PIP Challenge 2546

 

Sponsored by StarStampz

 

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Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by StarStampz. I would like to thank them for their sponsorship.  My card this week uses the Sunflower Smiles digital stamp set.

 

I started out by printing the image onto Hammermill white card stock before coloring it using my Ohuhu markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I lightly stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink using a blending brush before layering and adding some yellow brads.  After adhering my layered panel to the card, I then added some bling and a small gingham yellow bow to finish it off.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #80 - Use Your NBUS (image)

Art Nudge 112B - See Mood Board Below (inspired by colors)

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

A Place To Start Nov 2025 - Anything Goes Optional Something New (new is image)

Cupcake Inspirations #631 - See Mood Board (board colors in sunflowers) 

 

 

Art Nudge

 

 

 

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

 

Stamps: StarStampz  

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ohuhu Markers, Bow, Bling, Glue, Glue Dots, Blending Brush, Brads 

Someone Say Cake?

 

 

Hello and welcome.  I've not been around blogland much the last couple weeks.  Between my husbands, and mine, health issues, neither one of us has been having fun.  I finally got this card finished using one of the new release sets from Gerda Steiner Designs called Peeking Over Puppies.  These little guys are just adorable.  They're stamped in memento tuxedo black ink on Hammermill white card stock then colored using my new Ohuhu markers before fussy cutting out then setting aside.  I then created my background using a slimline cloud stencil and some stormy sky distress ink.  After layering, and adding some photo corners from my stash, I glue a few copper gems on to finish it off.

 

Challenges entered: 

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (stamp set)

Addicted to Stamps and More #504 - Any Occasion (birthday)

Krafty Chicks #791 - Masculine (boy's birthday)

Cupcake Inspirations #629 - What Makes You Smile (dogs/cats, cake/cupcakes/pie/etc)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Stormy Sky

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Ohuhu Markers, Bling, Bow, Photo Corners, Stencil, Blending Brush

 

PIP Challenge 2516

 

Sponsored by

 PIP CHALLENGES

The prize will be a $10 Gift Certificate from

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 MFT's Lighthouse Gnomes.  I've had this set for awhile now and just haven't used it until now.

 

I started out by stamping everything in memento tuxedo black ink onto Copic white card stock before coloring the images using Ohuhu's Honolulu markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I fussy cut the gnomes and seagulls before setting them aside to blend some tumbled glass distress ink around the edges and to fill in the sky before layering and adding brads.  I then adhered the layered image panel to my card base using glue dots, then adhered the gnomes I had cut out.  The only embellishment added was some ice stickles to highlight the water and light from the lighthouse.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 694 to 695 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Hearts Quest Fantasy #4 2025 - Anything Goes Fantasy, Optional Unicorns (anything goes fantasy/gnomes) 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #73 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Cupcake Inspirations #616 - Friendship 

Neglected Stuff April 2025 - Use You Neglected Stash (MFT stamp set)

 

 

 

 

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: MFT

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Copic; Stampin Up

Accessories: Ohuhu Honolulu Markers, Ice Stickles, Brads, Glue Dots, Blending Brush 

A Cat Dragon And A Steampunk Mermaid

Hello and welcome.  The last few days have been really bad with this migraine, and associated auras.  More than once I hit the need to cry.  I've lost more sleep, and been the sickest,or in pain, in a long time, over the last several days.  Fortunately, I've had pre-colored images already printed out that I could finish assembling.  It's been a project just trying to photograph, and blog, the few projects I've gotten done.  

First up, it's no secret I LOVE cats/kittens so this freebie image from Gecko Galz for their monthly fantasy challenge is right up my "alley".  I had printed the image at 3.5x5 inches before trimming it down, layering and adding gold brads.  The card is made using Neenah white card stock and Gecko Galz's Island Girl digital paper set.  It might be retired, or sold out, since I don't see it in the store right now.  Once I had the paper adhered to my card base, I added an eggplant envy scrap as a border before adding my layered image using pop dots.  After adding some black/gold ribbon from my stash, and Crafty Meraki Midnight Shimmer Illusion bling and my card was finished.  

Challenges entered:

 

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

Gecko Galz Monthly Fantasy Challenge July 2024 - Anything Goes Using Provided Image 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (ribbon) 

CD Sunday Plus #138 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz image and designer paper)

Cupcake Inspirations #599 - Pink/Purple (see pic below) 

Critter Crazy #88 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (cat-dragon)

 

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Gecko Galz Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ribbon, Pop Dots, Glue, Bling, Brads

 

 

Next up is a steampunk mermaid using this month's freebie from Gecko Galz for their monthly Steampunk challenge. She's printed on Neenah white card stock and layered using scraps of Recollections card stock with one layer distressed using a Tim Holtz paper distresser.  Setting aside my layered image panel, I trimmed down another color of the Gecko Galz Island Girl digital paper and added that to a white card base.  I then took some of the scraps and made a middle border layering it onto scrap Recollections card stock.  Pulling out a small hole punch, I created my own faux brads before popping up the layered image using pop dots.  The final touches were some fibers from my stash and teal sequins from Picket Fence Studios.  

Challenges entered:

 

 Gecko Galz Monthly Steampunk July 2024 - Anything Goes Using Provided Image 

Gem Of A Craft Wk 14 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday #67 - Anything Goes Optional Use A Critter (anything goes)

Shopping Our Stash #526 - Summer (inspired by going to the ocean)

Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends #234 - Anything Goes 

Hearts Quest #7 - Anything Goes Optional Mermaids (mermaid)

 

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Recollections; Gecko Galz Digital Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Fibers, Paper Distresser, Sequins, Glue, Pop Dots, Faux Brads

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

PIP Challenge 2426

 

Sponsored by Lawn Fawn

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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 this week.  I decided to increase my children's birthday card stash so this week my card features Lawn Fawn's Winter Narwal set I received from a friend and hadn't used yet. 

 

I started out by stamping the main image on scrap white card stock before cutting up the Happy Birthday included with the set.  Once I had done that, I wanted to create my own saying, so I stamped the Have A Narly saying first before stamping the Birthday underneath it before coloring using my copic markers.  After I had the image panel colored, and layered, I adhered that to a retired Gecko Galz ATC Anchor's Away background sheet then layered that.  Since I was making this for a child's birthday, I didn't add any embellishments so the card could be used for any child's age.  Now as an afterthought, I lightly stippled leftover tumbled glass distress ink from a previous project.  I'm fairly happy with it especially since my migraines have been really active again.

Challenges entered:

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

A Place To Start July 2024 - Anything Goes 

Cupcake Inspirations #597 - Anything Goes 

Gem of a Craft Challenge Wk13 - Anything Goes 

Cardz 4 Guyz #350 - Masculine (went with masculine child)

 

 

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; Gecko Galz

Card Stock: Recollections; Scraps

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Copic Markers, Blending Brush

Vintage Flowers

 Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a card made over the last several days coloring it only as I felt up to it.  My card is using Gecko Galz Background Check digital stamp set.

Once I was done printing the image at 3.5x5, to make it easier to color, I pulled out my Castle Arts watercolor pencils and colored the flowers, stems, butterfly and bee blending the colors using a blending pencil.  Once I was finished, I blended Tim Holtz tea dye and old paper distress inks using my blending brushes.   After layering the colored image, and added rose colored brads, I adhered it to my card using glue dots.  The final touch was adding some flat-backed vanilla pearls that found in my stash, never having been used.

Challenges entered:

 

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

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (pearls)

Digi Choosday Wk24 - Anything Goes 

Beautiful Blossoms #18 - Anything Goes Floral 

Cupcake Inspirations #597 - Anything Goes 

Splitcoaststampers IC968 - The Other Aesthetic (inspired by the tulips used daisies instead)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 653 to 654 - Anything Goes Uplifting (inside saying With Sympathy) 

Gecko Galz Facebook Flowers and Flutterbies - Anything Goes Featuring Flowers and Butterflies/Dragonflies/Bees

CD Sunday Plus #136 - Anything Goes Digital (Gecko Galz)

IC968

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: Tim Holtz Old Paper, Tea Dye Distress Ink

Card Stock: Neenah White; Stampin Up

Accessories: Castle Arts Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pencil, Pearls, Brads, Glue Dots, Glue, Blending Brushes

 

The Rose Quartz Castle

 

 

Once upon a time there lived a princess in a rose quartz castle after moving out of her evil step-mother's house......

Hello and welcome.  I'm guest designing over at Park Hopping My Happy Place challenges this month and the theme is Let's Celebrate.  Be inspired by the castle's pictured or you can use any other theme park related inspiration.  For my card, I chose to go be inspired by ALL of  the Disney© theme park castle and dug out an Impression Obsession digital stamp called Castle With Swing (NBUS).  It's part of their Gary Robertson line of digital images so if you haven't tried their digital stamps, you really should.  The detail is amazing! 

After I printed it onto Neenah white card stock, I pulled out my Castle Arts watercolor pencils and got to coloring.  Now with the way my migraines have been lately, this did take me about two weeks to color.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it, added silver mini brads and then distressed the edges of the layered panel using my Tim Holtz paper distresser then set aside.  I then pulled out my MFT brick wall stencil, paper pouncers and mowed lawn distress ink to create the card's background.  I then adhered my layered image using pop up glue dots for a little dimension.  The final touch was crystal ice stickles highlighting the water, crown and purple mushroom.  I'm really happy with how this turned out.  I hope you can join us at Park Hopping My Happy Place for this month's challenge.

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #59 - Use Your NBUS (digital image)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (digital image)

Double D Jan 17 - Sparkle and Shine (used ice stickles on water, crown, mushrooms) 

Cupcake Inspirations #586 - Fairy Tales (inspired by Cinderella's castle)

Digi Choosday Wk 4 - Anything Goes Digital (image from Impression Obsession)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Anything Goes

Paper Funday #61 - Anything Goes Optional Let's Celebrate (anything goes)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Impression Obsession

Ink: Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn Distress

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Castle Arts Watercolor pencils, Blender Pencil, Brads, Distressing Tool, Pop Up Glue Dots, Paper Pouncer, MFT Brick Wall Stencil, Ice Stickles