Better Late Than Never

Good Afternoon, I am struggling with the old mojo still, just can't seem to settle down an play for some reason, so I'mreally late with this week's Less is More Challenge - One Layer Card - Script.

The image is a La Blanche Stamp inked with Big n Juicy Hydrangea and the sentiment is from a clear set, but as usual I don't know the make

Thank you very much for your continued support
Beryl x

Leaves

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

Sunrise - Sunset

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

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

Thanks for your visit
Beryl x

Soothing Sunset

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

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