Sketch #396~Wonderful Year, Winter Woods, Stampin Up Merry Christmas

I hope you all had a very Happy Thanksgiving.  

We had a wonderful time.  I am still trying to 

unwind from the flurry of baking and such.  

I made 3 treats.  Seems excessive for our little family.

But wanted to cover all grounds.  

I made the usual pumpkin pie, and then pumpkin

bars with cream cheese frosting.  Lastly the ever 

so sweet chocolate, caramel oatmeal bars, that

only my son and I like.  

So much to be thankful for, Our home, health, family.

I have some happy news.  I won a stamp 

set a few weeks back, from Linda, at the stamping school

I made her a fun column card and she featured it

in a sweet little video.  I wasn't able to download it,

but if you go to her fb page you will see it.  I 

just took a snap shot of it here below.  

My dear friend Nancy from Nanny's Pansy Patch,

actually told me about the sweet video, and 

gave me the idea to post it here on my blog. 

I'm so grateful for her friendship.  

Sometimes I just don't have all my little ducks 

in a row.  So it's nice to have friends help me out.  

The card I made today, I will submit 

to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Wonderful Year

Stampin Up:  Winter Woods

I really like the birch trees I stamped in the background.  

I decorated the pine tree with that lovely shimmery 

embossing pasted, and gems.  I added the adhesive 

snowflakes around the sentiment.  

While I was decorating my Christmas tree card,

my darling husband was decorating outside trees.  

Well I've shared quite a bit today, and I also just 

realized I deleted the pictures off my phone, 

because my little phone is on the fritz.  So now how 

will I share them to instagram?  Oh what joy.  I'm 

always doing something to keep my kids busy helping me. 

One more reason to thankful.  They do indeed help. 💕

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. 😊

20% off all items this weekend.  

 

CTS #399~ In the Pines, Merry Moose, Stampin Up, Winter Window, Paper Trey Ink

I decided to keep things clean and simple

for this card today. 

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

CAS(E) This Sketch

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  In The Pines

Stampin up:  Merry Moose

PaperTreyInk:  Winter Window  

For the square on the sketch I used 

a piece of window sheet.  

I then stamped the sentiment with

stazon ink.  And to my surprise 

it worked and didn't smudge.  YAY.  

I added the above picture so you can see

that I did include that element of the 

sketch, it's just a clear sheet. 

I only added two little glue dots to hold

on the window sheet, because I didn't want

them to be noticed.  

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 484~ Merry Moose, Stampin Up, MFT, Merry Christmoose

I haven't been able to post this is awhile, So I'm 

super excited to say:  I have two new friends

following my blog.  I truly appreciate it.  

I was having a hard time concentrating today, with 

my Bible study, and then I noticed a strange thing.  

Mark 7:16 is not in the NIV translation, it's in the 

footnotes, but not in the passage itself, interesting.  

So it was quite a clear confirmation to me today 

that I want to keep trying to study in the KJV.  

Any ways, I then ventured off into my little room

to make a card.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Try Stamping on Tuesday

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Merry Moose

MFT:  Merry Christmoose  

I love how this little country Christmas card

turned out.   Right down to the pop of 

color in the Merry sentiment.  

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. 😊

 

FMS462~ For Unto us, City of David, Stampin Up, Merry Christmas

I'm on a roll today.  Haha.  Card number 2

I just purchased this older wooden stamp

set.   So it's new to me and I couldn't wait 

to play with it.  

I told myself no more buying old retired sets,

and then bam, I find one I think I need, and 

before I know it, I'm searching 

ebay and etsy.   Now I just have to sell a few 

of mine in my  Etsy shop to help 

support the hobby. 

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Freshly Made Sketches

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  For Unto Us

Stampin Up:  City of David ( I think it's from 2006)  

If you know the year for sure please let me know.  

I thought it was great for the sketch.  

Clean and simple.  

I did add a dab of clear wink of stella to the 

star.  It just needed a little 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. 😊

 

HSSIC352~ Toile Christmas, Let It Snow, Warm & Toasty, In the Pines Stampin Up Merry Christmas

Day 2 with a slimline card. This time I chose

to have the card go the vertical way instead 

of horizontal like yesterday's card.   

It worked best with that lovely tall

snowman. 

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Toile Christmas

Stampin Up:  Let It Snow

Stampin Up:  Warm & Toasty

Stampin Up:  In The Pines  

I also used the stampin up:  shimmery white

embossing paste, and the adhesive backed

snowflakes.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Hand Stamped Sentiments

I was inspired by the pines and the snowmen. 

I think the most difficult part about making

a slimline card is the picture taking, but 

then of course it's always an issue with me.  

I'm thinking about making more little desk top 

calendars for my etsy shop again.  Do you 

think people would keep a "snowman" theme one

up all year?    I need ideas for calendar cards.  I want 

the people to be happy while looking at the little scene

I create next to the tear off calendar. 

Any suggestions? 

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. 😊

 

TMS#581~ Snow is Glistening, Gnome For The Holidays, Stampin Up Merry Christmas

I made this fun slimline card for the challenge 

at:  Tuesday Morning Sketches

 

I just love making these long cards.  It's so much fun.

They remind me of the humor cards back 

in the day, that my parents would exchange.  

It's just lovely to get a long card, because well 

it's not a bill, even though it's that size envelope.  

I think it's Fabulous happy mail. 

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Snow is Glistening 

Stampin Up:  Gnome for the Holidays 

I also added stampin up shimmery white embossing paste.

and that lovely snowflake medallion worked 

swell to help fill the space in the second square, 

with the sentiment.  

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. 😊