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Medieval Magic

2012-02-17T14:31:00.000Z

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - Bold and Bright. The image is from Debbi Moore's Medieval Magic CD, the backing paper is from a goody box I got from Chocolate Baroque ages ago and I have made the flower using Papermania card and a Spellbinder's Die - Daisy finished off with a little flower gem from my stash. The sentiment is computer generated. The card is for my Step-Granddaughter who is going to be 16 next week.

I am also entering my card into this weeks Cute Card Thursday Challenge - Flower Power.

Many thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

Damsel Fly

2012-02-13T14:11:00.000Z

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for my daughter's Goddaughter who is going to be 11 going on 19. So cute would not be acceptable at all and I also left the number off!! So, I decided to go with bright and glittery, the backing paper is from a cover gift from Cardmaking and Papercraft, the corner image is another cover gift from the same mag coloured with Promarkers, the Damsel Fly is a Clarity stamp. I stamped it twice, once onto white card, then onto sticky back acetate, and covered the back with cerise glitter from Debbi Moore, I think you can just about see the glitter in the pic. The sentiment is computer generated to which I added a shrink plastic version of the damsel fly.

I am entering my card into:
Make it Monday - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes

Many thanks for visiting today and I hope you like my card.

Fire Goddess

2012-02-12T15:39:00.000Z

Good Afternoon, my card for today is for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge - L is for.... My take on this is L for Light, L is for Layers and possibly L for Love, this isn't too apparent, but the image does say 'To Someone Special' and the card is for a customer to give his girlfriend. I have used an image and matching backing papers from Debbi Moore's Fire Goddess CD, which came free with her January Magazine. It has some beautiful images on it, including a fabulous tiger. The layered backing card is Coredinations, the roses and gems are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

I actually made this card for last weeks A La Mode Challenge, but decided it didn't really fit the bill. Hence I am quick off the mark with my entry lol.

Thank you so much for visiting.
Beryl x

Stripes

2012-02-11T16:09:00.000Z

Good Afternoon, well it's Less is More day again and, as usual my white scrap box has filled up nicely again as it is time for a One Layer Card - this time with Stripes. I found a couple of border stamps with just two vertical lines on them in a Dimension Fourth Art Deco set of stamps. I knew exactly what I wanted to do, but kept getting the stripes wrong. Anyhow, I ended up with this card, apart from the stripes I used a Clarity Alium stamp, a small sentiment stamp and some black velvet ribbon which I received at Christmas as part of a Secret Santa gift. I am not at all happy with this, cos I haven't placed the alium properly, the stripes aren't very even and the sentiment is slightly squint. The silly thing is that when practicing the stripes they always worked perfectly!! I have a couple of new ideas floating around so I might be back with another card.

Thanks so much for your visit today
Beryl x

Have a Heart

2012-02-10T21:09:00.000Z

Good Evening, I am really late today but all the things I tried to do this morning went in the bin, so decided to have another play this evening. My card is a very clean and simple one for Rainbow Lady's Challenage - Have a Heart. I decided to make a card for my box that would be good for a wedding or engagement at some point.
The image is Chocolate Baroque stamped and embossed with Wow embossing powder, matted onto a piece of gold mirri from my scrap box and finished off with some organza ribbon and little gold pearls.

Thank very much for visiting, please feel free to leave a comment. I do so love reading them
Beryl x

The Time Traveller's Wife

2012-02-09T15:45:00.000Z

Hi Folks, my share today isn't a card - I've jumped out of my comfort zone and had a play with a tag for DragonsDream TIO Challenge - Time, from the book The Time Traveller's Wife. The card I have used to make the tag is from a play session I had the other day with Distress Stains, as shown in this month's Craft Stamper. The clock image is the cover free stamp from an earlier copy of the magazine, the sentiment is from Clarity the flowers and gem are from my stash and the little parcel is an offcut from the original bit of card. I coloured the ribbon to match.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me today, I am really not sure about this piece as I am very new to inking techniques and am never quite sure if I have pulled it off or not. Sorry about the pic but my camera and computer don't want to talk to each other, think I need a new cable, so have used my phone to take this one.
Beryl x

Love Is In The Air

2012-02-08T10:03:00.002Z

Good Morning, I'm struggling a bit at the moment with challenge cards because a lot of them require a Valentines or Love theme. I have already made the only Valentine card that I need for this year, luckily I need a Wedding Anniversary Card. The image and backing paper are from the Love Section on Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams CD, I do love this cd. The matting card, flower and heart shaped hat pins are all from my stash, the sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering my card into two challenges hosted by CraftyAnn and Joanna Sheen,
Both challenges are Love Is The Air.

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

Red Shoes

2012-02-06T13:47:00.000Z

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge, which this week is Wear Red Day. The image is from Debbi Moore's New York CD, the bp is from my scrap box but I am sure that is a Debbi Moore one as well. The shoes are from a Creative Expressions unmounted plate stamped with Momento onto a piece of scrap card from my white box, the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into the CD Sunday Challenge - A La Mode and Pixie's Snippet Challenge No 6.

Thank you so much for visiting today.
Beryl x

Mermaid

2012-02-04T14:08:00.000Z

Good Afternoon everyone, I hope you are all keeping safe and warm. Today's card is for this week's challenge over at Less is More.

For our first Anniversary we are back to a repeat of our inaugural challenge which for the first Saturday of the month is colour... and this time we have chosen

AQUA

The image is from Clarity, stamped with Momento and coloured with Promarkers. As you can see I have been inking again, I did this with Adirondack Aqua and my trusty inkdusters. I have added Waterfall Stickles on all of the bubbles and dotted some of it round the mermaid's tail. I coloured the ribbon with the Aqua inkpad and the sentiment is computer generated. The image and sentiment are both matted onto Papermania and matt silver cardstock from my stash. The colours are much prettier in real life, not quite so dark looking,

I hope you like my card and many, many thanks for taking the time to visit.

Beryl x

My Love is like a Red, Red Rose

2012-01-30T19:53:00.001Z

Good Evening, my card for today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge which this week is anything Scottish. I have gone for a famous poem by the great man himself, Rabbie Burns. The image is from Chocolate Baroque. I used chalks to start with for the rose and leaves, it was OK but it seemed a bit blotchy, so I used a red crayon and did some shading and blending. To finish off I got out an inkduster and inked around the image with a chalk inkpad. The backing paper is a freebe from the very generous and extremely talented Jak Heath. The cuttlebugged strip, ribbon and flowers are all from my stash. The sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into Challenge 80 over at Sketch N Stash, - a free choice sketch, pick any sketch

from their back catalogue and display it. I have gone for Sketch No.40, My old stash is the stamp and new is the white flower and the free paper from Jak, it has been in a file since before Christmas this is the first time I have used it

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Tag You're It

2012-01-29T09:00:00.004Z

Well it's Sunday so it's time for another challenge over at CD Sunday - Tag You're It the team would like to see a tag somewhere on your design. I'm feeling a bit sad though because this is my last challenge at Guest Designer. I have had a wonderful time and would like to say a huge Thank You to the ladies on the Team for inviting me to join them for a short spell.

For my card I have, for the second time in just a few days, turned to Joanna Sheen's From the Heart of the Garden cd. I took the matching backing paper into Craft Artist to lighten it a couple of shades. The embossed card is from my stash as are the pearl brads used to attach the tags and flower. I sprayed the flower with Silver Sparkle spray, but it doesn't really show up in the pic. The leaves were punched from scraps as were the tags, the sentiment was computer generated. Sorry about the glare from the silver mirri

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

Butterfly Flourish

2012-01-28T12:14:00.001Z

This week over at Less is Moore, the ladies have given us a fabulous sketch to work with.

This year, apart from trying not to buy any new stash I have decided to try and get to grips with inking. I have always found this difficult. So, I sat down this morning with a pile of inkpads and a new pack of Cut-n-Dry foam. Nearly three hours later and lots of bits of card in the bin, I gave up on the Cut-n-Dry and got out my trusty Judikins Ink Dusters, the inking doesn't seem as smooth with these and I will keep trying with the foam. I used Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick Distress Inks and the stamp is from a Chocolate Baroque unmounted plate - Butterfly Flourish Swirls, the sentiment is from an acrylic set by Hobby Art.

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

Something New

2012-01-25T16:07:00.000Z

Good Afternoon, it's horrible here in the Northern Isles today - dark, wet and windy. Just the sort of day to do some crafting. My card is for CraftyAnn'sChalleng Blog - What's New Pussycat, requiring something new on your card a technique or new stash. Mine is stash, but I have been very good and still haven't bought any new stash yet this year - mind you it is still only January lol. The images and backing paper are from Joanna Sheen's From the Heart of the Garden CD which I bought last year when it was launched. Today, I finally took off the shrink wrap and had a look at it!!! The butterflies are from a cut and emboss Cuttlebug set, the gems are from my stash.
I am also entering my card into the Ooh La La Challenge - Seeing Double - use two images the same.

Thanks you very much for visiting today
Beryl x

Happy Chinese New Year

2012-01-23T10:06:00.001Z

Good Morning, my card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - The Year Of The Dragon. The image is from an unmounted plate by Chocolate Baroque, the strip was made using a Judikins cube. I stamped everything with Versamark and embossed with WOW Gold Sparkle embossing powder. The sentiment is from an old SeeDees set and going by the image in the box I think it says Happy New Year, but am not too sure. The tassel and coin both come from my stash. I suppose really I should have used red and gold, as I think red in China is considered lucky, but I didn't have any red card in my offcuts box.

I am also entering my card into Pixie's Crafty Snippets Challenge as all the pieces of black and gold card came from my off cuts box.

A Sting In The Tail

2012-01-22T09:30:00.000Z

Good Morning, it's Sunday and that means it's time for a new challenge over at CD Sunday. This week the ladies have chosen Zodiac as the theme. I struggled with this one, I searched online for images but couldn't find anything that I liked. So, out came Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams again. I have gone with the image for Scorpio as this is my Mum's birth sign. I didn't use the matching paper this time and have used a freebie download from Craft Creations. The flowers and gems are from my stash and the punched border is from a bit of card in my scrap box.

Thank you for visiting today,

Beryl x

Butterfly Dreams

2012-01-21T13:41:00.000Z

Good Afternoon everyone. Firstly I would like to say a big Thank You for all of your good wishes recently. I am beginning to feel a lot better and the dizzy spells are nowhere near as bad as they have been.

So, on to today's card. It's Less is More time again and this week the challenge is Cut it Out - to make an aperture or some kind of hole on our cards. I used an octagonal nestie for mine and also my Marianne Creatables gorgeous Butterfly Die. I started by cutting out a white butterfly and then I got out my craft iron to melt some Angelina Fibres together and cut a second butterfly from this. I used wet glue to stick the two butterflies together and then my quickie glue pen to attach the wings of the base to my card. The picture doesn't show it very well but the fibre butterfly really sparkles in real life. The sentiment is computer generated and printed directly onto the card.

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

A Little Bird Told Me

2012-01-17T11:00:00.000Z

Good Morning, sorry once again for my lack of blogging and posting, still feeling rubbish and to top that off my Labrynthitis/Vertigo is back and my doctor won't give me any of the lovely pills that help until I have seen the ENT people.

Anyway, I did manage to make a Less is More Challenge card yesterday, this week Chrissie and Mandi have asked for a One Layer Card and the theme is Birds. I looked out my old Kingfisher stamp by Peronal Impressions, stamped onto watercolour card with Ranger Black Archival ink and then coloured with watercolour pencils and a waterbrush. I am not overly happy with it, but was not up to redoing it.

Thank you so much for visiting and your continual wonderful comments and support
Beryl x

Sweet Dreams

2012-01-15T09:00:00.002Z

Good Morning, well it's Sunday again and time for the CD Sunday Challenge, this week the theme is Enchantment. For Me there is only one CD for this challenge and that is Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams.
I have used the matching backing paper for this design twice, one in the original colour and the other one has been lightened, I Cuttlebugged a piece of co-ordinating card, added two silk flowers with punched leaves and secured with a pearl headed brad. The ribbon and small gems are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - The Many Faces of Woman, and I hope a couple of the colours will count for CraftyAnn's Challenge - Let's Think Hot

Many thanks for visiting today, and I also have to aplogise for being a bad blogger so far this year. I seem to have lost my mojo and have not really picked up properly after not not being very well at Christmas.
Beryl x

Under The Sea

2012-01-08T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning, well it's Sunday again and time for the CD Sunday Challenge. This week the theme is Sea Life. I have used an image from the first Jane Netley Mayhew cd from Joanna Sheen and teamed it with a patterned backing paper from Cuddly Buddly and a piece of matching plain paper that I put through the Cuttlebug. I decided to go with the shell image as I remembered the bag of shells that I bought at my local craft shop ages ago and yep this is the first time I have used any of them! The sentiment is computer generated.

I hope you can all come and joing us again this week, and many thanks for visiting my blog today.
Beryl x

The Colour Purple

2012-01-07T16:16:00.001Z

Good Afternoon, today's card is for this week's Less is More Challenge - Predominately Purple. The image is one from a Creative Expressions unmounted sheet that hasn't seen the light of day for a very long time. I used Adirondack Eggplant to stamp the image and worked Milled Lavender Distress Ink all over it, then matted onto some white and purple scraps.

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Travel Through Time

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

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T09:00:00.001Z

Hi everyone, I am sorry to have been absent for so long, but I haven't been well over Christmas. I had the flu and now I have an ear infection, so am a bit cheesed off. Anyhow we are now into 2012 and hopefully things will improve from now on. So, onto this week's Guest Designer card for CD Sunday. The challenge this week is O for the Olympics. We are being sponsored this week by Sharon Duncan.

I have chosen Rowing as my Olympic Sport, the image is from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd, the backing paper is from Sharon Duncans Elegance Embossabilities cd, the cardstock is from my stash and I have finished off with Card Candy.

I don't usually make new year resolutions but I have decided that this year I must stop buying crafting goodies and must unearth some of my long lost forgotten stash. Whilst packing up my craft stuff for the Christmas period I came a across stuff that was still in it's original wapping, incuding stamps that have never seen any ink!

Once again a Happy New Year to each and everyone of you
Beryl x

CD Sunday

2011-12-18T09:26:00.001Z

Good Morning, first of all I must apologise for my blogging absence recently, but I am in the process of turning my craft room back into a living room for the festive period. I have got so much stuff I can't find homes for everything lol.

Right onto today's card, which is my GDT offering at CD Sunday which this week is Fifties Fun. The image is from Debbi Moore's New York CD, the backing paper is from her Snowflake Queen CD. The matting is some gold textured card from my stash which I have Cuttlebugged, the ribbon and flower are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated. In fact the sentiment was changed two days ago as I was asked for an engagement card and decided this would fit the bill nicely and the customer thought so too.

I am looking forward to visiting all of your blogs to see how you all interpret the challenge.

Beryl x

Beyblades

2011-12-09T18:19:00.000Z

Hi folks, I seem to have missed a few challenges this week, not sure why. My card to share today is for the Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Anything But Christmas. My card is for my grandson who has a birthday on the 21st December, he is into Beyblades at the moment. The image came from somewhere on the internet, courtesy of Google, the backing paper is from Boys to Men cd by Ooh La La Creations. I used Lapis Stardream for the base card, matting, letters and number all die cut with a Sissix alphabet.

Many thanks for visiitng and for any comments you may wish to make, I do so love to read them.
Beryl x

A Bit Late

2011-12-06T14:22:00.000Z

Good Afternoon, I'm a bit late with my Less is More Challenge card, life getting in the way. Anyhoo Chrissie and Mandi have set a colour challenge this week of Green - my favourite colour. I have used a Chocolate Baroque stamp inked with Brilliance Perleascent Ivy, the sentiment is from Papermania and stamped with the same inkpad. I matted with some green scraps from my stash and found a bit of green gingham ribbon loitering in the bottom of my ribbon box.

I am entering my card into Jules Crafty Snippets Challenge 48 - the white and green card are offcuts.

Thanks for your visit
Beryl x

Great News

2011-12-04T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning, well at last I can let you all in on some wonderful news. A couple of months back I was asked if I would like to be a guest design team member for CD Sunday, naturally I jumped at the chance. But, I wasn't allowed to tell anyone until the big day arrived. Today is that day and here is my card for the challenge which is Something With Whiskers, and we are being sponsored by Elegant Inspiration, and the image, backing paper and border are all from The Rachelle Anne Miller Collection. I have matted with Papermania Shimmer card, the flower embellie is from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated.

Please drop by the other team members blogs for some wonderful inspiration and I do hope you will all join in the fun and I am really looking forward to visiting you and commenting on your entries.
Beryl x

Christmas Bingo

2011-12-02T19:16:00.000Z

Good Evening, my card today is for Crafty Ann's last challenge of the year and we are playing Christmas Bingo. I hope that Ann will not be angry with me because I am not using a Christmas card, but one that I have made for my Mum and Stepdad's Ruby Wedding Anniversary which takes place next Sunday, and it fits in with the bottom row of the grid

I have used Mars Stardream for the base cards and the image and backing paper is from Joanna Sheen's Floral Fantasy cd. I forgot to take a pic with the bow undone and the card opened up, but I am sure you have all seen this style of card before. The ribbon and gems are from my stash, the number has been cut with a Cuttlebug alphabet and the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into the Cute Card Thursday Challenge - It's Just a Number

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

Away in a Manger

2011-12-01T16:15:00.001Z

Hi folks, my card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Christmas Carols. This was an exceptionally easy card, it is a Christmas Trinitage from the new La Pashe cd The Big One. The three separate layers don't show up particularly well but looks quite good in real life. 1st layer is the full picture, 2nd layer is cut up to the roof of the stable and the 3rd layer is cut just showing the main characters. I have used Lapis Stardream for the base card then matted with white and silver.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting and for any comments you may wish to make
Beryl x

Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend

2011-11-29T22:51:00.001Z

Oops late on parade tonight, completely forgot to post my card, which is for the challenge at Ooh La La Creations - Lots of Sparkle. The image is a Debbi Moore Stamp, coloured with Copics, the bp is from Papermania Capsule Collection, as is the ribbon. The flower, aurora crystal gems and matting card all come from my stash, the sentiment is computer generated and I added some Stickles Stardust to her bracelets and necklace. The yellows all look different in the pic, but in real life they do all match, and the gems and Stickles do sparkle. The card is for a friend of my daughter and the only brief was it had to be yellow.

Many thanks for visiting
Beryl x

Tiger Tiger Burning Bright

2011-11-28T09:00:00.001Z

Good Morning, wow am I on the ball today lol. My card today is for this week's CD Sunday Challenge - On Safari. For my card I have chosen this lovely tiger and backing paper from Joanna Sheen's JNM2 cd, I used a Creative Expressions embossing folder for the offcut of green card, the sentiment was computer generated and I added three little green buttons to finish.

Many thanks for visiting and for any comments you may wish to leave
Beryl x

A Little Bit of Sparkle

2011-11-27T10:00:00.001Z

Good Morning everyone, my card today is for the Less is More Challenge and this week Chrissie and Mandi are asking for Bling. The image is from Chocolate Baroque, stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Purple and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Crystal ep, as is the sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly. I added some Aurora Crystal gems to finish.

The piece of card with the image and the matting layers are all from my scrap box, so I am entering my card into Jules Crafy Snippets ChallengeWeek47, as Jules hasn't posted this week's challenge yet I will adjust the link later today.

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

Soar like an eagle

2011-11-26T13:56:00.000Z

Hi folks, my card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Cards For Men. The image and bp is from Ooh-La-La-Creations cd Boys to Men. The cuttlebugged card is Papermania Shimmer, the sentiment is computer generated and I finishished with some Card Candy. The card is for my Stepson who'se birthday is in December, this is a busy month for me with 22 birthday cards to make for family and customers. Seven down and another 15 to go.

Many thanks for your visit and for any comments you may wish to make
Beryl x

Bah Humbug!

2011-11-23T22:16:00.001Z

Hi folks, back from my Christmas Fayre, didn't do too badly at all, I managed to make £54.50 after paying a tenner for my table, am quite pleased. Especially as there were four or five of us with cards, admittedly most of the others were cards plus other stuff.

I have got a card and box to share tonight, it is for the Bah Humbug Challenge - Bags and Boxes

The first pic is the box for the easel card. The images are from Debbie Moore's Magical Christmas and the backing paper is from her Regency CD, everything else came from my stash. The sentiment on the card was computer generated, the one on the box from from the image sheet. I actually sold this one and have an order for two more.

Off for an early night, will catch up on all your blogs tomorrow.
Thank you so much for visiting and your kind comments
Beryl x

The Two Of Us

2011-11-22T09:44:00.001Z

Good Morning, my card today is for the challenge at CD Sunday, which this week is Trees. The image is from Debbi Moore's Art Deco Magical Christmas, there were little lights on the tree so I used my glue pen and some glitter on them. The backing paper is from Artylicious, Season's Greetings CD. The sentiment is computer generated and the ribbon is from my stash.

I hope you like my card and many, many thanks for your lovely comments
Beryl x

Up Up And Away

2011-11-21T10:21:00.001Z

Good Morning been awol for a few days, I've been really busy getting my cards bagged and tagged for the Christmas Fayre in our village on Wednesday night. I have had a table there twice before, the first time I did really well, but the second time I only made just enough to pay for my table. That was about 5 years ago, so thought I would dip my toe in the water again. I want to make a couple of boxed cards before Wednesday, because these have always gone down well. Sorry in advance if I don't manage to get round to commenting this week.

Onto today's card. It is for this weeks Less is More challenge - Silhouettes. The image is an Heritage stamp which I found in a sale box at our only Craft Shop (25 miles away) a while ago and I have never used it. The birds are Clarity and the balloon is punched. The sentiment is a from a birthday greetings set by My Sentiments Exactly.

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

It Takes Two

2011-11-16T13:58:00.001Z

My card for today is for this week's My Time To Craft Challenge - Take Two. I have used two pieces of Card Candy, two flowers layered together and two leaves. The image is from Mo Manning, coloured with Promarkers, the backing paper is Kanban, the sentiment is computer generated and the flowers and candy came from my stash.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting today and for leaving me such lovely comments, I really do appreciate them
Beryl x

Two Cards, One Challenge

2011-11-15T15:45:00.001Z

Hi Folks, my cards today are for this week's CD Sunday Challenge - Paisley Fun. This had me well and truly stumped, I have a small paisly stamp and was going to make an image using that, but couldn't decide on a cd to use for a nice backing paper to go with it. Then I discovered some paisly patterned paper that I have had almost as long as I have been making cards! Next problem, what image to use. I looked through my file of printed pics from cds and couldn't find anything that fitted the colours of my paper. This all took place yesterday! This morning I remembered that my paisly stamp was from an Asian set of stamps I have had for years, which led me to look at Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures CD. All problems solved. Because the paisly paper is so in your face I decided to just use a strip of it with a co-ordinating paper, and ended up with two cards instead of one.

I hope you like them, and thank you so much for visiting and for the lovely comments.
Beryl x

Pink with a touch of green

2011-11-14T18:16:00.000Z

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Inspired by the Princettia a plant especially bred for Breast Cancer Awareness. I have taken the colours of Pink and Green for my card. The image is another Lynda Ravenscroft Fairy from the CardCreationsPlus cd, A Touch of Magic this is the Digitalis Fairy. I have no idea about the backing paper it's a piece that I found in my printed box, the punched card is Papermania Shimmer and I used a Martha Stewart punch.

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

Leaves

2011-11-13T09:28:00.001Z

Good Morning, my card today is for the Less is More Challenge - Leaves on a One Layer Card. It's a very simple card as you can see, the leaves are from yet another acrylic stamp set that I have absolutely no idea of the manufacturer. In fact I think it's the first time I have even used it. I used Big n Juicy Foliage and the sentiment is from a Papermania set.

Sorry about the awful pic, but I used a pearlised card and it didn't take well to being photographed, even Picassa couldn't improve it that much. The card is much smaller than usual because I ended up getting ink where there shouldn't have been any and as this was the fifth attempt at the card I decided just to cut off the inky bits instead of trying for a sixth time. I hope to make a better card later in the week

Thank you so much for visiting and for all your good wishes and I am now feeling much better.
Beryl x

A Late Entry

2011-11-12T10:19:00.003Z

Good Morning, sorry I've not been around this past few days, the Labrynthitis came back with a vengeance and it has taken a while for the pills to kick in. I must say a huge thank you to Crafty Ann for my top 3 place on her challenge blog, I am thrilled to bits, especially as this is the third time.

I am posting a very quick and very late Christmas card for this weeks CD Sunday Challenge - Sunset. The card with the backing paper has been sitting around since last Christmas, the paper is from the Artylicious Seasons Greetings cd. I printed the image from Joanna Sheen's Thomas Kincade cd and made the topper last Monday, so all I had to do to make the card was add some gold ribbon from my stash, then stamp and emboss the sentitment from a Woodward Greetings set.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope to visit you all again very soon

Frosty the Snowman

2011-11-07T10:01:00.001Z

Good Morning, my card today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Snowmen. The image is from Judikins and I just love it, coloured with Promarkers and a little bit of sparkle. I have no idea what the backing paper is, I found it in my Christmas scrap box, the image was stamped onto scrap white card and the snowflakes and stars were cut with a Cuttlebug die using the waste from the base card. The sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into Jules Crafty Snippets

Thank you for visiting
Beryl x

Less We Forget!

2011-11-06T12:38:00.001Z

Today's card is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - A Time To Remember With Poppies. The image is from Chocolate Baroque, coloured with a mixture of Promarker and Copics, the backing paper is from Joanna Sheen's Jayne Netley Mayhew CD2. The ribbon and gems are from my stash and I added some black glitter to the centre of the poppies.

Think perhaps I should have used a different red for the main image, I used the Poppy Promarker, but looking at it now it's seems a bit garish, still it's another card for the box

Thank you so much for visiting
Beryl x

Fireworks

2011-11-05T20:59:00.000Z

Well it's Less is More time again and this week is a colour challenge - Red and Orange as a tribute to bonfire night. I have made two cards today, for the first one I used my Clarity Alium stamps, I picked these because the little stamp looks like rockets going off in the sky. I used a Kaleidacolor Multi ink pad, Desert Heat, the colours range from orange to red, added some glitter then matted onto some red scrap card, the sentiment is from Crafty Individuals.

The image for the second card is a Stampendous one, not sure what these flowers are, I used the Desert Heat inkpad again and another scrap of red card, not sure of the sentiment manufacturer the packaging went a long time ago

I am also entering my card into CraftyAnn's Challenge - Floral Frenzy

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

The Beautiful Game

2011-11-05T09:39:00.000Z

Good Morning the wind has dropped, the rain has stopped and we have wall to wall sunshine - no lights on today!! My card today is for the challenge at PaperPlay - Buttons. The image is from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia cd, the backing paper is Cuddly Buddly, central cardstock is from my stash, the sentiment computer generated finished off with some Bakers Twine from Wild Orchids and a button.

Thank you so much for your visit
Beryl x

Carol Singing

2011-11-04T10:24:00.001Z

Good Morning, it's horrible here in the Northern Isles - wet, windy and still very dark. Today's card is for Sketch126 at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The image is Penny Black coloured with Promarkers with some Stickles Star Dust, the bp is Funky fairys, flower, ribbon and cs from my stash.

I am also entering my card into the challenge at Passion for Promarkers - A Day At The Zoo

Thanks for visiting today and for the lovely comments you have been leaving
Beryl x

With A Bit of Bling

2011-11-02T15:23:00.001Z

My card today is for this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes (plus a bit bling if you want)
The image is from Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams cd, the backing papers are Cuddly Buddly, the ribbon is from my stash, the ribbon slider is from Wild Orchids and the sentiment is computer generated.

Thank you so much for visiting
Beryl x

Musical Moggies

2011-11-01T09:03:00.001Z

Good Morning, I forgot to post this yesterday. It is for the CD Sunday Challenge - Puss Cat. The image and bp are from Joanna Sheen's Victorian Companion. The embossed card is Papermania Shimmer cs. The sentiment is computer generated and the black gems are from my stash. Sorry about the pic my Ott Lite has died.

Thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Stars

2011-10-30T14:03:00.000Z

Good Afternoon. I have made two cards today, both of them for this week's Less is More Challenge - Stars,
The first one is a stamp by Chocolate Baroque which was stamped with Versamark and the embossed with a silver glitter embossing powder, matted onto silver mirri with a computer generated sentiment.

For the main image on second card I have used Clarity's Wired Star stamp this time I have embossed with a gold glitter embossing powder. The smaller stars were made with a clear Kanban stamp and embossed with the same gold ep. Not very happy with this one as the embossing powder doesn't show up very well, and it has been remade a good few times.

I hope you like my cards and thank you so much for visiting and the wonderful comments you have been leaving me, they mean such a lot to me.
Beryl x

Sleigh Ride

2011-10-29T17:03:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon my card today is for Sketch No.125 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday, the image is another ready coloured digi from Cuddly Buddly, the backing paper is Funky Fairys, the ribbon, flower and embossed card are all from my stash, the sentiment is computer generated

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

Bah Humbug!

2011-10-28T16:33:00.001+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card today is another CAS type one, I am really getting into these at the moment. It is for the Bah Humbug Challenge - Die Cuts, I have used the new Spellbinders Poinsettia set and after assembling the flower I sprayed it with Irridescent Spray and Sparkle, then stuck it onto a nestie added a piece of red satin edged organza ribbon and a computer generated greeting

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

For got to add that I am entering my card into Jules Crafty Snippets as my poinsettia was made from lots of offcuts of card.

Vintage Photography

2011-10-27T14:47:00.000+01:00

Good afternoon, I made today's card a couple of months ago for my grand-daughter's 17th birthday last month. She is into photography and has been showing an interest in vintage cameras. All of the images for the card came from an unmounted stamp plate by Creative Expressions that a friend told me about. I made the backing paper with distress inks and small images from the plate and coloured the ribbon as well. It has been so long that I made the card that I can't remeber which colour I used. All the images were stamped with Momento Sepia. I finished the card off with Cardy Candy and some flowers from my stash.

I am entering my card into the challenges at Tanda Teaser - Sepia Times and Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes

I hope you like it and many thanks for visiting
Beryl x

Another CAS Card

2011-10-26T12:31:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon, today's card is for this week's My Time to Craft Challenge - Quite White. It's a very simple card using a new Papermania embossing folder, Stardream Crystal White cardstock and silver mirri. The sentiment is stamped and embossed with silver. It's the first time I have used this folder and am not sure about it, but it will make a perfect production line card and also won't need a large letter stamp, so it might grow on me lol

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting

Beryl x

Emma and Snowman

2011-10-25T14:40:00.002+01:00

Good Afternoon, today's card is for Sketch No73 over at Sketch and Stash. The image is a precoloured digi from Fred She Said, backing papers are Fred She Said, Artylicious and Kanban. The ribbon is from my stash, the sentiment is computer generated. The new element on my card is the Kanban backing paper and the neglected the snowflake brads that I found in the bottom of a bag of Christmas stuff from a few years back. The sentiment is in the wrong place for the sketch, sorry about that I couldn't fit it in the right place.

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

Orange and Black

2011-10-24T12:08:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, for today's card I have used an image from a Card Creations+ cd featuring the lovely fairies by Linda Ravenscroft. The bp is from Artylicious Essence of Nature cd. The ribbon is from my stash and I have had added some black Card Candy to finish off. As I don't do Halloween I have gone with an orange and black colourscheme in the hope that my card will be acceptable for the challenge at CD Sunday this week which is |Halloween.

Thank you very much for visiting
Beryl x

Snow Scene

2011-10-23T15:57:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Make A Scene. The image is an old stamp from Elusive Images (Chocolate Baroque). I found the ready stamped image sitting in one of my many baskets so I can't tell you what inkpad I used. The backing paper is Kanban, the ribbon is from my stash, sentiment is computer generated and I added some Stickles Star Dust.

I am also entering my card into the challenge at Ooh La La Creations - Let It Snow.

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

Polkadots

2011-10-22T14:30:00.000+01:00

Well, it's that time of the week again - the Less Is More Challenge, this week Chrissie and Mandi are asking for polkodots. I have used the Cuttlebug large dot embossing folder for the panel on my card. The baubles are from Crafty Ann's metallic range and I have sprayed them with Crafter's Companian gold Spray and Sparkle. Unfortunately, the spray doesn't show up very well as it's a dull, dismal day here. I tried using UTEE on the baubles to make them shine, but my Versamark pad has got too messy to get a good finish, so they ended up in the bin.

I am also entering my card into CraftyAnn's Challenge - Clean and Simple.

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

Christmas for Men

2011-10-21T11:45:00.001+01:00

Good Morning, my card to share today is for this weeks challenge at Bah Humbug - With Men In Mind. The image is an old unmounted one that I bought from ebay, so no idea of the make, stamped with Momento ink, the backing paper is from Artylicious Season's Greetings cd, the strips of paper are from CraftyAnn's new Crinkled paper set, the sentiment is computer generated and I finished the whole thing off with some gold Card Candy. I know the card is for a man, but I have added a little Stickles Star Burst.

I followed Sketch124 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and as the image was stamped onto an offcut from my white scrap box and all the matting from the gold mirri scrap basket I am entering my card into Jule's Crafty Snippets Challenge - Week 41.

Thank you so much for visiting and for the lovely comments you have been leaving, they mean so much to me.
Beryl x

Silver

2011-10-20T20:41:00.001+01:00

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Silver. This is because it is Cynthia and Geoff's Silver Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations to you both.

As you can see I have used my beautiful stamp from Chocolate Baroque again matted onto purple and silver card from my stash, the backing papers and flower are from CraftyAnn's metallic range and are available from her shop. I used a couple of promarkers for the flowers in Cynthia's favourite colour - purple, the leaves were punched from some oddments of silver mirri, the sentiment is computer generated and I added some crystal gems. The pic is a bit naff, sorry.

The card is an engagement for Robert's daughter, who rang us from her holiday in Barbados the other evening to tell us that her boyfriend had asked her to marry him, and she said yes. The wedding won't be taking place unticl 2014.

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

Summerbreeze

2011-10-18T19:53:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, my card today is for the challenge at My Time To Craft- Punches and/or Die Cuts. The image is from Debbi Moore's Summerbreeze CD, the backing paper is Cuddly Buddly, I used Martha Stewart lace doily punch, the fowers are from Wild Orchid.

Dead chuffed tonight, I have just discovered that my Zentangled heart card has been showcased on the Less is More blog.

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

Around the World

2011-10-17T17:27:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, today's card is for the challenge at CD Sunday - Around the World. The image is from Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures CD. The backing paper is Cuddly Buddly, the colours altered to tone with the image in Craft Artist.

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

Tie A Yellow Ribbon

2011-10-16T15:09:00.002+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge - Cocktails. I had a couple of ideas for this but decided to get out my beautiful Chocolate Baroque stamp again. Fingers crossed that Chrissie and Mandi will be happy with my Cocktail of Flowers. I stamped the image with Versamark and used Silver Lustre embossing power, by Cosmic Shimmer, I coloured with Promarkers, matted the image onto Papermania shimmer card and silver mirri, added a yellow ribbon and some aurora gems from my stash. I used my Quickie Glue pen and crystal glitter on the 'bubbles' I've just noticed that I've left the bow a bit too close to the right hand edge, can't change it now because if I try to take the topper off I will ruin the card and have to start all over again.

I will have to make another card like this with red flowers, as it's my Mum and Stepdad's Ruby Wedding Anniversary in December.

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

Christmas Pud.

2011-10-15T13:50:00.001+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Good To Eat. I have used a ready coloured image from Cuddly Buddly and used a scap of paper left over from DCWV Christmas Glitter Stack, there were a lot of gorgeous papers in this pack, but I think it has been discontinued. I glittered Teddy's hat and added some little die-cut gems from Kanban. The sentiment is a stamp that I have had for years.

A simple card, but great for a production line. Thank you so much for visiting today and for the lovely comments you have been leaving me.

Beryl x

Falling Leaves

2011-10-14T17:14:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for RainbowLady's Challenge - Falling Leaves. The image is another from Lynda Ravenscroft cd by Craft Creations +. The backing paper is from Debbi Moore's cd Autumn Glow. The leaves came from the same cd on a sheet of embellishments, which I cut out and sprayed with Gold Spray and Sparkle The ribbon was from my stash

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Wine Buff

2011-10-13T17:55:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, my card to share today is for the CD Sunday Challenge - Wine Buff. The images are from Creative Expressions stamped with Momento ink and coloured with a combination of Promarkers and Copics. The backing paper is from Crafter's Companion Men CD, which I took into Craft Artist to change the plaid from straight to diagonal and to lighten the colour.

I hope you like my card, many thanks for your visit today.
Beryl x

Rodney Reindeer

2011-10-12T15:08:00.000+01:00

My card to share today is for Sketch No. 123-57 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The image is Rodney Reindeer from Whipper Snapper Designs and is coloured with Promarkers. The backing papers are all from Cuddly Buddly. I added some Star Burst stickles to the bells and hat; I also added some Glossy Accents to his nose.

I am also entering my card into the challenge at Passion for Promarkers - Christmas Cirtters

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

Blue Moon

2011-10-10T15:02:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Sketch 72 over at Sketch and Stash. The new part of my card is the image and comes from another purchase from Westpoint. Which is the Linda Ravenscroft Shine Brightly cd from Craft Creations +. The backing papers are from Cuddly Buddly, the central strip is paper ribbon from the cd to match the image. I don't really have anything on my card that is neglected but I don't use these gems very often. The flowers are from my stash. The empty space on the bottom right of my card is waiting for personalising but I have to check with my customer to clarify the spelling of the young lady's name.

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - In The Misty Moonlight.

Many thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

Zentangle for Less is More

2011-10-09T15:19:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon,My card to share today is for this week's challenge over at Less is More this week it is time for a one layer card and Chrissie and Mandi have asked for Hearts. I decided to take a chance on Zentangle .

When we went to Westpoint the other week there was a lady there doing Zentangle. She had the most amazing work on display and Joanna was well impressed, we both decided to buy the starter kit including sketch pad, pens and book of designs. Joanna took to it quite easily as she has always been able to draw, but I found it quite daunting, especially after being thrown out of art at the end of my second year at grammar school, I was bottom of the class, I have problems drawing a straight line, even with the aid of a ruler lol. My first efforts were in pencil and I was continually rubbing out. But, I have persevered and am improving ever so slightly, but still have a long way to do.

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

I'm back from sunny Devon

2011-10-07T19:55:00.001+01:00

Good Evening, I went to the Craft Event at Westpoint with my daughter, Joanna, who makes cards too. I managed to help give the economy a boost with my purchases and did the same when we went to The Range, and came home with some lovely new goodies. I had a wee bit play earlier on with some masks, silkies and glittery embossing paste that I got from Imagination Crafts - was chatting to the man and he said I am one of two customers from Shetland. I have used one of the masks with the embossing paste to create my card, and it was really very quick to make once the paste was dry.

I am entering this card into two challenges
Crafty Ann's - Inspired by a Christmas Song. My choice is O Little Town of Bethlehem.
Bah Humbug - Glitter and Glitz

I am hoping to start visiting your blogs asap, but first I've got to get the hot steamy thing out and deal with my washing, which I managed to get done today. I left Robert home alone and he hasn't got a folding gene lol, so I have to do all of his clothes that he wore whilst I was away, he did do his washing though.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting

Beryl x

I'm Off

2011-09-21T12:33:00.000+01:00

Well, that's me all packed and getting ready to head off on my hols. I am going to Devon to see my Mum and Stepdad and my youngest daughter and her family. The last time I saw her youngest he was just four month';s old, that was a year ago so I am going to see a big change in him. I am also heading to the big craft event at Westpoint in Exeter with Joanna, she is into cardmaking and crafting too, so am really looking forward to that.

I do hope Chrissie and Mandi manage to reach their target of 1000 posts.
Take care everyone and I will see you all again in two weeks
Beryl x

Less is More No.3

2011-09-20T09:07:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, this is going to be my last card before heading off on holiday tomorrow. It is my third entry into this week's Less is More Challenge - Anything goes. A really quick and very simple one. As usual, I don't know the make of the stamps as I threw the packaging away. Stamped with Brilliance Pearlescent Lavender and I have added a couple of gems to the centre of the snowflakes. Looks like I might be No.300 - I do hope you make it.

Thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

Black and Blue

2011-09-19T14:36:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon from a gloriously sunny Shetland, it is absolutely beautiful got all the doors and windows open. I also had a problem taking the pic of my card because it is so bright. My card is for this week's CD Sunday Challenge - Black and Blue. The backing paper is from Debbi Moore's Art Deco Christmas cd from last year, the image is from Chocolate Baroque, stamped with archival blank ink onto a piece of card in my white scrap box. The flower is from my stash and I cut the swirl out from an offcut of blue card.

I am also entering my card into Jules' Crafty Snippet Challenge and Ooh La La Creations - Punches or DieCuts

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

Less is More No.2

2011-09-18T22:42:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, I am posting a second card tonight for the Less is More Challenge - Anything Goes and the ladies are hoping to get 1000 posts. I probably won't manage another as I am off on my hols on Wednesday for a couple of weeks. The image is Chocolate Baroque (Elusive Images) stamped with Versamark and embossed with Judikins Gold Twinkle embossing powder. The sentiment is Clarity embosed with the same ep. The gold beads are from my stash

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

Anything Goes

2011-09-18T09:01:00.001+01:00

Good Morning, my card today is for this week's challenge over at Less is More - Week 33, 1000 Challenge - Anything Goes. I have used a Creative Expressions Christmas Tree stamped with Stazon Forest Green, I used a Spectrum Noir pen to add some shadow and then glittered with a glue pen and crystal glitter. The sentiment is from a Christmas selection by Woodware, I bought these stamps last year and never used them. The matting card and gems are from my stash

I am also entering my card into Crafyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Glitter. My glitter doesn't show up very well, but it is there

Many thanks for visiting
Beryl x

Christmas Pud.

2011-09-17T14:05:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Christmas Sweet Treats. I have used a ready coloured image from Cuddly Buddly and the backing papers was from a free pack with Card Making and Papercrafting. The ribbon and gems are from my stash and the sentiment is by Woodware stamped and embossed with silver Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Noel

2011-09-16T14:05:00.002+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for the Bah Humbug Challenge - Flourishes/Swirls. As you can see I have made a black and white card, the embossing folder is from Crafts Too, I have absolutely no idea which cd the backing paper came from. I have a whole pile of papers that I have printed off various cds at one time or another and I don't keep a record of what I print. Bit annoyed with myself cos I really like this paper and don't know where to start looking for it, especially as this is a really easy production line card. I can tell you that it was printed onto matching Stardream paper. For once I haven't used any mirror card, the matting is just plain old black cardstock.

I hope you like my card and please leave a comment, cos I love reading them
Beryl x

Drummer Girl

2011-09-15T08:39:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, my card to share today is for Sketch119 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. The image is from Sandra Dry Digis (she has closed down now) coloured with a mixture of Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Copics, the diamond backing paper is CuddlyBuddly, the lighter backing paper is from Sharon Duncan Embossibilties, which I took into Craft Artis to match the colours. It has got music notes all over it but they don't show up in the pic, finished off with Card Candy and a flower from my stash

Many thank for taking the time to visit
Beryl x

Carol Singing

2011-09-14T10:32:00.001+01:00

Good Morning, I have won two challenges over the last couple of days, Digital Tuesday and Sweet Sketch Wednesday. To say that I am thrilled would be an understatement, thank you so much to both challenges.

On to my card it is for this week's Digital Tuesday Challenge - Celebrate the Season. As you can see I have chosen Christmas The image is a precoloured digi stamp from Cuddly Buddly, the backing paper is also from Cuddly Buddly, I have used Papermania shimmer card for the corners and matting. The ribbon is from my stash. By having the digi stamp precoloured it's an easy production line card, so made another five like it yesterday.

I am also entering my card into this weeks My Time To Craft Challenge - A Kaliedoscope Of Colour.

Many thanks for taking the time to visit
Beryl x

Diamonds and Lace

2011-09-13T09:18:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, it's dull and wet here in the Northern Isles this morning. My card to share today is for this week's challenge at Sketch and Stash, this fortnight we have a free choice of sketch from previous challenges.
I have choses Sketch No.55.

The image is from Debbi Moore's Diamonds and Lace cd, as is the top backing paper. I have absolutely no idea where the bottom backing paper came from, I found it in a stash of printed papers so I am not sure if it's a digi paper or from a cd. The lace was cream until I attacked it with a red Promarker, the sentiment is computer generated and the ribbon slider is from Wild Orchid.

My new and neglected stash could be either of these elements: The image - this is the first time I have used this cd and have had it for well over two months lol.
The lace, my neighbour gave me this over a year ago and this is the first time I have used it.

Thanks for stopping by
Beryl x

M is for Motor Racing.

2011-09-12T10:27:00.001+01:00

Good Morning, my card to share today is for this week's CD Sunday Challenge - Alphabets - M. My M stands for Motor Racing. The image is from Joanna Sheen's Nostalgia CD, which I took into Craft Artist and turned into black and white. The backing paper is from Cuddly Buddly, computer generated sentiment and Card Candy to finish off. Sorry it's not a very good pic, but I have already given this card to my customer so can't take another.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.
Beryl x

Seeing Double

2011-09-11T15:10:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this weeks Less is More - A One Layer Card - Seeing Double. I have made two cards and both of them after many trials and tribulations that I won't bore you with, needless to say I now have lots of white card for stamping on!! Both of these do have faults, but I am not wasting any more card today. I am not totally happy with the words on the first card, and I discovered an inky mark on the second after I took the pic. The bauble images are from Papermania, I coloured the first one with a Flexmarker and the second one with a Promarker.

I didn't get the stamp in the right position for the second one so coloured a piece of white ribbon with the same Promarker to balance the card. It also hasn't got a sentiment because my printer has started throwing up inky marks for some reason or other, so that wasted a bit more card.

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

Another one for the box.

2011-09-10T09:25:00.001+01:00

Good Morning, my card to share today is for this weeks challenge over at Bah Humbug - Paper Weaving. I have used offcuts of Cuddly Buddly papers for the weaving. The bauble image is from Papermania stamped and embossed with silver embossing powder. Everything on my card comes from my stash, the ribbon was coloured with a Promarker. Just realised the ribbon is a bit squint.

Jules Crafy Snippets Challenge - everything on my card came from my snippets boxes, by the skin of my teeth this week.
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - Make Yourself Uncomfortable. I have never done paper weaving before because I thought it would be too fiddly, it was a bit lol

Thanks for visiting.

White Christmas

2011-09-09T11:59:00.001+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for Rainbow Lady's challenge this week which is Using Acetate with a Christmas Theme. I printed the image from Joanna Sheen's Thomas Kincade Christmas cd onto acetate and then attached it to some white card using brads, I used my glue pen and glitter to add a bit of sparkle in places. The backing paper is from the Artylicious Season's Greetings cd. The ribbon, mirri card and gems all come from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated

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

Emma and a Snowman

2011-09-08T14:17:00.001+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. I have used a pre-coloured image from Fred She Said, the backing paper and flower are also from FSS. The Cuttlebugged snowflake card is Coredinations and the ribbon is from my stash. I have glittered the centre of the flower, but it doesn't show up and looks like a big blob of glue, sorry about that

I hope you like my card and thank you for taking the time to visit.
Beryl

Waiting for Santa

2011-09-07T09:13:00.001+01:00

Good Morning, my card to share today is for the challenge at Digital Tuesday - Fariy Wishes. The image is from Charmed Cards - Charming Christmas Waiting for Santa, coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The backing paper is from a fastly diminishing Rose Tinted Christmas from DCWV, the ones that are left now are mostly the ones I don't like very much. That's why I am a great fan of digi papers, you never run out of a favourite. The centre strip is Papermania Shimmer card, the ribbon is from my stash, left over from some wedding stationery I made last year. I haven't put a sentiment on my card yet, because I think it will be a personalised family member one but not sure who yet.

I am also entering my card in this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes with the optional of a
shaped card, never managed that bit sorry.
I hope you like my card and many thanks for stopping by.

Inspired by Peacocks

2011-09-06T07:29:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, my card to share today is for this week's CD Sunday Challenge - Inspired by Peacocks. I decided to wander through Joanna Sheen's Enchanted Dreams and came upon a few peacock images to play with. As you can see, I haven't gone with an obvious peacock image or colour. I fell in love with this image and it does have a couple of peacock feathers on it. Then I went through the embellishment section of this cd and found the fairy riding on the back of a peacock butterfly, I used Versamark and clear embossing powder to give it a gloss finish. The backing paper is from Debbi Moore's Fairyland cd, I had a piece of this left over from another project and thought that I had splattered some ink on it and put it on my craft table for scrap paper: only to find that the little marks are actually supposed to be there. The gems are from my stash and the sentiment computer generated.

Thank you very much for visiting today and for any comments you might wish to make
Beryl x

Anniversary Card

2011-09-05T11:48:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, my card to share today is for the new challenge over at Ooh La La Creations - Anniversary. I am dead chuffed at the topic because in my cards folder I have pics of five Wedding Anniversary cards that have never been on my blog. This is the one I have chosen

The image and backing paper are from Debbi Moore's The Splendour of Regency, the gems flower and embossed card are all from my stash, the sentiment was Computer Generated.

Many thanks for visiting today
Beryl x

Christmas Trees

2011-09-04T08:01:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, my card for today is for this week's LIM Challenge - A colour challenge: Metalic. The image and text are both Clarity stamps inked with Versamark and embossed with gold glitter ep then matted onto some gold mirror board. The embossed panel is a Cuttlebug folder that I bought last year and never got around to using - sound familiar lol. The little specks on the image are glitter and and I now see that I didn't put enough ep on the 'C' will have to get my Versamark pen out and rectify that.

I am also entering my card into CraftyAnn'sChallengeBlog -White on White with a coloured image. I have cheated slightly by using the mirror board to frame the image.

Many thanks for visiting my blog today and for any comments you may wish to make. They really make my day.
Beryl x

Coffee Break

2011-09-03T09:35:00.000+01:00

Good Morning, was on a roll yesterday and managed to get some orders finished off. Then late on my eldest, who is a preschool manager, rang and asked me to make a card for a co-worker. They are colour coded in the preschool and Lisa is keyworker for the green group. Think I've managed that lol, then again it is my favourite colour, so I enjoyed making it.

I am entering it into this weeks Promarker Challenge - Anything Goes. The image is from Charmed Cards, I have coloured with my Promarkers and I also used a couple of the new Flex Markers, they are lovey to use. The bp is Cuddly Buddly, the punched strip is from CraftyAnn and the flowers from Wild Orchid, The sentiment is computer generated and the ribbon from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by
Beryl x

Joy to the World

2011-09-02T14:16:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Christmas Sentiments/Text. I have used Clarity Stamps by Barbara Grey, inked with Versamark and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Gold ep. I used a Kaleidacolor ink pad and my brayer to colour the inside of the 'O', I think I need a lot more practice with my brayer. The base card and Cuttlebugged card are Stardream and I stamped the the image onto Clarity Silk Finish Card. The blue satin ribbon is from Carnmeal Cottage.

I am also entering my card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge - Let's Emboss It,

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today
Beryl x

Just Because

2011-09-01T18:11:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, my card today is for this week's challenge at CD Sunday - Just Because. The image and backing papers are from Debbi Moore's Autumn Glow cd that I got free with Issue 4 of her Magazine. This cd has some gorgeous images and beautiful colour tones. The flowers are Wild Orchid, the sentiment computer generated and the ribbon from Carnmeal Cottage.

Many thanks for stopping by.
Beryl x

Here Comes My Girl

2011-08-30T18:53:00.001+01:00

Good Evening, I managed another card today so hopefully my mojo is coming back. My card to share is for this week's challenge set by the ladies at Humbug Hall - Here Come The Girls. My image is from Charmed Cards - Charming Christmas. I have used a ready coloured image and glittered the white bits of her dress and cape, made a bit of a mess grounding her though. The bp is Smudgey Holly from the Artylicious Seasons Greetings Cd and I added some holly from my Christmas stash. Sorry the pics a bit squint.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for your visit
Beryl x

Less is More

2011-08-29T19:39:00.001+01:00

Good Evening, not been around again for the past few days. Seem to have lost my mojo somewhere along the way. I have managed to make a card today though. This is for the current Less is More Challenge - Recipe: Take 3 Challenges. I have ended up with six: Week 7 - Masculine; Week15 -Embossing; Week 18 Monochrome; Week 22 - Shades of Blue; Week 25 - Buttons.; Week 27 - Colours of you Flag, Blue and White for Scotland. The images are from a set of acrylic stamps and I have absolutely no idea what maufacturer and cannot even remember buying them. I found them in a pocket folder full of acrylic stamps, there was also another masculine set that I didn't know I had. I stamped with Colorbox pigment ink and embossed with clear ep and then cut out the images. The sentiment was computer generated

As all the bits of card are from my snippets box I am entering my card into Jules' Crafty Snippet Challenge at Always With A Heart.

Silent Night

2011-08-24T16:11:00.000+01:00

Good Afternoon, sorry I've been awol again. The Labrynthitis took hold when I finished the meds I got from the doctor, trouble was it was over the weekend so couldn't get more pills until Monday afternoon. They are kicking in again now, but am still spinning around a bit. So apologies for not visiting and commenting on your blogs, will hopefully be able to manage a few later on this evening.

My card to share is for this week's Less is More - Things That Move. I think my stable scene and star both fit into that category. The is my 6th attempt, I was trying to gold emboss everything and made a complete pigs ear of it. Finally, gave up the embossing and decided to work with black and white and I got the card made in about 15 minutes!! The image is a Hobby Art stamp that I found in a sale box in my local craft shop, the star is Clarity both stamped with Archival Black ink and and matted onto some black card from my box, the sentiment is computer generated.

I am also entering my card into these challenges:
Bah Humbug Challenge - Something New, both of my stamps; and
Ooh La La Creations - No background papers.

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

Gone Fishing!

2011-08-18T19:20:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, late on parade today. Had to go into town to do the food shopping, a 50 mile trip, so not managed to make any cards today. But, I have fallen lucky because I have a card in my folder that I made a couple of weeks back for a customer, which hasn't made it to my blog. This card will be perfect for the challenge set by Rainbow Lady this week - Your Song Choice, make a card that fits the title of a song. The image is from the Thomas Kincade CD from Joanna Sheen. The bps are Funky Fairys, the sentiment is computer generated and I have embellished with Card Candy.

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

Evergreen

2011-08-17T18:24:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, we have had another glorious day today, summer has finally come to Shetland. Apart from a bad day on Saturday, we have had a week of lovely weather and it's supposed to be good tomorrow as well.
My card to share today is for the CD Sunday Challenge - Only Ovals. The image is from Debbi Moore's Evergreen cd, there are some lovely images on this one. The bp is Cuddly Buddly, the cs is Coredinations, the ribbon and flowers are from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated. Sorry, I had real problems getting a pic today, not used to all of this sunlight lol

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

Mark 2!

2011-08-16T17:25:00.001+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is one that my daughter asked me to make. She makes jewelry and has recently been asked by a friend if she would consider doing jewelry making parties for the tweenie age group. She thought about it and said yes and now she has two parties booked. This card is for the birthday girl. You can see some of the jewelry Trudy makes here, she hasn't posted recently but has a facebook page and some jewelry for sale on Folksy.

As you have no doubt noticed this is practically a replica of yesterday's card - different colour, different layout. I have done this for a reason. It fits two challenges: My Time To Craft - G is for... in this case Gingham and Girl. I am also entering my card in the Papertake Weekly Challenge - Eyes Down, Look In. I have picked the centre line across of the Bingo card - Button, Ribbon, Free - a flower.

Card Recipe:
Papers - Cuddly Buddly
Image - Cuddly Buddly

Ribbon, Button, flower and Cuttlebugged cs from my stash
Computer generated sentiment.

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

Snippets

2011-08-15T19:33:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, my card to share today is for Jules' Crafy Snippits Challenge. The bp and mirri card have been layered together and lying in a scrap box for months. The strip orangey strips are from a piece of Encaustic Art that I did last year sometime, I can only do abstract pieces and then don't know what to do with them when I have finished. A few months back I bought some Marbling Inks from Create and Craft as soon as they arrived I had a play and then put them away. The other strip on my card is from my play session, and has been lying in a basket ever since. I made the bow with a little bit of left over ribbon, the air was blue because it kept slipping off my bowmaker because it was so short. After matting the strips I didn't have a piece of gold mirr big enough to mount the image, but I found a bit of matt gold instead and there was enough left over to die cut the number and mount the sentiment, which was computer generated. The image is a digi from Cuddly Buddly, which has been sitting coloured in my box for a couple of months.

I followed Sketch 68 from this week's Sketch and Stash Challenge, there is nothing new on my card except the sentiment, which was made especially for this card, but everything else has definitely been neglected lol.

I hope you like my card, thank you so much for visiting and for the lovely comments you leave
Beryl x

Siku and Shiya

2011-08-14T20:57:00.000+01:00

Good Evening, late today as we were out for lunch with our neighbours who have just returned from a month is France, so we had a lot to catch up on. My card to share today is for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge - Kiss-mas. I really thought I might have to miss this one, but after trailing through my digi stamps I found this one from Mo Manning, which I haven't used yet, and I have had it for at least two years! The biggest reason for not using it was the fine small detail, but with the new fine tips for my Promarkers it was so much easier. The bp is from the Artylicious Seasons Greetings cd, ribbon from my stash and finished off with three white brads. Should have been snowflake brads but I put the holes too close together. All in all a very simple card.

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

Less is More - One Layer Card

2011-08-13T17:53:00.003+01:00

Good Evening, my card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge - A One Layer Card and Use Inks. I decided to make a frame with an ink pad this week, never tried this before. I placed the largest and next sized octagonal nestie together onto a piece of scrap card, held in place with some tape and and cut them out. I placed the piece of card with the octagonal hole onto my card and then placed the cutout of the smaller one inside the hole. Then I used a bit of old household sponge to ink in between the two pieces to create the frame. I stamped this horse image with Momento Tuxedo Black, used the same for the frame, I am not competely certain but I think it is a Crafter's Companion stamp, but I may be wrong as it is an unmounted one that I have had for ages. I printed the sentiments directly onto the card before trimming and decorating.

Thank you Mandy and Chrissie for this challenge because I have been tearing my hair out trying to come up with a card for my neighbour to give to her husband for their anniversary. He doesn't like anything too fussy and when I found the horse stamp I new this would be the right card for him, as he loves horse racing and is a keen watercolourist, he has painted a lot of horse pictures.

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

The Moon's a Balloon

2011-08-12T14:46:00.001+01:00

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for this week's challenge over at CraftyAnn's Challenge Blog - Scallops and/or Fancy Borders. The image is from Pollycraft and coloured with Promarkers. The bps are from a 6x6 pad that I picked up at our one and only craft shop. The name on the front is Cosmo Cricket, never heard of them before and I have just noticed that they are Made in China. In real life they are not so orangey, more of a deep golden yellow, I have taken about six or seven pics and the result is always the same. The number 4 was stamped with a Papermania Number Stamp Set using BignJuicy Foliage. The sentiment is computer generated, I have used a Martha Steward punch for the central strip and the cs was in my oddment basket, the flower gems are from my stash.

I am also entering my card into:
Rainbow Lady's Challenge - StampIt
The Stampman - Anything Goes - With Summer Colours

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

Snippets Challenge

2011-08-11T22:23:00.000+01:00

A second very late post from me, this one is for Jules Crafty Snippet Challenge, Everything on the card, apart from the flower, has come from my box of off cuts, again I have joined three silver bits of card for the backing and covered the join with ribbon. It's a bit fiddly, but a terrific way of not wasting expensive mirri card. The image was in a box of dozens of digi stamps, I tend to print off a page of the same image when I want to use a digi. The box is almost full, cos I keep forgetting to look in it when I want an image and end up printing off even more lol. I coloured with Promarkers and the sentiment is computer generated.

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