Medieval Magic

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

Something New

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

Sweet Dreams

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

Christmas Bingo

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

Fireworks

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

Polkadots

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

Another one for the box.

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.

The Moon's a Balloon

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

Bling

Good Evening, my card to share today is for this week's challenge at CD Sunday - Bling It Up.  The image is from Debbi Moore's Summerbreeze CD, the ovals were cut with a Marianne Creatable Die and then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, the cs is Papermania, the bp was a free download from Craft Creations, all the gems came from my stash and the flowers are from Wild Orchid.  It doesn't show up very well, but I have glittered her dress, a la Debbi Moore, with my Quicking Glue Pen and a pot of glitter.  I am also entering my card into Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 112, and Crafty Ann's Challenge - Summertime...and the living is easy.

Thank you for visiting and for any comments you may wish to leave

Beryl x

Thinking of You

Good Morning, my card to share today is for the challenge at Crafty Ann' s Challenge Blog - Get Well/Thinking of you/Just Because.  The image is Walter Owl from Willow Designs coloured with Promarkers, the bp is Cuddly Buddly, the Cuttlebugged card is Papermania Shimmer, the flower is from my stash, the sentiment computer generated and the leaves are from an offcut of CraftyAnn's Polished Stone bp cut with  a Marianne Die

Catchin' Flakes

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

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

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

An Oriental Card

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

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

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

Happy Birthday

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

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

Springtime

Good Evening, my card today is for the challenge at CACB which is an either/or choice of a Sketch/Spring or you can do both, which I have done.  The image is Primroses from  Joanna Sheen's Meadow Flowers Stamps, and following on from that article in Cardmaking and Papercraft, I unearthed my Lyras and watercoloured.  The bps are from CraftyAnn's Digi Shop, the yellow cuttlebugged piece is from my stash as are the gems.  The sentiment is computer generated.  Sorry the pic's a bit light again.

I am also entering my card into the challenge at Crafty Creations - Mother's Day
Thanks for visiting
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 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

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

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

Baloon Tree

Well for a change I have managed to get a card made at the start of a challenge and not at the last minute. This is my final card for my Grand-daughter Kayla, this one is from her brother and sister.  I started off yesterday following this week's sketch for Papertake Weekly.  I had to rotate in because of the image I had decided to use.  I've just checked it again and think maybe I have tweaked it a bit too much, sorry ladies.  The image is a new stamp that I got from the Clarity Sale, it's called Balloon Tree and perfect for children's cards.  I coloured with Copics, using the colours of the flowers in the bp which is from a DCWV 12 x 12 stack that I found in W H Smith at half price, the other bp is Cuddly Buddly.  I matted and layered with silver mirror board and some purple lightweight card from my stash.  I used the same purple card for the punched border and the number 4.  The flower was punched with scraps from my bit box.  I am also entering my card into the My Time To Craft Challenge - Kids Kardz! and Cute Card Thursday's Challenge - Celebrations! 

I didn't manage to get the card completely finished yesterday, I just needed to add the flower, number and personalise it.  This morning I did a bit of blog hopping to check out some Friday Challenges and couldn't believer my luck when I got to CraftyAnn's Challenge.  It's a colour combo challenge of Lilac, Pink and Lemon and Kayla's card has all three plus some blue, green and orange so I can enter my card into Ann's challenge as well.

Not quite sure why my text is centred today, it wouldn't left justify for some reason.  Thank you so much for visiting my blog and for all your support and lovely comments, both are very much appreciated.

Beryl x

Skin of my teeth - again!

Well, here I go again only just getting my card finished hours before the challenge closes - and this one is a two weekly one!  The challenge in question is Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog where she asks us to show our creativity by doing something outwith of our comfort zone, a new technique or something we may struggle with.   As soon as I saw the challenge two weeks ago I decided to finally get around to making a side step card.  I got the instructions from a forum member ages ago and apart from making it up in cheap card to see how it worked I haven't done anything else with it.  Until today.  I think maybe I should have decided what images I wanted to use instead of picking the colour first, because it has taken me ages to decide how to decorate it.  The image is a rubber stamp that I got in a grab bag on ebay a good while ago, stamped in Stazon and coloured with my Copics.  The bp are Cuddly Buddly (surprise, surprise!), the other cardstock is from my stash.  The rose spray is from Joanna Sheen and the text and butterflies are all Cuttlebug cut and emboss sets.  I am quite pleased with the result, but have only just noticed that I have smeared the glue under the rose.

I hope you like my card and thank you very much for dropping by today
Beryl x