Congratulations

 Today I am posting a card that I will be linking over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge. I already had some of the elements saved on my desk for a layout, but this challenge seemed the best fit.

PRODUCTS USED:

SU papers, Neenah Solar Crest #80

Stamps: Gina K Stippled Flowers, MFT Essential Sentiments

Ink: Altenew - Forest Glade, Gina K -Blue Lagoon, Versamark

Wow Metalic Gold Rich embossing powder

Dies: SU Stitched Shapes, MFT- A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX, MFT- Skinny Strips

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT AND CRAFTY DAY!

BLESSINGS, Bernie B

Congratulations!

Just a quick drop by today. I will not be posting this on any blog challenges.

This is a card I just created for my niece and her future husband who will be married next weekend. We will be attending that wedding and are planning on visiting other families as part of the trip. I'll be gone for several weeks so there will be NO Craftiness going on. Although we will be driving many miles, it will so be wonderful to see family we haven't seen in 2 years! 

SU Colors: Mint Macaron, Pale Papaya 

SU Ink: Mint Macaron, Pale Papaya,Versafine Black,VersaMark

SU Stamp: Hand-Penned Petals

SU Gems

Wink of Stella on Flowers and Leaves

Have a wonderful weekend!

Blessings, Bernie B

Feel Better Soon

 

Hi! I'm on here today to post a card that I will be linking to 2 Blog Posts. I decided on:

CAS C&S#433 and play along with a blog that I just came across recently TGIF#329.

PRODUCTS USED:

Papers: Neenah Solar White 110#, SU Pool Party, Real Red, Daffodil Delight

Inks: Real Red, Versafine Black

Stamps: ALTENEW Winsome Blooms w/ matching dies, MFT Essential Sentiments

MFT Skinny Strips for sentiment, SU Stitched Shapes for the Circle, SU 3D Textured EF

SU Gems

That will be all for now. Have a great day and stay CRAFTY!

Blessings, Bernadette

Happy Birthday Tag

 

I just finished up a project that I will be posting over on Just Us Girls blog. It was a great challenge for me since I lean towards all occasion cards. So I chose to create a Birthday Tag for anything but a card challenge. 

PRODUCTS USED:

SU Stamp and Punch- Sweet Ice Cream

MFT Essential Sentiments for the Happy Birthday

MFT Skinny Strips dies

SU Papers - Bermuda Bay, Coordinating paper for the ice cream cone, Sprinkle paper from the same set

SU Pool Party Twine

SU Ink- Pretty in Pink, Old Olive, Versafine Black

SU Label Punch

That will be all for today. I hope you have a wonderful Monday and the rest of the week.

Blessings, Bernadette

Masculine Happy Birthday

 I'm here today posting a card that I have made for one of my sons. I had gotten inspiration for this card from Julie Dinn over on Pinterest. Thank you, Julie! I will be putting this over on the AAA Birthday Card Challenge Game 22. The striped paper is from MFT 6x6 Black & White Stripes. I do really love this paper and do not use it enough. The large sentiment is from MFT and so are the candles from Make a Wish. The yellow paper is from SU, I used MFT Stitched Rectangle Frames for a border and the sentiment is MFT's Essential Sentiments. Once I had all the elements cut and stamped the card came together fairly quickly.

Hoping you will enjoy this evening and have a great weekend. I'm off tomorrow to one of my daughter's birthday parties and will be joined by 2 of her sisters. No boys allowed this time around.

I just love getting together with my family!

Blessings, Bernadette

Sending You Strength

 

I'm' finally getting some mojo back and decided to make a card that will be entered in 2 challenges. 

Freshly Made Sketches and CAS Colours and Sketches.

I finally used the Tree Trio die-namics by MFT. I've played with it several times but just haven't' used it on a card. The sketch just seemed it would work with them and I really liked the colours for the challenge over at CASC&S. It took me a little time to decide how I would use the colour combination but in the end, Flirty Flamingo won out for the 1st. layer. I just used the Rich Razzelberry for an accent and the trees and sentiment strip were cut from Melon Mambo. The branches and the sentiment added some black to the design.

That's about it for this afternoon. As usual, my crafting area needs to be cleaned up. I honestly would like to have someone else do that, but no one has volunteered!

Stay Well and Safe

Nona Bee

* I've decided that I will not use NONA BEE for my signature after this post*

Masculine Birthday Card

 

Just dropping by this afternoon with a card I created for one of my sons-in-law who is having a birthday next month. He is a no-frills kind of guy, so this sketch works well plus I keep it monochromatic which will fit his taste.

I'm linking this over at CAS(E) this Sketch where I had gotten my inspiration. I was helped along to get out of my creative box by using this SU DSP, In Good Taste. It has been picked up and put down many times. LeAnn Pugliese who created a beautiful card using this paper encouraged me to give it a try. I am happy the way it came together, although it's a pretty clean and simple compared to Leanne's. 

PRODUCTS USED:

SU Basic Grey, Grey Granite CS, In Good Taste DSP

MFT Essential Sentiments, MFT A2 Rectangle Stax Die

Gina K Fine Black Embossing Powder for the sentiment

I'm off to clean up my crafting space then on to cooking dinner.  I'm making Salmon Patties tonight which is one of my hubbies and my favorite diners. I hope you have a good evening. 

Stay safe and Well!

Nona Bee

New Home Congratulations

I'm posting today a card I made my GD and her family on their New Home. This will be posted over on the MFT Sketch Challenge, and believe me, it's being posted just barely under the challenge time!

The MFT products I used on this card:
Stitched Rectangle Die-namics, Fishtail Trio Die-namics, Essential Sentiments for the congratulations, The Bird House and Bird from Cute Critters, the tree from Bear Hug Bunch, Grassy edges.

I colored the images with various inks using my Aqua Painter. I'm not completely happy with the results and feel I should have used my Prismacolor Pencils instead. The background paper is SU Bermuda Bay and SoSaffron for the inside Oval. I haven't decided on an inside sentiment, but need to finish this today so I can mail it out.

Have a great Tuesday. Stay safe and well.

Blessings,

Bernie B

Happy Birthday

I just finish up a Birthday card that I will be linking to Freshly Made Sketches438 and CAS Colour Sketches#373 to tie up my weekend.

The products used on this card: For the base and layer, Neenah Solar White 110#, Neenah 80# for images, Versafine Onyx Black, SU Pool Party, and Pear Pizzazz paper and for coloring the images, Altenew Striped Florals stamp with matching dies, MFT Essential Sentiments.


That's it for this afternoon. I plan on sitting on my screened porch and catching up on some emails. Have a wonderful evening and a Safe and Well upcoming week.

Blessings,

Bernie B

Congratulations

Tonight I'm here posting a card that will be linking to the Paper Players sketch challenge #492. I'm just getting it in under just the wire, but the week has been busy. I got started doing blinds, woodwork, and reorganizing. Making cards is so, so much more fun!

We just had a neighbor buy a home out of state and I decided to use this as a New Home card. She's quite a gardener and I felt the flowers were appropriate. I started with an A2 card base of Neenah Solar White 110#, added an inner panel of the same paper,  and embossed it with Dotted EF. The flowers are from Altenews Spophisicated Wreath stamp set with coordinating dies and I used Altenews color cubes to layer the flowers. The MFT's Stitched Rectangle Frames die-namics was used to create a frame for the flowers and I used one MFT Essential Sentiments. 

That is it for this evening. I hope you have a wonderful Friday and upcoming weekend. 

Stay Safe and Stay Well!

Blessings

Bernie B

Congratulations

Tonight I'm posting a card that I made for my daughter and husband who just purchased a new home. My inspiration came from a gal that is on the MFT Design Team. What drew me to the card was the Black and White Birdhouse.  Their new home is the same color combination!

The products I choose were the MFT Birds of a Feather Card Kit, MFT Essential Sentiments, MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips. I used the paper from the kit for the bird, flowers, and birdhouse. I embossed the front of the birdhouse with a SU Wood Texture EF, which I believe is retired. The base of the card Neenah 110# and the Black and White paper is by SU Botanical Butterfly DSP.

I'll be posting this over at Splitcoast Stampers tonight. I have been negligent to visit that site and I'm determined to do it much more frequently. So many great challenges and techniques.

Have a wonderful evening and I hope you ENJOY Memorial Day tomorrow. Stay well and stay safe!

Blessings,

Bernie B

Masculine Happy Birthday

Hi everyone! I'm back this evening with another masculine birthday card. This one is for another SIL whose birthday is in May. I was looking through some Card Sketch challenges several days ago and came across this one on the Try Stamping on Tuesdays site. I knew it was a perfect layout for the masculine card I was planning.

                                                             

                                                               
                                                         


I have been using this SU Sailing Home Bundle for the men in our family. At some point, I plan to "feminize" it. We'll see how that goes!

I had a small piece of the matching DSP left to use on the card base. I paired the paper with SU Balmy Blue and Night of Navy and used a sentiment from MFT Essential Sentiments.

That's all for tonight. Have a wonderful Tuesday. We will be getting more rain for the next several days here in Clayton, NC, but the day temperatures will be in the 70's. I can live with that :}

Stay well and Stay Safe...

Blessings,

BernieB