Card #61 for 2024

Dearest Blog Readers~ How will you be spending

your New Year's Eve? Do you make resolutions?  

We stay in and watch the ball drop on tv.  I'm not

one to make resolutions, but I do choose a word and

a scripture verse for the year.  

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Sunday Stamps

The stamp sets I used for this card is:

Stampin Up:

It's a celebration

Light the sky

Autumn Leaves clear stamps 

hand drawn alphabet 

I took the "round" about way to finally get to this card.

My goodness, it started off gold and silver, and then 

white and gold, white and silver, but finally I decided 

tuxedo black was the perfect choice.  I even looked up

traditional New Year's Eve colors: 

• Gold and silver: A classic combination that symbolizes wealth, success, and luxury.
• Yellow: A bright color that represents joy, happiness, and the energy of the sun. It's also believed to attract wealth and prosperity. 
• Red: A color associated with luck, prosperity, and vitality. It's also said to bring love and abundance. 
• White: An angelic color that represents purity, cleanliness, pure intentions, and new beginnings.
• Purple: An understated color that represents wisdom, royalty, collected energy, and power. 
• Black: A color that represents elegance, formality, drama, and mystery. 
• Green: A color that represents renewal, growth, and harmony. 
• Chocolate brown: A color that represents the groundedness of the earth signs. 
• Pink: A color that represents friendship, inner peace, and approachability

I embossed the fireworks in sparkle silver and now have glitter

everywhere.  I'm sure I'll be finding it for days to come.  

I kept the inside simple with just the year so that I have 

room to write my message.  

The little pup is a tiny bit better.  Thanking the Lord for that.

It's been a rough week. Last night he made it through the night

without having to go outside with tummy troubles.  

Tomorrow my husband starts his new job.  Our nerves our 

a little frazzled here still from him being let go so 

unexpectedly without warning from both jobs,  they 

say it was the economy.  But nevertheless it has been a 

humbling experience for us both.  25 years with a company 

gives a person no security.  But God heard our prayers and 

He prepared a new job for my husband and he starts tomorrow.

Please keep our family in your prayers.  My health is fragile,

the dog for healing, and my husband's strength to learn his 

new job and do it well.  Thank you so much.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Rev. 21:5KJV

 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. 

And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Card #60 for 2024

Dearest Blog Readers.  I hope ya all had a lovely

Christmas with family and friends.  

I made this birthday card for my daughter.  We love

that her birthday is next to Christmas, so does she. 

I will enter this card in at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets I used in this card are:

Stampin Up:

Flowing flowers

rise & shine

latte love

incredibly like you

I used an assortment of blender pens to acheive

the colors I desired.  I heat embossed the sentiment

on the front of the card in white as to match the 

snowy white accents.  I also added glossy accents

to the mugs to make it look more realistic and 

resemble liquid. The little pearls were added later

because I ripped the DSP and needed to ink it up and

then cover it up as best I could.  Always a mishap 

or two on my cards.  Guess that keeps them originals.  

If you could PLEASE keep our family in your prayers.  

My husband was dismissed *without warning from both of his

jobs on Dec 12th, and he is the sole provider for our family. They

say it is the economy and that is why they released him.  

Also, our sweet pup has been sick since Christmas Eve.

throwing up and diarrhea.  Had him to the vet and they put him

on a probiotic which only made it worse.  We were up 6x 

with him last night.  So we would appreciate prayers for us all. 

Thank you so very muchly.    

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 23:5KJV

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: 

thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #59 for 2024

Dearest Blog Readers, 5 days until Christmas.  

This year with having covid since after Thanksgiving,

I feel very unprepared for Christmas, in fact I didn't

even send out as many Christmas cards this year.  I

do thank the Good LORD that my smell and taste 

are returning slowly, just very weak and tired yet. Then

on Dec 12th we had some very unexpected upsetting news.

We are still trying to process it all.  I will share more 

later on that topic.  For now lets talk about this card I made.

I can't believe I've only made 59 cards for the year,

goodness that's astonishing low, for someone who loves 

to stamp, guess losing Hunter, and now the new pup 

have just kept me busy, with worry and stress. 

I will enter this card at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

I used the following stamp sets:

Stampin Up:

Holiday Home

For Unto Us

Winter Window from paper treyink

and a Christmas snowglobe set(not sure the name)

I took a lot of creative liberties with the sketch in 

regards to this card.  I just wanted to use my window pane set.

Sometimes when I go through my stamps, I forget what I have. 

It had 12 panes but I cut off the lower three so it would fit 

in the space better.  I used blue cardstock in the background

and stamped white snow and then the Santa and his reindeer are in 

black.  I die cut the christmas tree after stamping it along with the 

windowsill evergreen.   I look forward to playing a bit more with 

this set.  I looked it up online to see what others have done with it.

Below is a picture of Patriot enjoying the snow. It's the first 

accumulation where he can frolic and play.  He loves it.

I finished my crocheted tote bag last night.  Very hard

on my eyes because of the dark colors, but it's a whopper

and I'm sort of proud of myself for getting it done.  

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and 

a Happy Healthy prosperous New Year  

Thanks for sticking with me all year.  

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.

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #58 for 2024

Dearest Blog readers, Happy Saturday Evening.  

Thanksgiving is later this year and yet here I am in 

a panic that it's already this Thursday.  I must get 

things in order for the family.  

I will enter this card in the challenges at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Double Trouble

The stamp sets I used in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Hope & Peace, 

Cross Stitched Christmas

I had a heck of a time lining up my cross stitched tree,

it is a combination of 3 stamps to create this tree.  I thought it

would be perfect for the stitch challenge at Double Trouble. 

I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts.  After finally getting the

tree stamped, cutting it out was just as challenging.  Then

when I layered it on the rectangle, there was too much red

card stock, so hence the sentiment banner.  

Below are a few pictures of Patriot.  He's 

quite a busy puppy.  He finally fell asleep on his 

own on the floor by the heater.  He loved the warmth,

just like his older brother Hunter did.  IT was a welcome 

break from this little hyper hound. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Isaiah 60:13KJV

The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree,

 the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; 

and I will make the place of my feet glorious.

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #57 for 2024

Dearest Blog Readers, Happy Saturday.  

Our little fella, is having a difficult time staying 

focused, I included some pictures of him at the bottom 

of this post. Thank goodness Robb is off today,

so I was able to get some much needed time in 

my craft room.  Oh how I missed it in here.  I had

to blow the dust off the desk before I could start

stamping and having fun.  

I will enter this card in at:

TGIF Challenges

I used a variety of stamps:

Sweet N Sassy~Harvest Blessings

Stampin Up~For all things & Birds of a Feather

the sentiment on the front is a no name single stamp.  

I really like how it came together.  It was rather relaxing

coloring it all in after stamping.  Still frustrating with 

my eye sight, but nevertheless it was enjoyable.  

Below are the two pictures of the little fella.

His name is Patriot, (he was born on July 4th)

but his nickname is Trouser. 

The verse I chose for this card 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.

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #56 for 2024

Dearest Blog readers, Happy Saturday evening.  

Husband and I are spent trying to keep up 

with a 4 month old puppy.  But we had 

him outside while we dug up carrots from the 

garden, he nosed around in the grass eating 

all the leaves he could nab.  

I will enter this card in the 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

I used stampin up:

Good Greetings

Birds of a Feather

Caring Leaves

Crackle Paint

I used the crackle paint stamp to create the background,

and then stamped the rest of the images.  I probably should

have die cut a bigger circle, but I was too tired to get up again

and go make another cut.  So this one will have to do. 

Here are a few pumpkins from my garden. 

Below is a picture of my prayer plant, first 

time I've had it ever blossom.  How exciting.

Here's a picture of the little fella.

He will officially be 4 months old on Monday.

Monday will be the day we have Grandma's

funeral.  It's hard to believe after 101 years she

is no longer on this earth with us.  Such an

extraordinary lady.  Please say a prayer all 

goes well and smoothly for the services and family.

Thank you.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

1 Thess 5:18KJV

In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God

 in Christ Jesus concerning you 

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

Card #55 for 2024

Dearest Blog readers, I hope you are having a 

blessed Sunday.  

Today, my dear grandma went to be with the Lord.

She was 101.  She had a full life indeed.  I am 

so blessed because we lived behind her growing up, 

which meant that I was at grandma and grandpa's 

practically every day of my childhood. I know people

can't live forever, but what a pillar of our family.

We are shaken but we are strong. 

Congratulation's on the 600th sketch.  Such 

a phenomenal challenge.  I always enjoy playing 

along, and look forward to what the team comes up with. 

Thank you for being an amazing place to share our

love for crafting. 

So I will enter this card in the the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets I used are stamping up:

Everything Festive

Welcoming woods

Beary cute.

I stamped the woods with a light gray, then the snowflakes

with a much darker gray, then I found some lovely DSP and

stamped the sentiment which I also embossed in white. I was going

to add a snowman, so I stamped and colored two different size snowmen,

to which my husband said, just leave them off, so I did, and I think

that was a great call, it looks much more uncluttered this way.  

Here's a couple pictures of Patriot.  He is growing so 

fast and we can no longer keep him in the crib,

he's too big.  He's lost a few of his baby teeth already.

The verse I chose for this card is:

Gen 8:22 KJV

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, 

and cold and heat, and summer and winter, 

and day and night shall not cease

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ