Less is More

Good Afternoon, it's horrible here today, torrential rain and the wind is picking up as well, just the sort of day to stay in and craft.  Trouble is the lighting is atrocious for taking photos in, even Picassa hasn't been able to improve this pic today.

My card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge, Week 50 - Masking.  My images are all from an unmounted plate by Chocolate Baroque, coloured with Promarkers and matted onto a scrap of dark brown card from my offcuts basket.  The sentiment is from a clear set and, as usual, I don't know who the manufacturer is.

Many thanks for stopping by today.
Beryl x

Birdsong

Good Afternoon, well I have had another go at a Tag for DragonsDream Tag it On this week, where the theme is from the book Birdsong.  I've not read this one, so I have just gone for the Bird.  I coloured the tag with Weathered Wood and Peeled Paint Distress Ink, the sentiment, flowers and bird are all Chocolate Baroque stamps and the group of birds is a Clarity Stamp.  I am not really sure about this, think I should have used a lighter ink for the reeds, flowers and bull rushes.  I coloured the bird with  Promarkers

Thank you so much for visiting
Beryl x

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

Have a Heart

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

My Love is like a Red, Red Rose

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

Butterfly Flourish

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

Less We Forget!

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

Stars

 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

Silver

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

Tie A Yellow Ribbon

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

Black and Blue

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

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

Less is More -Flags

Good Afternoon from a very wet and miserable Shetland, we are certainly not having a summer here.  I have two cards today for this week's Less is More Challenge - Colours of you Nation's Flag.  First off I have to apologise to Mandi for bothering her with a stupid question, I must learn to read things thoroughly before jumping in with my two left feet!  I almost failed my driving theory test because I didn't read the questions properly.

On to my cards, I am English but have lived longer in Scotland than I have in England and I am married to a Scotsman, so I have gone with the Scottish Flag of  Blue and White.  When I finished it I didn't think the blue was dark enough to represent the Saltire, but as it's the right blue for our Shetland Flag I am still posting it.  The images on both cards are from Fantastic Florals Unmounted Plate from Chocolate Baroque.  For this card  I used the resist technique by stamping and embossing with white embossing powder and then using cut and dry foam I added the blue using DI Faded Jeans and Adirondack Stonewash, the sentiment is printed directly to the card.

For the second card I stamped another of the stamps with Versamark and embossed with white ep, had a few probs with this one, because I was working in artificial light on pearlised card and ended up with lots of white speckles.  I got there in the end.  The sentiment was also stamped and embossed with white ep.

Many thanks for visiting today and I hope you like my cards and thank you in advance for any comments you may wish to make. 
Beryl x

Handbags

Good Afternoon, my card to share today is for the challenge at CD Sunday - Handbags.  The image is made up from three stamps which I think are Elusive Images now Chocolate Baroque, I have had them for ages.  Took quite a while to get the arrangement just right, lots of masking.  I have coloured using Promarkers and the new fine tips were just brilliant to pick up the tiny flowers.  The backing paper is from Card Creations+ Art Deco cd, the plain bp is from CraftyAnn, the flowers, leaves, pearls and hatpins from my stash, the sentiment is computer generated.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting and leaving me such lovely comments.
Beryl x

Less is More - 2nd card

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

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