Happy Birthday Flowers

As most of us card makers know, birthday cards seem to be the cards we need the most, or at least, I do. With 7 children, 3 SIL's, 2 DIL's and 8 grand children, I seem to be always be making them!

The card above is one that I CASEd from Andrea Walford. I believe it was posted several years ago, and was saved in my CASE folder. She used a Crushed Curry combo, mine is the SAB, Sweet Sorbet and Pool Party CS. Her flowers and leaf images were using a stamp set which I did not have. I decided to cut my leaves with the Little Leaves Sizzlits die and stamped and punched the flowers using the Petite Petals stamp bundle.

SU PRODUCTSStamp: Perfectly Penned
Paper: Basic Black CS, Whisper White CS
Ink: Pool Party
Decorative Dots EF
Pearl Perfect Jewels
Retired Black Polka Dot Ribbon

I hope you make it a great Wednesday. I have several pre-op appointments today. My surgery is scheduled for Monday afternoon. I'm looking forward to having it behind me and moving ahead with the healing process.

Stay CRAFTY! Bernadette

Two New Challenges

I was going to wait to post this card, but decided against it since I am working

 on some other projects and didn't want to miss the deadline on these.

I came across Fab Friday and loved the sketch.  I immediately had a stamp set in mind.

I have looked at the colourQ  site several times in the past, but had not entered any challenges,

I don't believe on that site either.  Today was the day!

Here is my finished  card

Here is the sketch from Fab Friday that I followed.

And the colors from colourQ that we were to use.

I had the papers, but I didn't have the Night of Navy ink

for some unknown reason. I substituted it with, Not Quite Navy.

The cardstock is all from SU and so are the ink colors. I used the 

Flower Shop set #130492 and punched 

each flower out with the new Pansy punch #130698. 

 The Perfectly Penned #122892 sentiment finished off the card.

*the large pearl are from an unknown source*

Have a great evening and look for my post tomorrow morning on a cutte little project for the Thanksgiving holiday!

Stay CRAFTY

BERNADETTE

Guest Designer

 I'm on my way to North Carolina today, so I had asked one of my downline members, Sandy Farley, if she would create a card for my post.

 She was gracious enough to accept and did a beautiful job 

and it shines through in this card she created.

Sandy just became a demonstrator in February and is really enjoying the creative  process and benefits of belonging to the Stampin' Up! family.

RECIPE for Sandy's Card

PAPER

NEW  Pistachio Pudding #131294

 NEW  Baked Brown Sugar #131296

STAMPS

 Blooming with Kindness #126422

 Serene Silhouettes  #127324 

Perfectly Penned stamp #122892

INK

NEW Baked Brown Sugar #131174

SWEET ADDITIONS

Apothecary Accents Framelits #127003

Honeycomb Folder #129378

If you get a chance, I know she would love to hear from you. 

Just drop a comment here and I'll make sure she reads it.

Have a great and CRAFTY day!

Bernadette and Sandy

  

An Eclectic Card

Today I am posting a card that I linked to MOJO Monday.  Calling this card Eclectic was due to mixing the graphic paper and Chevron with the the organza ribbon and rhinestones.  I thought it all came together well and I love the Basic Gray paired with the Perfect Plum. Don't you?

RECIPE

Papers: Whisper White 100730, Perfect Plum 101889, Basic Gray 121044R

Twitterpated DSP 125406

Stamp: Perfectly Penned  122892

Sweet Additions: Chevron Folder 127749, Rhinestones Basic Jewels 119246

5/8" Organza Ribbon 114319 

Tools: 3/4" Circle 119873 1/2" Circle 119869

Itty Bitty Punch Pack (circle) 118309, Ticket Punch (retired)

SNAIL Adhesive, Stampin' Dimensionals

Thank you for stopping by and have a CRAFTY day!

BERNADETTE

Perfectly Preserved

 Today I was able to be creative and make two cards using the Perfectly Preserved stamp and framelits.

 

Paper - Orchard Harvest DSP # 126895; Cajun Craze #119684; Lucky Limeade # 122926

Crumbcake #120593; More Mustard # 100946; Naturals White #102316

Stamps - Perfectly Preserved # 126692; Friendship Preserves #127913l;

Perfectly Penned #122892

Ink - Early Espresso 126974

Tools - Cannery Set # 127822; Window Frames Collection ;

 Labels Collection Framelits # 125598; Sweet Buttons Embosslits # 121813;

 Finishing Touches Edgelits # 127010

Finishing Touches - Naturals Designer Buttons # 127554; Linen Thread #104199

Stampin' Dimensionals; Multipurpose Liquid Glue

Thanks for stopping by and stay CRAFTY! BernieB

Butterfly Birthday

My card today was made for a dear woman here in the Park who is celebrating her 93rd. Birthday. She is very fond of butterflies, so I thought the paper and punch were a perfect choice for the card.

Paper: Patio Party #126961, Primrose Petals #126858, Summer Starfruit #126991

 Midnight Muse #126860

Circle punches
Elegant Butterfly punch #127526

3/8" Stitched Satin Ribbon / Primrose Petals #126844

Rhinestone Basic Jewels #119246

Stampin' Dimensionals #104430

Adoring Accents Edgelits #125595

Paper Piercing Tool #126189

Stampin' Pierce Mat #126199

Essentials Paper -Piercing Pack

Stamp Set - Perfectly Penned #122892(clear)

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful, blessed and CRAFTY week! BernieB