Earthen Textures

I made this smaller slim line card for

the challenge at:

Sunday Stamps

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Earthen Textures

I embossed the background before 

adding the vases. I used dimensionals to give them

some height to layer the pampas grass and twigs better. 

 I love all the texture on this card. 

I thought the pampas grass would look

nice at the top.  So I can tuck the person's 

name right under it. 

I  incorporated the ribbon behind

the embossed card stock and on the taller vase. 

These are the colors I love, hence the reason

I chose them for this lovely boho look. 

HP my little darling in my craft room. 

I love it when he gets so bold as to push

the door open when I'm trying to take a picture. 

I made my husband his favorite fried chicken for 

supper last night with a side salad. 

I'm excited to have a place to put my macrame cord and beads.

I am thinking of opening my etsy shop again, and this time not

only selling my retired stamp sets, and few of my cards, but

perhaps some of my macrame too.  

Have a wonderful week. 

2 Cor. 4:7KJV

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency

of the power may be of God, and not of us. 

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Christmas is only 6 months away

Hello Sunday Evening.  So we meet again, 

with another late entry into the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up: 

Merry Moose

Perfectly Plaid

Let's Go Shopping

Holiday Home 

I realized today that we are six months away

from Christmas, so I decided to make a Christmas card. 

I just love this new set, and wanted to 

play with it again so I made it a little 

Christmas book store.  

Being I rushed myself a wee bit too much, 

there are some sloppy parts and things I 

wish I would have done differently, but

that is the fun thing about stamping, 

we can always try something new and fun on 

the next card.  

There was a bit of fussy cutting involved, 

and by the time I finished this one, I was a bit 

exhausted and by the looks of my desk, you can

see I pretty much left it a mess to quick post this.

I must get in there and tidy up before going to bed. 

Yesterday my darling and I made a trellis for our

garden, it was a team effort.  Me just giving 

directions as to what I wanted and him doing all

the man power to get it done. 

I took these two pictures in the evening

last night, so hence the poor quality.  

I liked the cucumber trellis so much,

that I asked hubby to make another one 

for the pumpkins.  He was not so thrilled

but guess what I now have two in 

the little garden and I love them.  

Now I will have to train the little plants 

to climb up like they are suppose to.  and not all

over the garden and onto other plants. 

Here is the black walnut tree that we love.

An evening shot of the beauty.  The garden is as 

far away as possible from it.  but the roots run long

on these beauties.  

James 1:17KJV

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 

and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom 

is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Side Walk Sale Card

I knew this was a must have stamp set for me.

When I saw this in the catalog, I thought to myself,

"they made it just for me"  haha  not really, but a 

girl can dream, and that's exactly what this little

set is all about.  

I love dreaming, and window shopping is my favorite thing

to to.  I think it would be fantastic to decorate store front

windows.  In fact on my pinterest board I have a whole

board dedicated to window shopping.  

And you all know I love books, so there had to be a book store

in the shop lineup.    I chose this particular stamp set for this 

challenge because I love sidewalk sales, they just 

remind me of summer in my shorts and "flipflops" 

Now I can't walk very good, so it's just a lovely memory. 

My card doesn't really have movement, but the layout

 does in a way create some

depth, and let's just pretend the movement is from

all the customers walking along the sidewalk. wink.

And look there is more. All that goodness fits in the 

standard A2 envelope.  How wonderful is that? 

A few different angles for the card design. 

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

TGIF Challenges

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Let's go shopping

and a single sentiment stamp from Studio G

Take it easy. 

I covered up the back so you didn't see the little 

flap from the front.  just makes it look clean. 

Yesterday I took this lovely picture of my 

garden, I think this is our second year could be third

year trying to grow a garden, it's looking good so far.  

It's a lot of work so hubby has to help, but it's fun 

to watch it all come to life and also go grab a few 

radishes fresh from the garden. 

My little darling HP taking a snooze with me,

while I rested on my ice this morning.  

The verse for this card is:

Luke 12:15KJV

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness:

for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Father's Day Card

I'm happy to say my husband found the mouse that has 

been stinking up our house.  He was actually trapped in 

the furnace blower area.  The little varmint.  

I get a wee bit tired of fighting the mice population here,

but I imagine it is to be expected in a 100+ home and living 

in this part of town.  

I had an impromptu slumber party with my daughter

last night.  Oh gosh I love having the kids home.  

We laughed and chatted up a storm.  So much fun.  

I'm happy that I had time to make a quick card 

this afternoon.  

I decided this will be for dad.  He just turned

77 on Flag day.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Happy & Heartfelt, Earthen Textures 

I had to add the ribbon because as I was sponging 

the circle on the paper I got ink all along the bottom.

How frustrating, but thank goodness for ribbon and 

embellishments to help cover the little smudges.  

Here are a few of the flowers in bloom

around the yard.  

I just LOVE summer. 

Here is a picture of HP, he loves 

breezy days.  

Proverbs 20:7 KJV

The just man walketh in his integrity; his children

are blessed after him. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Grandma's Birthday Card (100 years young)

I updated this card.  I just wasn't happy with it.

After all it is for Grandma, and I wanted it 

to look a little better on the front. But,  I didn't 

want to mess up the challenge I submitted it to,

so I just added

the final card pictures to the bottom.  

Well I didn't have much time to put this card

together tonight.  Had a rough week with my health

so struggled to focus on card making, or anything 

for that matter.  

But I really needed to make a card, just sorry

the outside of it didn't turn out as fabulous as the inside. 

It's for my dear Grandma.  Tomorrow she turns 100.  

Isn't that incredible?  I hope I can live that long too.  

I  also made her this little crate of daisies, that 

is my favorite thing to make lately, and it folds flat

for mailing.  Actually so does this fun card. 

I will submit the card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Cheerful daisies, color & contour,

Number of years, hello cupcake 

My husband found a little brown egg when he was

moving a shrub, so I felt the need to rescue it.

Not that I've ever done anything like this, but 

I felt so bad hubby moved his home.

so we put him back in the nest and he is 

now under a warm light and hoping for the best. 

Psalm 71:18KJV

Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, 

forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength

 unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

Here is the final card.  

Doesn't it just look better, and it goes

with her little crate of daisies too.