Thank You

 Hello! Just posting a card today that I made using the new Altenew Mini Delight: One in a Million stamp and die combo. I will be posting this for the CAS Colours & Sketches challenge this week. This is a clean and simple thank you card using few elements.

PRODUCTS:

SU card stock, Neenah Solar White #110, Neenah Solar White #80

SU Stitched Shape Framelits

MFT Stitched Rectangle Die-namics

MFT Sweet Sentiments

SU Matte Black Dots

Altenew cube inks, Versafine Black Ink

That will be all for this afternoon. I hope you have a great weekend. I'm going to tackle my Screen Porch tomorrow. Hopefully, all the Pine Pollen is just about done or I'll need to do another clean. It's one of my favorite places to sit in the morning and late afternoon and I have not been able because of the pollen on the cushions, chairs, and rug.

Blessings,

Bernadette

Showered With Love

Hi all. I'm here posting a Bridal Shower card. I don't know the last time I even made one! I chose to use the sketch over at CAS C&S to put this together. I chose the Pink and Grey color theme hoping it will seem modern and fresh and fit the sketch. I debated about adding some flowers to the umbrella but decided against it. It seemed to me that it would too busy.

I used the SU stamp set, Under My Umbrella which I borrowed from my demonstrator. The foundation base is Neenah Solar White#80, SU Blushing Bride, and a DSP by SU which I don't recall the name. I also used the sentiment from the set and cut it out with the SU Stitched Shapes Framelits.

That will be all for today. I have a very messy craft area to tidy up before I lose any stamps.

Have a good weekend and I hope you are able to enjoy some crafty time!

Blessings, Bernadette

I Love You...

 Tonight I'm posting a card that I will link over at CAS Colours & Sketches for their sketch challenge. I'm still working on getting a little more proficient using MFT Brilliant Butterflies,  but feel I have a little more work to do.

On this card, I wanted to use the month of LOVE colors, Red and Pink. I used SU's Real Red and Altenew Pink Diamond cubes to stamp the butterflies main body and Versa Fine Black for the wings and sentiment. The sentiment is from MFT's Essential Sentiments stamp set.

I turned my card 

That will be it for tonight. I'm off to watch TV. I'll be watching my favorite NHL Team the Carolina Hurricanes play tonight. I'm not much of a sports enthusiast, but I love  Hockey.

I hope you are staying safe and well. Thankfully we have only had rain, 

no snow or ice here in our part of NC.

Enjoy your evening.

Blessings, Bernadette

Youth is a Gift

Hi all. I took some time this Sunday after church to create a card that I am going to post over on CAS Colours and Sketches. This was just a quick, no fuss Birthday card that I created for an old family friend who is turning 90 on August 8th. I'm sure he will get a chuckle from the sentiment.

The paper is from SU In Good Taste DSP. I struggled with it although I knew I wanted to keep it simple and masculine and thought this paper fit well. I used SU Basic Grey and a sentiment from an old set I've had for quite some time. ( company unknown) I inked that with Night of Navy and then reinked it with VeraMark so I could emboss it using Clear Embossing Powder by Gina K.

The front panel was cut with MFT Stitched Rectangle Die-namics, embossed with SU Subtle 3D folder, and the circles cut with SU Stitched Shapes.

That's about it for today. I'm hoping on getting a chance to put together some cards for friends or a least get them prepped. I pray for you have a blessed rest of the day and week. Stay safe and well.

Blessings,

Bernie B

Sending Birthday Wishes

I was glad to be able to get up in my Craft area to put together a card for two challenges today. I'll be posting this over on CAS Colours and Sketches and The Flower Challenge.

This sketch will be one I will keep in my sketch folder. It came together quickly, and who doesn't like quick, and you can use a variety of images to surround the circle. I was going to use a larger flower, but this trio with a matching die is one I have not used from the Garden Treasure stamp set by Altenew.

I used SU Balmy Blue and So Saffron as the main colors. I embossed the BB with the SU Subtle Dienamics folder to give it some texture and the circle was cut with the Stitched Shapes Framelits. The sentiment is from a long-retired SU stamp, Butterfly Basics. I colored the flowers using Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Peacock Feathers, and Mustard Seed. The leaves were colored using Altenew Frayed Leaf, Gina K's Fresh Asparagus, and some pearls to finish it off.

That is about it for today. I need to pick up my Walmart grocery order in a little bit and then have some super. I pray you enjoy a blessed Sunday and stay safe and well.

Blessings,

Bernie B

Father's Day Wishes

I'm here tonight posting a Father's Day card that I just finished up for my husband. Nothing like doing something at the last minute! As I was looking through my saved Blogs to find some inspiration I came across this layout from by Julee Tilman over at Poetic Artistry

 

I saw that Julee's card was Nautical themed and immediately knew what stamp set I was going to use. Julee sold stamps under the name Verve and I had bought several from her collection. The stamps and dies I used on this card are from, Strong Anchor. I have used this several times over the years and it is one stamp set I will not retire from my stamp collection.

The background is from a SU DSP paper (ret.) and also used SU Night of Navy and Real Red with matching ink. The base is Neenah Solar White #110 lb. I actually had all the paper and colored cardstock still on my work desk from a card that I had made earlier, so it came together fairly quickly and that was a plus for me.

That's about it. It's getting late and I want to stamp and cut some card pieces for a card I'm making tomorrow. Have a good evening and enjoy your Sunday.

Blessings,

Bernie B

Congratulations Graduation Card

I'm back this afternoon posting a card I made for my grandson's recent graduation that I hadn't made as of yet until today! I was pretty much at a standstill with no idea what design and I don't own any graduation stamps, but I do own a Cricut Explore Air. I searched the images for a Graduation Cap and this is the one I choose. I fiddled with the size a couple of times, but I decided on a 2" wide image.

I followed the sketch on Freshly Made Sketches blogspot for this card. When I first saw it I knew it would work perfectly. The colors are his school colors, Red, White, and Black. I used Neenah Solar White 110# for the base and Neenah White 80#, SU Real Red for the inner panel, and Cap. The top layer of the card I embossed with a retired SU EF to add some interest and I felt it looked masculine. The square was cut with the square from SU Stitched Shapes Framelits. I embossed the white stitched square with SU's Dynamic EF. The sentiment is from MFT's Essential Sentiments. I love this set and use it often.

That's it for now. I need to make a New Home card for my GD and her hubby. They will be moving into their new home next week. Sometimes I just can't seem to get ahead of my card making. Do you have those situations?

Have a blessed weekend. Stay Well and Stay Safe...

Blessings,

Bernie B

Birthday Boy

I made this fairly simple card for my little grandson Asher whose birthday is tomorrow. I will be hand delivering it so we can Social Distance with his Mom, Dad, and his siblings. It's always hard to do this when I just want to pick him and his siblings up and give them plenty of kisses. Hopefully, we will soon be able to do that.

This card will be posted over on "Seize the Birthday" Blog

I chose SU Pool Party, Neenah Solar White #110, and SU Daffodil Delight for the sentiment strip. MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes. The Bear and Balloons were colored with my Prismacolor pencils. The remainder of the products I used will be in the Labels section on the right of the post. I just find that more convenient for me.

Have a blessed weekend and STAY WELL and SAFE!

Blessings, Bernie B

Nothing Goes Better With Cake Birthday

HAPPY WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!

I'm popping in today with I card I finished this afternoon to put into my masculine card folder. I recently bought this Birthday Cake die-namic from MFT and was itching to use it. This is a very simple card using only SU Crumb Cake CS accented with Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, and Bermuda Bay. I felt that the black accents using Jet Black Memento Ink on the sentiment and the companion pieces to the stacked cake gave it a crisp modern look, especially for a man card. I used the MFT' Stitched Rectangles and SU's Stitched Shapes. The sentiment is from MFT's Anything But Basic Birthday Wishes.

 I'm will be linking this over to MFT's Sketch Challenge and Seize the Birthday today. 

That's it for me today. I need to put together a similar card and organize some die cuts. I hope you have a blessed and happy weekend and are able to do something you LOVE!

Blessings,

Bernie

Happy Birthday to You

I'm here today posting a birthday card I made for my oldest GD whose birthday is next week. I really do like this SU Bird Ballard DSP, but unfortunately, I have very few pieces left. This was done with the circles that I had cut out of a 6x12 piece since I don't have the stamp set like I said in a previous post. I'll be linking this over at the As You See It Challenge which asked us a question.

My favorites are definitely Stitched Circles and Rectangles. 

As I said, the paper is SU Bird Ballard DSP, SU Petal Pink CS embossed with the SU Subtles Dynamics EF; the Bird image was cut with the SU Stitched Circle Die and the SU Basic Gray with an older Spellbinders die. I cut a strip of Basic Gray and stamped the sentiment from MFT's Bitty Birthday Wishes which is becoming one of my favorite stamp sets. I stamped it with Versa Mark and used WOW white embossing powder and heat set it. I did add dimensionals to the back of the circle for some height and interest.

That's it for today. I hope you have a great evening and are able to get to do something you LOVE~

Blessings,

Bernie

Tweeting You a Sweet Hello

Here is another card I finished up yesterday. I have had this set by MFT, Cute Critters for over a month and have played with it some.  I created this card for my new grandson with some of the images that are included in the set.

I had been wanting to use the sweet little bird and the birdhouse from the same set, so I set about creating a card using them. I really like the way it came together. I hope who I am sending it to will enjoy it as much as I did making it.

PARTICULARS

Neenah Solar White 100# paper, SU Gingham Gala DSP, SU Grapefruit Grove, SU Shaded Spruce for the leaves, SU Soft Suede
Prismacolor Pencils
GinaK Amalgam Black Ink
MFT Cute Critters
MFT Stitched Rectangles, SU Stitched Shapes Framelits
Subtles Dynamics EF

Have a great weekend and please go do something you LOVE!

Blessings,
BernieB

It's Your Birthday!

I'm posting today a card I made to play along with MOJO #508 sketch challenge. It seems I always need Birthday cards, so my descision was to create one using this sketch.

Inside of card

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and go do something you LOVE!


Blessings,
Bernadette



*All the papers, except the White paper, which is Neenah 80#, is SU; the outside stamp is from a PaperPumpkin set; inside sentiment from MFT, so is the flower ( Stitched Flowers); other additions are from SU.*

Blow it Out / Happy Birthday

Hi all! I just returned from a glorious week in Longboat Key, FL with family. Perfect weather and no Red Tide, but I sure was missing my paper, stamps and ink. Today i had a chance to do some card making and am able to link up to Seize the Birthday before the deadline.

I was looking for something that I had not done before to stretch me a little. I've really been trying to get of my "comfort box". I came across Patty Bennetts site where she was demonstrating this card fold. She was using Tropical Chic, but I needed some more male cards for my stash. I only had two 6x6 pieces of paper and some scraps from Broadway Bound, but was able to create 2 cards. That always makes me a happy crafter. This is one of the cards below.

This  was simple to put together, but the choice of how I would arrange the paper took me a wee bit longer. I am happy with the way this one turned out. I keep the embellishments simple since it was a male card.

PRODUCTS USED: Card #1and #2
Stamp: MFT Twice the Wishes
Ink: Versa Mark
SU Gold Embossing Powder
Paper: SU Broadway Bound/Gray Granite
SU Stitched Shapes Framelits/SU Oval Die (SU ret.)
Embellishments: SU Metallic Pearls
Sizzix Embossing Folder (SU ret.)

This is card #2 which is a bit simpler. I had to use Gray Granite for the two front panels since I did not have enough of the Broadway Bound paper, although I am happy with the doted embossing folder which gave it a little more interest. Both cards have the base card to stamp a sentiment, but I was undecided what to use today. I'll add that before they are mailed out.

Have a great rest of the day and go do something you LOVE!

Live Simply,

Bernadette

Mother's Day Cards

Inside of Cards

The cards I am posting today are the Mother's Day cards that I made for the Moms in our family, eight to be exact. They are both using the sketch that is posted at  Viva La Verve for May. I just love Julee Tillmans sketches and stamps. She never disappoints me with her talent.

PRODUCTS USED:

Verve Stamp - Scripture Medley 3
SU Crazy about You for inside

Papers:  SU Naturally Eclectic, Lemon Lime Twist, Pool Party, Emerald Envy, Berry Burst, Whisper White by SU

Retired Embossing Folders, small daisy die (unknown manufacturer)

SU Stitched Shapes Framelits, Scallop die  (unknown Manufacturer)  

Leaves cut by the CRICUT using the Heritage cartridge

I pray you have a blessed day and are to do something you LOVE!


Live Simply,
Bernadette

Epic Celebrations Birthday card

I'm back again today posting a card that I will be linking to The Paper Players and Paper Craft Crew Challenge.

I just received my Epic Celebrations (SAB) stamp set and wanted to start with the sneakers image. The papers are from SU, Real Red, Whisper White, and Crumb Cake. I colored the sneaker and the shoe laces with Stampin' Write markers( Real Red & Crumb Cake). The sentiment was inked with Memento Black and cut from a die from the retired Circle Card Thinlits.  On the red  layer  I used the sneaker image inked with Versa Mark ink then cut out with a circle die and the large circle from Stitched Shapes Framelits.


I've been crafting almost all day and need to clean up my "mess" before I start dinner in about an hour. Of course, I just as soon stay here at my stamping desk, but my hubby does like to eat!

I hope you have a wonderful evening and are going to do something you love. See you back in a couple of days.

Live Simply,
Bernadette