Card #43 for 2024

Hello Crafting Friends. 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

AAA Cards Challenge

The stamp sets I used in this card are 

Stampin Up:  Trusty tools & work of art

I thought this would make the perfect 

masculine card in honor of my dad.  It 

seems every summer when I was a kid he would

start painting. It would start with the picnic table,

then the swing, the garden hose holder, 

and garbage can coral.  Everything got a fresh 

coat of paint.  Always makes me smile.  I 

think his intent was to finish off the gallon and

not have any leftover paint laying around.  

This card was easy enough to make, I stamped

the paint samples, then the brushes.  I love how each

paint brush tip matches the color of the painted area.

The verse I chose for this card is:

Jeremiah 18:3KJV

 Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold,

 he wrought a work on the wheels.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #42 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends. 

I'm going to admit right from the start 

this card took 12 minutes and 41 seconds to make.

Hope that don't disqualify me.  

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

As You See It Challenge

The stamp sets I used in this card are:

Botanical Layers, and Detailed dogwood

both are stampin up sets. 

I stamped directly on the card stock 

and colored in the dogwood and dragon fly.

The sentiment was the perfect font for this 

lovely collaboration of images. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Psalm 100:4 KJV

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: 

be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #41 for 2024

Hello crafting friends. 

I took some crafting liberties with this sketch:

Try a Sketch On Tuesday

The stamp sets I used for this card are:

Stampin Up Best birds, From all of us,

and Bob Ross clear stamps

I had a clear vision of what I wanted to achieve however,

instead of a sunrise/sunset in the horizon of the 

sketch I chose trees, and I  chose two because that is how

many years for an up coming work anniversary.  Well once

i started stamping all those little critters, I just couldn't leave 

any off the card. I was hoping the DSP would be sufficient 

for the 3 different sections in the sketch.  I'm not too pleased

with the Bob Ross stamp set.  I love his art and thought it

would be fun to have, however, they don't stamp a nice

image and apparently I'm not that creative with it.  I think 

someone that has expertise in shading colors would benefit

from this stamp set.  So it's going in the shop.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Colossians 3:23 KJV

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #40 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends. 

You know I say crafting because I think for 

the majority of people that are crafty, we 

dabble in all sorts of artsy things, not just cards. 

I made this card for my Grandma, bless her 

heart she will be 101 on June 12th.  She's an

amazing woman and quite the inspiration to me.  

My goal is to live to 102 and I do believe

my dear Grandma can do it.  I need to learn

her secrets to a long life.  With all that being

said it's not been an easy one.  Grandma

is a strong tiny little woman, she's had to 

bury 2 husbands, and 4 adult children, one

being my ma.  Grandma has one remaining daughter

and many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and

great great grandkids.  We love her dearly. 

Grandma and Grandpa had a huge garden,

and as a kid I had the privilege of spending nearly

everyday there because they lived behind us/or 

in front of us depending on which way you come from.

There was a well worn path between our homes,

I use to love to run through the gardens barefoot, we 

had sandy soil where I grew up, so it was like a beach.

Not a weed to be found, grandpa sold his raspberries, 

asparagus and rhubarb to people and the local grocery store. 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets I used for this card are:

Stampin Up:  Sweet Strawberry, and deckled circle dies

Hand drawn Alphabet by Autumn Leaves clear stamps 

The card was just simple stamping.  I think Grandma will

like the bright red colors and be able to see it better.  I used

some dimensionals under the two berries to raise them up 

so you could see the third.  It was hard to decided if I wanted

a plain white background or this DSP, as you can see I chose 

the DSP, hoping Grandma would like that best.  

Below is my latest Etsy sale, it's always exciting for me

 to see a sale in the shop.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Isaiah 46:4KJV

And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar(gray) hairs will I carry you: 

I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #39 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends. 

My husband encouraged me to keep trying to stamp.

I really didn't want to..(note the picture at the bottom)

Nothing was going right, and my raynauds kicked in too. 

I am hoping my creativity comes back.  My dog 

has left my heart so broken that my sweet husband

even has been helping me with house chores. 

Let's talk about the card.  This was a tough sketch, at

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Notice the card 

on the bottom of this post?   The 

one with the bright springy/summer/sherbet colors, 

well it was too busy for me, so I switched things up a bit. 

 I chose to use two colors and make it patriotic. 

The stamp sets I used were:

Stampin up:  Dandelion Wishes (for the fireworks)

Watercolor Shape(for the background strips)

Repeat Impression( flag/sentiment.  It's one stamp

but I cut it apart so just the sentiment was on the

front of the card, and the flag is on the inside)

The two colors I chose went a long way because

I stamped them off 3x.  So it gave it the look of multiple 

colors.  When I finished I thought it looked sloppy,

but then again looks like a basket weave so I let it go.

I cut the sentiment from the flag and cut out the dandelions

and glued everything down.  I popped up the sentiment

to give it some height, and added 3 silver star brads for some

sparkle and shine.  

Below is the original card in the background underneath my hand. Had

to wait for my hands to regain feeling and then back at it.

I'm glad I tried again and that my husband encouraged me to do so. 

The verse I chose for this card is:

Galatians 5:1KJV 

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ 

hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #38 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends.

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp set I used for this card is

Stampin up, trusty tools 

I just used the whole stamp set for one card,

not something I usually do.  I tend to play 

with multiple stamp sets for the desired card.

But just was not feeling up to it lately. 

I do feel the highlight of the card is the

brads in form of screws.  

and of course leave it to me to finish

the card off with an upside down 

signature stamp in the back.  Sigh. 

good thing my dad understands.  

Freedom is not free.  Remembering 

the soldiers that laid down their lives

for my freedom with a humble and forever

grateful heart.  

The verse I chose for this card is:

Eph. 6:1-3KJV

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

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Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ 

 

Card #37 for 2024

Hello Crafting friends.  
Hope you are doing something fun 

and creative this weekend.  

I'm trying, Lord knows I'm trying, just

is taking longer then I had 

expected.  Seems that I relied on my 

beloved hound more then I even had realized.

I miss him terribly. 

I will enter this card in the challenge at:

Freshly Made Sketches

The stamp sets I used for this card are:

Stampin Up:  Mischievous Mice & Borders to backgrounds 

I used an embossing folder to give some

texture to the card, and I lightly sponged 

over the top so it didn't appear so stark white.

I love how the side strip turned out, I think

that's my favorite part of this simple card. 

Below is the latest book I just finished.

It was very good to get myself in a book

and forget my troubles.  I highly recommend this 

one.  I'm now on a bit of a Titantic journey as

this is my third book about that terribly

tragic ship wreck.  I have already started my 4th.

The verse I chose for this card is:

2 Samuel 17:29KJV

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, 

and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said,

 The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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 Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

💗PJ