Challenge 453 First Frost, Sweetly Swirled, Forever Blossoms, Stampin Up, Wedding Card

 I made this card for a friend who just got married.   In fact it was the wedding I made the invites for.   They are an amazing couple.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Try Stamping on Tuesday

The stamp sets featured in today's card are:

Stampin Up:  First Frost

Stampin Up:  Sweetly Swirled

Stampin Up:  Forever Blossoms

The card stock behind the white, is egg plant, I took another picture with extra light to try and show the color a bit better, but it still looks rather black.  Well, in person it's a lovely deep purple.   I used ribbon behind the very "lush" flowers, to create a nice back drop for a wedding card, and just give it some more texture.   I thought about adding embellishments, but then decided I already had a lot going on with this card.  So I left them off this time.  However, Now looking at the picture I think some nice white pearls would have been lovely. Sigh.   I struggle with decisions over the simply things in life.  

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CTS #368. Witty-cisms, Everything is Rosy, Stampin Up, Thank you

This is card number two for the day.  I made this one for the challenge at: 

CAS(E) This Sketch

 

The Stamp Sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Witty-cisms

Stampin Up:  Everything is Rosy

A little oops on the card is what encouraged the twine above the sentiment.  BUT It's my little secret and I'm only telling my blog readers that information. 😉

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Challenge #158~ On The Grow, Stampin Up.

 I made this card for the challenge at:

Always Fun Challenges  

The Theme is:

CAS (Clean and Simple)

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  On The Grow

Very easy card, just stamp and color.  

I love how it turned out.  Perfect Spring Card. 

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PP486~ Woven Heirlooms, Positive Thoughts, Sincere Sympathy

 I made this card for the challenge at:

The Paper Players

I didn't have the exact ink colors so I tried to match them as close as possible. 

The stamp sets featured in this card today are:

Stampin Up:  Woven Heirlooms 

Stampin Up:  Positive Thoughts

I think the two sets work marvelously together. To create a nice sympathy card.  They are always difficult to make.  

 I never thought  I would have liked these three colors together but gosh they are wonderful.   That yellow just brightens things up. 

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

CAS Game #163 Witty-Cisms, Layering Love, Stampin up. Time marches on

 I made this card for the Challenge at:

AAA Cards

  

The stamp set featured in today's card is:

Stampin Up:  Witty-cisms

Stampin Up:  Layering Love  

Time sure does indeed fly. 

The days are long but the years are short.

 Time keeps marching on. 

I added wink of stella to the little trail and wings on the stop watch, and glossy accents to the watch face. 

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Sketch #364 ~ Best of Snow, Holly Berry Happiness, The Gang's All Meer, Stampin Up

 Well, I'm listening to Georgie.  I love George Ezra's voice and his songs are so happy.  Trying to focus on cards.  I always look forward to seeing the sketch for the week at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenges

So I will submit today's card.

I used DSP and cut it so the picture would stay intact  and create a lovely snow scene behind the snowman.  

The stamp sets featured in today's card are:

Stampin Up:  Holly Berry Happiness

Stampin Up:  Best of Snow

I made a little cut in the bottom of the card to stick the snowman in, so it would look like he is really in the snow.

I'm also sharing the cards I made for my kiddos.  On Easter Sunday my husband and I did meals on wheels for the kids since we all can't get together. We dropped off all the goods for them to enjoy along with these cards.  

I put these cards on a facebook group, actually two groups.  Stamp Cafe, where it got over 487 likes, that blows my mind, and the other group is called Card Making USA.    I say that because I also submit some of my other cards there too, I can't share links and such but I try to  show my blog address, so if someone is really interested they can look me up, and then they will see the challenges I play with.   I sometimes feel guilty taking all the credit. Last weeks card that I made for AHSC I put out there on the two pages.  Everyone loved the layout and dimensions of the card, all I could say was thank you.    I'm hoping it creates more traffic for the challenges I enjoy playing with.  Any ways.  Gotta little bit long winded there.  haha. 

Next up are some pictures I thought I'd share.  One is our home, I finally got on board with the hearts.  I've noticed my street don't have many windows decorated at all, and we live on a very busy street.  So I went to work on Saturday and started cutting paper hearts.   Note the lovely green grass on Saturday, on Sunday Evening/night we got about 5 inches of snow again.  Oh boy.  
  I'm also sharing a picture of the train yard.  I didn't get a good picture of the graffiti, but I always enjoy seeing how the trains are painted.  It truly is an art in my opinion.  

  

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

Sketch #363 Love is Kindness, So Sentimental, Beauty Abounds, Stampin Up.

 Today we had lovely spring weather in the form of sun and blowing snow.   However, I made a nice springy card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in today's card are:

Stampin Up:  Love is Kindness

Stampin Up:  So Sentimental 

Stampin Up: Beauty Abounds

I love how the embossed card stock gives such great character to the card.  That little butterfly in the corner is strategically placed over a stamped image that did not turn out the way I wanted.   

I've been working on simple layered Christmas cards from scrapbook paper.  I have a bunch in my card stash.  I'm also cleaning out my card stock.  I thought I would give it away to some friends that have younger children at home.  

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

* Please stop in at my Etsy shop.   You might just find a stamp or stamp set you NEED to purchase.  I know I'd greatly appreciate it.