CTS #391 Game on, Stampin Up Birthday Card

I made this card for the challenge at:

CAS(E) This Sketch

 

I got this crazy notion in my head that I could 

make a checker/chess board by weaving 

strips of black and red paper together. 

I was quite wrong.  It turned out to be a paper basket.  

My hands were already in bad shape from the nerve conduction

test today, but after the weaving of the papers, they locked up

on me.  So this is the best I could come up with for this evening.  

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Game On

My dear son in law tried to teach me chess, 

but I just couldn't get it.  I'm more of a card 

player.  Like Uno, or speed.  Which is so much 

fun to play with my daughter.  We both carrying on quite 

a bit.  Lots of laughing, and gasping at who can lay 

the cards down the fastest.  It's a great time.  

Chess is very serious. Perhaps that's why I'm no good at it. 

Tonight because of my hands it would have been lovely had

this set come with matching dies.  But instead I 

fussy cut out the chess pieces.   

  Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  Perhaps even a card.  I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales.  Plus I've recently just added more items.  So make sure to check it out. 😊

 

CAS Game #175 Stamping Bella, Congratulations, Brett & Brenda Get Married

I made this fun card for the challenge at:

AAA Cards

  

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stamping Bella 

Brett & Brenda Get Married  

I chose to play with one layer.  I'm not a coffee

drinker.  I know "gasp"  However, I am trying to 

like tea.  without making a face while drinking it. 

Any suggestions for a good tea?  

Another gasp, because as you can see, it's not a stampin up 

product. But nevertheless, absolutely adorable.  Hence

the reason it is now part of my stamp collection.  

I did use a stampin up product with it.  

I wanted to keep the card super simple, but I added the lovely 

shimmer white embossing paste on the bottom of her dress.  

It added such a nice sparkle. 

  Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  Perhaps even a card.  I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales.  Plus I've recently just added more items.  So make sure to check it out. 😊

 

Sketch #388 Merry Moose, In The Pines, Stampin Up, Christmas Card

Let me start off first by saying I'm going to submit this 

card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

  

Now I will tell you a quick little story, that I find unbelievable. 

You see this past Friday, I made a couple Halloween Cards

for my kiddos.  You can see them HERE. 

I needed a few die cut squares behind each of the little

spooky stamps in the Halloween card.  So that is what I did.

My friends, this is what I was left with.  See The picture below,

please excuse my stamp desk mess.  Anyways, much to my 

delight. I thought to myself, these are fantastic, I must 

make a card using these.  It reminds me of an old photo 

booth picture.  

Then this morning I click on the challenge and I just smiled, because 

there in the sketch it gave me the perfect opportunity to create.  I just 

had to scale down the size.  My daughter would say to me, "Mama, 

the LORD hath provided"  Yes indeed.  So I got busy stamping. 

Isn't that so funny?  

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Merry Moose

Stampin Up: In The Pines

Oh gosh my friends, I'm loving that 12x12 DSP background, I don't 

think I will use it in a card.  I only have this one piece and it's just 

the perfect back drop.   I LOVE moose, most likely I've mentioned that before 

but never hurts to repeat it.  Any ways I think these two stamp sets work 

well together, I also used that little tub of Shimmer white embossing paste.

Gosh it gives everything such a nice sparkle I want to

put it on all my Christmas cards.  

I'm happy to report that I acquired another sale on my Etsy shop, and are you

ready for this. I got one more sale in my Stampin Up Store.  YAY❕  

Here are a few pictures of our yard this past weekend.  
My husband cut down all our hostas.. Getting ready for the winter. 

 

Health news:  Wednesday is my appointment to be a bug zapper, I would

 appreciate your prayers, if you're willing.  I'm

  Not looking forward to this Nerve conduction test. Thank you for caring. 

  Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  Perhaps even a card.  I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales.  Plus I've recently just added more items.  So make sure to check it out. 😊

 

SSC240 TIME TO GET SKETCHY ~Toile Christmas. Stampin Up Merry Christmas

I really like how this picture turned out.  The 12x12 

piece of DSP behind the card is lovely.   Soft little 

snowflakes falling.  It reminds me of a log home in the woods. 

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Toile Christmas  

I'm going to submit this card to the challenge at:

Sunday Stamps

I hope you can see the sketch in my card.  

I added a sentiment to the front, because it was 

so empty looking, and then I added an extra little branch.  

Sometimes I forget about the less is more concept.  

I do like how the cardinal turned out though. 

  Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  Perhaps even a card.  I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales.  Plus I've recently just added more items.  So make sure to check it out. 😊 

 

#TGIFC283 Hero Arts, Hang In There Potted Plants, Impression Obsession, Summer herbs

I couldn't resist, I had to include my little VW bus in the picture.

I'm most happy that my husband drilled a hole in the bottom, 

so I could use it for a planter.   The little plant I am trying to 

propagate is Elephant Bush. 

The stamp sets featured in this card are: 

Hero Arts:  Hang In There Potted Plants

Impression Obsession:  Summer Herbs 

I'm going to submit this card to the challenge at:

TGIF Challenges

It never fails when I blend with my daubers,

I always dab a lighter color in a dark.   

Does that ever happen to you? 

  Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  Perhaps even a card.  I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales.  Plus I've recently just added more items.  So make sure to check it out. 😊 

 

Week 374: VACATION~ Timeless Tropical, On To Adventure, Stampin Up

I made this fun card for the challenge at:

CASology

  

The Stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Timeless Tropical 

Stampin Up:  On To Adventure  

After stamping, coloring and cutting, I decided to give

his glasses and the camera lens a little shine by

using the silver foil paper.  I think it gives the card a 

nice touch.   I also gave the sentiment a little 

shadow, by adding black cardstock behind the aqua. 

I had the placement just right and then before I knew it

 I dropped the little gentleman right down where I didn't want him to be.

 So to me it looks like he has palm trees coming out of his hat.  Gosh, I did 

try and peel it up to offset him, but nope He was down for good. 

  Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  Perhaps even a card.  I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales.  Plus I've recently just added more items.  So make sure to check it out. 😊 

 

Challenge #181 Spooky Sweets, Stampin up, Spooktacular Bash, Stampin Up. Happy Halloween

I thought I'd try a slim line card again.  These are so fun 

to make, and it went perfect with the 

Halloween theme I was going for. 

It reminds me of a big old castle door opening. 

In fact when I showed me husband, he even 

added the sound effects of a creaking door.   

The image in the middle actually reminds me 

of a door knocker.   

I will submit the above card to the challenge at:

Always Fun Challenges

Challenge #181

Our theme for the new challenge is
"Anything Goes"  

I'm also adding the second card I made to this blog 

post.  You see I made these two "spooktacular" 

cards for my kiddos.  And being they are so similar 

I wanted to share them together. 

The stamp sets featured in the cards are:

Stampin Up:  Spooktacular Bash

Stampin Up:  Spooky Sweets 

I'm really pleased with how they turned out.  

Which do you like better, the  cobweb background or the books? 

  Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  Perhaps even a card.  I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales.  Plus I've recently just added more items.  So make sure to check it out. 😊 

 

Sketch #387 Stampbella, Yogabella, Whimsy Stamps, Sweet Succulents, Hero Arts, Hang In There Potted Plants

Oh my friends, I've been so consumed with plants lately, 

I am learning a bit more about succulents, and it's 

fun.  I joined a fb group and they know a lot of information.  

So of course I had to use a few plants on my card 

again today. 😉 

I even tried to add a few props to my homemade 

white/light box to give it some pizzazz.  

Ya all know I'm not the best when it comes to measuring,

and certain angles.  It's a hit and miss type of thing.  

Well, I wanted to use little Miss. Yoga gal.   However, she

was suppose to be up higher on the embossed background, which 

by the way reminded me of wallpaper in a house.    But being

I'm not good  at cutting I placed her lower to cover up

the joint where the strips meet. 

The inside of this card reminds me of the prayer plant I have. 

I'm going to submit my card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

  

Did you notice how close I stamped the sentiment to the 

edge.. well friends, let me tell you there was a big 

exhale and a Hallelujah when I noticed how close it 

was and it didn't go off the paper.  

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Whimsy Stamps:  Sweet Succulents 

Hero Arts:  Hang in There Potted Plants

Stamp Bella:  Yogabella 

I love how it turned out.

On a sad note, of course nothing tragic, but my dear husband worked

so hard to put up a shade covering on our little deck for us.  

I never realized how dark it would make our dining room, and 

my plants are not happy, so he might have to take it down.  We 

must have the happy plants 🌵😊    He said he is fine with it.  

I'm so thankful for all he does for me.  He said perhaps we 

will make my little "hut" somewhere in the yard.  

Nothing new to report on the health.. Next week Wednesday I go 

for that nerve conduction test~ that is not fun.  I had it done after back surgery 

to see how much damage there was.  

It's like little shocks, and some big ones.  

So I'll be like a bug zapper next week.  Oh what fun. 

  Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  Perhaps even a card.  I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales.  Plus I've recently just added more items.  So make sure to check it out. 😊