Birthday Card Racoon

I made this cute card for my daughter.  Today

is her Birthday.  I went a bit crazy with the

snowflake embellishments.   I just couldn't place 

three of them nicely, so I decided the more the merrier. 

Which is a name of an older movie that 

I love to watch. The More the Merrier.  

I love the sentiments on this card.  They fit

my daughter perfectly.  

It has been a few days since stamping, and my

hands were so shaky with the coloring, but I 

got through it.  After stamping and coloring came

the fun fussy cutting.  

I also really enjoy that wood DSP.   Just seems so 

rustic and perfect for the racoon.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Approaching Perfection,

Friendly Conversation, All Bundled Up

How is that for a pampered pup?  

Isn't he the sweetest?  He 

received three new toys, and 

one is lamb chops. He slept 

on his little couch with him.  

I hope you all had a blessed Christmas. 

We had the kids home and it was absolutely

fantastic.  We had a lovely dinner,

and a few gifts were exchanged.  Our

hearts our overflowing with love. 

May the New Year bring Health, peace, and

love to each of your homes.  

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Poinsettia Christmas

Dear Friends, you won't hear to much 

of my ramblings tonight, being I have company.  

My daughter is here.   But I knew what I wanted

to make for a card, so it came together rather quickly. 

So we could get back to the visiting. 

I will submit this card to the challenge at:
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Hope & Peace, Decorated Pine Dies,

Reason for the Season. 

I made these little packets of cocoa for the kiddos and

one for my dad.  

We got about 8+ inches of snow.  Don't the 

Christmas lights look so lovely under the snow?

Looks cold, and let me assure you it is.  

Isn't that rainbow in the clouds fantastic?

HP loves the snow.  

I made a snowman to enjoy from my windows.

Still stiff from the whole experience, but it 

was worth it.  

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Christmas Church

I finally mailed out my Christmas cards today.

Well, actually my husband did.  I imagine no one

will recieve them until January, the way the mail

 service in our area has been. My darling had a ton

of chores to do today.  The front

door was sealed tight, because our old

house shifts with all the traffic and trains, so 

he had to shim that up again.  Then the sink

started leaking so he had to replace the board under

there and the valves.  He don't get a break.

I'm happy to have the opportunity to make a card 

today, it's my calm in the storm.  In fact I started 

thinking why don't I just always make Christmas

Cards.  It seems I need more of those then any other,

and I always run short.  I also have this weird feeling

that eventually we won't even have a postal service 

anymore, especially the way the times are changing.

Makes me sad to think no cards in the mail. 

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up: Peace to You 

I love that little Church, it reminds me of 

how that song, Silent Night, came to be.

It's quite extraordinary, but isn't that the case

with all great hymns or songs.   The tragic

story behind:  It is well with my soul, always

brings tears to my eyes.  The words are powerful. 

My card was easy enough to make until

my clumsy hands decided to tip the glued side

down on my desk and make a mess of everything.

I stamped the sentiment and then cut it in half 

so that it would fit on the side and have a little 

for under the church too.  I added a few

snowflake embellishments to finish it off. 

Love how HP begs so intently.  

Below is a picture of my

little plants window.   I didn't

even put up my window clings yet.

Might not happen this year.  

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Snowman Christmas Card

I am happy to announce that my sweetheart

brought up one of our trees and I decorated it.

It was quite a chore for me.  I think my 

dog was enjoying watching the show.  haha 

I made this card for the challenge at: 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Hope & Peace, Snowman Season,

Trees for Sale, and Color & Contour 

I just couldn't get the circle shapes, but I did

try to accentuate the scallop edges. 

I made a cute snowman scene, because

the edges reminded me of drifted snow.  

Hence the reason I used a snowflake DSP. 

I cut the sentiment in half to make it work 

for the sketch, and I colored in the edges

of it, instead of adding more card stock.  

That's my new favorite thing to do.  Just 

gives it a bit of dimension without too much paper. 

Here is my Christmas tree. I'm still

not use to the lower half of our walls being 

white.  We had hoped to paint them back

to the burgundy that I always had, but 

the summer got away on us.  So another season

of white it will be.   Also, when I was "we" 

I mean my husband, the poor guy has 

to do all the work around here.  I do try to help. 

Just can't do very much yet. 

I switched our calendar and I love the new look. 

I also thought I'd share the first day of our 

Christmas devotion too.  

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Christmas Bell and Branch

I made this card for the challenge at:

The Paper Players

The stamp sets featured in this card are:
Stampin Up:  Hope & Peace, Decorated 

with Happiness 

I brought a hint of color to the card with 

the branch and the bow.  Otherwise I kept it very neutral.  

I added a few dimensionals to raise up the stamped 

images, and one little embellishment on the bow.  

I used my gray marker to color in the edge of 

the card stock around the sentiment, instead of

layering another piece of paper.   

My little buddy was watching me decorate

the Christmas tree.   I love how snuggly he looks 

in his bed with his little toy.  

I am happy to report the furnace is fixed.  Praise 

the LORD we have heat and just in time.  Cold

temps have come back.  3 days with no heater in WI.

is not too fun.  Although it is fixed the repair man did

say to start saving because the old furnace is on it's way 

out.  Perhaps one maybe two more years.  Well at least

we know, and can try to save.  Hopefully it will last 

much longer.  

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Slimline Evergreen Christmas

I'm so happy I had a last minute chance

to work on a card.

I didn't think I'd be able to find 

the time.  This past week was

a bit of a whirlwind.  

But I wouldn't change it for anything.

I love having the kids home and making

meals for them and just hanging out.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Hope & Peace

Decorated with Happiness 

I was actually up at 2am working 

on this card, because of leg pain, I couldn't sleep.

Then lo and behold I realized it was a tad cold

in the house.  Indeed, the furnace was not working.

Well good thing we were still up.  Hubby turned it 

off and on Monday he will call to see about repairs. 

Talk about thanksgiving blessings.  Happy it held 

out for us until last night, and also happy, it did

not blow up or cause a gas leak.  So many things to be 

thankful for.  We still have electricity so we are using

our little oil heater and the weather in WI has been 

very mild the past few days.  So that is all a huge blessing.

Hopefully the bill won't be too bad and they can fix 

the old furnace without any other issues.  

Always something, right?  

So back to the card, I finished it this afternoon.

apparently my eyesight is not very good in the wee

hours, because it is a bit off centered.  I'm thinking those

branches would look nice with some puffy paint added to them.  

And a tad bit of wink of stella to the bulbs, always an after thought

or two, when I already snap the pictures.  

Here is the pumpkin pie I made.  I get such a kick out of the napkins  

I also made these little turkey cookies for my darlings.  

I then put one in each of the boxes I decorated for them. 

I also served a  strawberry, spinach salad, and 

everyone like it. Wonderful, and so festive.  Although the 

dressing was not so grand.  Good thing I just left it off to the side.  

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving. 

I'd love to have you follow me on instagram at: 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ