And finally....

Good evening, and finally here is the last card for Kayla this one is from her Mummy.  I have remade this card at least five times.  The morning started well with quite a bit of colouring in and then everything went pear shaped. I had decided to make this card for a sketch and discovered that the image should have been matted onto a circle, and I had printed all the images I had coloured in too big for my biggest nesti circle.  On top of  that I just couldn't find papers that would go with the coloured image.  In the end CraftyAnn came to my rescue with her pastel abstract digi paper.  The cuttlebugged card is Stardream, the flowers and pearls came from stash, the leaves punched and the sentiment is computer generated.  The image is Annie and Friends from CuddlyBuddly coloured with Copics. In the end I found a sketch I liked over at CPS Card Sketches and I am also entering my card into Digi Doodle Shop's challenge which asks for pearls on our cards and I am hoping Rainbow Lady will let me away with Annie and Friends as her challenge is Best Friend.

Many thanks for stopping by.
Beryl x

Art Deco Lady

Good Evening, my card to share with you is for a customer who requested the wording for the front of the card which limited me to a certain extent. The image is from Card Creations+ Art Deco cd matted onto black and then matt silver card with matching bp. The flowers are from my stash, the leaves punched.  I have added a few gems to the bp and onto the hat so that I could enter my card into the My Time To Craft Challenge which this week is Jewel.

Thank you for stopping by today and for the comments you leave;  they are really appreciated.
Beryl x

Back Again

Good Evening, I had a great weekend with my middle daughter and family.  On Saturday we went to Glasgow to the SECC spent quite a few pennies mostly on stamps and reuseables like dst and glue.  Then on Sunday before catching the overnight ferry I called into Hobbycraft in Aberdeen and they had a brilliant offer on a floor standing craft lamp, £60 off!  so, as it was only £40 I bought it.

Onto my card.  This is for the Bah Humbug Challenge which asks for embossing this week.  The frame embossing is a Cuttlebug folder matted onto gold mirri and the paper strip came from a pack of handmade paper that I got from my local craft shop.     I am also entering my card into the challenge at CHNC   which also asks for embossing this week.

Many thanks for stopping by.
Beryl x
Oops!  Just realised that I didn't put a sentiment on the card.

A Wee Jaunt

That's me off for the weekend to Aberdeen to see my middle daughter and her family.  We are taking in a side trip to the SECC is Glasgow for the HobbyCrafts event, a bit of retail therapy on the cards methinks. XShould be a fairly good crossing as the weather here is gorgeous today.   Back on Monday morning



Beryl x

Another card for Kayla

Good Evening, well here is another card for my purple loving Grand-daughter, this is from her brother and sister.  The layout is Sketch No.56 over at Sketch and Stash.  The new elements on my card are the backing paper from CuddlyBuddly and the dark card which is from the new Papermania Capsule range. The neglected is the image, I bought it early last year from Pollycraft and this is the first time I have used it.  The image is coloured with Promarkers, the flowers and buttons come from my stash, the letters which make up Kayla and the #5 have all been cut with a Cuttlebug Alphabet Die set.  When I was making the card I quite liked the way I had put on the letters, but now I am not sure - Kayla might not get this version lol.

I am also entering my card into the Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes with the added option of adding something Old or not used before

Thank you so much for stopping by and for the lovely comments you have been leaving me.
Beryl x

 

One Happy Bunny!

Iam dead chuffed, I made the Top Three at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.



Beryl x

Belated thanks

I need to say a big Thank You to a couple of blogging friends who have both given me an award on my return to Blogland.

Thank You to Christine for this one

Thank you to Hazel for this one.









I am supposed to do something with both of them, but can't quite remember what.  Thank you ladies very much for giving me these awards.
Beryl x

Things that Fly

Hello again, my card today is for the Bah Humbug Challenge - Things That Fly.  I am sorry I never managed last weeks challenge, I couldn't get my head round using a CD.  The image and backing papers are from Joanna Sheen's Giordano Christmas CD, the contrasting card stock and ribbon come from my stash and the pine branch embellies were cut with a Marianne Creatables Die.  The design of my card is Sketch No 143
at Friday Sketchers, which I rotated 90 degrees.

Many thanks for stopping by today
Beryl x

Glamour and Glitz

Good Evening, well the rain finally stopped here in Shetland after falling solidly for almost 3 days - there was a big yellow thing in the sky as well.  It was quite scarey lol.
My card today is for CraftyAnn's Challenge - A Birthday Card.  The image is from Debbie Moore's Glitz and Glamour cd and the two backing papers are both from CraftyAnn, Abstract and Polished Stone, the gems and ribbon both came from my stash and the sentiment is computer generated. 

My card also fits the challenge at MAWTT - Fashion, and hopefully, Rainbow Lady's Challenge - the Chic aspect of Shabby Chic, which when put together I have a bit of a problem with.

Thank you so much for stopping by today.

A card for Kayla

 

Good Evening, I just wrote my post and then hit the wrong button and lost it aghh!  My card today is for my Grand-daughter, Kayla, who has given up on pink as her favourite colour and now she wants everything to be purple with a bit of green thrown in for good measure.  So I hope she will be pleased with this.  The image is from Pollycraft and coloured with a mixture of Copics and Promarkers, the bp is CuddlyBuddly, the cs is Coredinations, the flower for the stop came from a mixed box of flowers from The Glitter Girls, the punched flowers and leaves are from offcuts of Coredinations, the gems and ribbon came from my stash.  The ribbon was coloured with a Promarker to co-ordinate with the rest of the card.  

My card is for the challenge over at Cute Card Thursday which is a sketch this week.  I am also entering it into the Creative Inspirations Challenge which is Stripes

Many thanks for taking the time to visit and for the comments you leave

Beryl x

A second post

Hello again, I don't normally post twice in one day, but I missed yesterday.  This card is for Sketch 90 at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The image is a Mo Manning one coloured with Copics.  The patterned paper I have had in my craft box for absolutely ages.   I am pretty certain it was one of the first paper pads that I bought when I started cardmaking almost 8 years ago and I have no idea who made it, the coloured cuttlebugged card is from Papermania's newest range. The brad and fibre also came out of my stash.

Thanks again for visiting.
Beryl x

At the bottom of my garden

 

Good Evening, the card I am sharing with you today is for the challenge over at Crafty Creations -At the bottom of my garden..... lives.  I have also followed Sketch 53 for Papertake Weekly.  The image is a digi stamp from Pollycraft and coloured with Copics, the papers are from a cover gift with CardMaking and Papercraft a good while ago.  The coloured card is from the new Papermania Capsule range, the flowers come from my stash and the leaves were punched.

My card also fits the challenges at:
Ooh La La - Pink, Pink, and more Pink!
My Time to Craft - Hats.

Thak you for taking the time to look at my card and for the lovely comments you have been leaving.
Beryl x

The Wild West

Good Evening.  My card to share today is for the challenge over at CD Sunday   Get ahead - Get a Hat.   I have gone into Joanna Sheen's American Frontier CD for the image and backing paper.  When I picked the image I thought is was black and white, but after printing I realised it has some sepia tones.  I found some brown card with a lovely gold sheen to use for the matting.  I started out with gold mirror card and thought it was too bright for the image.  I remembered that I bought some matt gold and silver card from ebay and was a bit disappointed with it when it arrived, I dug it out of the cupboard and discovered it was just what I needed.   The sentiment was computer generated.  I feel that there is something lacking on the card, but can't think what - any suggestions will be gratefully received.

Many thanks for taking the time to visit my blog and for the comments you have been leaving
Beryl x

Football Crazy

Good Evening, my card today is a 30th Birthday card.  The image is an Elusive Images stamp which I got in a Graphicus stash box about three years ago.  I have used it many times for a man card, but think this is the first time I have put it on my blog.  The bp is from Crafters Companion, it's from their Men CD and the football boots image is from the co-ordinating stamp set. The black offset card is from my stash and Cuttlebugged with the dots folder, the sentiment is computer generated.  

My card fits the challenges at Stampin' for the Weekend - Monochrome and Crafty Catz - One for the Men

Many thanks for visiting my blog and for taking the time to leave such wonderful comments.

Beryl x

Butterfly

Good Evening, my card today is another one for the 80 year old lady.  This one is from her great-granddaughters.  I started by following the Sketch89 from Sweet Sketch Wednesday turning onto it's side, but think I lost it somewhere along the line.  The butterfly is from Crafter's Companion Oriental CD, printed onto card and then acetate.  I glittered the reverse side of the acetate layer to add a bit of sparkle, it doesn't really show up in the photo.  The patterned bp is by CuddlyBuddly and the plain is from CraftyAnn's polished stone range.  The flower gems and ribbon came from my
stash.  The sentiment on the easel stop says 'Great Nana' I couldn't get a clear pic of that.  I am entering this card into Rainbow Lady's Challenge which this week asks us to use a CD.

My card also fits
Cute Card Thursday - Shiny Happy Cards
Crafts and Me - Time to Spread Your Wings
Papertake Weekly - Putting on the Glitz

Swirls and Pearls

Good Evening All.  My card today is for the CD Sunday challenge which this week is Swirls and Pearls.  The card is one of four I have to make for the same lady who is going to be 80 next month (just realised haven't put the 80 on yet - doh!)  The image is from Craft Creations Art Deco cd, the bp is from Debbie Moore's  Glamour and Glitz cd.  I have used the Cuttlebug Devine Swirls folder for the piece of offset card and used black pearls for decoration.  The ribbon came from my craft box and the sentiment is computer generated.

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

Bah Humbug

After falling by the wayside last year with the Bah Humbug Challenge I am going to try and keep up this year.  Again I am not happy with the photo of my card but after taking about eight pics I gave up and this will have to do, even though the holly berries don't show up very well.  The challenge this week is to use a doily, as I don't have any doilies I improvised using a multifunction punch that I bought ages ago and have never used before.  It will punch borders, two sizes of circle and ovals, I can't remember the make. I hope this will be acceptable.   I am also entering my card into the My Time To Craft Challenge which this week is 'Going Around in Circles'

The bp is Funky Fairies, the sentiment was computer generated, the ribbon and gems came from my stash.

Rock Chick

Good Evening, my card today is for Sketch55 over at Sketch and Stash.  The image is from SandraDryDigis and then coloured with Copics.  The new element of the card is the bp which I bought this morning from CuddlyBuddly, the neglected stash is the lilac card which I found at the bottom of an offcuts box.  The ribbon, jewel brad and flower embellishments came from my stash.  I'm afraid that the pic makes the card look a bit peelie wallie, but in real life it's not too bad.

Thanks for stopping by.
Beryl

It's all about Love

Good Evening, I have managed to get another card made to fit a couple of challenges.  As I don't really do Valentines so I hope this is Wedding Invitation and will fit the bill for Rainbow Lady's Challenge which is All about Love and also CraftyAnn's Challenge which is Love is All Around.  It's not a very good pic I'm afraid, I used Stardream card, for the base card and the punched hearts. The sentiment is computer generated, printed onto a very cheap lasor printer and then hot foiled with my very cheap laminator from Tesco! The ribbon and gems came from my craft box. 


Thank you very much for visiting my blog and for the lovely comments you have left for me on my return to blogland.

Beryl x

Lady and Her Dog

Hi, I would like to say a huge Thank You to everyone  for the wonderful  'welcome back to blogland' wishes you left for me.  I was quite overwhelmed.

For my card today I have used an image from the Craft Creations Art Deco CD, I love the expressions on the lady and her dog, it looks as if they have had a huge argument and are too proud to apologise.   The backing papers are both from CraftyAnn, the patterned one is from her Abstract Collection and the plain one is Polished Marble. The flowers came from my stash box as did the ribbon.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering my card into Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch No.88  and also into the Crafty Creations Challenge, which this week is 'Three Little Words'.

Beryl x

Surprise, Surprise

 As you may have noticed I have been awol for a very long time.  After my holiday last May I found it very difficult to get back into crafting and blogging again.  I eventually managed to get going with the cards for family and a few orders, but couldn't get around to taking pics of the cards and uploading them to my blog.  I was quite surprised to find that it is still functioning.   My New Years Resolution was to get my act together and start blogging again.  So, my card today is a Valentine Card for my best customer to give to his lady love.  I have been making his cards for quite a while now and I am finding it increasingly difficult to come up with new ideas for him.   Whilst searching for an image I came across this digi stamp from Crafty Ann and thought it would be a bit different.  I have coloured the image with Promarkers and used CuddlyBuddly papers.  The sentiment is computer generated.  I am entering my card into the Craft Creations Challenge which this week is My Love is like a red, red rose and I hope you like it.
If any my fellow bloggers stumble across my blog and would like to leave me a comment, I would be well chuffed.
Beryl x   

Off to the Mainland

Hi Folks, sorry I've not been around much these past few days, been under the weather again1  But, I am off on the ferry to the mainland this evening to visit some grandchildren, so hopefully that will do me the world of good and will be back in a couple of weeks raring to go. 

See you in a couple of weeks and many thanks for your continued support

Beryl x

Disappearing Comments

Does anyone else suffer from this.  I received two comments yesterday and they both disappeared into cyber space. They were posted at different times, one on it's own and the other one of three.  When it was the single post I thought perhaps I had hit reject and not pulish, but I know that wasn't the case with the second comment, as two out of the three published immediately.  I have noticed this before on occasion.
Beryl x

Oranges and Lemon

Good Morning. It's a beautiful morning here, blue sky and sunshine with just a few clouds dotted around.  Hope it lasts.

My card today is for two Challenges - Sketch and Stash No35 and Ooh La La Creations 'Bright and Cheerful'.
The image is from Clarity, stamped in Versamark and dusted with copper mica powder, the papers are Cuddly Buddly, sentiment computer generated, leaves Marianne Creatable, flower,  ribbon and gems from my stash.

For Sketch and Stash, the new elements are  the Clarity stamp and mica powder.  The neglected is the orange ribbon, which I think came as a magazine cover gift ages ago.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for stopping by and leaving me such great comments. 

CD Sunday

Good Morning Fellow Bloggers.  My card today is for The CD Sunday Challenge, which this week is Days Gone By.  I have made an easel card using an image and matching papers from Joanna Sheen's Victorian Companion CD.  I have matted everything onto some burgandy cardstock, which I found in one of my stash boxes.  I have managed, for the very first time, to use Aged Mahogany Distress Ink around the edges of the paper.  I usually make an awful mess of this technique, so I am quite pleased with myself.  I have a real problem with cut and dry foam, so I tried Judikins Colour Dusters and they worked.  The lace and pearls are from Wild Orchids Crafts and the rose spray is from Joanna Sheen.  The card is for my neighbour's birthday and I still have to personalise it, this will be on the empty side of the base.

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

Bah Humbug!

Good Morning, it's a beautiful morning here in the Northern Isles, sunshine and only a slight breeze, if it stays like this I may be able to sit outside later and catch some rays. 

My card today is for Bah Humbug - Punched Borders, sorry I missed last week ladies.  I cheated with the image and used the ready coloured one of Emma the Hugger with Ed the Snowman from Fred She Said, the bp is also FSS.  The border is Cordinations, punched with a Martha Stewart punch, silver beads from my stash, punched snowflakes and finished off with a silver peel off sentiment coloured blue.

I am also entering this card into DU2DS challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and for the lovely comments you have been leaving.
Beryl x

A second post today

Seeing as how I've missed a couple of days this week I am posting a second card.  It is for CrafyAnn's Challenge this fortnight, which is 'Anything Goes'.  So as I missed the Bah Humbug challenge last week I thought I would make an extra Christmas Card. I've done this week's Bah Humbug card, but will post it tomorrow.  The image is from Mo Manning, I bought it for last Christmas and never got around to using it as I was so behind.  That's not going to happen this year lol.  I coloured the image with my Copics, the bp came free from Cardmaking and Papercraft last year.  Everything else, red cardstock, gold mirror board, flowers came from my stash.  The sentiment was stamped onto foil card and embossed with red ep.

I am also entering my card in Sketch49 over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  Thank you for visiting.  Beryl x

Under the Sea

Good Morning All, my card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge this week which is 'Ocean Colours of  Blue and Green plus an Initial'.  I have stamped the Clarity image with Adirondack Stream Inkpad, onto a piece of glossy card coloured with alcohol inks, then embossed with Crystal ep.  I used blue and green Stickles on the bubbles.  I have mounted the image onto a piece of  blue Stardream card, which has been Cuttlebugged.  The bp is from a graphics programme and then overstamped with shells, fish and seaweed, again using the Stream inkpad.    These stamps were lying unused and unloved in one of my stamp boxes and I forgot I had them, and  I can't remember the make as I threw the packaging away!  The sentiment is stamped and embossed using a large Papermania alphabet letter and a Dimension Fourth set of words.

Thank you for stopping by and for the lovely comments you have been leaving me.  Beryl x

Something different

A second late post from me today.  I made this tag this evening for DragonsDream Tag It On challenge, which is 'Along the River'.  I don't normally do tags but felt like trying something different for a change, especially as I had the house to myself tonight - OH was off hitting little white balls around. The challenge was set by fellow Rainbow Friend and Guest Host for this week, Janet of Redmoss Ramblings do pop along to her blog, she does some amazing work, and her tag is gorgeous.

  The image for my tag is a Personal Impressions Stamp that I have had for ages, which barely sees the light of day.  I stamped with Black Versafine and then coloured using watercolour pencils.  I masked the main image and used a cut out circle and cut out clouds before sponging with Adirondack Stonewash for the sky.  The birds are by Clarity.

I hope you like my tag and thank you for visiting again,

Beryl x

A simple card

Evening All!  Not been around for a few days, been a bit under the weather again!  Anyway, on with my card, it is for The CD Sunday Challenge, which this week is 'Country Charm'.  It's a very simple card with bp and image from Joanna Sheen's Cottage Garden CD, the punched card is Coredinations, sentiment is computer generated and finished off with a couple of peel off corners, which don't show up very well, from my stash as are the brads and gold mirror board.

Thank you for visiting and for any comments you may wish to make.
Beryl x

1st Birthday Card

Good evening everyone, my card today is for my neighbour's great-grandson who is going to be one next week, and is for this weeks Papertake Weekly Challenge, which is Sketch No.40.  The papers are all from Cuddly Buddly, matted onto silver mirror board, the image is from the Daisy and Dandelion Range, the gems are from my stash, the name tag is computer generated and the number is from a Cuttlebug alphabet.

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

New Baby

Seeing as though I have missed a few days I thought I would do a second post today.  This card is for CD Sunday, which this weeks is to make a New Baby card.  I have used the Joanna Sheen Baby Love CD for the image and bp.  The gold mirror board and matching cs are from my stash.  I used some gold  baby shoes, that I got from ebay ages ago to embellish the card, the sentiment is computer generated and the circles are nesties. 

I am also entering my card into Sketch and Stash Challenge 34, but have just realised that there is nothing actually new on my card.  The ribbon I have had for absolutely ages but this is the first time I have used any of this particular one, up until now it has always been just that wrong shade of pink.   So can this perhaps be both my neglected and new stash at the same time... please? 

Thank you for visiting.  Beryl x

Nikki and Friend

Today's card is for the Bah Humbug! Challenge, which this week is 'Snowflakes'. Seeing as how I used my lovely snowflake stamp last week I decided on a change and  used a new stamp, Nikki and Friends by Ladybird Crafts, coloured with Copics.  I have teamed the card with Artylicious bp from the Season' Greetings CD.  The ribbon was white and then coloured with a Copic to match and came from my stash, the Snowflakes are Cuttlebugged. I added a little bit of glitter and finished with a simple peel off greeting.

Thank you for visiting today, please feel free to leave a comment.   Beryl x

Something Different

Good Morning,  my card today is for the challenge at Papertake Weekly, which is to do Something Different, this can be anything that you have never done before or something you seldom do.  I have tried this technique before, but don't think I have ever posted the results, cos I am usually not very happy with the final result which ends up in the bin.  I went into my basket of backgrounds that have been sprayed, brayered or just been swooshed with wet dye inks.  I found these two pieces that I did with Cosmic Shimmer Mists a good while ago.  Then I did something else I have never done before, one the bigger piece I stamped  feathers around the edges using a Clarity stamp and Momento Black ink and embossed with clear ep.  I used the co-ordinating text stamp from Clarity on the smaller piece and stamped and embossed that.  I matted each piece onto some scrap black card and mounted onto silver mirror board, both from my stash.  I had real problems with the backing paper, I couldn't find a piece amongst all the thousands that I have got, either in hard copy or digital, to find a piece to co-ordinate properly - they were either all too purple to too blue.  I ended up with this piece from Cuddly Buddly as a last resort.  I did try and put a couple of feathers to back the topper, but I got glue everywhere and gave up, the gems are from my stash

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

Artfully Asian

Today's card is for the new challenge CD Sunday Challenge Blog, which is Artfully Asian this week.  I have used Joanna Sheen's Eastern Treasures CD for the image and matching backing paper.  I have added some gems, ribbon and flowers from my stash.  The sentiment is computer generated.

Thank you for visiting my blog and for all the lovely comments you leave me.
Beryl x

Rock On

Over at Crafty Ann's this week the challenge is a recipe: a digital main image, up to 3 colours, 3 flowers and 1 ribbon.  I have used shades of brown which I hope will count at one colour, pink and some silver matting.
The image is Rock Chix from Sandra's Dry Digi-Stamps coloured with Derwent Colour Soft pencils, the ribbon was white and I coloured it using a brown ProMarker, the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, bp is Cuddly Buddly and the sentiment is from Crafty Individuals.  I finished off with three brown brads.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting today and for the lovely comments you leave.
Beryl x

New Home Card

Good Afternoon fellow bloggers.  My daughter asked me to make a card for a friend who is moving home, and this is the result.  I used four stamps to create the scene, the house, tree and birds are all Clarity Stamps and the roadway is Stampscapes.  The house was coloured with Copics and the landscape with Distress Inks. The backing papers are from Funky Fairys, the central strip is Coredinations, dark green in colour, and the matting has been done using silver mirror board from my stash.  The sentiment is computer generated and I have embellished with a key ring with keys.

My card is a last minute entry into the Sketch challenge at Papertake Weekly.
Thank you for stopping by today.
Beryl x

A Pink Christmas

I have made my card today to fill two challenges:   Bah Humbug Challenge 15 Pretty in Pink
  and I have followed Sketch100 from Sketch Saturday. The image is an unmounted stamp that I think is Elusive Images stamped with Brilliance Ink -Pearlescent Purple, the bp is from DCWV Rose Tinted Christmas, the matting cs is Stardream, purple punch, the gems are from my stash and the sentiment is from a Woodware clear stamps set of useful phrases.

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

When April Showers come your way.....

For my second offering of the day my card is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge, which this week is April Showers.  I have used Willow with Umbrella from Whiff of Joy coloured with Copics and some stickles on the rain drops.     The bp is all Funky Fairys backed onto silver mirror board from my stash.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the dark green cs is Coredinations and the sentiment is computer generated.  I am also entering my card into the Cute Card Thursday Challenge, which this week is a sketch.

Thank you for visiting once again and for the lovely comments you leave.
Beryl x

Two late entries

Good Morning, my  card today is for the new challenge at CD Sunday, the theme this week being Wings and Things.  I have dusted off my copy of the Crafter's Companion Oriental CD.  I have printed the butterfly twice, once on photo paper,  then onto inkjet acetate and layered them together to give a three dimentional effect, unfortunately this doesn't show up very well on the pic,  the bp is from the CD as well.  I have followed Sketch33 over at Skech and Stash the new stash being the Cuttlebug daisy embossing folder, practically everything else on the card is neglected.  I haven't used this CD in ages, the ribbon roses have been hidden from the light of day for even longer.  I coloured two different widths of white ribbon with co-ordinated Copics, the cs is a very pale blue Stardream and silver mirror board and the sentiment is another unknown unmounted stamp.

Thank you for visiting today, and for leaving such great comments I appreciate  each and every one.
Beryl x

Let the Sun Shine In

Good Morning, my card today is for two challenges - Sweet Sketch Wednesday and Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog which is Let the Sun Shine In.  I need some sunshine today as it's overcast and very windy here in the Northern Isles, at least it is dry and the clouds are trying to break up, so maybe will get the sun later on.

Image - a mixed bag of unmounted stamps from ebay
Papers - Cuddly Buddly
Circles - Nestabilities
Ovals - Nellie Snellen
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Scroll - Cuttlebug Die

 Thank you for visiting again today.  Beryl x

Santa....paws

Sorry for posting a third card in one day, but I am playing catch up and wanted to make sure I got my card in for this weeks Bah Humbug challenge - Santa Paws.  I don't think rabbits feet are called paws but I am hoping the nice ladies at Bah Humbug will let me in with Messy Rabbit.   The bp is Fred She Said, the cuttled card is Coredinations.  The ribbon came from my stash and I've had the sentiment stamp for ages and have no idea where it came from.

Thank you once again for stopping by and for any comments you may wish to make - good or bad.
Beryl x

Oh Christmas Tree

My second card today is for Rainbow Lady's Challenge this week which is Trees.  I decided to do this Christmas Tree  mainly because I found it in one of my many boxes already stamped and embossed, it is an Elusive Images stamp.   I matted it onto siver mirror card, used my inverted circle corner punch and added some pearls.  The bp is from Funky Fairys, the ribbon and other cs came from my box of bits.  I finished off with a simple peel off Happy Christmas. 

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments you may wish to leave, they mean so much to me.  Beryl x

Final GD Card

Well, this is my last card at GD for Ooh La La Creations.  This is for Challenge 52 - Vintage Man.  The image and bp are from OLL cd Passion for Fashion.  I would like to thank Wendi from Ooh La La for inviting me to be GD for March and April.  I have enjoyed visiting your blogs to see your wonderful entries into the challenges.  Sorry I am late posting this but have been a bit under the weather again.

Thank you for visiting me and for any comments you may wish to make.   Beryl x
 

40 winks

Good Afternoon, my card today is the anniversary card I made for OH.  He doesn't 'do' cards, in fact I've never received a card from him in all the time we have been together, so I usually do a fun card of some sort for him.. This year though he at least made an effort, he got of  piece of my good cardstock and folded it in half and wrote Happy Birthday and Anniversary on the front of it, on the inside he put 'I made this card', needless to say it now has pride of place on the centre of the mantlepiece amongst all the other cards.

The image is from DigiStampBoutique - Jim Snoozing, this is Robert's favourite pastime (when not golfing) with his favourite drink close at hand.  I coloured with Copics, the bp is Cuddly Buddly, the green cardstock is Coredinations and the little metal heart embellie came from my stash.

My card is for two challenges:  DareU2DigiStamp - Metal.  Cute Card Thursday - Touchy Feely, to use texture.  I have embossed the offset card with the Devine Swirls Folder

I hope you like my card, thank you for visiting today.   Beryl x

If music be the food of love....

Today's card is one I made for a neighbour to give to her friend, who is a music teacher.  As soon as I was asked to make it I knew the image I wanted to use and trotted over to CrafyAnn's to buy this gorgeous digi-stamp.  I also bought her page of ticket stubs because I was asked to put Special Friend on the card and thought the ticket was just right for the image.  I have coloured the image with a combination of  Promarkers and  Copics, the bp's are all from Cuddly Budly, the matting card came from my stash along with  the pearls.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid and I went around the edges of them with the same Copic that I used for the bow.   

I am entering my card into the callenge at My Time to Craft which is Pretty Pearls.

Many thanks for stopping by today and if you would like to leave a comment please do.  Beryl x
ps. Forgot to say the layout is a sketch from The Pink Elephant ages ago 

Better late than never

Here we go again - by the skin of my teeth.  This is my card for the Bah Humbug Challenge asking for Tags or Labels.  I'm not very good with tags and  most of my previous efforts ended up in the bin, that was until I decided to just use the label for the sentiment.  The image is  Judikins - A Partrige in a Pear Tree, I have used variegated metal leafing flakes, it appears that I missed the odd grain of stamp n bond powder before heating it as there are some dots of the leafing that I can't get off.  The paper is from a Papermania pad I bought for last Christmas and never used.  The flower is from my stash as are the brads, ribbon and matting cardstock.  I'm not sure where the sentiment stamp came from, probably Elusive Images because I have a few of  Glenda's Christmas Plates.  The tag was cut from a Spellbinder nestie tag set. 

Sorry it's not a very good picture, but as it's 10.45 pm  this is the best I could get.  Thank you for visiting and for any comments you may wish to make, I appreciate every single one.  Beryl x

Art Deco Lady

Hi folks, sorry I've been awol again.  My card today is for the challenge at The Pink Elephant this week, which requires 1 Image, 2 Die Cuts and 3 Embellishments.  My die cuts are the leaves by Marianne Creatables and a Spellbinders Label, the image is Debbie Moore from her Glitter and Glitz Magic Moments CD and my embellishments are the flowers, a brad and some gold beads, all from my stash.  The bp is from Cuddly Buddly.

I hope you like my card.  Many thanks for stopping by and for any comments you may wish to make. 
Beryl x

For Someone Special

My card today is for the challenge over at Crafty Ann's which is to make a card for Someone Special.  This card is for my neighbour to give to her Great Grandson Rylee who will be 5 at the end of this month.  He is getting a Nintendo DS along with a Super Mario Game from his Mum and Dad, so I went along to Ann's Digi Shop and bought one of her latest designs,  the games console which looks exactly like a DS.  I then did some Googling and came up with the Mario Pictures.  I took all these images into Paint Shop Pro and married them all together.  I left the console white and just coloured in the controls. I used foam tape to lift the lid of the console and then mounted the image onto a nestie circle.  The bp is DCWV and just called The Stack.  

I really enjoyed making this card and am really pleased with the way it turned out.  Thank you for visiting my blog and for all the wonderful comments you leave.  Beryl x

Back Again!

Hi folks, sorry I have been awol for quite a while, I haven't been feeling too well for about three weeks, but this morning I suddenly started to feel much better and back to normal. Here is my card for this week's Bah Humbug Challenge, which is embossing.  I have used the Lace Christmas Tree folder and added some gold beads and the Swiss Dots folder.  I have used my new inverted circle punch by Woodware on each of the corners, where I have added some more gold beads, something I learned from Irene.  The base card and embossed card is Quartz Stardream which is a very pale ivory in real life and I have matted onto Mars Stardream, which is dark red.  The text is computer generated and printed onto the Stardream and I quickly added gold ep to heat emboss and then matted onto gold mirror card.  Sorry the card's a bit dark couldn't get a very clear picture and the scan took all of the colour out of it completely.

Thank you for stopping by and for any comments that you may wish to make.  I appreciate every one of them.

April Showers

Hi folks, sorry to have been absent for such a long time.  My card today is my GD card for the new challenge at   Ooh La La Creations, which is April Showers.  The image is Whiff of Joy - Willow with Umbrella, coloured with my Copics and some Stickles on the raindrops.  The bp is Ooh La La Shoes in Bloom, the ribbon was part of a Secret Santa gift from a forum friend, the text is computer generated. I couldn't get a very clear picture so I scanned the card and, unfortunately, the backing paper has lost some of it's colour and the silver mirror card looks black.
I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting.
Beryl x