Bee-lieve

Hello Friends.   

I started the week off with labs at the clinic.  

I have to say my motivational self must have made

all my appointments for this week, because my 

unmotivated self is not appreciating them now.  

I was very happy with my blood sugar at 101. 

After all the candy and sweet tea I've been drinking

It was a miracle.  Thank you Jesus.  

Some of my other tests are not so good.  But the one I was concerned about

is coming down slowly, so I'm grateful for that too.   I have other 

pointers that are too low. It amazes me how much they can 

tell from those tubes of blood.  Anyways the last time 

they did my panel in March it was $4000.00 just for labs, I'm telling

them the mosquitos get my blood for free, please take a lesson. haha

We got some much needed rain here this past weekend. 

My garden very much appreciated it.

I have a beehive over by our fence, and I'm thinking

it is carpenter bees, which is ok, since they are good

pollinators.  Just don't want to get too close to the nest 

to find out.  Much like honey bees, or bumble bees, they

won't usually sting unless disturbed.  While the darn

yellow jackets just sting for the fun of it.  sigh. 

Any ways, that is where I got my inspiration for today's card.

I thought I'd focus on the bees.  and "Bee-lieve" in a 

good doctor's appointment tomorrow.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Everyday Expressions, Cheerful Daisies,

and Lawn Fawn: Bee Mine

I used one DSP but flipped it over so that the colors matched

for the top and bottom of the sketch, just a tad different look.

I absolutely love those little stamped bees.  They are so cute.  It's 

such a nice bright card, makes me smile.  

I'm propagating some of my house plants.  I finally

got the nerve to try cutting my rubber tree.  I

am happy to report the mama plant is hanging in 

there and the cuttings are getting roots.  

Thank you Jesus.  

I also took a bunch of these succulent leaves on 

my plants to see what would happen, and 

folks, they are doing pretty good.  I wanted

the lola's to grow, they are the bigger ones

on the outer rim, and so far I don't see any roots

for them, but I'm not giving up hope yet.  

Here is a closer look at the little succulents

blooming from the leaves. 

I also tried one more thing recently, painting

a mandala design on a rock.  Gosh it was fun.

I looked up the word mandala, and good grief,

a gal could get lost trying to figure out if this is

safe or something more sinister.  So I like this 

definition of it best, 

Mandala stones are meditative symbols that

 are created by painting smooth river rocks

 with intricate patterns of dots. The art and practice 

of creating the mandala is a form of 

meditation, a soothing ritual that allows the painter 

to express their creativity and find a sense of calmness.

However, I don't use my stones for healing or meditative purposes. 

I painted it because I think they look pretty, and I love

the patterns.  I don't believe it's anything like bringing in evil forces to

paint a rock with circle (dots)  Oh my what people can think of.    Any ways

it's not even that nice.  Hopefully I will get better at it, and maybe add

those to my etsy shop as well.  

Proverbs 16:24 KJV

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul,

and health to the bones 

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Thank you card

Hello Friends.  I've been  busy lately.  

I decided to re-open my etsy shop.  I haven't 

yet restocked it but I did make a new banner

for it, the same as the one here on my blog.

I just gave things a bit of a refresh.  

I even went through and deleted some 

of the duplicate badges to try and save

space and make the blog look better.  

While I was doing that, my husband painted

my craft room white for me.  So I took some 

pictures and updated "my craft room" tab. 

I finally got to make a card after putting 

my stamp room back together.  Ooooh how

I missed stamping.  It just helps my brain. 

However, I must also add that during this

time off, my lap top's harddrive crashed. 

So that was awful, and we took it over 

to have a new hard drive put in, now my speaker

don't work properly, and it won't stay light.

So looks like we will be going back.  Sigh. 

At least it worked well enough to get a few 

of my updates done, and such. 

I made this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

MFT; Our Story

Stampin up: Happy & Heartfelt 

I had so much fun making this card.  It's

 for my dad, and if you look closely

on the bookshelf, I labeled the middle book 'DAD'

I enjoyed the different layers on this card and also

embossing the bottom section.  I think it just gives 

it so much interest and depth. 

HP went to the groomers today.  Bryan said he did really 

good.  Which makes me happy.   You see the little guy 

 is 12 now, and a bit temperamental (grouchy).  

He also has developed many little bumps and 

skin tags  that they have to be careful with when they 

shave him down.  And so I'm happy  he is home and resting.  

I will get a picture later of his new look. 

Don't forget to check out the new pictures of the craft room.

Psalm 107:1KJV

O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Earthen Textures

I made this smaller slim line card for

the challenge at:

Sunday Stamps

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Stampin Up:  Earthen Textures

I embossed the background before 

adding the vases. I used dimensionals to give them

some height to layer the pampas grass and twigs better. 

 I love all the texture on this card. 

I thought the pampas grass would look

nice at the top.  So I can tuck the person's 

name right under it. 

I  incorporated the ribbon behind

the embossed card stock and on the taller vase. 

These are the colors I love, hence the reason

I chose them for this lovely boho look. 

HP my little darling in my craft room. 

I love it when he gets so bold as to push

the door open when I'm trying to take a picture. 

I made my husband his favorite fried chicken for 

supper last night with a side salad. 

I'm excited to have a place to put my macrame cord and beads.

I am thinking of opening my etsy shop again, and this time not

only selling my retired stamp sets, and few of my cards, but

perhaps some of my macrame too.  

Have a wonderful week. 

2 Cor. 4:7KJV

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency

of the power may be of God, and not of us. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Christmas is only 6 months away

Hello Sunday Evening.  So we meet again, 

with another late entry into the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up: 

Merry Moose

Perfectly Plaid

Let's Go Shopping

Holiday Home 

I realized today that we are six months away

from Christmas, so I decided to make a Christmas card. 

I just love this new set, and wanted to 

play with it again so I made it a little 

Christmas book store.  

Being I rushed myself a wee bit too much, 

there are some sloppy parts and things I 

wish I would have done differently, but

that is the fun thing about stamping, 

we can always try something new and fun on 

the next card.  

There was a bit of fussy cutting involved, 

and by the time I finished this one, I was a bit 

exhausted and by the looks of my desk, you can

see I pretty much left it a mess to quick post this.

I must get in there and tidy up before going to bed. 

Yesterday my darling and I made a trellis for our

garden, it was a team effort.  Me just giving 

directions as to what I wanted and him doing all

the man power to get it done. 

I took these two pictures in the evening

last night, so hence the poor quality.  

I liked the cucumber trellis so much,

that I asked hubby to make another one 

for the pumpkins.  He was not so thrilled

but guess what I now have two in 

the little garden and I love them.  

Now I will have to train the little plants 

to climb up like they are suppose to.  and not all

over the garden and onto other plants. 

Here is the black walnut tree that we love.

An evening shot of the beauty.  The garden is as 

far away as possible from it.  but the roots run long

on these beauties.  

James 1:17KJV

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, 

and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom 

is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Side Walk Sale Card

I knew this was a must have stamp set for me.

When I saw this in the catalog, I thought to myself,

"they made it just for me"  haha  not really, but a 

girl can dream, and that's exactly what this little

set is all about.  

I love dreaming, and window shopping is my favorite thing

to to.  I think it would be fantastic to decorate store front

windows.  In fact on my pinterest board I have a whole

board dedicated to window shopping.  

And you all know I love books, so there had to be a book store

in the shop lineup.    I chose this particular stamp set for this 

challenge because I love sidewalk sales, they just 

remind me of summer in my shorts and "flipflops" 

Now I can't walk very good, so it's just a lovely memory. 

My card doesn't really have movement, but the layout

 does in a way create some

depth, and let's just pretend the movement is from

all the customers walking along the sidewalk. wink.

And look there is more. All that goodness fits in the 

standard A2 envelope.  How wonderful is that? 

A few different angles for the card design. 

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

TGIF Challenges

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Let's go shopping

and a single sentiment stamp from Studio G

Take it easy. 

I covered up the back so you didn't see the little 

flap from the front.  just makes it look clean. 

Yesterday I took this lovely picture of my 

garden, I think this is our second year could be third

year trying to grow a garden, it's looking good so far.  

It's a lot of work so hubby has to help, but it's fun 

to watch it all come to life and also go grab a few 

radishes fresh from the garden. 

My little darling HP taking a snooze with me,

while I rested on my ice this morning.  

The verse for this card is:

Luke 12:15KJV

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness:

for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ

 

Father's Day Card

I'm happy to say my husband found the mouse that has 

been stinking up our house.  He was actually trapped in 

the furnace blower area.  The little varmint.  

I get a wee bit tired of fighting the mice population here,

but I imagine it is to be expected in a 100+ home and living 

in this part of town.  

I had an impromptu slumber party with my daughter

last night.  Oh gosh I love having the kids home.  

We laughed and chatted up a storm.  So much fun.  

I'm happy that I had time to make a quick card 

this afternoon.  

I decided this will be for dad.  He just turned

77 on Flag day.  

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Happy & Heartfelt, Earthen Textures 

I had to add the ribbon because as I was sponging 

the circle on the paper I got ink all along the bottom.

How frustrating, but thank goodness for ribbon and 

embellishments to help cover the little smudges.  

Here are a few of the flowers in bloom

around the yard.  

I just LOVE summer. 

Here is a picture of HP, he loves 

breezy days.  

Proverbs 20:7 KJV

The just man walketh in his integrity; his children

are blessed after him. 

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ