More Boxes and Containers, Oh My!

I'm sure most of the people who follow my blog have noticed a lack of card projects.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the truck from North Carolina arrived a week and a half ago. 

Most of our belongings are in our spare bedroom getting unpacked and sorted, AGAIN!

I have managed to open, sort and put away about half of the boxes that arrived. These days I seem to be slow and not able to multitask quite as well as I used to.  I can either unpack and organize or create.  Unfortunately creating has taken the back seat for now.  :>{

This is what remained in the room before I left for my 6 day trip to Scottsdale, Arizona. My husband returned on Sunday with a car load of "stuff" from here.  I have not seen were he has placed it, so this room could be a lot fuller then this picture shows. UGH! Of course, it could be out in the shed, which also has things to be unpacked and organized. Okay,I'm taking a deep breathe rightnow!

 

This was the condition my studio was in when I left. Not bad, but not conducive to getting my mojo going. I plan on getting this done by the weekend so I can get back to my much needed therapy,

CREATING with paper and ink...

 

 These are the only two items that were damaged in

 4 moves and then the move across country. Not bad.

I just arrived home to San Marcos last evening and I'm hoping 

to have a card project up by the weekend. 

Thank you so much for your support and understanding these past 9 months. 

Between loading our motor home, moving to California, emptying our motor home, shopping for furniture and accessories, setting up our home and my Studio, dealing with

more personal belongings from NC and now being away for almost a week.

You girls are the BEST! I hope to see you in a few days.

Make it a great day and stay CRAFTY!

BERNADETTE

Arizona Class Fun

Sunday I had the privilege of attending a card class taught 
by Sandy Farley here in Arizona.

 I had come into town on Friday afternoon to spend 6 days in beautiful Scottsdale at our little "cottage". I came to meet up with old friends, church family and take part in celebrating with friends at a sweet older ladies (89 years young) Birthday Party last night.

Here is a picture of Sandy who joined my team in February
 of this year. She has been doing classes for several months and did a
 wonderful job on Sunday. 

That's Sandy with the great smile!

 She demonstrated two of Linda Heller's(stampingschool) projects.
This is just one of them. Sandy took the time to notch and score
everything for us! Each of us chose our own stamp
 and embellishments for the front of the project.

Inside of holder. I inserted money, but a Gift Card works nicely also.


 Sheri enjoying her time stamping.

We all enjoyed our time together playing with paper and stamps!
Well, that's about it for now.
I hope you all have a great day and stay CRAFTY!

BERNADETTE

A Sweet Surprise

Yesterday morning when I opened my emails, I saw that my card was awarded by Erica of the Friday Mashup team, the Rock Star "I Rocked the Mashup" badge. I'm honored to be chosen. 

If you make cards and need a challenge to get your mojo going, this is a great site. They have a wonderful design team to glean inspiration

 plus fun and challenging, well challenges. 

Why not hop over and see what they are all about.

 

 

THANK YOU ladies!

Have a great weekend and stay CRAFTY!

BERNADETTE

 

Do I have a DEAL for You!

Dates: October 7-21, 2013

The Fine Print:

This offer is only available for two weeks

During this time, only the special $25 starter kit will be available; the regular $99 starter kit will not be available. 

The $25 Starter Kit includes 

  $26.95 worth of Stampin' Up! products

(it must be more than $25, but not more than $26.95 before tax) 

You will also receive the Business pack which includes 

  A box of annual catalogs

  A package of the current seasonal catalog

  Getting Started DVD

 Starter Kit Business Brick

 Customer postcards

The same “extras” are offered with this promotion 
as with the $99 kit offer

30% off your first $150 order within 45 days of signing up.

Free Demonstrator Support and Business Website for 2 months

If you sign during this special October offer, it will give you an extended period to meet the minimum $300 quarterly requirement.

The first quarter is waived and you have until the end of March 2014 to meet that.

If you decide not to continue being a demonstrator, you will be put into pending status until the end of April.  You will simply lose demonstrator status. No questions asked and no further obligation!

What a GREAT time to hop on board with Stampin'Up!

So if you have been considering becoming a demonstrator, 

this certainly is the time! 

Why not give me a call or email and you can be 

 on your way to filling you creative passion. 

Call: 919.414.5564

email: bernadettebliss@gmail.com 

(Just put OFFER in the subject line)

The Lord is God

This is just a quick post today. I wanted to play along again this week with the Word Art Wednesday challenge and put this card together late last night.

 For the base of the card I used Pistachio Pudding. I just love it. It's such a  soft and soothing shade of green. I pulled the colors from the Birthday Basics DSP #130145, Summer Starfruit and Crisp Cantaloupe to tie things together. As you can see from the photo, I added some texture by using the Delicate Designs #127023 embossing edge folder along the bottom of the card front.

The flowers are from the Flower Shop #130942 set and punched with the Pansy punch. That set is so nice. Six very distinct flower designs to mix and match or use alone.

A little bit of Summer Starfruit Stitched Satin Ribbon, which was my last little bit,

 and Rhinestone Basic Jewels along the scallops.

Make it a great day and stay CRAFTY!

BERNADETTE

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