After a Long Hiatus...

I'm back on here today to post several cards that I have recently made. My MOJO has still not returned. I seem to be in a real creative block. I've been looking at various sites, including Pinterest, but nothing has sparked my interest, creativity or my desire to create cards. Hopefully, this new year will be incentive enough to forge ahead. I can call it a New Years Resolution...Oh boy, we all know how some of those can be and how long they last, but I'm hoping for the best.

This is not the exact design I sent as a Christmas card. I had forgotten to take a picture of those I sent. I was a tad late on sending them out, so hence, it was rush time and a forgotten photo! This was the prototype, however. I moved the panel up to the top of the inset card panel, used a strip of Old Navy to separate the panels with the ribbon wrap around that. I did not use the leaves, I only used the gold bow attached to the ornament which was cut by my Cricut.

This design was the Thank You card I sent out to several people.  The "Thanks So Very Much" sentiment was from Gina K.

That's about it. I'm not adding a lot of info on the products I used, so if you would like any information on that, just shoot me an email at bernadettebliss.gmail.com. I hope you have a wonderful day and a very HAPPY NEW YEAR...


BERNIE B

For The Birthday Girl

Good afternoon everyone. I just finished up a card for my GD who will be 6 tomorrow. The card was inspired by her picture that she titled, If Dinosaurs Came Back, and was entered by her Art teacher in our State Fair in NC. Each school was able to choose one student from grades Kindergarten-through 5th. Amelia's artwork was chosen from her Kindergarten class.

I used SU DSP Dinoroar and chose SU Lovely Lipstick, Flirty Flamingo, Old Olive, and Pool Party as the coordinating colors. Since I did not have the stamps set or matching dies for this paper, I cut the Palm Tree and Dinosaur with my Cricut.  The outside sentiment is by MFT Bitty Birthday Wishes which I stamped in Old Olive and the inside with the MFT Big Birthday Sentiments also in Old Olive cut with MFT's Stitched Sentiment Strips.

I did decide to make this a shaker card, although it was not my original plan. Although I'm not happy that the red chunky glitter stuck to the front not allowing the sequine mix to show, I'm sure my GD will not mind. The shaker was made using MFT's Rectangle Shaker Window and Frame Die-namic matching Shaker windows. Does anyone know how to prevent the static problem with glitter in a plastic shaker? 

I didn't get this card finished to link to the Seize the Birthday "For the Kids" but I will enter it in the general birthday challenge. 

Have a great Thursday and go do something you LOVE! I have a very messy desk to clean up, so no LOVE on this end! 

Blessings,

Bernie

Happiest of Birthdays to You

Happy Wednesday morning. I just finished up this card for one of my SIL's and will link it over at CASE(E) This Sketch blog.

Inside of Card

I used the SU Sailing Home suite as I have done on several other cards that I have made recently for the men in our family. I really love all the images with matching dies. I used Neenah Solar White 110# for the base with a layer of  SU Night of Navy topped with Balmy Blue which was embossed with SU's Subtle Dynamic embossing folder and cut with one of MFT's Stitched Rectangles. The sentiment is from MFT'S Bitty Birthday Wishes and cut with MFT's Skinny Strip Die-Namics.

The inside was stamped with the sailboat from the SU set and the sentiment is from MFT's Anything-but-Basics Birthday Wishes.

Well, I'm off to work on several more cards for family members who have October birthdays. Enjoy your day and I hope you get to do something you LOVE!

Blessings,

Bernie

Nothing Goes Better With Cake Birthday

HAPPY WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!

I'm popping in today with I card I finished this afternoon to put into my masculine card folder. I recently bought this Birthday Cake die-namic from MFT and was itching to use it. This is a very simple card using only SU Crumb Cake CS accented with Mango Melody, Granny Apple Green, and Bermuda Bay. I felt that the black accents using Jet Black Memento Ink on the sentiment and the companion pieces to the stacked cake gave it a crisp modern look, especially for a man card. I used the MFT' Stitched Rectangles and SU's Stitched Shapes. The sentiment is from MFT's Anything But Basic Birthday Wishes.

 I'm will be linking this over to MFT's Sketch Challenge and Seize the Birthday today. 

That's it for me today. I need to put together a similar card and organize some die cuts. I hope you have a blessed and happy weekend and are able to do something you LOVE!

Blessings,

Bernie

Let's Shell-ebrate Birthday Card

Hi all. I'm here with a children's birthday card that I finished up today to link over at Freshly Made Sketches #405 and Seize the Birthday which had the Toppings as a Geometric Shape. This will be added to my stash of childrens birthday cards.

The products I used were the stamp from MFT Safari Party, the sentiment is from Totally Turtle by Craftin Desert Divas and stamped with GinaK ink. I used the SU card stock, Flirty Flamingo and the patterned paper from Dinoroar. I cut the different squares with my Cricut Explore and used a sentiment strip by MFT. 

I decided to double the squares to give them dimension and also added dimensional squares on the back of the turtles. The turtles were colored with my Prismacolor Pencils using two shades of green, Old Olive and Limepeel.

That's it for tonight. I'm off to finish up supper. Have a wonderful evening and I hope you get to do something you LOVE!

Blessings,

Bernie

Handmade Hugs

Hello All! I hope you're enjoying the weekend. I was able to take some time to finish a card that I will be linking to the Freshly Made Sketches blog.

I still struggle some to make clean cards but I do keep trying and I am enjoying the simplicity of them.


The card base is Neenah 110# Solar white, layered with Neenah Solar White 80# that was embossed with the SU Subtle Dynamics EF. I cut two strips of SU Garden Lane DSP layered and angled. The sentiment is from MFT's Lots of Hugs embossed with WOW white embossing powder on a strip of SU Mossy Meadow.

I looked all over for my MFT vase dynamic to no avail. As I was rummaging through my die cuts I came across an older SU die that with the bottom cut off looked like a vase to me. Creative license to the rescue! This was cut with SU Pear Pizzazz. I filled it with leaves in SU Soft Seafoam/Mossy Meadow and used MFT's Fab Foliage Die-namics. 

That's it from this end. Have a pleasant weekend and I hope you get to do something you LOVE!

Blessings,
Bernie

Happy Birthday to You

I'm here today posting a birthday card I made for my oldest GD whose birthday is next week. I really do like this SU Bird Ballard DSP, but unfortunately, I have very few pieces left. This was done with the circles that I had cut out of a 6x12 piece since I don't have the stamp set like I said in a previous post. I'll be linking this over at the As You See It Challenge which asked us a question.

My favorites are definitely Stitched Circles and Rectangles. 

As I said, the paper is SU Bird Ballard DSP, SU Petal Pink CS embossed with the SU Subtles Dynamics EF; the Bird image was cut with the SU Stitched Circle Die and the SU Basic Gray with an older Spellbinders die. I cut a strip of Basic Gray and stamped the sentiment from MFT's Bitty Birthday Wishes which is becoming one of my favorite stamp sets. I stamped it with Versa Mark and used WOW white embossing powder and heat set it. I did add dimensionals to the back of the circle for some height and interest.

That's it for today. I hope you have a great evening and are able to get to do something you LOVE~

Blessings,

Bernie