Bring on the Balloons

Today's card is one I created for 2 challenges. Cupcake Inspiration #524 and Freshly Made Sketches 496. Since I do have a granddaughter who is turning 8 in October, and I'm planning on using the card I just created.  Between the FM Sketch and the Cupcake Inspiration, I found that it went together fairly quickly, but that will be it for today. This afternoon I'm planning to look over several blog challenges and to get some more inspiration and a head start on the week ahead.

Announcement: I am pleased that my card for CAS C&S Color Challenge #429 was chosen as a weekly winner! Thank you Design Team. Why not stop by their Blog and see the other wonderful cards that were chosen.

Products Used on this Card:

MFT Safari Party for Bear and Sentiment

MFT In Stitches Numbers

MFT Captions Alphabet Die-namics

Paper: Neenah Solar White #110 for base

SU Card Stock

MFT  Birthday Brights 6x6 pad papers

Altenew Gems

Prismacolor Pencils:Light Umber, Blush Pink, Violet

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy your Sunday!

Blessings, Bernadette

Sending Sunshine

Today I created a card that I will post over on the CAS C&S challenge for the week which is a sketch challenge. I chose a few older and/or retired products to create the card. 

Products:
Paper: SU Daffodil Delight, Blue unknown, MFT Birthday Brights, Neenah Solar White #80

SU Tasteful Textile 3D EF, MFT Sunny Skies, MFT A2 Stitched STAX Set, Sunshine die(unknown)

Taylored Expressions Sending Sunshine stamp set

Several people have asked about the Brick Wall on my I Miss Mew card. I used the 6x6 Brick and Mortar 3D EF by SU and covered it with  Basic Gray. Lightly in some areas more in others. I used a 4 1/4 x 51/2 piece of 80# Nenaah Solar White. I then ran it through my die and embossing machine about 3 or 4x's. Chose the section I liked and cut it with the Stitched circle. That's it. Nothing special. I did like the way it turned out also and will be using it for other projects. 

That is it for today. Have a wonderful evening. We have a severe storm rolling in soon. Hopefully, it will not be as damaging as it has been predicted!

Blessings, Bernadette

Happy Birthday Cupcake!

 

I am posting tonight a card that I just finished up to link over on AAA Birthday Challenge and Seize the Birthday. I dug around my older stamps and the one decided on for this card below is by Taylored Expressions Build a Treat and using one of the sentiments from that set. I really don't know how long it's been in my stamp stash, but I love the cupcake images, sentiments, and die cuts. The challenge over on the AAA Birthday blog called for using an Embossing Folder on your design. I chose a retired SU folder and used my embossing and die-cutting machine to emboss a piece of SU Fresh Freesia. My cupcakes were inked with SU Fresh Freesia and Pale Papaya. On the white panel, I chose one of the shapes from Stitched Scallop Basic Edges from MFT. I finished the card using some Altenew Gemstones which matched the SU paper.

That will be it for the evening. Have a wonderful week!

Blessings, Bernadette

I Miss Mew

 Good evening. I'm posting a card tonight which will be linked over at CAS Colours&Sketches blog. This week's challenge is a color challenge which sometimes stumps me, but I think I succeeded with little effort this week. I have just recently received a few new stamp sets and was wanting to give them a try. There seem to be so many wonderful examples using the SU Plentiful Plants Suite. I'm sure I will not be at a loss for design ideas. And how I love the MFT Mini Meows stamp set! I hope to incorporate it in some upcoming cards.

PRODUCTS:

SU Plentiful Plants w/matching dies

MFT Mini Meows stamp w/ Dies and sentiments

SU Brick Wall EF which I inked with SU Smokey Slate and cut with SU's Stitched Shapes

INKS: SU BumbleBee, Pear Pizzazz, Ranger Mowed Lawn Distress Ink, Versafine Black

Kitten colored with my Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Gamsol

MFT Cat & Plant Perches cut from black cardstock 

Background layer SU Dynamics 3D EF

That will be all for this evening. Have a blessed and wonderful Sunday.

Blessings, Bernadette

Best Wishes

 

Good Morning. I'm here this morning with a birthday card I created to share over at The Flower Challenge #58.  I tend to shy away from most flower cards or flower card challenges. I'm still working on my coloring and layering skills. I was fairly pleased with this image and hope I can keep building more confidence.

I chose the papers by SU DSP, Hand Penned, and their lovely stamp set, Hand-Penned Petals. I chose Pale Papaya for the second layer to add more color to the card. Pale Papaya, Mint Macaron, and Pool Party were used on the floral using the waterbrush technique. 

Products:

Sentiment from MFT Happy Hummingbirds

MFT Stitched Rec. STAX Set

MFT Stitched Sentiments Strips

SU Opal Rounds

That will be it for today. I'm off to go shopping with my daughter and grandsons and maybe some lunch. Have a great afternoon!

Blessings, Bernadette

Happy Birthday

 Hello, I'm here posting a card that I created today and will be posting over on Seize the Birthday with their challenge extra being FRAMED. I'm just getting in under the wire on this card. 

I colored the Fine Line Floral by MFT using my Prismacolor pencils, Jasmine, Yellow Ochre, and Grass Green. The black and white striped paper is from MFT. I stamped the birthday sentiment from the MFT Happy Hummingbirds stamp.

Other products used:

MFT Stitched Rec. Frames, Stitched Fishtail Sentiment Strips, Black dots from SU', Neenah Solar White #110

That will be all for today. I hope you have a wonderful week and can stay CRAFTY!

Blessings, Bernadette

Color Me Happy

  Just a note, I was honoured to be chosen as one of the weekly winners over at CAS Colours & Sketches #427. Thank you Design Team for choosing my card!

Now on to what I created today for the new challenge of the week over at CAS Colours&Sketches#428. I recently received the Mini Delight Stamp and sentiments from Mini Paintbox by Altenew. I was thinking about colours and remembered I had this DSP by SU, Follow Your Art and it felt perfect for the stamp set. I incorporated the colours in the paper to colour the little paint pan spots and framed it with Night of Navy by SU. The base of the card is Coastal Cabana. I did add a layer of white card stock which was embossed with the new SU Textured Textile EF. This is becoming one of my favourites for clean, simple layering. SU Stitched Shapes were used for the focal point of the design.

I hope you get a chance to go over to CAS Colours and Sketches and see the great job the Design Team has done with this sketch. I'm off to go clean up and start on another card that will incorporate flowers. I struggle some with layering and hope to push myself a little more to become more relaxed and better at it. As they say, "At first you don't succeed try, try again"!

Blessings on your upcoming week.

Bernadette