Happy Birthday

 Today I'm posting a card I created for a friend of mine. HAPPY BIRTDAY, Charlene!!!This card will be linked over at Seize the Birthday.

PRODUCTS USED

MFT BRILLIANT BUTTERFLIES

MFT BITTY BIRTHDAY WISHES

STAMPIN' UP STITCHED SHAPES

ALTENEW  LAPIS LAZULI STAMP CUBES -EASTERN SKY, UTRAMARINE

SU BRONZE BUTTERFLIES

WINK OF STELLA

That will be all for today. I will be back tomorrow or Monday with some cards and update on whats been going on with my health.

Have a wonderful weekend! Blessings, Bernadette

Sweet Birthday Wishes

 I'm finally back to a little bit of card-making. It really has been a struggle. Since I wanted to make a card for my granddaughter who will be 7 next Wednesday it pushed me to be a little creative. I looked at some Pinterest Ice Cream cone cards because I did know they were the images I wanted to use. I came across this card by Julie Petrie which inspired me.

I will not be going posting any products colors but I will mention the following:

Stamp Set: SU Sweet Icecream, MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes, MFT Stripped paper, SU Card Stock

Stampin Up EF, SU Scallop Die Cut, MFT Stitched Fishtail

Various Inks by: Tim Holtz  Distress Inks, SU Inks

That will be all for today. Have a Blessed week!

Bernadette Bliss

Happy Birthday Wishes

Just popping on here today with a card that I made for my 5 yr. old grandson. I borrowed this stamp set, SU Driving By from my demonstrator. After it was stamped and colored, I cut it out with one of the A2 Stitched Rec. STAX SET from MFT. I looked through Pinterest for some ideas and this is a combination of several designs.  I just love black and red combos. The solid CS is from SU and the black stripes are from an MFT stripes collection pack.

I colored the image with several different colored Prismacolor Pencils, the Happy die is by Altenew and was part of their Mini Delight set for March and the sentiment is MFT's Bitty Birthday Wishes.

 That will be it for today. Tonight I am going to a card class with a friend to play with some SU products. I hope you enjoy your evening.

Blessings, Bernie B

Happy Birthday

Just popping on here this afternoon to post a card that I created for the Addicted to Case challenge. I still had my Altenew Dainty Calla Lily stamp and die on my desk and thought I would use it for this challenge.

The products I used on this card are:

Altenew Dainty Calla Lily Stamp and Die

MFT Stitched Tall Triangle Stax

MFT stamp from Bitty Birthday Wishes

Coloring was done with my Prismacolor Pencils; Muted Turquoise, Kelly Green, Canary Yellow

And I added a few gems by Stampin'Up'

I also used dimensional on the flower to add more interest.

 

That will be all for today. Have a wonderful day tomorrow.

BERNIE B

You're How Old?

 

I have been working on several cards this week, but just finished this particular one yesterday. I selected to post one that I am sending to my 14-year-old Granddaughter whose birthday is this week. It's hard to believe she is 14 thus the sentiment on the card. Using the CAS C&S sketch challenge for this week helped me quickly put this one together. The harder part was deciding on colours. I knew I wanted to use MFT Sensational Stitched Blooms and had to find what floral dies in the set would allow me to use 4 in a row as the sketch showed. I keep it monochromatic using SU Gingham Gala 6x6 DSP and Grapefruit  Grove CS which matched the gingham paper. The sentiment is by MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes stamped in Versafine Black ink. The black dots are from SU.

This will be all for today. We have family coming over for dinner and I still have to clean up a very messy craft desk!

Have a blessed week!

Blessings, Bernadette

Happy Birthday Wishes

 

Tonight I'm posting a card that I put together earlier this afternoon to link over at the TGIF Challenge. Since birthday cards are always needed, I chose to create another card for my stash. 

I haven't made a Banner card in a very long time. It seems like it's not even under my radar. This was the perfect opportunity to pull out some older punches, dies, and stamps and to create this particular one.

PRODUCTS USED:

Paper: MFT Birthday Brights 6x6, SU Granny Apple Green, Flirty Flaming, Neenah Solar White#110

MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes for the sentiment

Taylored Expressions Whimsical Wishes for the Cupcake

MFT Captions Alphabet Die-namics for the letters on the banner

SU Banner Punch, MFT Skinny Strips, A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set

White Twin, SU Jewels

That will be all for this evening. Have a good Thursday tomorrow!

Blessings, Bernadette

Birthday Boy

 Good afternoon! Today I am posting a card that I just finished up for my grandson, Asher who will be 2 in several days. When looking over challenge blogs several days ago, I saw that Seize the Birthday had a FURRY FRIENDS Birthday Card challenge. I had already decided to use these sweet little furry animals from MFT Better Together, so I knew it would fit their challenge.

PRODUCTS:

Stamp: MFT Better Together, MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes 

Paper: SU Just Jade CS, SU Bumblebee CS, SU pattern paper, unknown

Ink: Versafine Black, SU Night of Navy Spampin' write for collar

*Images colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Gamsol*

Pop Dots

*MFT products in the sidebar

That will be it for today. I have to finish up a Mother's Card for my Mother-in-law so I can get it in the mail by Tuesday. Have a wonderful rest of your Sunday and a great upcoming week.

Blessings, Bernadette

Happiest of Birthdays To You

Good Morning. Today I am posting another Birthday card to add to my Birthday Card box. I chose to use CAS Colours & Sketches colour challenge for the week. I have been pushing myself out of the box with colour challenges. I tend to get anxious trying to come up with a design using different colours, but I have found it helpful to use a Colour Wheel when I'm not doing a challenge.

I chose to use the flowers from the MFT Fun Flower set, coloring them in with SU Calypso Coral and Terracotta Tile. I just stamped the leaves from SU Granny Apple Green paper since I did not have that ink. The stitched square that highlights the flowers was done using my Gel Press. I stamped my Calypso Coral straight to the pad then ran my brayer about five X's over it then pressed the paper onto it. I am happy with the color and smoothness it produced. I haven't used this technique much but will be experimenting more. Using a SU embossing folder after assembling the flowers I put it on my card base. 

That is it for today. We have another beautiful sunny day, but only in the high 40's. 

I'm so ready for Spring weather to show up!

Stay Safe and Well

Blessings, Bernadette

For the Birthday Boy

 Just dropping in today with a card I created for one of my little grandsons.Over at Seize the Birthday the challenge was to create a scene. I went through my animal stamps and chose the little critters from MFT Better Together with matching Dies. I used  MFT Tucked -in Turf -Hor. for the grass element. The animals were colored with Prismacolor Pencils. 

After taking the photo of this card I noticed that the Dog could have had more color, but I just left it as is. Even though I had good lighting yesterday, this photo still looks a little off even after using a filter. As I said previously, I probably should invest in a lightbox or make a DYI one for my card photos.

That is for today. I need to clean up my craft desk and start another crafty project.

Stay well and safe and I hope you enjoy your Monday.

Blessings, Bernadette 

Sweet Birthday Wishes

 Just on here to post a card to link over at the  Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I finished this up this morning and will be delivering it to my daughter on Friday with her gift. 

I worked again at trying to perfect my stamping one of these beautiful butterflies from MFT's Brilliant Butterflies and used Altenew inks for the bottom layer. I used a sentiment from MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes. The colored papers are from several different companies and the base of the card is Neenah Solar White #100.

That is it for today. I hope you have a blessed day!

Bernadette

YAY! It's Your Birthday

 Happy Sunday. I just finished up a card for one of my grandson's birthdays. I have so much fun working with this stamp set with matching dies from MFT, Better Together. The animals are so adorable. I will head over to AAA Birthday Game #19 the challenge being, FOR A CHILD, with this card today.

PRODUCTS USED:

MFT Better Together

MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes

MFT Papers, Neenah Solar Crest White #110

Prismacolor Pencils

That is it for today as far as this post. 

I'm working on another birthday card for my sweet Great Grand Daughters 4th. Birthday.

Stay Safe and Stay Well

Bernadette

Sending A Big Birthday Wish

 

Hi all! I'm here today to post a card that I will be linking to 2 Challenges, Seize the Birthday and CAS Colours and Sketches #392. The challenge over at Seize the Birthday was to Use Your Scraps. I struggled with choosing papers from my scrap stash but finally decided on using a patterned paper by SU to ground my design. I had just enough to cut a small inner circle. The white stitched circle was already cut and so was the In Color Terracotta Tile layer from previous projects.

The Sending die was cut from Seaside Spray 3x's and the sentiment is from MFT's  Bitty Birthday Wishes using Versa Fine Black Ink.

That's it for today. I hope you have a great evening and stay well and safe!

Bernadette

Cupcake Birthday Wishes

Hi all! I'm posting a card tonight that I created to enter  in the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge. I'm still going through stamps and came across this stamp and die set by Taylored Expressions, Build a Treat Border(ret). I felt it would work well with the sketch.

I colored the cupcakes with my Prismacolor pencils and added some Wink of Stella to each one after I had die cut them. The base of the card is Sour Apple by MFT and the cupcakes are layered on SU's Bumblebee and Moonlight Mist card stock. It's time to wrap up things for the evening.

Have a good Wednesday and stay safe and well!

Bernie Bee

It's Time To Party

Today I'm posting a card that I finished up earlier last night. It was originally going to be posted over at Freshly Made Sketches and, Seize the Birthday, but it doesn't quite meet the parameters of the FMS#445 challenge.

I had just received this Birthday Cake Die by MFT last week and thought it needed some love. The background paper is an old SU design and the remainder of the papers, except the card base, is also; Crushed Curry, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral, and Night of Navy. I used the sentiment from MFT's, Bitty Birthday Wishes, and inked it with Night of Navy. This is a pretty straight forward card and another one that went quickly.

That is it for today. I'm headed over to my daughters' house to babysit my grandsons. Have a great Friday and a safe and well weekend.

Blessings,

Bernie B

Birthday Blessings

I'm posting a card tonight I finished up this afternoon to link over at CAS Colours & Sketches. I struggled with how I would use the challenge colour choices. Once I chose the Gorgeous Grape for the frame, it all fell into place.

For the panel behind the frame, I used an older SU Embossing Folder which gave it some interest. All the flowers are from Altenew's, Striped Flowers and coloured with SU inks using an Aqua Painter. The sentiment is from MFT's Bitty Birthday Wishes. I also used MFT's Stitched Rectangle Frame 

I hope you have a restful evening and enjoy your Friday tomorrow. Stay well and safe!

Blessings,

Bernie B

Birthday Blessings

Just posting tonight a card I worked on yesterday using The Flower Challenge #45 with the theme of the color Navy plus one. My final decision on the second color was to use Altenews, Wisteria, and Hydrangea on the layered flower and leaves from Altenews Garden Treasure stamp with matching dies. I'll be posting this over at The Flower Challenge.

My sentiment was from the Bitty Birthday Wishes by MFT, SU Night of Navy, Neenah Solar White 100#, MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips, SU Subtle Textured 3D EF.

 Have a restful evening and a great Thursday tomorrow. Stay Weel and Safe!

Blessings,

Bernie B

Happy Birthday To You

I'm here today posting a card that I made for my grandson whose birthday is coming up shortly. I really enjoy using SU's Sailing Home stamp with matching dies for the men in my life. Unfortunately, I have very little of the coordinating paper, but I'm sure I will find a way to use this set without it.

This will be posted over on the Seize the Birthday Blog

The paper for the base is Neenah Solar White110#. I used a retired Gray for layer #1 and embossed it with the SU Subtles Dienamics EF, my favorite, by the way. Layer #2 is the coordinating paper. My sentiment is from MFT "Bitty Birthday Wishes" stamped on MFT Fishtail Flag Tri Die-namics and embossed with Fine Black Embossing powder by GinaK. The ships were stamped with Hero Arts Black Ink.

That's it for today. Stay Well and Stay Safe and enjoy your evening!

Blessings'

BernieB

YAY! It's Your Birthday

I finished up my grandsons birthday card today and am fairly happy with it. The animals should have been a little lower on the card, but I didn't notice that until I had all glued and used foam dots. Hopefully, my grandson will not notice it. I CASED this card by Amy Yang, but changed up the sentiment. There are so many talented card makers out there that get my MOJO moving. A BIG thanks to all of you.

Several weeks ago I gathered up my "Thinking of You" sentiments from the various stamp sets and put them all in one place. I didn't realize that I had so many! It has really made my life so much easier. Although I do not have the sets they belong to labeled, it really has been a time saver for me since I make and need quite a few of this type of card.

That's it for today. I'm' off to put together some cards. 

Have a blessed Friday and a relaxing weekend!

Blessings,

Bernie Bee

For The Birthday Girl

Good afternoon everyone. I just finished up a card for my GD who will be 6 tomorrow. The card was inspired by her picture that she titled, If Dinosaurs Came Back, and was entered by her Art teacher in our State Fair in NC. Each school was able to choose one student from grades Kindergarten-through 5th. Amelia's artwork was chosen from her Kindergarten class.

I used SU DSP Dinoroar and chose SU Lovely Lipstick, Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, and Pool Party as the coordinating colors. Since I did not have the stamps set or matching dies for this paper, I cut the Palm Tree and Dinosaur with my Cricut.  The outside sentiment is by MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes which I stamped in Old Olive and the inside with the MFT Big Birthday Sentiments also in Old Olive cut with MFT's Stitched Sentiment Strips.

I did decide to make this a shaker card, although it was not my original plan. Although I'm not happy that the red chunky glitter stuck to the front not allowing the sequine mix to show, I'm sure my GD will not mind. The shaker was made using MFT's Rectangle Shaker Window and Frame Die-namic matching Shaker windows. Does anyone know how to prevent the static problem with glitter in a plastic shaker? 

I didn't get this card finished to link to the Seize the Birthday "For the Kids" but I will enter it in the general birthday challenge. 

Have a great Thursday and go do something you LOVE! I have a very messy desk to clean up, so no LOVE on this end! 

Blessings,

Bernie

Happiest of Birthdays to You

Happy Wednesday morning. I just finished up this card for one of my SIL's and will link it over at CASE(E) This Sketch blog.

Inside of Card

I used the SU Sailing Home suite as I have done on several other cards that I have made recently for the men in our family. I really love all the images with matching dies. I used Neenah Solar White 110# for the base with a layer of  SU Night of Navy topped with Balmy Blue which was embossed with SU's Subtle Dynamic embossing folder and cut with one of MFT's Stitched Rectangles. The sentiment is from MFT'S Bitty Birthday Wishes and cut with MFT's Skinny Strip Die-Namics.

The inside was stamped with the sailboat from the SU set and the sentiment is from MFT's Anything-but-Basics Birthday Wishes.

Well, I'm off to work on several more cards for family members who have October birthdays. Enjoy your day and I hope you get to do something you LOVE!

Blessings,

Bernie