Card #36 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends. 

I will enter this card at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Pretty straightforward stamping here.

I ended up using about 4 different stamp sets

but it all came together pretty well.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Ecclesiastes 3:4

 A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #35 for 2024

Hello crafting friends.

I made this fun card yesterday, however I was 

unable to get blogger to work for me.  How disappointing,

I was thinking I screwed something up.

But my daughter looked it up and apparently it 

was not me but rather "blogger" having issues. 

So thankful for that.  

I will enter this card at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets I used in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Cheerful daisies, Bee my valentine, 

Flowing flowers 

I let the dsp do the work, I just added a piece 

of plain yellow cardstock to the center, with a yellow

ribbon before adding the sentiment, flower, and bee. 

I do love the little gold embellishments, they sort 

of have a honeycomb texture to them.

I've been trying to make sourdough bread,

it's a bit tricky, but I will keep trying.

I have read up on discard and found you

can use it as a fertilizer, so here it is

below. 

Shake it up and pour in the garden

or around plants/trees.

You can also dehydrate it and 

then give it a pulse in the blender to make it fine

for top soil fertilizing.  At least

that was what I come up with researching it. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Proverbs 16:24KJV

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, 

sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #34 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends. 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

I used the cheerful daisy stamp set 

from stampin up for this card.

It might look a little upside down, but it

worked for the sketch so I just went with it.

The big decision in this card was if I should

double stamp the daisies with black ink, but I

chose instead to die cut out a matching piece in 

gray and layer it behind the flowers.  I think it looks 

a tad more softer this way.  

I'm working on making sour dough.

This is my happy little starter today,

I was most excited to see bubbles.

To be honest I haven't been much into

cooking or baking since HP, so this is 

a big step for me to keep trying to make

a loaf of this bread.  They say it's good

for a person.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Isaiah 40:8 KJV

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: 

but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #33 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends. 

I will enter this card at:

CAS Colours & Sketches

The stamp set in this card is:

Rubber Stamps: Aloe There

I will say it does not stamp a nice clear 

image but rather fuzzy.  Which frustrates me,

because I do so much enjoy the puns and the plants. 

I didn't have the exact colors mentioned for the 

challenge but I tried to stay as close as possible 

with what I had on hand.  I made this card

for a friend that gifted me the sweetest 

little plant.   It's in a lovely pot too.  

If you happen to know what it is, please

let me know.  I do want to 

keep it growing. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Isaiah 61:11 KJV

 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth 

the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God

 will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Cards #30, 31, 32 for 2024

Hello Crafting Friends.

I needed to make a few Birthday thank you

cards.   I think this stamp set was 

perfect for "bee-ing" thankful. 

I will enter this card at:

AAA Card Challenge

Stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Flowing Flowers

Bee My Valentine

I decided to color in the honey comb after

stamping it, I used a light brown and yellow 

to come up with the desired look.  I then 

layered it on the sparkle paper.  The rest

was just simple stamping and cutting/punching

I did have to mask the sentiment so that it would

fit nicely in the space above the honeycombs. 

I needed to make a few more cards so I stayed with 

the simple concept and they came together quickly. 

I think the first one is my favorite. 

Which is your favorite? 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Colossians 4:2KJV

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #29 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends.  

I made this card for my daughter who gave me

the most beautiful flowers for my birthday. 

I used glitter paper for the background to give it 

all the fun sparkle.  

I then stamped the honeycomb image on white

card stock and colored it in.  After that I cut it out 

and layered it with black cardstock, and placed it next

to yellow cardstock so it wouldn't be too overwhelming.   

I will enter this card in at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamps sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Bee my valentine, Flowing flowers 

Below is a picture of the card with no light, check

out that sparkle. 

Here is the bee-utiful bouquet my daughter gave to me

for my birthday.  

I had a very unexpected surprise on my birthday.

We pulled up next to a truck in the parking lot.

It had four dogs in there and much to my joy

there was a springer spaniel, my heart just burst he was

so similar to my beloved HP, it's like he came 

to wish me a happy birthday,  I cried so hard and 

my sweet husband said some day we well have 

another one, we just have to save our money

 and prepare our hearts for another puppy to love.  

But oh what a very unexpected surprise from the Lord

to show me a springer on my birthday.  

God knows our hearts.  💗

The verse I chose for this card is:

Ephesians 5:20KJV

Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father

 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ