Hi There
I’d like to extend a warm welcome my new followers. I hope you will enjoy your visits and come back often. Please do leave me a comment so I know you've been here and I will be sure to visit you as well. A big Thank You to all of you who have stopped by to leave me a comment even though I haven’t been around for a while.
Will someone please tell me spring is on it’s way, PLEASE! I do realize I’m blessed and other parts of the country are suffering server damaging weather but I’ve had just about enough of Mother Nature’s tantrums in our neck of the woods. We have had frightening (keep you up all night wondering if your home will be blown away) winds and another 5” of the white stuff last night. I know you’re all thinking ‘Want some cheese with that whine Bernie?’ I think I have a bit of (SAD) Seasonal Affective Disorder. I need some sunshine. I have been busy in the Craft Closet and I have tried to keep up on my commenting but simply haven’t felt like posting here. I’d like to enter my card in Sandra’s Rudolph Day Challenge so here I am.
I found this lovely 1990 Hero Arts stamp called Christmas Angel in a thrift shop. The wood block is stained with an assortment of inks, obviously well loved but after 22 years it still stamps a crisp clear image. I think the sparkle maybe distoring the photo, her face and hair seem washed out or blured in every shot I've taken. I stamped her with Stazon ink (Why does that stuff smell so bad?) and colored her with colored pencils. I used my Quicky Glue pen on her wings and the snow behind her then sprinkled with Holographic EP. I have a box I call my ‘That Didn’t Work’ box. Whenever, for whatever reason, something is not right for it’s intended use I pop it in that little box. I try to go to that box and my scraps (snippets) before resorting to cutting into something new. The embossed back ground, scalloped oval and bow were in that box. The angel was stamped on a scrap. I cut out the tip of her wing then used my oval die to cut her out. The blue card and ribbon were also scraps so I am also entering this card in Di’s Pixies Snippet Challenge 9. Geez Di I haven't been to the playground for such a long time I hope you'll let me have a ride on the swings.
I’m coming up on my 100th post. As often as I disappear I find that astounding. I will be offering a small candy to celebrate. Jim is scheduled for a number of tests and doctors appointments so I'm not sure when I'll make it to that 100 mark but stay tuned.
Please do keep Jim in your thoughts and prayer. Hopefully these test will show the doctors how to help make him more comfortable.
I hope this finds you all well and enjoying lovely weather, if not I hope you’ll wake in the morning to sunshine and good health.
Have an Amazing Day!
Blessings
Bernie
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I hope Valentine's Day is everything you wish it to be. Jim and I have never really celebrated Valentine’s Day. I told him when we were first dating that I thought it was a silly commercial holiday. Thirty three years later I think he is still relieved. I strongly believe if you love someone you shouldn’t wait for a holiday to tell them so. Not a day passes that we don’t say I love you and we show each other we do as well. Now that Jim can’t shop he leaves me little notes around the house saying 1-4-3 meaning I love you. I know when I make my morning coffee on Valentine’s morning I’ll find his note in the microwave. This card will be waiting for him when he takes his 3 AM medications and does his nebulizer treatment.
I found the video tutorial and template on Splitcoaststampers. It was an amazingly easy card to make. It took me longer to make the tiny envelop for my tiny message then it did the rest of the card. I wanted a masculine card so I used papers from DCWV Rock Star Matstak. This isn’t paper I would normally buy as I find it difficult to work with dark colors but when I found the complete 12 X 12 matstak in a thrift shop for $3 I couldn‘t pass it up.
Have an Amazing Valentine's Day!
Blessings
Bernie
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Hey There,
My card today is for my brother Ernest and will probably get to him late, again. I made this weeks ago but as usual I forgot to get it in the mail. Ernest thinks its funny that I still call him my little brother but no matter how old we get he will always be that to me. I was only four but I have a vivid picture of the day Mom and Dad brought him home. In my minds eye I can see them getting out of Grandpa’s shinny new ‘51 Ford. Dad was beaming with pride, this was his name sake and Mom was tired but smiling from ear to ear. The Ford was black and Ernest was bright pink, almost red. To this day his ears still turn bright pink when he is embarrassed and the sight of it always makes me laugh and takes me back to the first time I ever saw him.
I found the barbed wire on the web. I printed it and my sentiment on a scrap of craft card stock. A book plate tied with a bit of raffia layered on a scrap of denim paper and bandanna ribbon. The stamp is from a retired Stampin’ Up set called Mini Horses. I’ve used Spellbinders Label Three again.
Have an Amazing Weekend!
Blessings
Bernie
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Hi There Sweet Friends
Gosh the weather news does not look good across the pond, I do hope my friends there are keeping warm and staying safe. It’s breezy and cold here but otherwise it is beautiful.
A short post today. This card is for our lovely niece Vicky. It was a quick card as I’ve let the DCWV Mariposa Matstak PP do all the work. I think this 6.5 X 4.5 size will be much easier to use on cards then the 12 X 12. I picked up the blue in the printed butterfly to frame my sentiment and added a few more blue MS Butterflies as well. I’ve layered my ribbon over some sparkly tulle. A few tiny flowers and some gems to finish.
I used the same size Spellbinders, Label Three die for the sentiment and the frame. I traced around my die on the blue card with pencil then cut it out by hand, this gives a thinner frame then using the next large die would.
Thank you all for your lovely comments. I do so enjoy hearing from you.
Have an Amazing Day!
Blessings
Bernie
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Hello Friends
Sandra at Stamping For Pleasure has decided not to participate in awards. I’d like to pass this award on to my sweet friend Winnie at Winnie In Wonderland. She is a busy lady working more then one job but she does managed to create some lovely cards as time permits. She is very sad this weekend as she has lost her sweet little companion Miss Kitty. I hope you will pop over, see her lovely cards and leave her a little love.
Have an Amazing Day!
Blessings
Bernie
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Good Morning!
I do hope this finds you all well and keeping warm. Chilly and windy here but the sun is shinning. I'm hoping to spend a crafty day in the Closet, it's warm in there.
I’d like to extend a warm welcome to my new followers. I’m thrilled to have you and hope you will enjoy your visits.
I have no idea how you lovely ladies manage to create, blog and comment so religiously. I can’t manage it, life seems to get in the way. I must admit I aggravate people because it always takes me longer to accomplish most things then it does most people. Lets faced it I’m SLOW. Please forgive me for not commenting on your blogs more often. I will try to do better.
I have several DCWV 12 x 12 mat stacks which have ALL gone unloved, some for years. Not sure why I keep buying PP as I have such a difficult time using it but I am determined to grow and get past that. Although I didn’t use a template I have loosely followed the One Sheet Wonder principle. This set uses DCWV The Garden Party Stack plus some cream and black cardstock. I spend quite a bit of time sitting in doctor’s waiting rooms, to keep from going totally bonkers I try to take something crafty to occupy myself while I wait. On a recent visit I sat and cut out these butterflies. I hope to sell these cards at a local spring craft fair.
These are quite simple but if you have any questions about what I’ve used I’ll be happy to tell you.
Have an Amazing Day!
Blessings
Bernie
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Hi There Everyone;
I hope you are all having a wonderful day. It is a beautiful day here. I actually got up because the sun was shinning in my window this morning. Loving it!
I am so thrilled, Elizabeth has awarded me the Leibster blog award!!! Thank you so much Elizabeth. I'm in awe that anyone would find my little blog so interesting but I am delighted. Please pop over to Elizabeth’s marvelous blog. I am sure you will enjoy her cards and projects as much as I do, they are always lovely and so inspiring and its always a joy to hear about her trips and lovely family and to see the fabulous photos she shares.
The idea of the award is that it be given to bloggers with less than 200 followers in the hope that it will bring them new friends and followers.
It has very simple rules and they are as follows:
1 Show your appreciation of the award by thanking the person who awarded you and link back to their blog.
2 Reveal your five choices for the award and let them know.
3 Post the award on your blog.
4 Bask in the love from the most supportive people on the blog sphere - other bloggers.
5 Finally and best of all - have fun and spread the love.
The blogs I've chosen are listed below. Click on over to their sites and take a look! This was no easy task as there are so many lovely ladies out there who inspire me in so many ways.
Brenda of Benzi Stamps is a Southern Bell. Women from Alabama all seem have a certain delicate charm and Brenda’s cards convey that charm. I am always inspired by her use of color and dies.
Cindy at Creating With Heart is a high school librarian, wife, mother of 4, card maker, scrapbooker and an avid reader. She inspires me to craft because as busy as she is, somehow she manages to find time for crafting and sharing her lovely creations with us daily.
I’ve only recently ‘met’ Laura at Lozadoodle. She is in her final year at university studying to be a children's nurse. I don't know how she manages to get her studies done and create as well. Only 21 and so very talented.
I’ve never met Sandra H of Namagramps but somehow I just know she is one of those people who makes everyone feel welcomed and loved. Her creations are always a delight and never ceases to inspire me.
Sandra of Stamping For Pleasure shares her delightful creations peppered by beautifully photographed and easy to follow tutorials. Her Sunday Roast chronicles the delightful antics of her hens Harriet and Margot, not to be missed.
I hope you'll hope over and enjoy these lovely ladies work and you'll give them a little love.
Have an Amazing Day!
Blessings
Bernie
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