PIP Challenge 2604

 

 

 

 Sunbird Spark

 

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 take a moment to thank them for them sponsoring this week's challenge.  My card today uses their Paper Airplane digital stamp set.  Once I had the images combined and printed onto Neenah white card stock, I colored everything using my Ohuhu markers before lightly blending leftover stormy sky distress ink around my images.  The final touch was adding a few sequins to finish it off.  I'm really happy with how it turned out. 

 

Challenges entered:

 

 

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: Sunbird Spark

Ink: Tim Holtz Stormy Sky Distress

Card Stock: Neenah White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ohuhu Markers, Blending Brush, Sequins, Glue  

 

Woodblock Wednesday December 2025 Edition

 

 

Hello and welcome to another Woodblock Wednesday edition where we dust off those wood block stamps we all have just don't use much anymore. For my card, I dusted off an old, and I mean old, retired Stampin Up set called Bulbs that I received from a friend before she passed away last year.  It's kind of like she's still crafting with me. I do miss our talks.  

 

I started out by stamping the tulip bulbs in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring the image using Castle Arts watercolor pencils and a blender pencil.  Once the tulips were colored, I dug out a retired sentiment set called Wonderful Words and stamped the "thank you" along the side before adding some white/silver bakers twine.  

 

Challenges entered:

 

Woodblock Wednesday Dec 2025 - Use Your Old Wood Block Stamps (Bulbs set)

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

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2026 - Use Your Unloved Stash (Bulbs set)

Simply Clean and Simple Jan 2026 - Something New (Bulbs set) 

Triple B Jan 2026 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms) 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Stampin Up

Card Stock: Hammermill White Scrap

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Blender Pencil, Twine

  

 

 

A Swirly Bon Appetit!

Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share another card made for Splitcoaststampers VSN challenges.  For this one, I decided to pull out one of my favorite Stampin Up sets Viola and Viola To Go.  Unfortunately, they're both retired.  I sold my set back in 2016 in a panic when we had to move and regretted that ever sense.  Finally found a replacement set on the secondary market that I didn't have to sign over my first born plus not have to pay a crazy amount.  I digress.

I started out by stamping my chef, spaghetti and saying in memento tuxedo black ink onto a scrap of white Hammermill card stock before coloring everything using both my prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered everything before adding brads and setting aside.  My card is dry embossed using a Sizzix swirl embossing folder and my big shot.  After the dry embossing was finished I adhered the layered image onto the card using glue dots.  Taking a black gel pen, I highlighted the "Bon Appetit", chef's mustache and neck scarf to help them stand out a bit more.  I'm really pleased with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Splitcoaststampers MAR23VSNA - Spaghetti (my swirls embossing folder, spaghetti bowl, saying, chef's neck scarf)

A Perfect Time To Craft April #4/23 - Anything Goes 

Worldwide Crafters and Colorists #3 - Anything Goes Using An Image 

Park Hopping My Happy Place April 2023 - Anything Goes Inspired By A Theme Park (my inspiration is the FOOD at Disneyland/Downtown Disney the last time I was there)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #203 - Anything Goes 

 

Park Hopping My Happy Place

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Brads, Glue Dots, Sizzix Swirls Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Black Gel Pen

PIP Challenge 2242

 

  Sponsored by Lawn Fawn

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Hello and welcome.  Today beings a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we are being sponsored by Lawn Fawn.  I would first like to thank them for sponsoring our challenge this week. 

Since I'm still dealing with migraines, and other COVID related health issues, I decided to keep my card this week clean and simple.  I started out by stamping my Headgehugs images in memento tuxedo black ink on a white card and colored using both Lyra fleshtone and Castle Arts pencils.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass distress inks around my colored images.  The final touch was adding a black Sakura 3D glaze pen for the eyes/noses and then some hand drawn "birds".

Challenges entered:

 

Through The Craft Room Door Sept27 - Anything Goes  

Critter Crazy #67 - Anything Goes With A Critter 

Ally's Angels #63 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 565 to 566 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

 

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

Stamps:  Lawn Fawn

Card Stock: Hammermill White 

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Mowed Lawn; Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Lyra and Castle Art Pencils, PFS Blending Brushes, Sakura 3D Glaze Pen

Rainbow Tree

 

Hello and welcome.  First, I would like to apologize for not posting much the last few weeks.  Between health issues, migraines and California's disgusting heat wave along with the wildfires, I have not been in a crafting mood much.  I needed to make a sympathy card for a friend who just lost a beloved cat she rescued off the streets of Hollywood several years ago.  I decided to keep the card fairly clean and simple plus ink up an old PTI set I received as a RAK (random act of kindness) a couple of months ago and haven't used yet (NBUS).

I started out by inking the tree from PTI's Through The Trees (retired) using PTI's dark chocolate ink before inking the leaves using an old Kaleidacolor Calypso ink pad then stamping onto a white card.  After stamping the saying in memento black, I decided to stamp the inside using PTI's Sympathy Loss of Pet (retired) using the same inks.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.

 

 

Challenges entered:

 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 561 & 562 - Anything Goes Uplifting (sympathy card)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stuff (Kaleidacolor ink, PTI sets)

Never Before Used Schtuff #42 September - Use Your NBUS (PTI Through The Trees set)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!

Stamps: PTI Through The Trees, Sympathy: Loss of Pet

Card Stock: PTI White

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Kaleidacolor Calypso

 

A Couple Of Clean And Simple Birthdays

Since getting COVID added wtih my chronic migraines, I have been feeling like garbage.  So, I decided to make a couple of clean and simple birthday cards using an old Inkadindadoo clear stamp set I've had for years and never used.  That way I could, at least, try focusing on something other than my health.

First card up is a one layer card.  I started out by stamping the lizard image/saying in memento tuxedo black ink onto a small scrap of white card stock before coloring with Castle Arts pencils.  I then stamped the inside saying after carefully cutting it in half so it would fit.  I then stamped the lizard again coloring with colored pencils.

Challenges entered:

 

CAS On Friday #226 - One Layer Birthday 

Splitcoaststampers F4A628 - Green 

Outlawz Festive Friday March 4 to March 17 - Birthday Theme 

 

My second card also uses scrap card stock with an Inkadinkadoo image stamped onto scrap white, colored using Castle Arts pencils as well.  After layering the stamped image onto a black scrap, I added brads as the only embellishment.

Challenges entered: 

 

Splitcoaststampers F4A#627 - Snarky Birthday 

Outlawz Festive Friday March 4 to March 17 - Birthday Theme 

Never Before Used Schtuff #36 - March Use Your NBUS 

Corrosive Challenge #3 - March Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!

Stamps: Inkadinkadoo Humerous Birthday

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Castle Art Pencils, Brads

 

What The.......

...fluffy???  Have you ever had a day that can be described by three letters???  Well, I'm having one of those days today.  Besides the migraine (thank you wildfires..not!), several other things are piling on and  just becoming overwhelming right now.  So I received this stamp set from Picket Fence Studios as a RAK and just had to use it along with Simply Wonderful (retired).

I started out by taking a long strip of scrap white card stock, folded in half and stamped the main saying before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges.  I then stamped the flowers onto scrap white card stock and fussy cut them out before pairing with greenery punched from scrap garden green card stock using the fern Martha Stewart punch.  As an after thought, I went over the stamped saying with a black prismacolor marker to make it stand out a bit more.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #19 - October 

Pixies Crafty Workshop #388 - Use Those Snippets 

Krafty Chicks #529 - Clean And Simple CAS 

Crafty Creations #414 - Anything Goes 

Outlawz Twisted Thursday Oct 8 to Oct 21 - Anything Goes Optional Leaves 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and stay safe out there!

Stamps: Picket Fence Studios

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Picket Fence Studio Intense Black

Card Stock: Hammermill White Scraps, Stampin Up Scraps

Accessories: Stipple Brush, Glue Dots, MS Fern Punch, Prismacolor Black Marker, Ranger Glossy Accents

 

650 Million Years

Hello and welcome.  Today is Humor Me Wednesday over at Catch The Bug.  Did you know September 30th is Ask A Stupid Question day?  For my card, I chose to use one of  Bugaboo's snarky images Stella Jellyfish. You can't go wrong with Stella.  Besides, I'm sure we all have run into one or two people this saying fits perfectly.

After printing my image off at 3.5x5 so I could make it into a one layer card, I colored the image using prismacolor and copic markers.  Once that was finished, I lightly rubbed some bashful blue chalk over the white areas using a cotton ball before lightly erasing areas over the saying. The only embellishments used were a white gel pen, 3D glaze pens and two epoxy star stickers.

Challenges entered:

 

Crafty Sentiments #29 - Anything Goes 

Outlawz Festive Friday Sept 18 to Oct 1 - Anything Goes 

Digi Choosday Wk 39 - Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door Sept. 29th - Anything Goes 

Not Just Cards - September Anything Goes 

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2039 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and great rest of your week.  Stay safe out there folks!

Stamps: Bugaboo

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Cotton Ball, Stampin Up Chalks, White Gel Pen, Sakura 3D Glaze Pens

Let's Doodle!

Hello and welcome.   Today is Humor Me Wednesday at Catch The Bug and although my card today isn't humorous, it does reflect my hope for 2021 - Clean And Simple!  My hope for next year is a nice, neat, low stress year especially after everything 2020 has thrown at us!  My card was inspired, not only by the year, but did you know September 20th is Doodle Day?  I sure didn't.

 

After printing off my Ornamental Flowers 2 image (at 3.5x5 inches ) onto Hammermill white card stock, I colored it using copic markers before lightly stippling the left over tumbled glass ink around the colored image.  The only embellishments used were clear bling crystals and Sakura 3D black glaze pen to highlight the butterflies flight.  A nice clean and simple card great for any occasion.

Challenges entered:

 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #151 - Picture Inspiration (I used shapes and colors) 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #18 - September 

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2038 - Anything Goes 

The Crafter's Cafe #251 - Season (I went with Spring) 

Daisy Chain Challenge #45 - Clean And Simple (CAS) 

Outlawz Festive Fridays Sept 18 to Oct 1 - Anything Goes 

 

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie #151

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and please stay safe out there.

Stamps: Bugaboo

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White

Accessories:  Copic Markers, Stipple Brush, Bling, Sakura 3D Glaze Pen

Clean And Simple Hello

Hello and welcome.  Today's Bugaboo theme challenge over at Catch The Bug is Anything Goes.  For my project today, I chose to go with a clean and simple card featuring an older Bugaboo image, although new to me, called Ladybug Hello.  I really like how this image looks with the neat handwriting off to the side.

My image is printed onto Hammermill white card stock then colored using prismacolor and copic markers.  I decided to stipple what tumbled glass ink remained on the brush to help give a bit of color for the sky before outlining the writing using a black 3D glaze pen.

Challenges entered:

Never Before Used Schtuff #18 - September 
A Gem Of A Challenge Wk 18 - Anything Goes
CD Sunday Plus #43 - Anything Goes Digital 
Digi Choosday Wk 35 - Anything Goes 
Crafters Castle #33 - Anything Goes 
Aud Sentiments #259 - Anything Goes With A Sentiment 
Splitcoaststampers IC770 - Photo Inspirations 


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join in the challenge at Catch The Bug.


Stamps: Bugaboo
Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Hammermill White
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Stipple Brush, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, 3D Glaze Pens

A Garden Of Friendship

Hello and welcome. I'm guest designing over on the Catch The Bug blog for this week's Saturday Anything Goes theme challenge for Bugaboo Digital Stamps.  My project today is a fairly clean and simple (CAS) card using the Make It Snappy - Friend Garden image. 

After printing off the image onto Neenah white card stock, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers before layering.  As an afterthought, I added some light blue and banana chalks to the image before adding the layered panel to a plain red card.    It was at this point I discovered I had run out of black brads so I made some using a small hole punch and a Martha Stewart glue pen.  Necessity is the mother of inventions right?  My only other embellishments were a black/gold organdy ribbon, a gold rose charm and a Jolee's ladybug sticker.  All of these I had bought eons ago it seems and never used them.

I'd like to also enter this into the following challenges:

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2026 - Clean And Simple
Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) - July
Splitcoaststampers USEIT2020 - Use Your Forgotten Stuff
Colour Crazy Craft Week 26 - Anything Goes
Arty Divas #25 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the design teams blogs to leave them some love and enter this week's challenge at Catch The Bug.


Stamps: Bugaboo
Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up
Accessories: Chalk, Applicator, Ribbon, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Small Hole Punch, Glue Dots, MS Glue Pen, Jolee's Ladybug Sticker, Charm, Ranger Glossy Accents.

Clean And Simple Thanks

Hello and welcome.  I've needed some thank you cards since my stash was running low so I decided to color up this cute, and free, digital stamp from Impression Obsession. 

Since I had printed them off on one of my good days, I cut down to size and then colored using my prismacolor pencils and blender pencil.  Since I'm still dealing with the migraine, I decided to leave them clean and simple.

Challenges entered:

CD Sunday Plus Challenge #37 - Anything Goes (Must Be From CD/USB/Digital Download) 
Arty Divas #23 - Anything Goes 
Word Art Wednesday #442 and #443 - Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by today.  As always, have a great day and please stay safe.

Stamps: Impression Obsession
Card Stock: Neenah White
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor Pencils, Blender Pencil

Pigs, Blessings And Friends

Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share another clean and simple card (CAS) I made using a new and never before used (NBUS) digital stamp from Sherry West Art called The Three Little Oinks.  I had originally planned on making a layered card with  this image, however, after cutting the paper down to size I realized it would make a perfect CAS card on it's own.  After coloring it using prismacolor pencils and a blender pencil, I took one of my stipple brushes and lightly stippled left over ink around the image.  My final touch was stamping the saying from an old, long retired, Stampin Up set called Wishes Awash.

Challenges entered: 

Pammies Inky Pinkies #2022 - Anything Goes 
Outlawz Monday Greetings May 25 to June 7 - Anything Goes With A Sentiment 
Colour Crazy Craft Week 21 - Anything Goes 
Arty Divas #23 - Anything Goes 
Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) - June 


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Sherry West Art, Stampin Up!
Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz Broken China
Card Stock: Neenah White
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor Pencils and Blender Pencil, Stipple Brush

Who Laid The Egg?

Hello and welcome.  With everything that's going on right now - the global pandemic, economic hardships, and the race riots here in the United States, I wanted to make a card that would make somebody smile.  Plus get me away from the constant news coverage my husband is watching.  So I printed off this image from Sherry West Art although this particular image was a freebie in her Facebook group.  The saying is from the Sayings Galore set from MFP Stamp Shop (now closed).

After printing off the image onto Neenah white card stock and coloring using both prismacolor and copic markers, I layered it before adding to a textured card.  My only embellishments is a yellow bow and a pair of googlie eyes.

Challenges entered:

CAS On Friday - Animals
Crafty Catz #508 - Anything Goes Optional 2 Layers 
Pammies Inky Pinkies #2022 - Anything Goes 
Digi Choosday Wk 21 - Anything Goes 
Not Just Cards - May Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Sherry West Art, MFP Stamp Shop
Card Stock: Neenah White, Stampin Up
Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bow, Googlie Eyes, Glue Dots

Clean And Simple Guinea Pigs

Hello and welcome.  Second post from me today.  Helps when you can't sleep due to pain.  So I've tried some simple coloring to try and distract my mind.  Didn't work but I've managed to make two clean and simple cards, along with CASE-ing a previous layout I used here, using scraps of white card stock along with some Impression Obsession stamps.  I'm in love with this little Curious Guinea Pig.

After stamping my image in memento tuxedo black ink, I colored it using Lyra flesh tone colored pencils along with a blender pencil.  Once my coloring was finished, I used some green and caramel chalk to make the ground before stippling some leftover tumbled glass dye ink for the sky.  My sentiment is from Impression Obsession's Successful Adulting set.

My second card also uses the Curious Guinea Pig with a different sentiment.  After stamping my image, I also colored it using Lyra flesh tone pencils and a blender pencil.  Prismacolor pencils were used for the ground this time.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz broken china distress ink around the edges of the card before stamping the Well Shit sentiment. 

Challenges entered:

Addicted To Stamps And More #389 - Clean And Simple (CAS) 
Pammies Inky Pinkies #2019 - Anything Goes 
Colour Crazy Craft Week 19 - Anything Goes 
Crafty Catz #506 - Anything Goes Optional Twist Outdoors 
Outlawz Thursday Twist May 7 to 21 - Anything Goes 
 
I think both cards pretty much sum up how I'm feeling right now physically.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your weekend. 

Stamps: Impression Obsession
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China
Card Stock: Neenah White Scraps
Accessories: Lyra Pencils, Blender Pencils, Prismacolor Pencils, Stipple Brushes, Chalk

Just Because And More Never Before Used Stuff

Hello and welcome.  Did you know that stamping or coloring is a real pain in the booty with a migraine?  Well now you do.  I wanted to make a card to send to a fellow migraine sufferer and figured this never before used (NBUS) cute stamp set I won from Gerda Steiner Designs would be perfect on a clean and simple card.

I started off by stamping the hippo and saying from the Hippo With Butterfly set in memento black on scrap white card stock; just big enough to create a small card.  I then stamped the little butterfly and colored everything using copic markers including creating the grass with them.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink light over and around the card.

Challenges entered:

Pammies Inky Pinkies #1914 - Anything Goes
Outlawz Festive Friday April 5 to April 18 - Anything Goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - April Anything Goes With A Critter


Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!


Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs
Ink: Memento Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Scrap White
Accessories: Copic Markers, Stipple Brush

Artful Soul

Ok, post #4 today.  Last one today...I promise.  If you're looking for my other challenges, please scroll down.  Thank you

Again...welcome.  Now I'd like to share with you a quick and simple card using Impression Obsession stamps.  For this challenge, I lightly stamped Watercolor Butterflies WP846 on to a card before adding a stripe of scrap white card stock then stamping my saying from Artful Soul C20394 in memento tuxedo black. 

Challenge entered:
Impression Obsession - Pop Up Your Words
Outlawz Festive Fridays - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend!


Stamps: IO Watercolor Butterflies WP846, IO Artful Soul C20394
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Stampin Up

Having Flies

Hi there!  My second post for today.  For my Festive Friday post, please scroll down one.  Thanks.

The second card I'm sharing with you uses a long retired Stampin Up! set called Frogs and Flies and was made for this week's Clean And Simple Frog challenge over at the Outlawz.  After stamping the main image and coloring with copic markers, I lightly spritzed a green galore marker using the Inkworks Color Spritzer tool before adding some green baby brads as my only embellishment.  Once the layered main image was adhered to the card using glue dots, I inked the edges of the card using memento cottage ivy dye ink.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: SU Frogs and Flies
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy
Card Stock: SU
Accessories: Copic Markers, Glue Dots, Brads

Every Day

Hello again.  Today I am sharing a card I made for this week's Shopping Our Stash Buttons challenge. I wanted to do a clean and simple card since I tend to have trouble with those, so after pulling out my PTI basket and some buttons, I got to work.

I stamped the image from PTI's Every Day Button Bits in memento cottage ivy ink, I pulled out a pack of Stampin Up! ice cream parlour buttons.  After selecting the buttons, I then adhered them using glue dots and then stamped my saying also from Every Day Button Bits to finish the card off.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: PTI Every Day Button Bits
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Cottage Ivy
Card Stock: White
Accessories: SU Ice Cream Parlour Buttons, Glue Dots

Birthdays And Candy Bars

Hello again.  Today I would like to share a one layer clean and simple (CAS) card I made using one of my favorite stamps.  You just can't go wrong using Charlie Brown or any of the Peanuts© characters on a card or scrapbook page.

I started off by stamping the image and saying in memento black ink onto a folded white card before coloring parts of the image using prismacolor and copic markers.  I then took chalk pencils to color the rest before blending out the chalk using Q-Tips.  I really love how the chalked sections turned out.

Challenges entered:
Pammies Inky Pinkies #179

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampendous
Card Stock: White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Markers, Chalk Pencils, Q-Tips