, I discovered some purple with black glitter bat paper from Debbie Mumm and pulled that out to add to a purple card base.  After I added a purplish-brown border, I added the layered image panel using glue dots.  The final touch was adding a black glitter gel pen to highlight the web and googlie eyes to all of the characters plus my saying.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #62 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set)

Two Old Bats Halloween May 2024 - Anything Goes Halloween

Splitcoaststampers WT1000 - Googlie Eyes

Gem of a Craft Challenge Wk9 - Anything Goes 

Crafty Calendar May 2024 - Anything Goes 

Park Hopping My Happy Place April/May 2024 - The Great Movie Ride (inspired by vintage Alfred Hitchcock movies and The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland)

 

Two Old Bats

 

Park Hopping My Happy Place
 

 

 

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn, Weathered Wood, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Debbie Mumm Havest and Holidays Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Googlie Eyes, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Castle Arts Black Glitter Gel Pen, Paper Pouncers

The Most Important Meal Of The Day

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I have a card to share I made for the Coffee Loving Card Makers blog hop.  I'm a little late to the party thanks to another migraine (Mother Nature make up your mind what season we're in) and being just plain sick for the last couple weeks.  I decided to use some stamps I had received from a friend recently.

I started out by stamping my Cathy image, and saying (retired), from Art Impressions in memento tuxedo black ink on vanilla scrap card stock before coloring using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blending marker.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added brads.  Setting my layered image aside, I took my Down To The Last Cup background from Picket Fence Studios and stamped it repeatedly in Adirondack espresso ink using a MISTI before stippling more espresso ink using my paper pouncers before adhering it to an espresso card base.  After adding my layered image, I pulled out my Sakura 3D glaze pens and highlighted parts of the image before adding coffee beans sequins.  I'm really happy with how it turned out since I made it while dealing with this migraine.  I needed to try focusing on something besides the pain and this card was fairly easy for me to make.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #56 - Use Your NBUS (stamps, sequins)

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Fall/Winter Hop - Anything Goes Coffee/Tea/Apple/Hot Chocolate 

Crafty Calendar Nov 2023 - Anything Goes 

Polkadoodles Wk44 - Anything Goes 

Aloha Friday #4 - Food and Drink (coffee)

Double Trouble #152 - Deja-Brew Optional Pun (coffee, pun in saying)

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Art Impressions; Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Adirondack Espresso

Card Stock: Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Marker, Glue, Sequins, Brads, Glue Dots, Paper Pouncers, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens

 

Falling For Wednesdays Week 5

 

 

 

Hi friends! Welcome to week 5 of Falling For Wednesdays hosted by @kellysantidesigns   This week’s fall theme is: Fall Critters!  I immediately thought of Yosemite National Park again and all of the forest animals getting ready for winter.  Putting on pounds, storing food in their dens, etc. before beginning hibernation.  

 

I started out by stamping my images from MFP Stamp Shop (now closed) in memento tuxedo black ink on Copic X-press it white card stock before coloring them using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Taking a small Marvy circle punch I've had for years, and rarely use, I punched out my critters peeking out of their tree "burrows" before adhering using pop dots.  After adhering the panel to an espresso card, I decided to add some "grasses" and dug out my Stampscapes large reeds (068D) and stamped the reeds using Tim Holtz mowed lawn, scattered straw and walnut stain distress inks.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Retro Rubber #215 - Fall Scenes (MFP stamps are 2011, Stampscapes are 1993)

Crafty Calendar Sept 2023 - Anything Goes 

The Four Seasons Sept 2023 - See Inspiration Board (inspired by leaves)

Just Us Girls #697 - See Mood Board (inspired by the leaves)

 

 

The Four Seasons

Retro Rubber

 

Just Us Girls

 

 

My second card I made was inspired by Bear Country in Disneland and seeing all of the squirrels running around to snatch up the scrap droppings.  Taking out some MFP Stamp Shop (now closed) sets as well as the Stampscapes reeds/bush stamps, I got to work.  After stamping the squirrel on a log image in memento tuxedo black ink, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then stamped the pine branches in Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink before stamping the overhanging branches in walnut stain before stamping the reeds/bush using Tim Holtz scattered straw, mowed lawn and walnut stain to create my "grasses".  I then stamped the rocks on scrap card stock, colored them and adhered to the image panel which sits on an espresso card.  I then took a green glittered gel pen and highlighted some of the images.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day. 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Jan's Digital Stamps Sept 2023 - Anything Goes 

Critter Crazy #78 - Anything Goes With Featured Critter (squirrel)

Park Hopping My Happy Place Sept 2023 - Anything Goes Inspired By Theme Parks (Bear Country Disneyland, California)

2 Sisters On The Blog #78 - Autumn (colors, falling leaves)

Challenge Up Your Life #162 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Peeking Critters

Stamps: MFP Stamp Shop (closed); Stampscapes

Ink:  Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain; Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Small Hole Punch, Pop Dots, MISTI

 

Fat Tail?

Stamps: MFP Stamp Shop (closed); Stampscapes

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain, Tea Dye Distress Inks

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers , Pop Dots, Gel Pens, MISTI