It's that time again!

Good Afternoon, well it's Less is More day again and this week Chrissie and Mandi have given us a sketch to follow. As I am so up to date with personal cards and ordered ones I decided to make a Christmas Card. My images are Judikins Praying Angel and Peeking Angel, coloured lightly with Copics, the matting is Papermania's new textured cs and the sentiment was printed directly onto the card, the font is Dolphin Extended.

I have decided that I have developed some physic skills this week.  On Thursday I made a Christmas Card with a penquin on it for a challenge and then yesterday the ladies at Bah Humbug requested  penquins for their challenge.  Then this morning I went to check out the LIM challenge and found the sketch and realised that one of my early cards for LIM was the same as the sketch.

In fact just last week I made up another couple like this in different colours for my box!

Thank you for stopping by today and for the lovely comments you leave, it gives me such a buzz when I log in and find that I have a bunch of comments waiting to be read.
Beryl x

A Tassell!

Good Evening, my card today is for the challenge at CD Sunday - Tassell Time.  The fan is from Joanna Sheen's Fashion Boutique cd, the bp is Cuddly Buddly, everything else comes from my stash.  Not overly happy with it, but it is an extra card for the box

Thanks for visiting
Beryl x

Pick up a Penguin

Good Evening, my card today is for Sketch107 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday and I have flipped it horizontally because of the way the penguin is looking - didn't think to flip Mo's Digi stamp.  I coloured the image with Promarkers, the bp is DCWV Christmas stack with glitter, can't find it anywhere now I think it has been discontinued which is a shame because there were some fabby papers in this stack.  Everything else on my card is from my stash, I have cuttled the red card and sprayed the white flowers with silver glitter spray.  I decided to go with another Christmas card because for the first time in ages I have got all of my personal and ordered cards completely finished up to the end of July.

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Digi Day

Thank you for visiting today, I hope you like my card and many thanks for all of your lovely comments.
Beryl x

A second post

Back again.  I don't usually post twice in one day, but I had a bit of a play just now and had a go at a tag for Dragon's Dream TIO which this week is Let's Face It.  I used a Craft Stamper freebe stamp with an archival black inkpad and  masked it, then over stamped with a script stamp - think it's an Aspects of Design one.  Before removing the mask I used one of my Judikins colour dusters and Brushed Corduroy DI to colour the tag, then a couple of Promarkers to colour the face and what looks like a hair band.  I rooted around in my ribbon bag to find something to match the hairband and found these three bits of red fibre to finish off my creation.   Hope you like it cos this really isn't my comfort zone, usually everything I try like this ends up a complete mess.  Must admit though, that I think this went quite well.
Beryl x

Second Graduation Card

Good Evening, my card today is the second Graduation card that I mentioned yesterday.  I have followed Sketch 64 over at Sketch and Stash.  The new element for my card is the image which I bought from Crafts u Print especially for this card as I didn't have anything suitable.  The backing papers are from CuddlyBuddly taken into Craft Artist to change the colours to black and white.  Everything else came from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into the challenge at Ooh La La Creations - Father's Day/ Special Man.  I am sure a newly graduated young man is a Special Man.

Thank for you for visiting and the amazing comments you have left me recently, they are really special and mean so much
Beryl x

Less is More - No.2

Good Afternoon,   Today's card is another Less is More - Monogram card, it is for a friend to give to her nephew.  Using Craft Artist I printed the text and grad cap onto the base card, then printed off the main image and another copy of the grad cap.  I matted the main image onto black card  and silver mirri, then cut out the grad cap and 3d it onto the base card, doesn't really show up in the pic, neither does the silver mirri.  Font is Calamity Teen, that's about it, a very simple card.  I will be posting another card for this young man tomorrow, that one is for his mum to give him, and it is a bit more complex.

Many thanks for stopping by
Beryl x ,

I am Sailing

Good Evening, I haven't got a finished card to share today, just a topper.   I was blog hopping earlier and landed on my blogging and Rainbow Friend Claire's blog.  She had used a stamp by Chocolate Baroque from a set of seashore stamps and I remembered that I had a sheet of these stamps that I have never used - sound familiar lol!!  I immediately looked them out and stamped this image which I had a go at  watercolouring with my Lyras.  I am entering this into Rainbow Lady's Challenge which this week is another song title - 'I am Sailing'

Thank you for stopping by and for the lovely comments, they really make my day.
Beryl x

Catchin' Flakes

Good Evening, it's been dull and grey here today, but at least we didn't get any rain - yet!  My card to share today is for the challenge at Bah Humbug and this week the ladies have asked for Scarves and Mittens.  Apart from the dark blue cs, which is Papermania,  everything else has come from Fred She Said.  The bps and the flower are from the Blue Christmas Poinsettia Pack and the image is Catching Flakes, I have used the pre-coloured option.   The sentiment is computer generated and I have added a bit of stickles to the centre of the flower, but it doesn't show up very well.

I am also entering my card into CraftyAnn's Challenge - Christmas in June and I have followed Sketch No.106 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday.

Thank you for visiting and for the lovely comments you leave.  They really make my day.
Beryl x

Less is More - Monogram

Good Evening, well it's that time of the week again.  When I first saw the topic for this week's Less is More Challenge - Monogram, my heart sank right down to my boots.  I have spent the afternoon going through all of my grandchildren's names trying to come up with an idea - then the light bulb went off.  My eldest grandchild is called Bethany, who is 16, and for quite a few years now has gone by the name of Bee, starting out with her mum just using the letter B when texting.  I did a quick google search and found the bee image and went to work with Craft Artist. I used Calamity Teen font and the colour picker to match the text with the bee's wings.  I printed the B and the bee then cut it to size and matted with some co-orinating Papermania textured cardstock and used a black pen to leave a trail.  The sentiment was printed directly onto the card.   I hope this is the kind of thing you are looking for Chrissie and Mandi.

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

CD Sunday

Good Evening, my card today is for the challenge at CD Sunday - If the shoe fits. The image and bps are from Ooh La La Creations CD Shoes in Bloom. The flowers and pearl brad are from my stash

Thanks you for visiting
Beryl x

Whateva!!

Good Evening, my card today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Whateva!! a card for a teenager.  The image and bp both come from My Craft Studio - Walk in Winter Wonderland.  I actually used one of these images last Christmas for my 16 year old grand-daughter and 15 year old stepgrand-daughter and they went down quite well.  Probably because these fairies are not the pretty pretty type - more like wild child.
The ribbon, flower and button all came from my stash.

My card also fits the challenge at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Buttons

Thank you for stopping by and for the lovely comments.
Beryl x

Less is More - 2nd cards

Good Evening, I have got another two cards for this weeks Less is More Challenge - A One Layer Card - In the Frame.  The first one is a Printworks collage stamp that I bought at the SSEC in March of last year and this is the first time I have used it, coloured in with  Tombow pens.  For the second card I have used a Marianne Creatables cut and embossing folder, the image is a stamp I have had for ages but I can't remember the maker and for this one I used the Tombow pens directly on the stamp.

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

Out of Africa

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for the challenge at My Time to Craft - Wild Life Reserve and is for my BIL's 70th birthday later this month.  The image is made up from Judikins Postage Stamp and Judikins African Cube.  I coloured the image with Colour Box Chalk Inks, using direct to paper technique, this was quite easy and the inks pads are years old and almost dried up.  The textured cs came from my stash, the bp is Sunny Christmas from Stitchy Bear, the numbers are from a Cuttlebug Alphabet, the sentiment is computer generated and I finished off with some Card Candy

Thank you so much for visiting and for the lovely comments you leave
Beryl x

Less is More

Well it's Less is More time again and this week Chrissie and Mandi have asked for a One Layer Card and a Frame.  I decided to make an inked rectangle for the frame and managed to waste a fair bit of card in the process - what with one  mistake  or another,  in the end I threw in the towel and slightly cheated.   I was going to the print sentiment directly onto my card with Craft Artist and decided to print the coloured rectangle as well.  Then I used my new Clarity Alium stamp and embosed with white detail embossing powder.

I hope you like my card, I will probably make another attempt at this challenge later in the week
Beryl x

Ticket to Ride

Good afternoon, my card to share today is a Father's Day card for two of my grandchilren to give to their Daddy.  I am entering it into Rainbow Lady's Challenge which is another song title this week - Ticket to Ride.  Cynthia wants to see some form of transport and a ticket.  My image is from the Create a Scene stamps from Creative Expressions and as I am not that good at colouring these big images I decided to make a black and white card.  That brought up the problem of papers - not a problem for Craft Artist.  I inserted two CuddlyBuddly digi papers into the programe and changed the colours with a click of the mouse.  The ticket is from a sheet of tickets from CraftyAnn which I again took into Craft Artist and added 'Daddy' to it. A fairly quick and easy card.

Thank you so much for visiting.
Beryl x

A Happy Bunny

I made the Top 3 in Crafty Ann's Oriental Challenge.   Thank you so much for picking my card Kym
Beryl x

Little Blue Bear

Good Evening, my card to share today is  for my Grandson, Caleb, who will be a year old on the 22nd of this month - born on his Mother's birthday.  I have followed Sketch105 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The image is from Daisy and Dandelion stamped with Adirondack - Stonewashed, the papers are CuddlyBuddly and the dark cs is from the new Papermania Shimmer range the pearls and lace come from my stash.

Thank you so much for visiting.
Beryl

Emma and a Snowman

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Surprise, Surprise.  The surprise with my card is that when Sophie receives it there will be some pennies inside.  The image is Emma the Hugger and Snowman precoloured from Fred She Said, the bp is from an old DCWV Glittered Christmas Stack and it is the last piece of this particular design, which is a shame because I love this one.  The blue cs is Papermania and the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into CPS- Sketch221 and CrazyHazelnut'sChristmas Challenge - Wintertime Blues

Thank you so much for visiting and for the lovely comments
Beryl x

Sunrise - Sunset

Back again for a second post today, this one is a late entry into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Sunrise - Sunset.  I particularly wanted to make a card for this challenge because I live as far north as you can get in the UK and at this time of the year we have some amazing white nights.  In fact when we have clear skies it doesn't get completely dark at night at all.  We moved here in June 1977 and the first night we didn't get around to putting the curtains up in the girls bedroom and they woke up at 2 am with the sun streaming in through the windows and thought it was time to get up, the eldest was 5, the middle one 3 and the baby was 10 days away from her first birthday.  It was always a struggle this time of the year to get them to bed and not get up in the middle of the night.  A couple of nights back I wasn't sleeping to well, and there was a bird serenading me - it was about 2ish in the morning!  The only downside of our long summer days is the very, very short winter days!

Onto my card, it was one I made for my SIL's 40th birthday and I forgot to take a pic of it before I sent it, so I asked my daughter if she would take one and e-mail it to me. I have just received it. The background is Big 'n Juicy Soothing Sunset and the images are Stampscapes, everything else comes from my stash.

Thanks for your visit
Beryl x

Deep in Thought

Good Evening, my card to share today is for this week's challenge over at CD Sunday - Digi Day.  My digi stamp is from Pollycraft and is coloured with Promarkers, the bp is from the Art Deco CD by Card Creations+, the flowers and ribbon were white and coloured to tone with Promarkers, have embellished with punched sprigs and Card Candy, the sentiment is computer generated
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I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting.
Beryl x

Less is More - 2nd card

Good Evening, I have been busy today putting inserts into cards from my box and after finishing that I decided to make another card for the  Less is More Challenge - Monochrome.  This time I have gone with deep red, the image is from a new unmounted A5 plate, Floral Bouquet, from Chocolate Baroque.  I stamped with Versafine Crimson Ink and coloured some white ribbon with a Promarker, in real life it matches the ink and matting card a lot better than in the pic, the sentiment is from a Woodware Clear Magic Set also stamped with Versafine Crimson

Thank you stopping by and for the lovely comments that you have left me, they mean such a lot.
Beryl x

Less is More

Good Afternoon, not been around for a few days as I've been a bit under the weather.  My card today is for this week's Less is More Challenge - Colour Monochrome.  I have been making cards for 8 years now and for a lot of that time I have been selling quite a few at our local Health Centre.  Last year I had a blip in my cardmaking, I found it a chore and not fun.  During this time I never made any surplus cards for sale and someone else started putting her cards there.  At the beginning of this week I got a phone call from my friend who works at the Health Centre asking if I could make a retirement card for one of the midwives.  When she came to pick it up she saw my LIM cards and asked if I could make a few Sympathy cards in the same vein.  So when I saw this week's challenge I knew immediately what my card was going to be.  The image is Penny Black stamped with Versafine and the sentiment is computer generated.

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