Christmas Thank you Notes

I made this thank you card for a friend, 

and then I made 2 more identical to it for 

Christmas Thank you notes.  

I will submit it to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamps sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Welcoming woods, Beary cute,

Wishing You well.

Well this card was quite the process, after cutting

out the circles, I then wish I had matted them, but used

my blue alcohol marker to dot the edges a bit to make

it look like stitches.  I stamped the wreath and fussy cut it

out.  I die-cut it first but it was a little too neat, and cut off some

of the stamping.  The bow and tree also had to be fussy cut.  

This was a long sentiment that I masked with tape to 

get it to fit in the middle.  I dressed up the tree with the same 

sequin string as that which is below the sentiment.   For as much

work as this card was I am honestly not that impressed with it.

I started thinking how cute snowflakes would have been, or 

even an upside down snowman, but I already cut out the DSP

and I didn't want to waste it.  So there it is.  

We took HP for a little ride today.  He had

his vet appointment on Friday,  there are 

no obstructions in his throat, the bumps

all over him are not causing him pain, we 

can do a 400 dollar blood test to see if he

has a rare swallowing disease, but at this 

point it's autoimmune related and the vet says

to keep doing what we are doing, making his 

homemade dog food, and encouraging water,

he's not losing weight and looks good for 

a 12 year old dog they said,   So we are 

thanking the LORD he is a trooper, and

we are putting in the work to keep him going.

The verse I chose for this card is:

Ephesians  5:20KJV

Giving thanks always for all things unto God 

and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Golden Birthday Card

I made this card for my beautiful daughter.

It is her "golden" birthday today.

December 27, 2023

Making the inside of the card with that 

calendar is always a bit tricky.  I have to 

make sure it's lined up and masked off so

as not to get all the other numbers. 

I tried to use as much gold as possible for the 

card, and I come to find out that pink didn't really

look good for the cheers glass, so I went with blue.

I really love how black and gold look, but didn't 

want to make my daughter a black card, I wanted 

something light and fresh looking.   

I think the gold polka dots resemble that of a 

bit of bubbly.  Perfect for a celebration card.

I thought the little photo below was perfect for her. 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:
Freshly Made Sketches

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Cheer to the season, 

Number of years, Days to remember.

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 20:4KJV

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Christmas Eve Thank you

Merry Christmas Eve.

I wanted to make a quick thank you card

for my dad, so I went right to 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

to get an idea for a template basis. 

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Welcoming woods, Gnome for 

the Holidays, Decorated with happiness 

I absolutely love the little cozy 

cabin DSP.  Oh my gosh it's so great

I want to make something I can frame

it just makes me happy. 

I did a bit of fussy cutting with everything,

but I do like how it turned out in the end.  

My dad thinks gnomes are so funny.  Hence

the card for him.  

I also made crocheted ornaments for the whole

family and they will serve as the gift tags too. 

HP is swallowing a little bit better, we are grateful 

for that.  His fluid intake is getting better.  Thank you Jesus. 

I'm so grateful for the people that send

out Christmas cards, especially with the

expense of postage now and always rising

It's such a lovely gift to receive in the mail.

I wanted to share my little doorway of cards.

The verse I chose for this card is:

Isaiah 9:6KJV

 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:

 and the government shall be upon his shoulder:

 and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, 

The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Have a Very Merry Christmas.  

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Snoopy Christmas

Hello Crafting friends.

Can you believe Christmas is only 10 days away?

I'm really trying to enjoy the season, but life

gets all busy, and I'm distracted way to easily. 

I did manage to make this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

I used a lovely green DSP, then I stamped the 

snoopy image, colored and cut him out.  I 

placed him atop of the snowflake embossed

white cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment and

added it to the dog house. 

Snoop dog just has some attitude that is adorable. 

Reminds me very much of our little HP.  

Here is a picture of the little darling on our bed. 

He is doing ok, still struggling with eating and

drinking so we assist now, but it's scary, I 

think he really appreciates that we are with him.

To all of those who have been praying for my Grandma,

thank you.  She is doing better.  Praise God, the little 

woman of 100 years young is pulling through covid with

not to much troubles now.  

Below is the little Christmas story book cards I made 

for my kiddos.  They didn't turn out nearly as nice

as I had hoped.  They are only 3 inches tall, and my 

hands and eyes just can't handle that size very well.

But here is a video 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Isaiah 26:3KJV

 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind

 is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

SlimLine Christmas card #3

Hello Crafting friends.  

I'm excited to play along with another

slim line card at the 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge  

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Decorated with Happiness,

Beary cute

I let the DSP do all the work here.

The background just seems perfect

for the polar bear family. 

I tried to keep things clean and simple,

this time around. I love how the hat 

and scarf pick up the blues in the card. 

The three snowflakes under the bears

worked perfect for the embellishments,

 I used this sketch

somewhat so to make a really fast

sketch card for my dad.  I 

posted it below. 

You see had my mom lived they would 

have celebrated 54 years of marriage on Dec. 6th.

Their tradition was always pizza, and my dad would

get a beer.  Well, dad can't drink much beer anymore

because of his health, but this year he got himself 

a can, and so I quick drew up this mug.  Not much

of a freehand artist, but I think he will see it's a 

mug of beer. 

I've been crocheting again.  I made these fun little 

coasters and plan on giving them to my kiddos, 

dad, and my grandma.  She's 100 years young and 

I think she will love the santa one.  If you could please

keep her in your prayers.  She tested positive for covid.  

I also wanted to share a picture of my son.  I'm not 

sure if I had mentioned this on my blog, but this past

August he was in a bad bike accident.  But praise 

the LORD for his protection and his healing.  Even

though he sustained quite a few injuries, non were 

life threatening.  Praise GOD.  He did have trauma 

to his whole head and face.  But again it is 

a complete miracle and nothing less that he is ok

and as you can see from this flier promo below

he's back at riding BMX  I covered up the location

of the event.  So proud of my son.  Following his dreams,

and working hard for them.  He works long 12 hour days,

and rides on the side so he's always on the move. 

Here's a picture of HP, he's been acting very

strange lately, I fear the worse, but hoping 

for the best. He goes off by himself like he's hiding. 

 He's usually always right next to us.

  Swallowing is becoming 

more and more of a challenge.  and 

someone is very spoiled now and only 

eats homemade dog food.

I don't want to end the post on a sad note,

but I feel it's a forgotten piece of history by so 

many in the younger generation.  So I do my 

best to make sure my kiddos and those I know

remember freedom isn't free.  God bless 

the soldiers and their families who gave all for our country.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

1 Kings 8:57

The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: 

let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Christmas Slimline Card #2

Hello, 

I decided to go and make one more slimline card

and this time stick closer to the sketch at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

As you can see I stuck with the oval this time,

but I ran into the same problem, I just kept 

adding more to the sides.  My goodness,

I have no self control in the stamping department. 

I added some glitter embossing paste to the trees, 

and then I couldn't resist adding the cute bear, I 

pictured him walking thought the tree lot picking

out the perfect one for his home.  

I took a picture with no light shining on the card, It

looks so dark, but the trees look grand.  

I forgot to tell you the best part of the Christmas parade,

Of course it was being with one of my kiddos, but the 

other part was a man had a springer spaniel, my heart

melted, I was almost in tears.  His name was Charlie,

and he was 3 years old, so young and sweet, and super

soft.  If you ever get a chance to pet a springer spaniel,

I encourage you to do so.  They are the ultimate in softness.

Let's just say when we came home we gave our old guy

lots of special love and attention.  Here is a picture of 

him all tucked in his bed.  He is showing his age as far 

as not being able to drink or chew well.  But we make

his food for him now and encourage the drinking with

rubbing down his neck.  He is such a pal.  I can't imagine 

nor do I like to think of him gone.  So as long as he's not

in pain we keep trying to give him the best life he can have.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 145:9 KJV

The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Slimline Christmas Card #1

Hello Crafting friends.  

Hopefully your Saturday was spectacular.  

I had a day of rest.   Last night we went to the

Christmas parade in town and it was delightful,

but I needed to move slower today.  I imagine 

tomorrow too.  But that's ok. It was worth it

to be in the fresh air and get in the Christmas spirit. 

I made this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

I used a circle for the center because I 

wanted to try out my new dies.  Then

I lost all touch with the sketch and just 

started going to the edges with my 

design.  Good golly I get lost in my little

creative world.  Then to finish it off I added

a few little gold embellishments to go 

with the gold that I put on top of the 

Christmas bulbs.  

I got myself a little plant light, for the first time in 

all my years having a house full of plants.  I usually

just move my plants around to find their happy spot.

Well since my back surgery, I'm not to good at moving

me around let alone my plants, so there are a few

that are not happy so I though a plant light might help. 

Hoping it will do the trick. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Luke 11:28KJV

But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they

 that hear the word of God, and keep it.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

LIlypad Plant Thank you

Hello Crafty friends. 

I hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving.  

I made this card for my son's friend, she gave

me the most lovely plant, she nicknamed lilypad 

I looked it up and it's a Pilea Peperomioides, 

Pancake plant or Chinese Money plant.  but 

I love the lilypad name,  So that's what I'll call it too.  

I included a few pictures at the end of this post. 

I used my brick embossing folder and sponged 

over it with gray.  I love how it helps the 

little vase and plant have center stage to this card.

The sentiment font is perfect.

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

CAS Colours & Sketches

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Varied Vases, Love what you do

Here is the little lilypad plant, isn't she 

lovely?   They say it's easy to grow and even 

helps clean the air.  I will do my best with her,

and hopefully all my other plants will welcome her

with love.  We need all the natural air cleaners we can

get here living next to the train yard.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Colossians 4:2KJV

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ