Manly Card

Yesterday I decided to play along with Retro Sketches challenge rs#82. I was  going to enter this into the ColourQ challenge also, but they had black, white and a pop of color as their color choices. I used Very Vanilla which coordinates with the background in the Modern Medley DSP. My pop of color

 was the very pretty Coastal Cabana.

I used the Wetlands #126697 image and sentiment, but only heat embossed  the shore birds with Black Stampin' Emboss powder. 

The sentiment was inked in Coastal Cabana and cut with the Framelits- Oval Collection #129381. With the addition of a few Black Candy Dots and some Stampin' Dimensionals my card was complete.

Make your day great and stay CRAFTY!

BERNADETTE

Happy Day and MOJO312

Good Morning! Last night I worked on the new Mojo sketch for this week, MOJO312.  It went together fairly quickly, but I'm not that happy with the quality of the photo.  I'm thinking that I need to learn about F stops and just learn overall how to take better indoor shots.

The colors used on this card were, Smokey Slate CS, oh, how I love this grey. 

I also used Whisper White CS and Blushing Bride CS. 

This color is such a soft, pretty pink, but the photo does not do it justice.

The DSP is from the Eastern Elegance collection and still one of my favorites.

 I finished the card off by using the medallion and sentiment from Happy Day.

Extras: Pearl Basic Jewels, SU Whisper White Bakers twine,

  retired SU button and Nestabilities banner die.

I hope you have a great Tuesday and do something CRAFTY!

BERNADETTE

Psalm 91:2

I had a chance today to sit down and play with some paper.

I had recently seen this Freshly Made 104 sketch and decided that it would

 be perfect to use with the Word Art Wednesday challenge.

The color combination for the card was inspired by the Eastern Elegance DSP by SU. It was paired with Coastal Cabana CS, 

Calypso Coral CS, and Whisper White CS.

I used the free scripture word art over on Word Art Wednesday for the sentiment. Such a wonderful verse about God's protection. 

I stamped one of the flowers from Flower Shop in Calypso Coral ink, then sprinkled it with SU Clear Embossing power. With the addition of some two way glue, SU's Dazzling Diamonds was added for a little sparkle. The Calypso Coral candy dots finished off the bottom of the banner.

I hope you are having a restful day. Enjoy and stay CRAFTY!

 BERNADETTE

Is TNT Thursday back?

Unfortunately, not yet. 

 I was hoping to be back doing the TNT projects way before now, but that has not happened. Hopefully, by November they will be up again.  

Consider this a TNT even though it's Saturday!

  I am also considering doing a post on Quick and Easy cards for , 
" I haven't got a lot of time to create" stampers. 
That's still in the formative stages as I'm gathering projects to post. 
So stay tuned

 But today I have a quick and simple little project that's been rolling around in my head all this week since I had been working with the Harvest of Thanks stamps.

This little pocket is a simple "Diaper Fold" that has been around for a number of years.

 I thought how cute would these be lying on a napkin on a plate for Thanksgiving used as a place setting for each person attending your holiday celebration.

This certainly could be made with any DSP for any celebration. 

Think Christmas, New Years, Easter, etc.

I have seen these so they can stand by dimpling the bottom, but I wanted them to just lay on the plate.

Below will be photos of the process

 Sweater Weather DSP cut at 6X6 (you can make these larger if you care to)

 The DSP is folded in a diamond shape.

 Point to point making sure you have the design that you want is on the outside.

Take one side of the opened end and fold down leaving a about 3/16 of an inch from the bottom fold.

Using the folded line from the top triangle, fold the right and left side 

of the paper to the center and crease.

There is NO GLUE needed for this project.

This is ow it should look when completely folded.

I stamped the turkey image from the Harvest of Thanks in Crushed Curry then punched just the turkey out using my 1 3/4" Circle Punch.  I completed the project by writing a guests name on Pumpkin Pie CS. I chose to use the flag die from Circle Card Thinlits.

I added glue dots to the flag and Stampin' Dimensionals to the image

 and positioned them on the pocket.

I didn't have any trail mix to add to my SU 4X6 Cellophane Bag, 

but I did have some Almonds and some dried cranberries! I closed the

bag  with a piece of Linen Thread since I am short on ribbon

that would match in my ribbon stash.  

I think a piece of matching ribbon would have made it really pop.

Oh well, that's on the next order!

I hope you give these a try. They really are so quick and would add 

a little WOW to your holiday table.

Have a wonderful weekend and make something 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

Gratitude

 

Today is my last of the Harvest of Thanks cards. I have really enjoyed working with this set and will probably use it to make my Thanksgiving cards this year.

I had created a card yesterday, but struggled with the design layout and pattern selection.  I was going to remake it, but decided I would just leave it until morning.  Well morning came and I was still not pleased with it. So you might have guessed, it made it's way to the trash bin! Thus a late post!

I was up early to start again. I perused some sketches on line choose this one.  It is an earlier OWH 146 sketch, but I flipped it and used a different image shape. Finally, I was pleased with the outcome.

I used the Sweater Weather DSP again. I paired it with Soft Suede CS and ink, Crushed Curry CS and ink, and Very Vanilla for the main card. 

I used the Deco Labels framelits #130102 for the first time on this card to highlight the turkey image. You can, of course, not do this extra step, but it does add interest to the card layout.

Also used was the Naturals Designer Buttons, Linen Thread, Square Lattice folder, and the Bitty Banners die cuts. 

The envelope was made using the Envelope Punch board, did I tell you I love this new tool! I think I did. :>}

I finished it off this time by cutting a 4x4 piece of coordinating card stock. 

Folded it in half, punched the end with using the EPB , 

glued one half with SNAIL. That was it!  

   I hope you enjoyed seeing ways on how to use this stamp set and DSP.
I would love for you to drop me a line and let me know what you think.

MAke it a great day and stay CRAFTY!

BERNADETTE

          

I thought I would put up a quick post today about the CLEARANCE RACK. 

There is always great products that are reduced here and are available while the supply lasts. So HURRY on over by clicking here CLEARANCE. 

 Take a look around and place your order before the product you may want is GONE!

Make your day great and stay CRAFTY!

Bernadette