Masculine Thank You

Today I decided to play along with 3 challenges.  I'm not sure if I have done that before, butI guess there is a first time for everything.

The SUO challenge was pretty straight forward, creating a Thank You card, the sketch over on Freshly Made Sketches was easy to follow, but the color challenge over on Color Throwdown, well lets just say, that was a challenge for me. I worked with several similar combinations and my final decision were Smokey Slate, Tempting Turquoise, and Cajun Craze. I occasionally need a masculine Thank You and I felt the colors and the sketch worked well for that.

That's about it for the evening. My husband would like to eat, so I better get supper started and STOP playing with ink and paper!

Have a good evening my friends and go do something CRAFTY!

Crafty Hugs,
Bernie Bee

**All products on this card are by Stampin'Up!

The Open Sea Waterfall Card

 

My card today is a fun, interactive card that I had never created before. I believe it has been around for at least 7 or 8 years. Gads! I need to get with it and get out of my comfort zone...

Linda over at stampingschool.com encouraged us to try one if we hadn't before. With trepidation,I took her challenge, and created this one.

Although, it took me more time to choose the stamps and colors then actually putting this card together! 

Here is a closer look at the layers:

 Linda had covered her brads with 1" circles, but since I had earmarked this card for a family members birthday, adding a 2"x4" strip across the back , and only adding sticky strip along the short sides and the bottom, I'm able to slip a check at the back.

SU PRODUCTS USED

Paper: High Tide DSP (132992)

Pacific Point CS, Soft Sky CS, Whisper White CS

Stamps:

The Open Sea(123030)

By the Tide(129120)

Gorgeous Grunge(130517)

Bring on the Cake(121958)

Ink: Pacific Point(126951), Soft Sky(131181)

Candy Dot Bases(132293)

Subtles Candy Dots (130933)

Sticky Strip(104924)

That's about it for Monday. I hope you create this type of card, if you haven't already. If you haven't, get out your paper and stamps, and try one! 

Can you sense I'm feeling empowered! ;}

What a fun card this would be to send to the little people in your life.  I'm planning to.

Stay CRAFTY!

BERNADETTE

Open Sea Birthday

This is the card that I am linking to MOJO291. 

I really haven't used this stamp set much, although I love it. 

 I tend to get "crafters block" when I choose it.

 I had a whole different color scheme for this card, plus image. 

After playing with it for quite a while, let's just say Hallmark 

would have been paying me a lot of money for my hours, 

I decided on this design and colors.

RECIPE

5x5 Card

Papers: Crumb Cake 120953, Old Olive 100702 

 Cajun Craze 119684, Naturals White 102316

Ink: Old Olive 126953, Cajun Craze 126965, Crumb Cake 126975

Stamp: The Open Sea 123030

Sweet Additions: Stripes Folder 123128, Woodgrain Folder 127821

Natural 7/16" Ribbon 129287, 3/16" Naturals Brads 119736 

Tools: Circles #2 Originals 114526, 1/2" Circle 119869, 3/4" Circle 119873

Stampin' Dimensionals, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Snail Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by and have a CRAFTY day!

BERNADETTE

A Manly Birthday Card

 A fellow demonstrator over at Stampin Connection challenged us to use a stamp set we have not even inked up or haven't used in awhile. The stamps on this card are from, "The Open Sea" collection. Since I have three sons and three son-in-laws, I thought it would get a good workout. The photo seems to have a weird shadow across the boat and part of the tag. I'm really not sure why. I used a sketch designed by Linda C over at Freshly made Sketches for this card today. It's basic, but a good go-to card design.

Products used

Stamp: The Open Sea #123032, Itty Bitty Banners #126257 cut with matching framelit #129267

Paper: Crumb Cake #120953, Island Indigo #122923, Parker's Patterns DSP #131021

Extras: Natural 7/16" Trim Ribbon #129287, Linen Thread #104199,

Naturals Designer Buttons #127554, Black Stampin Emboss Powder #109133,

 Jet Black Ink #101406

 I distressed the edge of the Island Indigo triangle with the new Stampin' Distress Tool 

( pg.14 in the Spring 2013 mini) #127562. 

I'm really loving this. It has a soft grip, it's large and has a very easy to hold surface, and only $4.95. A great combination for a distressing tool in my opinion.

Thanks for stopping by and have a CRAFTY weekend. I'm going back to create another card with a set I haven't inked. We'll see how it goes. I hope I still have some creative mojo left. And as always, all the products used on this card can be seen over on my DBWS. Just "click" on the Shop Now button on the left of my blog,