Card #85 for 2025

Dear blog readers, it's time!  Yay, I'm going to 

start full time Christmas cards ( God willing)

My most favorite of all cards to make. 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

ABC Christmas Challenge

'U is for Uncluttered (CAS)'

&

'V is for Vertical'

I chose vertical, and the stamp set I used is
Woodware craft collection: Peaceful night

I looked online for some inspiration, I thought

perhaps coloring each building might make it look

a tad busy so I liked this idea of just coloring the domes. 

I tell you I just changed my paper cutting blade and it must

be a dud, because it's already fraying the edges to my paper. 

Has that ever happened to you?  straight out of the package it's not good. 

I also added some clear wink of stella to all the swirls, but it didn't show

up on the picture.  But it's there.  

Here is a picture I took while coming home from the doctor,

the colors are changing so lovely, but the rain has started so I'm thinking they won't

stay too much longer on the trees, winter is making it's way to WI.  I must say

our weather has been very mild for us this year. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 30:2 KJV

O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

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Thank you for all the prayers.  I made it safely to my appointment and home alone today.

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

 

Card #84 for 2025

Dear blog readers I will enter this card

in the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamps I used in this card are:

Stampin up:  Over the river

Amber autumn

Stampabilities: Happy Thanksgiving 

This is my 14th Thanksgiving card so I'm going

to wrap it up with this one.  I will now try to 

start my Christmas cards. ( God willing) I'm most 

exciting for Christmas cards, but I must admit I've 

really enjoyed making the thanksgiving cards this year.

I plan on sending them out with a little note of gratitude.

Patriot pup loves his Rhino Dino, he wanted 

to take it outside with him for a bathroom break,

but I said no indoor toys go outside. I don't think

he appreciated that. 

I made my husband this skillet cookie 

the other day, and by golly it was a hit.

and super easy to make. 

After a nice game of hide and seek the

pup is pooped out and I am exhausted too.

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 17:6 KJV

 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:

 incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

I have another doctor appointment tomorrow and will be driving myself, it will be the first time going myself and that far.*40 minutes one way.

  I would appreciate prayers that everything goes well.  Thank you 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

 

Card #83 for 2025

Dear blog readers, I will enter this 

card in the challenge at:

CAS on Friday

We have another FUN challenge for you ....

Feathers

*Please Don't forget to make it CAS!*

The stamps I used for this card are:

Stampin up:

For all things

Over the river

Thanks be for thee

Lawn Fawn:

Turkey Day

Patriot pup is standing at attention watching

the squirrels. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 6:2 KJV

 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: 

O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

 

Card #82 for 2025

Dear blog readers, happy Friday.  I will enter 

this card in the challenge at:

Freshly Made Sketches

The stamp sets I used in this card are:

Stampin Up:

Over the river

Thanks be for thee

Hello friend

Stampabilities:

Happy Thanksgiving

I stamped the wreath for the circle in the sketch

 and chose autumn colors for it and the cute little pilgrim turkey.  

Patriot pup was enjoying some deck time watching

the squirrels in the yard. 

Here's the big beauty.  A black walnut tree

that makes a huge mess and kills everything 

around it because of the poison juglone, but 

we love her and are quite fond of the ole gal.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 103:2-3 KJV

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

Card #81 for 2025

Dear blog readers, 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

As You See It Challenge

The stamps I used in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Over the river

Thanks be for thee

My favorite thing about autumn/fall would be 

the leaves changing colors, and thanksgiving.

When my darlings where little we use to walk to

school together and when the wind would blow

we would try to catch the falling leaves, it's absolutely

a joy and so exhilarating when you finally catch one.  They

are grown now and we still all do this.  I love it as do they.  

The other thing I love is the inside sentiment of this card,

the song, "over the river and through the woods"  just something

cozy and sweet about this song, brings back a lot of 

childhood memories for me.

Patriot pup with his new favorite toy: Rhino Dino

The verse I chose for this card is:

Mark 11:24 KJV

 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, 

when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

 

Card #80 for 2025

Dear blog readers, I'm just not in a happy 

mood today, I had my 6 week check up and it

didn't go well at all.  I will post the details at the bottom

for those who care.  

Onto the turkey card.  I will enter it in the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch challenge

The stamps I used in this card are:

Lawn Fawn: Turkey Day

Stampin up:  Over the river

and a sizzix die for the front.

The sentiment on the front of the card was a bit

tricky, it was a stacked sentiment, but I wanted it 

to be horizontal for this card so it required a little 

patience and effort masking the words and trying

to make sure they lined up.  After a few attempts 

it finally worked.  Coloring in the little turkey

was my favorite part, it was rather relaxing. 

Here's a picture of Patriot pup.  Sometimes 

he can be the sweetest little fella. 

Some one left lovely messages 

on the side walk out front of the

hospital waiting room windows. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Mark 9:24 KJV

And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears,

 Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.

💗PJ 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

Update: I had my 6 week appointment after having my stents out of the ureter tube

and sadly it's not going well, that ureter tube is not emptying, and the kidney is enlarged and I now have stones again too.  Drawing my blood was a disaster and the tears fell like a flood, my body is so broken from all that has happened.  It took 2 jabs to the arm, much digging and my hand went numb,

then they had to dig around for a vein in my hand to use finally the the second poke in the hand and searching they were able to prick a vein with the butterfly needle and a small drip.  I'm exhausted.  Please continue to pray for healing if it's God's will to make me whole again.  I'm so heartbroken by this all, it just means the surgery for the ileostomy will now be postponed until we can figure out what to do with my swollen kidney and not working ureter tube, something that is entirely their fault because of the surgery, this shouldn't have been a thing to recovery from, but here we are, and God willing it will be restored by His mighty hand.  Because of who He is and what He can do I trust He will bring me safely through.  Counting it all Joy knowing I can trust Jesus. ✟

 

Card #79 for 2025

Dear blog readers I will enter this card in the 

challege at:

Sunday Stamps

The stamps I used in this card are:

Stampin Up:

For all things

Caring leaves

Over the river

The little pumpkins in the corners are wooden

embellishments I've had for so long I don't even 

know where I purchased them from. 

Patriot pup got a new toy from our daughter and he loves

Rhino Dino, bonus is it squeaks and crinkles too.  yay. 

My dear friend sent me a card with a scripture verse in it,

Matt 11:28-29~  Come unto me, all ye that labour

 and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:

 and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

She then asked the LORD what does take my yoke mean, and she said she

had a dream or vision that it was take my hand, and trust.  

I found great comfort in that.  so today when I was doing my Bible study

I came across this verse in my reading. So it is the verse I chose for today's card.

Mark 1:31KJV

And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; 

and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

 

Card #78 for 2025

Dear blog readers, I will enter this card

in the challenge at:

Freshly Made Sketches

The stamps I used in this card are:

Sweet n Sassy: Harvest blessings

Stampin Up:  Deckled circle dies

For all things

Over the river

I used a filter on my phone to give my

Pup a formal look. 

I don't think he appreciates it much. 

The verse I chose for his card is:

Mark 9:23 KJV

 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, 

all things are possible to him that believeth.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

 

Card #77 for 2025

Dear blog readers, I just found out today my 

husband will be having a Christmas party at 

work, and I am worried I won't be put back 

together before that date.  But only God knows.

Just trying to keep trusting His will for my life.

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamps I used in this card are

Stampin Up:  Birds of a feather

Lawn Fawn: Thankful mice

the inside sentiment is a single stamp that 

I purchased with no name

The dsp really shines in this card.  It did most

of the work.  I just had to stamp the cute little 

mice and add them. I took a picture of my thought 

process here again.  I thought those stamped and die cut

leaves would look nice behind the mice, but it just got

a little to busy for my liking.  So I left them off.  

Patriot pup was framed.  haha.. 

He has the most soulful eyes when he 

wants to of course.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Jeremiah 17:14 KJV

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me,

 and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #76 for 2025

Dear blog readers, have you ever ordered a retired stamp 

set purely because of the one sentiment?  Well I did 

the other day and here it is.  I love that fun old song.

In fact when I was little it was the song I played for my 

first piano recital.  No I can't play the piano well, my mom 

pulled me out of classes because she said i didn't practice enough. 

I wish I had.  I sometimes think I'd like to take up lessons now.

But I'm 54 and they are so expensive.   

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Art Nudge

I chose the first image to use for colors. 

The stamp set I used is Stampin Up:  Over the River

I used some lovely fall DSP it warmed the card right up,

then added a piece of ribbon to the side.  I also used the

Stampin up, everyday arches dies and then just put it 

horizontal for a different look and also so it would fit the cute little 

bears and sled.  I tried to stay as close to possible to the

colors in the challenge.  

Below is my little pup " Patriot" he has some

soulful eyes, but he is a lot of work,  quite the mischievous one.

The verse I chose for this card is:

Isaiah 26:4 KJV

 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗

 

Card #75 for 2025

Dear blog readers, thank you for stopping in 

to take a look at my card. 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Paper Craft Crew Challenges

The stamp sets I used in this card are:

Stampin Up: Birds of a feather, deckled circle dies

Lawn Fawn: Turkey day 

Nothing fancy with this card, just straight forward stamping.

I added a little ribbon to spruce it up and a dab 

of wink of stella to the turkey's tail feathers.

Finally got my little Autumn tree upstairs.  

It gives such a nice cozy feeling. 

Patriot pup loves his water melon toy,

and I'd rather have him carry that pokey 

little toy then the remotes.  He has the worried 

look because he's eyeballing my pens at the 

Bible study desk.  Little rascal chewed up

my purple pen and I had to wrestle it from his chops.

The verse I chose for this card is:

1 Corinthians 10:31 KJV

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, 

do all to the glory of God.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

Here is a link to what happened this summer:  Surgery and Healing it's at the bottom of the post.  I appreciate all the love and prayers.  Thank you kindly 💗