PIP Challenge 2624

 Gerda Steiner 

 Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by Gerda Steiner Designs.  I would like to thank Gerda for sponsoring this week's challenge.  My card this week uses Gerda's Pool Piggies stamps and matching dies.  Before I begin, how is it June already and triple digit heat?  I am not a fan of the heat and would like my money back please.  

 

I started out by stamping all the images in memento tuxedo black ink before coloring them using my Ohuhu markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I die cut the images, and a sun, before adhering them to a card with water designer paper I've had for years and not used up.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz wild honey distress ink using a blender brush.  The final touches were sequins, highlighting the saying using a black 3D glaze pen and adding stickles to the designer paper for the "waves".  I'm really happy with how this turned out since I've been having a lot of health issues lately.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Love Those Pretty Papers June 2026 - Anything Goes (wave paper)

Four Seasons June 2026 - Summer (inspired by beach, water, umbrella covers)

Time Out #315 - See Board Below (inspired by water/summer prompts)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #279 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 756 and 757 - Anything Goes Uplifting (enjoying summer) 

 

Four Seasons

 

Time Out 

 

 

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

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Wild Honey

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Designer Paper

Accessories: Big Shot, Dies, Ohuhu Markers, Blending Brush, Sequins, Glue, Stickles 

 

 

 

 

PIP Challenge 2610

 

 

Sponsored by

 Lawn Fawn

Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're sponsored by Lawn Fawn.  I would like to take a moment to thank them for sponsoring us this week.  My project this week uses an up-cycled cardboard tab from an Amazon box along with the Birthday Before N Afters stamp set I've had for a while just hadn't used yet.

 

I started out by stamping my images (inside and out) in memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap white card stock before coloring it using my Ohuhu markers.  Taking some scrap designer paper, I covered the "tag" before adding my colored images.  Taking some star dust stickles, I highlighted parts of the outside image before adding velcro to the inside so the tag would stay shut.

 

Inside of card:

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #84 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Neglected Stuff Challenge March 2026 - Use Your Unloved Stash (stamp set)

Love Those Pretty Papers March 2026 - Anything Goes Patterned Papers 

Lawn Fanatics #216 - Happy Birthday Lawn Fawn (used Birthday Before n Afters)

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

Stamps: Lawn Fawn

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Card Stock: Scraps

Accessories: Amazon Box, Ohuhu Markers, Stickles, Velcro  

 

Similar But Different

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards I made a week ago, just hadn't uploaded yet.  I've been dealing with a nasty migraine for a while now, and nothing seems to be helping; including coloring to try and focus on something other than my migraine.  

 

After stamping both sets of images from the Little Things and Gopher It stamp sets from Gerda Steiner Designs.  Once I had stamped all of the images, I colored them using my Ohuhu before lightly blending some Tim Holtz stormy sky distress ink.  Taking my retired Stampin Up Watercolor Mini's, I created the "grass" by stamping the fern repeatedly in the following distress inks: mowed lawn, crushed olive, forest moss before lightly stippling some walnut stain on some primas I've had for years to darken them up.  I dug through my stash of designer paper scraps and found this long retired GinaK Great Outdoors digital paper and added that to my card bases.  After die cutting some scrap card stock, I made my own floral spray before adding the dyed flowers.  Some bling, faux sewing, faux brads, 3D glaze pen and stardust stickles finish them off.  I'm pretty happy with how these turned out.  Close up's below:

 

 

Challenges entered:

Woodblock Wednesday Feb 2026 - Use Those Wooden Stamps  (SU watercolor minis)

Love Those Pretty Papers Feb 2026 - Use Those Unloved Papers (GinaK Great Outdoors)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #272 - Anything Goes 

Unicorn Challenge #117 - Animals (moles)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #83 - Use Your NBUS (images)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

 

 

Hello Autumn, Just No Pecking

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a couple of cards I've had colored for a few days just hadn't gotten to assembling them yet due to pain and migraines.  

 

First up is card made using some old designer paper along with a Pattie's Creations digital image called Autumn Gnomes I had won last month.  If you don't already know me well, I LOVE GNOMES!!!!  Just about anything gnomes.  I have gnomes that I decorate the house with for each "season" and gnomes outside in my garden.  I've also got several gnome stamp sets (wood/clear/and digital) that I use.  I started out by printing these little guys on to Hammermill white card stock before coloring using my Ohuhu markers.   Once the coloring was finished, I lightly blended leftover Tim Holtz stormy sky and mowed lawn distress inks around the colored image before layering and adding some faux brads.  I then adhered my gnome panel to a ruby red card with scrap designer paper I had acquired last year.  After adding a couple of #dollartree wood elements, bling and faux stitches, my card was finished.  I'm pretty happy with how this turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Pattie's Creations #236 - Anything Goes 

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

Splitcoaststampers F4A811 - World Hello Day 

The Four Seasons Nov 2025 - See Mood Board Below (inspired by pumpkins, colors, season)

Love Those Pretty Papers Nov 2025 - Anything Goes Using Patterned Paper 

Double D Nov 2025 - Fall Colors (see mood board)  

Alphabet Challenge Nov 2025 - P Is For Pumpkins 

 

The Four Seasons

   

Double D Challenge

 

 

Next up is a sarcastic coffee card made using one of Unity Stamps new sets called Don't Cluck With My Coffee along with a retired Picket Fence Studios Down To The Last Drop 3x3 background stamp.   Normally, I'm a tea drinker (hot or iced) but have had Starbucks latte's from time to time.  Besides this chicken spoke to me so she came home. (that's my story and I'm sticking to it - LOL)  After stamping her on to Copic white card stock, I colored it using my Ohuhu markers before layering and adding some faux brads.  Taking my card base, I stamped it using my Picket Fence Studios background in orchid opulence ink before adding my layered image.  The final touches were some small white sequins and highlights using a couple of 3D glaze/souffle pens.

 

Challenges entered:  

 

Unity Show and Tell Nov 2025 - Create Your Own Background  (PFS coffee background)

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers #268 - D Is For Drink (coffee)

Creative Fingers #312 - Anything Goes 

Creative Inspirations #32 - Anything Goes 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great rest of your weekend.

 

Catching Up

 

Hello and welcome.  I have a couple of projects today that have been finished, just waiting to be photographed, on my desk for a couple of weeks using images from Conjurer of Dreams.  

 

First up is an ATC using the Autumn Squirrel set.  I combined it with the Fall and Black Silks, plus adding the saying, in Photoshop© before printing on Neenah white card stock.  I then layered the main image panel onto red/brown scraps before punching several leaves/pumpkin/flower from scraps to add.  After adding some brads and bling, my ATC was finished.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (main image)  

Critter Crazy #103 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (squirrels) 

Paper Funday #81 - Anything Goes Optional Cute or Spooky (anything goes)

Just Us Girls #797 - See Mood Board Below (inspired by fall leaves, colors)

 

 

Next up is a card made using last month's Conjurer of Dreams tag challenge image that I didn't get finished until this week.  I layered the finished tag onto the Fall Leaves and Black Silk backgrounds before adding some flower sequins to the corners.  I then added some silk leaves I've had for years behind the tag and adhered the whole thing to a card with the Fall Leaves background.  The final touches was adding some leaf sequins, bling and punched leaves from scraps of card stock.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (tag image)

Love Those Pretty Papers Oct 2025 - Use That Designer Paper (leaves background)

Neglected Stuff Oct 2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (silk leaves, fibers)

The Four Seasons Oct 2025 - See Insp Board Below (inspired by colors, falling leaves)

Inspiration Station #78 - See Insp Pic Below (inspired by colors)

 

The Four Seasons

 

Inspiration Station

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day. 

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Bling, Glue, Sequins, Leaves, Punches, Glue Dots, Fibers 

 

  

Recycled Brush Box

 

 

Hello and welcome to the April 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 

 

For my project, I took a tin my daughter had received some chocolate in and turned it into a paintbrush holder. 

 

before

 

 

after

 

After adding 3/8th inch Scor-Tape all over the tin, I adhered some Thomas Kincade© designer paper I've had for who knows how long, all around the top and edges of the tin.  I then stamped out the "brushes" using a retired Stampin Up letter set Alphadots in memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap white card stock.  I then punched the letters out before adding them to scrap gold designer paper and adhered to the tin.  I then pulled out some silk butterfly bridal confetti I've also had for years, added them using glue dots and then added some bling to finish it off.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Love Those Pretty Papers April 2025 - Anything Goes Optional Springtime (anything goes)

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

Neglected Stuff 4/25 - Anything Goes Using Neglected Items (designer paper, silk butterflies)

We Love To Create Mixed Media #4 - Anything Goes Mixed Media (tin, paper, silk butterflies, stamped letters, bling)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

 

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

 

Tis The Season

 

Hello and welcome.  I'd like to share with you a card I made using a Gecko Galz digital stamp from their Gibson Girls digital stamp set that I paired with some wave designer paper I've had in my stash for years and never used.

I started out by printing the image onto Neenah white card stock before coloring using Castle Arts colored pencils.  Once I was finished coloring, I layered the image panel, added brads and distressed it using a paper distresser before setting aside.  After I added the designer paper to my card, I die cut a few waves from scrap card stock using an old My Favorite Things die.  Once I had adhered the waves to my card, I added the image panel popping it up over the waves using pop dots.  The final touch was adding some blue sequins to finish it off.  I'm pleased with how this turned out.

Challenges entered:

 

Love Those Pretty Papers #1 - Anything Goes Using Patterned Papers 

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

The Four Seasons July 2024 - Summer (inspired by the ocean/beach)

Inspiration Station July 2024 - See Pic Below (inspired by the beach)

We Love Stamping July 2024 - Sun, Sea, Sand 

Splitcoaststamers USEIT2024 - Use Your Unloved Stash (designer paper)

Splitcoaststampers F4A750 - Friends 

Alphabet Challenge H Is For Holidays - Summer or Christmas In July (summer)

Creative Fingers #282 - Anything Goes 

Gecko Galz Facebook July 2024 - Splish Splash

Gecko Galz July 2024 - Sea of Dreams 

 

The Four Seasons

 

Inspiration Station

 

Gecko Galz Facebook Group

Gecko Galz Blog

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Gecko Galz

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah White; SU Scraps; Designer Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, MFT Wave Die, Pop Dots, Brads, Castle Arts Pencils, Sequins, Glue, Paper Distresser