Grape Card 🍇

Hello Stampers.   

I am sitting here drinking a warm tea with

my sweater on.   It got cold again here in WI.

At least the sun in shining and the birds are singing. 

I suppose if I closed the windows it might warm

up, but I love the fresh air.  Well, as fresh as it 

can be living next to the train yard.  (wink) 

I made this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Softly sketched, half full,

cheerful daisies. 

I fell in love with this stamp set because 

of these grapes.  We bought this house

years ago, and someone had a lovely

homemade stained glass grape decoration

above the sink.  Which is still here.  I fell in love 

with it.  I also for many years wore this

verse John 15:5 around my neck when I use

to run marathons and so I just love the idea 

of grapes and fruit.  However, to eat, I don't really like them. 

I sponged this circle using the stencil

below, and now wishing I would have

used a different color.  But nevertheless,

there it is.   What color would you have

sponged the half circle? 

As you can see in the above picture, my desk is a mess,

well I had to clean it because of the ink pad 

below.  YIKES.  it actually was crumbling apart, 

still nice an juicy but what a mess. I had to toss it, and I 

don't like to be wasteful, but this had little juicy ink

crumbles leaving smudges on everything, I had to wipe 

the whole desk down.  I should post a picture of that too

since my desk isn't clean too often.  Perhaps I will on

my Instagram page.  

See all those little bits.  and not dried out

in the least.  So you can imagine everywhere

had a purple smudge.  sigh.

John 15:5 KJV

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth

in me, and I in him, the same bringeth

forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Cheerful Daisies, Birthday Card

Greetings Friends.  

I hope you are well, and spending

time being creative.  

I have great dreams of trying to paint 

my craft room, but I'm sure I won't be 

able to get this accomplished until my husband

helps me.  There is a lot to move around and do.

Do you have any tips on how to easily remove

wall border? 

For now I will stick to stamping cards,

reading and day dream about the plans I 

want to do.

This card was a process.  I let the DSP

do the background work for me.  Hence,

the reason I didn't cover it with too many flowers. 

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Cheerful Daisies 

Below are a few pictures of the card

before I settled on the finished product.  

I absolutely Love daisies, so when I saw

this set I new this was the one for me.  

The matching dies seem a bit 

tricky, but I'm trying to figure it 

out, it's a work in progress. 

I drew those side lines, and honestly

it was throwing me off a bit trying to keep

everything center and level.  haha.  I love it. 

I think it really makes the card pop, almost 

like another dimension.  

My bouquet is holding up lovely.  

Look at those gorgeous daisies.  

Doesn't this one look like a giant snowball

or something that belongs in the ocean?  

Anyone know what it is called? 

I really do love flowers, I think they are 

so delightful and just make me happy. 

Tomorrow my darling has off, so he will

go shopping for us and help me with the 

garden outside, perhaps I will have pictures

of that next week.   We will see how far I 

get.  About two weeks ago, I was in the sun

and had an allergic reaction,

and so still trying to recover from that.  

Set my body into a flare up, and now dealing 

with the itchiness and uncomfortableness 

of that little treat.  Sigh.  The welts have

calmed down, but looks like chicken skin now.

Always something.  

Here is little HP all curled up and snoozing.  

Psalm 51:10KJV

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a 

right spirit within me. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Happy Birthday Card

I made this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Birthday Wit

I thought it would be fun to have the words play

the major roll on the banners.  So that is what I did. 

I carried the ribbon through on the inside too, however,

I didn't get it to lay flat, and by the time I tried to fix 

the ribbon, it had already glued tight.

It was a wonderful way to use up some DSP scraps. 

I've been in a bright sunshine mode every since 

I learned how to make this cute little daisy crate.  

I do believe I will add some die cut grass to the bottom

of it.  I think it will make it look a tad more finished. 

This lovely cardinal was sitting outside my kitchen

window singing as I prepared lunch today. 

I have to tell you all a quick little story.

Last night I was video chatting with my daughter around

11:30pm, when I noticed a shadow on the crown molding.

Well, I just thought perhaps because I am tired and my 

eyes are weak that it was nothing, well the shadow starting

moving, and gosh anyways it was a centipede.  Now I loathe

these things, anyways I new I'd have to arm myself with a 

flyswatter and my husband's huge shoe.  SO as I watched him 

round the dining room crown molding he was coming in 

hot at record speed towards my side of the table, well

I told my daughter I'm ready should he ever make it down 

the wall so I can smash him to smithereens.   Well as 

luck of the draw would have it, the darn thing tested his 

ability to go over the round part of the molding and before I 

even knew what was happening, geronimo he plummeted down

smack dab onto my new snake plant, well at this point I was screaming

and raising quite a ruckus.  HP my faith buddy come out to examine

the situation, and then proceeded under the table for a nap.  Well,

my darling daughter stuck with me online the whole time.  My 

husband gets home from work, and looks for a few minutes as 

well, and said no worries, he's gone.  I am like yeah until he shows up again.

Sigh.  The joy of living in an old house.  Daily battles with trying to claim 

our home from these creatures.  Every day it's a mouse thing or some 

other insect/spider thing.   Any ways we have most of our pantry items 

in plastic bins, and traps all over the place for the rodents but these 

centipedes are no fun.  So today I was in the bathroom washing up

after being outside a few minutes in the garden and I was shocked

there he was crawling up the bathroom wall.  Didn't he think he 

was special scaling walls, well my sweetheart came to the rescue

immediately and I'm happy to report one down.  I don't feel a bit blue

about it, and perhaps might even sleep better knowing it.  However,

I can't let myself think there could be a family of them.  

I am not prepared for that. YIKES.  haha

Furthermore, I'd like to know why he couldn't stay on the wall 

with all those legs?  Creepy things. Ugh.  

That's all folks, thanks for reading my silly story. 

Psalm 104:12KJV

By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,

which sing among the branches. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Butterflies, bumble bees, and daisies

I was inspired to make this card because of the 

flowers my husband got me for our 31st 

wedding anniversary on May 2nd.   I love 

daisies, and there is one little daisy on here.

Did you spot it? 

I had these delightful wooden bumble 

bees in a jar for years, so I figured it was 

time to start using some of my stash. 

Isn't it funny how one accumulates things 

like buttons, sequins, brads and little doodads?

Or is that just me? 

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Sunday Stamps

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Daisy Lane, A touch of Ink

The DSP did most of the work on this card.

The daisy I stamped twice and punched out 

and then I glued them together so it made

it look like the daisy had more petals.  I added

a fluffy yellow embellishment to the center. 

The sentiment just seemed to be perfect with

the butterflies, sensing hope and change.  

Here are some close up pictures of the 

lovely daisies in my floral arrangement. 

Rom. 12:12KJV

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing 

instant in prayer.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Turtle Card

I wanted to make another card for my Grandma,

she is such a cutie.  She is 99 and has a lot of spunk.  

I hope I will be blessed to live a long life like her. 

I think she will get a kick out of this card.  

I will submit it to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Turtle Friends, Sweet Conversations 

I always struggle with diamond shapes. but 

nevertheless, I keep trying.  I stamped these diamonds,

with what I thought resembled a painted turtle shell.

Then I just got busy stamping the cute little

characters, coloring and cutting them out.  

I will share a quick story about a turtle, I have

many, but the most shocking one is this:

You all know we live next to a train yard, and 

a heavy traffic road, so lots of commotion,  well

one day our old dog, Paco(the one before Hunter)

was in the yard, and he was running around tossing

a rock up in the air, catching it and playing with it,

 we come to find out it was a turtle, he didn't 

hurt the little fella at all, but I'm sure he was quite

scared since Paco was thinking it was such a fun 

game.  We have no idea how or where this turtle 

came from, but Paco found it and was thrilled to 

have a new friend in the yard.  haha.

I had to take a picture of this HUGE strawberry, I'm 

so happy to have a few berries again.  Our grocery

store hadn't had them in quite some time.  My 

husband surprised me with them.  He also surprised 

me with these lovely flowers for our 31st wedding

Anniversary on May 2nd. 

He knows I love daisies especially, and 

look at that lovely basket weave the jar

came in.  It's fantastic.  I love them.  

Col 3:14KJV

And above all these things put on charity, (love)

which is the bond of perfectness. 

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

pjs.projects

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ