Santa is Checking His List

I got busy cleaning up my plants today.  

That is a full time job.  Good golly I love them, 

but they are a handful.   Hopefully this weekend

my sweetheart will help me repot a few.  

I don't know how I turned into the plant lady. 

It started with a just a couple, and now I have 

 more then 50.   It's like when I got my 

ears pierced it started out just the normal 

one on each side and now I have seven.  Good grief.

I don't know when to stop. 

Well, after all that snipping, I realized I made

a mistake with my lovely orchid, that is actually blooming

again.  I cut the aerial roots.  They were shooting out all over 

the place.  I should have just repotted her.  Gosh I'm hoping she will survive. 

So to relax and calm down, I decided it was time for Christmas. 

and you all know what I mean by that.  It was Christmas card making

time again.  Nothing makes me destress better then that.   

So I turned on the Christmas music and got to work

with this little gem.  I will submit it to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Signs of Santa

Lawn Fawn:  Christmas Dreams 

I used an embossing folder to create the center 

piece. In my mind it looked like a stone fireplace,

so hence that is the direction I went. I had so much fun

stamping and coloring this little scene.  Even though 

it was difficult to see some of the project I kept at it

with my glasses on and I love how cozy it looks,

right down to the rug in front of the firepalce and the cookies on 

the mantel.   Notice how Santa is checking his list just one

more time before filling the stockings.  haha. 

That is one of my favorite little pine 

trees in the yard.  It has the best layers for 

catching leaves.  

I made this set of Christmas coasters for my Etsy shop.

I want to get some more yarn colors to keep working 

on these.  They are fun to make.  I think some fall/autumn ones

would be a nice touch too.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

1 Peter 4:10KJV

As every man hath received the gift,

 even so minister the same one to another,

 as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ