Madison So Chic

For my card today I have followed Sketch91 over at Friday Sketchers. For the image I took Madison So Chic from Charmed Cards and the Oval Frame from CraftyAnn into Paint Shop Pro and married them together. I coloured the border in PSP but all the other colouring I did with my Copics. The bp is CuddlyBuddly, can you tell that I like these papers a lot lol, the cs came from my stash and the pearl brads are Papermania. I haven't put a sentiment on yet as this is a card for my box, but the Sketch didn't specify a sentiment this week. I also turned the sketch on it's side

I am also entering my card into My Time To Craft - In The Frame and

Dare You to DigiStamp - Pearls

Thank you for visiting and I hope you like my card. Beryl x

Eureka Moment

I thought I was going to have real problems this week with Rainbow Lady's Challenge which is 'Stamping on Unusual Materials', set by Guest Designer Martha. Then this morning whilst getting dressed I remembered I had some sheets of cork in my stash. I bought this ages ago to enter a challenge on the Joanna Sheen forum, which was to use cork. After buying the cork, so that I could enter, I never got around to it and the cork has been lying unloved and unwanted at the back of a cupboard ever since. So my unusual material is cork. I stamped various stamps from the Elusive Images Wild Meadow unmounted plate with green Stazon onto the cork and went round the edges with Tea Dye Distress ink. The backing paper is Cuddly Buddly, the mirror card and ribbon is from my stash and I finished off with a simple peel off sentiment on cork and mirror board.

I had to scan the card because I couldn't get a clear pic of my stamping. It's sill not too clear but you can get the idea. Thank you for visiting today and for all the wonderful comments you leave Beryl x

Roller Skating Girl

Today's card is a very simple one, the image is from a Woodware Clear Magic set, coloured with Copics. The bp is from Cuddly Buddly and the sentiment is computer generated. This my entry into this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge.

Thank you for visiting today.
Beryl x

A card for my Mum

This is a Mother's Day card for my Mum. The image is from Fred She Said coloured with my Copics, the yellow flowers are from CraftyAnn and painted with H2Os. The bp is my very first digi paper, but for the life of me I can't remember who I bought it from, I think it was a Scrapbooking site. The cs is Cordinations, with mirror card and bling from my craft box.

My card fills the challenges at Papertake Weekly which is a great sketch and for Digital Tuesday which is a Card for Mum.

Thank you so much for your contiued support.
Beryl x

Another Pink Card

Today's card is for my Grand-daughter Kayla who will be 4 at the end of March, she loves pink. It is also my first easel card.
I have followed the sketch over at Charisma Cardz and I am also entering my card for the Cute Daisy May Challenge which is Flowers. The image is Cute Daisy May coloured with Copics, the bps are from Funky Fairys, the larger flowers are digi stamps from forum and blogging pal CraftyAnn and painted with H2Os. The messages are computer generated. Everything else comes from my stash.

Thank you very much for stopping by and for the lovely comments you leave, they make my day
Beryl x

Pamper Time

A second late entry for today. I have just discovered a new challenge blog called I Love Digi. The first challenge is Think Pink. I made this card today following the sketch for I Love Promarkers only to discover after finishing it there was a second element to the challenge which was Spring - as you can see my card is Pink and not Springlike - so I can enter it into I Love Digi instead.

The image is from Charmed Cards - Holly - Pamper Time, coloured with Promarkers, all of the backing papers are Cuddly Buddly. Everthing else comes from my stash, I coloured the big flower with an ink pad to give it a varigated look.

Thank you for stopping by today.
Beryl x

JNM Part 2

This is the first card I have made from the new Joanna Sheen/Jayne Netley-Mahew 2 cd. The image and backing paper both come from the cd and everything else comes from my stash. The card is for the challenge over at The Pink Elephant this week, which is a great sketch.

Thank you so much for stopping by and for the wonderful comments you leave.

Beryl x

Oranges and Lemons

My card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge, which is a recipe this week. 1 Fairy, 1 Circle, 1 Ribbon, 1 piece of black card 1 or more stamps and if you are feeling adventurous a shaped card. Sorry Cynthia not feeling too adventurous today. The image is from Prairie Fairy and coloured with my Copics and I have glittered the wings. The backing papers are Funky Fairy, the black and mirror card comes from my craft box as did the white ribbon which I have coloured with the same colour pen that I used for my fairy's dress. The stamp is the daisy on Carol's Cube from Stamp Addicts.

I have also followed the Sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and am entering my card into the Papertake Weekly Challenge - Check this Out.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Thank you Wanda

I received this award from Wanda, blogging and forum friend, thank you for your kind words. If you haven't seen any of work do drop by her blog and take a look.

According to the rules I have to list 10 things that make me happy. There is no contest really it's my

3 daughters and 7.5 grandchildren,

we don't see enough of each other because we are spread out all over the country - Exeter, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Aberdeen and Shetland. I take two holidays a year to visit them, but we do speak on the phone regularly.

I now have to pass this award onto someone else and I would like to give it to two new bloggers who are also forum friends. So please support them Janet and Janette

Beryl x

Soothing Sunset

My card today is for Sketch No.90 over at Friday Sketchers. The image is from Elusive Images unmounted plate Eastern Grasses. I have stamped and embossed the image onto a piece of glossy card which I have brayered with Soothing Sunset Big and Juicy inkpad. The colours are much more subtle in real life and I was quite surprised to find the orange part of the image so bright in the pic. The papers are from Cuddly Buddly, I do love these downloaded papers. All the elements of the sketch are mounted onto purple Silk Mirri card. The flowers are from my stash, I used a Brilliance inkpad to add some colour to the larger flower and the pearl brad is from a set of gorgeous brads from Papermania.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for leaving me such amazing comments, I really do appreciate them. Beryl x

If Music be the Food of Love

My card today is for CraftyAnn's Challenge Blog, which is If Music be the Food of Love, with the option of using Food, Music or Love. I decided to go with music. The image is one of CrafyAnn's digistamps coloured with Promarkers and then sprayed with Crafter's Companion Spray and Shine. I gave it about four coats to get a glossy look to the guitar. The sheet music, which is stuck to an old cd is from Google. The music notes and circular tags are cuttlebug dies and I cut them out with gunmetal MirriSilk card. The backing paper is from one of Sharon Duncan's Embossibilities cds, the sentiments were computer generated.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may wish to make. Beryl x

ps I have just been to link my card to the challenge and noticed that I have used the exact same image and very similar idea to the card made Kym, a GD for this challenge. I didn't take much notice of the DT cards when I wrote the challenge down last week. I would just like to say that in all honesty I didn't copy Kym's card.

Madison with Attitude

This card is for OH's grand-daughter Caitlen, she is only going to be fourteen, but she certainly is a very determined young lady, this Charmed Crafts image is perfect for her. I have been falling behind again so I cheated and used a ready coloured image. The papers are a download from Cuddly Buddly, everything else comes from my stash. I am entering my card into the challenge at Cute Card Thursday which Metal Mania. I have used five brads on the card.

Thank you so much for visiting and for all the comments you take the time to leave

Beryl x

Christmas Card No.6

Today's card fulfills three challenges: Bah Humbug Challenge No6 - Snowmen, Dare U to DigiStamp - Use your Punches! and Sketch and Stash No.29

The image is new from DigiStampBoutique, coloured with Copics with some Stickles for sparkle, bp is Fred She Said, Sentiment is Daisy and Dandelion. Everything else comes from my stash. The punch is my neglected item, since getting my Cuttlebug my poor little snowflake punch was relagated to the back of a drawer.

Thank you very much for taking the time to visit. Beryl x

Back again

I made this card for a forum friend's birthday and have been waiting for a challenge in which I could enter it. This week The Pink Elephant is asking for Ribbon so my card fits the bill. The image is another stamp from the Wild Meadow unmounted plate by Elusive Images. Once again I used my Tombow Pens directly on the stamp, the edging was done using the Field of Sky stamp from Stamp Addicts. The bp is a Cuddly Buddly download - and as you can see it matches this stamp perfectly. Everything else, ribbon, gold beads and mirror card came from my stash. I finished the card with a simple peel off greeting on a nestie tag.

Thank you very much for visiting and for the wonderful comments you leave.

Beryl x

Sketch and Stash

Late on parade today! My card is for the Sketch and Stash challenge. The new part is the image which is from an unmounted Elusive Images Sheet - Wild Meadow and I used Tombow pens to ink the solid stamp. The bp are also newish and from Cuddly Buddly everything else came from my stash.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting. Beryl x

Bah Humbug! - Holly

This is my card for this week's challenge over at Bah Humbug! the theme is Holly this week. The image is from Elusive Images, stamped onto glossy cs, embossed with detail gold ep and coloured with my Lyras. The bp is from Funky Fairys, greeting is computer generated, everything else was in my craft box.

Thank you for visiting and for the lovely comments you leave

Beryl x

Love

There are loads of Valentine's challenges out there this week, which is a bit of a shame for me, cos I only have one ordered and don't send them myself. So, I was quite happy to see that Ooh-la-la-Creations are asking for 'Love', this can be any kind of love, so my Wedding Card will hopefully fit the bill. The image is from Elusive Images stamped and embossed onto Opal Stardream card and then 3d'd onto nesties. The bp is from Sharon Duncan's latest Embossibilities cd printed onto Stardream paper. The leaves are punched and the flower, ribbon and flower gems come from my craft box. I sprayed the topper and the flower with Crafter's Companion gold glitter spray to give them a bit of oomph. The sentiments were computer generated and printed onto the Opal Stardream card and heat embossed with detail gold ep.

I think I can also enter my card into Crafty Ann's Metal Challenge this week. I have used Gold Mirror Card, Gold Embossing Powder and Gold Glitter Spray

Thanks for taking the time to visit and for leaving such great comments, which I love
Beryl x

In the Pink... again

I managed to make another pink card. I have used Sketch89 from Sketch Saturday. The bp are Cuddly Buddly, I got the stamps from eBay ages ago and have no idea who made them as they were just being sold as unmouted stamps. The ribbon, flower and peel off corners come from my stash. The sentiment is computer generated and the number 9 is from a Cuttlebug alphabet I stamped the images onto a paler version of the bp and coloured the ribbon and flower with the same ink pad.

Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog and for the lovely comments you leave

Beryl x

4 Challenges

For my card today I have followed the sketch 88 over at Friday Sketchers. The image is from Prairie Fairy coloured with Copics, I used Sakura clear glitter pen for my fairy's wings. The bp is from Cuddly Buddly and Funky Fairys, the other cardstock, ribbon and brads all come from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated. My card also fills the following challenges:

The Pink Elephant Challenge - All about Pink; My Time to Craft - Fairy Folk; Cute Card Thursday - Spots and Dots

Thank you for taking the time to visit and leaving such lovely comments.

Beryl x

Spring

Rainbow Lady's Challenge this week is The Four Seasons. My favourite season is Spring and I decided to make a Mother's Day card. The image is one of Joanna Sheen's Wildflower stamps coloured with Lyras. The papers are from Cuddly Buddly, the ribbon and dragonflies are from my stash and the sentiment computer generated.

I hope you like my card and thank you so much for visiting and leaving such lovely comments

Beryl x

By the skin of my teeth

I've just made it, Bah Humbug challenge for Baubles ends today at 12 noon! For my card I have used a freebee sheet from Jak of Crafters Kitchen. I downloaded it before Christmas and never got around to using it. I have sprayed the baubles with Crafters Companion Spray and Shine, and the cuttlebugged baubles have been dusted with Lime Frost Cosmic Shimmer, but it doesn't show up in the picture.

Thank you so much for visiting and for leaving me such lovely comments.

Beryl x