PIP Challenge 2540

Our Sponsor is

Pattie's Creations

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies and this week we're being sponsored by Pattie's Creations.  I would like to thank Pattie for her sponsorship of this week's challenge. My card this week features Pattie's image Hibiscus the Tropical Gnome.

 

After printing the image onto Neenah white cardstock, I colored everything using my Ohuhu markers before stippling some Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink using a blending brush then layered the image.  I then glue some die cuts and punched sea life before highlighting the water using stickles glitter glue.  The final touches were some yellow bling flower centers and stamping a long retired Stampin Up saying.  I'm really happy with how this turned out especially since I'm dealing with yet another migraine and fibromyalgia flare up.

 

Challenges entered:

 

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

Pattie's Creations Challenge #235 - Anything Goes 

CD Sunday Plus #168 - Anything Goes Digital (Pattie's Creations image)

Ally's Angels #98 - Anything Goes 

Paper Funday #81 - Anything Goes Optional Cute or Creepy 

 

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

 

Stamps: Pattie's Creations; Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Ohuhu Markers, Bling, Glue, Big Shot, Seagull Dies, Sea Life Punches, Stickles
  

Have Youself A Merry Little Reindeer

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share Christmas card I made using the  Little Reindeer clear set from Gerda Steiner Designs.  This is a second card I made as part of World Cardmaking Day this weekend.

 

I started out by stamping the reindeer, birds and saying in Memento tuxedo black ink using a MISTI before coloring everything using my Ohuhu markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stippled some tumbled glass distress ink using a blending brush before adding some faux brads and adhering to a ballet blue card with scrap designer paper.  I then added some white/gold organdy ribbon, and gold bling, along with googlie eyes to the birds to finish it off.  Similar look to yesterday's card, yet different.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (images/saying)

Little Red Wagon #827 - H Is For Holidays (Christmas)

Paper Funday #81 - Anything Goes Optional Cute/Creepy (AG and Cute)

Addicted To Stamps and More #502 - Christmas 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Design

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Scrap Designer Paper

Accessories: MISTI, Ohuhu Markers, Ribbon, Bling, Glue, Faux Brads, 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) 

 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas Snowman

 

 

Hello and welcome.  Today is part of World Cardmaking Day which reminds us that the best gifts come from the heart, not your bank account, so try making a handmade card and give it to someone you care about.  For me, World Cardmaking Day is the kickoff for making my Thanksgiving, and sometimes, the Christmas cards I send out every year.  My card today features this cute Happy Snowman and his bluebird friend from Gerda Steiner Designs.  

 

After stamping him in memento tuxedo black ink onto Hammermill white card stock, I colored him using my Ohuhu markers.  I then stamped the bird twice, colored and punched one out to pop up before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink using a blending brush before layering.  I then added the layered panel to a ballet blue card with scrap designer paper that reminded me of snowflakes.  To my card, I added some holly bling stickers in the corners instead of brads.  I then added some more bling and a white/gold organdy ribbon along the side to finish it off.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Creative Fingers #309 - Anything Goes 

Pattie's Creations #235 - Anything Goes 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 718 to 719 - Anything Uplifting Goes 

Creative Inspiration #31 - Anything Goes 

Little Red Wagon #827 - H Is For Holidays (Christmas)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps:  Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass 

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Scrap Designer Paper

Accessories: MISTI, Ohuhu Markers, Bling, Glue, Ribbon, Pop Dots, Circle Punch  

Pick Your Poison

 

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an altered frame I made using some of the new Halloween/Goth images from Conjurer of Dreams.  It's taken me a bit longer to make, and photograph, than I had planned thanks to my migraines.

 

I started out by combining the following sets using Photoshop©: Grungy Abandoned Background, Wednesday, Women of the Night clip art, Alice in Halloweentown, Halloween Quotes, and Poe Clip Art before printing onto Neenah white card stock.  After I cut it down to size, I die cut several ghosts, spiders, web and "black/gray greenery with flowers" using scraps before adding them to my frame using glossy accents.  Once everything was dry, I added some black bling and spider sequins to finish it off.  I'm really happy with how this turned out especially since I've been having both migraine flare-ups and fibromyalgia flare-ups.  Making this definitely helped me try to focus on something besides the pain.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #79 - Use Your NBUS (dies, sequins, Wednesday image, saying) 

Two Old Bats Oct 2025 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Craft Rocket #130 - Autumn/Halloween (Halloween)

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

Snippets Playground #516 - Use Those Snippets/Scraps (all die cut/punched items/scraps) 

Conjurer of Dreams Color Challenge Oct 2025 - See Below Insp Pic 

 

 

Two Old Bats

 

COD Facebook Group Color Challenge 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah White; Scraps

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Big Shot, Ghost Dies, MS Punches, Web & Spider Die, Glossy Accents, Pop Dots, Bling, Glue, 3D Black Glaze Pen

 

 

  

PIP Challenge 2538

 

 Sponsored by Newton's Nook

Newton's Nook Challenge

Newton's Nook FB Design and Share  

Hello and welcome.  Today begins a new challenge over at Pammie's Inky Pinkies.  I would like to thank them for their sponsorship of our challenge. My project this week uses the retired Paradise Palms and Newton's Seashell sets.  

 

I started out by stamping everything using various colors of Memento ink before coloring my kitty/shell using Ohuhu markers.  Once that was finished, I stippled chipped sapphire, broken china distress inks and caramel dye ink before layering and adding some sand dollar brads I've had for years.  After adding the layered image panel to my card, I adhered a gold lighthouse charm using glossy accents, bling and two punched blue crabs to my scene.  Some twine finishes the card off.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Inkspirational #350 - Trees (Palm Trees)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #262 - Anything Goes

Gem of a Craft #10 - Anything Goes

Paper Rocks Scissors Sept 2025 - Anything Goes Using Paper and/or Scissors (cardstock)

 

 

  

 

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

 

Stamps: Newton's Nook

Ink: Various Memento; Tim Holtz Broken China, Chipped Sapphire; Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Ohuhu Markers, Charm, Glossy Accents, Brads, Pop Up Glue Dots, Crab Punch, Bling, Twine, Glue  

Happy Anniversary Birds

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you an anniversary card I made using the Happy Birthday Birds digital greeting card from Gerda Steiner Designs.  These cute little birds come with the Happy Birthday To You greeting in the cards as well as a blank version to "make it your own".  I used the blank version and typed in my anniversary saying using Photoshop© before printing it out onto Hammermill white card stock.

 

Once I had the image printed, I colored it using my Ohuhu markers.  I then went and added the tree "canopy" above, using a long retired Stampin Up set, before lightly stippling tumbled glass distress ink for the sky and added brads.  The final touches were googlie eyes to one of the birds, prima flowers and some bling from my stash.  I'm happy with how this turned out and will probably give it to my husband for our anniversary in a couple months.

 

 Challenges entered:

 

Triple B Challenge: Sept 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (birds)

CD Sunday Plus #167 - Anything Goes Digital (Gerda Steiner Designs)

Creative Inspiration #30 - Anything Goes 

Elliebelle's Garden Party #7 - Anything Goes In Or Out Of A Garden (trees, birds)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass; Stampin Up Old Olive, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Garden Green

Card Stock: Hammermill; Stampin Up

Accessories: Ohuhu Markers, Computer, Printer, Bling, Brads, Primas, Glue Dots, Googlie Eyes, Blending Brush 

 

A Toast To Friends

 

Hello and welcome.  I'm thrilled to be guest designing for Gerda Steiner Designs again.  I love her stamp sets, and digital sets, and these pigeons are hilarious.  

 

I've stamped a pigeon from both the A Toast To You mini and the Pigeons 4x6 stamp sets in memento black onto Hammermill white card stock before coloring them using Prismacolor and Copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I stamped the saying twice, once on a Hammermill scrap to pop up later. After adding some leftover tumbled glass distress ink that was on a blending brush, I layered the colored panel before adding some faux brads.  After adding my popped up saying, I dug out some grey velvet ribbon from my stash, added googlie eyes, and primas with bling centers to finish it off.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #78 - Use Your NBUS (stamp sets)  

Neglected Stuff Sept 2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (ribbon, primas) 

Critter Crazy #102 - Anything Goes Featuring A Critter (pigeons)

Paper Funday #80 - Anything Goes: Optional Changing Seasons (anything goes)

Word Art Wednesday Wks 716 to 717 - Anything Goes Uplifting 

Triple B Challenge Sept 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (birds - pigeons) 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Gerda Steiner Designs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass Distress

Card Stock: Hammermill; Stampin Up

Accessories: MISTI, Pop Dots, Googlie Eyes, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Blending Brush, Primas, Glue Dots, Bling, Ribbon, Faux Brads