April 17th Update

Staying here at our little home at Road  Runner Lake Resort, Scottsdale, AZ. We arrived here yesterday afternoon and will head out to NC on Tuesday.

The last week in CA was a little hectic, but we got through it.  Our dog was picked up yesterday morning and is on her way by a pet transport company. Our belongings will be headed out in a few days.

This is just the beginning of the pack on Thursday morning. Five hours later it was done. Friday the loaders came and wrapped, took apart, and loaded the truck for transport. I'm so thankful we were able to have a full pack and load, except the Craft Room.

After we arrive on Tuesday, we will be living with our daughter and her husband. I'll be working with a realtor on Thursday or Friday to start our home search. Hopefully, it will be a speedy process.

Have a great weekend  and go do some crafting for me!

Crafty Hugs!
BernieBee

This is We're I'm at...

Getting there slowly, but surely.  I still have about 2 hours more of packing up this room, then some sorting in the other 5 rooms!

I need to be completely done by Wednesday night. But there's nothing like procrastination to motivate you!

Hope you enjoy your weekend.

Crafty Hugs.
BernieBee

Update

Good morning friends.  I hope you all had a great Easter weekend. Ours was wonderful spending time with friends sharing food , fellowship, attending and serving at our church.

UPDATE
Our moving company ad been scheduled, our dog transportation arranged, airline tickets bought and a myriad of small , but important,  last minute things are being set in motion. We head out of CA to the East Coast in 2 weeks.

BLOG INFO
I was planning on doing some more card projects since my last post, but I started packing up my craft room and made quite a mess! I sorted and purged, and then repeated that process.   I'm almost done and just need to box, tape and label it up. After taking days doing this , I realized I might need craft buying intervention.  I'm sure some of you can relate.  

Todays post is to give you some idea of what you might except on my blog in the coming months. My thoughts are to keep you updated on our move back East , some photos, and perhaps an occasional card project or some other crafty project.  Since we are moving into my daughter and husband's home for a season, and we do not have a home in NC , I will have very little of my craft supplies at her home, if none at all. (insert SAD face)

Hopefully , we will find our new home quickly. My hubby will be working out of the home and we will be sharing that office space, I assume I'll unpack and set up my crafty supplies pretty quickly.  Come to think of it, probably before settling my kitchen! There are plenty of restaurants, right? 

In closing, thank you to those of you who follow me regularly and to those of you who stop by from other sites.  I would love you to continue to do that, although there will be fewer posts and the content might be less craft centered for a period of time. Thanks again for your understanding as I walk into a new season.

Have a wonderful day and, as always, go do something CRAFTY!

CRAFTY HUGS,
BernieBee

Gracious Words

Today I decided to play along with the stampinkpaper #39 challenge . I don't know why I haven't played along before, but this is my first time entering a card. I really loved the simplicity of the sketch and I wanted to ink up a new Verve stamp that I received Monday. The sketch was perfect!

I used papers by SU, Pool Party and So Saffron, Schoolhouse DSP, the Honeycomb  EF, Pearls from unknown source, Black Memento ink, and the image from Verve Stamps Plain Jane Proverbs 16:24.

I hope you have great evening and get to do something CRAFTY!

Crafty Hugs,
BernieBee

Masculine Birthday Card /MOJO 439

Today I had a chance and mojo to actually make  card. My thoughts seem to be preoccupied with our upcoming move.

This is the MOJO sketch for this week and I have been wanting to use the Going Places DSP. Everything just clicked when I saw the sketch.

I'm starting to work on my family and friends April birthday cards with the hopes of getting them created before the end of the first week in April. Hopefully I'll be able to meet that goal.

Have great Monday evening and go do something CRAFTY!

Crafty Hugs,
BernieBee

*SU products: Going Places DSP, Very Vanilla, Lost Lagoon ink & paper, Arrows EF; Black card stock, black pearl

No Laptop and Some News

Well my laptop  has bit the dust. It's been acting "wonky" for a couple of weeks, but today it died.😣

I do have my phone and Tablet and hoping they will suffice to post here on my blog, although I've been a little inactive and will be. In about 2 weeks I'll be inactive for about a month or more.  We've sold our home here in California  and are moving back East. North Carolina to be exact, closer to a majority of our family.

We will be doing a full pack minus my Craft Room/Studio. I'll be slowly packing that up over the first 2 weeks in April. I might turn out a few projects, but that is yet to be seen.  I do have Paper Pumpkin Kits I will attempt to creat with and post.

We  will be arriving in NC sometime after the 18th of April. The hold up will be that we need to find and buy a house and vehicle after we arrive. Crazy, right? Our belongings will be in storage until a house is ours.  Thankfully,  our daughter Dani an her husband have opened their home until we get settled.

Well that's it for today. I  hope you have a wonderful weekend. Stay CRAFTY my friends!

Isn't this the cutest thing? Maybe buying one of these and just traveling would be GREAT! What do you think?

Crafty Hugs,
BernieBee 

God is Our Refuge / ctd#383 /mojo438

Good morning my crafting friends. My post today is an exciting one.  On February 26th. I was chosen Featured Stamper over at Color Throwdown. Part of the fun is to create a card using the colors for the current challenge. We were asked to incorporate Orange, Green, Yellow, and White. The card below is the one I created using those colors.  I also was able to post this card over at MOJO Monday using their sketch.

I decided on using the Labels Collection framelits in place of the rectangle.  My main reason being, I haven't used this set for such a long time. Another product that has been sadly neglected in my stash are the paper dollies. I'm embarrassed to say this is only the second time I have used one in my creating. Sad, but true.  Do you have things that you have bought with all good intentions of using them, then they just sit on your shelf? I think I know the answer. :0)

I encourage you stop over to check out the great cards posted by the Color Throwdown Design Team and play along with this weeks  challenge.The colors are a great way to jump start your creativity.

Have a wonderful Wednesday and go do something  CRAFTY!

Crafty Hugs,
Bernie Bee

Products Used: Scripture Medley-Verve Stamps/SU Flower Shop with matching punch/Petite Petals with matching punch, SU inks Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie,Pretty Petals DSP/paper piercer/yellow pearl accents