Christmas Bears

Hello Stamping Friends. 

Today was another rainy day. 

So, I thought I'd do a little more stamping. 

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Freshly Made Sketches

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Beary Cute

I used some lovely snowflake DSP for the 

background, and then stamped my images on

a separate piece of card stock.  I punched out the 

big bear and cut out the other elements.  I love

how the baby bear is getting a lift to put the star

on top of the tree, but wouldn't ya know I forgot

to add the star.  sigh!!  I also forgot to add the 

sparkle twine to the bottom like the sketch shows.  

I tell ya my heart was ready to stamp but my 

mind was else places this afternoon.   

Nevertheless, I still like how it turned out.  

I found this lovely heart picture on instagram

and wanted to share it with you all. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Acts 20:35 KJV

 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye

 ought to support the weak, and to remember

 the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, 

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Harvest Blessings

Hello Stamping Friends, 

I made two cards today.  I can't even believe that.

It's been a long time since I have been focused enough

to even think of doing this.   

So I made two little harvest cards.  This one I will

submit to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin UP:

Wishing You well

Pick of the patch

Earthen Textures 

I used some lovely DSP on the left side, 

and then stamped the pampas grass so they could go 

inside the pumpkin.  Now the bow I had to move

over a bit from the sketch because it just fit better

for how I stamped it all so close.  I then added an 

embellishment to the middle of the bow and finished

it off with the sentiment raised up with dimensionals. 

I'm most excited about this little tiny flower on 

one of my succulent leaves.  I don't ever know what

to expect with these plants but I keep trying 

to propagate them.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 107:37KJV

 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards,

 which may yield fruits of increase

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Harvest / Autumn Card

Hello Stamping Friends.  

I made a fun harvest card today.  

I wanted to use the darling little bird stamps.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

CAS on FRIDAY

Challenge: AUTUMN 

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up: Pick of the Patch

Bird's Eye View

Lawn Fawn:  Happy Harvest 

I stamped the branch and pumpkins on a 

piece of card stock, and I'm pretty pleased with

the masking of the one pumpkin to give it a 

little depth.   I then cut it out and placed it up 

higher on the card and off to the side. 

It was a quick little card to make.

Below is a picture of my little HP, he

was very tired this morning and didn't want to 

be disturbed.  But I thought the filter on the

phone was perfect for the challenge.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Matt 9:38KJV

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, 

that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Puppy Thank you

Hello Stamping Friends.  

I made this card for a woman who blessed 

us with some dog food for our beloved HP.

I used the fun challenge at:

Sketch Saturday

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:

From all of us

Happy tails

Watercolor shapes

Work of art

Bokeh dots

Simon says:

Pocket full of happy

I'm always amazed that sometimes the most

simple looking cards require the most stamp

sets for all the bits and pieces.  

I used soft grays for the majority of color

on this card.  I love the soft bokeh dots in the

background.  The two vertical stamp lines underneath

the square could have been a wee bit longer, but I 

didn't want to try again in fear I'd go over the edges. 

I stamped the puppy and pocket image on a separate

piece of cardstock and then cut it out.  I used some 

dimensionals on the back to pop it up.  Then I 

added a few embellishments.  

Perfectly fallen leaf on my flowers, made my

day as I pulled into the garage today.  

The verse I chose for this card today is:
Psalm 106:1 KJV

 Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the Lord; 

for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Christmas Wrapping Paper Rolls

Hello Stamping Friends. 

I sure do have a lot to share with you today. 

First off I made this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Wishing You Well,

Holly Jolly Wishes, Nothing Sweeter 

When I saw the sketch I had no idea what

I would do.  I thought narrow pine trees, or 

candle sticks, well folks, I  chose 

Christmas. and I made mini wrapping paper rolls.

But first I used actual wrapping paper that

I had received as a gift from my daughter.  I save the 

pretty paper for such things as this.  So I wrapped 

my card stock with this delightful wrapping paper. 

Then I took some DSP and cut it to one inch wide and four inches long.

I rolled it up like cigarettes.  Now I have not ever rolled 

cigarettes, but I had a great uncle that use to, and I always

thought it to be quite fascinating.   However, paper rolling 

the DSP was not as easy as one would think, being it's a bit

stiff. but I curled it around a pencil and just kept working with it.

I really love how it looks like wrapping paper rolls. 

I then put the banner over the top with the sentiment

and added a bow that I stamped and cut out.  

I added a bit of ribbon to the top and bottom

to keep with the gift wrapping theme.  

What a fun little card.  Should be quite the challenge

to mail.  Perhaps this one will have to be given in person. 

Now for a few stories.  

We have been dealing with a lot of annoyances 

here in the old home.  First, there were baby mice, 8 to 

be exact.  My husband said he thinks he got the mama 

because she was huge and in the trap.  I asked if it was 

a rat, and he says no.  So I trust him.  Well I'm happy to report 

that he found two mice nests.  So those are now gone.  

Then we have been dealing with bees in the house as well. 

This is not any fun at all, No wonder my blood pressure 

is always elevated.  Sigh!!  well after 20 bees in the house,

and the vacuum cleaner always ready to aim and suck them down,

My darling went outside and noticed where they were swarming,

so he started ripping off the siding.  Look what he found. 

My friends, this man of mine stayed up late

and got all the hive out of this location.  

and what  a job it was.  Thank the LORD he 

didn't get stung.  I just pray that this is 

the only hive in the house.  IT was huge.  

I wanted to share all the seeds I harvested from our

little garden this past summer.  I still have to 

wait for our pumpkin seeds, but I will get those drying

after Halloween.  I'm so excited about this garden 

adventure we are on.  It's so fun.  Learning as we "Grow"

Because of all the stress lately, my husband stopped

off at the store and got me a special surprise treat.  He said

it was a peace offering.  What a sweetheart.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

1 Peter 4:10 KJV

 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 

 

Christmas Woods

Hello Stamping Friends.  

Hope you are having a Spectacular Sunday.  

I made this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are: 

Stampin Up:  Peaceful Boughs, Beary Cute

I used DSP for the narrow strips, and then I made sure

to line them up so they would create the winter scene.  I stamped

the tree to give it a pop of color and tied on the sweetest 

little pinecone.  I love those things.  Not fun for mailing but

I actually took a few of them and tied them around a jar I hold

my stamping accessories in.  They are just so cute.  

The sentiment just covered all four panels perfectly. 

Phew.  I didn't measure it. and it turned out.   I used

a punch to create the "torn" look to the bottom of 

each of the DSP strips.  

My little HP was all tuckered out after yesterday. 

Our daughter came up for the day and he was a bit

of a showoff.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Luke 2:14KJV

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, 

good will toward men.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Halloween Card #7 for the 2023 Season

Hello Stamping Friends. 

I went a bit non-traditional with the 

colors for this card so I could play along

with the challenge at:

CAS Colours & Sketches

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Lawn Fawn: Happy Harvest

Stampin Up:  Pick of the Patch

You can't even believe the amount of pumpkins

I had stamped before realizing it was not working. 

So I looked in my stash again and found this

lovely simple wagon it was like it was designed for 

exactly three colors.  So after stamping, coloring 

and cutting it out, I used dimensionals to pop it up 

up on the card stock.  I love how it sits on

top of the cute sentiment.  

The want to add more to this card was 

great.  I thought a few embellishments would

have been nice, but I'm so glad that I didn't because

it's simply sweet just the way it is.  

I wanted to share this soap dish I 

just purchased.  We have a small home

and our bathroom is itty bitty.  SO having

soap dishes on the little vanity was always 

a problem.  I found this wall soap dish on 

amazon, and it is wonderful.  It holds,

two bars, a his and hers. haha, and drain

holes so the wet soap drips off into little

trays underneath that you can empty. 

It's grand.

The verse I chose for this card is:

Gen 8:22KJV

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold 

and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Halloween Card #6 for the 2023 Season

Hello Stamping Friends.  I hope 

you are doing well.  

I made another Halloween card.  This one

is for the challenge at:

Tuesday Morning Sketches

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Pick of the Patch 

I started with the three vertical panels,

I used DSP for each one and layered them on black.

I then stamped and cut out the pumpkins and stems. 

It looked a bit bare, so I die cut out some black stars

for a backdrop, but still it wasn't doing the trick for me. 

So I die cut out some leaves and added one to the top of

each star, and then I used dimensionals to pop the pumpkins up.

I also put ribbon behind each of the stars to make it sparkle. 

I wanted to add a sentiment to the front too,

even though the center panel has words.  

Below is a picture of my little Puppers.  

He is sleeping more these days, being that he 

is 12.  But still the sweetest little fella around. 

I'm still trying to make sourdough starter, and I had it.

and then I blew it.  DRATS.  It had risen and then I 

should have used it, but now it deflated and I have discard.

Sigh.  If you have any suggestions please let me know.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 19:8 KJV

The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart:

 the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ