Happy New Year~ A look back at 2018 my top 12 card choices.

I came across a lovely blog at: WeebeeStampin4fun.  Wendy had this neat idea of highlighting a few cards each month for the year of 2018.  I loved this idea so much that I thought I'd give it a try too.

So here are the 12 picks for my year in review. 

January 2018

It had to be the card I made for my Daughter's Wedding 💝

February 

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November 

December 

Thank you for joining me on this journey of looking back on a few of the cards I made in 2018.

I'd love to know what some of your favorites were.  

✨Happy New Year✨

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

CTS #302`Beach Happy Stampin Up

 I made this card for the challenge at: 

CAS(E) This Sketch

 

I decided to go simple with very little layering. 

The stamp set featured in today's card is from:

Stampin Up: Beach Happy

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

I look forward to reading your comments.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

Sketch #296 Happy New Year

 I made this New year's celebrate card for the challenge at: 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 

 

I started by using the Happy New Year sentiment behind the numbers, but it was just a bit much, so I saved that sentiment for the inside and worked with the word "celebrate"  and that helped tame down the chaos.

I thought a few little firecrackers in the background would set the new year off with a delightful pop.    I'm including the blurry picture, because some how I think it's quite artsy.  If that's even a word.  Apparently it is because auto spell check didn't highlight it.  😉 Well now I know.  But I do like how it looks.  

I'm also including a picture of the lovely Christmas gift I received from my husband.  I love watching the birds, and this is a fantastic gift.  I can see it from each of the south facing windows in our home.

Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit.  I look forward to reading your comments.  I feel so badly that I have not went to claim a few badges yet.  I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has liked my cards.  I truly appreciate it.  Hopefully now that our contractor is gone.. I will be able to focus more on adding badges to my blog again.💗

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

#GDP170 Wishing you Well, Itty Bitty Greetings, Let it Ride, Stampin Up

 I made this card today for the challenge at: 

Global Design Project 

 

Here are the stamp sets featured in Today's card:

Stampin Up: Wishing You Well

Stampin Up:  Itty Bitty Greetings 

Stampin Up:  Let it Ride

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.  I look forward to reading your comments.  

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

CAS Game #130 - Three of Something, Beach Happy, Stampin Up

 Wowza❕  The past few days have been a whirlwind here.  I can't believe I haven't sat down to make a card in almost 5 days.  YIKES.  Well I quickly made this lovely little beach card  so I could submit it to the challenge at: AAA Cards

 I really wanted to make a Christmas card, but I had a new set to play with so I chose to use that instead.. however I have so many ideas. I might have to submit one more card before the challenge ends.  I posted a few pictures so you could see the sparkles I added on the sand and the umbrellas.   It's really loaded.  But I think it adds a nice touch.    After looking at it I wish I would have put a couple reindeer in the chairs, that would have been super cute.  I just didn't have "sitting deer"  haha. 

Any ways I sure do appreciate you stopping by for a visit.   

I love to read your comments.  

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

FMS368 Wrapped In Warmth, Stampin Up a•muse studio Perk Up

 Happy Sunday.  I've been trying to wrap a few last minute Christmas packages, and it appears I have also wrapped my sharpie marker in one of the boxes, as it is now lost.  I suppose that means it's time to step away and make a card.  So that's what I did.  I will submit this card to the challenge at: 

Freshly Made Sketches 

 

I used a few different patterned papers to give it that knitted warm look so that it would tie in with the mugs and the sentiment.  

The stamp sets featured in today's card are:

Stampin Up:  Wrapped in Warmth

a•muse studio: Perk Up

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

I look forward to reading your comments.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping.

PJ

Sketch #295~Vintage Vogue, What I Love, Wishing You Well, Vintage Postcard, Stampin Up

 My daughter requested I make a thank you for her co-worker, so I came up with this card.    I will submit it to the challenge at:

 Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamps featured in today's card are:

Stamping up: Vintage Vogue

Stamping up: What I Love

Stamping Up: Wishing You Well

Stamping Up: Vintage Postcard

I found some lovely background paper in my stash that worked well with the little lady at her writing desk.   I thought the bow also "tied" in well because it's so elegant looking.  I then added some gold ribbon to reflect the gold in the paper.  I hope my daughter will like it. 

I'm also adding a picture of the stockings I made for her.  Her husband's family has arrived in town for the Holidays, so we filled them with candies.  They turned out so cute.  She hung them on her lovely banister in their new home. 🎄

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. 

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping.

PJ

CTS #301 Farm House Christmas Stampin Up

 I waited until the last possible minute (almost) to order this cute stamp set from Stampin Up.  Perhaps because I spent most of my growing up years in a garage helping my dad fix cars and trucks.  I felt like this little truck didn't have enough details and such, but folks, I was wrong, it's adorable.  I'm so happy that I purchased this set and I think it worked lovely with this background paper and washi tape.  I will be submitting it to the challenge at: 

CAS(E) This Sketch  

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.  I look forward to your comments.  

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

TMS #484 Crocheted Christmas Wreath Card

 How exciting that just last night I came across a cute little crochet pattern on pinterest.  I must say I'm not very good at crocheting and even worse at reading instructions, but this little ornament wreath was so cute I wanted to give it a try.  So last night I whipped it up.  I even impressed my husband.  So that's sweet. 💗 It showed that you can slip this little ornament over a wine bottle or something for gift giving.  Well, I chose to make a card with it.  I found the perfect little Santa face to tuck on the inside and used a wood grain background paper to look like a door panel, I added a few little snowflakes to help fill in the edges a bit.   I must also add, that french knots are really difficult for me.  I read how to do it, but apparently I don't have the hang of it, but for me the berries look good enough.   

I'm going to submit my crocheted ornament card to the challenge at: Tuesday Morning Sketches where anything goes.   How exciting that I get to share my little project.  

I also included a picture of the inside of the card.  A little tree cut out suggesting perhaps to use the wreath as an ornament. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.  I look forward to reading your comments.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping.

PJ

* I forgot to add the bow to my wreath.  

FMS367 Recollections Christmas set. Merry Christmas. Let It snow. Snowman

I made this card for the challenge at: 

Freshly Made Sketches

I love how it turned out. 

The stamped images are from a Recollections  set called Christmas.   They are not the best quality to work with, however they did stamp the images pretty good, so no complaints there.  After coloring and cutting out the little snowman, I covered him heavily with clear wink of stella.  It doesn't really show up in the picture, but it's pretty sparkly.   I added a few snowflake brads and dotted each one with a pearl. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.  I look forward to reading your comments.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

#TGIFC190 Winter Wishes, Wishing You Well, Stampin Up, Merry Christmas

 I fell in love with this lovely sketch at: TGIF

I knew I had to make a card to submit to the challenge.  

The stamp sets featured in today's card are:

Stamping Up:  Winter Wishes

Stamping Up: Wishing You Well

 I tied a bow, using the white ribbon that I have on the card, but it just didn't look nice.  So I decided to stamp the bow.  That was a whole process too, I finally ended up embossing the bow in red, and finishing it off with a white pearl.  I also tied jingle bells under it to give it a festive look.   After stamping, coloring and cutting out all my images it was then time for the placement.  Oh gosh I think it turned out better then expected.

Well, I'm off now to start writing out my Christmas Cards.  Hope I get them all done today. 

I'm also thinking quite seriously about specializing in making mostly Christmas Cards for my Etsy Shop.  For next season of course.   I Love making Christmas cards, and this way I will be able to offer packages too.  I'm so grateful because I recently just had 3 big sales in my store. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping.

PJ

TMS #483 Snow is Glistening, Holly Berry Happiness Snowfall Thinlits, Stampin Up

 I made this card for the challenge at: Tuesday Morning Sketches 

I went for a nontraditional Christmas color theme, and I love how it turned out.  

The stamp sets featured in this card today are: 

Stampin Up:  Snow is Glistening

Stampin Up:  Holly Berry Happiness

and a Stampin up Snowfall Thinlits.

I layered each die cut white snowflake with a brown one, to give it some dimension, I also added a white pearl to the center of three of the snowflakes. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.   I look forward to reading your comments. 

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ