#GDP323~ Light up Birthday Card using: Lawn Fawn, Push Here, Stampin Up: Bonanza Buddies, and Penguin Place

I made this card for the challenge at:

Global Design Project

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Bonanza Buddies

Stampin Up:  Penguin Place

Lawn Fawn:  Push Here  

This is my first attempt in making a card

with lights.  Of course I wanted the little 

lights to shine under the snowflakes.  

I punched little holes so I new exactly 

where to put the lights, and THEN.. the 

copper tape, oh good grief, by the time 

I figured out how to use that with 

the negative/positive lights, I had nothing

lined up as far as the snowflakes.  UGH. 

In fact after flipping the card back and forth

to make sure it was lined up, I smudged the 

penguin, so I had to re-stamp that cute 

litle fella.  I was making so much extra 

work for myself, but I wanted the card 

to be super cute for my daughter.   She 

is the one that got me the light kit for a 

Christmas gift.   

After all that commotion only two 

of the four lights worked.  sigh.  and I 

forgot to use my new glossy accents on the 

balloons.   Isn't that the way it works, 

when ya want to do a spectacular card. 

 

 Well folks I included a video that

hopefully will work.  So you can see the 

lights in action.  (wink)  

 

I'd love to have you follow me on instagram at: 

pjs.projects

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

Friends.  I am sorry to say I had to

 turn on word verification

 because I’m getting ridiculous amounts

 off spam.  And sadly this has not stopped them. 

 So I am now only able to let friends comment. 

 This is so frustrating.  I am so sorry.  If you 

would like to leave a message I invite you 

to do so on my instagram page.  At least 

for now until these spammers slow down. 

Thank you kindly. 

 

HSSCC379~Frosted Gingerbread, stampin Up, Lawn fawn, Giant Merry Christmas

🎄Merry Christmas 🎄

I made this card for the challenge at:

Hand Stamped Sentiments

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Frosted Gingerbread

I also used the Giant Merry Christmas Die 

from Lawn Fawn. 

Oh I had such a difficult time making this very simple

card.  All because that giant beautiful die.  

It is brand new to me and I wanted to use it quickly

 before Christmas.  All my "cookie cutter"

stamps were to big to use together with it.  

So only one little cookie made it to the card. 

Oops actually two, there is one on the inside too.  

I used glitter paper to go over the stamped cookie 

image to add a tad of sparkle to the card.  

I also punched out a tiny sparkle snow flake to place

 on the "I" in Christmas. 

I used and embossing folder for the background, and a 

little twine behind the snowflake cookie.  

I'd love to have you follow me on instagram at: 

pjs.projects

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

Friends.  I am sorry to say I had to

 turn on word verification

 because I’m getting ridiculous amounts

 off spam.  And sadly this has not stopped them. 

 So I am now only able to let friends comment. 

 This is so frustrating.  I am so sorry.  If you 

would like to leave a message I invite you 

to do so on my instagram page.  At least 

for now until these spammers slow down. 

Thank you kindly. 

 

 

Sketch 452 Hung with Care, #elfie, Stampin up

🎄Merry Christmas.🎄

Three days to go.  

How very exciting.  

I have to get a little list together 

of the treats I want to make for our

family.  This year for Christmas 

dinner I'm going to add meatballs

to the menu.  

Oh friends, you know me and diamonds, 

but I try to always play along.  

I love the sketch challenges at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Hung with Care

Stampin Up:  #elfie 

This sketch reminded me of an argyle sweater. 

So I decided to play on that, and thought it would

be cute to hang stockings on it.  

Want to know how I achieved my diamonds today?

I used my triangle punch.  I folded a piece of scrap

paper in half then punched on the fold, so when I opened 

it, there was a perfect little diamond.  I used that 

as a template to sponge the ink onto my card.

I finally did a nice diamond.  whoohoo. 

Remember, to Shine like Rudolf, give like Santa,

and most important to LOVE like Jesus. 

Each of us in an innkeeper who decides if 

there is room for Jesus in our hearts. 

May your Christmas be Merry and Bright. 

I can't wait until the beginning of the year.  I am going to 

try and turn off word verification and see if those spammers

have calmed down.  I miss ya all so much. 

I'd love to have you follow me on instagram at: 

pjs.projects

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

Friends.  I am sorry to say I had to

 turn on word verification

 because I’m getting ridiculous amounts

 off spam.  And sadly this has not stopped them. 

 So I am now only able to let friends comment. 

 This is so frustrating.  I am so sorry.  If you 

would like to leave a message I invite you 

to do so on my instagram page.  At least 

for now until these spammers slow down. 

Thank you kindly. 

 

Sketch #451~ Color & Contour, Star of Light, Rectangle stitched dies, Stampin Up

I hope you are all doing well.  The Christmas 

Season is upon us.  I'm trying to take 

time to enjoy each moment of it, and not 

stress and fret over things. 

We all know that can't be good for 

this battle of the blood pressure.  Sigh. 

How do you display the Christmas 

cards you receive?  I have garland 

hanging around one of our door frames, 

and I use baby clothes pins to pin the cards 

to the garland.  I love seeing them. 

I have an old movie playing in the background

right now.  "The Man that Came to Dinner"  

I love classic old movies. 

I'm going to submit this card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Color & Contour

Stampin Up:  Star of Light

Stampin Up:  Rectangle Stitched dies 

This star and I had a bit of a struggle.

I was trying all kinds of different layering 

techniques, but nothing was presenting itself

with that wowza factor, so finally after much 

die cutting it happened.  It truly was a 

"Hallelujah" moment here.  I  thought

for a moment I'd have to scrap the card.  

This star always reminds me of the wise men, on 

their journey to find the Savior in the manager. 

So I was thinking of the song "We three Kings" 

and hence the reason I used a musical embossing

folder on one side.  

Now folks, hubby is home for the day, so I'm 

off to have him help me bake some cookies. 

We have not ever made thumbprint cookies.  I hope

they will turn out.  

I can't wait until the beginning of the year.  I am going to 

try and turn off word verification and see if those spammers

have calmed down.  I miss ya all so much. 

I'd love to have you follow me on instagram at: 

pjs.projects

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

Friends.  I am sorry to say I had to

 turn on word verification

 because I’m getting ridiculous amounts

 off spam.  And sadly this has not stopped them. 

 So I am now only able to let friends comment. 

 This is so frustrating.  I am so sorry.  If you 

would like to leave a message I invite you 

to do so on my instagram page.  At least 

for now until these spammers slow down. 

Thank you kindly. 

 

HSSCC378~Reason for the Season, Stampin Up

I made this card for the challenge at:

Hand Stamped Sentiments

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Reason for the Season 

I stamped the flower petals in merry merlot and 

the leaves in evening evergreen, before punching

them all out.  The sentiment was stamped in

soft succulent. 

I added the white pearls to the center of 

the poinsettia because it is a neutral color. 

I like the wood grain embossing folder, I think

it works lovely with this card, keeping it 

classy and a tad rustic too. 

I was also busy making Christmas tags.  

I'd love to have you follow me on instagram at: 

pjs.projects

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

Friends.  I am sorry to say I had to

 turn on word verification

 because I’m getting ridiculous amounts

 off spam.  And sadly this has not stopped them. 

 So I am now only able to let friends comment. 

 This is so frustrating.  I am so sorry.  If you 

would like to leave a message I invite you 

to do so on my instagram page.  At least 

for now until these spammers slow down. 

Thank you kindly. 

 

Sketch #450~Tidings & Trimmings, Warm & Toasty, Stampin up

Oh gosh I miss your comments so muchly.  

I feel like it is my only connection to the 

outside world.  I was just getting 

bombarded with spam.  It was so frustrating. 

Therefore I tried to block it to the best of 

my abilities, but in doing so I don't hear from 

anyone anymore.  Tis so sad. 

But nevertheless I love to make cards

and enter challenges.  

Even when they are a difficult challenge 

like this one for me today.  

I'm just no good with diamonds, and I keep 

trying, but still haven't got it down yet.  grrrr 

I'm going to submit this card to the challenge 

at:  Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Tidings & Trimmings 

Stampin Up:  Warm & Toasty

I tried to cut out diamonds, please don't

look too closely, as they are really all uneven,

just take my word for it.  I then die cut out the 

snowflakes, first in sparkle white, then navy blue

I layered them down with a silver brad, and then

ran the silver string around each brad to keep 

it in place.   I think that polar bear is super cute,

with his adorable scarf.  Fun fact:  I've lived

in a cold snowy state my whole life, and not

once have I ever gone ice-skating.  Perhaps

in my next 50 years I'll give it a try.  

Who knows, The Lord works miracles 

everyday, and I just might be able to do it. 

It's cold about 8 months out of the year here,  

some might argue that, but truly I've seen 

snow in the middle of May.  

Well, in other news, I finished writing

out the majority of my Christmas cards. 

I'm not a fan of the writing.  I'd prefer 

just to make cards.  

We are expected to get about 6-10"

of snow tomorrow.  

I'm not spending as much time on 

facebook, I still post a few things

randomly, but it was just getting me 

too frustrated, so not worth it. 

I'm also thinking about closing my Etsy 

shop.  The way things are going in this

world and the rising costs, it's just 

not working out for me.   I'm happy to 

say that I did eventually reach 200 sales. 

So that's a big whoohoo.  Not sure how

to go about selling my stamp sets that 

I don't use anymore, but I'll figure it out.  

The cards I make I will just send them out or 

gift them to people to use.  

As far as my health is concerned no big 

changes, They had me on a BP med that hurt my

 hands/joints so bad I had to go off that too.  sigh.

 Just praying and trusting the 

LORD for a miracle. 

Thank you for your concern and continued prayers.  

I know some of you have been so kind to remember

me and I sure do appreciate it.  

I'd love to have you follow me on instagram at: 

pjs.projects

 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

Friends.  I am sorry to say I had to

 turn on word verification

 because I’m getting ridiculous amounts

 off spam.  And sadly this has not stopped them. 

 So I am now only able to let friends comment. 

 This is so frustrating.  I am so sorry. 

 

Sketch #449~Tidings & Trimmings, Stampin Up

Hi, I made this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Tidings & Trimmings 

I enjoyed making this card, although I 

wish I wouldn't have glued down the 

holly and berries on that side.  

but with my sentiment being so big,

I ran out of room.  Always the case with me. 

I made two sets of the holly and berries, so I 

stuck the other one on the inside.  Let me 

just say the sticking down turned into a 

challenge, then I thought I lost the tiny little

berries on my desk.  If you can imagine that. 

But to my great relief I recovered them and 

glued them down quickly so the little rascals

didn't get lost for the 5th time. 

After stuffing this stocking, I think 

I will look through a few of my other stamp 

sets, because how grand would it be to have a 

candy cane, baby doll, or little truck in there?

It's beginning to look like Christmas in our yard. 

However, on the inside my orchid is 

flowering.  And it has a grand total 

of 10 gorgeous blooms. 

I'd love to have you follow me on instagram at: 

pjs.projects

 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.

  Perhaps even a card.  

I know I'd greatly appreciate the sales. 

 So make sure to check it out. 😊

Friends.  I am sorry to say I had to turn on word verification because I’m getting ridiculous amounts off spam.  

And sadly this has not stopped them.  So I am now only able to let friends comment.  This is so frustrating.  I am so sorry.