TMS#470 ~So Santa Stampin Up

 What an eventful day.  I'm so excited because I made a wedding card per a request from a woman on FB.   I also made a WI rock for her too.   When she came to pick up her items, she purchased 3 more cards.  Gosh that made my day.  So happy someone likes my cards.   

This evening I made one more card, this time for the challenge at: Tuesday Morning Sketches

I used my new stampin up set called So Santa.. I'm such a traditional Christmas kind of gal, but this time I thought I'd order something out of the ordinary for me.  I'm so glad I did.  I get such a kick out of this santa.  In fact I do believe my santa got a bit sunburned on the beach, perhaps he forgot his sunscreen in the sleigh.😉  Apparently I went a bit heavy with the coloring.  

Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

Sketch #281~ Blended Seasons Stampin UP

 I want to give a big warm welcome to my newest blog follower.  This is  exciting❕  

 

I'm so happy you decided to sign up and follow my blog.  💛

 I'm actually writing this before I have my card ready for the challenge today.  With that being said though I did make 30+ little thank you note cards.   They are very simple but I wanted to make sure my customers know how much I appreciate them.  I don't have a highly lucrative etsy shop.. But I LOVE it.  In fact a woman came over today and bought 4 of my cards.  That made my day. 😊 I even ordered myself some business cards.  I will take a picture when they come in.  I had some old ones, but it didn't give enough information, and yet to much info. as in I included my phone number.  Oh well, chalked up as lessons learned.   The actually reason I'm writing this first before the card making is so I don't forget to mention.. I have been searching for a stampin up set called Thoughtful Branches with the matching framelits.  OH MY word, I came across this set and fell in love with it.   I must have had my eyes closed when I looked through that catalog, I'm thinking it was a couple years ago already.  So I tried searching on ebay, and lost the bidding war, perhaps it's not meant to be.  However, I will keep looking 😉 

This card features some lovely paper I bought at "dollar" section at Target.  It was really three dollars, but it's pretty nice paper.   I used the stampin up set called blended seasons.  After stamping the leaves I cut them out, and tried to place them nicely in the oval, it looked a bit plain to me so I added a few die cut leaves to the side. 

I will be submitting this card to the challenge at: 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

I hope you get a change to submit a card.  They have fabulous sketches.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping.

PJ

SSC187 BERRY BEAUTIFUL Happy Wishes Stampin Up, SCS

I made this card today for the challenge at: Sunday Stamps 

I used tranquil tide for the main stamped image.  Then colored in the flowers with real red, and melon mambo. I thought  the colors matched up pretty well with the shades in the challenge. 

I used stampin up's Happy wishes for the sentiments, except for the inside.   I'm not sure where I got that set from, but I thought it fit in lovely with my SCS post for the day. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. 

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping.

PJ

CTS #288~School Bus Messages Simon Says, School Set, Stampin Up

  I always enjoy making cards, and especially for all the many different challenge blogs, it's such a wonderful community of stampers, and the encouragement is amazing.  However, I spent an hour or more this morning making the unicorn card below.   My niece asked me to make her a birthday card, that had a unicorn on it, and per her request she wanted me to draw it and not use any stamps.  Well, I actually didn't have any unicorn stamps, so I had to draw it, and I'm no artist, but I found one that looked simple enough for me to try and sketch out.  So it began, and let me further add that I had a lovely eraser on top of my pencil, now I have no eraser left, so that gives you an idea of how many mistakes I made with that card.  😉  After the initial sketch, I then used a permanent black marker to make the lines darker so I could begin the coloring.  Then I just layered it on some card stock and added a  few embellishments that I thought she would like.

So after that I brought out a few of my stamp sets to play with so I could make a card for the challenge at:

 CAS(E) This Sketch

I thought this sketch would work fabulously with my new bus stamp.   I embossed the background card stock so it would resemble a piece of notebook paper.  Then I stamped that cute bus, did a bit of coloring and fussy cutting and placed him on the card.   Oh I can just imagine some darling forest critters driving the bus, perhaps next time.   I have to say the most exciting thing about this card for me is the bumper sentiment.  Oh my gosh, the sentiment on the inside of the card was intended to be on the front, but it seemed a bit big and overpowering, so I looked for a narrow one that would fit in the bumper and there it is folks, and what's more is it actually lined up pretty good in there with no inky mistakes. HOLY SMOKES that made my day. 
Stamp sets featured in today's card:
Simon Says: School Bus Messages
Stampin Up: School Set 

I'm also adding a picture of my HP.. he's have a sad day, because he had to have a sock put on his paw to keep him from licking it.   He gets sores from all the licking during allergy season.  He's not happy with me, however he's still such a sweetheart.  

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. 
Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping
PJ

PP408 ~Simon Says, School bus Messages, Labels to Love, Takeout Treats, Basket Bunch, It's a celebration, Enjoy life, Merry Everything, Stampin Up

It was a lot of fun to make these delightful lunch box note cards.  I actually have a  similar set of them in my etsy shop  However this time I wanted to try to do more of a Holiday theme to make the day extra special.  I was only able to get 8 done because I am running out of time for the challenge, but I will get the rest complete.   I started with the first day of school, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Valentines, St. Patrick's and Easter.   I guess that takes ya right through the school year, so perhaps I will just add a couple generic ones. (no holiday)  as in Alice in Wonderland "happy un-birthday"  haha.. 

     

 

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.                                                 

    I will submit my card to the challenge at: The Paper Players

 Stamps featured in today's cards:

Simon Says: School Bus Messages

Stampin Up: Labels to Love

Stampin Up: Takeout Treats

Stampin Up: Basket Bunch

Stampin Up: It's a Celebration

Stampin Up: Enjoy Life

Stampin Up Merry Everything

 

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ 

Week #529 with Oddball Art Co. Spooky Sweets, Takeout Treats Stampin UP

  Ya all know how much I love a sketch challenge.  Well I found a new one, at least new to me.  So I will submit my card to: 

Sketch Saturday

How fabulous is that?   I even had a die similar to the shape.  Which is a bonus from the get go.  I thought I'd do a Halloween card so I could add it to my Etsy shop.  I think I do indeed have another stamp set to add to the shop as well as the matching punch.   

Now back to my bright lime green card, I love orange for Halloween but also the bright green and purple.  It is so fun.   If you look closely you can see I scallop cut the edges of the black piece of paper before laying the polka dot ribbon on it.  Then I snipped a piece of the ribbon to add to the top of the layers too.  I pop dotted the bats and gave them each a black jewel in the center.   Piercing that silver brad through all those layers posed some difficulties but I succeeded.  YAY, missed the tag completely, but oh well, can't win them all, so I just pop dotted that in place too.   Up next I made a matching little take out box to go with the card, how charming to fill with candy corn and peanuts.

THe stamp sets featured in today's card are:

Stampin Up: Spooky Sweets

Stampin Up: Takeout Treats 

I appreciate you stopping by for a visit.  

I look forward to becoming friends.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

TMS#469 Bloomin' Love, Flourishing Phrases Stampin Up

 Well here we are, the last of the 4 wedding cards I made today for a lady on facebook.  I hope you will take a look at my previous posts to see my other designs.  I would love to hear from you in the comments.  I tried to pair up each one with a challenge.  So this card I will submit to the challenge at: 

Tuesday Morning Sketches

I was very pleased with how this turned out, and actually folks, this is the one that my customer liked the best.  YAY❕

The soft color pairs well with the white making it a delightful wedding card.  The embossed dotted background highlights the pearls on the flowers, and the ribbon ties it all together wonderfully.

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up: Bloomin Love

Stampin Up: Flourishing Phrases 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ