With Love From Owl Us

I just finished up a card today that I will be linking over at Freshly Made Sketches and Seize the Birthday Challenges.

This is FMS #400 challenge card and this MFT stamp set came to my mind immediately and so did the SU paper from the Sail Away suite.  I just love Mossy Meadow and would say it's one of my favorite greens.

PARTICULARS:

Stamp Sets: MFT Wild Woodland w/ matching dies, MFT Anything-But-Basic Birthday Wishes, Bitty Birthday Wishes

Ink: SU Mossy Meadow, Memento Jet Black, SU Soft Sky

MFT Die-Namics: Stitched Clouds, Skinny Strips, Grassy Edges

MFT Stencil: Mini Clouds

Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol

Hope you have a wonderful Holiday Weekend. We are laying low since my hubby had Rotator Cuff surgery only 2 weeks ago. ENJOY! And if you are staying at home I hope you get to do something you LOVE!

Blessings
Bernie

Masculine Happy Birthday Wishes

Hello All! Today I am posting a birthday card that I created for my husband. It is my first time using the Sailing Home Stamp Set with matching dies and the Come Sail Away DSP. I had fallen in love with this set and the matching paper but found my self stumped trying to create a card. I perused Pinterest and gathered some ideas and just plowed through trying to create my own take on others designs.

After taking quite a bit of time with this card I realized I put the side panel with the ropes different then what I intended. I wanted the blue rope design on the outside edge, blah! Oh well, I just need to live with it. I'm almost sure my sweet husband will not even notice ;}

I used SU Night of Navy ink for the Lighthouse and Birds, SU Soft Suede, Night of  Navy, and Crumb Cake. The sentiment is from an older retired stamp: "Petite Pairs". I used dimensional on the Lighthouse.

Congratulations!

Today I finished up a card for one of my younger daughters and her husband. They just sold their home, bought an RV that they will be living in until they build a home on their recently purchased 5 acres. It will be quite an adventure for them and their 3 children. 

This card is to congratulate them on their new NEST, the RV, that will be their home for at least a year. I haven't used these dies in quite a while but thought the birdhouse would be perfect.

I will be entering it in the current ColorThrowdown challenge. The colors at first stumped me, but thinking it through and pulling out different shades of SU colors helped make the process a little easier. 

PARTICULARS:

MFT Die-Namics: Stitched Sentiments Strips, Stitched Rectangle Frames, Birds of a Feather

SU Paper: Blueberry Bushel, Daffodil Delight, Shaded Spruce, Highland Heather, Bermuda Bay

Stamp: SU Something to Say

MFT Stencil: Colored the Mini Cloud Edges with Pool Party ink 

Ink: GinaK  Black Amalgam 

That's it for this evening. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday and are able to do something you LOVE!

Blessings, 

Bernie

Congrats

Hello all. I'm posting a card today to link up to Freshly Made Sketches and a new site for me, The Flower Challenge #35.

The FMS sketches are great, but keeping them cleaned-lined and fresh sometimes is a challenge for me, but this card was created fairly quick. I must have had my mojo on yesterday.

I needed a card for my neighbor who is moving to a new house and she loves flowers. Hence, a card to congratulate her on her new home. The Flower Challenge blog calls for the floral to be the main feature, which I believe this card does.

PARTICULARS:

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110#, SU  Powder Pink, Berry Burst
Stamps: Altenew Garden Treasures, SU Simply Wonderful (SAB)
Ink: Memento Jet Black, Altenew Pink Diamond, Pinklicious, Fresh Leaf / Forest Glade Fresh Asparagus GinaK
Die-cut: SU  Oval Stitched Die

I hope you have a wonderful day and are able to do something you LOVE!

Blessings, Bernie

Butterfly Note Card

Hello all. Just popping in today with a Birthday Card which is a grouping of 4 note cards that I'm giving to my neighbor as a going away gift. I just used up almost the last piece of this pretty DSP that was available through SU's Sale-A-Bration promo. I do have some other patterns left, but not much. I received my inspiration from a gal on Pinterest but didn't use ribbon or a more recent Butterfly Stamp as she had. I will be linking this over at Seize the Birthday adding to my other 2 cards there.

PARTICULARS:
Paper: SU Botanical Butterfly, SU Balmy Blue, SU Black
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri w/ matching Punch (ret.), GinaK Wreath Builder sentiment
Ink: Memento Jet Black, GinaK Fine embossing powder used on the butterfly
Scallop Punch and Circle Punch by SU (ret.)
Size: 4 1/4x5 1/2

That's it for today. Have a good evening and go do something you LOVE!

Blessings, Bernie



The other cards that I made to add along with this note card:

Belated Birthday

Today I'm revisiting and redoing a card design that I entered into a blog challenge yesterday. I stepped this one up a little and I'm much happier with the outcome. Although it is a belated birthday card, I will be entering into the Seize the Birthday challenge.

PARTICULARS:

Stamp: MFT Wild Woodland with matching dies
MFT Grassy Edges
Prismacolor pencils/Gamsol
Ink: GinaK Amalgam Black
SU Balmy Blue, SU Mossy Meadow
Neenah Solar White 110# for base
SU SubtleFolder

That's it for tonight. It's been a busy day and I still need to clean up my crafting area. I hope you have a blessed Monday and are going to do something you LOVE!

Blessings,
Bernie

Aww Nuts

I am back today with a belated birthday I created this afternoon. I have decided to play along with the CAS(E) #335 sketch of the week that was a quick and easy card to put together.

After a conversation I had with my cousin in FL yesterday, I realized that I had forgotten her birthday.  So off to my crafting space I went today. I know she will chuckle when she opens it. There nothing like putting a smile on someones face with a handmade card.

PARTICULARS:

Paper: Neenah Solar White 110#, SU Mossy Meadow, Neenah Solar White 80#
Ink: GinaK Black Amalgam Ink, Memento Jet Black Ink
Prismacolor Pencils/Gamsol
MFT  Wild Woodland w/ matching Die-Namics
MFT Grassy Edges Die-Namics
SU Ink: Soft Sky, Pool Party for blended background

Have a wonderful evening, enjoy your weekend, and go do something you LOVE!

Blessings,
Bernie

Butterfly Happy Birthday

Hi All! I hope your day is going well and you will be enjoying the upcoming weekend. I worked on a birthday card yesterday finishing it up today. It will be sent to my cousin in Texas who will be 80 at the end of the month. She has been a perpetual "21" for years and the inside sentiment fits her to a tea!

I will be linking this card over at Seize the Birthday today since their "Toppings" is Butterflies. You should "fly over to see the wonderful cards other card crafters have posted."

I hope you get to do something you LOVE this weekend! I'm off to make a couple of New Home cards and a Belated Birthday. We'll see how that goes...

Blessings, Bernie

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Particulars:

Paper: SU Petal Pink

Blackberry Bliss

SU Perennial Essence DSP

Neenah Solar White 110# for base

Ink: Memento Black

Versamark

WOW White embossing powder

Stamp: SU Butterfly Basics

Die: SU Butterflies Thinlets

It's Your Birthday

Today is just a quick posting of a card  I made for my granddaughters 12th. Birthday. I hadn't made a one layer shaker card before and it turned out to be simple to create and they are easily mailed.

Linked to CAS(E) this Sketch #334

Products Used:

SU Pink Pirouette Card Stock for the card base, Neenah Solar White 110# for the 2nd. layer, SU Glitter Paper
MFT Stitched Rectangles, Itty Bitty Greetings, Celebrate Die Cut, Skinny Strips Die-Namics
Black Memento Ink

That's it for today. I'm off to do some errands and getting ready for my husband having Rotator Cuff surgery tomorrow morning. Have a blessed day and go do something you LOVE!

Blessings, Bernie

Birthday Blessings

Just a quick stop by today. I've been in the process of making some more birthday cards and decided to link this one over at Seize the Birthday with the Topping of flowers.

I pulled out my Gardenia Build a Flower by Altenew to continue to work with it to become more proficient with the layering options. I did only use two-layer stamps for the flower and the leaf, but I am happy that I was able to have it turn out well.  Practice, Practice, Practice!

PARTICULARS:

Altenew Build a Flower, Gardenia

MFT Bitty Sentiments

MFT Rectangle Double Frame

MFT Skinny Strips

SU Pear Pizzazz CS, SU Garden Lane DSP, Neenah Solar White 110#

That's it for today. I hope you have a blessed day and are able to go do something you LOVE!

Blessings, Bernie