Bernie Mitten Cards 🧤

Published: Tue, 01/26/21

I'm sure every one of you have seen at least 5 Bernie memes - he's everywhere! Some of the memes are quite impressive and seem almost real, and some are nothing but comical. I don't know how to create a meme, but I do know how to create a card. I used those now infamous mittens as inspiration for some Bernie Inspired Cards. (I showed my 22 year old son and he was pretty impressed - I think more so than any other card I've showed him).

I don't have the Triangle Dies (those would have worked beautifully) so I used what I have. Early Espresso card base and Basic Black strip (5-1/2" x 1-1/2"). I cut 5 White & 5 Crumb Cake rectangles from my Stitched Rectangle dies (the thinnest die) and cut them in half. You could also cut rectangles 2-1/2" x 1/2" and cut them those half. The + is from the Playful Alphabet dies.

I used Multipurpose Liquid Glue (my adhesive of choice) to glue everything down and cut the hanging over pieces with my scissors. I included a 5-1/2" x 1/2" strip of Black on the top and a 3/4" strip of Black on the bottom.

The first card is pretty close to the pattern of Bernie's mittens. This card is more inspired by them. I used the smallest square die of the Stitched Shapes Dies, or you could cut 1-1/4" squares if you don't have the dies. I measured where the center was and worked outwards. The Black strip is 2" wide. I also introduced another brown, 1/2" strips of Cinnamon Cider and embossed them with the Subtle Embossing Folder to give it more of a textile feel.

This last card is also inspired by his mittens, but both sides of the mittens. Did you notice his mittens had two sections on the inside? Felted blue on the inner top and knitted two tone teal on the lower bottom. I combined the three shapes for this one - rectangles, squares and the + sign. I also used the Subtle Embossing folder for sections and ran them through the machine twice in both directions to give it more texture. Colors for this one are Misty Moonlight base, Early Espresso, White, Crumb Cake, Pretty Peacock and Just Jade.

These cards were fun to make and I hope they show you that you can be inspired by all sorts of things to create color combinations, textures and patterns.

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