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

Thanks A Bunch

 Happy Wednesday! I just finished up a card that I will be posting over on CAS Colours & Sketches #406 which is a sketch challenge this week. I received this Altenew Mini Daisy stamp about a month ago but had not inked it up until today. I think it is a sweet small stamp that can be coloured using a variety of colours. I chose SU SO Saffron for the petals and Frayed Leaf by Altenew for the stems and leaves this time. The stitched oval is by SU and the sentiment is from MFT's Bitty Thanks & Gratitude. I know I will get good mileage from this stamp set.

I am not happy how the colours on this card photographed. The yellow on the flowers and the green on the leaves in person is darker. I will need to consider some kind of lightbox for better results.

That will be it for today. 

I have another card that I'm working on and would like to finish it up.

Enjoy your day!

Blessings

Bernadette

Sending You Lots of Love

 Just a quick stop by today. I finished up this card a few hours ago for posting over at CAS ON FRIDAY challenge #198 LOVE.

I pulled out a die that I had bought from Altenew quite a few months back and had not used. I do believe it is no longer available, but loved using it on this card and it fit the requirements of the challenge. I used SU paper for the base and the heart die, Neenah Solar White #110 for the insert, and embossed it with SU Subtle Textured 3D EF. The sentiment is one of the sentiments from the MFT Well Hello stamp and cut with the MFT Stitched Fishtail Sentiments Strips. I have decided to use this for a Birthday Card so while be stamping the inside with an appropriate stamp for that use.

That is about it for today. I need to start making supper for a hungry hubby!

Have a blessed and wonderful evening,

Blessings, Bernadette

Happy Birthday to You

 I'm back today with a card that I will post over at CAS Colours & Sketches and Seize the Birthday although I decided not to use the topping. I had gotten into a little bit of a slump again. My decision to put together some Thinking of You friend cards to direct possibly my creativity. Thankfully it did and I was able to get 10 designed, card bases cut and folded, and patterned paper cut to size. I still need to get them completely together, but it felt so good to have that much accomplished.

Probably not something I should post, is I had a real struggle with this color combo and the image I chose for the card. Several other designs and stamps have gone through my head since I completed this, but right now it is what it is. I really have been making an effort to use all the butterflies in this stamp set and the hummingbird set. It seems to me, and perhaps you observe the same thing about you stamping supplies as I do. I love the sets use it once or twice and then it sits lonely on the shelf for perhaps months. 

This will do it for today, but I'll list some of the supplies over in the Labels section.

Have a great day and stay well! 

Blessings,

Bernadette

I am here.

Today I will be posting a card over at the CAS Colours & Sketches sketch challenge. Unlike my last card, this shows more of the wave movement that was required. My selection for a stamp was from Altenew's Mini Delight stamp and die, Pretty City, which I had not inked up until today.  

I used GINA K Designs inks for the skyscape and Versafine Black ink for one of the sentiments from Simmon Says Stamp set, Just Miss You. The wave I cut from MFT's Black and White Stripes 6x6 Paper Pack.

That is it for today. I'm off to pick up some great Pizza from a local business.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Blessings Bernadette

Happy Birthday

 Good afternoon! I'm here today posting a card that I will be posting over at CAS Colours and Sketches and Seize the Birthday without the topping.

I did take some artistic license with this card. I did have a curve cut from an MFT die-namic, but I felt the card needed 2 flowers instead of one so 3/4 of the curve die did get hidden. My thoughts when I completed the card, was the curve of the poppies made up for that. I could be wrong on that assumption.

This Poppy Stamp is from Altenews monthly Mini-Series and was looking forward to using it. SU ink, Raspberry Ripple was used for the flowers and the leaves were stamped with Altnew ink, Sweet Leaf.

I have several more family Birthday cards to make for the month of February, so that's it for today.

Have a wonderful day!

Bernadette 

 

Sweet Birthday Wishes

 Just on here to post a card to link over at the  Freshly Made Sketches challenge. I finished this up this morning and will be delivering it to my daughter on Friday with her gift. 

I worked again at trying to perfect my stamping one of these beautiful butterflies from MFT's Brilliant Butterflies and used Altenew inks for the bottom layer. I used a sentiment from MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes. The colored papers are from several different companies and the base of the card is Neenah Solar White #100.

That is it for today. I hope you have a blessed day!

Bernadette