PIP Challenge 2510

 

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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Lawn Fawn.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of our challenge.  My card this week uses their Garden Before N' Afters set.

 

I started out by stamping everything in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring using both of my prismacolor and copic markers.  Once that was finished, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink before layering and adding faux brads.  I then added some bling to finish it off.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #72 - Use Your NBUS (images)

 

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

Stamps: Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Bling, Glue, Small Hole Punch

A Different Perspective

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I have a couple more cards made over the last couple of weeks that I finally got finished and pictured thanks to the migraines I've been dealing with.  Both cards use the Conjurer of Dreams Serene Forest Greyscale Coloring Book.  I printed both images at 3.5 x 5 because of the migraine.  Now, I absolutely LOVE Kim's greyscale coloring books.   The images can be used for a variety of projects; from cards, home decor, art journals, etc.  You get the hint.

 

After printing out both images on to Neenah white card stock, I colored them both using Castle Arts watercolor pencils while my husband was watching the news so I could focus on something and tune the TV out.   Once my coloring was finished, I lightly stippled a little bit of stormy sky and tumbled glass distress inks to finish filling in the sky before layering and adding brads.  I then took my paper distresser and ran it along the edge of the bottom layer before adhering the finished panel to a dry embossed card.  After adding some silver cord along the edge, I added diamond stickles to highlight the water before adding two vintage word plaques I've had in my stash for 10-15 years and never opened the package.  As an afterthought, I pulled out my Sakura 3D glaze pens and added some colored dots as flowers.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #72 - Use Your NBUS (images, word plaques) 

The Neglected Stuff March 2025 - Use That Old Stash  (word plaques)

Double D March 2025 - Green  

Crafty Catz #689 - Anything Goes Optional Add A Sentiment (admire beauty)

Can You Handle The Pressure March 2025 - Anything Goes Using Embossing Folder (used forest branches embossing folder on card base)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 689 to 690 - Anything Goes Uplifting (Admire Beauty saying)

 

 

For the second card, I again colored it using  Castle Arts watercolor pencils before blending some leftover stormy sky to fill in the white space before adding some faux brads.  For embellishments this time, I only added some jute twine along the edge, diamond stickles to the water and the 3D glaze pens for flowers.  I'm really happy with how both cards turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #72 - Use Your NBUS (image)

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #202 - Lucky In Green (see insp pic below) (went with green theme)

Gem of a Craft Challenge 3 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

The Male Room #196 - Mixed Media (watercolor pencils, ink, stickles, twine, glaze pens)

 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out the March Anything Goes and blog freebie challenges over at Conjurer of Dreams.

 

 

Spring On The Farm

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of projects made over the last couple of weeks but haven't uploaded them due to a migraine that won't quit.  The weather we've had recently has been a little crazy - winter temps suddenly turning into spring temps; then dropping 20 degrees overnight with thunderstorms; now back to spring. Sigh.  Mother Nature please make up your mind.  

First up, I have a fabulous country farm card made using images from Conjurer of Dreams plus a couple from my digital stash.  I started out by combining the following COD sets ( Anne of Green Gables, Old Purple Truck, Old Red Barn) in Photoshop before adding the horse, trees, birds from my stash.  Once I had printed out the finished image, I layered it and added some faux brads before adhering it to a rust colored card.  After adding some copper cord from my stash, my card was finished.

 

Challenges entered:

 

FarmQuest General Store #26 - Anything Goes Farm or Country (farm)

CD Sunday Plus #153 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Paper Funday #74 - Anything Goes Optional Weather Related (anything goes)

Creative Fingers #296 - Anything Goes 

 

Next up, is an adorable spring ATC  made using Conjurer of Dreams Ladybug Love, Fairy Sprite and Quirky Faries digital sets.  These were also combined in Photoshop before printing onto Neenah white card stock, then layering onto scraps and adding faux brads.  Digging through my smaller scraps, I punched some greenery and flowers using my Martha Stewart punches and adhered those using Glossy Accents before adding some red stickles to the flower centers, small red bow and finally a wooden ladybug sticker I've had for years.  

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #72 - Use Your NBUS (ladybug background)

ATC Around The World #123 - Spring 

Snippets Playground #501 - Use Those Snippets/Scraps (atc layers, floral spray)

C.R.A.F.T #750 - Spring/Weather/Anything Goes (spring)

Creative Artiste #113 - Anything Mixed Media Goes (paper images, stickles, glossy accents, wooden ladybug, bow)

Hearts Quest Fantasy #3 - Anything Goes Fantasy Option Gnomes (anything goes)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to check out this month's Conjurer of Dreams March challenge as well as the blog freebie challenge.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Copper Cord, Faux Brads, MS Punches, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Wooden Ladybug Sticker

Conjurer of Dreams March 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is my day to share my inspiration projects for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge.  Starting this month, all Conjurer of Dreams challenges are Anything Goes.  For my projects, I went with a Steampunk Western theme to start with.  Now Steampunk is normally not my style, but I'm really happy with how these turned out.

 

 Sets used: Steampunk Cowgirl Mini, Old West Ghost Town, Old West Dancing Ghost Couple 

Challenges entered:

Crafter's Cafe #316 - Anything Goes 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #249 - Anything Goes 

 

 

 Sets used: Florals and Teacups Greyscale Coloring Book (grateful is from a retired SU set)

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #72 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Triple B March 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

CD Sunday Plus #153 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams Grayscale Coloring Book) 

The Four Seasons March 2025 - Spring Mood Board (inspired by the flowers)

 

The Four Seasons

 

Digital Pages

 

Sets used: Abandoned Mine, Old West Ghost Town 

Challenges entered:

 

 

Sets used: Abandoned Mine, Misty Moor Banshee 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Two Old Bats March 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween (abandoned mine, banshee's)

Park Hopping My Happy Place March 2025 - Anything Goes Theme Parks (inspired by Thunder Mountain and Haunted Mansion in Disneyland, CA)

 

 

Sets used: Deep In Forest, Tree Stump Clipart, Model T, Grumpy Senior Men Elements, Grumpy Senior Women Elements

 

Challenges entered:

Digi Choosday Challenge 2 Wk 4 - Anything Goes 

 

 

 

ATC

Sets used: Old West Steampunk Train 

Challenges entered: 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (wood elements - glasses, mustache, arrows)

The Male Room #196 - Mixed Media (digital image, card stock, wood elements, walnut stain ink to dye elements, bling)

Neglected Stuff March 2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (glasses, mustache, arrows)

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's blog challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.  We're also having a progressive challenge over in the Conjurer of Dreams Inspiration Facebook group.

A Steampunk Leprechaun

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a collage I made using one of the new free image from the Conjurer of Dreams blog for the March 2025 freebie challenge.  On each of the design team posts on the Conjurer of Dreams blog, there will be a freebie attached throughout the month.  All you have to do is create something using one of March's freebies, or February's, and upload it to the freebie freebie challenge.  Simple right?

 

My project is a digital collage using the following Conjurer of Dreams products: Green Silk Background, Photo Corners, Steampunk Leprechaun (first freebie), Steampunk Junk Journal Kit (added extra sprocket on his lapel).  The bow and gold roses are from my digital stash. I'm really happy with how this turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff #72 - Use Your NBUS (leprechaun image, green silk image)

Conjurer of Dreams Freebie Challenge - March 2025 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #249 - Anything Goes 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #202 - See pic below (inspired by rainbow, shamrocks, green)

Digi Choosday Challenge 2 Wk 3 - Anything Goes 

 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Conjurer of Dreams DT of the Month

 

Hello and welcome.  I am honored to be selected as the Conjurer of Dreams DT of the Month for February 2025.   Thank you Kim so much!!

PIP Challenge 2508

 

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My Favorite Things.

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are sponsoring the challenge.   My card this week uses a retired set Hanging With My Gnomies from My Favorite Things that I received in a friends destash box.  After stamping all of the images, and saying, in memento tuxedo black, I colored them using both prismacolor and copic markers before blending tumbled glass distress ink to fill in the sky.  Brads and ice stickles finish the card off.  I'm pretty happy with how it turned out since I'm still dealing with a bad migraine.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (images)

A Place To Start Feb 2025 - Anything Goes Optional Things In The Sky 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 687 to 688 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #248 - Anything Goes 

 

 

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

 

Stamps: My Favorite Things

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up!

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Blending Brush, Brads, Glue Dots, Stickles 

A Quiet River

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you my take using the Conjurer of Dreams free greyscale coloring progressive challenge image. This is image number 4 of this month's progressive challenge. I colored it using Castle Arts watercolor pencils on a dry embossed card using my Big Shot and dusty Cuttlebug Tree Branch embossing folder. Star dust ice stickles highlight the water. Details on the progressive challenge are in the COD inspiration group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/690288322484648 I'm happy with how this turned out since the coloring gave me something to focus on while dealing with this blasted migraine again. 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (embossing folder

Can You Handle The Pressure Feb 2025 - Anything Goes Using Embossing Folder Optional Masculine Adult/Child) (cuttlebug tree branch embossing folder for card base)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #248 - Anything Goes 

Park Hopping My Happy Place Feb 2025 - Anything Goes Theme Park (inspired by canoe ride at Disneyland around Tom Sawyer Island) 

Neglected Stuff Challenge Feb 2025 - Use Your Neglected Stash (embossing folder)

FarmQuest General Store#25 - Anything Farm or Country Goes (river)

 

A Grumpy Valentine

 

Hello and welcome.  I'm a little late posting this (thank you migraine) but I'd like to share with you the card I made for my husband for Valentine's Day.   I used images from Conjurer of Dreams Grumpy Seniors Valentine Card Kit and the Red Silk background.

 

Once I combined all of the images, I printed the finished panel out on Neenah white card stock before layering and adding pewter heart brads from my stash.  After adhering it to the card, I added a small floral spray in the top left corner before highlighting parts of the images using a clear 3D glaze pen.

 

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #152 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (images)

2 Sisters on the Blog #94 - Men's Card (husband's valentine)

Crafts Galore Encore #132 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Recollections

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punches, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Brads, Glaze Pen 

Victorian Valentines

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you some Valentine cards I made using images from Conjurer of Dreams Victorian Valentines set.  Now, I generally don't make Valentine cards since I'm usually late mailing them out which is what's happening with these.  I've had the images, and background paper, printed out for some time but have not used them yet.

 

I printed the images on Neenah white card stock before layering them on scrap card stock.  After adding some faux brads to all of them, I then adhered them to cards with Gecko Galz Time After Time digital paper pack.  Digging through my stash I found a length of vanilla ribbon to add to the larger card and vanilla rosette bows for the smaller ones.  No idea how long I've had these, but I do know it's been over 5yrs at least.  After adding my own floral spray in the bottom corners of all of them, I added some gold and fruit punch stickles glitter glue.  I'm happy with how these turned out especially since I'm dealing with a nasty migraine from the weather changes we're having.  It's another focus hard, and push through, or cry again.  Here are close ups of the cards:

 

 

 Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Triple B Feb 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

Neglected Stuff Feb 2025 - Use Your Forgotten Stash (ribbon, rosette bows, background paper)

Love Those Pretty Papers Feb 2025 - Use That Paper Stash - (Gecko Galz background papers)

The Card Concept #214 - Valentine Fun 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 687 to 688 - Anything Goes 

The Sisterhood of Crafters Feb 2025 - Red or Pink 

Splitcoaststampers WT1040 - Love Songs (Close To You by The Carpenters)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (ribbon, rosette bows)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punches, Ranger Glossy Accents, Stickles, Ribbon, Bows, Paper Crimper

 

The Three Polar Bears

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a card made using the Polar Bear Fun Greyscale coloring book.  I love how these little guys turned out.  With the migraines I've been having lately, coloring helps me relax and focus on something else besides the pain.  

I started by printing them at 3 x 5 1/2 so they'd be easier to color and pulled out my Castle Arts Harmonious pencils and got to work.  I'm loving the muted colors of these pencils plus the varying shades of them.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered the main image before adding brads then distressed the outsides of the image panel.  After adding that to a navy card, I dug out some white/silver baker's twine I've had for a few years and added that to my card before highlighting parts of it using both ice stickles and star dust stickles.  It was then I decided to lightly blend some stormy sky distress ink, leftover from another project, to help "soften" the sky a bit.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS 

The Four Seasons Feb 2025 - Winter (inspired by snow)

Critter Crazy #95 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (polar bears)

CD Sunday Plus #151 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams) 

Ally's Angels #90 - Anything Goes

FarmQuest Challenge Blog #68 - Hibernating Animals  (polar bears)

 

The Four Seasons

 Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Pencils, Paper Distresser, Brads, Glue Dots, Bakers Twine, Stickles

 

Winter Church

 

 

 

 Hello and welcome to the February Recycled Artistry IG Hop hosted by @newdawncards and @createwithkas We’re taking recycling to the craft room and giving new life to discarded items in a creative way. From paper towel rolls, junk mail envelopes, cereal boxes, bubble wrap and so much more, we encourage you to look around and see if you can ‘use it before you lose it’ to the trash! We post once a month on the 2nd Tuesday at 2 PM EST. To join, message Dawn or Kelly and tag us using #recycledartistryighop.  My card today is re-using some corrugated packaging from inside a Chewy box as well as a digital stamp from Impression Obsession (now closed).   Although I've had this image printed for some time, I just hadn't colored it up to put on a card.

 

After coloring my church scene using both Lyra and Castle Arts pencils, I blended everything using a Prismacolor blender pencil before stippling chipped sapphire distress ink to fill in the sky.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added some faux brads before adhering it to my card using glue dots.  The final touches were copper cord along the left edge and icicle/star dust stickles to add some sparkle.  I'm semi happy with how this turned out since I'm dealing with another migraine.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (image, corrugated layer)

Peace On Earth #81 - See Insp Pic Below (inspired by snow, deer color)

The Four Seasons Feb 2025 - Anything Goes Winter  (inspired by snow, tree color) 

FarmQuest Country Christmas #17 - Anything Goes Country

 

Peace On Earth

 

The Four Seasons

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Chipped Sapphire

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Blender Pencil, Stipple Brush, Gel Pens, Small Hole Punch, Glue, Stickles, Copper Cord

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

PIP Challenge 2506

 

Sponsored by SheepSki Designs

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Hello and welcome. Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by Sheepski Designs.  I would like to thank Andrea for her sponsorship.  My card this week uses Andrea's image called Spring Gnome.

I started out by printing the image on Neenah white card stock before coloring using both my Lyra flesh tone and Castle Arts colored pencils.  Once I was finished coloring, I lightly stippled left over stormy sky distress ink around the image to "soften" the white space before layering and adding brads.  Taking my Martha Stewart hydrangea punch, I punched out several pink/purple flowers then shaped and added them to my card using glossy accents,  To the flower centers, I added some yellow ice stickles.  As an afterthought, I pulled out a long retired Stampin Up word set, Small Script, and added the wish in the bottom left corner.  It took a few days to get it done thanks to my migraine but I'm really satisfied with the end result.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff #71 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Triple B Feb 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #247 - Anything Goes 

Krafty Chicks #754 - Birthday 

Gem of a Craft Challenge #2 Wk 2 - Anything Goes 

 

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

Stamps: Sheepski Designs; Stampin Up

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punch, Glossy Accents, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brush, Lyra and Castle Arts Pencils, Blender Pencil, Stickles

A Birthday Deer and Valentine

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you a couple of cards I've made.  First up is a birthday card made for one of my brothers-in-law whose birthday is next week.  Since he lives in Idaho, I decided to use a Sizzix stamp/die set I received from a friend for Christmas and pair it with a digital snowflake plaid background from Conjurer of Dreams.  After stamping the image twice, I colored only one deer before die cutting it using the attached die.  I then blended old paper and tea dye distress inks before layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the image panel to my card before stamping my birthday sentiment inside.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (deer stamp/die)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #247 - Anything Goes 

Critter Crazy #95 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (deer)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 685 to 686 - Anything Goes Uplifting (birthday) 

The Card Concept #213 - Winter Solace See Insp Pic (inspired by deer, white trees)

 

 

 

My second card is featuring a long retired Stampin Up set called Greeting Card Kids. I've had this old wood mounted set for years (10-15 yrs at least) and haven't used it until now for some reason.

 

I started out by stamping the image onto a white scrap before coloring using Copic markers.  Once my coloring was finished, I blended some tattered rose distress ink using my blending brush before layering and adding some tiny red brads.  I then adhered the layered image panel to a dry embossed card using  glue dots.  The final touches were red/gold organdy ribbon from my stash and some red Prima flowers I've had for a long time. I'm really happy with how both cards turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (stamp image)

Double D Feb 2/2025 - Hearts (image, embossed background)

Colorful Options Feb 2025 - See Inspiration Pic Below  

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Feb 5 - Love

Paper Funday #73 - Anything Goes

Neglected Stuff Feb 2025 - Use Your Neglected Stuff (image - have had stamp set 10-15yrs and not used yet)

 

Double D

 

Colorful Options

 

Neglected Stuff 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.