Born to Shop

Good Evening, my card today is for two challenges: My Time To Craft - Very Funny and  Papertake Weekly - a sketch.  The image is from a set of stamps I bought whilst on holiday, think they are called Born to Shop and for the life of me I cannot remember the maker because I threw all the packaging away when I came home.  I have coloured with Copics, the bp is CuddlyBuddly the ribbon and cs are from my stash.

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

Happy Birthday

Good Afternoon, my card today is for two challenges:  CD Sunday - Scallops and Oh La La Creations - Happy Birthday.  The image is from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams CD, the bp is Sunny Christmas from Stitchy Bear, the cs, ribbon, gems and flowers are all from my stash. The flowers were white then coloured with a Promarker to tone with the card. The layout is an old sketch from Friday Sketchers.

Thank you for visiting today and for taking the time to leave such lovely comments
Beryl x

Less is More

Good Afternoon, my card today is for this week's Less is More Challenge - pick a square.  It has taken me longer this morning to pick a stamp that I liked than it has to make the card.  Dead simple, Penny Black image coloured with Copics, sentiment I think is from a Papermania set and the two coloured matts are both from Papermania'sw new cs range.

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

2 Christmas Challenges

Good Evening, my card to share today is a very quick and simple one and covers two Christmas Challenges, Bah Humbug - Sleigh Bells and Crazy Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Ribbon.  I have ribbon on my card and my reindeer has bells on his harness.  The image is from Whipper Snapper designs and is Rodney the Reindeer, he has been coloured with Promarkers, the backing paper is from an old DCWV Christmas Glitter stack, the cs is Coredinations and the ribbon is Papermania. 

Thank you for visiting.
Beryl x

Some Enchanted Evening

Good Morning, the sun is shining here in the Northern Isles this morning, there is a bit of cloud about but nothing looking too threatening atm.  My card this morning is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge, which this week is another song title Some Enchanted Evening.  My image is from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams cd, there really are some stunning images on this cd.  The bp is from the same cd and the coloured accent paper is Cuddly Buddly, the ribbon is from my stash, coloured to match with a Promarker.  I would have preferred satin ribbon but I am completely out of white at the moment. The butterfly is a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder, with some aurora sparkle gems for the body, cut from a piece of card painted with two colours of Tesco cheap shimmer paint.

Thank you for visiting and for any comments you may wish to make.  They really make my day.
Beryl x

Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Good Evening, I am not happy with my card today, it appears to be a bit insipid.  I went around it the wrong way and coloured the image first and then had real probs trying to get the backing papers to co-ordinate properly, and I think I should have used much bolder colours. I am not a natural when it comes to art, and I struggle with picking colours for these fantasy type images.  I followed Sketch102 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday, but, I don't think I have nailed it properly.   Onto the details:  the image is a Sweet Pea stamp by Ching-Chou Kuik and I have coloured with Promarkers and Copics, I masked the image and created  the background with distress inks and Judikins colour dusters, the backing papers are from CuddlyBuddly and everything else comes from my stash. 

As the colours are quite pale I think I can enter into this week's Papertake Weekly challenge which is Pale, Pretty Pastels.

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Sing Little Birdie

Good Afternoon. I have fallen lucky today because one of the cards I made for my 2 grand-daughters 9th birthdays last week fits two challenges., I couldn't put the cards on my blog before as my daughters tend to drop into my blog from time to time. The image is a Robyn's Fetish one which I bought from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps, coloured with Promarkers, the paper is from a DCWV 12x12 stack that I have had for ages, the sentiment is computer generated and everything else comes from my stash.

The two challenges are: My Time To Craft - Use a Die Cut - the number 9 was cut with a Cuttlebug Alphabet Die,
Digital Tuesday Challenge - Add Some Texture - the flower and the Cuttlebugged offset card.

Thank you so much for visiting.
Beryl x

An Oriental Card

Good Evening, today's card is for the challenge at CACB which this fortnight is Oriental.  The image is a Cherry Blossom Branch, a digi stamp from CraftyAnn, coloured with a mixture of Promarkers and Copics embellished with a couple of silver coloured butterfly brads, from my stash.  The bp is from Crafter's Companion Oriental CD, the contrast card is Papermania and the card is finished off with Craftworks Card Candy, coloured with a Promarker, and a computer generated sentiment.

I am also entering my card into the CD Sunday Challenge which this week is Under the Weather and like some of the DT I have made my card a general Get Well Card.

Thank you so much for visiting and for the wonderful comments that you have been leaving me, I really appreciate them.

A second butterfly card

Good Afternoon, I woke up this morning with an idea for another Less is More card, so I have decided to put a second card into this weeks challenge of Butterflies.  It's a very simple card as you can see, and again I have used the Cuttlebug die and a different embossing folder, but this time I have used parchment, putting adhesive silver pearls for the body.   The sentiment is one I found in one of my stamp boxes, embossed with detail white embossing powder.

Thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

Less is More

Good Evening, rather late tonight, it's my last night to be able to craft late into the evening as Robert returns from his golfing holiday tomorrow afternoon.  It will be nice to see him, but I will soooo miss being able to get up in the morning an not find a messy kitchen and living room lol.  Honestly, he makes more mess than  my three daughter did, when they were small, and that is saying something  :)  Onto my card, it is for this week's Less is More Challenge which  is Butterflies.  I bought some cheap shimmery paint in Tesco recently and have been playing this afternoon.  The butterfly is a Cuttlebug die, cut from a piece of card that I had brayered with two colours of the paint, and then put through the matching embossing folder.  The backing card was another  piece brayered with just one colour.  The panel was stamped using an Anita's background stamp, stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Purple and the sentiment is from a Woodware Clear Magic set, stamped with the same inkpad.  Unfortunately, the colours don't look as if they match in the pic but they certainly do IRL, probably due to the lighting.  The top of the butterfly matches the backing card and the bottom of the butterfly matches the ink pad.

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

Annie and Friends

Good Evening, the rain has finally stopped and we have a lovely sunny evening, but it's blowing a hooley out there.  For my card today I have followed the sketch at MAWTT which was designed by Hazel.  The image is Annie and Friends from CuddlyBuddly and has been coloured with Promarkers, the bp is also from CuddlyBuddly everything else comes from my stash. The card is for my neighbour's birthday as she is nuts about teddy bears - she has a collection of over 300 teddies in some shape or form. 

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge which this week is - With a Flourish.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Knit 1 Purl 1

Good Evening, my card today is for this week's Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge - Sketch 102.  The image is Winnie the Owl from Willow Designs and coloured with Promarkers.  The bp is from a DCWV 12x12 pad that I have had for ages, the cs is from my stash as are the gems and ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by

Beryl x

Snowflakes

Good evening, my card today is for the challenge over at Bah Humbug and this week the ladies are asking for Snowflakes.  The image is a stamp that I love and it comes out every year,  it's an old Elusive Images one that I have had quite a long time.  The bp is from Season's Greetings an Artylicious cd, the ribbon is left over from the wedding stationery I made earlier in the year and the snowflakes are from a Cuttlebug die.

I am also entering my card into the challenge at CD Sunday, which gives us a choice of Die Cutting/Yeehaw this week.

I hope you like my card and many thanks very much for stopping by today.
Beryl x

Less is More

Good Evening, I didn't think I was going to make it with my Less is More card today.  I had one idea first thing this morning  and then, after checking my card pics, changed my mind.  I spent the entire day trying to make the card and got through at least 20 pieces of card.  Luckily I wasn't using my best pearlised cardstock.  I was trying to make the card I have finished up with, but apart from messing up the stamping I just couldn't get the colouring right.  I was trying to brayer the background with one of my Kaliedacolor inkpads which I have used before with this image, of course before it was always on glossy card because I made it as a topper and the effect was really quite vibrant. The brayering just wasn't working on matt card, I even tried spraying the image with Spray and Shine, but that didn't work either.  I finally gave up, and decided I was working in a complete muddle  so did a complete tidy up, which took a lot longer than I expected.  After having something to eat I decided to have another go and I everything worked the way I wanted it to, but instead of brayering I tapped the ink pad onto my craft mat and put a colour wash onto the image instead. I am still not completely happy with the result, think I should have used a different inkpad.  I made the whole thing in just under half an hour.  Should have given up earlier and saved some cardstock lol

Anyhoo, the stamps used were the Judikins postage stamp and the India cube, stamped with Versacolour black and embossed with clear embossing powder.  The sentiment is from Joanna Sheen's new Wordy Stamps, think it's No.4, stamped and embossed the same as the main image.

Thank you so much for visiting.

Walter the Owl

Good Evening.  For my card today I have followed this weeks Sketch at the Willow Sketchie Challenge.  The image is Walter from Willow Designs coloured with Promarkers, the bp, buttons and the yellow flower are all from Papermania Capsules range, the white flower and cs are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

My card also fits the challenges at  Rainbow Ladies Challenge - Let's Feel It, I have buttons, a flower and a Cuttlebugged element; and Crafty Sentiments - Buttons.

Many thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

Drink Responsibly

Good Evening, well Blogger seems to be back to normal.  Today's card is for the challenge at Digis With Attitude which this week is a sketch.  The image is one I bought a couple of days ago from Stitchy Bear, just fell in love with it.   I have coloured with Promarkers, the pink bp is Cuddly Buddly and the dark paper that looks brown, but is actually purple is from a Papermania 12 x 12 pad that I bought a good three years ago and has been lanquishing in a cupboard all lonely and forgotten.  I sprayed the flowers with Crafter's Companion silver sparkle spray and come from my stash as do the pearls.  I haven't put a sentiment on the card yet because I don't know what I am going to use it for yet.

Thanks for visiting today and for any comments you might like to make
Beryl x

Bah Humbug!

Good Afternoon from a gloriously sunny Shetland, it was raining this morning, but now there isn't a cloud in the sky. Hopefully, I am going to sit outside with my book for an hour after I have finished this post.  The ladies of Humbug Hall have asked us all to Go Green this week - Recycling or Shades of Green.  I have managed a bit of both a fair bit of green and the buttons are recycled from my good neighbour's fabulous button box.  She has been recycling buttons since well before recycling was even though of.  The ribbon is also recycled, sorry the buttons don't show up very well in the pic.  I have also followed this week's sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday

The image is a Judikins stamp, the bp is from an old Papermania Christmas pad, the coloured cs is from my scraps box, the flower is a Marianne Creatable Poinsettia and the sentiment is computer generated.

Thanks for your visit and the lovely comments you have been leaving me.
Beryl x

Skater Girl

Good Evening, for my card today I have followed Sketch 61 at Sketch and Stash.  The image is Skater Girl from Sugar Nellie a stamp that I bought  at the SECC in March coloured with Promarkers, this is her first outing.  The bp is Funky Fairys, the gems, ribbon and flowers are all from my stash.  I am also entering my card into the challenges at My Time to Craft - Scallops and Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch

Thank you for visiting.
Beryl x

Oriental Poppy

Good Afternoon, my card today is for the challenge at CD Sunday which is Let's Go Oriental. The image is from an unmounted sheet of Aspects of Design Stamps, which I have had for a long time and haven't used in ages, coloured with Promarkers, the bp is from Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures cd, the black pearls are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into The Stampman Challenge - Poppies
Thanks for taking the time to visit
Beryl x

Happy Birthday

Back again for a late second post today, this is a birthday card requested by a friend, it's a cd image again, because this is the style of card she likes.  The image is from Debbi Moore's Regency collection, the bp I think came from another of her cd's but am not completely sure as I found it in my scrap box.  The flowers were sprayed with gold glitter spray, the golden pearls were courtesy of C+C in the tool carousel they were selling their 8th birthday celebrations.  The sentiment is computer generated.  The card is for the challenge at Crafy Ann's - Happy Birthday

Many thanks for visiting and for the wonderful comments you have been leaving.
Beryl x

Less is More

Good Afternoon, my card today is for the challenge over at Less is More which is White on White.  I have used white linen finish card, Cuttlebug Daisy embossing folder, Marianne frame and butterfly, the sentiment printed directly from the pc and three crystal gems from my stash.  Although I have have had the butterfly for over a year and the frame for a couple of months this is the first time they have been used, sound familiar to anyone lol.

I hope you are all having a good Sunday, I am off with my laptop to sit in front of the tele to watch Fiddler on the Roof and do a bit of blogging.

Beryl x

Back again.

Well, that's my holiday over and I am getting back to normal (ish!)  I waved Robert off yesterday morning, he's off to the other side of the world to hit little white golf balls around for a couple of weeks.  So now I can play whenever I like. My card is for my best friend's Wedding Anniversary, which is tomorrow:   I had completely forgotten, at least I can hand deliver it.  So it was Debbi Moore to the rescue, the image is from her  Venetian CD and the bp is from one of her ArtDeco cd's.  I sprayed the flowers with Crafter's Companioan Silver Spray, the flower centres are brads from my stash, the leaves are punched, the ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge, which this week is Lady in Red.  I hope you like my card and thanks for visiting
Beryl x