Card #23 for 2026

Dear blog readers thank you for stopping in for 

a visit.  I'm so happy to be home, and not in the hospital. 

I tried weeding my garden last Saturday, and I'm still paying

for it in pain.  So I figured I might as well just calm down 

and make a card. 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets I used are stampin Up:

Coneflower celebrations

Irresistible blooms

The smoke has drifted down from Canada to 

WI.   It has a summer haze to it, but it's mostly smoke.

Out front our house, the road is a work zone.  A hard 

shut down they call it.  Thank the LORD we have an alley

we can use to get on our property.

Apparently my Patriot puppy can't take it anymore.  wink

The verse I chose for this card is:

John 6:11 NKJV

And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks

 He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; 

and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.

I learned an important message in this verse that convicted my heart.

Notice Jesus Thanked God before the miracle happened of feeding so many.

We must pray with Thanksgiving first and trust God for the miracle. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Card #22 for 2026

Dear blog readers what a day.  I took a veggie supplement, and

I think it gave me a little bit of energy today.  That and trying to 

keep my mind of my troubles.  I kept myself busy, so along 

with making a skillet cookie, homemade biscuits and curry for supper, 

I also made this card which I will enter in the challenge at:

CAS Colours & Sketches

The stampin up sets I used are:

Wildflower path

Irresistible blooms

Sweet strawberry

I stamped and punched out the images.  I also added

a few dimensionals behind the strawberry to lift it up a bit.

I gave it a nice little coating of sparkles with wink of stella too.  

Not strawberries, but my raspberries are coming along nicely.

Unfortunately I'm not about to eat anything with seeds quite yet.

Just too much too worry about, after this past year.  

I picked some of them before the blue jays got them all.

Patriot pup was busy standing guard. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Matt 3:8 NKJV

Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Card #21 for 2026

 
Dear blog readers, I'm sorry I've been gone again
for awhile.  I miss stamping terribly, but struggling to 
get well. Any ways I'm home for now. Thank the LORD.
I will try to make the most of it.  Here is a card I will enter in 
the challenge at:  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 

I used stampin Up:

Ode to Spring. which I only have in French, but I thought

the images were so darling so I purchased it even though I can't read French. 

Learn & Grow.  I always enjoy a cute book/teacher stamp set.

almost as much as Christmas sets. 

I used a lovely DSP for the background behind the little critters.

I'll never get use to stamping when the images don't line up, it's 

suppose to give that natural water coloring sort of look, I just feel

likes it's unfinished but it's done I assure you.  wink. 

My raspberries are coming in nicely, unfortunately, no

gardening for me yet this summer again.  I can't even eat 

the delicious berries yet but hopefully someday.  Hubby is 

enjoying them for now.  

Patriot puppy had his second Birthday on July 4th.

The little fella is growing up.  I will try to add some 

videos to instagram.  

My neighbors the train yard.  I figured I'd better get some pictures

and videos posted of this too on instagram.  My friends like to see

things like this.  It always amazes me that when I tell people what my son 

does for work, they act like trains are no longer a thing. My son is a freight train conductor. 

  I can testify to the fact that trains are still out and about, they run 24/7 never a day off. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 42:1 NKJV

As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

Card #20 for 2026

Dear blog readers, trying to get back to stamping has proven to be 

quite a chore lately.  Just got out of the hospital again

 with kidney infection and sepsis.  Praying to Jesus I will be healed. 

So this is the best I can do for today. 

I will enter this card

in the challenge at:

Try a Sketch on Tuesday

The stamp sets I used are, Stampin Up:

Happy 4th of July (single stamp)

Light the sky

Star of light

Deckled circles

Number of years 

Taylored Expression:  Of thee I sing.

The card looked a little plain with just the swirl on top, and

nothing else.  So I added some star washi tape and then die

cut out the numbers in shimmer silver for our Fourth of July

anniversary celebration.  I'm thinking balloons and fireworks 

would have been swell, but just not feeling well enough to 

pull out all the stamps and play yet.   

Patriot pup is excited because He will be turning 2 

on July 4th.  He loves watching out the windows.

Out front our street is under construction.  Even though 

the old house is shaking and it's nerve wracking, At least I'm not

in the hospital.  So I will take the construction any day.  It's  nice not having all the

traffic zoom by.  We are use to the train yard.  The traffic is the most annoying thing

about living on this busy street.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Gal 5:1 NKJV
 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, 

and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Card #19 for 2026

Dear blog readers, I thought I better make a Father's

day card or it will be here before I know it, and  no card.

My dad's birthday is Flag Day (14th) so Father's day

always sneaks up on me.  wink  

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

The Paper Players

The stamp set I used is, stampin up

Trusty tools.

I pretended it was a Bob Ross painting.

So I brushed the paint (ink) on one side

stamped the brushes dipped in matching ink, cut 

them out and pop them up a bit, then I 

 used the DSP as the art.  Like pulling

back a curtain to reveal the masterpiece.  

Patriot pup loves to rest his chops on the shelves 

in our pillars.. It's his drive up window for treats.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Proverbs 23:24 NKJV

The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise child will delight in him.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Card #18 for 2026

Dear blog readers, this card is for my dad.

His birthday is flag day.  I think that is so cool,

so I always try to make sure and do something patriotic 

for him.  He served our country in the United States Army,

and spent a year in Vietnam.  I'm so very proud of my humble 

and courageous dad.   When my mom was alive she use to 

say, that I'm a carbon copy of him.  That makes me happy.

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Try a Sketch on Tuesday

The stamp sets I used in this card are stampin up:

Deckled circle dies

Borders to backgrounds

Light the sky

Layered thoughts

Number of years 

Our strawberries are coming in, just home all the critters

leave them alone so hubby can have them, I'm a little 

worried about seeds yet.  

Puppy loves to stand and watch the trains, squirrels,

and birds, it's hard to stay focused on just one thing. 

The verse I chose for this card is
Psalm 118:24 NKJV

This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Card #17 for 2026

Dear blog readers, it's almost been 2 months since 

my last card was made❕❕  I've been doing my 

scripture journal doodles, and a little crocheting,

but mostly going to doctors and procedures.  

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Try a Sketch on Tuesday

The stamp sets I used in this card are:

Stampin Up:

So sentimental

Here comes the sun

Lilypad lake

and Decled circle dies.

And I thought it was a squirrel pulling out the plants.

The little darling keeps us busy. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Ex 15:26 NKJV

and said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God 

and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments

 and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which

 I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ